Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Dressed Very Homely
Wenren Du’Er was in her room doing homework. She must have been waiting for Yang Hui, because she’d left the door cracked open.
Hearing the front door, she quickly ran out. "Dad!"
He held up the food. "Hurry up and eat. I’ve hired a housekeeper to start tomorrow. She’ll cook and do laundry, so you won’t have to do it yourself anymore."
"Dad, you really don’t know how to live frugally."
The little girl took the food and muttered to herself, clearly thinking that Yang Hui hiring someone to cook was a waste of money.
"Du’Er, how do you like your new school?"
At the mention of her new school, a look of satisfaction still lingered on Wenren Du’Er’s face.
"The principal is really kind, and my homeroom teacher is so pretty~!"
A huge question mark might as well have been written on his face. "You even met the principal?"
"Yeah. During break, my homeroom teacher, Teacher Zhou, specifically took me to see Principal Zheng. The principal was so concerned about me, and he kept smiling, but I think he smiled like a treacherous minister~!"
Yang Hui didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. The man smiles at you, and you think he’s a villain.
He more or less understood. Zhang Chun must have pulled some incredible strings, which was why the principal was paying so much attention. ’That’s good, too,’ he thought. ’At least the little girl will get some preferential treatment at school.’
"Dad, our Teacher Zhou is really pretty. She said she’s going to make a home visit someday. When she does, I’ll help create an opportunity for you two!"
Yang Hui stood up and lightly flicked her on the forehead. "Focus on your studies. What’s all this nonsense you’ve got in your head? Let me tell you, if you don’t place in the top 10 of your class on the final exams, you’ll see how I deal with you."
As he spoke, he put on a fierce and menacing expression.
"Dad, your standards are a little too low. I thought you were going to ask me to be first in the entire school."
He had just sat down on the sofa. Hearing her, he said irritably, "Am I that perverse and unreasonable? My expectations for you aren’t that high. Just study hard and have a happy childhood, that’s all that matters!"
He was really starting to feel more and more like a father.
Wenren Du’Er tilted her little head and looked at him. "Dad, is being first in the whole school a perverse thing to do? Then does that mean I’ve always been perverse?"
He nearly spat out a mouthful of water. "You’ve always been first in the whole school?"
Only after asking did he realize how dense he’d been. It seemed he had never once cared about her academic performance.
’I can’t believe the daughter I picked up is actually a straight-A student!’
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The next day at work, he bumped into Cai Miao and Wang Xiao just as he was entering the company lobby.
The two were walking and talking. From the sound of it, Wang Xiao was flattering Cai Miao a bit.
’Is that really necessary?’ he thought. ’You’re a manager in the HR department, a core member of the company, and she’s just an assistant.’
The two of them saw Yang Hui as well. Wang Xiao greeted him, "Manager Yang!"
"Morning, Manager Wang!"
He gave a sunny smile, and Wang Xiao’s heart couldn’t help but flutter. ’Manager Yang is so handsome,’ she thought. ’What a pity. I was not yet born when you were, and I am already old when you are born!’
Probably because Yang Hui hadn’t greeted her first, Cai Miao snorted through her nose and said, "Yang Hui, your department’s performance this month is just abysmal. You’ve single-handedly dragged down the company’s profits!"
"Rookie, thanks for your concern. Your outfit today is very... homely!"
Rookie? Cai Miao heard it this time, but she couldn’t be sure, because he had deliberately mumbled his words. She was furious but couldn’t call him out on it. If he denied it, there was nothing she could do.
’And what did he mean by my outfit being "homely"? What was that supposed to mean?’
She looked down at herself. A hip-hugging skirt, black stockings... ’Isn’t this sexy?’
’This is how everyone dresses on Xiaohongshu.’
But she knew Yang Hui definitely wasn’t complimenting her. She asked coldly, "What do you mean, ’homely’?"
’Does that even need an explanation?’ Yang Hui shook his head. "I suggest that next time you buy clothes, you don’t just look at the seller’s photos. The foundation is different. You should look in the mirror more often!"
Without paying any mind to Cai Miao’s murderous glare, he walked straight to his own work area.
Cai Miao now understood what he meant. ’Did he mean I give off "buyer’s show" vibes? That my foundation is no good?’
’So "homely" meant that I look... safe? That I dress like a bumpkin?’
She stood rooted to the spot, her eyes shooting fire at Yang Hui’s back. After a moment, she said coldly to Wang Xiao, "How did your HR department recruit someone with such poor character?"
Wang Xiao didn’t know what to say. Cai Miao was furious right now; anything she said would just be asking for trouble. She couldn’t understand why Yang Hui, who had just joined the company, would offend this woman. Would he ever have a peaceful day in the company again?
Little did she know, Yang Hui was deliberately provoking people who were difficult to deal with. He was counting on Cai Miao to "put in a good word" for him with Li Yang, all so he could get the boot sooner.
If he were to resign on his own, he’d have to wait until after his three-month probation period. But being "encouraged to resign" wasn’t subject to the same rule. Cai Miao’s domineering and vengeful nature gave him hope for a quick unemployment. He was going to latch onto her and milk this for all it was worth.
"Morning, boss!"
"Morning, Manager!"
The members of his team greeted him.
He nodded to each of them in return. "Morning!"
He got to his desk, turned on his computer, logged into the web version of WeChat, and saw another friend request.
[Hello, President Yang! I’m Wu Qian, the assistant to the chairman of the Yida Department Store Group!]
His heart skipped a beat, and he accepted the request.
Sure enough, Wu Qian sent over an Excel spreadsheet. It was a report from each store detailing the group purchase amounts they could contribute to "Airex" after negotiating with their clients.
Yida Department Store and Futong Commerce had a total of 13 joint projects for "Airex". There were other projects where Futong Commerce had not opened an "Airex" branch due to poor customer traffic.
According to the file Wu Qian sent, the 13 stores had coordinated a total of 700,000 in group purchase performance for "Airex".
Thanks to Wang Qing’s arrangements, Yang Hui could assign this performance to any of the stores that had an "Airex" branch.
He pulled up the current month’s sales progress. The total sales target for the 35 "Airex" stores in May was 7.6 million. As of the evening of May 30th, the actual completed performance was 5.5 million, for an achievement rate of 72.3%.
Adding in the final push on the last day of the month today, they could probably add another 150,000 in performance. With the 700,000 from the Yida Department Store group purchase on top of that, the team’s total performance could finally reach 80% of the target.
However, when it came to each individual supervisor on the team, he still needed to figure out how to divide this performance so that they could all reach an 80% achievement rate.
"Zhu Jing, come here for a second!"
Since they had gone out to handle business together the day before, he was most familiar with Zhu Jing. Besides, Zhu Jing seemed to be a very down-to-earth worker, so he felt he could rely on her.
"In a bit, I need you to help me compile a summary. Get an objective estimate of the performance for each of your stores through tonight."
Zhu Jing didn’t know what he wanted this for, but she still did as she was told. She created a spreadsheet, filled in the data for the stores she was in charge of, and then dropped it in the group chat for the others to add their own information in sequence.
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