Quick Travel: Destiny for Thirty Lifetimes

Today is not the day for the company's assessment, but Manager Gu called all five interns into the office, took out five freshly printed documents and placed them on the table. After all five people received them, he crossed his fingers and placed them on the table, then raised his eyes to look at the people in front of him. Although they were sitting, they were more imposing than those who were standing.

"The contents of these five documents are identical. All you need to do is complete a plan and accompanying PowerPoint presentation within five days, following the above requirements. Present each of these presentations at the regular meeting next week. You've all learned a lot in this company over the past six months, so completing this task shouldn't be too difficult for you, who usually work diligently. The difficult part might be not using this as an excuse to refuse other assigned tasks."

"Also, here's a document. Lian Qingyang, take it and report back to me along with this. I've heard a lot recently about you already having your spot confirmed for regularization. If you agree with this, you can't start on the same level as everyone else. Otherwise, why would you monopolize a spot for regularization? Of course, if you don't agree, you can choose not to do it."

Lian Qingyang just raised his eyebrows and reached out to take the document, as if he agreed to this matter.

"The five of you are required to complete the task independently. Lian Qingyang, if you have any questions about your task, you can ask me anytime. But when I ask you questions, you must answer them all."

"Okay, get busy. I hope you can all reach my passing score."

The others had no objections, but Xiao Zhang raised his hand and asked, "Manager Gu, does anyone know if he's asking you about a problem on another document?"

Lian Qingyang stood there, chuckling softly at the words, and tilted his head to ask, "Yes, Manager Gu, you are indeed fair, but some people think that my work tasks are usually done with your special treatment and special treatment. If I can answer all the questions, will it be considered that I am receiving extra guidance from you?"

Gu Quechen frowned and glanced at the two of them, his face full of impatience. His words were clearly directed at the nitpicking Xiao Zhang: "Are you questioning my subjective nature in my work? I took the initiative to increase the difficulty for Lian Qingyang not to let him take shortcuts, but to test his ability to handle future positions. As for me, I will be the one to judge the results of this competition. Of course, I will treat every contestant equally. Otherwise, if I really want to speak objectively, do you think you are qualified to participate? Don't think I'm being cruel. Success in the workplace requires more than just cutting corners. Lian Qingyang deserves my special treatment because of his strength."

"Now that we've come to this, the results of your presentation will determine whether you stay or leave after the internship ends in two weeks. If your ideas are novel and catch my eye, it's possible that all five of you will be offered permanent positions. But if anyone insists on crossing my boundaries, I won't show any mercy."

The other three people were originally planning to leave, but they stopped in their tracks, trying their best to reduce their presence. They were as quiet as quails, listening obediently to Manager Gu's lecture. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they were allowed to leave, and slipped out of the office with light steps.

Perhaps because of Gu Quechen's targeted reprimand, Xiao Zhang temporarily stopped thinking about flirting with Manager Gu. He wanted to focus on his own plan, but Manager Gu also said that he could not use the plan as an excuse to refuse other work. He was always called by other employees to get tasks that day. He wanted to get angry but didn't dare to. He felt a breath stuck in his chest, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and his face turned red.

No one knew where Zhou Paopi had gone these days. He hadn't been around the intern's workstation. Lian Qingyang asked Gu Quechen and found out that Zhou Paopi had been sent out on a business trip. It wasn't a difficult one, but Zhou Paopi had never been on a business trip before. The three-day mission was dragged out to five days before he was ready to return. He didn't even have time to read the content of Xiao Zhang's contact with him. He only said that he would ensure Xiao Zhang's permanent position, which made Xiao Zhang so angry that he couldn't breathe.

After all, if he fails to complete this business trip mission, his own job will be in jeopardy, so how can he care about Xiao Zhang?

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Lian Qingyang had a very fulfilling five days. After reading and revising the content again, he finally finalized the plan. He dragged the PPT to be used and the document to be printed into the USB drive. He unplugged the USB drive and put it in the small blue bag. After thinking about it, he decided to compress it and sent an email to Gu Quechen as a backup.

"Are you done?" Xia Xunyang glanced over at Lian Qingyang after hearing the noise, then went back to checking his own. Normally, given his personality, he'd have just checked it twice and deemed it okay, but Lian Qingyang was correcting it over and over again, which made him inexplicably excited. "I don't have any major problems with it anymore. I can save it to the USB drive next. Eh? Where's my USB drive? Why is it gone?"

Xiao Zhang, who happened to be passing by, seemed to have heard what he said. He walked over with a USB flash drive and handed it to him: "How about using mine to save it? I can copy it to the computer in the conference room for you tomorrow."

Xia Xunyang looked at him inexplicably, without stopping his search, and directly refused: "Thank you, but no thanks."

Xiao Zhang withdrew his hand, turned around and left without saying anything else.

Lian Qingyang raised an eyebrow, leaned over and whispered to Xia Xunyang, "Don't look for it anymore. It's probably lost. Pack up the materials for tomorrow and send a copy to Manager Gu." He looked at Xiao Zhang, who was still there, and raised his voice, "If you still haven't found the USB drive, you can copy it to mine tomorrow morning."

Noticing that Xiao Zhang paused for a moment, Lian Qingyang felt that the material in Xia Xunyang's computer might not last until tomorrow.

Sure enough, the next morning, Xia Xunyang looked at his computer screen, bewildered by the files that had vanished out of thin air. He turned to look at Lian Qingyang and said, "Thanks to you for letting me send a copy to Manager Gu, otherwise I wouldn't even have a backup."

Early in the morning, there were several people standing in Gu Quechen's office, because except for Lian Qingyang's files, the files on the other four interns' computers were gone. Xia Xunyang also reported that his USB flash drive was missing, and Xiao Zhang also said that his USB flash drive was missing.

Xia Xunyang asked him doubtfully, "Weren't you holding it yesterday afternoon?"

Xiao Zhang, looking like he was about to cry, answered him, "Yes, I left the USB drive on the table when I returned to my desk yesterday. I had already put the files on it, and I didn't pay much attention to it afterwards. When I came here today, I searched my pockets and bag, but couldn't find it."

Gu Quechen glanced at Lian Qingyang, who was standing on the far left, then turned to the two interns on the right who had remained silent. These two interns were performing fairly well in the company. After Gu Quechen asked one of them, he spoke up, "We were sitting next to each other. We also confirmed the documents and copied them to a USB drive yesterday afternoon. I had it with me, so it's fine. His was lost."

Gu Quechen nodded and pondered for a moment after understanding the situation.

Then he stood up and said calmly, "Gather in the conference room in ten minutes to report the results."