It was the smell of shampoo.
At every stage, everyone would experience some strange situations and would be easily moved by some inexplicable details.
Maybe it was a withered leaf that fell on his palm, maybe it was the chilliness in the white snow, maybe it was the disappearance of the person beside him in the warm spring, or maybe it was the smell of shampoo in the midsummer when the hair was still wet.
It was not strong, but it was a little fragrant. As for what kind of smell it was, it was a big challenge for Lynch. He was not the kind of person who would care about the performance of a flower.
However, the smell of the shampoo made him feel calm. It could really be because the shampoo's smell touched that part of him. It could also be because of the person.
He put Catherine down. "I just came out of the state university. The first phase of your project has ended."
As he spoke, he naturally patted the girl's buttocks. It was still buttocks, but not completely. "Let's talk inside."
The girl let go of him and pulled him into the room.
"It was almost finished last week. I thought you would come quickly!"
After entering the room, Lynch casually closed the door behind them.
The room was very clean. This was no different from the "past".
When the two of them were living together, the girl was in charge of household chores and work. She really worked hard during those two years.
"Sit anywhere …" The girl walked to the sofa and sat cross-legged. Sitting on the sofa, she stared at Lynch with an uncontrollable smile on her face.
Lynch sat beside her. Strangely, the two of them were holding hands.
This was very stupid!
They sat on the sofa, but they didn't sit very close to each other. They even held hands. It was like a scene from a third-rate novel. However, Lynch wanted to hold the girl's hand, and the girl was willing to be held.
"I was delayed by some work matters. You know, I'm now a 'big shot'!"
Speaking of this, Lynch could not help but laugh.
Being a 'big shot' was a dream he and Catherine had in the past. They dreamed that one day, they would be noticed by some big shot and get the opportunity to display their talents.
However, it was a pity that this big shot did not appear. Lynch had become a big shot himself, and the two of them were still two people.
Catherine's eyes narrowed into slits. Lynch began to show concern for her life. "How's school life recently?"
He saw some books on the coffee table. They were all extra-curricular books, such as "Learning 49 Efficient Management Methods". There was some content in them, but most of them were just gimmicks.
Catherine also looked at those books. "That's it. As long as the results aren't too bad, the professors won't specifically talk to us about learning. The social practice class will start after September, so I have to add something!"
The Federation University's curriculum was different. Some schools would require students to do internships outside during the holidays and receive positive feedback from the employers before school reopened, such as evaluations.
Some did not have any special requirements for the students during the holidays, but at the beginning of the fourth year, they would arrange for the students to enter into a busy work internship.
The students could do any job, but they had to do an internship.
At this time, it often reflected the changes of different classes.
Ordinary college students … Although they were ordinary, they were at least from middle-class families. Ordinary families could not afford the college tuition, even if they bought insurance.
These ordinary students often interned in the companies where their parents worked. Their social network could only reach this extent. Their parents would spend some money to open a back door and get an internship position. At the end of the internship, they would spend some money to get an excellent evaluation. This was the internship life of ordinary college students.
Those with good family conditions were different. They had more choices, and more abundant internships were waiting for them to choose. Most of the children born in such families preferred to work in major financial companies, not only because of the high salary, but also because it was helpful for them to expand their social network.
As for the higher class, they were rarely seen in public universities. They could only be seen in various private schools. They would intern in their parents' companies, and the starting internship position would be "manager assistant" or even "chairman assistant".
Higher class?
Girls like Anna would often get hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars from her father during her internship to start her first business.
In the process, there would also be some students whose family conditions were not as good as hers who would start a business with her. Of course, more often than not, they were actually hired, not started a business.
This was a preliminary network of connections.
Then the question came back to the original point. What was the value of an internship?
It was very valuable, because the evaluation obtained during the internship could be used as a reference for professors to fill in recommendation letters for certain students.
The Federation was a society of relationships, a society more complicated than people imagined. This kind of relationship was only hidden by the appearance of wealth.
And the recommendation letter was the most common thing in the society of relationships, and it was also the most easily overlooked thing. It could even be considered a phenomenon.
If someone wanted to go to a famous school, especially the College of Saint Harmony, it was not something that could be done with money. For example, Lynch.
If he wanted to go to the College of Saint Harmony, he had to get the key admission permit through the recommendation letter written by Mr. Vaudric.
Not only Saint Harmony Academy, but almost all famous schools had this phenomenon. In a competitive situation, if one wanted to successfully enter a school, the possibility of success would be greatly increased if they had a few "alumni" jointly written recommendation letters in their hands.
It was the same when one entered society. If one had a recommendation letter written by a professor and an excellent evaluation from an internship unit, a fresh graduate would have a high chance of entering the ideal company to work.
If one did not have a recommendation letter from a professor and an excellent evaluation from an internship in a well-known company, they would often have to find a way or spend money to find an ordinary company after graduation.
If they were even a little bit worse, they would be unemployed after graduation.
Whether it was public or private universities, internships were very important, but not very important.
Those who had the ability and connections did not need people's care to find a way. As for those who needed people's care, it was useless to care about them.
The last year was a particularly realistic society. Those influential people in the school were often destroyed by reality at this moment.
"Books on management. Do you have any plans for the next step?"
Lynch retracted his hand and flipped through the books on the coffee table. "What company do you plan to go to for an internship? Do you need me to write a recommendation letter for you to go to the presidential palace?"
He lowered his head and looked at the books. He flipped through them and made a joke.
With his recommendation letter, Catherine could directly go to the presidential palace as an intern. This was not a joke. Every year, the presidential palace had some internship slots, but the competition for these slots was also very fierce.
Directly entering the core of the national government system for an internship was not as simple as expanding one's network. It was a direct takeoff!
It was said that almost every intern in the presidential palace had a decent job after graduation. Some even began to enter politics as soon as they graduated.
Being an intern in the presidential palace itself was a very terrifying qualification. This not only represented one's personal ability, but also meant that one had sufficient backing.
Catherine was a little incredulous. "You make me think that it's easy to enter the presidential palace, but is there any internship position in the presidential palace?"
"Of course, it's all physical work. Why?"
He looked up at Catherine. "Are you interested?"
Catherine nodded, "Sounds interesting …", but she quickly shook her head, "Forget it, it's interesting when you think about it, but if you really let me go to that kind of place, I won't be able to breathe!"
When she thought about meeting the president, various cabinet ministers, and ministers all day long, Catherine felt that she couldn't handle this job.
She didn't even know how many cabinet members there were in the Federation. She didn't even know their names!
If she went to that kind of place, she would definitely mess it up.
But when she started to refuse, Lynch had some new ideas. He pursed his lips and bit them without showing his teeth.
Catherine, who knew Lynch very well, was shocked. She pushed Lynch, "Hey, you can't be serious!"
"You don't really want to do that, do you?"
"Why not?"
Lynch suddenly asked, "This opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. Since we're going to choose, we'll choose the best!"
He casually threw the basic management books in his hand into the trash can, "I'll talk to the other side. When the new semester starts, you'll go to the presidential palace for your internship obediently!"
"Now …" he said as he stood up, "Let's go buy a few sets of clothes and buy some books that you really need. You have to start preparing now, we don't have much time left!"
There was only one month left until September. In this one month, Lynch needed this girl to at least figure out how many cabinet members there were, as well as some other information.
At this time, he had a vague idea in his mind. In fact, many of the benefits that he had with those politicians were actually ineffective to him.
For example, his aircraft company would continuously provide benefits to those politicians and the military, but at the same time, he couldn't always ask these people to do things for him.
In other words, many times, he would share the company's profits with these politicians, but in fact, he didn't ask them to do anything.
These people were the kind that took the money but didn't do anything!
The money I earned was f * cking hard-earned money. How could I let these sons of b * tches waste it?
Lynch's gaze fell on Catherine. Since he couldn't waste it, he would find something for them to do!
A future … female president?
Interesting!