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And so, Wang Guangning and Zhang Lingyi officially began a true cohabitation, living a life of no shame and no trouble?\n
Pooh, of course it wouldnât be so smooth!\n
Certainly, it was Zhang Lingyiâs expectation that, since they had at long last expressed their true feelings, and even had intimate relations, of course they should from now on indulge in âmusic and songâ nightly, since the night of a rendezvous was always too short, etc.\n
But the truth was that Wang Guangning was promptly sucked into endless overtime work.\n
Zhang Lingyi knew that Fumaokaisi was planning to establish a foothold in the mainland. As the marketing manager, it was natural for Wang Guangning to have a heavy workload. But for the workload to be so massive that he had to work till midnight every night â wasnât it too absurd? There was even one time he had to pull an all-nighter!\n
Zhang Lingyi felt sorry for Wang Guangning. So every night, he would prepare supper that would be ready for him on arrival. But a few times, Wang Guangning was so tired that he didnât have an appetite, and went straight to bed.\n
âLingyi, Iâm still going to be busy over this case. You donât have to wait up for me every day.â A few times, Wang Guangning saw that Zhang Lingyi had fallen asleep on the sofa while waiting for him â he couldnât bear this too.\n
âNo wife to hug, so canât sleep soundly!â Zhang Lingyi pulled him into his embrace: âThis is my benefit, you canât deprive me of it.â\n
Wang Guangning was so exhausted that he didnât have the mood to persuade him. He took a quick shower and was about to head off to sleep.\n
âEat something first!â Zhang Lingyi carried a bowl of egg-drop soup to him. Food eaten at night shouldnât be too oily, yet he was afraid that Wang Guangning would be hungry, so he cooked a lighter soup.\n
Wang Guangning happened to be a little thirsty, so he accepted the soup and drank it all.\n
âIâll brush your teeth for you.â Zhang Lingyi waited till heâd finished, before pressing in with his lips, and using the tip of his tongue to sweep across all his teeth.\n
Wang Guangning hugged him in response.\n
âDo it or not?â Wang Guangning was aroused till he was just about ready for action.\n
Though Zhang Lingyi also wanted it, he shook his head in the end: âSleep earlier. You still have to work tomorrow.â\n
Zhang Lingyi went off to wash the dishes, and Wang Guangning to brush his teeth. When the two of them were done, Zhang Lingyi brought Wang Guangning to bed.\n
When they lay down, Wang Guangning let out a breath comfortably.\n
âWhy busy to this extent?â Zhang Lingyi couldnât help frowning.\n
Because their two companies were in the same industry, there was definitely competition between them, so all this time, Zhang Lingyi hadnât asked about Wang Guangningâs situation. But now, he felt too bad to hold back anymore.\n
Wang Guangning didnât intend to be on guard against Zhang Lingyi, and said: âDuring this period, weâve been discussing distributorship matters. Thereâs usually a lot to handle anyway, but not long ago, two of my marketing staff were poached by DM China. Their work was all dumped on me, so naturally thereâs too much to do.â\n
Zhang Lingyiâs eyes twitched â he recalled that Wang Guangning had a grand total of two staff members under him: âYouâre saying DM China poached all your staff â itâs so easy to poach your staff?â\n
Itâs known that Fumaokaisiâs salaries and benefits werenât considered low for the industry.\n
Wang Guangning gave a mild smile: âYup, doubled the salary, so they both left.â\n
The corner of Zhang Lingyiâs mouth quirked. He himself specialized in HR, so of course he understood what doubling the salary meant: âSomethingâs wrong with DM China? Doubling the salary to poach two junior staff?â\n
When luring staff over, an increase in salary would usually be restricted to 15 to 30 percent. As this concerned labour costs and fair pay, even an exceptional talent would rarely get anything beyond this range. An increase beyond 30 percent would need special permission from the head office.\n
Only when the one being poached had been getting a salary far below the industry average, or the company was in urgent need of talent, could there be an increase beyond 50 percent. As for double âŠâŠ\n
Zhang Lingyi had been hiring for his company for a long time, but heâd yet to come across a boss who could hire someone in this way. The reason was simple â every department had a set budget, and the departmentâs salaries were all included in the costs for the boss. Usually, bosses would rather give up talented people than to let those under them eat up too much of their costs.\n
DM China was an established enterprise. Why would it make such a wrong-headed move?\n
Zhang Lingyi expressed how puzzling it was.\n
Wang Guangning said: âDo you know whoâs the marketing manager of DM Chinaâs southern China branch?â\n
Zhang Lingyi quickly went through the list of industry names in his mind. As an HR manager, he was quite clear about the various heads of department in the industry: âXu Guohui?â\n
âYup.â\n
Zhang Lingyi realized right away: âYouâre saying that Xu Guohui is intentionally attacking you?â\n
Wang Guangning said: âIf he wasnât attacking me intentionally, I canât understand why he would spend twice the amount of money to poach the people under me.â\n
It was very common to switch jobs within an industry. Whatâs more, the other party had offered such a huge benefit.\n
Wang Guangning didnât blame his staff for going to DM China. What was more troublesome was that the distributor he was in talks with was also a big distributor with DM China â this put him at a big disadvantage.\n
âFck, Xu-the-Dick must be sick! Is it his job to bite handsome guys?â Xu Guohui had once tarred Wang Guangning on their school forum, and was crowned with the moniker, Â âF Uniâs No. 1 Loserâ. Zhang Lingyi already had a poor impression of him, calling him Xu-the-Dick this and Xu-the-Dick that. Now, he was even more certain of his judgement that he was acting out of jealousy.\n
Wang Guangning was tickled by Zhang Lingyiâs expressions, and laughed lightly. He pulled Zhang Lingyiâs arms around him more tightly (Author: Thatâs right, he was hugged and hugged by Zhang Little-Gong so often that he was no longer afraid of feeling ticklish âŠâŠ): âWho knows? Now HR and the headhunters are urgently scouting for staff for me, but there hasnât been anyone really suitable within such a short timeframe. And they must even be familiar with how DM Chinaâs distributors supply materials.â\n
Zhang Lingyi kissed Wang Guangningâs neck: âNo hurry, do it slowly â you rest well.â\n
âOK.â Wang Guangning couldnât stand it much longer â after saying that, he fell asleep.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator">\nWang Guangning had originally been prepared to fight a protracted war. But who knew that after a few days, HR called him ecstatically to tell him that two of DM Chinaâs marketing staff had taken the initiative to apply for positions in their company. Interviews were arranged with the marketing department that very day.\n
Wang Guangning met the two staff members.\n
It turned out that DM Chinaâs marketing department didnât have that heavy a workload. When Xu Guohui hired two more people at once, it resulted in a further division of power. This already caused unhappiness, so when they also heard that those two had come in on double their salary, the two existing staff members were instantly furious.\n
Xu Guohui was a harsh boss. When heâd first hired them, heâd suppressed their salaries, and when challenged, only gave an increase of about 5 percent. But since DM China was a brand name, they swallowed it down.\n
After entering DM China, they found that Xu Guohui was someone who got envious whenever someone displayed their strengths, and wouldnât let them touch anything to do with the core of the business. They were already carrying a lot of resentment, and now when the department absolutely didnât need new staff, heâd invited two ârespected bodhisattvasâ â what existing staff would be able to accept this!\n
They were already looking for other opportunities, but as DM China was quite high-level, they hadnât expected to be able to find something better to jump to. Who wouldâve known that, just then, Fumaokaisi would be looking for people, so they sent over their CVs.\n
Wang Guangning had a chat with the two of them, and found that they were quite high-quality. The abilities of one called Yu Jing already qualified him for a promotion, and more importantly, they were both very familiar with DM Chinaâs style of working with distributors.\n
On the spot, Wang Guangning gave the two an offer â each person to have a 20 percent raise, and one of them would be promoted to senior staff.\n
Those two were naturally overjoyed, and went to Xu Guohui straightaway to resign.\n
Xu Guohui was enraged â then and there, he promised to double their salaries to make them stay.\n
Those two staff members had the impression of being smacked by banknotes in the middle of walking. But the one called Yu Jing, who was offered a promotion by Wang Guangning â after some deliberation, he decided to resign anyway and went to Fumaokaisi.\n
The other staff member gave a call to Wang Guangning, telling him what Xu Guohui had offered. His intention was very simple â personally, he didnât want to continue working under Xu Guohui, but DM Chinaâs salary was too tempting. If Fumaokaisi was willing to increase his salary even more, he would still consider Fumaokaisi.\n
Wang Guangning felt at that moment that Xu Guohui had truly gone mad. He gave a polite reply to that staff: âIâm sorry, but my companyâs budget only allows for this amount of increase. You should weigh the pros and cons for yourself â is it the salary that attracts you, or your future development in this area.â\n
That staff member hemmed and hawed for a while, but finally chose to stay at DM China. After all, on the matter of doubling his salary, no other company would be able to offer this.\n
The staff called Yu Jing took up his post very soon. After that, the headhunters recommended a few more people. Wang Guangning interviewed them and decided upon someone who once held a post at Huidi International.\n
Getting the staff onboard so quickly soon eased the pressure on Wang Guangning. It was especially the arrival of Yu Jing, who was familiar with how DM China worked with distributors, that led to them redoubling their strength.\n
When the weekend came, Wang Guangning could finally rest for a whole day. So, before the break, he invited the two new staff and his own assistant for a meal.\n
âKinsley, from what I know, Xu Guohui had offered to double your salary. Why didnât you continue at DM China?â Wang Guangning asked Yu Jing curiously. Although they hadnât worked together for long, Yu Jing was a clever and capable person, and even more commendably, he wasnât prideful despite being favoured for his abilities, but was quite down-to-earth. Wang Guangning admired him a lot.\n
Yu Jing smiled: âIâve worked with Xu Guohui for two years, and heâd never given me a promotion or a raise. For him to give me so much suddenly, it scared me.â\n
âPoohâââ The other new staff member, Wei Yiwen, choked when he heard this: âThereâs someone whoâs scared of a raise?â\n
Yu Jing solemnly said: âOf course itâs scary. Xu Guohui wants to attack Fumaokaisi now, so heâs surely willing to spend money on me. But once this is over, who knows how long I can stay under him âŠâŠÂ whatâs more âŠâŠâ Yu Jing paused, and glanced at Wang Guangning: âI feel that Boss Wang has more foresight. Though he didnât offer me a lot of money, he gave me a promotion. Youâve got to know, during my two years at DM China, DMâs market share increased by 20 percent, but Xu Guohui never promoted me.â\n
Wei Yiwen heard this and went, âOhââthatâs right, a good boss is more important. I also feel that Brother Ning does things reliably. Come, Brother Ning, let me toast you.â\n
Wang Guangning looked gloomy [lit. had a face full of black lines] as he received the toast: âNo bootlicking.â\n
Wei Yiwen seriously replied: âHow can the boots not be licked â Brother Ning, youâre my boss, from the very day I joined Fumaokaisi, I told myself, I must use my life to lick your boots!â\n
Wang Guangning: ââŠâŠâ\n
Yu Jing: ââŠâŠâ\n
Assistant: ââŠâŠâ\n
Wang Guangning turned to his assistant: âGive a shout to HR, tell them to fire Evan next week. Since heâs still under probation, thereâs no need for compensation.â\n
Wei Yiwen immediately leapt forward and latched onto his thigh [a metaphor for toadying, but he literally did it]: âIâm wrong, Brother Ning, I have old and young ones to feed, you mustnât fire me âŠâŠ even if you do fire me, you must wait till probation is over â at least thereâs compensation!â\n
Wang Guangningâs eyes twitched: âNot firing you is fine, but you have to promise me one thing.â\n
Wei Yiwenâs eyes immediately glittered: âBrother Ning, say it â as long as you donât fire me, even risking my life is no problem.â\n
âThen for this yearâs company annual dinner, youâre in charge of our departmentâs performance.â At past annual dinners, because the marketing staff were rather dull, even though they spent a long time discussing what to perform, they always ended up reciting a poem. This year with Wei Yiwen, this joker â just hand the trouble over to him.\n
âAccepted!â Wei Yiwen clapped his hands, and continued to eat.\n
âBut Iâm quite curious, how did Kinsley come to submit his CV to our company?â Usually, the relationship between competitors required more sensitivity, so it was rare for staff to pay direct attention to opportunities from the other side â most were hired through the recommendations of headhunters.\n
Yu Jing said: âThis was quite interesting â actually, a headhunter had recommended me to Huidi Internationalâs sales department. Iâm not interested in sales, but I didnât want to stay under Xu Guohui, so I wanted to check out the conditions at Huidi. I happened to have a chat with their HRâs Manager Zhang, and Manager Zhang mentioned that Fumaokaisi was looking for marketing staff. So, I came over.â\n
Wang Guangning raised his brows: âZhang Lingyiâs recommendation?â\n
âYou know Manager Zhang?â Yu Jing smiled. âNot really a recommendation. Manager Zhang is quite good, and very well-known in the industry. His professionalism is top-notch â after a chat, he also felt that I wasnât suitable for sales, but since Huidiâs marketing department didnât have a vacancy, he mentioned Fumaokaisi.â\n
Wang Guangning mysteriously laughed a little.\n
âManager Zhang is truly, freaking awesome!â Wei Yiwen interrupted as he ate: âPreviously, he was the one who hired me for Huidi, and after I left, he even gave me quite a few suggestions on how to develop my career. Heheh, actually, before I came to Fumaokaisi, I asked for his opinion. He was very supportive, so there was no turning back for me â I ran all the way here to latch onto Brother Ningâs thigh.â\n