The next morning, when Naomi arrived at the company, Clint was already waiting for her at the door.
"Miss Naomi, you're here!"
Naomi shook her head and said, "Uncle Clint, just call me casually! Didn't I tell my father not to trouble you?"
"It's fine. I'll take you to your department."
They walked together and noticed the staff in the project department had already started working already.
Clint introduced Naomi to the manager of the department, "Madam Leon, this is Naomi George. She will be an intern reporting to you from today onwards. Please guide her well!"
The manager of the department, Cynthia Leon, was dressed in a black suit. Her hair was tied up meticulously in a ponytail, while a large pair of dull, black-framed glasses rested on her nose.
Upon hearing that, Cynthia glanced at Naomi seriously before shooting a look at Clint.
"Assistant Zuckerberg, I'm afraid I can't guide her!"
The rejection was sudden and unexpected. Naomi was at a loss all of a sudden, so she asked, "Why?"
Cynthia pursed her lips and commented, "I just cant!
However, Naomi was also a stubborn person. She had always felt that no matter what happened, everything needed to be said clearly. If everyone was holding back, how would they be able to solve a problem together?
This was how she dealt with problems!
"There must be a reason! Although I am a new employee, I will not accept being excused for no reason at all. Please tell me!"
Upon hearing Naomi's straightforward comments, Cynthia frowned, "Since you'd like to know, I don't mind explaining it to you. My department operates on profit, not on charity! Everyone here is aware that you're the boss's daughter, and there's even a possibility that you will be my superior in the future. Now, if I accept you into my department, it'll be difficult for everyone. I'll feel displeased if you perform poorly, and if I reprimand you too harshly, you'll feel displeased too. Why should I risk putting everyone in an awkward position by accepting you?"
After she finished ranting, Cynthia took a deep breath.
"That's all."
Clint was caught in the middle of this. He had no idea how to calm the situation down.
Whilst he was in a bind, Naomi quickly replied.
"If that's the case, I would like to prove you wrong, Madam Leon. Since I'm here for an internship, I'll accept the normal treatment like other interns. Madam Leon, I'm aware that you dislike spoiled and arrogant brats. What a coincidence, I dislike those people as well!"
"Hence, please treat me as though I were a normal employee. I promise to not involve my personal affairs with professional and work-related issues. Similarly, I won't be planning any revenge against anyone here due to my personal grudges!""
"If you don't believe me, you can just talk to the chairman.. He has always been fair and will not allow such things to happen!"
It was only then that Cynthia took a good, hard look at Naomi.
She had never seen Naomi before. Based on what she heard, she assumed that most rich ladies from large households would be spoiled and annoying. However, she never expected Naomi to be an exception.
Since Naomi was so straightforward, Cynthia would not beat around the bush either.
She immediately made her decision, "Very well! I'll be glad to treat you like any normal employee under my jurisdiction. Since you're a new intern, you'll be required to submit an order to us within 10 days. Within a month, you'll be required to submit to us an order that amounts to more than 10 million dollars. If not, you'll be asked to leave as per my orders!"
Meanwhile, Clint wanted to ask if there was any room for negotiation.
The very next second, Naomi had already reached out to shake Cynthia's hand and agreed coolly, "It's a deal!"
Clint was speechless.
"Naomi, won't this..."
"Assistant Zuckerberg, thank you for bringing me here. You can leave now, I know you still have your own affairs to attend to. I'll be fine here."
Naomi insisted on not accepting his help, so he could only leave.
After Naomi found her work desk, she began to look through some documents she had. So far, she did not have any resources at all. Thus, she could only look for clients by herself!
With that, she left in the afternoon in search for potential clients.
A few days soon passed with no potential clients, though her skin had turned a few shades darker.
That evening, when Naomi arrived home, she was stopped by Eudora.
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