Chapter 243: Chapter 146: Not Enough Legs to Go Around
The next day, Qi Sheng walked into the bustling Shengxuan Decoration office with the three radiant women.
"Hello, Boss!"
The receptionist saw Qi Sheng and hurriedly bowed.
"Is President Peng in?"
"Yes, he is. I’ll take you to him right away."
’The receptionist had once fantasized about the big boss taking a fancy to her.’
’It was a beautiful dream of a meteoric rise, of becoming the wife of a wealthy man.’
But the reality was cruel. The three beautiful women with the boss...
...any one of them was prettier than she was.
’For an ordinary employee to climb the ladder like that was next to impossible!’
In the general manager’s office.
When Peng Qingsong saw Qi Sheng walk in with three beautiful women, he instinctively shuddered.
"Boss, what’s all this?"
A wry smile appeared on Peng Qingsong’s face. He was afraid Qi Sheng was about to say he had bought houses for three more beautiful women.
"Let me introduce you. This is Liu Rong, my personal housekeeper."
"I bought a Clear Water Top Jump at Huayue Mansion. I’m leaving the renovation and design plan to you. You can coordinate the details with Housekeeper Liu."
"For the renovation, I’m giving you a budget of ten million. Don’t worry about saving money. Just make sure it’s absolutely perfect."
Qi Sheng looked at Peng Qingsong’s rapidly receding hairline and couldn’t help but feel a bit sorry for him.
"Later, I’ll introduce you to some new colleagues. Having Shengxuan Decoration rely on you alone has really been too much for you."
Hearing this, Peng Qingsong’s face lit up with ecstasy, and he excitedly thanked his boss.
"That’s wonderful, Boss! I seriously have almost no time to sleep these days."
"Manager Yuan is hounding me for the design drafts for the new stores, and I still have to oversee the work for the ladies’ houses."
"If you didn’t get me more help, I think I might have actually died from overwork."
Peng Qingsong had never imagined the decoration company’s business would be so explosive.
Not to mention the houses for the ladies...
Just the renovation orders for the twenty Spicy King branches were more than he could handle.
Yuan Li hadn’t forced him to create a different design for each branch.
That wouldn’t have fit the chain’s branding strategy anyway.
But with so many stores under renovation, someone had to be sent to supervise them.
Even though Peng Qingsong had used his connections to poach quite a few people, it still wasn’t enough.
Luckily, his boss, Qi Sheng, had a bit of a conscience.
"Mm, to lighten your workload,"
"you don’t need to be involved in the business operations anymore."
"I’ll arrange for a professional manager to take over, so you can focus on design."
"I’ll also assign you an assistant and ten Elite Designers."
Qi Sheng silently did the math.
’A professional manager plus an assistant for Peng Qingsong.’
’That’s at least two Expert Level talents.’
’The recruitment fees alone would be fifty million.’
’Ten Elite Designers would be another fifty million.’
’A hundred million, burned through just like that.’
’He had blown through the entire nine-hundred-million-yuan loan from China Construction Bank in less than a week.’
’The good thing was, this gathering of talent would bring him even greater returns in the future.’
"Thank you, Boss!"
Peng Qingsong was overjoyed. He wasn’t worried about his authority being diluted.
Running the business wasn’t his specialty to begin with.
It was just that in the early stages, Qi Sheng had been short on cash.
That was why Peng Qingsong had been forced to take on a role he wasn’t suited for, handling both design and operations.
As for the design of the Clear Water Top Jump, Qi Sheng didn’t want to get too involved.
He quickly created a group chat and added the three girls, Liu Rong, and Peng Qingsong.
Du Xinxin: "Qi Sheng, why is Sister Liu in this group?"
Tao Siyao: "Stupid. That scoundrel must have gotten to her."
Pan Yinuo: "Hello, Sister Liu."
Qi Sheng: "Ahem. Liu Rong is our family’s housekeeper from now on. I bought you all a Clear Water Top Jump at Huayue Mansion. You can discuss the renovation with her and Peng Qingsong."
Peng Qingsong: "Hello, ladies. I’m Peng Qingsong, the design director at Shengxuan Decoration. Please feel free to tell me any ideas you have. I’ll get a design draft to you as soon as possible, and if there are any details you’re not happy with, we can adjust them anytime."
Du Xinxin: "Wait a minute, Huayue Mansion... That name sounds so familiar."
Tao Siyao: "Idiot. It’s the building where Sister Yun lives. That scoundrel moved Sister Yinyin and Sister Ying there too."
Pan Yinuo: "Wow, then we can all go shopping together from now on!"
Seeing the girls’ replies, Qi Sheng chuckled to himself.
’Living in the same building would certainly make it more convenient for a philanderer like him to work his charms.’
’When he got tired of staying with the three girls, the pair of besties would be right downstairs.’
’Once, Qi Sheng had a dream.’
’To buy an entire building and fill it with his women.’
’Now, he’d sort of achieved a tiny piece of that dream.’
...
「In less than an hour.」
The elite troops Qi Sheng recruited from the system’s talent pool had all arrived.
The man on the far left was dressed very elegantly.
He wore a black suit over a brown turtleneck, and his smile was incredibly warm and approachable.
"Boss, my name is Jian Zhenzhe. I used to run my own decoration company, but it went bankrupt due to funding issues. I’m currently a freelancer. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to work for you."
Next to him stood a tall, thin man in a black suit and white shirt, his personality the complete opposite of Jian Zhenzhe’s.
This was Liu Zheng, the assistant Qi Sheng had found for Peng Qingsong.
"Hello, Boss. My name is Liu Zheng. I graduated from the China Academy of Art..."
The other ten Elite Level talents also had dazzling resumes.
They were either from top-tier universities or had come from one of the top ten decoration firms in China.
"President Peng, are these people I’ve assigned you satisfactory?"
Qi Sheng looked at the ecstatic Peng Qingsong and teased the loyal subordinate who had been tormented so much by his "family."
"Satisfied? I’m more than satisfied."
Peng Qingsong scratched his head awkwardly.
"To be honest, with Designer Liu’s resume, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he could be our company’s design director."
"Having him as my assistant is something of a waste of his talents."
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