America's Greatest Villain: I Defeat Magic with Magic

[Target: Sanjay, 21 years old, international student at USC's Business School.]

[Recent criminal act: Three nights ago, the target stole a package from a neighbor's door in an off-campus student apartment area. The package contained a trendy designer hoodie worth $300.]

Although both were doing bad things, Zhou Xingye sabotaged the power supply to Juxianzhuang's cold storage because he was being cheated and wanted revenge.

The bad thing this third brother had done was simply petty theft out of vanity. Chen Yuan didn't want to keep someone like that in the shop.

Therefore, before the other party could speak, Chen Yuan bluntly stated:

"Mr. Sanjay, your clothes don't seem to fit you very well. Did your roommate give them to you? I've heard that there have been several cases of package theft in your student dormitory recently."

The words had barely left his mouth when Sanjay's face, which had been flushed, turned deathly pale. He jumped up from his chair and, with a fierce but weak voice, shouted:

"This is slander! I will report you to the school!"

"Complain about what? Just because I think your hoodie doesn't fit?"

Sanjay was speechless for a long time after being rebuked. In the end, he could only grab the resume on the table with a red face, turn around and leave.

He angrily opened the door, startling a petite girl who was standing at the door waiting for an interview, and then left Rongdingge Restaurant without looking back.

[Ding! It has been detected that the host has verbally insulted and damaged the fragile self-esteem of an international student. 10 Villain Points have been awarded.]

Although it wasted a few minutes, at least I gained 10 villain points, so it wasn't a complete loss.

He casually took the resume handed to him by the petite girl.

"Anna Novak?"

Looking at the other person's slightly pilled gray hoodie and the black-rimmed glasses that almost covered most of their face, Chen Yuan couldn't help but frown.

Are you also an international student at USC?

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The girl in front of me had long, light brown hair that was casually draped over her shoulders, making her look somewhat unkempt.

With the addition of black-rimmed glasses that covered most of her face, she looked like a socially awkward, homebody.

However, upon closer inspection, one can discover that she possesses a pair of beautiful gray-brown eyes.

Whether it was due to her Eastern European ancestry or the lack of sunlight for many years, her skin was extremely fair and delicate.

If Anna were to dress up a little, she would definitely turn heads on the street just as much as Emily.

She deliberately disguised herself as an inconspicuous, invisible person.

While good looks are a plus for waiters, being too introverted is not suitable for a job that requires communication with customers.

Therefore, Chen Yuan spoke the truth:

"Ms. Novak, you're a freshman majoring in Animation and Digital Arts (CG) at the USC School of Cinematic Arts? But we're a restaurant catering to minority groups in the South Side, and we only hire chefs and servers. If I may be so bold, your personality doesn't seem to be a good fit here."

Chen Yuan could roughly guess why this Eastern European student was here; CG is an extremely expensive major. Currently, the prices of computer graphics cards and memory are skyrocketing, and for an international student to equip themselves with a high-performance graphics workstation would be a huge expense.

Seemingly hurt by Chen Yuan's words, Anna glared at him fiercely and retorted defiantly:

"I can help out in the kitchen. Back in my hometown, I was responsible for washing all the dishes for the whole family by myself, and I never complained about being tired."

At the same time, a red information panel popped up above Anna's head:

[Target: Anna Novak, 20 years old, international student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.]

[Recent criminal activity: Three days ago, the target used CG effects and AI deep learning models to create a fake advertisement for an upcoming popular Hollywood movie, which garnered millions of views on the TT platform. The account was subsequently frozen by the copyright holder.]

Seeing this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel sorry for the young girl. All she did was create a fake movie trailer, and the film company had her account banned.

After all, for Hollywood, copyright infringement is an absolutely heinous crime.

Seeing that Chen Yuan hadn't spoken for a while, Anna, who was already somewhat introverted, felt that he probably didn't intend to hire her, so she stood up and prepared to leave.

But Chen Yuan suddenly called out to her:

"Ms. Novak, that was just a stress test. You're hired."

Anna was clearly taken aback. She stood there, somewhat at a loss, and after a long while, she asked in a low voice:

"So... what about working hours and salary? I have classes during the day, so I can only work in the evenings. But don't worry, I'm a fast dishwasher."

Seeing that the other person mistakenly thought he was really going to wash the dishes, Chen Yuan chuckled:

"I happened to have seen the trailer you made. The special effects were truly amazing. The production company should hire you as an animator. Banning your account is simply blind."

A simple sentence made Anna's eyes widen in astonishment.

Because her banned TT account was registered anonymously, she didn't mention it to anyone.

But how did this young boss know that?

Chen Yuan continued, "It's a shame to waste your talent on washing dishes. I happen to need a video editor here. The job is to edit the public service observation footage we film in our restaurant into a complete short film."

Chen Yuan's recruitment of international student employees will definitely follow the principle of the "USC Cooperation Pilot Program," which is nominally an off-campus internship to record the dietary habits of underprivileged minorities in South Los Angeles.

Given Anna's amazing talent in video post-production, making her a "video editor" is the most suitable arrangement.

In this way, Chen Yuan could not only legitimately pay her salary, but the university would also have no objections.

However, Anna was terrified because she couldn't understand how Chen Yuan knew her TT account.

Could it be that this Mr. Chen is actually a highly skilled hacker who easily locked down her computer through her IP address?

But all she wanted to do was work and earn money to buy a 5090 graphics card while she still had a few days of vacation left. Boss Chen's actions were really too outrageous.

Anna instinctively wanted to refuse the job because the boss in front of her was too strange.

But Chen Yuan's next words made her sit back down in her chair:

"Since we're talking about video editors, let's pay them according to industry standards. How about $100 for each short video of 3 minutes or less?"

"make a deal!"

Anna stared intently at Chen Yuan and agreed to the salary without hesitation.

Just as Chen Yuan was about to discuss the specific work details with Anna, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the office.

Looking through the blinds into the lobby, one could see a very well-dressed Latina woman banging on the table and throwing a tantrum in a booth near the street-facing window, while two boys, around seven or eight years old, cried and made a fuss beside her.

Although they were quite far away, the woman's shrill voice could still be heard even inside the office.

"You filthy outsiders! Are you trying to murder me and my child? Call your boss! I demand five thousand dollars in damages for emotional distress, or I'll have the health department shut down your shabby shop and send you all back to your hometown!"