After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 259 The Stone Falls to the Ground
This morning.

Zhou Haoran held Qiao Suiqing's soft little hand and they went to work together.

However, once they got close to the TV station, they wouldn't let him hold their hand anymore.

Zhou Haoran was used to it and asked, "Qingmei, has your producer been bullying you these past few days?"

"Teacher Tang?" Qiao Suiqing asked, puzzled. "Why is she bullying me?"

Zhou Haoran said, "Didn't you say that she's really fierce? She's made you cry several times."

Qiao Suiqing's voice was clear, "She is strict, but it's not just me. She's like that to everyone in the program team. She doesn't even give Editor-in-Chief Lin a good look."

Zhou Haoran saw his colleagues, waved to them, and whispered, "How could your Teacher Tang, with such a bad temper, become a producer?"

Qiao Suiqing pursed her lips and said, "As long as there are good results, that's all that matters. These days, ratings are everything."

"rare!"

Zhou Haoran shook his head secretly.

"It's quite rare, but Teacher Tang has that level of skill. Our program has such a small budget, yet it consistently ranks among the top three on the channel. With this solid performance, no one can say anything about it."

Qiao Suiqing, as one of them, was quite proud.

“In a public institution like ours, if you want to get along well, you have to be tactful, shrewd, and easygoing. Her temper is terrible…” Zhou Haoran had experienced it firsthand and didn’t like it either. “If she doesn’t change, she might suffer.”

Qiao Suiqing chuckled and said, "Her performance is good. So many people are watching her. Many leaders frequently come to our program team to investigate, making veiled accusations and such... but it's all useless. No one can touch her."

Zhou Haoran hummed in agreement. "If she bullies you, just tell me."

"What can you do?"

Qiao Suiqing looked at him with a half-smile.

"I'll go teach her a lesson!" Zhou Haoran snorted. "She dared to bully my sister, she deserves a beating!"

Qiao Suiqing rolled her eyes. "Nobody bullies me except you."

Once inside the elevator, it became crowded.

Stop talking.

Upon arriving on the sixth floor, the two were heading in opposite directions.

Zhou Haoran went to the sales department.

I saw Director Meng.

"Director, so early today?"

"Oh my, it's been so many days since I've seen you?"

"Running around doing business, so busy!"

Zhou Haoran remained completely calm and composed.

Meng Xuemin was somewhat worried, "Have you encountered any difficult customers?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "It's alright."

Meng Xuemin said in a deep voice, "There is a big gap between you and Zhong Jiantong on the sales charts."

"Yes, I know." Zhou Haoran nodded, encouraging him, "Director, don't worry, Zhong Jiantong can't possibly win that sales champion honor!"

Meng Xuemin said earnestly, "Haoran, you need to talk less big and do more practical things."

"We've been doing it all along!"

Zhou Haoran didn't care at all about the competition on the sales charts.

"There's only one month left, and you're still 40 behind him..."

Meng Xuemin sincerely hoped that he could win the sales championship, instead of Zhong Jiantong.

"40?" Zhou Haoran's expression lit up with surprise. "The order from the electric kettle factory, it's approved?"

Prior to this, Zhou Haoran had signed a total of eight orders, of which the 15 yuan order from Jixiang Insurance went to his apprentice Qiao Nuo, making a total of seven orders.

In the order of signing, they are as follows:

Harbor Brewery, 15 yuan;

Narcissus Electric Appliance Factory, 15 yuan;

North Shore Shoe Factory, 12 yuan;

Zhongbo Bookstore, 5 yuan;

Electric kettle factory, 12 yuan;

Narcissus Electric Appliances, 20 yuan;

The Seventeenth Pharmaceutical Factory, 16 yuan.

The total is 95 yuan.

However, the order from the electric kettle factory has been delayed in passing internal review. This is because the factory is a small private enterprise with a history of debt and poor credit. In addition, there is interference from insiders, so payment must be received first, followed by settlement.

So this order wasn't counted.

As a result, in the previous sales ranking, Zhong Jiantong topped the list with sales of 135 million yuan, while Zhou Haoran ranked second with sales of 83 yuan.

Unexpectedly, the dispute has now been resolved.

good news!
Zhou Haoran turned to look at the sales chart on the wall, and sure enough, his sales had increased to 95 yuan.

Meng Xuemin smiled and said, "Yes, it's approved. The advertising fees from the kettle factory have all been received."

Zhou Haoran said in a deep voice, "Director, this discrimination against private enterprises is really wrong! The same thing happened with the Zhongbo Bookstore order – payment first, settlement later. With this kind of mechanism, salespeople definitely won't want to work for private companies!"

"There's nothing we can do about it," Meng Xuemin sighed. "There are too many swindlers in private enterprises, and the practice of defaulting on payments is too common. If the station has outstanding debts and they are caused by state-owned sister units not paying advertising fees, leaders at all levels have a reason. But if it's a private enterprise, then it's not acceptable, and they have to take responsibility."

Zhou Haoran pleaded, "Is there no way to make an exception?"

"It definitely won't work in the short term."

Meng Xuemin gave a very clear response.

Zhou Haoran understood the situation and knew he needed to adjust his strategy.

Jono is in charge of writing the letters.

They are all targeting private enterprises.

It seems that to attract these private enterprises to advertise on TV, there must be a prerequisite: payment must be made upfront. Otherwise, if the order is signed but they haven't paid... the sales department won't even consider it.

By the time the payment is made next year, it will be too late.

This year's top seller has vanished without a trace.

Meng Xuemin seemed to remember something and said in a low voice, "There's something else I need to tell you."

"What's the matter?" "The general office has officially approved the addition of a deputy director to the sales department."

"Hmm?" Zhou Haoran frowned. "Didn't you say you wouldn't add any more? Why are you doing it again?"

Meng Xuemin said, "It was prepared for Zhong Jiantong."

"How to say?"

Zhou Haoran's expression turned serious.

Meng Xuemin said, "It's related to sales volume. The sales department's incentive plan is divided into two parts. One is an individual award, with the top salesperson receiving a Xiali car; the other is a team award, with the team with the highest sales volume receiving 20,000 yuan in cash."

Zhou Haoran glanced at him, "Now there's a third one?"

"Yes." Meng Xuemin nodded. "The leader of the team with the highest sales will be promoted to deputy director of the sales department."

"This was tailor-made for Zhong Jiantong!"

Zhou Haoran narrowed his eyes.

He belongs to the same group as Zhong Jian.

The top two sellers are in the same group.

Group 1 is definitely the group with the highest sales this year.

Zhong Jiantong's position as deputy director is now a sure thing!

Meng Xuemin said, "You haven't attended the last few meetings, and Zhong Jiantong's voice was a bit loud."

"No way?" Zhou Haoran felt this made no sense. "Didn't they already reach a settlement? Are they going to come back?"

Meng Xuemin shook his head and said in a low voice, "For now, everything seems normal, and no new conflicts have arisen. But things might be different next year. It seems the director has received some information that there might be significant personnel changes at the station after the Two Sessions next year."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "It's like gods are fighting. Anyway, I'm just a small salesman."

Meng Xuemin said, "The director's idea is that if you try your best to win the top sales position, he will transfer you to another department next year. Winning the top sales position is enough. You can't stay in the sales department forever. He said that you have planned several episodes of the 'People's Livelihood Investigation' program and they are quite good. He wants you to go to the program center."

"Let's talk about it next year!"

Zhou Haoran naturally knew that the other party meant well.

However, he now wants to work in sales.

I have a lot of free time.

They can choose not to come to work on weekdays, or they can borrow resources from the TV station when needed.

If I go to another department, I'll have to clock in and out.

Director Meng went to a meeting.

Zhou Haoran met Qiao Nuo.

She was writing letters to solicit advertisements.

How many paying users are there now?

Zhou Haoran is so busy with so many things that he has to delegate even something as important as the letter-writing project to his apprentice.

Fortunately, Qiao Nuo was very smart and learned things quickly. She excitedly said, "More than 400! The size of our little treasury is now over 200 million! Master, how are we going to spend so much money?"

Zhou Haoran said generously, "Talk to your senior sister and buy whatever you want, like designer bags or jewelry."

"That won't work."

Qiao Nuo was timid and dared not touch his master's money.

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "What's wrong with that? I'm your master, just like your father. You're spending your father's money, what's there to be afraid of? In my eyes, you and Sister Xiaochen are both my daughters, she's my eldest treasure, and you're my second treasure."

Qiao Nuo blushed and said shyly, "Master, you have such a thick skin."

"You should write your letter quickly!"

Zhou Haoran gave her some more instructions to handle as soon as possible, as there was only one month left.

"Master, where are you going?"

When Qiao Nuo saw that he was about to leave, he quickly stood up.

Zhou Haoran said, "I have something to do."

Qiao Nuo ran over, took his arm, and said pitifully, "I'll go too. I'm scared to be alone in the office."

Zhou Haoran knew she was a bit clingy, but he was going to report to the national team and couldn't take her with him no matter what. "Alright, you write your letter properly. I'll give you a surprise this weekend."

"What surprise?"

"Bai Zhi, I'm officially taking you under my wing!"

"Really?" Qiao Nuo's eyes lit up, and she jumped up excitedly. "You're not kidding?"

“I’m not kidding you, it’s this weekend! You can go and tell your senior sister and Yangyang to get ready, um…” Zhou Haoran thought of Hu Xiaochen’s recklessness last time and suggested, “Don’t invite outsiders, don’t make too much of a fuss.”

"it is good!"

With a weight lifted from his shoulders, Qiao Nuo naturally agreed to everything.

Zhou Haoran left his workplace and drove to Pudong.

The location is confidential; it's quite far away.

Normally, for major national projects, the project team should be centered around the capital.

There is only one exception.

That is finance.

Seaports are the true financial centers.

Zhou Haoran was invited to participate in the development of a major national financial system project.

According to his estimation, it should be related to UnionPay.

It's highly likely that this is a technical project related to UnionPay.

If China's financial industry wants to become a unified system, it needs something like the UnionPay system.

UnionPay's headquarters are located in the harbor.

Zhou Haoran is very confident about this.

Don't be fooled by Director Dou's seemingly sinister talk—national strategy, major scientific and technological project, high level of secrecy… he's making a big show of it.

In his eyes, it was just a small project.

The scale of the project may not even compare to that of a medium-sized app he worked on in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)