Why is This Troublemaker So Damn Rich?

"You fucking waste! I went out of my way to treat President Tian to dinner, and he even told his people to secure a spot for NLB. He was helping us! But because you didn’t follow up in time, Yanghe Commerce beat us to it.

"From now on, you’re not just following up on regions, you’re following up with every single store. Don’t let what happened at Xinyue Square Second Store happen again. If it does, you can just stop working here. Get the hell out."

He still thought President Tian had been helping him push for the NLB spot. He believed the failure was simply due to a slow follow-up at the store level, which gave Yanghe Commerce an opening. At the same time, a certain unease crept into his heart, stemming from the massive sales gap between Yanghe Commerce’s NLB store and the one he operated.

All he could do was hope that after Yanghe Commerce’s store entered its stable period, its performance wouldn’t be too different from his own. Otherwise, the impact on Futong Commerce’s ability to open new stores would be too great.

Han Chao quickly replied, "Got it." Just then, Li Yang’s phone rang again. Surprisingly, it was President Jia, the general manager of Wanlong Square.

"President Jia, hello!" Li Yang adjusted his mood and answered the phone with a smile.

"President Li, I know Wanlong Square doesn’t have the same customer traffic as the main Xinyue Square store, and our customer quality isn’t as good. But the performance gap for the same brand can’t be this huge, can it?"

Li Yang’s expression immediately soured. ’Isn’t this just rubbing salt in the wound? I’m already hurting over these numbers, and you won’t give me a moment’s peace.’ But faced with President Jia’s complaint, he could only try his best to explain. The man’s doubts were perfectly reasonable. They were both running NLB stores, but Xinyue Square’s performance was dozens of times better than his. How was he supposed to save face?

Sure enough, President Jia continued, "We’re both running NLB. Both yesterday. Xinyue Square did 180,000 in sales, while my store did just over 5,000. But look at other brands, like Airex. I saw their sales yesterday were over 7,000, so the gap with Xinyue Square shouldn’t be that big. How is your operational skill with NLB so poor? Such a great brand, sigh... President Li, we’ve been old friends for years, so I’ll be blunt. If this gap in operational performance between you and Yanghe Commerce continues, I definitely won’t be renewing your contract this year."

President Jia’s subtext was obvious. He highly approved of the NLB brand. If he didn’t renew with Futong Commerce, he would definitely partner with Yanghe Commerce. Nothing could have provoked Li Yang more. He had always felt his business was a major player in Qingjiang Province and had always looked down on Yanghe Commerce. But now the sales data was out, and he was getting utterly thrashed.

Some malls that had previously worked well with him were now leaning toward partnering with Yanghe Commerce. How could he stand it? After repeatedly assuring President Jia that he would definitely improve their operational performance, he hung up and roared at Han Chao, "What the fuck are you still doing in the office? Hurry up and go to the Xinyue Square locations to coordinate the store placements. At the same time, you need to visit places like Wanlong Square more often to maintain our relationships! I promised the NLB Brand Company we’d open 25 stores this year. If anything goes wrong, you’ll be the one responsible!"

Han Chao lowered his head, feeling incredibly wronged.

’Damn it, you were the one who spearheaded this channel expansion. It was all handled at the regional level, and someone at my rank has no say in it at all. Besides, these current difficulties are because your operations are absolute garbage. But you don’t go yelling at Dan Biao—you just take it all out on me.’

"Don’t just stand there like a fucking idiot! Get out, and while you’re at it, get Dan Biao and Zhang Li in here."

Only then did Han Chao feel a sense of balance. ’Dan Biao and Zhang Li are probably going to get it even worse.’

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「Qingzhou Auto City, inside the Dongyu 4S Store.」

There were very few customers in the store at the moment, so Xiaoli and Huang Lingyu were chatting while wiping down the cars. Ever since Huang Lingyu had brought her a meal, their relationship seemed to have grown closer.

Huang Lingyu hadn’t been at the store for long, whereas Xiaoli had been working there for over a year. Xiaoli knew the ins and outs of the company and was able to look out for her a bit. Besides, she was a good person, not like some people who enjoyed bullying newcomers.

"Lingyu, that boyfriend of yours is a really nice guy. Just a little intimidating."

It seemed that even though Huang Lingyu hadn’t mentioned that Yang Hui had asked her to bring the meal, Xiaoli had thanked them both.

Huang Lingyu naturally knew that the "boyfriend" she was referring to was Yang Hui. She smiled softly. ’I might admit to it, but Yang Hui probably wouldn’t. In his eyes, I’m probably just someone to fool around with.’ Thinking of this, she recalled the scenes at the KTV and the movie theater. She had to admit, he really knew how to have fun.

"There’s a department dinner tonight. Are you still not going? You already refused to go to the dinner with the client last time, and Director Wang was already very unhappy. If you don’t show him some face at our team dinner tonight, I’m afraid you really won’t be able to last at this company."

Huang Lingyu was extremely troubled by Xiaoli’s words. A team dinner was one thing, and she wouldn’t mind going. The key issue was that Yang Hui had asked if she would be at Xinyue Square this afternoon. Even though she was at the main store today and not the Xinyue Square sales showroom, she had still asked Yang Hui for his timing and told him she would be there.

The team dinner started at 5:30 PM. She was afraid she and Yang Hui might not have parted ways by then. ’If I leave early, won’t that spoil his fun? Even if it means Director Wang will make things difficult for me, I can’t risk making Yang Hui unhappy.’

"Well, I’ll see what happens tonight. If I have time, I’ll go. If I really can’t make it... well, if he’s unhappy, he’s unhappy."

"Sigh, it’s up to you. I won’t try to convince you. That Director Wang is no saint, anyway. Ten to one, he’s just got his eye on you. The dinner tonight is at Yinlu · Xiang. It’s a pretty high-end place."

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