Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 246: True or False First Love 46_1

Chapter 246: Chapter 246: True or False First Love 46_1

Zhou Lina could only sigh a little, after all, she was going to the Great Northwest to become an educated youth. Perhaps she wouldn’t be as miserable as the original host, but her situation was unlikely to be much better.

Now, she was starting to get busy with her new life because she had already begun working.

Ever since Zhang Shifen found out that Zhou Lina was going to work in the finance department, she quickly inquired about the department’s situation.

Before officially starting her job, Zhang Shifen learned that Accountant Feng of the finance department was going to retire at the end of the year, and with production increasing, there was a need to recruit a new finance employee, specifically a cost accountant.

Zhou Lina felt that her starting point couldn’t be that high. After all, in many people’s eyes, she was just a high school graduate with no financial skills whatsoever.

If she was going into the finance department, shouldn’t she start as a cashier first and then gradually move up?

Only when she took the employment form from the labor and wages department to report to Accountant Xiao, the head of the finance department, did she realize the information she had heard before was correct, she was indeed going to be trained by Accountant Feng to become a cost accountant.

Seeing Zhou Lina’s stunned look, Accountant Xiao chuckled, "You should have noticed your mathematics grades were the best, right?"

Zhou Lina nodded, and the other continued, "Finance requires care and attention to details, and it’s for those good at math."

"As for other aspects, you can learn them gradually."

"Of course, it won’t be too slow. Accountant Feng is going to retire at the end of the year, and due to special circumstances in her family, she won’t delay her retirement."

"So, I hope you can learn everything before she retires." Accountant Xiao could only hope that Zhou Lina was not a fool and would be able to complete the tasks assigned to her satisfactorily.

Considering Engineer Zhou’s intelligence, his daughter shouldn’t be too foolish.

"Can you do it?" Accountant Xiao stared at Zhou Lina.

Zhou Lina really wanted to cry. The pressure was indeed huge. She was just a high school graduate, yet she had to shoulder such heavy responsibilities. Alas, it was too hard.

But with the leader issuing such a directive, what could she do? Could she defy the leader like the post-00s generation and say, "I will try my best."

Cost accounting was never an easy task, and it was best not to overpromise.

Accountant Xiao hummed and walked to the office door, "Accountant Feng, come here for a moment."

Soon, a very serious middle-aged woman entered the office. Accountant Xiao made a brief introduction, "From now on, young Zhou will learn from you."

"Hello, Accountant Feng," Zhou Lina greeted respectfully.

Accountant Feng hummed, "Come on, there are lots of data waiting for you to check."

After speaking, she turned and left, regardless of whether her words had frightened Zhou Lina.

Accountant Xiao was used to Accountant Feng’s behavior, but she was worried that it might scare off the newcomer.

If it were someone else, she wouldn’t be worried. After all, if they’d been assigned to the finance department, where could they run off to?

But this was Zhou Lina. Setting aside her father, there was also Zhang Shifen’s influence to consider – she couldn’t just disregard their feelings.

Just as she was about to speak, to offer some explanation and make sure the young girl didn’t think it was personal, she saw Zhou Lina obediently following out the door. Accountant Xiao was momentarily stunned.

Then, she chuckled softly, "She seems to be a sensible child."

Of course, that was just appearance-wise. Whether she was truly obedient was yet to be determined.

But with connections, whether she was obedient was not important. What mattered was if she worked seriously and didn’t stir up trouble in the office.

Accountant Xiao was aware that Zhou Lina’s recent actions had been the subject of various discussions at both the steel and machinery factories, especially since she involved the police and even escalated matters to GWH.

Many people were really displeased, feeling that if there were conflicts, they could be resolved by the intervention of the factory trade union, and there was no need to drag those two departments into the matter.

Yet she had made the call, causing a huge commotion, and many people avoided her, thinking she was someone who liked to stir up trouble.

Accountant Xiao didn’t see it that way. Zhou Lina had taken a stand only because someone had bullied her, and judging by Zhou Dajiang’s family’s reaction, it would be false to say they didn’t know about it.

If she hadn’t made a fuss, everyone knew how the matter would have ended; it would have simply been swept under the rug.

No compensation would have been offered, and who knows what other complications could have arisen.

However, now that she had made a spectacle of it, the house was reclaimed, and those who plotted against her were sent off to the Great Northwest to be ’sent-down youths.’

Zhou Dajiang’s family’s reputation was now ruined. They might not realize it yet, but wouldn’t those who were close to them now be wary?

For the sake of a job, they had schemed against their own kin; if conflicts arose at work in the future, wouldn’t they plot just the same?

The more Accountant Xiao thought about it, the more she felt that Zhou Lina was a clever person. What did it matter if her reputation was less than ideal?

In those times, how many so-called good-natured people were truly thriving? Especially with a reputation like hers, she might actually fare better in their department.

Zhou Lina followed Accountant Feng out of the manager’s office. Her desk was right next to Feng’s. With a quick scan across the neighboring desks, she was confident that,

upon entering the financial department’s main office, she noticed many people occasionally sizing her up.

There were the curious, the dubious, the avoidant, and of course, the envious. Zhou Lina didn’t need to look up to know that aside from Accountant Yang, no one else would be watching her with such scrutiny.

Accountant Yang had taken over her mother-in-law’s place in the steel factory’s financial department, starting as a cashier. With Accountant Feng’s retirement, she had hoped to become the cost accountant, a role her mother-in-law had held prior to retiring.

But against her expectations, a newcomer was appointed as the cost accountant, and she was not promoted. How could Accountant Yang not be angry?

So what if Zhou Lina had backers? How long could her martyred father protect her?

Reliant on Zhang Shifen? After so many years at the factory, she was still only the deputy head of the union and had never had the chance to become the head. If she couldn’t look out for herself, how could she rise to a position in the financial department?

But when she thought about the fuss this girl had stirred up recently, she didn’t dare to make a move against her—the girl was indeed ruthlessly determined.

She could report her beloved stepfather and relatives, even send them off to the Great Northwest to become ’sent-down youths.’ What if she was the one to be dealt with next, forced to eat "for free"?

Yet to give up just like that was something she couldn’t accept, unsure when there would be another opening in the financial department.

After Accountant Feng’s retirement, it would be at least seven or eight years before the next person in finance retired. The thought of having to work another seven or eight years at the cashier position nearly drove Accountant Yang to despair.

The salary in the financial department was determined based on your position and years of service; the base salary for a cashier was the lowest, while that for a cost accountant was higher.

The thought of Zhou Lina, who was younger than her, earning a higher salary after only three to five years of work was enough to upset anyone.

But she didn’t know what to do to get Zhou Lina to step down. By the looks of her, she did not seem like one to be easily talked into things.

Shouldn’t a girl her age, new to the workplace, be rather reserved?

But from what she saw, Zhou Lina did not appear to be afraid, despite the numerous glances her way.

Accountant Yang had forgotten what she was like when she first joined the financial department, having been referred by her in-laws and having visited Accountant Xiao prior to starting her job.

She had still been very frightened, making quite a few errors on her first day, which Accountant Xiao gently chided her for.