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

Chapter 500 Earning a Small Profit of 20 Billion US Dollars

Xing'er then realized that the cafeteria was privately contracted, and employees of the Yinuo Group would sign a bill to eat there, with the settlement made in a lump sum at the end of the month.

However, each department has a fixed budget for hospitality. Departments like planning have ample hospitality funds, making them the darlings of the cafeteria owner. Some logistics departments rarely need hospitality and have small budgets for hospitality expenses, so they probably only use the cafeteria a few times a year.

Xing'er actually earns quite a bit, but he rarely has the opportunity to use entertainment expenses like Li Yan. And this is just in the cafeteria; his usual spending outside is much larger.

"Mr. Li, you are truly impressive."

"Hahaha," Li Yan laughed loudly, "When are you referring to?"

Xing'er playfully hit him, "You're so annoying." But inwardly she was seething with smugness. One second he was acting like a real man, so full of himself, she didn't know where his confidence came from. He was nowhere near as good as the pretty boys she went out to find. If it weren't for the possibility of a long-term partnership with the Yinuo Group, would she even be with him?
In the past, she wouldn't have paid so much attention to the Inno Group, but recently, the Inno Group has been making headlines. Despite the poor retail environment, it has achieved growth against the trend, inevitably attracting attention from all sides. At the same time, Meng Ziyi and Li Zhien's recent announcement of a collaboration with "Xingque," a luxury brand under the Inno Group, has also garnered significant industry attention.

Xing'er went there to ride on the coattails of Meng Ziyi and Li Zhi'en's popularity. Initially, she didn't have much confidence in "Xingque," and now the outside world treats it as a joke. Yinuo Group, a company that didn't even know how to run a high-end brand before, had previously made the "Yinuo" brand look like garbage, a brand that was almost disliked by all high-end shopping malls. The entire group's sales relied on the mid-range product "Yirui" to make a living.

It wasn't until the acquisition of "Samo" and the collaboration with Chanel that the company gradually found its footing, and its high-end image was gradually recognized by the industry. But now, suddenly, news has broken that it's going to create a high-end luxury brand. Isn't that ridiculous? When did China create a high-end luxury brand? Globally, which high-end luxury brand hasn't been around for a century, or at least half a century?

Does Inno Group have the financial strength, R&D capabilities, and marketing and promotional power? How can you get consumers to accept and recognize you? How can you get those high-end shopping malls to recognize you? You can't even get into the high-end luxury circle, so how can you become a high-end luxury brand?

Therefore, nobody takes "Starry Night" seriously. So far, the only thing that people are really talking about about this brand is that it has announced collaborations with Meng Ziyi and Li Zhien before even opening a single store. These two will each serve as spokespeople for one of the series.

"Xing'er, don't worry, I'll arrange for you to be a product experience officer for 'Xingque' first. On the opening day, many big-name celebrities and social elites will be there, and I'll arrange for you to attend with them. Your level will be elevated immediately."

This was exactly what Xing'er wanted to do. Upon hearing this, she happily said, "Thank you, Mr. Li. You're so kind to me."

Li Yan, with a malicious smile on his face, leaned closer and said, "Come to my office this afternoon, let's work out a few more positions."

Xing'er instantly understood what he meant. This LSP really liked switching scenes. Oh well, she'd play along with him for a bit. It would only take a few seconds, faster than changing clothes.

Just then, Li Yan's phone rang. He glanced at it and answered with displeasure: "Xiao Chen, are you fucking an idiot? Why are you calling me during lunch break?"

He wouldn't normally swear like that; he's deliberately showing off his power in front of Xing'er.

Chen Ya was so angry he almost hung up the phone. "Damn it, he's biting the hand that feeds him!" he thought.

"Mr. Li, the IT people came to your office and took away your computer."

"Holy crap, what audacity! They don't want to work here anymore, and they just mess with my computer without even telling me. Why didn't you idiots stop them?"

“We stopped them, but they said it was an order from above, and they were just responsible for carrying it out.”

Hmm? Li Yan had a vague feeling that something was wrong. He suddenly remembered the tone of the vice president in charge of HR when he called him. It was completely different from usual. He felt that something was out of control.

She suddenly stood up and said, "Wait here for me, I'm going back to my office."

Seeing his drastic change in expression, Xing'er knew something serious had happened. She nodded and stayed in the private room alone.

Li Yan returned to his office. In the outer office area, some of the planning department staff had already returned from lunch and were secretly watching their boss. They couldn't understand what was going on, but their intuition told them that something bad was about to happen to their boss.

The reason for confiscating the computer directly was to prevent the leakage of company information. Moreover, Li Yan was the head of the company's planning department and possessed many core secrets.

So why the fear of his information being leaked? It's very likely that Li Yan can no longer be in charge of this department, or even stay at the company. Normally, a job transfer wouldn't lead to someone suddenly barging in and confiscating his computer. This kind of situation usually indicates a crime has been committed, and the company hasn't given him any preparation before taking security measures.

Along the way, Li Yan had been thinking about these things, which was why his expression was so grim. He was the nephew of the company's major shareholder. Although that major shareholder's shares had been diluted considerably, even the chairman had shown him some respect over the years. How could this situation suddenly arise?

He wanted to call the vice president in charge of HR to ask, but suddenly realized something was wrong. If he was right, that person was the one who wanted to talk to him about being laid off. Would it be inappropriate for him to be walking into someone else's doorstep?
Sitting in his office, his company-issued laptop already taken from his desk, he dialed his uncle's number—the major shareholder's—and explained the situation, portraying himself as a victim. He felt he had worked diligently and devoted himself to the company, only to end up like this, which he considered unfair and disrespectful to the major shareholder.

After waiting for a long time, his uncle sighed, "Let me ask about the situation for you. I don't have much influence in the Yinuo Group anymore. Zhang Shijie's position is unshakeable. Unlike before, when he still needed my support at the board meeting and shareholders' meeting, things are different now."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yan panicked and paced back and forth in his office. Xing'er called him several times, but he refused to answer them. At that moment, he had no mind to care about Xing'er.

Inside the private room, Xing'er was completely bewildered. The dishes had already been served, and she was just going to sit there and watch? If she waited for him, who knew how long it would take? If she didn't wait for him, what if he came and found that it was all leftovers? Would he be unhappy? If that affected her cooperation with "Xingque", then she would be penny-wise and pound-foolish.

Fine, I'll just have to bear it. At this moment, she was starving and faced with the delicious food on the table, she had never suffered like this before. Her stomach had been growling for a long time, but she hardened her heart and only dared to eat a few mouthfuls of white rice to fill her stomach. She didn't dare to touch any of the dishes on the table.

An hour later, the food had gone cold, and Li Yan still hadn't arrived. During that time, she called Li Yan no less than five times, but he hung up on her every time. Each time, she thought Li Yan was about to come back and that's why he refused to answer. She had a sumptuous lunch, but she ended up eating a bowl of white rice with no side dishes, and she cursed "bastard" a few times into the phone.

Just then, the waiter knocked on the door and came in: "Hello, we're about to close for the day."

Xing'er checked the time and realized it was already 2 PM. She had been waiting here for an hour and a half. She stood up angrily. It seemed that Li Yan must have something to do and couldn't come to dinner, but would it kill him to just say so when he answered the phone? If he really couldn't answer the phone, he could at least send a message.

Little did she know that Li Yan was nearly driven mad. His uncle had called the vice president in charge of HR and learned that this matter was authorized by Chairman Zhang Shijie. He also tried to take advantage of his seniority to communicate with Zhang Shijie, but Zhang Shijie hung up on him every time he made a few calls.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Shijie wouldn't even answer his uncle's call. Li Yan knew he was doomed, and he didn't even know why Zhang Shijie was about to kill him.

Xing'er stormed out of the cafeteria and headed towards the office building to find Li Yan. Otherwise, she wouldn't know where to go. When she got close to the door, she saw a convoy of Rolls-Royce Phantoms parked downstairs.

"What a grand display," she murmured to herself, wondering who this important figure was.

Wait—isn't that the Cullinan that was parked next to Li Yan's Audi A6 today? Just then, the Cullinan drove up and parked behind the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Xing'er saw a middle-aged man get into the passenger seat of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, and then a beautiful woman wearing a mask got into the Rolls-Royce Phantom from the other side.

At that moment, a very tall and stunningly beautiful woman with long legs stepped out of the Cullinan's driver's seat. It was none other than Xiao Yuting. Xing'er was stunned—Xiao Yuting was driving the Cullinan.
She was consumed by jealousy, her heart burning with resentment. Why was she, a car model, allowed to drive a Cullinan? "Hmph, let you be arrogant then. You can forget about this collaboration with the Inno Group." But—who were those people in that Rolls-Royce Phantom ahead? Xiao Yuting seemed to be with them.

Thinking of this, she felt a little uneasy again. Could a big shot who could ride in a Rolls-Royce Phantom be someone that Li Yan could shake?
Xiao Yuting told Zhang Ziqian to get in her car, Zhang Shijie sat in the passenger seat of Chen Xiao's Rolls-Royce Phantom, and Meng Ziyi sat with Chen Xiao. They were going to Junxiao City (formerly Shanghai Huijin Plaza) to check on the renovation of "Xingque".

Just as Chen Xiao got into the car, a system notification that hadn't been active for a while suddenly popped up. He clicked on it and saw that Ma Jing's bonus application had been approved, and Hassan had signed another $2 million order with Dr. Feng's Robotics Technology Group.

"Ding! Detected that the host has received a business commission bonus of US$1000 million from Dr. Feng Robotics Technology Group, and a dedication bonus of US$9.8 million, leaving a balance of US$10.7 billion."

"Ding~! Detected that the host has received a $600 million commission bonus from Zhifei Aerospace business and a $5.88 million dedication bonus, leaving a balance of $16.6 billion."

Goodness, now even rewards are settled in US dollars. It seems Dr. Feng's Robotics Group and Zhifei Aerospace aren't short of foreign exchange anymore. This guy's money, which he'd been spending for a month, was enough to buy that yacht. Xing'er was asking around about the planning office area, while Li Yan was in the HR vice president's office. Normally, when he saw the vice president, they had a somewhat equal exchange, but now the atmosphere was completely different.

Without any formalities, the other party stated directly, "Mr. Li, as you probably already know, starting tomorrow—not from now—you are no longer an employee of Yinuo Group. You will receive the compensation you are due. That's all."

Li Yan was somewhat unwilling, "I want to see the chairman."

He sneered, "Don't bother the chairman. He's already out. President Li also called me, and I've already reported to him. After leaving here, find another way out."

"Big Boss Li" was naturally referring to Li Yan's uncle, the former major shareholder of Yinuo Group. Big Boss Li had already received Zhang Shijie's reply: "President Li, let's not discuss this matter anymore."

The Junxiao City shopping mall in Shanghai features a silver-gray glass curtain wall and a champagne gold frame. The mall's atrium is completely open, with a giant crystal chandelier hanging from the top. Light shines through the glass dome, reflecting off the light beige marble floor and creating a grand atmosphere reminiscent of a European opera house.

The commercial layout features a U-shaped design, with the main passageway connecting the large and small atriums to ensure natural customer flow. Level B2 is directly connected to Metro Line 2, providing seamless access to urban transportation.

This is the former Huijin Plaza. The entire mall layout, B2-B1 floors: light luxury fashion, supermarkets (such as City'Super), and Apple flagship store.

Floors 1-2: Flagship stores of top international luxury brands (LV, Chanel, Hermès, etc.), some of which are two-story shops; Floors 3-4: High-end restaurants, boutique home furnishings and art exhibition spaces.

The first floor houses 25 flagship stores of top global brands. About 15% of the brands in the entire project are entering the Chinese market for the first time, and 40% are the first stores in Shanghai.

The luxury car parking spaces at the main entrance of Junxiaocheng Shopping Mall are wider and longer than ordinary parking spaces and are equipped with buffer lines to prevent scratches. They are only for top-of-the-line luxury cars (such as Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, etc.). Security guards will actively guide vehicles and remove bollards.

But today the entire convoy came in. In the parking lot, a young man driving a Ferrari saw the lead Jeep Wrangler come in and exclaimed, "Damn, after Huijin Plaza was acquired, they've become so unrefined. This piece of junk can even fit into the luxury car parking space?"

Just kidding, if President Chen's convoy gets stopped in Junxiao City, Xu Jun is probably done for.

Chen Xiao glanced at the various luxury cars parked in the parking lot and sent a message to Zhang Ziqian: "From now on, all security vehicles will be replaced with Mercedes-Benz GLS."

Buying a car only costs a few dollars; Mr. Chen, who earns 20 billion US dollars a day, doesn't even care about that.

Zhang Ziqian has gotten used to spending money lavishly, and she wouldn't even consider buying a car. Her concept of money is now just a string of numbers; Chen Xiao directly transferred 10 billion yuan to her, to be used for her to pay for her expenses when she goes out.

Zhang Shijie got out of the car and opened the door for President Chen. Chen Xiao and Meng Ziyi got out, while Zhang Ziqian and the others had already gathered around him. The numerous wealthy people on the roadside fell silent.

Two socialites whispered: "His female companion is more dazzling than the diamond at the jewelry exhibition..."

A wealthy man, oblivious to the ash from his cigar falling onto his custom-made trousers, muttered, "This ostentation... is this a movie set?"

Chen Xiao's gaze swept across the crowd, a half-smile playing on his lips. The women instinctively took a half-step closer, their perfumes and body odors clashing in the air—while the Rolls-Royce's "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament silently watched over them from behind.

Luffy has been in Shanghai for the past two days because Wei Ming, after several days of recuperation, has dared to come out again. He came after hearing the news. It was because of Wei Ming that he had the opportunity to enter President Chen's field of vision and become one of President Chen's own people. Therefore, he cherishes Wei Ming even more—cherishing every opportunity to mess with him, and he keeps taking advantage of him.

As long as President Chen's anger towards Wei Ming doesn't subside, Luffy cannot allow Wei Ming to live like a human being. Furthermore, since parting ways with JOY in Jiangzhou, the CEO of Adidas's China region has never seen Luffy again, though their daily online communication has remained constant.

With Xu Jun's help, Luffy delivered the site plans for all the projects in Junxiao City to JOY in just one day, and told him to open large Adidas stores in all of them. The next day, Junwu Plaza and all of Junxiao Plaza also provided site plans. When these were presented to JOY, he was convinced and completely conquered.

From that day on, JOY became sworn brothers with Luffy. As for Director Han, who used to be able to pretend to be someone important in front of Luffy, he is now nothing in front of Luffy and can only contact Luffy's business supervisors for communication.

Knowing that Luffy had been in Shanghai for the past few days, JOY took the initiative to extend an invitation, and specially arranged to treat Luffy to an authentic Shanghai meal at Junxiaocheng. After lunch, they strolled around the shopping district together. This was Junxiaocheng, formerly known as Shanghai Huijin Plaza, a shopping district that Luffy had never dared to dream of before. Not only him, but even NK had never dared to imagine this place, but now Adidas had actually opened a high-end store here.

When he relayed this news to the global headquarters, while the headquarters praised him, they were also very nervous. There are always variables in this kind of store before it even opens, so they asked JOY to keep a close eye on this project.

It's funny to think that a CEO of the China region was overseeing the opening of a single store, but that's the reality. This store is of great strategic significance to the Adidas brand. Winning here would create momentum in the media and allow them to overshadow NK.

Recently, many brand China regional heads have called JOY to confirm the authenticity of this matter. Obviously, this has subverted everyone's understanding. What exactly does Adidas have that makes it so special? JOY was overjoyed, but since he hasn't officially entered the market yet, he was also afraid of any problems, so he gave ambiguous answers to all of them - please stay tuned.

This led many people to believe that Adidas was just creating a smokescreen, engaging in marketing and publicity to mislead the outside world into thinking that it was now very powerful and capable of fully cooperating with the Junxiaocheng project, thereby increasing its chances of successfully cooperating with many high-end projects during this period.

After having dinner with Luffy, JOY suggested going to check out the location of Adidas's high-end store. JOY had been to this place many times before, but as this was the most successful store opening of his career, he would come and visit it whenever he had the chance.

"The location has been coordinated. The previous brand withdrew seamlessly based on our entry time."

On the basement floor of Junxiao City, Luffy and Joy were chatting in front of their target store. Joy knew that the mall had already coordinated with the store for this brand, and the only obstacle preventing entry was that the blueprints weren't ready yet. Without construction drawings, entry was impossible. Adidas' design department had been working themselves to the bone these past two days. Joy had been keeping a close eye on this important store, and they were practically working 16 hours a day.

However, they could understand the boss's feelings. This store was crucial not only for JOY but for the entire Adidas brand. The sooner they could finish the design and start construction, the more at ease they would feel.

"Mr. Lu, all the renovation costs for this store will be covered by our company."

This is a special policy. Originally, it was agreed that Adidas would provide the props, while Jiexun Sports would be responsible for the rest of the decoration and workmanship. However, considering the special nature of this store, JOY generously covered the cost of the basic decoration as well.

Before Luffy could even say thank you, JOY added, "How about this, I'll cover all the renovation costs for your projects in Junxiao City and Junwu Plaza from now on."

That's no small amount of money; the renovation cost for a single high-end store would easily be less than 300 million yuan. With 18 stores in Junxiaocheng and 19 in Junwu Plaza, the savings on renovation costs alone amounted to nearly 6000 million yuan.

"Okay, okay, thank you, JOY. I'll tell President Chen about it when I have the chance."

This was just a polite remark; Chen Xiao didn't care about the 6000 million, but JOY felt that the money was well spent.

"Mr. Lu, I heard that Mr. Xu is also in Shanghai recently. When can we get together?"

Don't let his position as Adidas's China president fool you; getting an appointment with someone of Xu Jun's stature is incredibly difficult. But it's a different story if Luffy intervenes. If it's about Jiexun Sports, Xu Jun will have to step in, no matter how busy he is—it's his boss's business after all.

Luffy smiled and said, "Let's not bother him lately. I heard he's in a crucial period of negotiations. I'm still waiting to open a high-end Adidas store in Hengyuan Plaza."

JOY's body stiffened, his mind racing with a thousand "Holy crap!" thoughts. He'd already received rave reviews from global headquarters for opening Adidas in this store. If he opened another high-end store in Hengyuan Plaza, wouldn't the bigwigs at global headquarters be practically begging him to be called "Dad"?
Hengyuan Plaza is Shanghai's oldest and most established top-tier global shopping district, while Huijin Plaza is a rising star. If JOY could successfully penetrate both of these top-tier shopping districts in Shanghai with its high-end Adidas stores, it could hold its head high in the business world for life, becoming an unparalleled presence admired by its competitors. As for NK, with its arrogant attitude, could it even get in? Would they even bother with it?
"Then let's wait until President Xu is done with this busy period. After all, the important things are still the most important."

Luffy hummed in agreement, then turned his head. "Hey, isn't that Tom? And who's that person next to him?"

(End of this chapter)