Chapter 269: Gold and Jade Splendor Reflect the Splendor, Black Hair Wraps Around Fingers and Hidden Fragrance (asking for monthly ticket)
Now, Li Xiang's two jade jewelry companies, one is managed by He Zhixiang, a businessman from Yunnan Province, and the other is managed by Xu Xuan and Zhang Youyou. Now they have opened many branches.
Especially the Jiuselu Jewelry Store that cooperated with Xu Xuan. With the help of Xu family's connections and channels, it opened more and more branches. It already has more than 200 chain stores across the country. Business is booming, and large amounts of jadeite raw stones looted by Li Xiang are converted into cash every day.
Now, the cash flow from the jadeite alone has exceeded 20 billion yuan. As for other wealth and materials, Li Xiang has not calculated them, and he can't count them, but he roughly categorizes them in the system warehouse.
There is really no need to come up with specific figures for "big wealth owners." Although, he feels that he is still very far from being a "big wealth owner."
Every day, the jade processing factory is very busy, and my aunt has endless work to do.
In addition, he received a piece of gossip that his aunt had fallen in love with a "master" from the jade processing factory. The man was five years older than his aunt, and looked ordinary, but he was honest, down-to-earth, hardworking, and a widower with a daughter who was in junior high school.
Li Xiang had talked with that master craftsman before. He had superb skills in jade carving, often had creative ideas, and his works were all excellent.
Li Xiang naturally supported this, and he wished his sister-in-law to find a suitable partner.
"There are so many stores, and there are about thirty of them that are in need of deputy store managers. They are located all over the country. You pick one. As for the salary, it will be five times your previous salary." Li Xiang took out a list and pushed it to Chen Huanhuan.
Chen Huanhuan was surprised, and then readily agreed: "Then I'd be very disrespectful to refuse it."
The salary is five times that of my previous job. What's there to be unhappy about?
"There is one in my hometown? Then I'll choose that place, which is closer to home." Chen Huanhuan is from Qilu, so she chose a jade shop located in Jicheng.
"OK." Li Xiang nodded, and then sent a message in a work group. About half an hour later, the store manager took the initiative to add Chen Huanhuan's contact information and invited her to join the Jicheng branch group.
"So soon?" Chen Huanhuan sighed. It was the right time to come here to relax. Well, although there was no possibility of development with Li Xiang, it was pretty good to be able to get the job done.
“You are welcome to join the team at any time.”
"Thank you, thank you." Chen Huanhuan stood up, hugged Li Xiang, and was reluctant to separate for a long time.
Li Xiang drove her to the high-speed rail station himself. Since the store was close to her home, she planned to go there first to complete the employment procedures and then go home on the weekend.
With such a high-paying job, I don't have to worry about being talked about when I go home.
Chen Huanhuan was sitting on the high-speed train to Jicheng, leaning against the window, admiring the scenery along the way, her fingertips gently stroking the diamond decoration on the phone case. She was in a very excited mood, completely different from when she came.
When I came here, I was depressed, confused about the future, and didn't know where to go.
When I went there, I had a high-paying job, was close to home, and the scenery outside the window seemed particularly beautiful.
In the northern region, the climate is extremely cold and the snow has not melted completely like in the south. The thin remaining snow covers the green wheat seedlings, which glow silver in the sun. Occasionally, the chimneys of a few red brick farmhouses flash by, with smoke rising.
She put the down jacket on her knees, revealing the carefully matched taro purple knitted skirt underneath. When she adjusted the angle of the selfie for the third time, the reflection in the car window showed the arc of her deliberately pursed lips into a "smiling" shape.
She took many selfies and used beauty effects, but did not post them.
Chen Huanhuan arrived in Jicheng, found a hotel to stay for one night, and reported to the jade store the next day. She couldn't help but feel more satisfied with the working environment there. It was located in the city center, not far from the famous scenic spot Baotu Spring. A small office was arranged for her on the upper floor of the jade store. Although the area was not large, only about ten square meters, it was very warmly decorated.
The off-white blackout curtains filter the winter sunlight into a soft warm tone. In the corner stands a Nordic-style floor lamp with crystal tassels under the lampshade, casting tiny spots of light on the light gray carpet. The L-shaped desk is covered with a pink marble-patterned anti-scalding mat, and next to the computer is a cute fortune cat ornament - there is really an ice jade embedded in the cat's paw.
The store manager here introduced that this lucky cat ornament was specially selected by Mr. Li.
Chen Huanhuan was moved again. The icy jadeite on the cat's paw alone was worth a lot of money.
As for the office computer, it is also a newly purchased high-end notebook + large monitor. There is an expansion dock that can connect the notebook to the monitor, mouse, keyboard and other peripherals. Other devices are connected to the expansion dock. The expansion dock also has a power button. There is only a power cord connected to the laptop. Normally, the laptop does not need to be opened, just press the power button on the expansion dock, which is similar to a desktop computer.
If you want to take your laptop with you to a meeting or a business trip, you can just unplug the power cord and go. It is quick and convenient.
Chen Huanhuan checked for this laptop online and found that the same model and configuration would cost more than ten thousand yuan.
In her previous company, she sat in the lobby, one of the dozens of workstations she worked at. Her computer was second-hand from several years ago, and it was probably only three or four thousand yuan when she bought it. After so many years, it was not worth even a few hundred bucks. It would lag badly when running any large program.
The two working environments are completely different.
The other employees in the jade shop knew that she had a close relationship with the big boss and was inserted by the big boss, so they were very respectful to her, and some flattering employees took the initiative to get close to her.
"Sister Huanhuan, your Americano." Intern Xiao Lin knocked on the door frame with a cup of Starbucks in her hand. There was a heart drawn on the cup cover with lipstick. "The display cabinet downstairs has new stock. Do you want to go check it out now?"
"OK!" Chen Huanhuan stroked the armrest of the leather swivel chair, and her sheepskin boots made a crisp sound when she stood up.
Coming downstairs, Chen Huanhuan took a closer look and carefully put forward several suggestions: "The lighting angle of the floating flower bracelets in this cabinet is off, and customers will see cotton wool when looking down."
"This jade Guanyin should be a little higher, and the angle should be tilted a little more to the right."
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It has to be said that after Chen Huanhuan's inspection and fine-tuning, the attractiveness of all the jewelry seems to have been enhanced.
That night, Chen Huanhuan posted a selfie of her new job, as well as many photos of her previous visit to Li Xiang's house.
For example, when visiting Li Xiang's home, there are side shots in front of the bloodstone jungle; the scenery of wintersweets covered with snow; a red fox chewing an apple; a little hedgehog basking in the sun while holding winter dates; a goose teasing a ginger cat; a panda cub rolling around on the swing; a selfie on the high-speed rail; a panoramic view of the jeweled sales showroom of the jade store; and a photo of an independent office under the night view of Jicheng CBD, with the jade cat's paw fortune cat occupying the C position, and on the pink marble-patterned desk, the jade paw of the fortune cat is pressing a gold-stamped letter of appointment, revealing the words "Deputy Store Manager Chen Huanhuan".
The last post reads: "A new starting point, grateful for the encounter."
As soon as this nine-grid photo and text were posted, it naturally received a lot of likes and comments, just like a stone thrown into a calm pond.
Colleagues from the former company were also outraged. Some of them deleted Li Xiang and Chen Huanhuan as their friends out of anger.
"He's showing off all day long, he thinks he's doing so well." Someone curled his lips, secretly angry.
Of course, there are also many people who regret not having a good relationship with Li Xiang before. Otherwise, it would be great if they could go to Li Xiang like Chen Huanhuan.
There are also some new employees who don't know who Li Xiang is at all. When they hear people talking about him at work, they can't help but ask about the gossip and then they are full of admiration.
In fact, it is rare for an employee to remain popular in his original company after leaving. This is because Li Xiang has become an Internet celebrity with more than 50 million fans, and he is often popular not only in his original company but also in other unfamiliar places.
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During the New Year's Day holiday, Lijia Village held a villagers' meeting. At the meeting, Li Xiang announced the scenic spot's profit this year, which was more than 3.2 million yuan, and the net profit exceeded that of many large A-listed companies.
This is just the tourist attraction. As for Li Xiang’s other industries, such as Yongye Media (online live streaming sales) and Jade Jewelry Store, the village has no shares in them, so they are not included.
Since the village provided land and held 10% of the shares, and Li Xiang held 90%, the village could provide a dividend of 326,000 yuan.
In fact, he made much more money than that. Li Xiang concealed it because if everyone knew that he made too much, it would affect unity. When the end of the world comes, there will be many places in the village that need his protection and subsidies.
Li Xiang announced at the meeting that 180,000 yuan of the 326,000 yuan will be used to repair or rebuild the Lijia Village Ancestral Hall. The ancestral hall is dilapidated and old, with paint almost peeling off in many places and some pillars rotten. It is time to repair it.
Everyone present at the meeting had no objection to this.
There are also people with other surnames in Lijia Village, such as Jiang Jianguo. The Li Family Ancestral Hall has nothing to do with the Jiang family, but Jiang Jianguo does not object because as Li Xiang's future father-in-law, he naturally has to strongly support his son-in-law's work.
In addition, there are currently 26 households in the village, and each family will receive a dividend of 5,000 yuan, which is a total of 130,000 yuan. There is more than 16,000 yuan left to buy rice, flour and oil, two barrels of premium pressed peanut oil, three bags of rice, and three bags of refined flour for each family.
"This year we will have 11 bowls of Ding wine for the New Year! In the future, we will get richer every year!"
As soon as Li Xiang finished speaking, the villagers cheered in unison, and then happily began to distribute things. Li Jinyu, Li Yucheng, Jiang Jianguo and other respected people in the village were responsible for registration and distribution, while Lei Jiaming and Lei Xiaonan brought some security guards and some young people who returned to Lijia Village to help with the transportation.
Because some of the young people in the family have not returned yet, the elderly are too old and frail to move, and some are lonely elderly people, such as Grandma San, so Li Xiang asked the security guards to help send them home.
For a moment, Lijia Village was bustling with laughter and joy.
Jiang Caier also came back from vacation and participated in the whole event.
As there are too many elderly people in the village, Li Xiang no longer organizes tours, fearing that the elderly would be exhausted from the long journey. It would be bad if something happened to them outside.
Li Xiang thought that many elderly people in the village might not live to see the end of the world, so one of his goals was to let them enjoy their old age as much as possible and live comfortably in their limited remaining life.
The villagers of Lijia Village are all related. Going back several generations, their ancestors all lived under the same roof.
In addition to the dividends and gifts from Lijia Village, Li Xiang's other businesses were also busy with this matter. All employees of the jade processing factory, the jewelry store, and Yongye Media received a share.
Because his sister-in-law worked diligently and was a family member, Li Xiang gave her a lot of money, a total of 800,000 yuan.
Li Xiang privately told his younger aunt to keep it a secret and not to reveal it to anyone, especially not to tell his eldest aunt, second aunt, or grandmother.
Because grandma is soft-hearted, if the eldest and second aunts come to make a fuss, grandma will inevitably come over to plead for mercy.
In fact, my aunt is a very shrewd person. Even if Li Xiang didn't remind her, she wouldn't tell anyone.
When grandma learned about her aunt's "romance", she was very pleased and asked her to bring her back to see her during the Chinese New Year.
As his cousin's wedding was approaching, Li Xiang joked that he would let his aunt and cousin hold the wedding together. It would also be a good story for the mother and son to have their wedding on the same day.
Li Xiang handed the task of building the ancestral hall over to Li Jinyu and Li Yucheng for supervision. They would not work for free and were paid 300 yuan per person per day. The construction team was a small force transferred from the shelter.
Anyway, the construction work for such an ancestral hall is not too big, so it should be no problem to finish it before the Chinese New Year. This construction team is a master at building ancient style buildings, and they have never cut corners in past cooperation, so the quality is good.
Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui are in charge of the auditions for the village evening show and are very busy.
Jiang Caier and Li Xiang bought new haircutting tools and gave haircuts to the elderly in the village in advance. They did it earlier this year while the weather was good. They were all very energetic and would come to visit the village in the evening.
Jiang Caier has special abilities. With the help of quantum computers, she can cut hair better than Li Xiang and three times faster. The hairstyle she cuts is very suitable for everyone's head shape. Even if it is the same flat head, Jiang Caier's haircut will look better.
Everyone praised her, saying that Cai'er was clever and skillful, and that Li Xiang had found a good wife.
"Please ask my skillful wife to help me cut my hair!" Finally, Li Xiang also sat down to experience Jiang Caier's craftsmanship.
When cutting Li Xiang's hair, Jiang Caier was naturally more attentive. She didn't care about the ugly buzz cut, but designed a "handsome guy hairstyle" for him with a name called "Qingfeng Lueying" - the hair on both sides gradually becomes short like a steep peak, with two centimeters of stubble on the top that is slightly swept back, and the loose hair on the forehead is curled into a natural arc with a curling iron.
Her quantum computer designed more than 3,000 men's hairstyles in a flash, but she finally chose this one. From designing the hairstyle to choosing the result, it took only 0.1 seconds. It must be said that her ability is too abnormal.
When the razor finally swept across Li Xiang's temples, the aunties and grandmas who were watching suddenly fell silent. They saw that Li Xiang's jawline was made even sharper by his hairstyle, and his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes made him look like a god of war from the fairyland. There is no martial arts drama that can find such a handsome male star. Perhaps only in beautiful anime can there be a few who can match him.
But then, the aunties and grandmas couldn't help but talk about it.
"Xiangya has a great hairstyle and looks so handsome! If I were a few decades younger, I would also like to marry him." An elderly lady joked.
An auntie pulled Auntie Jiang aside and said, "Cai'er is so lucky to have found such a handsome and promising man. He is truly a golden son-in-law."
Aunt Jiang was in a good mood. The more the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, the more she liked him.
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Jiang Caier touched Li Xiang's hair with her slender hands, smiled knowingly, and was quite satisfied with her masterpiece.
After the haircut was completed, the scene was cleaned and the equipment was packed up. Jiang Caier followed Li Xiang to pack the stools, washbasins, shampoos, hairdressing tools, etc. and move them back to the utility room of Li Xiang's house.
With people coming and going in the village, the system warehouse was naturally inconvenient to use, so Li Xiang carried two boxes, and Jiang Caier was also responsible for a box, which she put on the back of the robot dog and carried away.
Entering the utility room, I put the boxes on the storage rack. These tools will be used next year. Providing free haircuts to the elderly is one of the welfare benefits of the village. The elderly are old and it is inconvenient to go to a shop outside for a haircut. Not only is the distance far, but many barber shops do not like to serve the elderly.
"So handsome, give me a kiss!" When Li Xiang put the box away and turned around, Jiang Caier came closer and pushed Li Xiang against the shelf.
"Cai'er is so proactive today?" Li Xiang was excited. He was the one who took the initiative in the past, but he didn't expect that Jiang Cai'er was in such high spirits today that she wanted to press him against the wall.
"Hmph, now that I've made you look so handsome, I really want to enjoy my masterpiece! Here's the copyright fee~" Jiang Caier's face flushed, her eyes were strained, and her red lips moved closer.
For a moment, the small storage room was filled with infinite beauty.
(End of this chapter)
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