The job fair went off without a hitch.

In a single morning Zhang Xinzhou took in more than a hundred application forms, and by eleven thirty, once the other companies had begun packing up, he drove Yuan Yuqi back to the office.

At lunch the whole company sat around in the break area over takeout. Xu Ye went through the résumés as he ate. "There really are some strong people in here. Old Tang, take a look at this one."

Tang Bowen reached over and took the résumé Xu Ye was holding out, glanced at the personal details, and stopped on the section for skills and certifications.

"Master's out of the law school," Xu Ye said. "Already has the bar qualification, the CPA and the actuarial certification, plus two internships. What do you think?"

"On paper, definitely not bad."

"Let me say this up front. Tomorrow morning at the interviews I want all of you sitting in, because afterward you're the ones who'll be training them. We've collected this many forms — we may as well take the best of them."

"Right."

Zhang Xinzhou shoveled in a mouthful of rice and grinned, pleased with himself. "Out of all the companies at that fair, apart from a few of the better-known securities firms, we must have taken in more than anybody."

"Which building is the info session in this afternoon?"

"Classroom 303, Teaching Building Six. I've set up a group and told them two o'clock in 303. But you'll have to keep an eye on the time — we have to be finished before three, because other companies need the room after us."

"Mm."

Once Xu Ye and the rest had finished with the business talk, Yuan Yuqi finally started in on the gossip with the women sitting near her. "Listen to this. At the job fair this morning I actually saw somebody sexually harassing a coworker."

"Huh? Are you serious?"

That one sentence from Yuan Yuqi caught the interest of everybody around her, and they all started pressing for details at once.

Yuan Yuqi nodded. "Serious. I saw it with…