Why is This Troublemaker So Damn Rich?

"Oh, it went alright. Sales hit 150,000 today."

Perhaps every employee of Yanghe Commerce, seeing how the sales staff were performing today, was brimming with confidence. After putting in so much effort, they felt a good result was only natural.

That’s how Shen Meng felt. 150,000 was worth celebrating, but it wasn’t surprising. After all, they had put in so much prep work.

150,000?

"One hundred and fifty thousand—" Wu Min shot up from the sofa, but Shen Meng had already gone inside.

’Shen Meng has to be kidding me. A 200-square-meter store doing 150,000 in sales in a single day? And it’s a weekday, how is that even possible? Our Huasheng Commerce stores usually only make a few thousand yuan a day. The real sales rushes are on the weekends. She must be pulling my leg.’

「The next morning.」

Inside the Futong Commerce offices, Yang Hui walked in right on time. He had just put down his briefcase when Ji Kun scurried over and whispered, "First thing this morning, President Li called President Shan and Zhang Li into his office. You can hear him yelling from here. He’s furious."

Yang Hui waved his hand dismissively. "Get back to work. His temper has nothing to do with us. Just do your job."

Ji Kun had only wanted to cozy up to his boss. He thought that by warning him about Li Yang’s foul mood, he could help Yang Hui avoid any trouble. But looking at Yang Hui’s reaction, he remembered that his boss didn’t seem to give a damn whether Li Yang was happy or not. He only cared about being happy himself.

In Li Yang’s office, Dan Biao and Zhang Li sat ramrod straight, barely daring to breathe.

Li Yang sneered as he looked at the report in his hand. "Dan Biao, Zhang Li, you’ve both followed me for years. I give you such a great brand, and this is the report card you hand me? You’ve utterly disgraced me."

"Just a moment ago, I got a message from Serene. Yesterday, Yanghe Commerce’s NLB store on the first floor of Xinyue Square did 150,000 in a single day. And remember, that doesn’t even include their online sales. The real number is even higher."

A store’s backend data is synced with the brand headquarters, so Serene had access to the raw sales figures. She sent them to Li Yang to show him just how big the gap was. For someone as obsessed with his reputation as Li Yang, it was a total loss of face. Just a few days ago, he had been bragging to Serene about how strong his distribution team was, only for Yanghe Commerce to snatch the prime spot in Xinyue Square right from under him.

Then he’d bragged about how amazing his operations team was. The result? Yesterday, Yanghe Commerce’s NLB store brought in 150,000, while Futong Commerce’s NLB store in Wanlong Square made a mere 5,000. That was a 30-fold difference!

"I pay you all these high salaries just so you can slap me in the face, is that it? Look at these numbers! How am I supposed to answer Serene? Let me tell you, Yanghe Commerce’s success proves the NLB brand has huge market potential. A single store should be doing 800,000 a month on average. I only set your target at 400,000, and you can’t even hit that? You’re a bunch of useless mouths to feed!"

"Right now, we only have four NLB stores. The workload isn’t heavy, and you have a dedicated supervisor. I want you to replace all our current staff within one month. All new hires must meet Yanghe Commerce’s standards. To that end, I’m giving you a special budget: you are authorized to offer an extra 500 yuan on top of our current base salary to poach their employees. The company is making a huge investment. If you still can’t get this right, then you have no reason to be here."

Dan Biao and Zhang Li listened, taking notes. They nodded in agreement on the surface, but inwardly, they were miserable. They both knew Li Yang’s personality: for every dime he spent, he expected a dollar in return. Perhaps that was a trait all businessmen shared.

Now he had given them the green light to poach employees. If they still couldn’t recruit staff like Yanghe Commerce’s, they’d have to face Li Yang’s fury every week. The mental pressure was immense. Zhang Li thought back to those two employees from Yanghe Commerce and felt Li Yang had a point. But why couldn’t his own team find people like that? How did Yanghe Commerce manage it?

With this question burning in his mind, he decided to investigate Yanghe Commerce’s employee benefits right away. On this, he and Dan Biao were in perfect agreement. The moment they left Li Yang’s office, Dan Biao called him into his own, summoning Xia Jie as well.

Yesterday afternoon, Yang Hui had lured Xia Jie away and nearly devoured her whole. Short of going all the way, he had done everything else he possibly could. Because her afternoon had been derailed, she had to work late on her store handover and didn’t get home until after 9 p.m.

After getting ready for bed, she lay down and couldn’t stop replaying the scandalous things that had happened with Yang Hui at Yuzu Xuan that afternoon. The memory made her pull the covers over her head in embarrassment.

{’Ugh, I can’t think about it anymore! The more I do, the more my cheeks burn.’}

She kept thinking about it at work the next day, leaving her distracted and in a daze.

"Xia Jie. Xia Jie." Dan Biao rapped his knuckles on the table, displeased. ’This woman has a great look and demeanor, a perfect fit for the boss’s requirements for NLB management,’ he thought. ’But how can she be spacing out during such an important meeting? Is she even reliable?’

But the head of brand operations for Shi Meng had said that Xia Jie was the best and most responsible supervisor on their team. Dan Biao had even checked her past team’s performance records, which were indeed excellent. That was why he had decided to put her in charge of the NLB brand.

He was planning to pull his most elite people for this brand, determined to go all-out and hit the 400,000 per month average sales target for NLB.

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