Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 187 Your internship is the end for so many people
The period leading up to the holiday is the busiest time for this group of business and management students. There's no way around it; everyone is busy discussing internship opportunities.

Shen Mobai was also a frequent visitor to the library. Just as he was leaving the library, a classmate called out to him.

In university, people are usually polite and courteous to each other, but behind this politeness lies an indescribable sense of awkwardness. Therefore, Shen Mobai didn't have any particularly close friends in university, except for Li Xu, who was his boss.

The other person asked, "Mo Bai, have you decided on an internship company for the upcoming holiday?"

Shen Mobai shook his head and said, "No internship. You know I'm already working."

For Shen Mobai, studying was an extremely meaningless waste of time, essentially being free labor for others. He wouldn't have thought that way before, but now that he's in charge of finance at the company, having interns do some miscellaneous tasks saves him a considerable amount of money.

Different perspectives lead to different views on interns. And once he got used to the role, even he felt that being an intern for someone else seemed somewhat "naively foolish."

The other person looked envious, sighed, and said, "I really envy you. I was going to tell you that I found a great investment bank and wanted to invite you to come with me. You have the best grades in finance in our class."

He paused for a moment, then asked, "So, you're planning to work at Li Xu's company long-term?"

Shen Mobai thought to himself, isn't that obvious? The key issue is that working at Li Xu's company isn't really considered being a worker. As one of the first core employees... at least that's how Shen Mobai defines himself.

In Shen Mobai's view, the company's current staff are divided into four categories.

The top spot naturally belongs to Li Xu; there's no debate about that.

The second tier consists of veterans like An Duoduo and Ye Ruida, who were among the earliest to have ties with Li Xu and hold shares in his company.

Next are those like Shen Mobai who have stock options; those without stock options are in the fourth tier.

However, these four levels are still considered to be the company's formal employees. Those below level four, such as interns and temporary staff, are not considered by Shen Mobai at all.

Shen Mobai wouldn't voice his true thoughts. In his view, interns had no human rights, and the truth was too cruel for the guy in front of him.

"What? You're going to do an internship?" When Shen Mobai heard Li Xu calmly say those words, his worldview collapsed.

At this moment, several members of their core team were having dinner together at a restaurant. This was a way to strengthen their friendship and had become a regular event; Li Xu would organize everyone to get together before every holiday or important occasion.

At this point, Li Xu shared his plans with everyone. He said, "I've already asked the school for leave, which may take a few months. As for the company, I hope everyone will take care of things." Then he smiled and said, "Actually, it won't be long. Everyone will graduate soon, and then you'll have more energy."

Actually, apart from the few R&D technical departments, the company's operation is not that difficult or tiring.

Once a company is on track, it becomes like an automatically operating machine, especially tech companies, whose operations and management lean towards the retail industry. The truly busy ones are the tech gurus in the R&D department. In contrast, the leaders of manufacturing companies are much busier.

Ye Ruida asked curiously, "Where are you going to do your internship?"

What Ye Ruida really wanted to ask was, "What kind of internship are you doing? Are you short of money, experience, or something else on your resume? You're really messing around."

However, Li Xu is now the nominal boss, so naturally he can't voice these thoughts.

Li Xu coughed and said, "Uh, it's my dad's company."

Everyone let out a collective "ow," utterly disappointed.

"Ah, so he went back to inherit the family business."

"You make it sound so nice, and you're even talking about an internship."

"Oh dear, you're overthinking it."

For a moment, the dinner party was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Xia Xiaohe watched this scene with a smile, feeling both warm and a little smug. See? Everyone else only cares about how high you fly, but she cares about how tired you are from flying. She whispered, "Even though it's an internship, I'll probably be doing very important and tiring work, right?"

Li Xu slowly leaned back in his chair, remaining silent for a moment. After a while, he sighed softly, "Yes, it must be very tiring."

Tang Qiaoning said, "I really don't understand. You gave up a perfectly good job as a CEO to go and be a low-level employee at your dad's company." After complaining, Tang Qiaoning changed the subject and said, "I'm on vacation. I'm going back to Jinchuan City to visit you."

Li Xu shook his head and said, "You won't see me in Jinchuan City."

Fortunately, Li Xu stopped keeping it a secret. After all, he knew very well that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden forever, and if they found out later, he would only be ridiculed. So he might as well be honest now. Li Xu said, "The branch office in Jintong City."

He paused for a moment, and everyone looked at him. Li Xu picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said, "Go over there and be the general manager."

The scene fell silent for a moment.

After a moment, Ye Ruida sneered: "So your internship is the end for many people."

As expected, everyone shared similar thoughts, and their gazes toward Li Xu became resentful.

An Duoduo laughed, picked up her glass, and said, "Then let's toast our intern general manager." Seeing An Duoduo take the lead in cheering, everyone raised their glasses and toasted Li Xu together.

"See? I knew you guys had a grudge against the rich," Li Xu said lazily.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized something: Li Xu was actually a rich second-generation.

For a long time, Li Xu has never identified himself as a rich second-generation. Occasionally, although one can see his affluent material conditions from the details of his life, it is really hard to associate him with the image of a rich second-generation in a long time, given his style of conduct.

Even in the chapter about time, people subconsciously overlook the fact that Li Xu is a rich second-generation.

Ye Ruida said in a serious tone: "Everyone has their own destiny. The vast majority of people cannot escape their destiny, just like the destiny of the rich second generation, who will eventually go back to inherit the family business."

These words were spoken with profound meaning, but before they could even finish, Li Xu slapped him on the head with great dissatisfaction.

Li Xu said irritably, "It's like your destiny wasn't to be an algorithm engineer, but to be a band's lead singer, but look, haven't you escaped your destiny?"

Ye Ruida thought it made sense and nodded seriously. Everyone else stared at Ye Ruida, admiring his shamelessness.

Ye Jinhe raised her glass. She was the only one drinking baijiu (Chinese liquor) among the people present. Her face was already slightly flushed with alcohol. She said, "Then let's wish our boss all the best in his internship. If he encounters any problems, don't forget, your base is here!"

These words struck a chord with Li Xu. Yes, unlike his previous life, not only was his starting point different this time, but the power he wielded was also different.

Today, he is not only a top student from Tsinghua and Peking Universities, but also has connections with people from those universities, and his company is thriving.

It's like a big tree that's sprouting strong buds. Even in its sapling stage, it's already growing so well. In the future, this company alone might not be inferior to its father's company!
Beyond all that, what's even more important is the talent under his command. Each and every one of them, taken individually, would be a hot commodity in the job market, a prime target for headhunting firms. And to put it another way, this version of him is completely different from the one he lived in.

Li Xu picked up the beer in front of him and drank it all in one gulp. He gently wiped the beer from the corner of his mouth. He had been reborn into this life, and all these years of preparation were for this moment.

……

The Jinzhou branch was a wholly-owned subsidiary of his father's company, and it hadn't been established for very long. It was only established the year Li Xu graduated from junior high school, and it was responsible for business in several cities in eastern province.

However, it must be said that this branch is the best performing among all the branches.

Li Xu had previously suggested to his father that he wanted to get involved in the group's business. His original idea was to start from the finance or human resources department, working his way down to gradually understand the company's situation, and then slowly take over once he was familiar with it... This was actually a very aggressive approach.

But to his surprise, his father was even more radical and directly asked him to come and be the general manager of the branch company.

Perhaps it was because of the previous poisoning incident that my father's mindset changed; or perhaps it was because of all the big and small things I had done since high school that my father was convinced that I was capable of taking on this responsibility.

In short, he did achieve what many people do as an intern.

It was early spring when Li Xu arrived at the branch office building.

Jindong City is the largest city outside of the provincial capital, and its commerce is also very developed. Their company has an office building in the High-tech Zone, which is much more impressive than his own company.

Compared to his father's conglomerate, Xuri Intelligent Technology, which he founded, is still like a newborn baby, while even a branch of his father's company already has the aura of a middle-aged man.

However, they also have the problems that middle-aged people have.

At this moment, Li Xu was dressed very casually. He wore a tailored suit jacket on top and loose jeans on the bottom.

He heard that the branch office's rule was that everyone had to wear formal attire to work.

Li Xu chuckled softly and slowly walked into the office building.

(End of this chapter)