E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World-Chapter 76 - Episode 76 No Males Allowed Dont Cause Trouble 2

Chapter 76: Episode 76: No Males Allowed, Don’t Cause Trouble 2

Chapter 76: Episode 76: No Males Allowed, Don’t Cause Trouble 2

Of course, having experienced cyberbullying, she was cautious and had recorded her phone conversation with the other party, just in case. After all, no one knew who was on the other end of the line.

As expected, after Zhou Xueyin cursed out the person making the harassing calls, the front desk phone quieted down. Only occasionally would someone call to ask for the company’s address for an interview.

A few days later, Wang Simo, a photography enthusiast and a friend from online forums, applied for a graphic assistant position.

Her work enthusiasm was high, and she was very quick at producing work, swiftly helping Yao Shanshan resolve many issues. It didn’t seem necessary to recruit a second graphic assistant anymore.

However, in the following days, Ji Xiaoxi made some calls to candidates who seemed suitable for an interview. Yet, all of them made excuses and declined.

“This is really odd. Are people not in a hurry to find jobs anymore, or what’s going on? Isn’t it almost graduation season? I called several soon-to-be graduates, and they all made up excuses not to come,” Ji Xiaoxi complained, but not a single person came in for an interview.

“That shouldn’t be the case. Last year, when my classmates received interview calls, they were jumping for joy. There weren’t many who would look for excuses not to go…” Li Jiniang also expressed her confusion.

“Xixi, there’s someone here for an interview~” Sun Miao walked in with a girl who had her hair in twin ponytails.

“Huh? What’s her name? I thought the calls I made over the past days had all failed…” Ji Xiaoxi looked bewildered at Sun Miao and the girl following her.

“No… I saw the post and came on my own initiative,” said the girl nervously.

“Come on, come over here…” Ji Xiaoxi said, welcoming her eagerly.

It wasn’t easy at all; after making so many phone calls, not one person came.

And then someone saw the forum post and came knocking on their own, just like unintended willow trees growing from careless planting…

“Um, my name is Fang Jing. I graduated from the Japanese department of Capital Normal University,” Fang Jing introduced herself.

Huh? The Japanese department? Zhou Xueyin perked up at the mention of something that interested her. Oh, right, the Japanese lessons she had been putting off…

If the company had someone who could speak Japanese, wouldn’t it make learning so much easier?

‘Hmm… not bad. Regardless of the interview results, I’ll hire Fang Jing,’ Zhou Xueyin resolved silently.

The interview on Ji Xiaoxi’s side went smoothly too. Fang Jing had previously interned at a translation and publishing company. However, she had clashed with one of the male employees there and eventually resigned.

She wanted to study in Japan, but without the money, she had no choice but to continue job hunting.

Fang Jing had not actually seen the recruitment information on the 51buy forum. Instead, she had found the post on a campus bulletin board website.

“Wait a minute, we haven’t posted any recruitment information on any bulletin boards…” Ji Xiaoxi said, looking at Fang Jing with puzzlement.

“Well… actually… that post was defamatory against 51buy. It claimed that although the company says it hires only females, it actually hires males and demeans women. But listening to the audio, you can tell it’s edited. I wouldn’t think anyone would believe it,” Fang Jing’s comment unravelled why Ji Xiaoxi had been fruitless for so many days.

“Who could it be? Who has nothing better to do?” Ji Xiaoxi rolled her eyes. “Then, why did you still come here for an interview?”

“That audio was spliced together, and I also checked the forum; it doesn’t seem like the person said what they claimed…” Fang Jing’s voice faded as she spoke, and she gave an embarrassed smile, “And then… I actually wanted to come and see for myself what was true and what wasn’t…”

“…It’s good that you’re someone who seeks the truth…” Ji Xiaoxi responded with a wry smile.

“I think it would be best if you go to those forums and clarify things. The comments below that post are all criticizing your forum…” Fang Jing sincerely suggested.

“Yinyin, come here…” Ji Xiaoxi called over to Zhou Xueyin, motioning for her, “This is Zhou Xueyin, our General Manager. I think it would be better for you to talk to her further.”

“Hello, I’m Zhou Xueyin. Actually, I’ve heard everything you said,” Zhou Xueyin sat opposite Fang Jing without any air of superiority, “I roughly know who’s behind this against us, and I’ve recorded some evidence too…”

“That’s really good…” Fang Jing breathed a sigh of relief, “So…”

“Oh right, let me first introduce 51buy to you…” Now that she understood the situation of the other party, she definitely had to talk about her own company.

Zhou Xueyin went into great detail in introducing her company, then discussed Fang Jing’s daily job responsibilities and salary situation.

“That’s absolutely fine! It’s really all girls working here, so I’m reassured,” Fang Jing revealed a relieved smile.

“As for the rumors on the internet, let the innocent clear themselves. The person who posted them just wanted temporary satisfaction from their words. It’s defamation, and we can get legal involved when the time comes…” Having evidence in hand, she certainly wasn’t afraid of others framing or setting her up.

“Hehe, later we’ll post a clarification in our forum, and put up the full audio. Afterwards, I’ll deal with it through Sister Yu; the irresponsible remarks of that person have also affected Fashion Xinrui’s interests, hmph, they’ll have a hard time carrying this burden!” Zhou Xueyin showed a rarely seen cunning smile.

A few days later, the netizens who were unanimously cursing 51buy had switched sides, denouncing the troublemaker who twisted facts.

Some go-getters even posted the full conversation between Zhou Xueyin and that person on the forums, which sparked a verbal brawl akin to beating a dog while it’s down.

Somehow, 51buy had become the biggest winner, with their phone lines blowing up with interview requests, and their email inboxes filled with resumes from all sorts of netizens…

However, as the company only had limited space and couldn’t possibly hire so many people, they had to decline many of the enthusiastic job seekers.

Thankfully, those people were very understanding, as they were constrained by the positions available, job requirements, and salary packages, not everyone wanting to apply met these conditions.

Some who did meet the conditions and were invited for interviews sometimes ultimately rejected each other for various reasons.

In the end, after several rounds of interviews, two people with common interests were chosen: Zhao Fangrui, a content editor, and Sun Chanjuan, an assistant graphic designer.

The person who slandered 51buy was discovered by the company to have been slacking during work hours and received a demotion as a warning. Should he be found neglecting his duties again, it wouldn’t be a simple demotion anymore.

Being at fault, the person didn’t dare to cause further trouble. Not only that, but they also deleted all their posts defaming 51buy from the web, acting as if nothing had ever happened…

With the recruitment settled, the mountain of work piled up was finally processed quickly like flowing water, positive customer feedback was received, and not only was some payment collected, but there were also contract renewals.

At that time, a Japanese distributor from the anime industry looking to enter the Chinese market approached them, hoping to advertise through Zhou Xueyin’s forum, which attracted many cosplayers from the cosplay community.

“Fang Jing, come with me to visit a Japanese client next week!” After receiving this cooperation opportunity, the first thing Zhou Xueyin thought of was to have Fang Jing act as her translator.