Chapter 26 - Empress Receives an Interview Invitation
The next day.
Ding-dong.
The doorbell rang. Longyue opened the door to see a courier with a package slung over his shoulder standing at the entrance.
Hmm? This Empress hasn’t bought anything online recently.
Longyue’s fine brows furrowed slightly, her face showing confusion and wariness.
Under her gaze, the courier took a sealed envelope out from the package at his waist.
“Excuse me, are you Ms. Lin Longyue? There is a postal delivery for you here that requires your personal signature.”
“Lin Longyue? Ah! That’s me!”
Longyue was stunned for a moment. After reacting, she quickly took the pen and signed the delivery document.
She had almost forgotten that she had a new surname now, that she had changed her surname to Lin in this world…
After signing for it, Longyue closed the door and returned to the living room with the delivery.
“Empress, did you buy something again?”
Lin Fan gave a light push with his feet, sliding out from the bedroom while sitting on his chair, and poked his head out to ask.
“This Empress doesn’t remember buying anything.”
Longyue shook her head, repeatedly examining the envelope in her hands.
Lin Fan took a closer look and immediately guessed what it was.
“Open it and see. It should be a surprise.”
“A surprise?”
Longyue’s face showed curiosity. In a few quick motions, she tore open the envelope and tipped out a card the size of a bank card. On the card, her headshot, name, and other information were clearly visible.
“Ooh, th-this is… this Empress’s ID card?”
Longyue’s eyes sparkled as she stared at the ID card in her hand, faintly able to see a resplendent luster on it.
This was her very own ID card, and also her proof of identity in this world.
With this ID card, from now on she would no longer be an unregistered person with no identity information, but a citizen of this world, of this country…
This also meant that she could handle many things on her own in the future, and could start working to earn money!
“Congratulations, Empress. From now on, you are a legal citizen of this world.”
Lin Fan slowly walked over to Longyue and congratulated her with a light chuckle.
“This is all thanks to you, Demon Sovereign.”
Longyue smiled with delight, but the moment she thought about how she still hadn’t found a suitable job, she couldn't help but feel sad and disheartened again.
“I have an ID card, but this Empress still hasn’t found a job…”
With that, she let out a deep sigh.
Since coming to this world, she had experienced many things she had never experienced before as a mortal, and among them all, this matter of looking for a job was what made her feel the most discouraged and tortured.
She clearly felt that with her status and strength as an empress laid bare, finding a job should be an easy matter, but it had already dragged on for several days, and she still hadn't received a single interview invitation…
“You can’t rush finding a job. When the opportune moment arrives, a job will naturally come knocking,” Lin Fan said, comforting her.
In any case, the household's financial crisis was temporarily resolved. Even if Longyue wasn't in a hurry to find a job, he didn't think it was a problem.
As for the one thousand in rent, it was more just to let her stay here with peace of mind. It would be better if she had it, but it didn't matter if she didn't; he wasn't short that one thousand.
“Mhm!”
Longyue nodded gratefully at Lin Fan.
Just then, her cell phone suddenly rang.
Ring ring ring, ring ring ring~
“A call, someone is calling this Empress…!”
Looking at the phone number displayed on the screen, Longyue’s expression was excited, and she impatiently pressed the answer key.
This was the first call she had received since she started looking for a job!
“Hello, hi…”
“Uh-huh, that’s me…”
“An interview invitation? Okay, okay, when is it?”
“Tomorrow? No problem! I will definitely be there on time!”
“Okay, thank you.”
After hanging up the phone, Longyue could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart and began to dance for joy.
“Hahaha, this Empress received an interview invitation!”
“It seems the mortals of this world aren't all a bunch of blind fools. There are still people who can see this Empress’s excellence and talent~”
Looking at the smug Longyue, Lin Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It was just one interview invitation. She hadn't even signed a formal work contract yet, and she was already getting so carried away with success, completely forgetting that she was once the empress revered by the masses…
“So, which is the company with such a discerning eye, to be able to take a fancy to our Empress?” Lin Fan asked casually.
“Er… let this Empress see!”
Longyue was stunned for a moment, only then remembering that she had been too happy just now and had completely forgotten to ask which company it was. She hurriedly opened her phone to check her inbox.
“Mami Media Co., Ltd....?”
“Hmm… I've never heard of this company.”
Lin Fan’s expression was pensive. He immediately returned to the computer in the bedroom to look up this company.
This Mami Media company was not large. It mainly focused on filming low-cost short dramas or micro-films. It didn’t have any notable representative works on the market, and in fact, it had been involved in quite a few legal disputes in recent years.
However, as a company, it was quite common to have a few legal disputes here and there.
“Demon Sovereign, is this company not good?”
Longyue leaned on Lin Fan’s shoulder and asked, peering at the computer.
“Mmm, it’s just a small company. It doesn’t seem that reliable,” Lin Fan said frankly.
Hearing this, Longyue’s expression became thoughtful.
This was an interview invitation she had finally gotten after waiting for several days. It would be a pity to just give it up.
More importantly, she still had to find a way to pay this month’s rent!
Seeing Longyue hesitating, Lin Fan couldn't bear to keep discouraging her, so he tried to say:
“Empress, you can go and give it a try tomorrow. If you feel it’s not suitable, you can just give up and look for another job. Just treat this as an opportunity to accumulate interview experience.”
“Mhm!”
Longyue thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Whether the work benefits were good or not was something she had to see for herself to know.
If she gave up on this hard-won interview opportunity just like that, she would inevitably feel unwilling.
In any case, it was just one interview invitation, not a formal contract signing. It would be fine to decide whether to stay or leave after the interview was over.
After making up her mind, she asked with a serious expression:
“Demon Sovereign, you’ve worked in this world before, right?”
“Mmm, yes I have. Why?”
“Then you must have been through many interviews!”
“Quite a few, indeed. I also looked for a job for a long time back then.”
“This Empress has never looked for a job, and I don’t know what to prepare for an interview, so, so… I’d like to ask you to teach this Empress…”
Longyue averted her gaze and requested with a slight blush on her cheeks.
This was her first interview. She didn't know what to prepare or what questions would be asked during the interview, but she wanted to prepare well. After thinking it over and over, the only person who could help her was Lin Fan before her…
Seeing Longyue's serious attitude towards the interview, Lin Fan slowly turned his swivel chair to face her.
“Alright, from now on, just pretend that this sovereign is the interviewer sitting in front of you and respond accordingly.”
“Excuse me, Ms. Lin, why did you choose our company?”
Longyue scratched her cheek embarrassedly.
“Er… because no other company contacted this Empress.”
The moment her voice fell, a karate chop landed heavily on the top of her head.
“You’re PASSED! An answer like that is no good!”
“Also, who refers to themselves as ‘This Empress’ during an interview! Again!”
Longyue: “……”