Seeing Wang Xiaoyan and Madam Sun chatting so happily, some people felt jealous and resentful.
"It's all thanks to what she knows about things in the mainland that she managed to make the lady happy. It's all just petty tricks."
The Wang family isn't even considered prominent in Hong Kong, but this Mrs. Sun is.
The Sun family's conglomerate ranks among the top ten in Hong Kong, and there's a constant stream of people eager to curry favor with them.
No one expected that a stranger who had only recently appeared would win over Madam Sun.
Wang Xiaoyan thoroughly enjoyed the envious glances from those around her.
Seeing that Madam Sun truly appreciated her daughter, Wang Dazhi couldn't help but speak up.
"Madam and Anne seem to have such a strong connection, why don't you become godparents?"
Just moments ago, Madam Sun was all smiles. She glanced at him indifferently, and that one glance made Wang Dazhi tense up.
Wang Xiaoyan also eagerly awaited Madam Sun's reply.
If she could become Madam Sun's goddaughter, wouldn't those arrogant rich girls and young masters treat her differently?
"Defu, I'm tired, let's go back," Madam Sun said to the butler behind her.
"Yes, the car is waiting outside."
Before Wang Dazhi and his daughter could stop him, he had already started walking out.
The birthday party hadn't even officially started when the person left; anyone could tell something was wrong.
The few people who had just been envious of Wang Xiaoyan immediately began to mock her.
Even though Wang Dazhi and Wang Xiaoyan chased after her, they couldn't persuade Madam Sun to come back. They could only force a smile and return to continue the birthday banquet.
Otherwise, the Wang family would truly become a laughing stock.
As soon as she got into the car, Madam Sun leaned against the wall and sighed.
"Defu, why can't everyone be a little more innocent? It's only been a short time, and you can't help but get angry."
"Madam, there are fewer and fewer pure-hearted people these days."
"Yes, if we have the chance, let's go back to our hometown for a visit."
"We will do as Madam says. Wherever Madam goes, Defu will go."
Madam Sun then smiled.
Wang Xiaoyan waited until the birthday party was over before returning to her room with a grim expression.
Wang Xiaofei was worried about his sister, so he chased after her and heard the sound of things being smashed coming from her room.
Actually, Wang Dazhi was also in a bad mood. His daughter had worked so hard for so long, and now all her efforts were in vain?
It's also his fault; he acted too hastily.
Unfortunately, it was too late for regrets, and he could only think of ways to mend his relationship with Madam Sun.
...
Zhao Qinglan's supermarket is finally set up and ready to open for business once all the goods are in stock.
At the same time, she began another round of recruitment.
When the military and civilians were recruited together before, apart from the kitchen staff, most of them were women, and they were also military dependents.
This time, the supermarket wasn't so particular; both men and women were welcome. Of course, she would still reserve a few spots for military dependents.
When she got home that evening and brought up the matter of hiring, Li Huai suddenly spoke up.
"Qinglan, if it's a retired or demobilized soldier, can you use it?"
"Sure, why not?"
The military underwent a major downsizing this year, resulting in many veterans being transferred to civilian jobs or retired.
This is why Sun Shengli is so glad that he was promoted before the military downsizing; otherwise, his name would definitely have been on the list for this downsizing.
Zhao Qinglan had only thought of military dependents before, but hadn't considered veterans.
Reminded by her husband, she immediately felt that she could do something about it.
In fact, veterans are relatively disciplined and have received training, making them very suitable for security work. Their supermarket also needs corresponding staff.
Zhao Qinglan doesn't need to worry about this; Li Huai has plenty of candidates.
Zhao Qinglan might be cautious about interviewing people recommended by outsiders, but she completely trusts those recommended by her husband.
For this job interview, she even went to a newspaper in the provincial capital to buy a spot to advertise.
People came to apply for the job in droves.
With the rapid development of the individual economy, although people still regard government jobs as the best, they are not opposed to private enterprises and individual businesses.
As long as I can make money, it doesn't matter what I do.
Zhao Qinglan has built a solid reputation through her collaboration with the military and civilians, and the people are both curious about her supermarket and willing to give it a try out of trust.
The supermarket hasn't even officially opened yet, but Zhao Qinglan has already done a lot of advertising.
In this recruitment, she not only conducted the interviews herself, but Zhang Wenjing and Wu Mei were also the main interviewers. She just took a look at the final selected candidates.
Just before the children started school, she finally managed to finalize all the supermarket employees.
Supermarkets are a new thing for new employees. Even Wu Mei didn't know much about them, and Zhang Wenjing only became familiar with them after following Zhao Qinglan around the supermarket a lot.
Zhao Qinglan had to personally take charge of training these new employees.
Based on her memory of supermarket operations, Zhao Qinglan trained all employees. For this, she even asked Zhang Yu for help, asking him to help obtain some employee handbooks, management and operation methods from existing supermarkets in Gangcheng.
Li Huai introduced five veterans to Zhao Qinglan. Zhao Qinglan arranged for three of them to be responsible for the supermarket's daily security patrols, and the other two to work as warehouse managers.
After spending half a month training all employees, they chose an auspicious day, and their Lanxin Supermarket officially opened for business.
On the opening day, there was a lion dance troupe and drumming and gonging in front of the supermarket, making it a very lively scene.
Zhao Qinglan also printed a lot of promotional leaflets for supermarket products in advance. Although they were not the exquisite color prints of later generations, she tried her best to do them well.
Zhang Wenjing personally led several employees to hand out flyers to curious passersby at the supermarket entrance.
Their lively and novel offerings naturally piqued the curiosity of many ordinary people, so no one refused to accept the flyers they were given.
Some of the older people who couldn't read asked others what was written on the flyers.
Hearing that some products were really affordable, many people were tempted.
Zhao Qinglan took a megaphone and personally stood in front of the supermarket to give an introduction.
"Free selection, complete range of products, clearly marked prices, fair and honest service... Don't miss out, Lanxin Supermarket, giving you a different shopping experience."
Soon, some daring people went into the supermarket, and with someone leading the way, even more people went in.
New things have both advantages and disadvantages.
While some people carefully selected items, others, driven by greed or with impure motives, mingled among them to steal and pilfer.
Supermarkets didn't have the advanced surveillance and alarm systems of later times; they could only rely on the human eye to make judgments.
The three veterans responsible for security patrols took on the heavy responsibility, guarding the entrance and exit like eagle eyes.
Although some escaped the net in the end, after they caught several people and handed them over to the police, even those with ulterior motives had to think twice.
The opening of Lanxin Supermarket also set off a frenzy in the provincial capital, and for several days in a row, the supermarket was packed with customers.
When people run into each other, they always ask, "Have you gone to the supermarket yet?" Going to Lanxin for a stroll has become a fashionable and trendy thing to do.
Zhao Qinglan's supermarket, which she had poured so much effort into, is now on the right track.
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