In the afternoon, I delivered meals to the College of Arts and Sciences, deliberately avoiding the security guards' line of sight, and met Zhou Yuxin and others on the side of the gate.
They had already brought their cart and were waiting there.
When the six of them entered the school, each carrying a large basket of black items, they were a little nervous, afraid of being stopped by the security guard at the gate.
The security guards could tell from their guilty looks that they were delivering takeout, but considering the 20-yuan pack of cigarettes they had bought at noon, and since it wasn't obvious that it was takeout, they didn't bother them.
Seeing that the security guard only glanced at them, Zhou Yuxin and the others breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Peng Liang was also nearby, across the street, and only went back to report after watching them successfully enter the campus.
“Then do it this way from now on, and remember to build a good relationship with the security guards,” He Wenlin instructed. “From now on, my focus will be on the food factory, so please keep things in mind here and contact me promptly if anything happens.”
"Boss, I have a cousin who wants to come work with me after the New Year. Are you still hiring?" Peng Liang asked, seizing the opportunity.
"Aren't you going to take him to sell egg rolls?"
Peng Liang was taken aback: "You knew I was selling egg rolls?"
"I already knew," He Wenlin said with a smile. "You don't need to be so nervous. Your egg roll and peach shortbread business is doing well, but you still chose to work here, so you still like this job. As long as you don't affect the work here, I don't care what you do after get off work."
Peng Liang's base salary here isn't high, but meals are provided, the job is stable, and he gets several hundred yuan in commission every month, so the pay isn't bad. Compared to when he worked in the factory, the benefits are much better.
Moreover, He Wenlin treated her subordinates well, and Peng Liang felt a strong sense of belonging and accomplishment working there, so he refused Chen Weihua's repeated requests for him to resign.
“I’ll definitely prioritize this job, so please rest assured, boss,” Peng Liang immediately stated.
How old is your brother?
“I graduated from junior high school in the summer. I turned sixteen after the New Year. I was a rather introverted person.”
His cousin is young and rather introverted, so the job of selling goods is not suitable for him. Therefore, he wants to bring his cousin He Wenlin here to learn a trade. It is very important to have a good boss.
"Bring him here next year, and we'll arrange a job for him then. But his salary will definitely not be as high as others."
Nowadays, a salary of five or six hundred is considered good, and anything over a thousand is considered a high salary.
"I understand, thank you, boss."
"Don't thank me too soon. If your brother is disobedient and tries to cheat, I will handle it officially."
Peng Liang chuckled: "You don't even need to say anything, I'll just send him back to his hometown."
"Alright, take me to the supermarket by bike."
After He Wenlin finished speaking, she stepped into the car and Peng Liang immediately stepped on the gas and drove her to the Lotus Supermarket.
It's almost 7 o'clock now, and the supermarket is quite crowded.
There were plenty of goods on the display stand, but no one was there to serve customers. There was just a loudspeaker on it playing a loop: egg rolls were 9.5 yuan a box, peach shortbread was 5.5 yuan a pound, and fried dough twists were 5.5 yuan a pound.
Moreover, there were a lot of loose goods on the display stand (other items that customers take from the supermarket but suddenly don't want anymore, so they just throw them away wherever they want; these unwanted items that are just randomly placed are called loose goods).
It's very unusual that there are so many messy loose items on the stack even though there's someone in charge. It means that no one has cleaned up this place for a long time.
He Wenlin was very curious: where did the sales promoters she had paid to hire go?
They weren't on duty during peak hours!
The area above the display case is in such a mess!
He Wenlin immediately gathered the loose items into a shopping basket and placed it next to the checkout counter. The supermarket would have someone handle it when it was almost closing time.
Immediately afterwards, He Wenlin personally sold the goods here. After selling for more than forty minutes, the sales promoter, Sister Qiu Lili, arrived.
Seeing He Wenlin selling goods here, she was startled. She looked at He Wenlin guiltily and said with a forced smile, "Ms. He, why did you come to the store in person? I just went to the restroom."
He Wenlin said with a serious expression, "Sister Qiu, you've been in the restroom for quite a while. I've been here for a full forty-three minutes. When I came, the piles were full of loose goods from various departments. How do you explain that?"
Qiu Lili knew she couldn't deny it this time, so she said, "I had some things to take care of at home, so I left for a while. Don't worry, Mr. He, this is the first time and the last time."
"Have you asked your manager for leave?"
Although Qiu Lili was paid by He Wenlin, she worked at the store, so she was actually under the unified management of the store.
"I left in a hurry, and none of the leaders were there..."
"That means you didn't ask for leave."
"I promise this is the last time, really, I really have something to do today."
“You can ask for leave if you have something to do. I believe the store manager will approve it. Even if the store doesn’t approve it, you can go directly to Li Shulin. I caught you leaving your post without permission. Are there others you haven’t seen? You have no sense of responsibility at all.”
Having worked in supermarkets for so many years in her past life, He Wenlin had seen plenty of people like Qiu Lili. She could tell at a glance whether Qiu Lili was genuinely in trouble or just pretending.
He Wenlin can accept employees' lack of ability because it can be trained, but she cannot accept dishonest behavior.
Her current actions constitute misappropriation of company time.
Seeing that He Wenlin was relentless, Qiu Lili changed her previous soft attitude and became firm: "What do you mean now?"
"What I'm saying now is that our place is too small, so please look for another job."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Lili angrily took off her apron: "I don't want to work anymore! You brat, you really think you're something special! You pay me my wages."
"When payday comes, you will receive every penny of your salary."
"I want my wages right now! You're not leaving without my money!" Qiu Lili grabbed He Wenlin's clothes.
"Let go of my hand, or I'll call the police."
Honestly, for a boss like me to be held accountable by my employees is truly embarrassing!
This is the downside of being young. If it were an adult or a man, would she dare to do it?
"You don't pay wages, and you still think you're right?" Qiu Lili shouted, trying to attract others to come and watch the commotion.
The supermarket was quite crowded at this time, especially this spot which was right next to the checkout counter. Dozens of eyes were staring at them.
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