Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 127 Class Committee Selection
Fang Yu is from Shandong, and they have quite a connection.

My college entrance exam results were just average, and now that I'm in this place thousands of miles from home, I feel powerless.

This information was obtained by Cong Xiujie, who is also from Shandong, for Chen Xuebing. They even have a hometown association in Shandong.

How much do people from Shandong want to join a ministry?

Of the three unfilial acts, the greatest is being unfilial.

In the eyes of Shandong fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law, someone driving a Mercedes-Benz S400 is not as good as someone driving a Santana with a pass.

I won't go into too much detail, I'll just mention one name.

Lu Enguang.

...

It's 8 PM, during evening self-study.

Election of class committee members for Tourism Management Class 1.

Xu An made it quite formal, having communicated with the students who wanted to run for class committee in advance. When the election began, each person was given a form with the various class committee positions and corresponding candidates listed on it. They were to tick off each position, and only one person could be elected for each position.

The first person to go up was Fang Yu, who was running for class monitor.

I have three sentences.

"The first sentence is from the bottom of my heart. Since entering Class 1 of the Tourism Management Department..."

"The second sentence is the truth. I served as vice class monitor many times during junior high and high school, and I've always longed for and dreamed of being class monitor..."

"The third sentence is a forward-looking statement: if I could become the class monitor..."

"That's all for my three sentences. I am Fang Yu, and I hope everyone will elect me as class monitor."

Fang Yu bowed and stepped down from the stage.

His deep-seated desire for a position made him decide that he must run for class monitor.

The preparation was thorough, the speech was concise and powerful, and it had a strong essay-like quality.

He simply misjudged the situation.

His status as a Party member gives him an advantage in running for branch secretary, but not in running for class monitor.

As soon as Cheng Danting, the second candidate for class monitor, stepped onto the stage, some people immediately started jeering.

"Oh... matching outfits..."

Cheng Danting is wearing a white shirt and a gray skirt today.

It's the same color scheme as Chen Xuebing and Hu Li, who are wearing white shirts and gray casual pants.

Chen Xuebing, sitting in the audience, couldn't help but grin.

Hu Li and he agreed to dress like this, indicating that they are on the same team.

Cheng Danting had originally worn a black floral dress that afternoon, which looked quite nice, but she changed into this outfit just before evening self-study.

Of course, this was what Hu Li told him.

How Cheng Danting knew about his and Hu Li's outfits is unknown.

Cheng Danting's speech was poised and confident. She spoke without a script, her hands clasped in front of her abdomen, in a formal, announcer's tone:

"Hello everyone, my name is Cheng Danting. I am standing here today with a mix of nervousness and excitement to run for class monitor."

"Carnegie once said that if a person believes he is talented, he should believe he is capable and qualified to hold this or that position."

"Based on this statement, and with the original intention of serving everyone and improving myself, I stand here."

"I have a friendly and easy-going personality, a positive and cheerful disposition, I love making plans, I have a strong ability to learn new things, and I can complete tasks efficiently and conscientiously. In junior high school, I was the class monitor and arts and culture representative, and in high school, I was the student council president. I have received numerous awards..."

This person's qualifications are clearly much higher than Fang Yu's.

She finished her speech, which consisted of several hundred words, and stepped down from the stage, where everyone gave her some applause.

Zhao Liang, who was running for class monitor later, was a boy and had some impressive talent.

He went up and immediately declared himself to be the modern-day Charlie Chaplin, with a humorous personality, and then imitated a horse's neigh for everyone.

“Yu Yu Yu…”

He tilted his head back and shouted, and it really sounded like him, making everyone laugh. They cheered and applauded, and a few who liked this kind of thing immediately checked Zhao Liang in the class monitor column.

Anyway, no matter who the class monitor is, they can't control their laziness in the dormitory. These people just chose Zhao Liang with the entertainment mentality of electing a king of knowledge.

Chen Xuebing glanced at the students who were happily marking their forms, and he got a sense of some of their attitudes.

When it was his turn to run for the position of branch secretary, he went up on stage, took a piece of chalk, wrote two characters on the blackboard, and even drew a box around them.

"team".

This action and those two words piqued everyone's interest.

Chen Xuebing put down the chalk and smiled:

"I'm not here to run for office today. I want to talk to you from the perspective of a business owner about how to apply for jobs during graduation season."

The room fell completely silent. Chen Xuebing walked to the blackboard and pointed to two words.

"I believe most students are currently in a state of confusion."

"Most people choose this school to upgrade their bachelor's degree, enhance their competitiveness, or gain respect. However, this major doesn't offer many job prospects. The path to becoming a civil servant is extremely difficult. Without connections, you'll likely have to seek employment in the corporate sector, but there are very few companies that match your major. The job market is fraught with difficulties."

"But I can tell you, there's no need to worry."

Now, some students sat up straight with wide eyes.

"You made the right choice. This degree is still very useful because it is a threshold. The price of a top university student is different from that of a second-tier university student. As for your major, don't worry. According to social surveys, 70% of college students do not work in fields related to their major."

The atmosphere below became slightly excited, and someone craned their neck to ask a question.

Chen Xuebing shook his head slightly: "But that's not enough."

Why do employers prefer recent college graduates? Why do they prefer campus recruitment?

When asked this question, Chen Xuebing pointed to Hu Li.

"Hu Li, tell me."

I even asked about it.

Many people were amazed, thinking, "Master Chen is truly Master Chen; he's so relaxed on stage."

Xu An laughed and watched Chen Xuebing's performance with great interest, arms crossed.

The way this guy speaks in public is so comfortable to watch. He must give meetings like this often, right?

Hu Li was a little confused when she was called on.

He stood up and stammered, "Uh... because it's cheap, I guess? I'm not married, I can work a lot of overtime, and my service period is relatively long."

The whole class burst into laughter for three seconds, then fell silent.

Hu Li's dad is really a boss! What is she laughing at?
But Chen Xuebing started to laugh.

"Yes, that's one of the important reasons."

Now nobody wanted to laugh anymore; some even wanted to curse.

Nowadays, information is scarce, and many college students have no idea what a job or a company is. Everything is still in the realm of dreams. Hearing the two people confirm this, many people feel a chill in their hearts.

"Don't worry about those things for now. You haven't passed the first hurdle yet. Now I'll tell you about other advantages of being a recent graduate."

"Simply put, most positions involve repetitive processes, and job skills can be acquired through training. However, each company's processes are different. Fresh graduates have fewer problems and fewer habits, so they learn quickly and adapt easily. As people get older, their old habits become more ingrained, and the cost of breaking those habits is higher."

"This is the advantage of recent college graduates: they are highly adaptable."

"Secondly, also regarding adaptability, this refers to the adaptability of the team. Fresh graduates are full of enthusiasm for their work, can quickly integrate into the team, inspire the team, and become the team's catalyst, stimulating vitality and innovation."

"This point is especially important, particularly for high-tech enterprises, which are also high-salary enterprises. The first 'xin' refers to the new and old, and the second 'xin' refers to the salary. Such enterprises have a very strong team-based work nature and are definitely not the kind of life you imagine where you just clock in and out."

"Therefore, cultivating your ability to integrate, collaborate, and lead a team is cultivating the basic work skills that will get you high-paying jobs."

"So I suggest you don't have an indifferent attitude towards the team, unless your ability is already enough to ignore the rules."

"Even in entrepreneurship, passion is an essential element for all successful entrepreneurs."

"Your class is your first team. Judging from your performance in military training, the whole team has the potential to succeed. Whether you can succeed in the next four years depends on your choices and whether you can fully respect your team members."

"If I am elected as the branch secretary, I will make full arrangements for group activities. Whether or not one participates will be based on personal wishes. Those who perform well will be offered high-paying positions by my team upon graduation, with no limit on the number of positions available."

"That concludes my campaign."

At this moment, everyone is paying attention to a key sentence.

"High-paying job? How high?"

"A price that will make you willingly be exploited." Chen Xuebing smiled.

The students, however, disliked this mystery.

Can you really guess about salaries?
"How much is it exactly? Tell me!"

Chen Xuebing chuckled and said, "Last month, more than a dozen of my company's new employees received a bonus of 10,000 yuan."

"oh…!!!"

It exploded completely.

I just started working here, and I got a bonus of 10,000 yuan!!
On the day Baosteel issued bonuses, all the company's employees were in a frenzy of joy, even tearing off the roof of the building, let alone the group of students.

Chen Xuebing's mention of this seemed a bit like bragging, after all, Baosteel's performance was too accidental, but he hadn't even mentioned the two who received bonuses of over 600,000 yuan.

That was incredible. He didn't think the two of them had earned that much at the time, but now that he thinks about it, the bonus probably exceeds the annual income of 90% of the companies in Chongqing.

However, ten thousand is not much. He is not just making empty promises. In four years, when they graduate, his company will definitely have many such projects and opportunities.

"Mr. Chen... what do you do for a living?"

"You're not involved in drug smuggling, are you?!"

At this moment, a group of college students found themselves empathizing with Huo Xiaowen, who had dropped out of junior high school at that time.

They realized they had underestimated Mr. Chen. A dozen new employees were all earning 10,000 yuan each—how rich must the boss be?!
The girls' eyes sparkled with admiration.

With a strong sense of self-worth, Cheng Danting's eyelashes fluttered slightly as she suddenly realized that this was social class, the ultimate goal of all her previous efforts, yet something she could never achieve, and something she could not simply integrate into by deliberately wearing a "couple's outfit" today.

She felt a little disappointed.

Only when wealth standards are visualized down to the level of subordinates' salaries can people truly feel the vast disparity.

Perhaps only someone from a family with similar circumstances as Hu Li could chat and joke so easily with Chen Xuebing in this class.

Everyone in the class was preoccupied with their own thoughts, except for Hu Li, who wore a sly smile.

He's showing off his wealth now, and he's stopped pretending to be mysterious.

Today we must dig out his secrets and see what's really going on.

She suddenly stood up: "Didn't someone say last time that they would treat everyone to skewers after military training?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

"Ahem." Li Hongchang from room 306, still siding with his roommate, asked in a low voice, "You seemed to say... you'd treat next time?"

"I'll treat, I'll treat! But today we all have to get this old tycoon drunk!"

"Get it!"

"Mr. Hu, just because of what you said, I'm not going to the internet cafe today! I have to get Mr. Chen drunk!"

Seeing that Hu Li had gotten so emotional, Chen Xuebing panicked and quickly looked at Xu An.

"Advisor, it's too late today. The school has set a time for students to return to their dorms..."

Xu An crossed his arms and laughed, "Then let's hurry up and finish the class committee election. The students from Class Two are next door. We can't go back on our word, Mr. Chen."

Xu An's words have a double meaning.

One was about treating someone to a late-night snack, and the other was about hiring outstanding classmates.

If Chen Xuebing can actually meet the requirements, the class's performance over the next four years will definitely be good, bringing her a lot of success.

Chen Xuebing naturally understood and did not refuse.

"Of course I keep my word, Sister An. So, are you going or not?"

"I won't go. I'm getting old, I need to get some rest and recuperation."

"At that age?" Chen Xuebing feigned surprise, sizing her up. "What age? In your prime or your rainy season?"

Xu An chuckled inwardly, but still maintained his teacherly composure, crossing his arms and jokingly saying, "President Chen has quite the sweet tongue!"

Chen Xuebing shook his head and said seriously, "My words tend to be similar to others. Sister An is sweet-looking, so my words are sweet too."

Xu An laughed heartily.

The people below looked completely bewildered.

Do successful people all use this method to curry favor with their teachers?
(End of this chapter)