E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 87 - 87 Episode 87 Not Enjoying the Drink Not Enjoying the
?Chapter 87: Episode 87: Not Enjoying the Drink, Not Enjoying the Work 1 Chapter 87: Episode 87: Not Enjoying the Drink, Not Enjoying the Work 1 “Xiaowang, if two women come to sign a contract with me today, just tell them I’m at headquarters for training and not at the company,” Pang Xin thought irritably about not getting what he wanted the night before. He wanted to sign the contract today? No way!
Zhou Xueyin and Li Jiniang arrived at the Langri Huabei sales headquarters in Xizhimen, looking for Pang Xin.
The company wasn’t very big, but it was crowded with people. In a corner of the room, there was an office made of glass like a greenhouse. No need to ask, it must be where Pang Xin worked.
However, all the blinds in this so-called greenhouse were closed, making it impossible to see inside.
“Hello, may I ask if Pang Xin, Mr. Pang, is here?” Zhou Xueyin presented her business card.
“Are you here to sign a contract?” Xiaowang at the front desk glanced at the two women.
“Yes, we had an appointment with Mr. Pang to sign a contract today,” Zhou Xueyin said with a professional smile, nodding her head.
“Oh dear… This is going to be difficult…” Xiaowang pretended to look distressed but kept hinting to Zhou Xueyin and Li Jiniang that Pang Xin was indeed in the office, “Mr. Pang ordered that he is at the headquarters for training today and is not in the company, and doesn’t know when he will return.”
“Oh! Is that so? He’s gone to a meeting at the headquarters, and no one knows when he’ll be back? No problem, I’ll call his mobile!” Zhou Xueyin deliberately used a volume loud enough for the entire corridor to hear. Sear?h the N??eFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
Just as Zhou Xueyin finished speaking, from inside the greenhouse seemed to come the sound of a Nokia phone powering off.
To confirm her suspicion, she called Pang Xin’s mobile anyway, and sure enough, the phone was switched off.
“Turned off…” Zhou Xueyin mouthed the words.
“Oh dear, I told you, Mr. Pang is at the headquarters for training, and of course he would have to switch off his phone! How about you leave a contact number, and I’ll get in touch with you when he returns?” Xiaowang suggested with a wink.
“All right, all right!” Zhou Xueyin went along with Xiaowang and agreed.
Then she and Li Jiniang sat down in the visitor waiting area.
[Sorry about this, it’s embarrassing. Pang Xin is just such a jerk; if you don’t block him at the door, he could hide for a lifetime. My name is Wang Yuanchao.] It was a text message from the front desk.
[Thanks a lot! So it seems you guys also have lots of complaints about Pang Pig, huh?] Zhou Xueyin texted back.
[Of course, he acts all high and mighty as the sales general agent, bossing people around and taking advantage of female sales associates and clients. Anyway, I’m planning to quit soon, I’m not afraid of him!] Wang Yuanchao had a belly full of grievances.
Before Pang Xin took over as the Huabei general agent, the previous leader was a good person with strong business skills, so the headquarters promoted him to be the vice president of the brand.
Pang Xin didn’t really have much ability; he was just living off the legacy left by the previous leader.
[Did he boast to you about how amazing he is?] It looked like Wang Yuanchao knew quite a bit.
[Exactly! Pang Xin said he climbed to his current position all through his own efforts.] Zhou Xueyin shared with Wang Yuanchao how Pang Xin boasted about himself the day before.
[Bullshit! He’s good at bragging and drawing pies in the sky… Now that the Huabei Market is secured, maintaining it isn’t a tough job. He just got lucky. Now he’s just a despicable person enjoying his good fortune!] Wang Yuanchao vented furiously.
“If you haven’t found a job, do you want to come work at my company?” Zhou Xueyin felt she was still lacking an assistant, and she had hit it off with Wang Yuanchao.
“No thanks, I’ll be reporting to Ebuy next month, I’ve already received the employment notice. Thanks for your kindness!” Wang Yuanchao declined Zhou Xueyin’s offer.
What a pity, no! Not a pity at all, going anywhere is better than staying in this stagnant sales division!
Zhou Xueyin looked around the company. There were almost exclusively unattractive men, with just a few women scattered around, either bad in shape or of advanced age.
Probably the good-looking, dashing young salespeople couldn’t stand Pang Xin and had left for other companies.
Wang Yuanchao’s appearance wasn’t that great either. She was a bit overweight, had a round face, small eyes, and wore glasses. Perhaps it was these factors that had spared her from Pang Xin’s harassment.
Bored and waiting until lunchtime, Pang Xin seemed to completely forget his earlier lie about not being in the office and swung his work badge as he pushed the door out of the floral office: “Let’s go! Time for lunch!”
“Oh? What a coincidence? Isn’t this Boss Pang?” As soon as Zhou Xueyin saw Pang Xin appear, she immediately hurried over.
“Tsk… Can’t believe you didn’t leave.” Pang Xin’s dead-flesh-like face twitched slightly, trying to smile but unable to, which made him even more detestable, “Xiaozhou, Xiaoli ah! I’ve been on the phone with headquarters all morning, talking about the advertising plan. My apologies for not greeting you sooner.”
“We’re also here for that matter. You wouldn’t mind, would you?” Zhou Xueyin pretended to be polite.
“How could I mind? Look, it’s mealtime now. Why don’t we talk over lunch?” Pang Xin’s philosophy was that even if the sky fell, he had to have his meal first.
“Sure, let’s go!” Zhou Xueyin, worried that Pang Xin might really leave during the meal, readily agreed.
“Let’s go! We’ll have a good talk at the table about how you plan to market our products.” If words could be taken back, Pang Xin definitely wouldn’t have invited Zhou Xueyin and her colleague for lunch. Now, it seemed he couldn’t avoid eating together, but the matter of the contract would definitely be delayed.
At the dining table, Li Jiniang picked up the teacup, poured herself some tea: “Boss Pang, I’m really sorry about yesterday. I don’t know why I drank so much, I wasn’t myself. My head still hurts a bit today, so let me drink this tea in place of alcohol to honor you.”
After speaking, she gulped down the tea: “Good tea! Sweet and delicious!”
“What’s good about it, it’s just ordinary Biluochun Tea. If you really want to drink good tea, one day Brother Pang will take you straight to Wuyi Mountain, to drink freshly picked tea there,” said Pang Xin as he moved closer to Li Jiniang.
“Hey! Oh my! I almost forgot to wash my hands. Just wait a moment, huh…” Seeing Pang Xin’s hand almost on her thigh, Li Jiniang quickly stood up, pulled Zhou Xueyin, and went through the neat arrangement of tables and chairs to the restroom.
“You don’t need to be a germaphobe to become one when faced with Pang Xin. The smell on him… disgusting! Yinyin, when we go back, you take my seat, and I’ll have Wan Hua sit next to me!” Li Jiniang could only use someone else as a buffer from this pig.
“No problem! I was thinking the same thing! Ah, I shouldn’t have brought you along. But I was afraid that if I came alone, Pang Pig would hide even more, making us farther from the money…” If it weren’t for the tempting conditions offered by Pang Xin, Zhou Xueyin wouldn’t waste her time with such an old L-M.
But when the two returned, they found that Pang Xin and Wan Hua were sitting together, meaning no matter where Li Jiniang sat, Pang Xin would have a chance to get close to her.
What a repulsive, clingy plaster!
However, in this busy hall, Pang Xin probably wouldn’t dare to go too far.