The supervisors of the Airex team had been completely won over by Yang Hui in the last few days.
He had only been here a few days, but he’d already resolved the issues with some store revenues from May and the supervisors’ income. As soon as June began, he solved the sales problem at Xinyue Square. Judging by yesterday’s online store performance, meeting this month’s sales targets would be no issue.
The whole team’s morale had been completely transformed.
"Boss, I bought you some fruit."
Zhu Jing was carrying a bag. Yang Hui opened it and saw it was all pre-cut—dragon fruit and pineapple.
’How thoughtful.’ "How much was it? I’ll send you the money."
"Don’t worry about it!"
Zhu Jing turned gracefully, leaving a fragrant trail behind her. ’Hmm? Chanel No. 5. She’s moving up in the world.’
"Boss, we’re all chipping in to treat you to lunch today!"
Looking at the sycophantic Ji Kun, he laughed. "Don’t break my rules. I’m the boss, so I’ll be the one paying!"
Ever since learning that Yang Hui lived in a "mansion" and drove a "luxury car," Ji Kun seemed to be sticking much closer to him.
On his way back from the restroom, he noticed a lot of women secretly casting flirtatious glances his way. Unfortunately, none of them caught the eye of Yang Hui, who was actually hoping to get into a relationship.
’Oh well. He might want a relationship, but he was still pretty picky. If a woman’s looks weren’t up to his standards, he just couldn’t bring himself to settle.’
The news that Yang Hui was a rich man naturally made its way to Cai Miao as well.
’So what? Even if he’s a dragon, he’d better coil up for me here. He came to Futong Commerce and he still dares to oppose me? He’s courting death! I won’t allow anyone at Futong Commerce to be more of a hotshot than me.’
Cai Miao recalled her humiliation at Yang Hui’s hands during yesterday’s morning meeting. ’I will have my revenge, or I’m not fit to live!’
’So what if he has a little money? From an inheritance perspective, his youth is a major drawback. An old man like President Li is a much better prospect.’
RING RING RING~
She picked up the internal line; it was a call from Li Yang.
"Tell Xiaodan and A Hui to come to the NLB meeting. It’s the coordination meeting with NLB Brand Company."
After hanging up, Cai Miao felt a surge of displeasure. ’The boss really seems to value Yang Hui. Is he planning to hand NLB over to him?’
Not daring to delay, she quickly called Dan Biao before dialing Yang Hui’s number.
"Hello?"
"Yang Hui, the boss wants you at the NLB meeting in five minutes."
’It was that rookie’s voice. How irritating. I already said I’m not responsible for NLB. Then again, maybe Dan Biao didn’t handle things properly.’
"I’m not going. Go find President Shan."
Cai Miao clearly hadn’t expected Yang Hui to be so audacious. He actually dared to refuse a meeting called by the boss!
"Yang Hui, are you trying to get fired?"
Her words piqued the interest of Yang Hui, who had been about to hang up the phone.
"I don’t want to work here anymore. Can you help with that? Fire me? I’ll thank you in advance."
"Yang Hui, just you wait! Don’t get so cocky!"
SLAM! Cai Miao angrily slammed the phone down.
Listening to the dial tone, Yang Hui was filled with disappointment. ’I was being serious. You thought I was mocking you, but if you could actually get me fired, I would be genuinely grateful.’
After hanging up, Cai Miao thought for a moment. ’This won’t work. If not everyone shows up to the meeting, President Li will definitely yell at me for not even being able to get people to attend.’
She called Dan Biao again. "President Shan, that Yang Hui from your department is completely out of line! President Li told him to attend the NLB meeting, and he flat-out refused."
Dan Biao knew the reason and quickly said, "Secretary Cai, I’ll explain it to President Li. I can just go to the meeting in his place."
Cai Miao didn’t understand what was going on, but as long as someone else was going to explain and she wouldn’t get yelled at by Li Yang, she was fine with it.
BUZZ~
He got a WeChat message. It was from his landlady. ’What does she want from me? Something about her daughter’s job?’
[Aunt Zheng: Mr. Xiao Yang, I am so sorry. That unfilial daughter of mine has actually gone off to work in Shanghai.]
’What’s the big deal? It’s not like I’m desperate to hire someone.’
[Yang Hui: It’s no problem, Aunt Zheng. Shanghai has more opportunities for her career to grow.]
[Aunt Zheng: But I’m worried... if you’re so far apart, you’ll have fewer chances to see each other. That’s not good for developing a relationship! They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but too much distance makes it easy for someone to cheat.]
He glanced left and right. ’Good, no one’s around. Otherwise, this is the kind of misunderstanding you could never clear up, even if you jumped into the Yellow River. I only added your daughter on WeChat because you practically forced me to, we’ve never even chatted!’
[Aunt Zheng: Mr. Xiao Yang, don’t you worry! The next time she comes back, I’ll throw the tantrum of a lifetime to make her see sense!]
[Yang Hui: No, no, Aunt Zheng! I’m not worried at all. To each their own. You shouldn’t force her. Besides, my company was just founded, so I really can’t provide her with great career opportunities anyway.]
[Aunt Zheng: Sigh, you’re such a good man, Mr. Xiao Yang. I’ll have another talk with her. I can’t let you be treated so unfairly.]
He wiped a bead of sweat from his brow. ’What on earth did I even do? How did this get twisted into making it sound like we’re already a couple?!’
Dan Biao arrived at the small conference room to find Li Yang already there. "How come it’s just you? Where’s Yang Hui?"
"Boss, Yang Hui feels his abilities are limited, so he’s turned down the job of managing NLB. I recommend we hand the brand over to Zhang Li instead."
"Fuck... Turning down such a great opportunity."
Li Yang was in disbelief. ’What a complete lack of ambition.’
Cai Miao, standing to the side, didn’t miss the chance to fan the flames. "President Li was doing this to groom him for a bigger role. He’s being a little ungrateful!"
Dan Biao said nothing, just shot her a look. ’Are you trying to badmouth Yang Hui, or are you just making the boss lose face?’
Sure enough, Li Yang turned to look at her. "Can *you* manage it?"
Cai Miao was momentarily stunned, unsure of Li Yang’s meaning. She was just an assistant; how could she possibly have the skills to manage a brand? She quickly stammered, "I... I can’t."
"If you can’t, then what the hell are you rambling on for!"
"Xiaodan, go get Zhang Li. If he doesn’t want the job, then we won’t force him."
Once Dan Biao had left the room, Li Yang said to Cai Miao, "You used to be a pretty good bootlicker. But lately, your aim has been off. You need to watch it."
Cai Miao nodded quickly, but inwardly her hatred for Yang Hui deepened. All the frustration she had endured and the scoldings she had received lately were because of him.
As he left, Dan Biao remembered the evening meeting and quickly sent a message to the work group chat, notifying all brand operations supervisors to attend a meeting hosted by President Li at 5:40 p.m.
When he returned, Li Yang nodded for him and Zhang Li to take a seat.
The video conference had already started.
Today’s video conference was between Futong Commerce and the NLB Brand Company. The main purpose was for everyone to get acquainted and discuss this year’s purchasing quotas and sales targets. Reaching a consensus would ensure that their future work together would go more smoothly.
The one leading the meeting on the other end was Song Wen, NLB’s National Sales Director. Futong Commerce’s plan to acquire NLB’s agency rights for the Qingjiang River region had been in the works for some time, so Li Yang and Song Wen were already quite familiar with each other.
"President Song, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule for this meeting. I’ve brought our head of operations, as well as our most outstanding operations manager, to join us today. We guarantee we will meet any and all of the brand’s requirements!"
Song Wen nodded. "I’d also like to introduce a new colleague, Serene. She’s a top graduate from Modu University of Finance and Economics."
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