?Chapter 88: Episode 88: Not Enjoying the Drink, Not Enjoying the Work 2 Chapter 88: Episode 88: Not Enjoying the Drink, Not Enjoying the Work 2 Zhou Xueyin intentionally sat next to Pang Xin, “That Mr. Pang, the proposal plan I have for your company this time…”

    “Lady Xiaozhou, talking business while eating really spoils the appetite. Let’s talk after eating, talk after that,” said Pang Xin as he picked up a cup filled with water and walked over to Li Jiniang.

    It was unclear whether the floor was slippery or what, but Pang Xin stumbled and, with both himself and the water, smack onto the floor, making a spectacle of himself.

    “Cao! Who the fuck tripped me!” Pang Xin yelled, sitting on the ground, furious.

    Not only did Zhou Xueyin feel like laughing at his ridiculous appearance, but the waiters passing by Pang Xin also covered their mouths and snickered at him.

    “Are you alright? Our floor is too slippery. Sorry about that, how about we give you a 50% discount on this meal…” The lobby manager, trying to hold back laughter, desperately helped the fat-as-a-pig Pang Xin up.

    [The waitress is so observant! Good that the water spilled.] Wan Hua inexplicably sent Zhou Xueyin a text.

    ‘What do you mean?’ Zhou Xueyin looked at Wan Hua, puzzled.

    [When you went to the restroom earlier, Mr. Pang put something in that cup of water… I didn’t dare to intervene, I’m so sorry…] Wan Hua sent a string of apologies.

    [When under someone else’s roof, one has to bow their head… Just take care of yourself. If only we had caught it on camera…] Zhou Xueyin regretted.

    [It’s me… I’m just too useless. To make a living, I have to do this. I hope you can understand.] After sending the text message, Wan Hua looked at Zhou Xueyin with utmost remorse.

    The fall had hit Pang Xin hard, and now he didn’t have the energy to move next to Li Jiniang, “Alright, alright, hurry up and serve the food. I fell like this and only get a 50% discount? Believe it or not, I can make sure that no one in this entire building will come to eat here?” S~ea??h the ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Pang Xin boasted arrogantly.

    “Forget it, consider the dishes on this table on the house. We apologize for affecting your dining experience,” the lobby manager, not wanting to waste words with such a scoundrel, promptly called all the busy waiters over and announced loudly, “We’ve caused a serious inconvenience to this gentleman. We apologize! Sorry!”

    A crowd surrounded Pang Xin and bowed three times, making a scene as if they were saying farewell to a corpse.

    However, he didn’t sense this nuance at all; as long as he could dine and dash, nothing else mattered.

    After dinner and back at the office, Pang Xin took Zhou Xueyin and Li Jiniang to a separate meeting room to prepare for the contract signing.

    It was probably intentional, but as Pang Xin was about to pen the amount on the contract, “Eh? Right, Miss Xiaozhou, didn’t you say you wanted to show me your proposal? After I see the proposal and find it good, signing the contract afterwards won’t be too late.”

    “That’s… not very appropriate.” If the proposal is shown to the other party before the contract is signed, what if he changes his mind and decides not to sign, and then steals the ideas? “There’s no precedent for showing a proposal before a contract is signed, right?”

    “There’s also no precedent for internet media working with print media, but didn’t you manage to do it?” Pang Xin insisted on conflating two unrelated matters.

    “No, Mr. Pang, that’s a different story…” Zhou Xueyin reminded him helplessly.

    “How is it a different story? Aren’t both without precedent, breaking new ground? Forget it…” Pang Xin reluctantly capped his pen and closed the contract, “It seems you don’t sincerely want to advertise for us, let’s just leave it at that.”

    “Mr. Pang, mutual sincerity is important for both parties, isn’t it? What happened this morning… right?” Li Jinian saw the conversation was going awry and quickly took over to continue persuading, “We’re just a small company that started less than a year ago, relying on support from senior companies like yours. But shouldn’t senior companies also act the part? Don’t you agree with what I’m saying?”

    “How about we each take a step back? I’ll write down the contract amount now, but I’ll sign after reviewing the proposal!” Saying this, he hastily wrote down an 80,000 yuan deposit, a total of 300,000 yuan, the remaining payment to be made after the advertisement is produced without the need for modifications.

    Since it was already written in black and white, Zhou Xueyin, though utterly helpless, still opened her notebook and displayed the first version of her advertising plan.

    “So tacky… too tacky! What’s this even supposed to be? Overly fancy for nothing?” Pang Xin commented while looking over it, waving his hands around dismissively.

    In fact, the entire plan’s color scheme was a refreshing mix of blue and green, with a wave pattern at the bottom, and a surfing athlete gliding on the wave like the blade of a razor across the chin.

    “Well, it’s my fault too, I didn’t communicate our needs for the proposal properly,” Pang Xin said, feigning self-reproach, “We want something high-end and classy! It should highlight the product features! It must generate a desire to buy! And have strong interactivity!”

    “Anything else?” Zhou Xueyin knew that client demands were like a bottomless pit; no matter how perfect the proposal, they could always come up with requirements beyond it.

    “Anything else? What more do you want?” Pang Xin strained his eyes, looking at Zhou Xueyin, “If I knew what else was needed, why would we need your ad design? Come up with another version of the proposal. When it passes, then we’ll continue with the contract!”

    After finishing his piece, Pang Xin gathered the contract and walked out of the meeting room.

    Zhou Xueyin glared at the door in frustration, pursing her lips and squinting her eyes, mimicking Pang Xin’s haughty expression.

    “Let’s go home!” Packing up her laptop, she dragged Li Jinian out of the Langri Huabei regional office.

    “What a bastard situation! I’m telling you, if that restaurant we went to didn’t lack surveillance cameras! I’d definitely make him get lost!” Zhou Xueyin stood downstairs, angrily pointing toward the location of Pang Xin’s office.

    “Huh? What happened?” Li Jinian was utterly confused.

    “I don’t want to talk about it, just see for yourself…” Zhou Xueyin brought up the text message Wan Hua had sent her.

    “Curse your ancestral family! Bloody hell! I really should have recorded it and sent him away!” Li Jinian cursed in her hometown dialect, fuming with anger.

    “Eh? What did you just say? What’s that supposed to mean?” Zhou Xueyin had never heard Li Jinian speak her hometown dialect before and found it fascinating.

    “It’s just curse words… People like him act all high and mighty on the surface, but they’re shady and despicable behind the scenes. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the need of this money during the offseason, who would want to work with him?” Li Jinian felt genuinely angry for the first time.

    “How about we just give it up… I somehow feel that getting this money is a bit…” Zhou Xueyin looked at Li Jinian with concern.

    “Not going to eat anymore? Don’t forget, every morning when you wake up, you owe Sister Chunming 300,000! You owe each of us at least 20,000 a month! If you don’t make this money, with what are you going to repay?” Li Jinian tapped on Zhou Xueyin’s head with her finger, “I just sold a bit of charm, don’t worry, I know my limits.”

    “You’ve worked hard to endure such disgusting stares… Ah, my heart aches for you!!!” Zhou Xueyin hugged Li Jinian, rubbing against her.

    “Let’s hurry back and revise the proposal… I guess it’ll take ten or eight revisions before that pig will relent…” Li Jinian shrugged her shoulders in resignation.

    ‘You little brat, don’t think you can mess with Jinian! I’ll wear you out!’ Pang Xin stood by the window, watching the two people below, thinking maliciously to himself.