Chapter 7 Million-Dollar Anchor 3
There were three expressionless interviewers sitting in the conference room. The lady in the middle was wearing an elegant French suit, bright lipstick, and had the most serious expression. I handed the application form to her obediently, and she lowered her head and glanced at it.
"Yuan Wan?" The female interviewer frowned. "Are you the amazing Ruan Ruan who became popular on the live broadcast?"
"Yes, it's me." I stared at her red lips opening and closing, and forced myself to calm down.
It's okay! Yuan Wan, you can do it!
"You are already famous enough, why do you want to participate in this competition?"
"Because I want to prove myself." I mustered up my courage and looked her in the face. "I know everyone is questioning me and suspecting that my popularity is based on hype. But it doesn't matter. I want to prove my strength to everyone through this competition. I hope the interviewers can give me this opportunity. I will definitely not let you down."
After I finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room became a little tense. Oh no, did I say something wrong?
Just when I was wondering, the female interviewer suddenly spoke.
"I like confident children." A smile finally appeared on her thousand-year-old cold face.
I walked out of the meeting room satisfied, thinking back to the interviewers' reactions just now, I thought my performance should be pretty good.
I walked out of the meeting room, and suddenly, I heard a rustling sound at the corner of the stairs. I walked closer and took a look out of curiosity, and saw Mi Lu and the staff member who had just handed me the registration form, talking to each other with a serious expression. She looked around while talking, and soon found me.
She was obviously startled by me and her expression became extremely panicked. She cleared her throat and the staff member immediately turned around and ran away.
Mi Lu glanced at me coldly, then turned and walked away.
What on earth are they doing in such a sneaky way? Never mind what they are doing, it has nothing to do with me anyway.
I walked back to the lobby and waited for the interview results.
"The interview results are out!"
Just as the four of us were sitting in chairs waiting bored, a shrill voice suddenly rang out.
Then I saw people swarming towards the big screen not far away, and soon they surrounded the big screen. Guan Qiao and I couldn't squeeze in, so we could only stand on tiptoe to look.
Lin Tong, who had the advantage of height, could see everything at a glance when he raised his head slightly. He squinted his eyes and scanned carefully for a long time, then asked in surprise: "Why is your name not listed? I just watched the live interview, and you performed very well. The interviewers seemed to like you very much."
"Did you see it clearly?" Guan Qiao asked.
"There is indeed no Yuan Wan's name." Zeng Chen frowned tightly and said affirmatively.
"How could this be..." I stared blankly at the red words scrolling on the big screen, my heart filled with disappointment.
"There must be something fishy going on here!" Lin Tong shouted.
"Yes, there is something fishy going on!" Guan Qiao echoed.
The focus quickly shifted from the big screen to us. Everyone looked at us from a distance, like we were animals, pointing and talking about us.
"Call out your person in charge!" Lin Tong shouted to the front desk staff, "If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, then I will have to ask the media to help me seek justice!"
"Yes! Where is your director? Ask him to come out and explain!" Guan Qiao put her hands on her hips and refused to give in.
"Master! Master!"
Lin Tong and Guan Qiao shouted together, and the lobby was soon in chaos. I was enveloped in a state of low pressure and sat powerlessly on the chair, feeling very upset.
"What happened?" At this time, a lady in an elegant suit walked out of the director's office.
My eyes widened... Eh? Isn't this the female interviewer from before? Is she the station manager?
"Hello, my friend Yuan Wan clearly received your praise during the interview just now, but why is her name not on the passed list? Isn't this too unreasonable?" Lin Tong pulled me in front of the director.
"Take out her registration form and show it to me." The director's expression also became serious.
The front desk staff walked into the office, searched for a while, and said awkwardly: "Director, she doesn't have the registration form."
"How did you get the interview when you don't even have a registration form?" The director turned his head and looked at me.
"I clearly have a registration form. I'm number 66." I replied depressedly, "How come it's gone?"
At this moment, a scream came from behind: "What are you doing?"
We all turned our heads and saw a tall figure flash into the office while no one was paying attention. Zeng Chen ignored the staff's attempts to stop him and carefully flipped through the documents on his desk, finally fixing his eyes on the inconspicuous shredder in the corner.
He opened the cover of the machine, shook out the papers inside onto the ground, and began to check them one by one.
Zeng Chen pieced it together for a long time and actually pieced together a complete registration form for me.
I stared at everything in front of me in amazement, completely dumbfounded.
"What is this?" Zeng Chen raised his head and looked sharply at the staff member who was looking for something earlier. "Why did the contestant's registration form appear in the shredder?"
"Oh, yes... I'm sorry." A drop of sweat oozed from her forehead, and she explained in a panic, "I was too busy today. Maybe this application form was stuck in the discarded documents. I didn't check it carefully and put it directly into the shredder."
Wait, this staff member looks familiar. I tried hard to recall where I had met her before.
Oh, by the way, didn't I see her sneaking around with Mi Lu at the corner of the stairs not long ago? Could this incident be related to Mi Lu again?
"I'm sorry, it was our staff's negligence." The lady's expression eased a little, and she said to me with a smile, "Ms. Yuan Wan, there is no problem with your interview results. You passed the interview and are eligible to participate in the million-dollar anchor competition."
"Ah, that's great!" Lin Tong and Guan Qiao immediately cheered excitedly.
The gloom above my head was swept away by this good news. Looking at the happy smiles of Lin Tong and Guan Qiao, the corners of my mouth couldn't help but rise. My eyes swept over the faint smile on Zeng Chen's face, which instantly lit up my world.
On the other side, I clearly saw Mi Lu clenching her fists and glaring at me with gritted teeth. Her flawless face became distorted. The group of minions surrounding her hurried forward to comfort her, but she yelled at them with an ugly face and left angrily.
After she left, I told my friends about my doubts, which really aroused strong indignation among everyone.
"It's Mi Lu again, will she ever be done?" Lin Tong slammed the table excitedly, "If you are eliminated like this, I will never be done with her!"
"He's a lingering ghost with a heart of a vicious snake!" Guan Qiao rolled her eyes.
Zeng Chen looked at me worriedly and said, "If the competition continues, you must stay away from her as much as possible in the future."
Thinking about how they were indignant for me and how they defended my rights, a warm feeling flowed through my heart. I must be the happiest person in the world because I am loved by my friends.
