Free Web NovelChapter 627: Chapter 231: Jianglan Store Grand Opening, The Boss Personally Attends! (Part 2)
This person just graduated from a vocational school, with not much academic background. He never imagined he could end up as a manager in such an important position, especially being so young and taking on a major role.
You know, this is a store with an investment of millions, including marketing and aftersales, managing twenty to thirty employees.
When Aunt Liu Sufen called him, hoping he could be the manager, Liu Caizhi was totally stunned, thinking he misheard, wondering how he could be so highly regarded by others.
Even if it’s family, such an important position can’t be appointed randomly, not to mention the store is not solely owned by his aunt but a joint venture with a neighbor.
He later learned from Liu Sufen that it was because of Su Zelin’s strong recommendation that they made such a decision.
Liu Caizhi found it very strange.
He indeed knew Su Zelin, but they bonded during childhood when school was out and Su Zelin would follow Qin Shiqing to her grandmother’s place in the countryside. While they got along well then, childhood playmates are ultimately just childhood playmates, not enough to entrust with such a big responsibility; personal relationships and business should still be kept separate.
Apparently, several distinguished guests would come to offer congratulations, even Vice Mayor Zhao was expected to make an appearance.
As such a humble person, he had never met such a big leader, and as a manager, he was expected to meet and converse with Vice Mayor Zhao, which made Liu Caizhi very nervous. He was afraid he might lose face in front of others.
"Caizhi, relax, believe in yourself, you can do it!"
Su Zelin patted his shoulder, comforting him in this way.
"Uh, Xiao... President Su!"
Liu Caizhi wiped the sweat off his face, initially wanting to call "Xiaolinzi", but changed at the last minute, still getting used to it.
Now, Su Zelin was no longer the childhood playmate, but a senior executive at New Century Digital headquarters. Although franchise stores weren’t under the same central control as company-owned stores, out of respect, one had to change the way of address in public. Since he had become the manager, he had to follow the rules of social engagement.
"Cousin, I think your outfit is pretty managerial-looking!"
Qin Shiqing said, covering her smile.
She knew Liu Caizhi cared a lot about his image, and a bit of praise could boost his confidence.
"Really?"
Liu Caizhi’s spirits were lifted.
"If Uncle and Aunt see you being so successful, they’d surely be very happy. It’s a great honor to talk about it, now you’re the most promising guy in the village, so you’ve got to do well!"
Seeing her encouragement take effect, Qin Shiqing continued to praise him.
Liu Caizhi’s eyes brightened.
Indeed, I am the only person from Dragon Gate Village who’s a manager, the most stand-out guy in the village, such a highlight! I cannot let down my parents’ expectations, or the trust of my aunt and uncle and President Su!
They entrusted me to manage this store, I have to run it well even if it costs me everything!
Thinking of this, he straightened up involuntarily, as if a different kind of brilliance emanated from his face.
Su Zelin wasn’t too worried about him.
Liu Caizhi’s talent in digital and social circles was proved in a past life, and people like him and himself have good mindsets, are slick and tactful; it’s just that the transition from a mere employee to a manager was too sudden to adapt, giving him a bit more time would do.
As it approached nine, people kept arriving to congratulate, bringing flower baskets and banners.
They were mostly friends of Su Jianjun.
Old Su had good connections in Jianglan, and being friends, many naturally showed up to give face at the opening of such a large digital store.
A black sedan pulled over by the roadside, and a middle-aged man with meticulously styled hair stepped down from the backseat, causing quite a stir among the onlookers.
"Hey, isn’t that Vice Mayor Zhao?"
"Didn’t expect Vice Mayor Zhao to come too, the boss of this digital store really has a lot of face!"
"..."
This guest was Zhao Mingxuan’s father, Zhao Zhengteng.
Being a local official frequently on TV, anyone who paid attention to local news could recognize him.
Zhao Zhengteng was also the most important guest, invited not only to congratulate but also to cut the ribbon, which really gave plenty of honor.
Su Jianjun and Qin Daqing hurriedly led Liu Caizhi out to greet him.
"Boss Su, Boss Qin, congratulations on your grand opening. It’s great to see such a well-known provincial digital chain store as New Century Digital settle in Jianglan. I wish you both prosperity and add a brick to the city’s fiscal and tax contributions!"
Zhao Zhengteng smiled as he shook hands with Su Jianjun and Qin Daqing, and when meeting Liu Caizhi, he commented, "The waves behind drive on those before, Manager Liu is truly young and capable!"
"You flatter me, Vice Mayor. Please continue to provide guidance in the future!"
Liu Caizhi was flattered and humbled.
After a brief exchange, Zhao Zhengteng moved on to Su Zelin.
The big leader seemed to be rather easy to talk to, quite the contrary of what he expected, and seemed like he got more than he thought.
Liu Caizhi exhaled a sigh of relief. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Zhao Zhengteng’s arrival was somewhat expected as Su Jianjun had tentatively invited him to cut the ribbon, to which he agreed.
However, the subsequent arrival of two guests was quite unexpected.
"Boss Su, congratulations! May your store have a great opening, prosper in business, and a wealth of opportunities!"
Huang Hongbo and his wife appeared in front perplexing Su Jianjun with surprise.
Huang the rich guy wasn’t really familiar with him, they didn’t even know each other before, after all, they weren’t in the same circle.
Only later did they play mahjong together a few times, considered as semi-mahjong buddies.
He didn’t expect him to come on the opening day of his store and even bring his wife along, showing great favor indeed.
"Thank you, Boss Huang, it’s so considerate of you!"
After receiving their banners and flower baskets, Su Jianjun exchanged pleasantries with Huang Hongbo and his wife, while introducing them to Qin Daqing and Liu Caizhi.
Huang Hongbo was rather courteous, but when Li Juan learned about Qin Daqing’s identity, she turned a bit cold.
Because this man was Qin Shiqing’s father.
And Qin Shiqing was her daughter’s biggest rival. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
"Uncle, Aunt!"
Su Zelin also came over.
Even Qin Shiqing greeted them on her own accord.
As it happened, when she traveled back and forth between Lin’an and Jianglan to pick up Huang Panpan, both Huang Hongbo and Li Juan were present, so naturally, Qin Shiqing got to know who they were; besides, they came to extend goodwill today, so a polite greeting was due.
Li Juan’s response upon seeing Qin Shiqing wasn’t particularly warm; she was actually there for Su Zelin only.
Seeing this, Huang Hongbo gave her a look, meaning there were way too many people today, as an adult she shouldn’t bicker with the younger generation, it would be too rude and make others look down on her, so Li Juan’s expression finally softened a bit, she brushed off a few words casually yet lacked enthusiasm.
"Boss Huang, fancy meeting you here again!"
Among Huang Hongbo’s social circles, there was Zhao Zhengteng of such a level, the two were old acquaintances, yet Zhao Zhengteng was somewhat surprised to see him.
As far as he knew, Huang the wealthy and Su Jianjun were of a bit different level, and he hadn’t heard of any intersection between them.
For both the couple to show up together, logically they wouldn’t be just acquaintances.
Zhao Zhengteng, though knowledgeable, didn’t guess that Huang Hongbo and Li Juan’s appearance was due to their darling daughter’s relationship with Su Zelin.
Huang Hongbo was similarly puzzled, unable to figure out why Zhao Zhengteng would be associated with Su Jianjun. However, neither of them asked much, just some casual exchange of pleasantries.
At this time, two unexpected guests arrived together, and once their identities were revealed, everyone was particularly moved.
The president and general manager of New Century!
Yang Fen and Kang Baohong occasionally attended the opening ceremonies of some franchise stores, but it was usually those in Lin’an because they were quite busy, and with the rapid growth rate of New Century’s franchise stores, it wasn’t realistic to appear at every store’s grand opening.
However, upon hearing that the investor of this store was Su Zelin’s father, they had to show some respect anyhow.
Arriving on the day itself in Jianglan was too late, so they came the night before and stayed overnight in Jianglan.
Of course, Su Zelin did his due diligence as a host, arranging a dinner for them to get acquainted with his father and Qin Daqing.
Being the leaders of a rapidly escalating enterprise owning over a three-digit number of stores, whose market valuation was increasing sharply, Brother Xiao Yang and Kang Baohong’s status was no longer what it used to be.
Their appearance caused a significant stir.
Both Zhao Zhengteng and Huang Hongbo were quite shocked.
That figures of such caliber would take time out of their busy schedules to attend the opening ceremony in a smaller city like Jianglan was quite an honor.
It seems that in this company, Su Zelin was really valued and his position was very secure indeed!
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