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Chapter 408
Chapter 408
Chapter 408
Chapter 408
As Stella approached Keegan, he immediately reached out to remove her sunglasses. She frowned and was clearly unhappy with the gesture. So, she asked, “Why did you take off my sunglasses?”
Keegan responded, “You’re wearing sunglasses on stage. It distracts the audience’s attention away from the recruitment talk.”
Stella snorted. “Yeah, you can control me. But, can you also control the audience’s attention?”
“Pfft,” Aldor could not help but laugh. “Madam is truly a performer. She has a bit of comedic talent.”
But, as soon as Keegan shot Aldor a glance, Aldor cleared his throat, trying to act natural.
Keegan folded the sunglasses and put them in his pocket. “Stella, sit next to me and behave yourself. Don’t talk nonsense.”
“Okay,” Surprisingly, Stella did not argue with Keegan this time.
At three in the afternoon, the recruitment talk had officially begun.
Mr. Jackman started by giving a brief introduction to the collaboration between the
Vinci Rivera Group and the university. Then, he introduced each member of the team who came from the Vinci Rivera Group. The atmosphere at the scene quickly became engaged.
Jackson and Keegan made brief speeches about the collaboration and then handed the stage over to Sophia.
Sophia lowered the microphone and spoke gently. “Hello, Trinity University officials and fellow students. My name is Sophia and I am the speaker for the Vinci Rivera
Group’s ‘Rising Star’ project. I’m 22 years old and currently working in the operations department at the Vinci Rivera Group. Are there any students here around my age? Raise your hand. Let’s see how many of you are there…”
Sophia’s voice was very sweet, and her pace was neither fast nor slow. There was no cadence or exaggerated intonation when she was speaking. She sounded like she was chatting with a good friend. Such an interactive presentation could engage people easily.
Stella lightly tapped her water glass as if she was marking time, or maybe she was showing a bored gesture.
“I’m talented? No, I’m not talented,” Sophia chuckled and said, “I was pretty lucky.
When I was really young, I was abandoned at the doorstep of a welfare home. I don’t remember much, but I think it was in the middle of winter, and it was freezing outside with snow on the ground. They had taken me for a bike ride. I remember the wind was really loud in my ears. I kept complaining about being cold, and they promised to get me new clothes and gave me a roasted sweet potato. They told me to wait there, but I waited all day and night. And, they never came back to get me…”
Keegan’s face darkened. Stella glanced at Keegan and then looked away.’ Sophia really can’t bring herself to delete the content that Keegan crossed out,’ she thought.
Sophia talked about being abandoned, brought in by the welfare home, and the bullying she had experienced there. She concluded, “I love the saying,’ What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.’ The way I see it, life doesn’t always give you a good hand, but it’s up to you to play it well. I owe a lot to my foster parents for their love and support. They gave me the opportunity to get an education and showed me how to make the most out of what I had. Looking back now, the tough times I went through seem like a distant memory. I still talk to friends about my experiences in the welfare home, but I’ve learned to let go.”
After taking twenty minutes to share her “tragic past”, only then did Sophia finally get to the point and began to talk about the “Rising Star” project. When she got to the second half of her presentation, the atmosphere in the audience was full of motivation. Sophia became more and more at ease as things were going exactly how she had wanted.
“Everyone, please wait for a moment. Let me show you the relevant disciplines and content about our ‘Rising Star’ project on the big screen. You can compare the information shown here. If you have relevant majors and are interested in joining, feel free to fill out your information with our staff. They’ll be available to answer any questions you might have.”