11: Must rest

Li Lian drank all the wine in his cup in one gulp.

Listening to Li Lian's narration, Qian Ziyong was filled with sorrow, and though he rarely drank, he also picked up his glass and emptied it.

"Brother Li, I will never forget your teachings: One, the renovation must be good. Two, don't have too many employees. Three, prices cannot be too low!"

"I regret it deeply!" Qian Ziyong blamed himself endlessly, wishing he could slap himself twice.

It was because of his impulsive decisions that the supermarket's earnings were now impossible to spend!

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. I was just showing off, please don't blame Brother Qian. If you hadn't listened well, the supermarket most likely wouldn't have been able to revive."

"And it certainly wouldn't be as popular as it is now." Li Lian said sincerely, filled with emotion.

He had truly seen it; he never knew a supermarket could be run this way.

Qian Ziyong had taught him a lesson.

He had traveled far and wide across the country, learning everywhere, yet he never expected the true master to be right beside him.

If he had known earlier, he would have stayed in Han City and humbly learned from Qian Ziyong!

"Boss Li! I need your help. I wonder if I could invite you to be a consultant for the supermarket?" Qian Ziyong said in a low voice.

He had already decided to transform the supermarket, and if possible, it would be best to have the supermarket's original owner manage it!

"Yes! Absolutely!" Li Lian was pleasantly surprised, "I was just about to ask you, my friend, if I could learn from you."

"No! No! What do I have that's worth learning? Please don't imitate me!" Qian Ziyong quickly advised against it.

He was going to lose money; he didn't want to lead Li Lian astray.

Li Lian was a good person, treating him to meals and even teaching him how to manage a supermarket.

Such a good brother was rare!

If Li Lian learned from his experience and opened his own supermarket, and if he lost too much money and ran out of it, wouldn't there be no one to treat him to meals in the future?

It would be best if he worked with him!

Using his valuable experience of losing money, he could lose a bit more!

Li Lian raised his glass: "My friend, you are good in every way, except you're too humble!"

"Brother!" Qian Ziyong looked at the large piece of lamb in front of him and sincerely called out "Brother"!

He continued: "You are doing things for me, yet I can't give you anything. I am ashamed."

"No salary is fine…" Li Lian hadn't finished speaking when he heard Qian Ziyong say: "One hundred thousand a month."

"Initially, it can only be this much, but I will definitely increase it later!"

"Pfft…" Li Lian spit out the wine in his mouth.

"What? One hundred thousand a month?" Li Lian looked at Qian Ziyong in disbelief.

Qian Ziyong thought he had offered too little and rubbed his head: "I'm sorry, Brother, I can only give you this much right now!"

He wanted to offer more salary, but the system had limitations.

"It's not too little, it's too much!" Li Lian felt unworthy of it.

By the way, if Qian Ziyong offered him such a high salary, would the supermarket still be profitable?

How much money had Qian Ziyong actually earned in these two months?

Li Lian quietly asked: "My friend, how much profit did the supermarket make in these two months?"

"Is one hundred thousand a lot?" Qian Ziyong still felt he had offered too little, thinking Li Lian looked down on such a small amount of money.

After all, Li Lian had been a boss, so it was only natural for him to look down on a fixed salary when Working for someone else.

"Over forty million after all expenses and taxes in two months." Qian Ziyong said quietly.

"Over forty million!" Li Lian exclaimed, "That's incredible!"

Qian Ziyong also found it incredible; how could he have earned so much?

Li Lian felt even more ashamed: "My friend, do you know how much I earned in the eight years I ran a supermarket?"

"How much?" Qian Ziyong was also curious.

Li Lian held up one finger and said: "Ten million."

"Only that much!" Qian Ziyong looked incredulous.

"That's already a lot." Li Lian said, "Of course, compared to a genius like you, it's naturally not worth mentioning."

Qian Ziyong was very embarrassed by the praise.

"My friend, I'm here to learn from you, so I should be paying you. Yet you're offering me such a high salary, I feel unworthy!" Li Lian said repeatedly.

Hearing Li Lian wanted to pay him and didn't want a salary.

Qian Ziyong jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Absolutely not!"

"Brother, you are a talent, and a talent should be treated as such. One hundred thousand, no less!"

"If it's any less, I'll fall out with you!"

It was not easy to find someone who could lighten his burden, so he had to hold on tightly.

One hundred thousand a month was one million two hundred thousand a year.

A burden of one million two hundred thousand was already quite a lot.

Looking at Qian Ziyong's sincere eyes, Li Lian was incredibly moved. He raised his glass: "No more words, it's all in the wine."

With that, Li Lian drank it all.

…

Inside the supermarket, Zhu Daqiang gathered all the employees.

Zhu Daqiang stood at the front: "The Boss said that tomorrow is a day off, no one needs to come in. The day after tomorrow, we will resume Working as usual!"

When his words fell, the employees were not as happy as expected. One employee stepped forward and asked: "Manager, why is the Boss giving us a day off? Tomorrow isn't a holiday."

All the employees were confused.

"Because the Boss's wife is here." Zhu Daqiang explained.

"The Boss's wife is here?" A female employee asked curiously, "Is the Boss's wife pretty? Didn't they say the Boss isn't married?"

Zhu Daqiang waved his hand: "Not the Boss's wife, but the Boss's mother!"

Only then did everyone understand it was the Boss's mother.

But they still didn't understand why the supermarket needed to close if the Boss's mother was visiting.

"Manager, I don't think we need a day off, and the supermarket doesn't need a day off either. Business is so good now, how much money will we lose by taking one day off?" An employee said.

More employees stepped forward and said: "That's right, we don't need a day off!"

In the past, when Working, they wished for a holiday every day.

Working at Feihuang Supermarket, however, they wished they wouldn't have a single day off.

The Boss was simply too good to them; they felt guilty even taking one day off!

Working at other supermarkets, they worked twelve hours a day for only three thousand in salary a month.

But at Feihuang Supermarket, they only worked a mere six hours a day for a salary of five thousand a month.

Moreover, the Boss said that even if they resigned or the supermarket closed down, the Boss would compensate them with n+1 based on the highest salary.

Human hearts are made of flesh; the Boss was so good to them that they could only work hard to be worthy of him.

"No rest, we don't need rest!"

Someone raised their arm and shouted loudly.

Immediately, over four hundred people all raised their arms.

"No rest!"

"No rest!"

…

Zhu Daqiang looked at the scene before him, feeling warmth in his heart.

This was the cohesion of their Feihuang Supermarket!

They had truly achieved a people-oriented approach, making employees genuinely consider the supermarket's interests.

However, this was a task given by the Boss, and he had to complete it.

But he didn't know how to tell the employees now.

Just then, a loud voice came from the side: "You must rest, no discussion!"