271: Chapter 271 Year-End Lottery - 1

“No, no, no! Sister Yao Yao, you’ve really misunderstood!”

Ashes’s voice rose two octaves: “Not poaching, but borrowing! It’s a temporary loan! Every penny Brother Ye spends here, we’ll return to you in full! Not a single cent will be kept!”

At this point, Zhi Xia interjected, a little confused: “Brother Ashes, I know about the boost, but isn’t it a bit too early to start thinking about this at the beginning of the month?”

“Zhi Xia, you don’t understand, this boost mechanism gets harder and harder to achieve, otherwise I wouldn’t have come to inquire about it last month.”

Ashes sighed helplessly: “To be honest, last month our group broadcast boost was short by over 10,000. Fortunately, the shortfall wasn’t big, and with the platform’s extra rebates, we still made a profit. In the end, we used a guild account to make up the numbers. But if we don’t have a big spender to cover us this month, the group broadcast will just give up.”

“Give up?” Zhi Xia was a little surprised.

“Yes.”

Ashes affirmed: “Chasing revenue and cultivating big spenders are two completely different Operator logics. If it’s clear we can’t reach the target this month, then it’s better to focus our energy on developing and maintaining new big spenders.”

Su Ning listened, pouted, and her tone was flat: “He’s not going. If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”

“Don’t, Sister Yao Yao!”

Ashes quickly stopped her, throwing out his final bargaining chip: “As long as this boost reaches the target, the guild can give you an additional 12% back for whatever Brother Ye spends in the group broadcast! For example, if Brother Ye spends 100,000, in addition to your normal settlement, the guild will give you an extra 12,000!”

“…”

Su Ning finished paying for her breakfast order, looking at the “Order Completed” prompt, her finger unconsciously tracing lines on her phone case.

To be honest, when she heard “full refund” and “12%,” her heart indeed skipped a beat, and for a moment, she was tempted.

Lately, she always felt like she had “lost a lot.”

Of the gifts Brother Ye gave her, she only truly received about thirty percent.

The rest was either earned by middlemen or used by her to “invest” in buying things for the young master.

If it weren't for her vague feeling that the young master was mostly just teasing her and hadn't shown any “sexual interest” in that regard, she would have almost blurted out her feelings and asked him to “keep” her.

Anyway, she didn’t dislike the young master at all, and even…

Ahem, anyway, she didn't dislike him!

If she could get the additional 12% rebate Ashes mentioned, like when Brother Ye spent 330,000 sound waves in one go last time, she could earn nearly 40,000 yuan more!

40,000 yuan!

How many cups of milk tea! How many loving breakfasts!

However, temptation was one thing, but Su Ning was not foolish at all.

Pushing her own big spender to another section, especially into the hands of an Operator like Ashes, who had a “bad record” before, was something she would never do, even if it killed her.

She would rather earn a little less than shake the foundation of “Brother Ye”!

This was the very basis of Su Ning's livelihood!

Thinking of this, Su Ning took a deep breath, her tone becoming exceptionally firm:

“He’s not going. Brother Ye will only spend in my channel, nowhere else. Don’t bother me with this kind of thing again.”

After speaking, she hung up the call without giving Ashes a chance to speak again, letting out a long sigh of relief.

Honestly, refusing felt pretty good at that moment, but thinking of the tens of thousands of yuan that flew away… it still stung quite a bit.

She shook her head, casting that struggle aside, and walked out of the room with light steps, ready to harass…

Ah no, to greet her dear young master.

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In the living room, Jiang Ye was sitting sprawled on the sofa, while Ye Cheng stood by the coffee table, scratching her head with a puzzled expression.

“Young master! Sister Juzi! Good morning!”

Su Ning smiled and leaned closer: “I ordered you lamb soup, shaomai, and soy milk, they should be here soon… Eh? What are you two doing?”

“Here…”

Ye Cheng shrugged, looking bewildered, and pointed her chin at the coffee table: “This guy says he’s giving us year-end bonuses, I don’t know what trick he’s up to now.”

Su Ning followed her gaze, seeing two neat rows of red envelopes stacked on the coffee table.

Judging by their flat thickness, they probably contained at most one or two hundred yuan.

“Young master, are you… are you giving out red envelopes?”

“That’s right!”

Jiang Ye, sitting on the sofa, straightened up with a smile, adopting a leadership demeanor:

“To commend the two beautiful ladies for their diligent efforts and strong support to the Jiang Group over the past two months! I, as the CEO of the corporation, have specially prepared generous year-end grand prizes for these two outstanding employees!”

He waved his arm, full of domineering: “There are 18 red envelopes here in total! Each person can choose 3! Whether you can win the grand prize depends on your luck and fortune!”

“Jiang Group…?”

Su Ning scratched her head, suddenly remembered something, her expression changed, and she dashed in front of Jiang Ye, extending her small hand:

“Alright! So you’re the CEO, huh?! Quick! Hurry up! Reimburse my round-trip airfare! 66!”

Jiang Ye: “…” His smile froze for a moment.

Ye Cheng blinked, then poked each of the red envelopes in the two rows, feeling their thickness, then pouted dismissively:

“So stingy, Boss Jiang, there’s at most two hundred inside, right? You play with Xiao Su, I have two interviews today, so I need to change and leave quickly. We can talk when I get back.”

With that, she turned to go back to her room.

Jiang Ye “tsk”ed, seemingly very dissatisfied with Ye Cheng’s uncooperative attitude.

He casually picked up the first red envelope on the left and handed it to Su Ning: “Xiao Su, come, open this one! Read out its contents loudly, so certain people who don’t know a good thing when they see it can hear!”

Su Ning took the red envelope skeptically and opened it. Inside, there were no banknotes as expected, only a folded slip of paper.

She unfolded the slip, her eyes scanning the words, and instantly widened: “Ten… ten thousand?! Cash?!”

“???”

Ye Cheng, who was about to return to her room to change, suddenly stopped, her expression instantly switching from “disdainful” to “tender as water.”

“Oh my, look at me, how foolish I was!”

She coughed, turned around, and walked back to the coffee table with graceful steps, her voice so sweet it could make one sick: “Husband is the greatest in the world~ What interviews? They can’t compare to playing games with my husband~ Work, well, I can always find another one~”