My Daily Basic Stipend Is 10 Million

Chapter 191: Chapter 165: Sorrow, a River of Piss

This was a disaster. Not only had the direct-sales stores found a loophole to exploit, but now he had no way to explain himself to Ledi.

The contract between them was crystal clear: if Sa Mo was kept and Ledi was removed, the purchase price would increase by 5% of the total tag value.

Xia Bin’s face instantly darkened. This clause alone would cost him over ten million!

"Wait, that’s not right. Yi Rui has already taken over Sa Mo’s spot. Where would they even put a new store?"

The development manager replied, his face a mask of misery, "Sa Mo is moving into Ledi’s current spot and reopening there!"

Xia Bin froze for a second, then his face flushed red as he roared, "Huang Guangyuan, you bastard! You’ve gone too damn far!"

"Liu Haoran, I swear, it’s you or me!"

"And you, you fucking idiot! Why didn’t you argue with them? You can’t just let them walk all over us like that!"

The development manager said, "They said that now that Sa Mo has the collaboration line with Chanel, it’s on a completely different level from a brand like Ledi. Therefore, it’s only natural that it should replace Ledi!"

"Get the hell out! Fuck, you’re worse than useless!"

Xia Bin was afraid he wouldn’t be able to stop himself from throwing his laptop at the man again!

As if granted a pardon, the development manager scurried away. ’Every time I go into Xia Bin’s office, I feel like I should wear a bulletproof vest!’ he thought.

’This is too much!’

Xia Bin’s mood was a complete roller coaster. All the excitement he’d felt moments ago was gone, replaced by the crushing weight of despair.

’Still, at least I benefited a lot from the Chanel collaboration,’ he thought. ’That has to count as a major win, right?’

KNOCK KNOCK! For some reason, Xia Bin found the sound particularly grating.

"Come in!"

The product manager entered. "Boss, I just spoke with the product department at Sa Mo headquarters. They said the collaboration line with Chanel is only for high-end luxury venues. Some of the direct-sales stores will have a few pieces, too."

"These are all limited-release items."

Limited-release items required customers to enter an online lottery, and only those who won the draw were qualified to purchase them.

"What did you say? We’re not getting a single piece?"

If he understood the product manager correctly, only the Ganglong International Store and the Yino Jiangzhou Branch were getting any inventory. ’Doesn’t that mean I’m getting nothing?!’

The product manager lowered his head. "That’s right."

"Fuck! You get out too! Get the hell away from me! I’m feeding a bunch of useless..."

The product manager saw Xia Bin was so enraged he could barely breathe, his face beet red. ’Is he having a stroke?’ he wondered. ’He’s so young, how can he be this worked up?’

He also hurried out, eager to escape the battlefield.

Xia Bin clutched his chest and rested for half an hour before picking up his phone to call Jack Zhang.

"Jack, not giving me a single piece of the collaboration line is too much, don’t you think? No matter what, I still order 200 million in tag value worth of your products every year!"

But Jack Zhang wasn’t about to coddle him anymore. Your position determines your perspective, and now that Sa Mo had been acquired by Yino, he certainly knew which side his bread was buttered on.

"President Xia, my hands are tied on this one. Why don’t you try asking President Liu? Maybe he can spare some for you?"

Xia Bin nearly coughed up blood. ’Me? Go begging to Liu Haoran? Isn’t that just asking for humiliation?’

Besides, these collaboration pieces were a valuable resource. There was no way Liu Haoran would give any to him.

Take the lightweight collaboration jacket, for example. Its retail tag price was 3,499, but on some websites, resellers were already asking for 8,000. Who in their right mind would give away such a hot commodity?

’How despicable! How utterly hateful!’

’Could I be the only distributor in the whole country without any of the limited-release collaboration pieces?’

It was a colossal humiliation. Xia Bin collapsed into his chair, utterly defeated, letting his sorrow wash over him.

「Meanwhile, at the Yino Jiangzhou Branch!」

Liu Haoran was in high spirits, and Fang Qiang was grinning from ear to ear.

’When had he, Fang Qiang, ever imagined that one day he would have such a powerful brand at his fingertips!’

He felt that if he went to negotiate with the malls now, he would absolutely dominate.

Even Ganglong International was treating him with respect. Before, floor managers wouldn’t give him the time of day, but now, a vice president was personally calling him to inquire about the progress of Sa Mo’s move-in and the arrival of the collaboration pieces!

Fang Qiang’s ego was completely inflated. ’In all of Hanjiang Province, is there any mall that would dare disrespect me now?’

Liu Haoran had originally planned to go to Junxiao Square that day to confirm the location for the Sa Mo store and chat with Zhao Hui.

When Fang Qiang heard this, he immediately said, "Boss, with your status, you don’t need to go personally just to sort out a store location. Me going is more than enough to give them face!"

Liu Haoran frowned. "Xiao Fang, keep a lower profile."

Fang Qiang said dismissively, "Boss, your position has changed! You’re not the same as before! You need to act the part!"

Liu Haoran simply smiled without a word. ’I do have to act the part,’ he thought, ’but not in front of *everyone*. If I did, I wouldn’t be able to keep the act up for long!’

But since Fang Qiang was insistent on going, Liu Haoran thought for a moment and decided to let him. He could always arrange to have a few drinks with Zhao Hui privately, which would be a better way to strengthen their relationship anyway.

The terms with Junxiao Square didn’t really matter. Whatever happened, happened. It was all Boss Zhao’s business anyway, just money moving from his left pocket to his right. There was nothing to fuss over.

He was confident Zhao Hui wouldn’t make things difficult for him.

Fang Qiang currently felt like he had achieved enlightenment overnight.

His euphoria was at its peak. I mean, a vice president from Ganglong International had spent ages on the phone with him.

’Who else is there? Who else?’ he thought. He could count every other commercial plaza, and not a single one was worthy of President Fang’s attention anymore.

On his way to Junxiao Square, he made a call to Sun Wei.

Sun Wei knew that President Zhao had come from Yino Group, so he was already inclined to be more polite to people from Yino.

"Xiao Sun, set up a meeting with your boss for me. I’m coming over to discuss the Sa Mo partnership."

’Xiao Sun? You motherfucker, you used to call me ’President Sun, would you do me the honor of joining me for coffee?’’ he thought.

Sun Wei was displeased. He assumed Fang Qiang was acting so high and mighty because he was banking on the connection that Zhao Hui had come from Yino Company. But he was mistaken. To this day, Fang Qiang had no idea where Zhao Hui had even gone.

In fact, Fang Qiang was still using Zhao Hui in department meetings as a cautionary tale.

He would say Zhao Hui wasn’t competent and couldn’t cut it in the business anymore.

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