My minimum living allowance is credited to my account every day with 1000 million yuan

"Take some men and get the goods back for me. If you can't get them back, you're fired. Isn't that Huang Wei all that tough? You take him down. I'll cover for you if anything goes wrong."

Don't be fooled by his docile, sheep-like demeanor in front of Chen Xiao and Ma Jian; he becomes even more arrogant in front of others than before.

I'm about to become the head of a nationwide chain retail company, and I can't tolerate being bullied by the general manager of a commercial plaza in a prefecture-level city.

The general manager of Jiexun Sports Ningxi branch was berated and dared not explain a word. He told Luffy that he would take people to the site immediately and force his way in if the store did not deliver the goods.

"You can call the police, I'll pay the compensation I owe, but they can't confiscate my goods, they're not in the right here, are they?"

Luffy may seem reckless, but he's actually quite thoughtful.

Meanwhile, the regional headquarters of Ningxi Wansheng Group
Li Zhi, who was signing a document, suddenly stopped and crushed the tip of the nose.

"What did you say? The property owners have raised the price by another 1 million? Have they gone mad?"

The regional general manager was also speechless. After reporting to Li Zhi yesterday, he received instructions from him that since the decision to acquire had been made, it should be done as soon as possible to avoid any changes later.

He didn't dare to delay for a moment, but things still changed.

"I heard that Junxiao Commercial Management raised the price again, increasing the premium by a whopping 2.5 million."

"Are they really going to acquire it, or are they deliberately creating obstacles for us? I don't believe that Junxiao Commercial Management will acquire the Yancheng project at this price. A project in a prefecture-level city cost 2.5 million yuan more. The extra money they spent could have been used to acquire another project."

The regional general manager lowered his head, thinking, "You can say that, but I can't. If Junxiao Commercial Management really acquires it, you'll definitely blame me for letting go of the best project in the prefecture-level city under the region."

"The owner said they would only give us three days to consider. If we don't accept the price, they will sign a contract with Junxiao Commercial Management."

Li Zhi, feeling overwhelmed, leaned back in his chair and pondered for a long time before saying, "Let's take a gamble. If we don't accept it, this price is unacceptable. If we agree to their offer, Junxiao Commercial Management will repeat the same trick on other projects. The money we would have spent to acquire five projects might only get us three. We can't afford that loss, and neither the chairman nor the CEO can accept it."

The regional general manager knew this was the safest option; losing the Yancheng project meant they could acquire another. If they acquired the Yancheng project at a premium of 2.5 million, the group's audit alone would be a nightmare.

Although he hadn't done anything wrong in this matter, if the audit uncovered it, it might reveal other problems. Li Zhineng's arrangement relieved him.

The other projects had premiums, but those were all negotiated when Mr. Wang was still in charge, so any problems weren't his fault.
-
Chen Xiao lay on the sofa in his office, while Zhang Ziqian knelt beside him, massaging his shoulders and legs. Ever since their last meeting at the Jinghai Junxiao Hotel, Zhang Ziqian had frequently been drafted to be his masseuse.

This made her wonder if her boss frequently went out for massages, and why he seemed to be developing an addiction to it.

She was wearing a JK mini-skirt, her knees slightly apart, kneeling on the edge of the sofa, her legs gleaming delicately under the light. The hem of her skirt had ridden up slightly due to her posture, revealing faint marks from the straps on the back of her thighs.

Her fingers gently pressed on Chen Xiao's shoulder, with just the right amount of pressure, but when he let out a muffled groan, she paused—"Is it...sore here?"

"It's okay, you continue."

This girl is inexperienced and can't distinguish between pleasure and pain.

As she massaged down his back, her fingertips accidentally slipped across his waist, touching the taut muscles beneath his shirt. His breath caught in his throat, and she hastily withdrew her hand, but inadvertently pressed even deeper.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and his previously relaxed arms suddenly tensed, his knuckles pressing several dents into the leather armrest.

He suddenly rolled over, lying on his back to meet her gaze. Her short skirt billowed in a dangerous arc with the movement, but his eyes remained fixed on her reddened earlobes—"Continue, don't stop." His voice was low and husky, like sandpaper rubbing against her nerves.

His thumb slid back and forth across the smooth skin of her thigh, its heat almost burning. The cold air from the air conditioner swept across the back of her bare knees, sending a shiver down her spine, while his palm slowly moved upwards, eventually disappearing beneath her skirt…

hum~
"Who's spoiling the mood?" Chen Xiao was a little annoyed. Zhang Ziqian also woke up from her lustful daze and sat down shyly to the side.

An unfamiliar message:
Lee Ji-eun Cape Town World Tour

Huh? Chen Xiao sat up abruptly, looking at this nonsensical message, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

He remembered who the number belonged to: Qiao Tao, the man he called the absentee.

Damn it, Lee Ji-eun should be holding a concert in his sphere of influence right now.

"Ziqian, contact Hassan immediately and have him mobilize all available resources to go to Cape Town to protect Li Zhi'en!"

Zhang Ziqian was startled. She naturally knew that Li Zhien was the boss's woman. When she heard that it was Cape Town, she immediately realized what was going on. It must be Qiao Tao.

She rushed to her office to call Hassan, while Chen Xiao immediately contacted Li Zhi'en.

[Chen Xiao: Zhi En, are you in Cape Town?]

After sending the message, he paced anxiously in his office, glancing at the time: 15:00 PM.

The time difference between Cape Town and here is about 6 hours, which means it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town now. There is still some time before the concert starts. I don't know if Qiao Tao notified me in advance, or if he really intends to cause trouble at the concert. I also don't know how big of a trouble he is going to cause.

He now needs to mobilize all available resources as a precaution, since he has the home-field advantage on Qiao Tao's turf and must be on high alert.

hum~
[Lee Ji-eun: Yes, this is the last concert today. After it's over, I'll head to Gangju.]

Chen Xiao could even sense her longing in her words, but this was not the time for sentimental thoughts.

[Chen Xiao: Can the concert be cancelled? I'm worried there might be trouble.]

[Lee Ji-eun: Don't worry, there won't be any problems. This performance is a collaboration with a large local organization, so there won't be any issues.]

When she holds concerts in these places, the local authorities will send security forces, so she didn't take it seriously. Besides, this is an international tour, and it really can't be canceled casually, otherwise it would have a huge impact.

At this moment, Zhang Ziqian returned and said, "Boss, Hassan has set up a branch in Cape Town, but since it has just been established, there are not many people. All of them have been arranged to be transferred to the concert site to protect Miss Zhi'en."

Hassan is also contacting other forces for assistance, so you can rest assured.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. With this matter, he will definitely not be able to relax until after Lee Ji-eun's concert, which will be late at night here.

Fortunately, he has an amazing physique. With his current physique of 118, he can go a whole night without sleeping and still have no problems the next day.

"Have the legal team expedite the case against Qiao Mingming. This person has gone beyond simply beating an elderly person; his actions have endangered public safety."

Zhang Ziqian knew that Qiao Tao had angered the boss, and he was preparing to take drastic measures.
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Yancheng Wansheng Plaza
Jiexun Sports has 6 stores here, and there are 2 security guards guarding the entrance of each store. The store manager is arguing with them.

"Why won't you ship our goods to us? These are our goods."

"Our contract hasn't expired, we're willing to pay the penalty for breach of contract, and we don't even want the remaining rent. Why shouldn't we get it?"

"What? You want to see your boss? Sure, who is your boss? I'll go up and see him."

"The leader is out? Fine, I'm going to take the goods out now. If you dare to stop me, I'll call the police. You're deliberately making things difficult for us, and even taking the opportunity to molest us."

Upon hearing this, the security guard was startled. He couldn't bear the shame of being accused of indecent assault.

The phrase "I can't bear to lose face" doesn't refer to "the indecent assault itself," but rather to the act of indecently assaulting this fat man who weighs about 160 pounds, is dark-skinned, and strong.

Just as I was thinking about how to deal with it, I heard a thunderous voice beside me: "What are you doing? Why are you blocking our goods? Someone, move them out of here. Anyone who dares to stop us, we'll take action against them."

The security guard turned around and saw, well, there were five or six big men.

This is after Luffy scolded the Ningxi Provincial General Manager of Jiexun Sports, who personally led a team over.

Unlike the girls in the shop, there were so many big men. How could two security guards possibly stop them? Besides, as they said, the other party doesn't owe you any money and has agreed to pay the penalty according to the contract. It's unreasonable for you to withhold the goods. If losses are caused, both parties will have to argue.

The two security guards exchanged a glance and then stepped aside to let them move the goods away.

"What's wrong with you two? Why did you let someone send the goods out?"

Just as the security guard was about to let the water out, the security captain, having finished inspecting several other stores, arrived at the shop and saw boxes of goods being taken out. He immediately became furious. "If they clear everything out, won't Boss Huang fire me?"
The two security guards pointed to the room full of people and said, "There are too many of them. If we force our way in, we won't be in the right. If it gets to the point where the police are called, we'll be in a passive position."

"You guys keep watch. I'll call someone to cut off their power. Let's see how they retreat then."

That's a bit unfair. The shop assistants are all in the warehouse organizing and packing. If you cut off the power, the warehouse lights will be out and the fire will be extinguished, so they can't work. They can only move the already packed and boxed items away.

However, this would make it difficult to verify discrepancies in the goods later on, causing great inconvenience to Jiexun Sports.

But now that both sides have fallen out, who cares about these things anymore?

The moment the power was cut off, everyone in the room at Jiexun Sports was stunned. "Huang Wei, you son of a bitch!"

The general manager of Ningxi Province roared, "I'm going to find Huang Wei, you bastard! Do you really have to make this ugly?" Huang Wei was attending a regional meeting in the conference room, which was chaired by Li Zhi.

Ningxi Province used to be Lu Tao's region, so these people were not familiar with Li Zhi. Huang Wei felt that this region chief was more shrewd and less sharp than Lu Tao.

None of the regional managers of Wansheng Group are pushovers; they are all seasoned veterans in the business world.

Li Zhi gave a few opening remarks. The theme of today's meeting is to analyze the data of each store in the first week of April.

Looking at the data on the big screen, Huang Wei felt a chill in his heart. The once invincible Ningxi region had actually seen such a significant decline in several benchmark shopping malls in April.

Leaving aside the overall region, three plazas were acquired by Junxiao Commercial Management, so the overall performance has definitely shrunk significantly compared to the same period last year.

But an overall sales decline of 30% is terrifying!
Looking at the key data, the main point is that the sales volume of the two benchmark commercial plazas in Tianning has declined by 20% year-on-year, while several other plazas in prefecture-level cities have also declined by about 10%.

After careful consideration, I think it might be related to Junxiao Commercial Management's recent acquisition negotiations, which has caused a lot of anxiety and distracted people from their work.

Another reason might be that many general managers have probably received calls from headhunters recently.

Fortunately, the Yancheng Wansheng Plaza, which I am in charge of, stands out. Not only did it not decline, but it also increased by 3% year-on-year, which is truly a bright spot amidst a sea of ​​green.

Li Zhi praised Huang Wei to the skies, calling on all regions to learn from Huang Wei.

“Look at this, you all say the economy is down and consumers’ desire to buy is weakening, so how come Yancheng Wansheng Plaza is doing so well?”

Not only is sales growing, but customer traffic is also increasing.

Huang Wei listened smugly. Although the data was somewhat inflated, since sales volume and customer traffic could be artificially manipulated, except for rental income, which couldn't be faked. Wansheng Plaza consisted of shops that were purely for rent, with the merchants handling their own cash registers, so the data compiled by the mall was simply inaccurate.

It is said that Junxiao Plaza now uses all of the mall's POS machines, so the data is impossible to falsify.

He also heard many general managers complaining bitterly, the loudest of whom were the general managers of the two Wansheng Plazas in Tianning. These two were both veterans, and he heard that they had already decided to leave and were currently handing over their work to the vice president.

The two newly appointed general managers also spoke, and they certainly had to mention the difficulties. If they didn't mention the objective situation, they would be criticized again when the performance was poor when accounts opened next month.

Their complaints were simply that Junxiao Commercial Management was too ruthless, with endless marketing tactics. Not to mention the consumer subsidy vouchers, Wansheng Group also made a corresponding investment.

However, the other party has been collaborating with merchants in the mall to hold on-site autograph sessions with celebrities. As long as a merchant can invite their spokesperson, Junxiao Commercial Management will invest a lot of resources to work with them. Not only does the brand benefit, but the entire mall becomes a hot topic.

The people at Wansheng Group were incredibly envious, but unfortunately, without that marketing budget, they couldn't even try to copy it.

Huang Wei listened to their complaints for half an hour. His Wansheng Plaza was the only one in Yancheng, with no competition and no sense of pressure from Junxiao Commercial Management. Listening to their description, it didn't sound like a business meeting anymore, but rather like a grievance session.

The number of customers at the two Wansheng Plazas in Tianning both declined by 25% year-on-year and 10% month-on-month in April. Huang Wei even wondered if the departure of the two general managers was related to this. How much mental pressure must they have been under if they hadn't left with such poor performance?

Just then, Huang Wei suddenly heard a loud commotion outside the conference room. He was immediately displeased. These people were becoming increasingly unruly, making a racket outside the conference room. He would have to give them a serious talking-to after the meeting.

boom!
The conference room door was suddenly pushed open. Before Huang Wei could react, he heard the receptionist outside say urgently, "Mr. Huang is in a meeting. How can you barge in like this?"

"What kind of meeting is this? If Huang Wei doesn't resolve this issue today, I'll cause a huge ruckus!"

Huang Wei quickly muted the meeting, stood up, and angrily said, "President Zhao, this is going too far! This is a meeting room, not a market!"

"I don't care if it's a conference room or a vegetable market. Get my shop powered back immediately, or I'll bring people to cut off your office's power too. If you want to cause trouble, I'll play along to the end."

Huang Wei was trembling with anger. The company's employees were all outside; this was too embarrassing.

He never expected that the other party, a regional company general manager, and a branch company with a scale of over one billion, would act like a thug. Wasn't he usually a very kind person?
But they didn't realize that even a rabbit will bite when cornered.

If Boss Zhao doesn't come and fight him to the death, Luffy will take his life. Destroying someone's livelihood is like killing their parents; how could he still be so kind?

He waved for the onlookers to leave and closed the conference room door. "Have the deputy general manager of logistics come over."

Seeing that he had called the person in charge over, General Manager Zhao didn't press the matter. He found a seat, crossed his legs, and said, "General Manager Huang, you can continue the meeting."

"What the hell?" Huang Wei looked at President Zhao with hostility. The two were old acquaintances. During the honeymoon period of cooperation between Jiexun Sports and Wansheng Group, the two often ate together.

"Mr. Zhao, we've been friends for a long time. Is what you're doing today appropriate?"

"Whether it's appropriate or not is your question. When you confiscated my goods, why didn't you think about whether it was appropriate or not?"

Huang Wei sneered, "This is a shopping mall. If you clear out all the stores, it will damage your image. Besides, you paid the rent until the end of the month. If you withdraw now, the rent won't be refunded. Aren't you just losing that rent for nothing?"

"I have money, I'm willing to lose, and I don't want to worry about it."

Mr. Zhao looked displeased. "If even Mr. Lu doesn't care, why should you care?"

"Mr. Huang, let me make this clear: if this guy doesn't get out today, we're not done yet. I'll make a scene and we'll see who loses face here. This is your Wansheng Plaza, let's see who loses face here."

The ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear the reckless.

Huang Wei was genuinely intimidated by Boss Zhao. He never expected that someone who usually seemed like an honest man could be as ruthless as a mad dog when he got angry.

The deputy general manager of logistics came in and was about to speak when Huang Wei interrupted him directly: "Who told you to cut off the merchants' electricity? They didn't sign any rent agreements, and they don't owe any electricity bills. What right do you have to cut off their electricity?"

The vice president glanced at him, thinking, "Didn't I ask you for permission beforehand?" But then he looked at General Manager Zhao, who had a murderous look on his face, and realized that he was being made to take the blame.

He could only lower his head and remain silent, while Huang Wei continued, "Also, what right do you have to have security guards block them? The goods belong to them, and they have the right to allocate them. Your behavior is unreasonable and damaging to the image of our mall. Get them back immediately."

After replying "Received," the vice president left. He had come all this way just to take the blame as an explanation to General Manager Zhao.

Mr. Zhao understood perfectly well, stood up and sneered, "Mr. Huang, thank you, you can continue the meeting."

He had essentially completed Luffy's mission, so there was no need to make things awkward between him and Huang Wei, since they were both in the business world.

Huang Wei continued the meeting. When the meeting was about to end, Li Zhi announced that the meeting was over and people could go offline. However, the regional manager called Huang Wei and asked him to come to Tianning that evening.

I don't understand why he called me. Does Li Zhi think he's so capable and he wants to win him over?
Surely not? As a project general manager, it's one thing for the regional manager to try to win him over, but why would the regional manager need to try to win him over?

Since I've decided to continue developing my career at Wansheng Group, it's necessary to maintain a good relationship with a regional manager like Li Zhi.

Putting aside the fact that I might need the guidance of these big shots if I want to become a regional general manager in the future, the resources they provide are a great help in carrying out my work.

Zhao Hui listened to Wu Fang's report in his general manager's office.

The property owner was really tempted by the offer for Yancheng Wansheng Plaza. The previous times they raised the price, Wansheng Group followed suit immediately.

Yesterday, our side quoted a price, and today the owner was already impatiently contacting Junxiao Commercial Management. It's clear that Wansheng Group's lack of follow-up has made the owner anxious. They also know that this price is already astronomical, and they are afraid that Junxiao Commercial Management is just playing around, since no contract has been signed yet.

If Junxiao Commercial Management gives up, and Wansheng Group also gives up, the property owners will really be devastated. After all, they've negotiated to this point, with a premium of 2.5 million yuan, and the shareholders have already calculated how to spend the money once they get it.

Buy a villa, buy a luxury car, keep a few mistresses, and live a carefree life for the rest of your days.

"Let's reassure them that we definitely want it. By the way, let's raise the prices of the other projects as well. I heard that Wansheng Group has 3 billion yuan. Let's calculate how much they can spend. Four plazas, that's an average of 750 million yuan per plaza."

Wu Fang suppressed a laugh. "President Zhao is too wicked. Do you think it's easy for the group to come up with 30 billion yuan? They were originally planning to buy 5 plazas, but you managed to reduce that to only 4. And you even snatched the best plaza from them."

"Also, this month we will invite Meng Ziyi to Junwu Plaza for a celebrity meet-and-greet. All shopping malls can hold the event simultaneously. Spend 2000 yuan or more and you can enter the draw for admission tickets."

Meng Ziyi? A rising star born in 95, she is currently a very popular actress with considerable influence.

Let's see how Wansheng Group responds this time. Surely they won't stage another swimsuit show?
"Mr. Zhao, we won't have celebrities coming to support us every month, will we? If we do, our Junxiao Business Management members will be so happy they'll faint."

Zhao Hui stopped approving documents and took a break while chatting with Wu Fang.

I stood up, stretched, and moved my neck. Sitting in the office for long periods of time can easily lead to cervical spondylosis.

"Based on the current plan, we can probably manage to do it once a month. It seems that President Lin has already arranged for someone to connect with Yang Mi and Liu Tianxian. These people will rotate every few months, so it shouldn't be a problem."

Wu Fang was just joking, but he didn't expect the leaders to actually be planning to do it this way. He suddenly felt a little sorry for Wansheng Group. Meeting an opponent like Junxiao Commercial Management was probably the biggest misfortune of President Wang's life.

"Since Heaven gave birth to Zhou Yu, why did it also give birth to Zhuge Liang!" (End of Chapter)