Chapter 173: Concern
The next day, James Brown arrived at the company and the office phone wouldn’t stop ringing, all from people who had seen the job advertisement on TV and were calling to apply.
James could only answer each call one by one. He originally thought that as an HR manager who wasn’t involved in operational tasks, he would have the most leisurely job in the company. Now he realized that not only was the job not leisurely, but it was also quite busy. He was so busy that the phone hadn’t left his ear all morning.
Looking at the time, it was already eleven-thirty. James pulled the phone cord out. Now, even if someone called, he didn’t want to answer it. He was truly exhausted.
At that moment, his cell phone started ringing. James frowned but still answered the call when he saw it was from Gina Lopez.
"Why can’t I get through to your office phone?" Gina asked.
"Big sis, my phone has been like a hotline all morning; it never stopped ringing. It’s a miracle you got through."
Hearing James’s hoarse voice, Gina remembered that these were the days of recruitment. As the HR manager, James definitely wouldn’t have any downtime. She felt somewhat smug and said, "Serves you right for trying to be lazy. If you were the president, you wouldn’t have so many problems, would you?"
James rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Lopez, what do you want? I don’t want to talk much now, my throat is smoking."
"Alright, just wait then. Sunny and I will come out with you for lunch," Gina said and then hung up the phone.
Soon after, Sunny Nguyen and Gina Lopez came to find James. As soon as they entered, Sunny immediately asked with concern, "Is your throat feeling any better?"
James helplessly shrugged his shoulders and with a raspy voice said, "You tell me."