Indeed, from the moment the store manager received the call from headquarters, she knew who the man outside was.

She originally wanted to remind Xiaoyun not to offend the important guests, but seeing Xiaoyun's arrogant and domineering manner, she thought of how Xiaoyun usually flattered the powerful and belittled the weak in her daily work, which resulted in many complaints from customers.

But she was brought in by the regional manager. As a mere store manager, she had no choice but to watch her step, let alone criticize her.

Now that someone has arrived who can cure her, the shop manager naturally won't stop her.

It would be even better if we could get her away.

Lu Zheng also realized that the store manager couldn't control the salesperson, so he took out his phone again.

"If you don't have a reasonable explanation, then this store might as well not be open." As soon as the call connected, Lu Zheng said this coldly and then hung up.

He swiped quickly on his phone a few times, then put it away.

"Let's go, we can't afford such high-quality clothes." With that, Lu Zheng pulled Qiao Zhen away.

"You didn't let someone buy out this brand, did you?" Qiao Zhen asked hesitantly after leaving.

The clothing stores in these large shopping malls are mostly chain stores, and some are big brands.

Qiao had never heard of this brand before, but seeing that it says "chain store," it must be quite capable.

"What do you think?" Lu Zheng hadn't been treated like this in a long time, and it was good enough that he didn't explode on the spot.

Of course I think so.

Qiao Zhen muttered to herself, but dared not say it out loud in front of Lu Zheng.

Shortly after they left, Lu Zheng's assistant led a few people into the store.

"You must be the store manager. Our Lu Group has acquired your company and we're here to handle the handover."

As soon as the store manager saw the assistant come in, he was about to ask them what they wanted when he heard the assistant's words.

"Who are you? How could our company be acquired just like that!" The saleswoman named Xiaoyun clearly didn't believe her assistant's words.

He looked at them with a harsh expression and said unhappily.

The assistant didn't even glance at her and went straight to handing over the work to the store manager.

"Song Xiaoyun can leave now. You're fired."

Such a big matter, the store manager naturally wouldn't easily believe him. When she called to confirm, the assistant said to Song Xiaoyun expressionlessly.

"Who are you? What do you have...?"

"Who I am is not important. You can wait for HR to notify you if you don't believe me." Just then, the store manager also confirmed it, and she was overjoyed to hear her assistant's words.

Song Xiaoyun has finally been fired! Congratulations!

Before Song Xiaoyun could say anything more, her assistant gave her a look, and someone immediately dragged her away.

Qiao Zhen had no idea what was happening in the store. If she had known, she definitely would have stayed to watch the show.

"Isn't this a bit exaggerated?" Back at Lu Zheng's house, a woman in business attire pushed a row of clothes over.

Seeing this, Qiao Zhen was shocked. This was really too exaggerated!

Although her family was wealthy before, they weren't this extravagant!

Who can just casually bring all this haute couture home? And these seasonal clothes, from various brands, are also available.

Even if she changed her clothes every day, she still couldn't wear them all!

"Is that an exaggeration?" Lu Zheng asked with a sneer, seeing her naive and unworldly demeanor.

Qiao Zhen nodded vigorously. It was really exaggerated. If others knew, they might think these were high-quality fakes.

“I didn’t think of that before, but I do now. So from today onwards, I’ll take care of all your clothes.”

Lu Zheng smiled slightly and looked at Qiao Zhen.

She would have been so grateful she cried her eyes out, but instead, Qiao Zhen looked at him with a complicated expression.

"Can you give me cash instead?"

She didn't really like these clothes, not because they were unattractive.

Wild boars simply can't eat fine food. Rather than giving her such expensive clothes, it would be better to give her the cash instead.

"Qiao Zhen, you!"

Lu Zheng was furious at her words. What was this "cash conversion" nonsense?!

Does Lu Zheng lack this little bit of money?

"I'm serious! I'll even take half." If she had known Lu Zheng had this side to him, she would have already squeezed money out of him.

Do we even need to beg him?

"Are you obsessed with money?" Lu Zheng looked at her speechlessly, his expression indescribable.

The person delivering the clothes overheard their conversation and felt somewhat embarrassed.

Is this really something they can listen to?

Seeing them standing there dumbfounded, Lu Zheng waved his hand, indicating that they could leave.

"You're only realizing this now?" She thought she had made it very obvious, so how come he didn't notice?

"Isn't the company's performance good enough?"

"Of course it's not enough. My mother needs treatment, and my brother still needs to go to school. That little bit of salary is far from enough."

As Qiao Zhen spoke, she suddenly stared intently at Lu Zheng.

"Or does President Lu want to give me a raise?" Qiao Zhen's whole demeanor changed when the topic of salary came up.

She looked at him with a smile, her face appearing harmless and innocent.

"If you can get all those projects sorted out, why not give you a raise?"

Seeing that she was finally no longer wearing a stern face and speaking in a sarcastic and lifeless manner, Lu Zheng said calmly.

"That won't do. You said you'd give me a small company to play around with once I've gained more experience, and I've always remembered that."

She shook her head and refused Lu Zheng.

"The salary is going up, and the company is giving me a raise too, is that okay?"

"Really? Thank you so much, Mr. Lu!" Qiao Zhen was overjoyed, never expecting such a reward today.

Lu Zheng nodded: "Don't you want to try on the clothes?"

Qiao Zhen wanted to shake her head, but considering how easy Lu Zheng was to talk to today, she didn't want to spoil his mood, so she nodded and went to try on the clothes.

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