Chapter 12: Making things difficult

Chapter 12: Making things difficult

Day of the interview.

Dong Xuebing was afraid that his mother and Aunt Xuan'shopes will give him too much pressure and he was scared of disappointing them. This was why he did not tell themabout his interview. He woke up early and had a bowl of porridge for breakfast,before secretly leaving for the "battlefield" alone.

Baiyun Times Mansion.

On the 22nd floor of this building, there was a row of offices. At the door of theoffices, there were signages like Earthquake Bureau, Customs, etc. After askingthe directions with the receptionist, Feng Yu was directed to an office rightat the end of the corridor and saw Unit 2216. There were no signages outside.There was only a piece of A4 paper "Waiting Room for candidates" pasted on thedoor.

The door was open, andthere was a stench of cigarette smell.

Dong Xuebing looked at his watch. It was 10 minutes to 9 am.He clenched his fist and knocked lightly on the opened door.

"Come in." It was a man's hoarse voice.

"Good morning, I am Dong Xuebing. I am here for theinterview." You'll discover the inception of this content at n0v@lbin★

"Oh, show me your documents."

There were 2 men in civilian clothes sitting behind a desk.One was taller and about 45 years' old, the other was shorter, about 50 years'old. Both of them looked at Dong Xuebing's documents and waved to him to sitdown. There was an empty chair in front of them. Dong Xuebing sat upright. Hewas nervous, and his heart was beating very fast.

After waiting for a while, a middle age woman walked in from outside and sat behind the desk.She was much shorter than the taller man.

"It's about time." The taller man took out a stack ofdocuments. "Can we start?"

The taller man fanned himself with the stack of papers infront of him: "That's all?"

Still not enough?

Dong Xuebing thought for a while and said a bit more fromthe various answers he memorized: "If the subsidiary units made suggestionsabout our working attitudes and operating models, I would consolidate all heir suggestions and all for a departmentmeeting. We should look into improving our work attitudes and operations. As aservice provider, we should constantly refine and improve the ways we dothings..." Dong Xuebing continued for another 2 more minutes.

The woman and the shorter man were writing something.

The taller man asked with the same tone: "Is there any morethings you want to add?"

The woman frowned and looked at the taller man withoutsaying a word.

The shorter man was tapping the desk with his pen. He keptlooking down on the document in front of him and seldom raise his head.

"Ermmm... that's all." Dong Xuebing was frustrated.

Dong Xuebing continued to answer the next few questions. Hefelt that he had responded to thequestions well. But that taller man does not seem satisfied with him. He keptasking "That's all? Finished? Nothing else? What about the rest?" after DongXuebing's replies. He made it sounds like Dong Xuebing had givena very badanswer. He will indirectly influence theother two interviewers.

Damn, who did I offend?Why was this person making things so difficult for me?

Were all Civil Servant interviews like this? Cannot be. DongXuebing had never heard of such interviewers.

Dong Xuebing's heart sank. He knew that he will not passthis interview. He could tell from the taller interviewer that he was trying tomake things difficult for him.

Damn.

He will not pass the interview.....