When he was in college, Henry Gu often went to shopping malls, but that was more to look at the new clothing styles of each season. He rarely noticed the subtle differences between shopping malls, and he didn't understand the classifications of major shopping malls, so he planned to use this short holiday to make up for it.
As a result, he met Blake Lu again in the bookstore.
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Question: Why do I always meet the president after get off work?
---Thanks for the invitation. I can’t read too many romance novels, or I’ll become brain-dead.
---The president fell in love with you at first sight and slid out on his knees with a rose in his mouth?
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But fortunately, the president had an appointment in the evening and did not have much time to care about his subordinates, so Henry Gu successfully escaped the luxury car service and only got a list of professional books from Blake Lu, which contained seventeen or eighteen hardcover books, which could be used as bricks when he took them back.
"Can you move it?" Blake Lu asked.
"Yes." Henry Gu picked up the shopping bags easily, one in each hand. He looked quite strong. When he was in school, he often carried a bag of cloth up and down the stairs. He became very strong after doing it many times. Not only did he have great strength, he could also run very fast, as if he had just finished a can of spinach.
Blake Lu watched him leave and called Yang Yi again.
"You have to give me some time." Yang Yi walked to the balcony. "We have only asked a few acquaintances, so the information is not complete, and it is not good for Henry Gu."
"How disadvantageous is it?" Blake Lu asked.
"Just listen to this and forget about it. I don't have any evidence for now, and everyone knows how chaotic Mason Xu's circle is." Yang Yi lowered his voice, "It is said that when Henry Gu was interning at Lingyun, he plagiarized Yi Ming's clothing design draft to apply for school. Later, he was discovered and lost the school and his job."
"Which school are you applying to? Fashion design?" Blake Lu wondered.
"Ah," Yang Yi replied, "what else?"
"Is his undergraduate major related to design?" Blake Lu asked again. If I remember correctly, Henry Gu's resume says he is a fashion engineer. Although it sounds like clothing, it is actually mainly pattern making. Compared with designers, one is a science and engineering major and the other is an art major. There is a big difference between them. How could he plagiarize Yi Ming's design draft?
"This is the difference between a top student and an ordinary person," Yang Yi said. "I asked several professors at D University. After four years of work service, Henry Gu was able to make his own clothes. He also plans to change his major when he studies for a master's degree and study fashion design in France."
"So he originally planned to apply for schools while doing an internship during his senior year, but something went wrong, so he came to Huandong?" Blake Lu continued to ask.
"Yes." Yang Yi said, "Henry Gu insisted that Yi Ming copied his manuscript. As a result, the reaction of others was the same as yours. They all thought it was unbelievable that a well-known designer in the circle would plagiarize a science and engineering student. Yi Ming had a large box of relevant manuscripts, and the surveillance and recording evidence at the time were not favorable to Henry Gu, so the matter was left unresolved."
"Will Yi Ming copy his manuscript?" Blake Lu thought thoughtfully.
"It's hard to say." Yang Yi said, "But if that's the case, then Nightingale is Henry Gu's work, and this is no joke."
"Let's continue to clarify this matter." Blake Lu said, "Henry Gu's transfer plan remains unchanged. Take him with you when you go to Pudongshan in the future. Don't delay the opening of the new store."
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On the first day after the short holiday, Henry Gu's workstation was moved to next to Blake Lu, and there was only a glass wall between him and the president. The person who designed the office was probably a bootlicker and a voyeur. Such an important wall was actually a one-way glass. The subordinates couldn't see the president, and the president could see the subordinates transparently. Who the hell could stand this! Later, the masses mustered up the courage to apply for the newspaper wall treatment, and planned to completely replace it during the next renovation.
Henry Gu was sitting next to the newspaper wall.
However, before he had the time to figure out why this broken Beggar Gang wall appeared in Huandong's luxurious office area, he was carried into the car by the vice president.
"Are you good at chatting?" Yang Yi asked.
Henry Gu replied: "Not bad."
"That's good." Yang Yi handed him a document, "First get a general idea, then go and appease those aunties."
Henry Gu was confused: "Huh?"
The owner of Xinxin Department Store may have summoned all the female relatives from his hometown, as well as relatives of relatives and relatives. In short, although Henry Gu was mentally prepared, when he pushed open the door of the reception room, he was still startled by the noisy noise inside.
The old ladies were eating melon seeds and drinking tea, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. But when they saw someone pushing the door, they immediately hid the needles in their hands behind their backs and began to slap their thighs and cry and scream, saying that the capitalists were inhumane and wanted to demolish the mall. Our whole family would have nothing to eat.
"Boss Yang," the assistant heard on the second floor, and his teeth ached, "Henry Gu is going alone, is he okay?"
"How about you two switch?" Yang Yi suggested.
The assistant said solemnly: "Then let Henry Gu go."
"Okay, okay, stop for a moment!" Henry Gu was dizzy from the noise, and his sleeves were pulled back and forth, covered with greasy fingerprints and sugar stains. Seeing that the aunts were already furious and acting too realistically, Henry Gu had to stand on the table and shout, "Everyone, be quiet!"
The scene was really quiet for a moment.
Henry Gu took the opportunity to pretend to be a foreigner and asked innocently, "Who can speak Mandarin?"
Only two aunts raised their hands.
"Okay, let's talk." Henry Gu breathed a sigh of relief, "The rest of you just listen. If you have any requests, these two aunts will convey them. I just came to S City not long ago, and I really don't understand the dialect. Please understand."
No one raised any objections to this. After all, the script only stated that one should make a fuss for compensation, but it did not state how to make a fuss for compensation if the other party did not understand.
"What jobs do everyone do in Xinxin Department Store?" Henry Gu asked while holding a notebook.
"Salesperson." said the aunt who could speak Mandarin, "We are all salespersons, selling clothes."
"How much is your monthly salary?" Henry Gu continued to ask with a smile.
"One hundred thousand!" the other party replied. He would not suffer any loss if he said something higher.
Henry Gu: ...
Henry Gu sincerely said: "Are you still hiring for this job? I want to come too."
Some people laughed out loud.
Yang Yi had made it clear before that these aunties were hired by the boss of Xinxin Department Store to deliberately stir up trouble and raise prices. Of course, they were not real salespeople. Henry Gu chatted with them for a while and had a rough idea in his mind, so he found an excuse to slip away to the second floor: "Boss Yang."
"So you were beaten?" The assistant came to open the door and joked while looking at his dirty clothes.
"No, we actually had a good chat." Henry Gu was still frightened, "but the aunts were a bit fierce."
"So?" Yang Yi asked, "What did you talk about?"
"If a shopping mall is really opened in the future, there will probably be a need for a lot of cleaning ladies, right?" Henry Gu said, "Can we leave this job to them?"
"...It is usually outsourced to a cleaning company." Yang Yi hesitated, "Will this solve the problem?"
"I think we can give it a try." Henry Gu was sure.
These aunts are housewives from nearby villages and towns. Apart from working outside, they have no other source of income. Pudongshan is close to home, and Huandong is well-known for its good treatment. A stable job with five social insurances and one housing fund is quite attractive to them.
And just like Henry Gu said, these aunts are indeed a bit fierce.
Therefore, they can also put pressure on Xinxin Department Store.
After all, if the shopping mall opens one day later, everyone will lose one day's salary.
This is unbearable for working women who are careful with their budgets.
"There are many job opportunities during the early preparations and when the mall is expanding and renovating." Henry Gu said, "The aunts are actually not bad people and can endure hardships." They just lack a little bit of cultural level, so at the moment it's more... a headache.
"Okay!" Yang Yi made a decisive decision, "If you can handle this, we can set up another cleaning department in the future, no problem. If you can still let them bully Zhang Dashu, I will triple your bonus!"
Zhang Dashu is the general manager of Xinxin Department Store. He is good at guerrilla warfare and delaying tactics. He speaks slowly, wears a long robe and holds a teapot, looking like an electric pole that has traveled through time from the Republic of China. Just looking at him gives me a headache.
Henry Gu called the HR department and soon got a salary package that was roughly equivalent to that of a cleaning lady. When he returned to the reception room, he felt much more confident. The aunties were originally hired to act for fifty yuan a day, but they didn't expect that they would actually get a stable job. Of course, they were overjoyed and lined up to register their contact information and ID numbers in a small notebook.
"That's settled. When the shopping center is built, everyone can apply for jobs at Huandong with priority based on their current registration," said Henry Gu. "Even if you don't come, you can introduce your relatives to come, which will be equally effective."
"When will it open?" an aunt asked.
"About two years." Henry Gu cleared his throat and said sincerely, "If Manager Zhang of Xinxin Department Store agrees to sign the contract, then the speed can be even faster. Besides, we don't have to wait for the mall to be built. As long as the ground is broken here, there will be opportunities to make money everywhere."
If Manager Zhang disagreed, the phone number registered in the small notebook would become a waste paper. After some discussion, the aunties decided to choose a stable job with a good salary over a daily salary of 50 yuan. So they all went to the third floor to find Zhang Dashu and asked him why he refused to sign the contract. This broken mall looked like it was haunted. It was good enough that someone took it over. Why was he reluctant to sell it?
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Yang Yi called and announced: "From today on, Henry Gu is mine."
"Then there is something that will make you happy." Blake Lu dropped the pen in his hand, "Your 200,000 yuan worth of wine was taken away by him."
Yang Yi was still immersed in the joy brought by the victory and was unable to extricate himself for a while. After a full minute, he sighed and said, "I thought you were using it to pick up girls. It seems that I really can't overestimate it."
"Tell me, what did Henry Gu do?" Blake Lu smiled and leaned back in his chair, "It actually made you so satisfied."
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