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"You two didn’t come all this way just to give me tea, did you?"

"Of course not."

After sitting down, Chen Qi said, "Brother, Hu Lin is here to apologize to you."

"Oh, he’s finally seen the light, has he?"

Hu Lin was somewhat embarrassed. It wasn’t that he was stupid; it was just that the environment he had grown up in hadn’t taught him how to behave and deal with people.

If it hadn’t been for marrying Chen Qi, he would never have had the chance to sit down and have tea with someone like Chen Pingsheng.

After getting married, perhaps he was a bit carried away, but mostly, he just wanted to show off to his old classmates and friends.

Little did he know that this bragging appeared particularly foolish to Chen Pingsheng.

It was only after joining the workplace that he slowly started to understand that even the smallest leader in the office was someone to be careful with.

In terms of addressing them or speaking to them, there was a lot of etiquette involved.

For example, in the absence of the director, one must address the deputy director as the director.

There were many more nuances to pay attention to.

That was just a minor leader in his office, whereas his own uncle was a major boss in the corporate world.

Thinking back to how, due to a few words from a classmate, he had dared to ask Chen Qi to call him

Such naive and irrational behavior must have left a very bad impression on his uncle.

"I’ve woken up a bit and didn’t dare to face you and apologize."

Hu Lin sincerely spoke.

Chen Pingsheng asked him to sit down. In this family, he was like a patriarch, and when his brother-in-law made a mistake,

It wasn’t his job to scold him immediately but to let him reflect on it in a new environment.

"You, like many ordinary-born people, are naturally good and willing to work hard, but have you ever thought,

"In this society, being good at your job can at most make you an excellent employee, but being good with people can truly elevate you high?"

"Your previous colleagues all speak well of you, yet you couldn’t even become a mere class head."

"I’ve realized a little."

Hu Lin talked about his experiences at work. Once, when the section chief’s daughter had a birthday,

It was quite the affair.

Hu Lin brought just a small gift from his hometown, as usual.

Afterward, someone reminded him.

Good intentions are fine, but the sentiment needs to be appropriate.

Chen Pingsheng wasn’t too interested in these matters. If one can’t change his circumstances, he must change himself. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Hu Lin realizing this was already progress.

Running a business is far more complicated than working in an office.

Similarly, one must interact with all sorts of people; no one can survive focusing only on themselves.

Unless they are content with earning a meager salary forever.

Otherwise, one must continuously learn and progress.

His company paid salaries on the tenth, bonuses on the fifteenth, and later, there would be a year-end party.

He didn’t have much interest in listening to him talk about this.

Hu Lin merely briefly mentioned the current situation.

If possible, he still wanted to be a good teacher who educates others.

Unexpectedly, the leadership gave him the chance to go to the grassroots for training.

It sounded appealing; young people should not fear hardship or fatigue.

Gaining experience at the grassroots level would enable them to better serve the people in the future.

And so, he went.

Chen Pingsheng was quite speechless; some people are truly better suited to honest labor.

Clearly, Hu Lin was one of those people.

Fortunately, his sister really didn’t lack money; otherwise, this move alone could have turned a typical couple’s life upside down.

Can a place close to leadership really compare to one where you teach students every day?

The difference is night and day!

Hu Lin had good intentions. When the leader asked who was willing to volunteer for grassroots work, no one stood up, but he did.

He received a lot of applause, and then nothing more.

Being unsuited for leadership precisely describes him.

As kids, everyone loved TV characters who were devoted to becoming heroes.

As adults, we realize that it’s the villains who reflect reality.

Because only they had always been striving.

Chen Pingsheng truly followed him.

As long as his sister was happy, that was enough.

It turned out that Chen Qi was quite happy, but after Hu Lin was transferred to that kind of unit, he had not been very happy.

It was only after he went back to teaching that he regained his former stability and positivity.

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The group paid salaries on the tenth.

The year-end bonus was issued on the fifteenth, leaving some happy and others dismayed.

The interns were all so happy they could fly, and so were those who hadn’t been at the group for very long.

As for the executives, the year-end bonus was clearly reduced.

No one dared say anything, mainly because the regular salaries were already extremely high.

The year-end bonuses were personally set by Chen Pingsheng; who would dare to complain!

On January 16, at the Capital City Group headquarters.

Chen Pingsheng held the work summary and strategy meeting for the New Year here.

Those who could attend this meeting were basically the top executives within the group.

For example, Chu Qiuyan from Bobo Milk Tea, Shen Chengjun from Tenghui Department Store, Zhang Tao from Tengsheng Fruit, Gao Hu from Fei Yangyang, and others.

There were about a hundred in total, not detailed one by one.

For the strategic goal of 2016, Tengying Entertainment was primarily responsible for handling the trainee competition well.

Continuously empowering the various brands under the group and driving traffic.

Additionally, Tengying Entertainment’s pre-tax income target for ’16 was 1.8 billion.

It seemed high, but after taxes, it was just over a billion.

Which was actually similar to the current Tengsheng Fruit.

As for Bobo Milk Tea, a complete transformation into a new model of ice cream plus milk tea.

Maintaining a very high cost-performance ratio.

Antler Coffee anticipated investing another billion in March, expanding the number of directly managed stores to between 2500 and 3000.

The good news about Antler Coffee was that it opened stores quickly and had a decent market reputation.

The bad news was that it was still overall in a loss.

No one could clearly say when it would break even.

The internet strategy was just like this; first, spend money to occupy the market.

After occupying the market, then study the specific methods of making profits.

With another billion going in, Antler Coffee’s total investment would reach three billion.

No domestic capital company dared to invest such massive funds in the coffee sector.

They were the first to brave this path, clearly having a significant opportunity.

As for Fei Yangyang, the IPO had already been completed, and going public was just a matter of time.

Tenghui Department Store currently owned sixteen super-malls, and after divesting from the commercial real estate he had bought, could apply for independent public offering.

The financial sector was very healthy, and revenue had been very stable as well.

He owned one hundred percent of the shares in Tenghui Department Store.

If he successfully applied for public offering, the income would be huge.

Definitely far surpassing the earlier Fei Yangyang and Bobo Milk Tea.

After all, the investment in big malls was much larger than these two combined.

That refers to his personal investment.

Once Tenghui Department Store successfully IPO’d, no major business would have him come in as a lesser partner.

With this money, he could complete the department store layout in Guangzhou and Shenzhen in one step.

By that time, just the commercial real estate in Tenghui Department Store would be worth tens of billions.

One must understand that the net assets of commercial real estate cannot be compared with the virtual wealth in the stock market.

Consider the current Tengying Entertainment with a market value of 25 billion.

He had a 60% stake, which was worth approximately 15 billion.

Not to mention cashing out entirely, even a one-time cash-out of 20% would absolutely cut the stock price of Tengying Entertainment in half.

Or it could collapse outright.

It is evident how virtual the wealth in the stock market can be.

He definitely would not consider cashing out in Tengying Entertainment within three years.

At least not until its market value exceeded 80 billion.