Wang Peng couldn't understand why using interns from his alma mater would ruin his reputation.

Dong Shishi whispered, "I heard from a fourth-grade student that our school is really corrupt and they don't treat us like human beings at all."

"You may not know this, but when schools arrange for students to intern in factories, the factories sign labor contracts with the schools."

"You need to pay the intern's monthly salary to our school, and then the school will give it to the intern."

Dong Shishi finished speaking in one breath, looking at Wang Peng with a half-smile.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Wang Peng said. "I think there's nothing wrong with this process. What's wrong with it?"

Dong Shishi said with a smile, "Brother Peng, even if you give the interns a high salary of two thousand yuan, our school will only give them two hundred at most."

Upon hearing this, Wang Peng's eyes widened immediately.

If Dong Shishi wasn't lying, then the provincial university is incredibly corrupt; they don't treat students like human beings at all.

He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Sister Shishi, you're not lying to me, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Dong Shishi said. "If you don't believe me, go ask Du Lei. He knows the tricks involved too."

Wang Peng took out his phone and called the HR department, asking Du Lei to come downstairs for a chat.

A few minutes later, HR manager Du Lei, store manager Ma Guoming, and Uncle Hong Tianhe arrived on the first floor.

The only missing members among the veteran employees were Song Lamei and Ma Guoming's wife. Wang Peng asked, "Where did Song Lamei and your wife go?"

“My wife and Lamei went to Xinglan Hotel to train the forty new employees,” Ma Guoming said.

Wang Peng nodded. New employees would need to undergo onboarding training to learn the "Brothers Supermarket" business philosophy.

— Exchange genuine products for genuine sincerity, and genuine sincerity for respect.

"Brother Lei, the important thing you mentioned is that the school is trying to get us interns?" Wang Peng asked.

“It’s not just stuffing interns in, it’s forcing interns in,” Du Lei sneered. “If the three of you had graduated, I would have rejected that idiot principal long ago.”

"Du Lei," Dong Shishi glared, "How dare you talk to me like that? Who are you talking to?"

"I'm sorry," Du Lei apologized. "Brother Peng, that bastard Zhou Shun calls me several times a day, it's driving me crazy."

Zhou Shun is the president of the provincial university. Wang Peng, Li Mingzhu, and Dong Shishi have not yet graduated from the provincial university.

"There's no need to be angry, just refuse him," Wang Peng said.

“We can’t refuse,” Ma Guoming said urgently. “You haven’t graduated yet, and Zhou Shun has a million ways to prevent you from getting your diplomas.”

"Boss, in the past, college students who were about to graduate would find factories for internships on their own and just ask the factories to sign off on their work."

"The school organized students to go to the factory for internships. What kind of idiot came up with this terrible idea? It's really despicable."

Kenneth Ma finished speaking in one breath, a look of disdain on his face.

Du Lei said, "Brother Peng, you must refuse. If you cooperate with the school to exploit students, your reputation as a conscientious entrepreneur will be ruined."

"Hehe." Wang Peng smiled slightly. "This matter is interesting, and Zhou Shun is also interesting."

If you refuse an intern, you might face retaliation or even fail to graduate.

Even worse, it prevented his wife and Dong Shishi from getting their graduation certificates.

If they don't refuse, it's likely that, just as Du Lei said, the "conscientious businessman" persona he's painstakingly built up might crumble.

If a brand's reputation is ruined and its public image is tarnished, it will affect the competitiveness of its sister supermarkets.

Wang Peng frowned. Faced with this dilemma, he sensed a conspiracy.

"I don't think this is simple," Dong Shishi said. "It seems like a conspiracy, someone is setting a trap for you?"

Wang Peng gave her a thumbs up, and immediately thought of Hu Qing and Wang Cheng.

If it really is a conspiracy, it's most likely a bad idea come from these two "heroes".

Just then, my phone started vibrating in my pocket.

Wang Peng took out his phone, answered the call, and held it to his ear. "Hello."

"Hello, are you Wang Peng?"

"I am Wang Peng. May I ask who you are?"

"I'm your principal, Zhou Shun, Xiao Peng. Can't you hear me? Haha..."

Only then did Wang Peng recognize Zhou Shun's voice and look up at Du Lei.

Du Lei nodded; he was the one who gave Wang Peng's phone number to Zhou Shun.

Then, Zhou Shun said with a smile, "I plan to organize twenty students to intern at your place for three months. Can you make the arrangements?"

“No problem,” Wang Peng said. “Just have the senior students come to me, and I’ll give them employment contracts.”

“No need for all that trouble,” Zhou Shun said. “Let’s set a time to discuss salaries. You can transfer their salaries to the school, and the school will pay them.”

Wang Peng chuckled, "Sorry, Brother Supermarket doesn't need outsourced staff."

"Principal Zhou, if you want students to do internships, absolutely no problem!"

“I sign contracts with them, I pay them salaries, and I issue them internship certificates.”

"However, I refuse any form of labor outsourcing. That's the rule at our store, sorry."

After finishing his speech, Wang Peng strolled around the supermarket, checking out the products on the shelves.

The first floor mainly sells daily necessities, including skin care products, shampoo, shower gel, ointment, toothbrushes and other daily essentials.

Plastic products such as plastic basins and toys, and metal products such as stainless steel tableware and kitchen utensils.

At this moment, Zhou Shun said on the phone, "What's the difference if you give me their wages and I distribute them to them?"

Wang Peng shook his head. "I'll just pay them their salaries directly. You're so busy, I don't want to cause you any trouble."

"Are you worried I'll dock their wages?" Zhou Shun said with a laugh. "Xiao Peng, do you think I'm some kind of skinflint?"

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