"A financial data analyst..."
That’s right.
In this life, Gu Yizhou had gone from being a capital-wielding investor to a financial data analyst.
As the name suggests, the core of a financial data analyst’s job is to collect and process all sorts of relevant financial information, such as data on stocks, bonds, and funds.
Typically, a financial data analyst needs to gather data released by the media, the government, or companies, and then conduct in-depth analysis and organization.
They use data management software to classify data, calculate variances, and create non-linear combinations, thereby forming a complete data system.
Simply put, they collect and analyze data from the financial industry, perform risk assessments and forecasts on the collected data, and help companies and individuals create more rational and secure investment plans.
By analyzing and forecasting historical, current, and future trends, financial analysts can formulate a series of buy, sell, and hold recommendations, as well as provide effective risk control measures.
Gu Yizhou had majed in finance for all four years of college, which was why he had chosen to intern here.
Besides, this job was perfect for slacking off. After all, who could tell what you were really doing on your computer?
’If anyone asks, you’re just gathering information.’
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9:10 AM.
Just as Gu Yizhou finished his breakfast and was about to sneak off to the bathroom to slack off,
"President Yan, the car is ready."
In the president’s office, the assistant, Bai Jie, spoke to Yan Luoxi.
Hearing her assistant’s words, Yan Luoxi finally put down the documents in her hand.
By now, she had thoroughly familiarized herself with every detail of Gu Yizhou’s life, going back generations. Her feelings toward this damn man—who had taken her in only to "bully" her for an entire night—were incredibly complicated.
*Huu...*
She took a deep breath, then gave a faint nod. "Alright, let’s go."
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"Yizhou! Yizhou! Guess what I just saw?!"
Back at his desk in the finance department, Gu Yizhou had just returned from getting a cup of hot water from the breakroom when He Mingyi sidled up to him once again.
"Hm?"
Gu Yizhou paused for a moment, then asked casually, "What did you see?"
"I saw President Yan when I went downstairs to buy coffee!"
He Mingyi said, his face a mask of mystery.
"Oh? And?"
Gu Yizhou asked, a little confused.
"Uh... didn’t the rumors say she was missing? I guess that gossip wasn’t reliable after all!"
"And I even spent a few dozen yuan on that tip!"
"No way, I have to find that scammer and get my money back!"
He Mingyi said indignantly.
Gu Yizhou: "..."
He looked at the indignant He Mingyi, momentarily unsure of what to say.
This colleague, who had joined the company at the same time as him, was great in every way, except for being a bit too much of a gossip.
’Spending money to buy company gossip...’
’Then again, looking at it from another perspective, you could say it’s a form of gathering company intelligence.’
After all, that was their job.
Shaking his head, Gu Yizhou didn’t say anything more.
He had already guessed this would be the outcome regarding what He Mingyi had said earlier about their company’s president being missing.
After all, when he came in today, everyone at the company was too quiet, too normal. If the president had really disappeared, things would have devolved into total chaos, not be like this.
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11:30 AM.
*Huu...*
Gu Yizhou let out a long breath and stopped typing.
"Finally done!"
he muttered to himself.
That’s right!
Gu Yizhou had already finished his analysis work for the day.
In other words, from now until the end of the workday, he could slack off.
It was a habit he had developed in his past life.
"BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—"
Just then, his phone, which was on his desk, began to vibrate gently.
"Hm?"
Gu Yizhou paused and picked up his phone to look.
Seeing the furiously flashing profile picture for the "Happy Loving Family" group chat, he already had a good idea of what was going on.
He casually tapped it open.
Just as he thought!
The chat was filled with one of those passive-aggressive articles sent by his mom.
Mom: "Scientific research shows that being in a relationship helps improve lung capacity, enhances quality of life, prevents varicose veins..."
...
Gu Yizhou didn’t bother clicking to read it. These kinds of articles were just shameless, made-up bullshit fabricated by so-called "content creators" and had nothing to do with actual scientific research.
That kind of stuff could only fool middle-aged women like his mom!
Gu Yizhou shook his head with a resigned look, then pretended he hadn’t seen the message, turning off the screen and tossing the phone aside.
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In the blink of an eye, the entire day had passed.
At 5:50 PM, it was once again time to get ready to leave for the day.
Quite a few people were already packing up their things, preparing to head out.
And Gu Yizhou was one of them.
"Hey, Yizhou, Mingyi, let’s go eat! The guys from our team are going for a couple of drinks tonight!"
Just then, a senior colleague from their department came over, inviting the two of them to dinner and drinks.
"I can’t, I have to go home."
"My cat ran away this morning. I need to go back to my apartment complex and see if I can find her."
Gu Yizhou politely declined.
"Hm?"
Hearing Gu Yizhou’s words, He Mingyi froze for a second.
He asked in confusion, "Yizhou, when did you get a cat? You never mentioned it before!"
"Oh, I found her on the street after work yesterday. She looked pitiful, so I took her home. Who knew that after just one night, she’d be gone!"
Gu Yizhou said with a helpless expression.
"A stray cat?"
Hearing Gu Yizhou’s words, everyone finally understood.
"Yizhou, cats are hard to tame as it is. A stray you just picked up is used to being wild; it’ll be even harder."
"I don’t think you should even bother looking. You’ll most likely be making a trip for nothing. It’ll be very difficult to find her."
He Mingyi said.
"Yeah, Mingyi’s right. I also think the chances of finding her are slim."
"I suggest you just buy a new kitten and raise it from a young age. That would be better."
"That’s right. It’s always better to raise a pet from when they’re little."
"And it’s not often the team lead generously offers to treat us! Yizhou, it’s a shame you can’t come!"
...
The other colleagues all chimed in.
"Er..."
Hearing his colleagues’ words, Gu Yizhou was at a loss for what to say.
He knew his colleagues were right, but he wouldn’t be able to live with himself if he didn’t even try to look for her.
"Forget it, I’m still going to go look. After all, I just spent a fortune on cat litter, canned cat food, and all that stuff yesterday!"
After a moment of thought, Gu Yizhou said apologetically, "Sorry, everyone. I’ll treat you all to a meal after we get paid!"