Chapter 231 - 189: Rejection and Insolence
Li Na placed her hands over her heart. "A company like this... I’d work here for the rest of my life. Anyone who does anything to harm the company is an enemy of us all, and they must be hunted down."
’She’s exaggerating again,’ Xia Jie thought, ’and with all that "hunted down" nonsense.’ She couldn’t be bothered to entertain her antics. "There’s a lot more, but I won’t go into detail. It’ll all be covered in your training after you officially start."
Next, Xia Jie had Li Na fill out an employee registration form. The store onboarding process was relatively simple; once the form was filled out, Xia Jie would just hand it over to HR for data entry. After taking care of everything, Xia Jie left the company with Li Na. Today was just for her to learn at the store, not to participate in sales.
At Yanghe Commerce, every salesperson had to undergo seven days of training before they could start working. This was mainly to prevent subpar customer service that might affect the customer experience.
On the way, Li Na secretly sent a message to their small group chat: "Girls, my good days are here! You all better keep trying!"
Xiang Ling and Du Qi assumed her so-called "good days" just meant starting at Yanghe Commerce and getting to follow Xia Jie. They had no idea her compensation was so high. Even so, they sent their congratulations in the group chat.
「Futong Commerce」
Zhu Jing was sitting across from Dan Biao, wondering what President Shan wanted to talk to her about. ’If there’s an issue, shouldn’t he be looking for Yang Hui?’
"Zhu Jing, I’ve called you in today because the company has annual promotion slots for outstanding employees. You’re the best supervisor in our Operations Department, and I plan to give you that opportunity this year. However, as you know, it’s easy for the company to train a manager, but our biggest fear is instability. When we invest in training someone only for them to resign, it’s a huge loss for the company."
"So, I’m telling you today that I’m prepared to promote you to Operations Manager in training as part of this round of promotions. But you have to guarantee that you won’t leave the company for the next two years."
Dan Biao was full of confidence about this conversation. At a large company like Futong Commerce, there were dozens of supervisors but only a few operations managers, and most of them were external hires. Therefore, the chance for a supervisor to be promoted to manager was extremely rare. He expected Zhu Jing to be thrilled and grateful.
He lowered his head to take a sip of tea, waiting for Zhu Jing to declare her loyalty to the company. But at her next words, he accidentally inhaled the water. It shot up into his nose, and he immediately started choking. He grabbed a tissue and spent a long moment cleaning himself up before he could even process what she’d said.
"What? You want me to consider someone else?"
He never would have imagined that Zhu Jing’s reply would be: "President Shan, you should consider someone else. I’m not qualified enough."
Dan Biao knew it was a polite refusal. ’Not qualified enough? She was a fiercely competitive person at work, with a personality that never admitted defeat.’
What should have been a sure thing had failed, and now Li Yang was going to chew him out. The thought of it made him lose his composure. While continuing to wipe up the water he had splashed all over his desk with a wet tissue, he tried to persuade her, "Zhu Jing, this is an incredibly rare opportunity. To give it up so rashly is irresponsible to your own future."
Zhu Jing didn’t say a word, her attitude making it clear she wasn’t interested.
If Dan Biao had talked to her about this a month ago, before Yang Hui arrived, Zhu Jing’s ambitious and hardworking nature would have surely made her accept. But now, all she could think about was leaving with Yang Hui, going to Yanghe Commerce, watching the stars together, watching the moon... oh, right, working together. Forget an Operations Manager position; she wouldn’t have cared even if they offered her a Director role.
She had grown used to having Yang Hui’s support. She couldn’t go on without him.
After she left Dan Biao’s office, he remained behind, staring lifelessly at the ceiling. ’Why does it feel like I have no authority as a leader anymore?’ he wondered. ’A supervisor just sneered at a promotion I offered.’ He had no choice but to brace himself and report to Li Yang.
He expected Li Yang to fly into a rage and call him an idiot. But Li Yang, contrary to his usual self, didn’t get angry. His expression was rather strange, as if he had been prepared for this all along. "I know. Xiaodan, you keep an eye on Wang Xiao and hurry up with the recruitment."
’Hurry up with recruitment? What for? The company isn’t short-staffed right now. Why the rush to hire a management trainee?’ He didn’t dare question Li Yang, so he could only leave and go find Wang Xiao.
Li Yang, as if having made up his mind, picked up the internal line. "Xiaocai, have Yang Hui come see me."
He was about to hang up when Cai Miao asked, "Boss, what is it about?"
Li Yang thought he was hearing things. He picked up the receiver and looked at it. No, the voice had come from there. Cai Miao had actually dared to ask him what he wanted with Yang Hui. He instantly flew into a rage. "Are you a fucking idiot? When I tell you to get him, you get him! Since when is it your place to ask me what I want him for? You’ve been here for years, how have you learned no discipline?"
Cai Miao was too scared by the scolding to speak. Nowadays, the very mention of Yang Hui’s name made her nervous. Every time she had to summon him, he would ask her what it was about. If she couldn’t answer, he would get angry with her and call her a mere mouthpiece. So today, on some strange impulse, she had asked, only to get yelled at without even finding out the reason.
On the verge of tears, Cai Miao dialed Yang Hui’s number.
At that moment, Yang Hui was looking at a message from Zhu Jing. ’Dan Biao wants to promote her to Operations Manager?’
If it had been any other member of the team, he wouldn’t have stood in their way; he might have even given them a little push. But he had already confirmed that he was taking Zhu Jing with him. What’s more, Zhu Jing had also confirmed she would be living with him. The company was simply making a misplaced gesture. He replied jokingly, "The company’s got good taste, they’re just a little too late. You’re my person now."
Zhu Jing turned to glance at him, her eyes filled with bashful coyness.