Chapter 248: Chapter 148: Please Call Me Mahjong Master
After receiving her Chanel bag, Lai Manling walked off the stage, overjoyed.
She shared her excitement with a close coworker who had started at the company around the same time.
"Wow, Manling, you’re so lucky! How about you sell it to me? It’ll save me a trip to the boutique."
"Hmph, in your dreams! I’m not selling."
Lai Manling protectively clutched the shopping bag containing the purse to her ample chest.
She didn’t even dare to unbox it now, afraid it would get dirty from the food later.
"Unbox it now and let us see! We’ve never seen such an expensive bag before."
"The price of my bag isn’t even a tenth of the boss’s wife’s."
Looking toward the front where Qi Sheng was sitting, Lai Manling’s expression was tinged with envy.
"The boss’s wife’s bag is a classic Hermes Birkin, and it’s made of rare crocodile skin. The list price alone is almost 600,000, and with the required purchase history, it costs at least a million to get your hands on one!"
"Hee hee, Manling, you’re not bad yourself. Why don’t you offer yourself to him? Maybe the boss will take you in, and then you’ll be a boss’s wife too."
"Oh, get out of here! Stop teasing me. I’m not that lucky."
Hearing her colleague’s joke, Lai Manling blushed, a little embarrassed.
’It would be a lie to say I don’t want to.’
’But I’m just a new, low-level employee.’
’How could I ever get close to the high-and-mighty chairman of the group?’
Besides, their company, Tiansheng Capital, was still just a small, fledgling operation.
Although it reported directly to the group’s headquarters, it didn’t even have a single concrete project yet.
Lai Manling had joined Tiansheng Capital because the work environment and compensation package were quite good.
Most importantly, it offered a two-day weekend.
In Chengdu, it was incredibly difficult to find a job with an eight-hour workday that paid over ten thousand a month, offered a two-day weekend, and provided full social insurance and housing fund contributions.
The difficulty was comparable to passing the civil service exam.
It had taken Lai Manling a great deal of effort to stand out from the numerous rounds of interviews.
Before the annual gala began, she had seen the boss and the boss’s wife walk in hand-in-hand.
Lai Manling had been stunned by their appearance and felt a deep pang of envy.
Young, rich, and handsome, Qi Sheng was the perfect boyfriend template in the hearts of nearly every female employee at Shengxuan Group.
And she was no exception.
"Wow, it’s truly the pinnacle of Chengdu’s Sichuan cuisine! The dishes from Zifei Restaurant are absolutely incredible!"
"This is so delicious! No wonder it’s 1,000 per person at Zifei. This flavor is worth the price."
"There are 700 people here. The food alone must cost 700,000! Good thing Zifei is the boss’s restaurant; he’s probably just charging us at cost."
"Damn, our company is so loaded. I have a feeling it’s going to get harder and harder to get a job here in the future."
"Either way, you couldn’t pay me to quit. I’d have to be brain-dead to even consider it."
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At Qi Sheng’s table, besides him and Tan Hua, were Yuan Li, Zhou Huaiping, Peng Qingsong, Jie Chao, Liu Zheng, Qiu Lei, and other key personnel.
Even Zong Rui and the other women were at a separate table.
Aside from Qi Sheng’s table, theirs was the most eye-catching.
For one simple reason: there were too many beautiful women.
The two top-tier beauties, Zong Rui and Pei Yinyin.
Their looks were on par with Tan Hua, the boss’s wife.
In terms of figure, Zong Rui’s was superior to every other woman in the room.
Pei Yinyin was not far behind, being a ballet teacher.
Her perfect posture and outstanding aura also drew countless gazes.
The other women were all remarkably beautiful as well.
Xu Ying, Miduo, Xue Zhongyun, Chen Jing, Liu Shiwen, Chu Qing, Liu Rong, and Tang Qian.
With so many beauties gathered together, it was only natural that countless male employees couldn’t bear to look away for even a moment.
As the banquet began, there was an unlimited supply of alcohol and other beverages.
For baijiu, cases of Maotai were stacked up, free for the employees to take as they pleased.
The joy of Maotai freedom.
It was enough to make male employees who hadn’t posted on their Moments in ages unable to resist showing off.
But while alcohol can bring joy, it can also make people lose their composure.
And just like that, two male employees who had had a bit to drink suddenly got up and started walking toward Zong Rui’s table.
Fortunately, their tablemates were still sober enough to quickly restrain the two who were courting disaster.
"Holy shit, are you guys crazy? You dare to hit on the women at that table?"
"Aren’t they company employees?"
"Those are all the boss’s confidantes! Believe it or not, if you go hit on them, you’ll be fired tomorrow for ’entering the company with your right foot first’!"
"Holy shit, man, thanks! I must’ve been drunk off my ass. I almost forgot who they were."
After their colleague’s reminder, the two men instantly sobered up.
Thinking back on their reckless behavior, a wave of fear washed over them.
’How could mere low-level employees like us dare to mess with the boss’s women?’
’Do you really think this is some web novel where the boss’s wife will pour her heart out to you?’
’In reality, the boss would crush you in minutes.’
...
Seeing that Qi Sheng’s table had started a drinking competition, Tan Hua went over to her sisters’ table.
"Huahua, you look so beautiful today!"
Xu Ying and the others showered her with praise, making Tan Hua’s eyes curve into happy crescents.
"You all look great too. At least we didn’t embarrass him."
Tan Hua looked at her beautiful sisters and sighed softly to herself.
’If I had a choice, who would want to put in all this effort to maintain this big family?’
’But there’s nothing I can do. That’s just Qi Sheng’s nature.’
’And since I don’t want to leave him, I can only learn to be tolerant.’
Fortunately, the other sisters were respectful toward her.
Even Zong Rui and Pei Yinyin showed no signs of coveting her position.
This brought Tan Hua a small measure of relief.
’Otherwise, if every day was a battle for his affection, life would be too exhausting.’
The thought that Qi Sheng was about to take her home to meet his parents brought a faint smile to Tan Hua’s lips.
"Huahua, what happy thoughts are on your mind?"
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