My Daily Basic Stipend Is 10 Million

Chapter 249: Chapter 185: Entertainment Expenses

"Mom, I’m doing just fine. How could I be lonely?"

She sat down cross-legged on the living room’s wool rug, one hand stroking the zisha teapot on the coffee table. Gazing out the floor-to-ceiling window, she watched the cool, clear moonlight spill onto the windowsill.

’Not lonely, huh? It’s the same scene every day: the bright moon, the gentle breeze, and me.’

「Dr. Feng’s Robot Company」

Chen Xiao had just gotten to the office around noon when Ma Jing hurried over.

"Brother Chen Xiao, about next year’s expense budget... what should I put down for your entertainment expenses?"

Chen Xiao was taken aback. ’There’s an entertainment budget?’ He realized he hadn’t actually entertained any clients for business so far.

The meals he’d had with Cha Lan and Li Guoqiang were personal, not for business, so he hadn’t submitted an expense report to the company.

"Just put down whatever you think is best."

Chen Xiao couldn’t be bothered with it. He turned on his computer and launched into his grand undertaking—a game of LoL.

Ma Jing bit her lip. ’Alright then. I guess that’s what assistants are for!’

That morning, Yuan Kai had already provided the standards for the budget. The entire department’s annual entertainment expenses could not exceed 500,000, and each person’s share was to be estimated at 0.5% of their total annual sales volume.

This percentage was quite low, but considering Dr. Feng’s Robot was now a renowned artificial intelligence enterprise in the Jiangzhou area, sales were much easier to secure.

As a result, the company could save a great deal on entertainment expenses.

’Zero-point-five percent?’ Ma Jing mulled over the standard. ’But didn’t Brother Chen Xiao bring in something like four billion in sales last month?’

Wouldn’t that mean twenty million in entertainment expenses for a single month?!

Whoa! She hadn’t thought about it, but now that she did the math, she was floored. It was enough to scare a girl to death!

She would definitely not be putting down twenty million. She might be innocent and sweet, but she wasn’t a fool.

After some thought, she put down one million for Chen Xiao’s budget for the entire year. Considering Brother Chen Xiao’s sales volume, that wasn’t the least bit excessive, was it?

Once the form was filled out, she had Zhang Hui compile the entire department’s expense budget and submit it to Yuan Kai and Hou Fei for their signatures before it was sent up to President Feng.

Normally, Chen Xiao’s paperwork didn’t even require Feng Feifei’s signature. It was always fast-tracked as a special case; he had privileges.

But this was the budget for the upcoming year, and it was being submitted at the department level. Ma Jing thought it over and decided it was best to go through the proper channels.

While compiling the forms, Zhang Hui couldn’t help but stare at the glaring one million budgeted for Chen Xiao’s entertainment expenses, especially when compared to the 80,000 each submitted by Zhao Rui and Ji Kang.

Even Manager Yuan had only requested 120,000. ’Sister Jing has some serious guts!’

But she was just there to process the paperwork. Her job was to do as her superiors instructed, not to ask questions she wasn’t supposed to ask.

When the compiled budget request was handed to Yuan Kai, he was stunned. He almost refused to sign, but after a moment of consideration, he signed it anyway.

He had no desire to get on Chen Xiao’s bad side right now. He didn’t like the man, but he certainly liked his money.

The man was so capable that the 0.5% commission Yuan Kai earned from his sales was nearly enough to make him financially independent.

But when the budget proposal reached Hou Fei, it was rejected.

But he didn’t dare confront Chen Xiao. Instead, he summoned Yuan Kai and Ma Jing to his office and bellowed, "Are you two idiots? The department’s cap is 500,000, but Chen Xiao alone gets one million? Who taught you basic math, the gym teacher?"

"Don’t you two even review the forms he submits?"

"Send it back and do it over!"

Just then, Ma Jing talked back, "President Hou, how about I just take Chen Xiao’s portion to President Feng to get it signed?"

’What the fuck is that supposed to mean? First, Chen Xiao pays me no mind, and now even a little assistant like you dares to disregard me?’

’Does my word mean nothing around here?’

His face darkened. "Ma Jing, what is this attitude? The company has regulations. Are we supposed to make an exception just for Chen Xiao?"

"If a regulation is unreasonable, then it should be challenged!" Ma Jing wasn’t buying his act. ’What’s with the high-and-mighty attitude?’

Furious, Hou Fei slammed his hand on the desk and roared, "What part of it is unreasonable? It’s reasonable for the rest of the company, but suddenly it’s not when it comes to Chen Xiao?"

The argument in the office was loud enough to shake the walls. Out in the open-plan work area, everyone exchanged glances. President Hou seemed to have a particularly short fuse lately.

Ma Jing shot back fearlessly, "Well, no one else in the company brings in as many orders as Brother Chen Xiao. President Hou, you’re a leader, and you haven’t closed a single deal, yet you’ve applied for entertainment expenses. So how is it unreasonable for Brother Chen Xiao to request one million?"

Hou Fei’s face turned beet red at her words. You don’t hit a man in the face. It was a fact that he hadn’t closed a single deal, and he had no way to refute it.

But for her to bring it up so bluntly was like being slapped across the face.

He snarled, "A mere assistant dares to talk back to me? Believe it or not, I can have you thrown out of this company today!"

Ma Jing wasn’t the least bit afraid of him. Just as she was about to argue further, a voice drifted in from outside. "What an impressive display of authority, President Hou. As I recall, this company is called Dr. Feng’s Robot, not Monkey Robot. You think you own the place?"

After Chen Xiao saw Yuan Kai and Ma Jing being called into Hou Fei’s office, someone from the main office floor mentioned that Hou Fei was throwing a fit.

Chen Xiao knew Yuan Kai was one of Hou Fei’s people, so the target of his boss’s tirade was almost certainly Ma Jing. Worried she’d be at a disadvantage, he rushed over to check on the situation, arriving at the door just in time to hear Hou Fei telling her to get out.

"Chen Xiao, what’s that supposed to mean?" Hou Fei demanded, though his fierce demeanor was all bluster.

At this point, he was completely powerless against Chen Xiao. When he had first joined the company, he’d assumed that as a vice president and Feng Feifei’s senior, his place in her eyes would surely be far above that of Chen Xiao, even if the latter was the top salesperson.

But he had since discovered that his junior was obsessed with spoiling Chen Xiao. That bastard was so pampered he was practically walking on air.

He even suspected that if Chen Xiao asked to go to the moon, Feng Feifei would allocate funds to buy him a spaceship.

The corporate structure of the Doctor Feng Robot Technology Group had recently undergone a major shake-up. Many people were promoted to department heads at the group level. For example, Xia Yun from finance had been appointed as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer—a rank even higher than Hou Fei’s.

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