45: Time is money

Zhou Kaitian said with a smile, "Thank you all for your kindness. I'm just doing what I can."

Qian Ziyong said, "Manager Zhou, from today onwards, you're not allowed to give speeches to the employees anymore!"

"Why?" Zhou Kaitian asked, puzzled.

Li Lian and Zhu Daqiang also looked at Qian Ziyong in confusion.

Qian Ziyong said, "I said a long time ago that meetings with employees are not allowed!"

"At most, one meeting per week!"

"You giving speeches to employees every day wastes a lot of their time, and that's wrong!"

Zhou Kaitian quickly explained, "I only took up twenty minutes."

He felt a bit wronged; he had only taken up twenty minutes.

It should be known that the Gold Medal Lecturer newly hired by Yongnian Supermarket gave one-hour speeches to employees every day.

Qian Ziyong shook his head, "Forget twenty minutes, not even one second is allowed!"

"We have 1,500 employees. If you take up twenty minutes of each person's time, that's equivalent to 30,000 minutes wasted."

"That's equivalent to 5,000 hours."

"208 days!"

"Didn't our teacher teach us, 'An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time'?"

"You waste 208 days of others' time in one day. How much time of the employees have you wasted?"

Zhou Kaitian was stunned by Qian Ziyong's words.

Why did he feel like what he had been doing recently was a heinous crime?

He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.

Li Lian and Zhu Daqiang also looked at each other.

Li Lian stepped forward and said, "But Manager Zhou's speeches have increased the turnover of our supermarket and Hot Pot Restaurant!"

Qian Ziyong waved his hand, "Didn't I just say so?"

"An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time. Money lost can be earned back, but time is more important than money!"

What Qian Ziyong was thinking was that precisely because Zhou Kaitian's speeches increased the turnover of the supermarket and Hot Pot Restaurant, he was determined not to let Zhou Kaitian give speeches.

Anyway, no matter what, he had to find a reason to make Zhou Kaitian stop giving speeches.

This couldn't go on!

"Alright!" Zhou Kaitian felt a bit wronged, but still nodded.

Seeing Zhou Kaitian agree, Qian Ziyong was finally satisfied.

...

Meanwhile, at Yongnian Supermarket.

Manager Li excitedly arrived at the boss's office.

As soon as he entered, he said, "Boss, I have good news for you! The Gold Medal Lecturer of Feihuang Supermarket is no longer giving speeches!"

"Really?" Yamazumi Arimatsu's eyes widened.

Manager Li nodded heavily, "Really!"

"My mole in Feihuang Supermarket sent news that it seems Zhou Kaitian offended their boss and was suspended from giving speeches!"

"He even heard Qian Ziyong furious in the boss's office."

"After Zhou Kaitian came out of their boss's office, he immediately issued an order that there would be no more speeches from now on."

"Haha," Yamazumi Arimatsu burst out laughing, "Heaven is truly helping me!"

Manager Li was also overjoyed.

Only Liu Gaoda, who was standing nearby, had a rather grim expression.

Yamazumi Arimatsu noticed Liu Gaoda's expression and immediately became a little displeased, "You are already a member of our Yongnian Supermarket!"

"Don't still have lingering feelings for Feihuang Supermarket!"

"Do you understand?"

"Yes." Liu Gaoda lowered his head, feeling wronged.

Yamazumi Arimatsu smiled, no longer paying attention to Liu Gaoda, and instead said to Manager Sun, who was beside him:

"Strike while the iron is hot. Let's seize this opportunity to redouble our efforts."

"Let's make sure Yongnian Supermarket never recovers!"

"Have the Gold Medal Lecturer increase the workload; each employee must listen to at least two hours of speeches."

"I'll go arrange it now." Manager Li ran out excitedly.

...

Inside Feihuang Supermarket, Zhu Daqiang rushed into the boss's office in a hurry.

"Boss, something bad has happened!"

Qian Ziyong was deep in thought, and hearing Zhu Daqiang's urgent cry, he was immediately overjoyed.

He stood up and hastily asked, "What happened?"

"Zhou Kaitian is gone!" Zhu Daqiang said, "I went to Manager Zhou's rented room, and no one was there. I couldn't find him at the Hot Pot Restaurant or the supermarket either!"

"Zhou Kaitian is gone?" Qian Ziyong was a little surprised.

After thinking for a moment, Qian Ziyong asked, "Did he resign then?"

Zhu Daqiang shook his head.

Qian Ziyong smiled, "Then what are you worried about?"

In Qian Ziyong's opinion, it was good that Zhou Kaitian left.

As long as he could pay Zhou Kaitian's salary, it didn't matter much.

Zhou Kaitian had harmed him in the supermarket, making him earn a lot of money.

He had even been thinking about driving Zhou Kaitian away.

Now that Zhou Kaitian was gone and he could still pay his salary, it couldn't be better.

Seeing that Qian Ziyong wasn't worried at all, Zhu Daqiang scratched his head.

Qian Ziyong said, "He's over forty, and he's traveled north and south for so many years. Are you really worried about his safety?"

Zhu Daqiang shook his head.

Qian Ziyong smiled, "Manager Zhou is in his forties and hasn't even held a girl's hand yet. Maybe he went to hold hands!"

"Don't disturb his life."

Of course, he didn't want to disturb Zhou Kaitian's life, nor was he worried about Zhou Kaitian's safety; he was worried about the supermarket and the Hot Pot Restaurant.

It should be known that they were currently competing with Yongnian Supermarket, and it was a fierce rivalry!

"Boss, I heard that the Gold Medal Lecturer of Yongnian Supermarket is now giving two-hour speeches to employees."

"In that case, if Yongnian Supermarket does even better, won't we be unable to compete with them?" Zhu Daqiang asked worriedly.

Qian Ziyong, on the contrary, started laughing, "Yongnian Supermarket is competing by making employees listen to two-hour speeches."

"How much time will they waste!"

Zhu Daqiang said, "But they are wasting the employees' time."

Zhu Daqiang thought to himself, "They're wasting the employees' time, not the supermarket's time."

Of course, these words could only be thought, never spoken aloud.

Because their boss valued his employees very much!

Qian Ziyong thought for a moment and said, "Speaking of employees, I think we can give them some more benefits."

"It seems there have been fewer employees eating hot pot recently!"

Zhu Daqiang said, "Boss, it's not that the hot pot isn't delicious anymore."

"It's just that we've been eating it for several months, and most people are a bit tired of it!"

"Besides, Boss, you told employees to eat more meat."

"Meat, it tastes good at first, but eating a lot of meat and fish every day, it's really unbearable!"

Hearing this, Qian Ziyong also nodded in agreement.

He had also been eating hot pot every day for the past few months.

After all, hot pot was free.

Although he had previously fleeced the system for 50,000, he was still reluctant to use that money.

He still wanted to buy a villa!

He didn't want to use his own money to eat, and he really didn't want to eat hot pot anymore.

Qian Ziyong thought to himself, "This can't go on!"

"If the employees don't eat hot pot, how will I lose money?"

"I have to make the employees eat!"

After thinking for a moment, Qian Ziyong waved his hand and said, "I've decided. Our Feihuang Supermarket will add a new employee benefit: we'll open a home-style restaurant."

"You might get tired of hot pot, but you won't get tired of home-style dishes, right!"

Zhu Daqiang nodded.

Of course, you wouldn't get tired of home-style dishes.

After all, everyone eats them at home every day, every month.

"Boss, our business is declining now. I think we shouldn't increase employee benefits anymore!"

"We can't let costs rise further; otherwise, we'll lose money!"

Zhu Daqiang did not quite agree.