My Daily Basic Stipend Is 10 Million

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Shooting Oneself in the Foot

Chen Xiao didn’t suggest bringing Grandma to the city to live with them because he knew she wouldn’t go.

The older generation from their hometown didn’t like to be a burden on the young. Before, when Zhao Xiangjun was living alone at Hai Run Mansion, she had asked her grandmother to come live with her many times.

But no matter how long she pleaded, her grandmother never agreed.

Now that her granddaughter had a boyfriend, she was even more reluctant to go.

If it weren’t for her age, she wouldn’t even want to stay at her son’s place; she much preferred her old home in the countryside.

Mr. Zhao was currently working as a migrant laborer. Chen Xiao suggested that Zhao Hui talk to him and convince him to stop. After Wansheng Square was acquired, he could just join the logistics department and be in charge of fire safety inspections on-site. The job would be easy, and he’d earn more than he did now.

He didn’t just give them a lump sum of money, but Zhao Hui was even more grateful. He knew this was Chen Xiao’s way of allowing their family to maintain their dignity.

Handing over cash might seem more direct, but it would actually be disrespectful to Xiangjun.

By arranging good jobs for them, their income would be earned through labor, and they could spend it with a clear conscience.

Seeing Zhao Hui’s reaction, Chen Xiao was also gratified. Since starting his job at Yino, Zhao Hui was like a whole new person!

Hou Fei was in a foul mood today. During yesterday’s management meeting, he had railed against the human resources department, demanding they strictly enforce employee attendance and penalize those who were late or left early.

This morning, he was late for work because of traffic. According to the new attendance policy HR released yesterday, he would be fined 100 yuan and named in a company-wide email.

A 100-yuan fine was Painless and Itchless for someone like him with a monthly income of tens of thousands, but the key issue was the public humiliation of a company-wide announcement!

He desperately wanted to explain that he was never late and that today was an exception, but that would probably be even more humiliating!

So, all day, he had been hoping for an accomplice. If he was the only one who was late, it would look even worse.

That’s why he set his sights on Chen Xiao, who was late almost every day. Luckily, Chen Xiao was even worse than him today.

Chen Xiao wasn’t just late today; he was very late. In fact, he’d skipped work for the entire day.

Hou Fei breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he had lost face, at least someone else’s transgression was more serious than his!

In that moment, he felt that Chen Xiao’s habit of being late, which he had previously found so detestable, was now almost endearing.

He was so thrilled he felt like he could piss a river.

HR’s penalty email was finally out. He already knew the results; he had checked at the front desk. Besides him and Chen Xiao, everyone else’s attendance today was normal.

’Of course,’ he thought. ’Who would be stupid enough to walk right into the line of fire on the first day of a new attendance policy?’

’Besides that reckless idiot Chen Xiao, it’s probably just me, the biggest sucker of all!’

Thinking this, he opened the email and scanned it. Sure enough, his name was right there.

’Sigh, what a disgrace. A whole vice general manager, called out in a company-wide email...’

’Huh? Wait, why isn’t Chen Xiao on the list?!’

Hou Fei slammed his hand on the desk and shot to his feet. ’Is the human resources department blind?’

Overcome with rage, he stormed out of his office and headed straight for the HR department.

"Give me an explanation. Why am I the only one in today’s attendance penalty email?"

He couldn’t just ask why Chen Xiao wasn’t on it, as that would make people suspicious of his motives.

The HR manager looked innocent. "President Hou, you were the only one who was late today!"

Hou Fei’s dark expression flushed red, then turned ashen as he asked, "Are you sure I was the only one?"

"I’m positive. I checked multiple times! After all, this is the first time we’ve sent out a penalty email, and it was you, President Hou, who personally requested this yesterday. We wouldn’t dare be careless!"

’Dammit, I really shot myself in the foot this time!’

He couldn’t take it anymore and said in a low voice, "Chen Xiao clearly skipped work today. Why isn’t he on the list?"

The HR manager spread his hands. "President Feng said Chen Xiao is exempt from the attendance evaluation!"

’What the—fuck!’ A herd of a thousand alpacas galloped through Hou Fei’s mind. ’He’s exempt? Then why the hell did I suggest this? Just to get myself evaluated?’

He had been dealt a blow he couldn’t complain about. It was clear now that he’d been wrong to call Chen Xiao a reckless idiot; he himself was the one who truly deserved the title of ’biggest sucker’.

Yesterday, he had righteously declared that the new rule would start with him. Now, he couldn’t very well ask Feng Feifei to be exempt from the evaluation. He had truly brought this upon himself.

Just then, Ma Jing happened to be walking past on her way back from the front desk. Hou Fei saw she was holding a sheet of A4 paper.

He immediately realized what it was: a log of inquiry calls.

The front desk would record the information of anyone who called to inquire, and the business department would later follow up. It was one way to get new orders, though the success rate was relatively low.

People who called to inquire usually wouldn’t just call one company; many were just fishing for information.

"Let me see. Were there many inquiries today?" Hou Fei reached out his hand to Ma Jing, asking for the paper.

He was, after all, her direct supervisor in the business department. Ma Jing couldn’t refuse and handed it to him.

The more Hou Fei read, the stranger it got.

There were more calls today than usual. The most ridiculous part was that there had been six inquiry calls just this afternoon.

For these six calls, no inquiry details were logged because the callers had all asked if Chen Xiao was in and said they wanted to schedule a business meeting with him.

Even if Hou Fei knew nothing about business, he could tell something was fishy. Since when did clients start lining up to talk business with a contractor?

He thought of Gao Ming. ’A 20-million-yuan deal...’ It was too much. He was so overwhelmed with excitement he had to go to the bathroom. Again, he felt like he could piss a river.

Ever since Xia Bin found out that Zhao Xiangjun was working at the Yino store in Jiangzhou Wansheng Square, he had been completely distracted.

He showed up again today. Sister Nan received the "regular customer" and told him that Zhao Xiangjun wasn’t in, much to Xia Bin’s disappointment!

He turned and left immediately, prompting Sister Nan to curse after him, "What a piece of work. He’s been here twice, hasn’t bought a single thing, and he thinks he can pursue Xiangjun? Even I wouldn’t give you the time of day!"

"A guy like that is all for show. He’s not nearly as considerate as the one who drives a Qin L, hmph!"

Her colleagues often joked about her boyfriend who drove a Qin L, saying she could probably get free rides.

But she was very happy with her boyfriend. At least he was completely devoted to her. As for life, you know your own joys and sorrows; no need to worry about what others think.

Xia Bin went to Peng Yu’s office. Peng Yu was in the middle of a thunderous rage.

His store managers couldn’t handle the top-tier brands and were all crying to the regional office for help.

But negotiating with the brands at a regional level was even more difficult. It’s always easier to get an individual store to cooperate with you than to get their entire corporate structure on board.

Seeing Xia Bin, Peng Yu gestured for him to sit. Right in front of him, Peng Yu got on a call with a store manager and started cursing out the top-tier brands for their disloyalty. If they wouldn’t support Wansheng now, they could forget about getting any prime locations from Wansheng in the future!

Xia Bin didn’t know if Peng Yu’s tirade was aimed at him indirectly, but either way, it was awkward to listen to.

After Peng Yu hung up, Xia Bin started to complain. "President Peng, I was just notified that one of my stores in Ganglong won’t have its lease renewed. I did some asking around, and it turns out we’re being replaced by ’Yi Rui’. It’s fucking ridiculous! I don’t know what Huang Guangyuan is thinking. I heard he specifically designated that brand."

’Hmm? "Yi Rui"?’ Peng Yu recalled seeing Liu Haoran and Zhao Hui at Ganglong International a few days ago.

’Then came the top-tier brands forcing his hand. The two events had to be connected!’

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