Chapter 62: Clear Water Bay

  "Come in!" As soon as the knock on the door fell, a clear voice came from inside the office.

  With permission obtained, Chen Chufan pushed open the door and walked into the personnel department office of Qing Shui Wan Club.

  A very refreshing and clean office, but the light yellow main tone lacks a bit of the heaviness that the human resources department should have.

  As soon as you enter the room, a floor-to-ceiling window comes into view. Although it is covered with a thick, light yellow curtain, some sunlight still seeps through the gaps in the curtains and spills onto the solid wood office desk about two meters away from the window, leaving a patch of light on it. On both sides of the room are placed two large bookshelves, which their owner obviously uses mainly as file cabinets. Through the glass of the bookshelves, you can see many file bags neatly arranged inside.

  A woman in her twenties sat at the office desk. She wore a simple yet neat professional outfit, with a white blouse under a black women's jacket. Her long hair was neatly tied up, revealing a smooth forehead, big eyes, but not high nose, not stunningly beautiful, but quite pleasant to look at.

  At this time, the personnel manager of Qing Shui Bay Club, Liu Yuanyuan, was looking up with a puzzled face at Chen Chufan who was walking towards her office desk.

  "Hello, Manager Liu. My name is Chen Chufan, and I've applied for the pianist position at your club. General Manager Liu asked me to come today to sign a part-time contract." Chen Chufan walked up to the office desk and spoke with confidence.

  "Are you Chen Chufan?" Liu Yuanyuan was even more puzzled. General Manager Liu had indeed come to greet her earlier, saying that he had newly hired a part-time pianist, but she couldn't connect the elegant profession of a pianist with this big boy in front of her. It wasn't that Liu Yuanyuan was judging by appearance, it's just that Chen Chufan's outfit was too shabby. A round-necked T-shirt paired with shorts that reached his knees? Although they were all very clean, did this look like the attire for a pianist interview? And General Manager Liu had even arranged for him to be in Zone C? That was an exaggeration!

  However, Liu Yuanyuan also admired Chen Chufan's courage. He was dressed like this and still walked through the club with a calm demeanor, walked to his own office, and then stood in front of him with confidence. Not to mention anything else, the boy's mental strength is strong enough.

  "Yes, it's me! What's the problem?" Chen Chufan felt a bit depressed, and from Liu Manager's gaze, he could tell. It was his outfit that caused trouble again. But this couldn't be blamed on him, first because he didn't know Qing Shui Bay Club was so high-end, second because his body suddenly grew taller and his old clothes no longer fit, and third because it was summer, he only bought three sets of summer T-shirts and shorts. Besides, wasn't Liu said that the club would provide work uniforms? Anyway, when working, wearing a uniform would be fine.

  It's also Liu Xiaoting's fault for not realizing that Chen Chufan was just a student with no social experience, and many things were not clearly communicated.

  "Oh! Then sit down first, did you bring your ID?" Liu Yuanyuan suppressed the doubts in her heart and gestured for Chen Chufan to sit on the chair opposite her office desk.

  "Here it is!" Chen Chufan said, and then took out his ID card from his own pocket and handed it over along with his student ID.

  Liu Yuanyuan took Chen Chufan's documents and carefully checked them. Then she photocopied Chen Chufan's ID card and handed it back to him.

  "Your contract is ready, and since it's a part-time contract, it's relatively simple! Take a look first, and if you can sign it, that's fine." As she spoke, Liu Yuanyuan pulled out a prepared contract from a stack of files placed on the corner of her office desk and handed it to Chen Chufan.

  Chen Chufan took a simple glance, roughly the same as what Liu Ayi said, nothing more than adding several clauses to protect the interests of the club. For example, if you want to resign, you must give notice one week in advance, and after resignation, you cannot jump to another club with direct competitive relationship with Qing Shui Bay Club for a year.

  At this point Chen Chu Fan no longer hesitated and directly signed his name on the contract before handing it over.

  "Alright! You go to the finance department to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan, then bring the receipt back here. I'll take you to get your work uniform and introduce you to your colleagues." Liu Yuanyuan said after taking Chen Chufan's contract and glancing over it.

  "What? You want a deposit too?" Chen Chufan felt depressed again, Liu's wife hadn't told him about this either. He only had a little over a hundred yuan on him.

  "Don't worry, this deposit is for your work uniform and name tag. The company will give you a formal receipt. When you leave the job, return the uniform and name tag, and the deposit will be fully refunded! If you don't have enough cash, the finance department can also accept card payments." Liu Yuanyuan explained patiently.

  Chen Chufan wasn't worried about whether the club would return his 1,000 yuan deposit or not. The thing was, he simply didn't have that much money on him. Not only did he not have it on him, but he also didn't have it in his bank card either.

  "Aunt Liu didn't mention that I need to pay a deposit, and I'm still a student, I don't have that much money on me." Chen Chufan said gloomily, then added: "I don't have it in my card either!"

  "Huh?" Liu Yuanyuan was also taken aback for the first time, and she couldn't help but pause. In the past, whoever came to apply wasn't it that they didn't say a word and handed over the deposit? It's known that working at Qing Shui Bay Club has great benefits, who would be reluctant to part with that little deposit?

  Liu Yuanyuan shook her head, the boy in front of her was specially entrusted by General Manager Liu to be recruited, and she couldn't make a decision herself, so she opened her mouth and said: "Then you wait for now, I'll call General Manager Liu and see what she says!"

  After finishing, Liu Yuanyuan pressed the hands-free key on the desk phone and dialed a string of numbers. Chen Chufan saw clearly that it was Liu's mother's phone number. The phone rang twice before being answered.

  "What's wrong with Little Liu?" Aunt Liu's voice came from the phone.

  Liu Yuanyuan picked up the receiver and reported on the phone: "It's like this, General Manager Liu. The Mr. Chen you had contacted has arrived, and the contract has been signed, but he doesn't have enough money to pay the deposit. How do you think we should handle this?"

  Because it was no longer on speaker, Chen Chufan couldn't hear Liu Ayi's voice on the other end of the phone, he could only see Liu Manager's face changing to a somewhat strange expression, then responded with two "uh-huhs", and then ended the call with a sentence "I know!" before hanging up.

  "Alright, you don't have to pay the deposit anymore!" Liu Yuanyuan said directly after hanging up the phone. Then she asked with a strange expression: "General Manager Liu isn't your relative or something?"

  "Not really!" Chen Chufan was delighted at first, but then he looked confused. He didn't know what the two women had discussed on the phone, but not having to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan had solved a big problem for him.

  "Alright, come with me, I'll take you to get your uniform and name tag!" Liu Yuanyuan saw Chen Chufan's bewildered expression, seemingly having nothing to do with Manager Liu, so she didn't dwell on it either. She stood up from her chair and took Chen Chufan to the logistics department.

  The logistics department is not far from the personnel department, but it's separated by several offices. The person in charge of logistics is a woman in her 40s, who is quite enthusiastic, but this enthusiasm disappeared after they couldn't find a suitable performance outfit for Chen Chufan throughout the entire logistics department. It turned out that Chen Chufan had recently grown too tall and big, and they couldn't find any clothes that fit his body type, everything was too small.

  Liu Yuanyuan was really annoyed, thought for a moment and then spoke to the aunt in charge of logistics: "Aunt Luo, let's just do it this way! Since it's hot now, we can skip wearing that tailcoat outside during the performance. You go to the security department and get him a set of shirts and pants that fit him, they should have clothes that fit him there. Anyway, they're all about the same, let's just make do for today!"

  "Alright, that's settled then!" Old Lady Luo responded with a "hmmph", and turned to leave. As she walked away, she muttered to herself: "This kid, growing up like this and playing basketball, what's the point of learning piano?"

  Later, only Liu Yuanyuan and Chen Chufan were left in the logistics room, staring at each other.

  In her boredom, Liu Yuanyuan looked down and let out another elegant gasp of surprise: "Heavens? You're actually wearing sneakers?"

  "Huh?" Following Liu Yuanyuan's gaze, Chen Chufan looked at his own shoes and indeed they were a pair of basketball shoes. Wasn't that okay? He had always worn them to play the piano!

  "What's wrong, can't I?" Chen Chufan asked with some confusion.

  Liu Yuanyuan could no longer speak. In her mind, a silly big guy appeared, wearing a white shirt with a red tie, paired with black trousers and white sports shoes, standing in front of the piano in the central area of C, bowing to customers. She couldn't help but shudder all over! What a disastrous scene it would be! Fortunately, she discovered it early, and Liu Yuanyuan even felt a little lucky.

  "Alright, Chen Chufan, you wait here for me! I'll go buy a pair of shoes for you now. What size do you wear?" Liu Yuanyuan said, trying to calm herself down and speaking in as gentle a voice as possible.

  "Huh? No need to go through so much trouble, right? I'm fine playing the piano in these shoes!" Chen Chufan was still in a daze, he hadn't considered his image at all, he simply didn't want to bother the personnel manager who wasn't very familiar with him, feeling that he had already bothered others too much today!

  "Cut the crap! How many times?! Can you represent our club in District C with this kind of image?!" Liu Yuanyuan finally couldn't bear the depression in her heart and growled out.

  The woman's angry voice made Chen Chufan pause for a moment, and he suddenly realized that it wasn't about whether the shoes could play the piano or not, but rather his own image problem! Although Chen Chufan had always been relatively calm in the face of everything he encountered at the club, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed this time. His face turned red as he stuttered: "42 sizes!"