140: Chapter 140 Red Star Employees Full of Passion

At Chengdu South Station, Liu Wei stepped off the high-speed train with a weary face.

This was his third business trip this month, and he was exhausted both mentally and physically; at this moment, he just wanted to go to the hotel and get some rest.

After walking out of the high-speed railway station, Liu Wei was not in a rush to head to the hotel; it was not far away anyway.

He patted his pants pocket, wanting a cigarette to refresh his mind, only to find it empty.

That was when he remembered he had smoked his last one before boarding the train.

Fortunately, there was a Hongxing Chain convenience store nearby, so Liu Wei carried his laptop bag and walked toward it.

"Hello, welcome!"

The air conditioning inside the convenience store made Liu Wei feel refreshed.

He then spoke to the young girl in the red uniform behind the checkout counter:

"Hello, a pack of Soft Yun."

The young girl very nimbly took a pack of Soft Yun from the cigarette wall behind her, and immediately pulled out a paper voucher from the side and handed it to Liu Wei along with the cigarettes.

Liu Wei looked at the paper voucher handed over with confusion, and the cashier smiled and said:

"Hello, sir. Recently, our Hongxing Chain has been co-hosting an event with several chain hotels like Super 8, 7 Days, and City Inn. As long as you make a purchase at our store, you can get a 20% off coupon for free. The cheapest king bed room only costs around 110 yuan. Furthermore, with this coupon, you can enjoy a stackable discount for both the hotel stay and supermarket shopping at any Hongxing Chain in Chengdu. For example, if you spend 110 yuan on a hotel room, you only need to spend another 90 yuan at our Hongxing Chain store to get a 10 yuan discount."

Hearing the young cashier's words, Liu Wei could not help but raise an eyebrow.

Usually, when he came to Chengdu, he stayed at a chain hotel called Binzhi, which had twenty or thirty locations in Chengdu.

It was quite convenient, the hygiene was acceptable, and most importantly, it was cheap—only 120 yuan for a night.

You have to realize that most companies' reimbursement standards are just a little over one hundred.

While places like 7 Days had better environments and better locations, the prices were generally over 140 or 150 yuan; it would either hit the limit or exceed the budget.

He had not expected the promotional price to be only 110. Why not get better quality at a cheaper price?

Thinking of this, Liu Wei hurriedly took out his phone to cancel the Binzhi hotel room he had previously booked through Choutuan.

He then turned around and booked a room at 7 Days.

After entering the verification code on the voucher, the price, which was originally 150 yuan, indeed came down to 110 yuan after the discount.

Just as Liu Wei successfully placed the order, the interface showed that this room type was no longer available.

Liu Wei muttered to himself:

"It's not even peak tourist season, why is it so popular?"

He scrolled through and found that not only the king bed rooms, but also the twin rooms and even the two higher-tier room types were all sold out.

He checked a few other locations in the area and they were all the same, which made him feel a bit lucky.

He looked at the coupon in his hand, thinking that with the cigarettes and the hotel room fee, he had already spent over 130 yuan.

If he just spent another sixty-something yuan, he could get another 10 yuan discount.

Since he was already in the convenience store, why not just do it while he was at it?

He decided to buy some food and drinks, just enough to reach 200 yuan.

With the smiling cashier's greeting, he walked out of the convenience store and headed towards the nearby 7 Days.

When he passed by the Binzhi hotel he usually stayed at during business trips, he did not even glance at it.

Back inside the convenience store, the young cashier excitedly pumped her fist:

"Yes! Another two yuan in the bag. This is so easy to give away! I've already given out forty or fifty this morning; I've made nearly 100 yuan. The high-speed rail station really is a goldmine."

This was a benefit provided by the group company to recommenders like them. Each coupon was distributed according to the store, and the new system developed by Future Technology could clearly identify which employee was on shift.

When an issued coupon was redeemed, Hongxing Chain would give a 2-yuan incentive for every redeemed coupon.

She then looked at her Hongxing Convenience Store sister group chat; other locations were not doing too badly either.

The lowest number given out was over ten, meaning they had earned twenty or thirty yuan.

Thinking that she had earned nearly 100 yuan in just one morning, and there was still the afternoon and evening left, she realized she could make two or three hundred a day.

That was higher than her daily wage! Her salary this month would definitely exceed 10,000 yuan.

It just so happened that another sister was on leave this month, and she had previously been thinking about whether to apply for someone to cover her shift.

Why replace her now? Rest? Only people useless to society would rest.

High earners like her, who made over 10,000 a month, did not rest.

I love working! I want to work!

The young cashier cheered herself on:

"Come on, Hu Hu, you are the best. You must give out 200 coupons today!"

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A young man wearing oversized sunglasses and a floral shirt pulled his sunglasses down his nose, looked up at the neon sign above, and said:

"Neon Black Market, NEON BLACK?"

"Hey, I'm telling you, Da Xing, this name sounds all Japanese-y. It's not run by those 'people who live well,' is it? If it is, I'm not going.

You know my grandfather came from the military; if he found out I went to a Japanese-run shop, he'd strike me from the family registry."

Beside him, a young man dressed in industrial techwear indignantly clamped the floral-shirted man's neck under his arm.

"Qian Lin, what are you talking about? Would I, Zhang Xing, take you to a Japanese place?

Don't you forget where this is. This is Sichuan Province, damn it! Who are we? We are the descendants of the Sichuan Army. Are you insulting me right now?"

Qian Lin hurriedly begged for mercy:

"Wrong, wrong, wrong! I was wrong, Da Xing. Let go, let go, let's talk properly."

Zhang Xing squeezed Qian Lin's neck tightly once more before letting him go.

After rubbing his neck, Qian Lin rolled his eyes and said:

"I was just joking with you."

Zhang Xing said unhappily:

"You can joke about other things, but not this."

Then, perhaps feeling he had overreacted, he explained:

"The land here belongs to our family, and we rent it to the Qin Family to run a nightclub, so I come here to hang out when I have free time.

The reason I brought you here is that I don't have to worry about drinking fake alcohol here.

I went to a place called Pulse before and drank fake alcohol; it made me feel so terrible."

Qian Lin did not mind and patted Zhang Xing's shoulder:

"Then let's go, what are we waiting for? Anyway, I'm in Chengdu now, so I'm counting on you, Young Master Zhang, to arrange things.

If the arrangements aren't good, don't blame me for exposing you in the group chat.

When you came to my place before, I treated you well. The chickens raised on my own farm and the freshly caught fish were the freshest."

Zhang Xing did not speak and led Qian Lin straight inside.

The nightclub manager had been waiting at the door; after all, this was the landlord's family, and he could not afford to be negligent.

If the contract expired and they did not renew, it would be a disaster.

"Young Master Zhang, the usual?"

Zhang Xing nodded expressionlessly, then pointed at Qian Lin and said:

"My distinguished guest today, Young Master Qian."

The manager hurriedly greeted him:

"Hello, Young Master Qian, welcome to Neon Black Market. Your arrival brings great honor to our establishment."