sbdcsierra 7. Victory celebration banquet
7. Victory celebration banquet
After the goods were recovered, the shipping process went very smoothly, with all payments settled immediately.
Today is a celebration banquet and also the day to give bonuses to employees.
"Look at you, so pathetic. Have you never seen money before?" Li Xiang went in and out of the living room three times, and Natasha was still sitting there counting money.
"Didn't we earn this ourselves?" Natasha reported with a grin, "I've already prepared the red envelopes for Sergei and Oleg, would you like to take a look?"
"No need." Li Xiang, shirtless, was rummaging through the refrigerator.
The system draws energy from the body, increasing his basal metabolic rate, and he is always hungry.
"Did you forget something?"
"What?" Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, then took the food and walked over to sit next to Natasha.
"I'm a company employee too." Natasha twirled her fingers in front of Li Xiang. "Where's my red envelope? Aren't you going to give me one bigger than both of theirs?"
"You're just responsible for keeping the books. It's a job that anyone can do, and you still have the nerve to ask for a bonus?"
"You don't have to pay for it." Natasha rolled her eyes at Li Xiang.
Li Xiang: "There's no bonus, but we've prepared an endorsement contract for you."
How much is the endorsement fee?
"Ten thousand US dollars, two-year contract."
Natasha frowned slightly. "I'm just a new model who's never even walked the runway. Isn't it a bit unreasonable that you've set such a high endorsement fee? How about we lower it a bit?"
"You've even got your hands on accounting?" Li Xiang was in a good mood and explained to Natasha, "The company made a profit of 24,000 US dollars, so I offered you 10,000 US dollars to be their spokesperson. Sergei is the general manager, why doesn't he object to such an unusual financial expenditure?"
"Because he knows in his heart that this money is actually a fee I'm paying you for being my mistress, but it's paid in the form of an endorsement fee to make it look better on the surface."
"Moreover, by going through the company's accounting procedures and lowering the reported profit, we can also pay less corporate income tax."
"Who are you? Your heart is so dirty! You even use the money for your sugar daddy to evade taxes!" Natasha looked shocked, then muttered after a moment, "Now that you mention it, I think ten thousand US dollars is too little. With my qualifications, it should be at least fifty or eighty thousand."
"Sergei is busy setting up the store. Once it opens, it'll be full of walk-in customers. Who can say for sure whether we sold fifty or a hundred items today?" Li Xiang patted Natasha's thigh. "Don't worry, your money will be laundered soon."
"You should eat less." Natasha reached out and touched Li Xiang's abdomen. "You eat like this every day and don't exercise, yet you're getting thinner and thinner. You've even developed abs. Shouldn't you go to the hospital for a checkup? I saw online that your condition could be diabetes."
"We're not sharing a room tonight, how do you know I don't exercise?" Li Xiang changed the subject, "I'm talking to you about something serious."
"I plan to ship some high-quality replica football jerseys to Russia to sell during the World Cup in Germany next June."
Natasha praised, "You're quite clever."
"Don't underestimate Pavel. He has a lot of resources in the clothing industry. With his help in distribution and the hype surrounding the World Cup, given the size of the Russian market, I think... selling a million pieces shouldn't be a problem."
Li Xiang had no idea how much could be sold, and Natasha didn't understand anyway, so he could just make empty promises.
"Ten thousand sets are five thousand dollars, one million pieces are five hundred thousand!" Natasha's eyes sparkled.
Natasha was calculating profit sharing.
For this sale of thermal underwear, Li Xiang gave her anonymous overseas company a bonus of five thousand US dollars.
How much start-up capital do you need?
"You've already calculated it for me, 500,000." Li Xiang only ate half a meal before the celebration banquet with hot pot, then wiped his mouth.
"I'm not kidding you," Natasha explained. "I'm not an ATM. I have to raise the money I need from scratch. Where am I supposed to get 500,000 for you?"
Seeing that Natasha had taken the bait, Li Xiang pressed on, saying, "This apartment we're staying in is yours, isn't it?"
"What's wrong? It's mine, but it's not in my name." Natasha was slightly wary.
"You transfer the house to me, and I'll take out a mortgage at the bank. That'll solve the startup capital problem. After I sell the jerseys, I'll use the money I earn to pay you for the house."
"What if you try to renege on your debt?" Natasha questioned.
"My life is in your hands, what else do you have to worry about?" Li Xiang continued to persuade, "It won't be long, the payment for the house will be due by June next year at the latest, and it will be paid overseas, directly to your designated bank account."
Natasha said earnestly, "Give me some time to think about it."
[Emotion: Excited (Worried)]
"It's alright, there are big opportunities and small opportunities. If you're worried, just leave it at that." Li Xiang smoothed Natasha's bangs. "Call Oleg and ask when he and Sergei are arriving. They're taking too long to buy groceries; I'm starving."
"You're hungry again right after eating!" Natasha said with a wry smile.
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Halfway through the celebratory hotpot meal, Li Xiang went to the balcony to smoke, and Sergei followed him out.
"Brother Xiang."
Li Xiang offered Sergei a cigarette and asked, "Is there something you need?"
"A little." Sergei took a deep breath and exhaled a smoke ring.
"I could tell you had something on your mind as soon as you walked in. If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so hesitant."
Li Xiang had already scanned Sergei's basic information again.
His father passed away, and his mother raised him and his sister alone. The family was in dire financial straits.
"I've already found a storefront, but... I need someone to mind it," Sergei stammered, then mustered his courage and said, "I'd like to have my sister come."
Li Xiang asked curiously, "Doesn't she go to school?"
Sergei replied, "She didn't do well in school, so she went to a vocational college. She didn't want to continue studying and wanted to start earning money as soon as possible."
"You're the general manager, so you don't need to ask me about trivial matters like hiring sales clerks anymore. You can decide that yourself."
Sergei breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I was afraid you would overthink it if you knew."
"As long as the job is guaranteed, prioritizing your own family is only natural. What do we earn money for? Isn't it to give our families a better life?"
Li Xiang patted Sergei on the shoulder and promised, "After graduation, I'll go back to China. At that time, I'll hand over all the business here in Russia to you. Do a good job."
[Increased demand for core relationships: Boss's appreciation]
Sergei looked excited. "I'm not good with words, and I don't know how to say nice things, so just watch how I do it."
"Judging from your performance? Your performance is just watching the goods get lost." Li Xiang joked, then stubbed out his cigarette and tossed it into a flowerpot. "It's awful cold, I'm going inside."
"Call your sister right away, tell her she's got a job and you can share the good news."
The sales staff are the ones who know the store's actual revenue best, so it's definitely appropriate to have someone from our own team in that position.
Two minutes later.
Li Xiang unexpectedly received a system message.
[New Long-Term Dependency Relationships]
[Mira | 18 years old | Occupation: Store Manager at SNOWFLYING]
[Relationship Needs: Promotion | Salary]
They're quite career-minded.
The relationship demands are not ranked randomly; promotion comes first, it is the number one demand.
Ok?
Li Xiang suddenly realized that he had gone down the wrong path by trying to level up the system; the simplest way was actually to hire more employees.
Earning money through work and getting promoted and a raise are basic desires that everyone has. Even if the amount of experience given each time is small, as long as you can accumulate a lot of it, it can still be quite substantial.