Chapter 103 Forced to Inherit a Bankrupt Company
In the golden autumn of October, Jinshi was bustling with traffic and towering buildings. Su Yingxue stood on the side of the busy street, watching the endless stream of cars and the bustling crowds, and suddenly felt as if time had slipped out of her body.
Having been away from the big city for several months, she had spent the last three months in the quiet little town of Ancheng. Now, suddenly returning to the city, she found herself feeling somewhat out of place.
She took out her phone and skillfully dialed her grandmother's number. "Grandma, I've arrived in Jinshi, everything is fine." Her grandmother's kind voice came from the other end of the line, which eased her tense nerves a little.
Jinshi is not too far from my hometown, so at least I can go back to visit my grandmother often.
Su Yingxue was dressed neatly but not in trendy clothes today, and she had a touch of the everyday life that comes from a small town.
As she stepped into the gleaming lobby of Tengyue Advertising Company, Xiao Li, the receptionist, immediately and politely stopped her.
"Hello, do you have an appointment?" the receptionist asked professionally and responsibly, her gaze lingering briefly on Su Yingxue.
"I'm looking for Manager Wang." Su Yingxue smiled slightly, holding a rather formal-looking document bag in her hand.
"Okay, Ms. Su, right? Manager Wang just told me about the appointment." Receptionist Li immediately responded with a warm smile.
Su Yingxue looked young, yet possessed a fresh and refined beauty. Her retreating figure as she walked slowly towards the elevator caught Xiao Li's attention. Xiao Li quickly opened the work group chat and typed rapidly:
"A very pretty girl is looking for Wang Datou."
"What? Gossip? I want some juicy gossip." Xiao Zhao from the art department immediately chimed in, clearly trying to slack off.
"She's in, she's in! I happened to be in Old Wang's office, I saw her. Haha. A beautiful lady! Is she a big client?" Account Manager Ada glanced at Manager Wang's office with a grin and quickly replied.
"I'm listening, I'm listening. They say they're cooking or something." Mengmeng, the planner closest to the front desk, went even further, holding a small paper cup, pretending to get water but actually eavesdropping.
"I feel like something big is about to happen!" Xiao Li stared at Su Yingxue's departing figure, then looked at the briefcase in her hand, lost in thought.
The group chat started flooded with messages, gradually veerging from the topic of Su Yingxue to the usual old movies, and finally returning to that eternally unchanging topic:
What are we eating today?
Xiao Li glanced at the food delivery app on his phone. A weight-loss meal... just a few eggs and some leafy greens cost 38 yuan! It's highway robbery!
Mala Tang? I just had it yesterday.
Braised chicken? I even found a hair in it a few days ago.
She bit her lip, pondering, "How about we split the bill with Xiao Da and the others and get some stir-fries? It's a bit pricey, but otherwise perfect."
Xiao Li glanced at his phone's balance and sighed, "Oh well, I bought two pairs of shoes in a pre-sale a few days ago. I guess I'll just have instant noodles for today."
The company only provides a meager 30 yuan a day for meals, which is far too little.
She looked up at the clock on the wall; it was only ten o'clock. There was still time to linger a little longer.
Meanwhile, Su Yingxue had already arrived at Manager Wang's office.
"You're saying you've acquired this company? And now you're the boss?" Wang Qi—everyone usually calls him Wang Datou—stared wide-eyed at Su Yingxue in disbelief.
"It's all clearly written in the acquisition agreement." Su Yingxue pulled the document out of her briefcase and pushed it in front of Wang Qi.
The root of all this can be blamed on that unreliable system. Yesterday she was still worrying about finding a place to live in her rented room in Ancheng, and today she woke up to find that the system had dumped an advertising company on her like trash.
"How could I possibly manage an advertising company? You'd be more likely to let me open a fast food restaurant," Su Yingxue thought to herself, but maintained a polite smile on her face.
Wang Qi—also known as Wang Datou—was inwardly groaning: Is the new boss a savior or a jinx? But on the surface, he had to put on a smile and enthusiastically introduce the company: "President Su, welcome, welcome. Although our company isn't very big, but..."
Su Yingxue waved her hand, interrupting his enthusiastic introduction. She then called over Linda, the accountant. Although she knew nothing about advertising companies, she could at least understand the ledgers.
"Let's take a look at the accounts first." She opened the folder, flipped through a few pages at random, and her brows furrowed involuntarily.
"Office rent is 20,000 yuan per month, water and electricity are 2,500 yuan, property management fee is 2,000 yuan..." she muttered as she quickly flipped through the employee payroll.
The densely packed names on the organizational chart made her scalp tingle. A rough estimate suggested that the personnel costs alone would amount to over ten thousand yuan per month!
Let's look at the business transaction records—
One order.
"I only placed one order last month."
Wang Qi scratched his head awkwardly, his chubby face jiggling. "Um...it was a relative of mine who helped their business by making a website and a simple advertisement for their agricultural products..."
Su Yingxue stared at the financial statements, her vision blurring. Only one thought filled her mind: How did this company manage to survive this long? It's a miracle it hasn't gone bankrupt!
"Am I crazy to take over this company?" she roared inwardly, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
"How much compensation would I have to pay if I dissolved the company now?" she questioned the system in her mind.
"Disband on the spot. The system won't pay. The host will pay." The system's answer made her feel dizzy.
The severance pay alone, N+1, would empty her savings, and she might even have to pay out of pocket! She looked at her bank account balance, feeling like crying.
"How much would it cost to dissolve your company on the spot?" she asked Wang Qi in a low voice.
Wang Qi and Linda, the accountant, exchanged a glance and shouted, "Boss, you must be joking!"
Then they looked at each other and whispered to each other:
"What will happen to our social security if the new boss runs away?"
"I finally found a job with full social insurance and housing fund benefits and weekends off!"
Linda suddenly pointed to the last line of the report: "President Su, there's actually still some money in the account."
"Balance: 55,800 yuan."
Su Yingxue's heart sank when she saw the number. This amount of money wasn't even enough to cover rent, utilities, and property management fees; it wasn't even a fraction of her salary.
Su Yingxue looked left and right. She couldn't cut back on her salary, she had to pay social security, and she still had to pay other fixed expenses.
Finally, her gaze fell on the "lunch allowance" section—30 yuan per person per day. That was quite an expense!
"I've decided to cancel the lunch subsidy and have all employees eat the boxed lunches I prepare," Su Yingxue declared.
Wang Qi's eyes widened: "You cooked yourself?"
Linda hesitated, then asked, "Mr. Su, can you cook? Perhaps we should hire a chef?"
Su Yingxue waved her hand dismissively: "President Wang, immediately send a notification in the group chat. Starting today, the lunch subsidy is canceled; everyone will eat the boxed lunches I prepare."
Wang Qi looked at Su Yingxue's fair and delicate hands, then touched his own round belly, thinking: "Oh well, as long as my salary isn't cut, I can bear it. I can just eat a little more breakfast and dinner..."
He quickly sent a notification in the company's WeChat group, first introducing the new boss, Su Yingxue, and then announcing the cancellation of the lunch subsidy, which would be replaced by the boss making his own boxed lunches.
This news was like a boulder thrown into a lake.
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