Darkstone Code-Chapter 720 - 0718 Interesting
The scent of shampoo.
Everyone goes through some strange situations at different stages of life, easily moved by inexplicable details.
It could be a dry yellow leaf falling into your palm, the desolation in the snowy whiteness, the disappearance by your side when spring blossoms, or perhaps the scent of shampoo wafting when your hair hasn’t fully dried in the height of summer.
It’s not too strong, a bit fragrant, and identifying exactly what the fragrance is poses a great challenge for Lynch. He’s not the type to pay attention to what characteristics flowers have.
But this scent of shampoo makes him feel calm. It might actually be the smell of the shampoo that touched his nerve, or it could be the person.
He put Catherine down, "I just got out of State University, your first phase of the project is over." He casually patted the upper part of the girl’s hip, still on the hip, but not entirely, "Let’s talk inside."
The girl released him and then led him into the room.
"It ended about last week. I thought you would come quickly!" Once inside, Lynch casually closed the door.
The room was tidy, which wasn’t different from "before".
When they lived together, the girl was in charge of these things—housework and work. Those two years, she truly worked hard.
"Sit wherever you want..." The girl sat cross-legged by the sofa, sitting on the sofa, staring at Lynch with an irrepressible smile on her face.
Lynch sat next to her, inexplicably, the two of them holding hands.
This is so silly!
Sitting on the sofa, not even sitting that close, they still wanted to hold hands, just like a scene from a third-rate novel, but Lynch wanted to hold the girl’s hand, and the girl was happy to be held.
"Some things at work delayed me, you know, I’m now a ’big shot’!" Lynch couldn’t help but laugh when he mentioned this.
’Big shot’ was a kind of aspiration he and Catherine had for beauty in the past. They longed for the day when they would be noticed by some big shot, thus gaining the opportunity to showcase their talents.
But unfortunately, that big shot never appeared, and Lynch became a big shot himself. The two of them were still just two people.
Catherine’s eyes narrowed into a seam, and Lynch started to care about her life, "How’s your school life recently?"
He saw some books on the coffee table, mostly extracurricular books, like "Learning Forty-Nine Efficient Management Methods" or something like that—there’s some content, but more of a gimmick.
Catherine also glanced at those books, "It’s just like that. As long as the grades aren’t too bad, the professors won’t particularly talk to us about academic matters. After September, the social practice course will start, so I need to beef up on some knowledge!"
Courses at Federation University vary, with some schools requiring students to work internships during the holidays and obtain positive feedback like evaluations from their internship units before the start of the school year.
Some schools won’t have specific requirements for students during the holidays, but by the fourth year, they will arrange for students to engage in busy work internships.
Whatever work students do doesn’t matter as long as they intern.
And at this time, differences in social classes often become apparent.
Ordinary college students...although called ordinary, they’re at least middle-class families. Average families can’t afford college tuition even if they have insurance.
These ordinary students often intern at companies where their parents work. Their social networks can only extend to this level. Parents spend some money, pull some strings, land an intern position, and when the internship ends, spend a bit more to get an excellent evaluation—this is the intern career of ordinary college students.
Those with better family conditions are different—they have more choices, richer internship opportunities waiting for them to pick. Most of these children from privileged backgrounds prefer major financial firms—not just for the high pay; it’s also helpful for expanding their connections.
The even higher rung in the social ladder is rarely seen in public universities and mostly appears in various private schools. They will intern at their parents’ companies, with starting internship positions as "manager assistant" or even "director assistant".
Even higher?
Girls like Anna often directly receive tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands in funds from their fathers during internships to conduct their first formal business venture in life.
During this process, there will also be some students with less affluent backgrounds joining them in business, though more often they’re employed rather than entrepreneurs.
This constructs a preliminary network of social connections.
So the question circles back to the origin: What value does an internship hold?
It’s valuable because the evaluations obtained from internships can provide references for professors on whether to write recommendation letters for certain students.
The Federation is a society that revolves around relationships, a far more complex society than people imagine. These personal connections are merely hidden by superficialities like wealth.
And recommendation letters are the most common and easily overlooked aspect or phenomenon in relationship societies.
If someone wants to get into a prestigious school, especially Saint Harmony Academy, it’s not just money that gets them in, like Lynch.
To get into Saint Harmony Academy, Lynch had to obtain a crucial admission permit through a recommendation letter from Mr. Wardrick.
Not only Saint Harmony Academy, but almost all prestigious schools have these circumstances. In situations full of competition, if one wants to get admitted smoothly, having recommendation letters jointly written by a few "alumni" significantly raises the possibility.
The same applies when entering the workforce. If one has recommendation letters from professors and excellent evaluations from internships at renowned enterprises, a fresh graduate is highly likely to enter an ideal company for work.
Without professors’ recommendation letters and excellent evaluations during internships at reputable firms, they often have to find a way or spend money to land a job at an ordinary company after graduation.
In worse cases, graduating means unemployment!
Both public and private universities value internships and also don’t prioritize them that much.
Those capable with channels can carve a path without people’s concern, as for those who need concern, concern won’t help them either.
The final year is an especially realistic society, where those who were campus stars often get battered and bruised by reality at this moment.
"Management books, have you considered the next step?" Lynch retracted his hand, flipping through the books on the coffee table, "Where do you plan to intern, need me to write a recommendation letter to the President’s Mansion for you?"
He looked at those books while opening a joke.
With his recommendation letter, he could directly arrange for Catherine to intern at the President’s Mansion—this wasn’t a joke. Every year, the President’s Mansion has some slots for interns, but the competition for these slots is also very intense.
Interning directly at the core of the national government system is not just about expanding connections—it’s a direct leap!
It’s said that almost every university intern at the President’s Mansion lands a quite decent job after graduation. Some even start their political careers right out of school.
Interning at the President’s Mansion is already a formidable credential representing not only personal capability but also a robust backing.
Catherine could hardly believe it, "You’re making the President’s Mansion sound easy to get into, but are there internship positions at the President’s Mansion?"
"Of course, they’re mainly labor jobs, why?" he looked up at Catherine, "Are you interested?"
Catherine nodded, "It sounds quite interesting..." but she quickly shook her head, "Forget it, when imagined, it seems fun, but really going there, I’d be suffocated!"
Just thinking about meeting the President and all kinds of cabinet members and ministers all day makes Catherine feel she can’t handle the job.
She doesn’t even know how many cabinet members there are in the Federation or any of their names!
She would surely screw it up in a place like that.
But as she started to refuse, Lynch had some new thoughts. He pursed his lips, biting down without showing teeth.
Knowing Lynch well, Catherine was immediately alarmed. She nudged Lynch, "Hey, you’re not serious!"
"You’re not really thinking about doing that, are you?"
"Why not?" Lynch suddenly retorted, "This opportunity only comes once in a lifetime for everyone, so if we have to choose, let’s choose the best!"
He casually tossed the management book he had in hand into the trash can, "I’ll talk to them afterward. Once the new semester starts, you’ll obediently go intern at the President’s Mansion for me!"
"Now..." he said, standing up, "let’s go buy a few sets of clothes and pick up some books you truly need. You need to start preparing now; we don’t have much time left!"
With only about a month until September, in this month, Lynch needs this girl at least to figure out how many cabinet members there are and some other information.
At this moment, a vague idea emerged in his mind. In his interactions of interests with those politicians, many benefit transfers are essentially ineffective for him.
For example, his aeronautics company continuously channels benefits to those politicians and military personnel, yet he can’t possibly have requests for them all the time.
In other words, many times, he splits his company’s profits with these politicians but actually doesn’t require them to do much.
These people are those who take money without doing anything!
The money I earn is damn hard-earned, how can I let this bunch of bastards waste it in vain?
Lynch’s gaze fell on Catherine. Since it can’t be wasted, he might as well find them something to do!
A future...Madam President?
Sounds interesting!
