Chapter 8: Maintaining Customer Relationships
“What a great colleague! Yuan Kai still badmouths such a subordinate behind his back. He truly doesn't know how good he has it. This person has a narrow mindset!”
Feng Feifei had already judged Yuan Kai!
“Alright, Chen Xiao, you’ve worked hard too! I’ll have ‘Zhiweiju’ downstairs send food up for you later!” With that, Feng Feifei left work first.
“Chen Xiao, thank you for staying to work overtime with me for free!” Yuan Kai said smugly, thinking he had succeeded!
“Only an idiot would work overtime for free!” Chen Xiao sneered. “You’ll never understand my way of playing.”
“Hmm? You’re right, it’s not really free overtime. If this case succeeds, I’ll get a 25,000 bonus.” Thinking of this, Yuan Kai’s fatigue instantly vanished, and he happily said, “You’re right, there’s a lot of money to be made. I have to thank you for your contribution to me!”
Chen Xiao scoffed disdainfully. He had never seen the world; Chen Ye didn't care for that little bit of money!
His cold snort reminded Yuan Kai that Chen Xiao could get 250,000 from this project. Oh my god, his heart ached so much. If he had gone himself, all of this would be his, all his!
Chen Xiao naturally didn't know about Yuan Kai’s internal struggle. He was being blood-farmed and shouted, “Damn it, I ran into a stupid teammate!”
Yuan Kai immediately exploded in anger, “Who are you cursing?!”
“Hmm? What’s it to you?” Then he realized Yuan Kai thought he was talking about him, so he said, “It has nothing to do with you. You work on your proposal, I’ll play my game! You should cherish a 100x return!”
Damn, is he playing games so brazenly now? A petty man getting his way, a petty man getting his way!
Yuan Kai suppressed the urge to talk to him. If he kept talking, his blood pressure would rise, and he might end up with a cerebral infarction, which would be the end of him!
“Hmm? No, what does 100x return mean? Is he implying I’m only worth 250?”
Yuan Kai was slow to catch on. Chen Xiao had already started another game after speaking, so Yuan Kai could only fume silently.
At 11:30 PM, Yuan Kai finally finished revising the proposal and sent it to Chen Xiao.
There was only half an hour left until completion. Chen Xiao meticulously checked it. After more than ten minutes passed, Yuan Kai urged, “Are you done checking it?!”
“I’ve checked it. There seem to be a few typos and some misplaced punctuation marks in the middle. You should correct them, otherwise, it will affect the company’s image!”
Yuan Kai said, “Which parts?” This would also affect his image.
“I forgot to mark them. You should check again!”
“You’re kidding me! Are you even human? So you spent half the day looking at nothing?” Yuan Kai’s eyes turned red!
Chen Xiao said with an innocent face, “I’m sorry, I have no experience. I forgot!”
“I’ll endure it.” To avoid failing at the last minute, Yuan Kai meticulously checked it three times but couldn’t find any typos. He rubbed his dizzy head and said almost plaintively, “There are no errors here!”
Chen Xiao slowly stood up and said, “I didn’t remember just now either, that’s why I said ‘it seems.’ Since you’ve checked it several times, then it should be fine!”
The main thing was, it was 24:00. Perfect completion!
Yuan Kai looked as if he wished he were dead, staring blankly as Chen Xiao packed his bag and left the company. He slammed his fist hard on the keyboard. “Damn it, you’re playing with me. Just you wait!”
“Damn, damn, damn!” Chen Xiao had already left and didn’t hear him. Yuan Kai discovered that his punch had messed up the perfectly good proposal with several punctuation marks and garbled characters. He spent another half an hour reviewing it repeatedly, then saved, shut down, and weakly left the company!
“Ding~! Mission complete, 100% completion. Random gift package issued.”
“Reward 1: Constitution +5; Reward 2: Professionalism +2; Reward 3: A 50-square-meter apartment in Hairun Apartment. The property deed has been placed in the host’s rental house’s express delivery box via express delivery.”
Three rewards were given: Constitution +5. Chen Xiao immediately felt a surge of vitality throughout his body, as if all aspects had improved. But upon checking his character panel again, he realized he had overthought it; his stamina hadn't increased. Illogical, illogical!
Professionalism +2 was an unexpected surprise; this would greatly help his future income.
As for the last property reward, the system was a bit stingy. A 50-square-meter apartment wasn't worth much, but he finally wouldn't have to live in a rented room.
Host: Chen Xiao (Professionalism 4)
Occupation: Dr. Feng's Robot - Business Specialist
Height: 178CM, Weight: 75KG
Constitution: 80, Stamina: 60, Health: 70, Charm: 80
Minimum Living Allowance LV1: 8000 yuan/day
Professionalism Blessing: Coefficient 4
Asset Status:
Balance: 491,200
Property: Hairun Apartment (50 square meter apartment)
Vehicle: None
The Professionalism Blessing coefficient became 4, which meant his bonus increased by another 500,000 yuan. Wahahaha!
It was already past midnight, so he naturally wouldn't go to Hairun Apartment today. He returned to his rental house as usual and tidied up his important belongings. He could move tomorrow!
The next day at work, Chen Xiao immediately sent the project proposal to Bai Lu. This was just a 3-million-yuan case for equipment procurement. As for the research topic, it required Dr. Feng and Feng Feifei to lead a discussion, and then both parties would finalize the details after negotiating.
Bai Lu quickly replied and sent the electronic version of the procurement agreement. After Chen Xiao received and briefly reviewed it, he immediately went to consult Feng Feifei. The company’s new legal counsel hadn’t arrived yet, so Feng Feifei truly wore many hats. Calling her a model worker general manager wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
Getting the agreement so quickly surprised Feng Feifei again. This was truly the simplest business negotiation she had ever experienced, especially for a 3-million-yuan case, which, according to common sense, would usually take more than half a year to finalize.
Chen Xiao was truly a lucky general! Feng Feifei looked at him, her eyes growing brighter. She saw him like a treasure; such an employee was hard to find even with a lantern.
Chen Xiao felt uncomfortable. He was afraid Feng Feifei coveted his body. Should he agree, agree, or agree? It was truly a difficult choice!
The tasks of printing, stamping, reviewing, and binding the contract were still handed over to Yuan Kai. He, a department manager, was now practically working as an assistant, but at least he would get a 25,000 yuan bonus, so his hard work wasn’t in vain! However, thinking of Chen Xiao’s “good luck,” he hadn’t slept all night. How great it would have been if it were him.
He even fantasized that if he had secured a 5-million-yuan order, given the company’s current situation, he would be like a savior descending from the heavens on a colorful auspicious cloud, turning the tide. Feng Feifei might not offer herself, but making him a Vice President would probably be no problem.
It was a pity that Chen Xiao, that bad seed, had gotten the easy pickings. But fortunately, he hadn’t passed his probation period yet, so he could only get the bonus. As for a promotion, he was dreaming!
Little did he know, in Chen Xiao’s eyes, a promotion was nothing! He was trying to avoid it if anything.
Yuan Kai organized the documents and tossed them to Chen Xiao, telling him to deliver them to the design institute for prompt dual stamping. At the same time, he said, “You’re free tonight, aren’t you? Come with me to entertain clients!”
“No time!”
Yuan Kai was furious. What was the excuse this time?!
“League of Legends!”
“Damn, is he that arrogant now? Not working, but playing games can be said so brazenly, it’s outrageous!”
But with Chen Xiao’s next sentence, he shut up, because Chen Xiao’s reason was quite logically consistent!
“I’m playing League of Legends with the leaders of the design institute to maintain customer relationships!”