The next day, Lin Chen woke up with huge dark circles under his eyes. Don't ask why; the answer is simple: he was focused on making money and hadn't slept well the night before.
Upon arriving at the company, Lin Chen stormed into Zhang Yiming's office, only to find Zhang Yiming laughing heartily inside.
"Mr. Zhang, what's making you so happy?"
"Haha, Mr. Lin, I was just about to come over to find you. Do you remember that amazing trick you demonstrated with MiXin at the Xiaomi phone launch event? I checked the data, and since that day, the 'People Nearby' feature has been used millions of times, which has greatly boosted MiXin's user activity."
Lin Chen thought to himself, "Isn't this normal? After all, the lewd nature is ingrained in every man's bones..."
However, he still said, "Ahem, this just shows that our software is excellent. Gold will shine sooner or later."
"By the way, Mr. Lin, what's wrong with you so angry so early in the morning?"
"Oh, right, you interrupted me and ruined the atmosphere. No, let's do it again."
Lin Chen walked out of Zhang Yiming's office, then walked back in angrily.
"Mr. Zhang, why was Meituan's advertising fee so low last month? It was ten percentage points lower than other companies!"
"Um... Mr. Lin, didn't you ask me to offer Meituan a discount?"
"What? Just because you know Wang Xing, you gave him a discount? No way, we can't do that. This month, raise it back by 10%, no, 20%! I'll emphasize again, Huasuan.com treats all customers equally, understand?"
All the employees outside the door heard what he said clearly.
Zhang Yiming was stunned. When Lin Chen said those last few words, it was clear that he wasn't talking to him, but shouting towards the door.
Soon, Zhang Yiming realized that Lin Chen was putting on a show. Now that the company had more employees, the news of giving Meituan discounts would eventually reach the ears of other companies. When other companies wanted discounts, would you give them or not?
"Okay, Mr. Lin, I know I was wrong, and I will never do it again!"
Zhang Yiming also shouted loudly towards the door.
For a moment, all the employees of Xingchen Technology fell silent, as it was the first time they had heard Lin Chen speak so loudly; he seemed genuinely angry.
Seeing that Zhang Yiming understood him immediately, Lin Chen winked at him and then walked out of Zhang Yiming's office.
Zhang Yiming adjusted his tone, picked up his phone, and called Wang Xing.
"Mr. Wang, I am Zhang Yiming."
"Yiming, thank you so much for last month. You saved me a lot of money. Don't worry, Meituan will never delay paying advertising fees. I'll have the finance department transfer this month's money to you in advance."
"Hey, Mr. Wang, the fact that we gave Meituan a discount on advertising fees last month has been leaked by someone. The whole company knows about it now. Our boss is furious. He just scolded me and told me that we have to double the advertising fees for Meituan this month, otherwise he's afraid other companies will cause trouble."
"Huh? Double? That won't do, Yiming. You can't do this. If you double the advertising fees, we won't be able to pay our salaries this month. We'll be starving!"
"That's what I thought too. In the end, after much pleading, our boss, considering my previous hard work, only gave you a 20% raise. Mr. Wang, that's the limit I can do."
"Phew, 20% is fine too, it's better than doubling."
"Oh, Mr. Wang, this is all I can do to help you."
"Thank you so much, Yiming, thank you so much, I'm so grateful to have you."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yiming breathed a sigh of relief. Acting is really tiring, even more tiring than going to work.
Wang Xing hung up the phone and scratched his sparse hair in frustration.
Last month, Zhang Yiming gave him a 10% discount on advertising fees, but this month he's going to raise them back by 20%. He's lost a lot of money this way.
Most importantly, he originally thought he could save more than a million yuan every month in the future. In order to stabilize morale, he used the extra advertising fee from last month to give bonuses to his employees.
But this month's money is gone, and we have to borrow extra money from other places. So, not only will there be no bonus this month, but we also have to deduct a portion of the employees' salaries to fill the hole.
Wang Xing called the finance director over to his office to discuss how to handle the matter.
It's unclear who happened to be passing by Wang Xing's office and overheard his conversation with the finance director, but they happened to hear the finance director say, "Does this mean that not only will there be no bonus this month, but we'll also have to deduct a portion of their salaries?"
In less than a morning, the news had spread throughout Meituan. Moreover, as the news spread, it went from a rhetorical question from the finance director to a statement of fact, and the story became that Wang Xing and the finance director were discussing how to deduct their salaries.
Immediately, employees throughout Meituan were filled with complaints.
"Damn it, it's one thing to get a basic salary every month, but now they're taking away the bonus they finally get."
"Yes, my friend works at Lashou.com. He gets a bonus every month, which is almost equivalent to two months of mine."
"Is this even possible? I still have to pay my mortgage!"
"If it weren't for the car loan and mortgage, I would have quit long ago. It's really frustrating working at this company. They're so stingy with everything they do."
"Stop talking. Everyone's like that. The adult world is never easy."
However, Wang Xing was in a state of utter chaos at the time and had no idea that the employees outside his office were about to stage a rebellion.
The secretary rushed into Wang Xing's office in a panic, without even knocking.
"Mr. Wang, something terrible has happened?"
"What's wrong?"
"Somehow the employees found out about your conversation in the office this morning, and now they're saying that not only will they not get a bonus this month, but their wages will also be deducted, and many are threatening to quit."
"What? This matter is still under discussion..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Xing realized he had said the wrong thing when he saw his secretary's expression.
"This is completely fabricated. We were discussing how much bonus we should receive this month. How could we possibly deduct everyone's basic salary? This is utter nonsense."
Wang Xing walked out of the office, clapped his hands at the employees outside to attract their attention, and then said loudly, "Colleagues, the rumors circulating in the company this morning about salary deductions are completely false. The finance director and I discussed in the office this morning how much bonus we should give everyone this month. Because the advertising fees for Huasuan.com have increased this month, the bonuses may be slightly less than last month, but everyone's base salary will absolutely not decrease. I can guarantee that."
Hearing this, the Meituan employees breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Xing, seeing that the situation had calmed down, went back to his office, slumped into his executive chair, and pondered where things had gone wrong.
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