Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 27 Student Union Recruitment

With only a few days left in the military training, the School of Business Administration’s Student Union officially began recruiting new members.

During the lunch break, Chen Pingjiang received a call from Zhai Fei, deputy director of the college's Student External Relations Department, asking him to come over for a formality.

You can always trust our comrade Xiao Chen's ability to make friends.

During the military training, he was busy with various social engagements, including those with his classmates, counselors, and the heads of several departments of the Student Union.

Don’t think of the student union as some high-end place, especially the college student union.

We are all from the School of Business Administration, and we are classmates or even in the same class.

Basically, knowing one is equivalent to knowing a string.

Before the college student union recruited new members, Chen Pingjiang had already been in close contact with several deputy directors of the Discipline Inspection Department, External Relations Department, Art Department, and Propaganda Department, and everyone at the dinner table was his defeated opponent.

Several departments also extended olive branches to Chen Pingjiang, but he personally preferred the External Relations Department.

The Discipline Inspection Department has its advantages, as it can check for pretentiousness in dormitories; he can meet more girls in the Art and Literature Department and the Propaganda Department, but the External Relations Department is the most suitable for Chen Pingjiang and is the easiest to achieve results.

To explain it in one sentence, the External Relations Department is responsible for soliciting sponsorship and is the purse of the God of Wealth.

The college student union held a party, and this department or that department wanted to hold an event, so they all needed money. Where did the money come from? They went to various shops to beg for alms.

Therefore, if an officer in the External Relations Department can attract a large amount of sponsorship by himself, he is truly a top-notch figure, and his status is equivalent to that of a super sales champion in the company.

Ordinary salespeople in the company can probably chat and laugh with their leaders, senior salespeople can be on close terms with the boss, and as a super sales champion, you can shit on the boss's head, and the boss will still praise you for having a good stomach.

In the future, a certain teaching institution transformed into a live-streaming sales company. The CEO wanted to get rid of his top salesperson. As a result, the company's stock price plummeted by a quarter the next day, and its market value evaporated by tens of billions. In the end, he was also fired, and the big boss had to lick his face and invite the top salesperson back.

When Chen Pingjiang arrived at the teaching building, there were many freshmen lined up outside. All of them were wearing military training uniforms, and some were wearing casual clothes.

Among them was Chen Pingjiang’s classmate. The girl was very surprised to see Chen Pingjiang.

Although they have only been together for ten days or so, Chen Pingjiang is already a celebrity in the class. He has a high prestige among the boys, who tend to listen to him. He is also very familiar with the instructor. Now, when their instructor occasionally goes to the toilet, Chen Pingjiang is required to lead the class and shout slogans.

After waiting for a while, it was Chen Pingjiang's turn to walk into the classroom. Sitting in the first row were three men and one woman, namely Minister Cui Yuqi, and three deputy ministers Zhai Fei, Sang Xuegao and Sui Yuan. They were all wearing black suits and looked quite presentable.

Among them, Zhai Fei had dealt with and had meals with Sang Xuegao and Chen Pingjiang. They were also classmates. Minister Cui Yuqi was a senior in his junior year. As for Sui Yuan, according to Zhai Fei, she was a power-hungry person with a strong desire for power.

I don’t know if Zhai Fei is like this by nature or if he has been hanging out with too many bosses in society, but he is very slick. When he saw Chen Pingjiang walk into the classroom, he blinked at him with an ambiguous look on his face.

The student union’s interview usually consists of two rounds. The first round is aimed at screening people on a large scale, and the second round is just a formality. As long as your performance is not too bad, you will basically not be eliminated.

The first round of interviews consists of two parts: self-introduction and answering questions, such as "What do you think of the Student Union?" "How much do you know about the External Relations Department?" "Tell me about your strengths."

Chen Pingjiang answered with ease, neither too high-profile nor too low-profile.

Finally, it was Sui Yuan's turn to ask questions. After glancing at Chen Pingjiang's resume, she asked, "What shortcomings do you think you have?"

"My shortcoming is that I tend to get stuck in a rut. If I fail to complete my work or studies, I really can't eat or sleep." Chen Pingjiang answered with a shortcoming that is not really a shortcoming.

Generally, the interview ends here. It is just a formality and not a real company interview. Unexpectedly, Sui Yuan's face darkened after hearing Chen Pingjiang's answer. She said in a bad tone: "My friend, the question is asking you to summarize your shortcomings, not to praise yourself. If you don't even summarize your own shortcomings, it means you don't know yourself."

Chen Pingjiang frowned when he heard this. It was no wonder that Zhai Fei said that she was obsessed with power and had a strong desire for power. She was just a student, but she was so arrogant during the interview, with a poker face and a pretentious tone, examining Chen Pingjiang with the attitude of a superior.

Zhai Fei's face changed a lot. Two days ago, he patted his chest and assured that the interview was just a formality. Now, anyone with eyes wide open can see that Sui Yuan is just trying to make things difficult for him. How can he save face now?

Chen Pingjiang was not an easy person to deal with: "I am answering this based on my understanding of myself. If you don't even know me, how do you know that I haven't summarized my shortcomings?"

Sui Yuan was used to putting on airs and her attitude during meetings with her subordinates. When she suddenly encountered a freshman who dared to talk back, her expression changed immediately.

Cui Yuqi, who was sitting among the few people, was stunned. He was the kind of person who was soft and nice, and Sui Yuan had often contradicted him in this way. He also felt a headache about Sui Yuan who liked to set rules for freshmen at every turn. But he didn't expect Chen Pingjiang to get so angry and talk back to Sui Yuan.

For a moment, the classroom was a little quiet.

If Chen Pingjiang had the same vision and cognition as other freshmen, he probably wouldn't have the guts to fight back. Having lived his life again, he knew too well what these student union vice-ministers and ministers were like. If they pissed him off, he would be nothing.

Chen Pingjiang is not showing off. The student union has a lot of work to do. Freshmen basically serve as free labor. They call it training, but what is the reality? The position of deputy minister is not about who is more capable, but who can last longer. As long as you can last longer than other staff members and participate in more activities, you can basically be successfully elected.

Once you leave the campus, you are nothing but the president of the student union. Do you think you are the student union of C9? In a few years, you may think it is childish when you look back.

The worse the school, the more arrogant the students will be, the more addicted they will be to power, and the more obsessed they will be with power.

Zhai Fei and Sang Xuegao enjoyed the fun and held back their laughter while secretly giving Chen Pingjiang a thumbs up. Sui Yuan was unable to save herself for a while, after all, she had never seen such a rebellious freshman.

The good old Cui Yuqi came out to smooth things over and said, "Uh, that... Thank you Chen Pingjiang for your answer. If you pass the preliminary test, we will send you a message."

Chen Pingjiang nodded and walked out of the classroom, then he saw several heads lined up eavesdropping.

Several people looked at Chen Pingjiang with eyes full of admiration. They thought he was awesome just by confronting the sophomore seniors.

Sui Yuan's voice came from the classroom: "I don't agree with this person. How can we carry out our work if a new student is so unruly?"

PS: From my personal experience, the worse the school, the more the student union and club cadres liked to put on airs. Now I think I was also a fool at that time, because I was one of them. In the end, I had no skills, and I learned to eat, drink and have fun better than anyone else.

(End of this chapter)