Inside the room,
Two interviewers, a man and a woman, sat in front.
On the table before them stood a small sign.
The sign read:
Ghost City Resident Review Department: Jiao Wen
Ghost City Resident Review Department: Zuo Xiaoying
About two meters away from them stood a male ghost who had just entered.
He was about thirty years old, dressed in a suit.
He looked like a spirited young man, but his face was tense, showing a bit of nervousness.
At this moment,
The female interviewer flipped through the young man's resume and said:
"Zhou Jian, right? Please introduce yourself."
The spirited young man's Adam's apple bobbed.
He cleared his throat and tried his best to force a smile:
"Greetings, two reviewers. My name is Zhou Jian, I am thirty years old, and I have mastered basic office skills."
"I am friendly, helpful to fellow ghosts."
"My motto is: Nothing is impossible in this world, if only there is a willing ghost."
After he finished stammering.
The room fell silent.
The two reviewers looked through the documents without speaking, occasionally exchanging glances.
...
This scene,
Made the viewers in the live stream feel the tension through the screen.
"It has that 'awaiting judgment' vibe, isn't this totally relatable?"
"My habit of being nervous for others has kicked in again."
"He's thirty, and has basic office skills, meaning he's worked for several years. Why is he still so nervous?"
Some viewers felt something was a bit strange as they listened.
Logically, such a person should have accumulated some work experience.
He shouldn't be so tongue-tied.
Some people can even gain the favor of interviewers within a few sentences.
"The person above must be a player with a very fulfilling real life. Real-life people won't understand the inner workings of socially anxious individuals."
"I'm a programmer, working for ten years, but I'm still not good at facing these situations."
"Work experience doesn't equate to social skills."
...
The silence in the room only lasted for more than ten seconds,
But Zhou Jian felt as if he had endured a long wait, feeling cold sweat break out on his back.
Before coming here, his impression of the Underworld was still stuck in the previous 'Daily Healing in the Underworld' live stream.
He thought that as long as he hadn't committed any offenses, he could stay in the Ghost City.
But after arriving here,
He realized that everything was not as easy as he had imagined.
Not only did he have to undergo an interview,
But the queue... was super long.
After taking a number, he waited for several days before finally being called for an interview.
While waiting in line, Zhou Jian saw too many examples of failed interviews.
He also saw many examples of successful interviews.
But those who succeeded...
Either possessed outstanding abilities,
Such as being particularly skilled in playing musical instruments, dancing, or computer technology...
Or,
They had done many good deeds in the human world, possessing some kind of wish power or merit.
He didn't quite understand.
But it sounded very impressive.
Compared to those people, he, a mere worker, was too ordinary.
So ordinary that no one bothered to look at him more than once.
He had no competitive advantage, and his hope of staying was slim.
This was one of the reasons why Zhou Jian was so nervous.
While Zhou Jian was lost in his thoughts,
The male interviewer looked up at him,
And said in a business-like tone: "Currently, ghosts with basic office skills are saturated in the Underworld. If it's just this, you might not be hired."
Zhou Jian's heart sank. As expected.
Although he had anticipated it, hearing it for real still made him feel a bit down.
Then, the interviewer continued: "I see on your resume that you have experience helping friends build houses.
Besides office skills, do you know anything else?"
Zhou Jian hadn't expected him to bring this up. He thought for a moment,
Deciding to try his luck,
He stated everything he knew, regardless of his proficiency:
"I can cook home-style dishes, make some small snacks and cakes.
I also know a bit about painting walls, carrying bricks, and fixing pipes.
Oh, and I also learned to repair motorcycles for half a year with friends..."
He spoke in detail,
The two interviewers across from him were also writing something on the table.
After he finished speaking, a piece of paper flew over from the other side.
The female interviewer showed a slight smile, "Congratulations, go to the room next door to get your permit."
"Ah? Oh, okay."
Zhou Jian was a bit dazed. After leaving through another door,
When he stood at the doorway of the adjacent room, he finally realized what had just happened.
"I passed?"
He pinched his arm. It hurt.
He picked up the paper the interviewer had given him. It read:
Multi-talented Type.
Upon review, suitable for residency in the Ghost City.
...
After Zhou Jian went to handle his documents,
The interview continued in the interview room.
A female soul in her fifties or sixties walked in.
Her face was full of wrinkles, and her eyes were cloudy.
However, in her words and actions, she exuded a very kind aura.
Giving off an air of someone who studied people.
The two interviewers looked at the elder's resume, and their eyes lit up.
"A professor at North University, and made outstanding contributions in mathematics?"
"Yes."
The elder nodded, very seriously.
This interview only took one minute.
The result was obvious,
The elder successfully passed the interview and went to the adjacent room to get her permit.
And after the elder.
Several more ghosts and souls entered, but none passed.
This made the viewers in the live stream anxious.
"Streamer, streamer, why is it so difficult to stay in the Ghost City now?"
"This is heartbreaking, I feel like a useless slug."
...
"Because life in the Underworld is getting better and better, more and more souls and ghosts don't want to reincarnate."
Jiang Lin explained slowly after floating out of the review department,
"If this continues unchecked, it will cause overcrowding in the Ghost City and disrupt the balance of the human world.
Therefore, the Underworld recently issued new policies."
"To stay in the Underworld, one needs to be interviewed."
As more and more ghosts and monsters move in, the subsequent interviews will become stricter.
Interviewers will consider various aspects of the Underworld's development.
One, whether they have merits?
Two, are they rare talents, do they have special skills?
Three, are they beneficial to the development of the Underworld's residents?
Based on different judgments, the duration of residency permits obtained by ghosts and monsters will vary.
Some are for fifty years, some for a hundred years or even more.
Even if they pass the interview this time,
It cannot be guaranteed that they can continue to stay in the Underworld in the next one or two hundred years.
At this point, it depends on the aspirations of each ghost and monster.
If they only want to spend a few decades in the Underworld, they naturally don't need to overthink it.
But if they want to stay longer,
They need to demonstrate their value and work hard.
They can choose to take exams to become civil servants, or develop their own businesses in the Ghost City?
Or... choose to improve their abilities.
In short, there is still a lot of room for choice for ghosts and monsters.
...