2: Chapter 2 The top salesperson was fired
Chen Hao rubbed his eyes and waved his hand, confirming repeatedly that the text before him was real and wouldn't go away.
Numbly, he tried to understand the system's rules.
"Method of exchange: first obtain a goddess token, then use the token to exchange for points. Points can be exchanged for money, abilities, and enhancements."
"I need a goddess token? My ex-girlfriend ran off with someone else; where am I supposed to get a goddess token?"
Chen Hao was just about to start cursing.
[Ding]
[Host has bound 1 person]
[Lin Xiaomeng]
[Age: 27]
[Height: 165 cm]
[Weight: 64.9 kg]
[Beauty: 7.8/10]
[Specialty: Accounting Expert]
[goddess token: Luxury Goods]
[Current Favorability toward Host: 20]
[System Evaluation: Two-faced, vain, rebellious by nature, and ungrateful]
[Note: When favorability reaches 100, an additional reward can be obtained: one Rebellious Bone Pill (can accelerate the repair of one's skeletal structure)]
Setting aside her vanity and rebellious nature for a moment, Lin Xiaomeng's token was luxury goods?
Since they had broken up anyway, he might as well try handing everything over to the system for exchange!
What if it was real!
It wouldn't hurt to try!
He forced himself to forget the resentment of being cheated on and shifted his focus, otherwise he would truly go insane.
No sooner said than done. He rode a public electric scooter back to the bottom of his rented apartment building and hurried upstairs into the unit.
He took out all the luxury goods he had bought for Lin Xiaomeng and threw them onto the bed in a heap.
"Let's see if I'm crazy. The verification begins."
He casually picked up an LV bag.
"I want to exchange this."
[System scanning...]
The LV bag in Chen Hao's hand actually vanished into thin air.
“Holy crap! It actually worked?”
[Exchange complete]
[System determination: Lin Xiaomeng's current favorability toward the host is 10. The token can be exchanged for 10 points]
“It really can be exchanged?”
Chen Hao immediately picked up the other luxury items, including the rings, necklaces, bags, designer clothes, and the diamond ring he had bought for Lin Xiaomeng.
Since he was the one who bought these for her and she was the one who cheated first, this was a good way to put them to use.
[All exchanges complete]
A total of 18 items were exchanged. Each item was worth 20 points, totaling 360 points.
[Current usable points: 360]
He casually clicked on the exchange page, which showed three options.
[Money] [Ability] [Enhancement]
"Money is king. If you've got the guts, give me money. I want to see if this system is actually real."
[Exchange for Money: 1 point can be exchanged for 10,000 Yuan]
Without hesitation, he exchanged all 360 points.
"Ding."
His phone vibrated.
[Your ICBC account ending in 0178 has received an external transfer of 3,600,000.00 Yuan]
In disbelief, he rubbed his eyes and carefully counted the zeros in the bank transfer.
3.6 million!
“Damn! I really received the money!”
Doesn't that mean as long as he binds goddesses everywhere, increases their favorability, and gets their tokens, he'll have an endless supply of money!
Before this, if Lin Xiaomeng hadn't cheated on him or if he didn't know she was messing around with Wang Kaiming, Chen Hao would have certainly scoffed at the system's reward mechanism.
But now, for the sake of money, he really could...
“Ding-dong, ding-dong.”
Messages kept flooding into the DingTalk company group.
“Buzz, buzz.”
The phone vibrated incessantly, disturbing Chen Hao's excitement.
He opened it to see a private message from the company's Vice President, Wang Liguo.
“Chen Hao, by decision of the company board, you are fired.”
Vice President Wang was Wang Kaiming's uncle and held the power over company management and human resources.
No need to ask; this was Wang Kaiming's retaliation, arriving right on schedule.
He replied with a question.
“What's the reason?”
“Because you are frequently absent from the office and your performance evaluation for this month is at the very bottom, which shows your ability is insufficient for the role.”
Chen Hao was so angry he laughed.
Retaliation is one thing, but what a pathetic excuse.
He, Chen Hao, was the lifeblood of the company. Every sales channel and client had been established by him. To use 'frequent absence' and 'performance evaluation' as such lame excuses was ridiculous!
“I do not accept this reason.”
Vice President Wang replied immediately.
“That's not up to you. Come back to the company immediately to handle the resignation procedures, then get the hell out!”
Suppressing his anger, Chen Hao typed back.
“Get this straight: I've been the Sales Champion for four consecutive years. Are you sure you can handle the consequences of letting me go?”
Vice President Wang answered quickly.
“Young man, have some self-awareness. Your performance evaluations for the past two months didn't meet the sales standards. The company won't collapse without you.”
Chen Hao wanted to laugh even more.
“I've been with this company for four years since its startup phase; I have more seniority than you as Vice President. Every bit of business the company had over those four years was secured by me. Now that the company is listed and making money, you want to kill the donkey once it's finished the grinding?”
Vice President Wang sneered.
“Don't flatter yourself. Firing you was a decision by the board of directors. You have no other choice.”
What a classic case of 'killing the donkey'!
Chen Hao stubbornly typed his response.
“Fine, let's talk about compensation then.”
Immediately after, HR Manager Li sent a message.
“Regrettably, Chen Hao, the company directors have decided to optimize you.”
“Regarding the severance pay, I can offer an N-month compensation plan.”
“Since you've been with the company for four years, we will pay you four months' worth of severance.”
Chen Hao countered immediately.
“As the non-breaching party having my labor contract terminated without cause, the compensation should be 2N.”
“Additionally, you need to pay one month's salary in lieu of notice, making it 2N+1, plus the three years of quarterly bonuses and the year-end bonus you owe me.”
Vice President Wang immediately sent a furious voice message.
“You're dreaming if you think you're getting all that! You even want year-end and quarterly bonuses!”
“Forget it. There's no 2N+1; at most, we'll give you N. If you don't like it, go to Labor Arbitration. The company can afford to wait!”
HR Manager Li chimed in with a text.
“How about this: we both take a step back. The company can give you N+1. Don't even think about the year-end bonus or quarterly dividends. The company has already been more than fair to you.”
More than fair!
Truly laughable.
It was Chen Hao who worked the company to its current state. Without him, there would be no listed company today.
And now, for the sake of a well-connected relative, they wanted to lay off the company's lifeblood? Fine!
“Then I'll go to arbitration and see who blinks first!”
Following that, HR Manager Li kept sending long-winded messages, the gist of which was:
“Let's part on good terms; don't make things unpleasant.”
“You'll need to find another job later, and large companies all require background checks. If you don't cooperate, your background check won't have a positive evaluation.”
“You should think about your own career.”
Chen Hao didn't even bother reading Manager Li's threats.
“Cut the crap. Issue me a notice of termination and a certificate of resignation. I'm coming back to the company right now to finish the procedures.”
On his way from the rented apartment to the company, Xiao Zhao from HR sent a message.
“Brother Chen, Manager Li from HR just sent an email telling me to revoke all your access permissions.”
“It's fine. We're all just workers; I understand.”
By the time Chen Hao returned to the Entrepreneurship Building, his keycard had already been deactivated. He managed to catch an elevator with a colleague, but his computer wouldn't open, and he couldn't log into any company software on his phone.
While Chen Hao was packing his personal belongings, he saw HR Manager Li walking over and immediately turned on his phone's recording function.
Manager Li stood before Chen Hao and handed him the termination notice and the Resignation Certificate.
The reason for termination was written as: Incompetence for the current position.
Chen Hao gave a cold laugh but didn't protest. As he packed his things, he remarked:
“Out of professional ethics, I'm kindly reminding Manager Li—are you sure my work doesn't need a handover?”
HR Manager Li crossed his arms and gave a cold smile.
“You really think highly of yourself. The company won't stop running without you. Stop stalling and get the hell out!”
As Chen Hao left with his things, the employees were buzzing with gossip, whispering to each other everywhere.
This was unprecedented!
The Sales Champion was actually fired!
There was simply no justice!