Chapter 014
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Chapter 014 Who Is Stepping on Whom
“So lavish? May I join?” Xia Qing asked with a smile. When she saw Su Rui, her face flushed slightly, seemingly recalling their time alone together last night.
“Assistant Xia! Of course you can, it’s my greatest honor that you would grace us with your presence!” After seeing Xia Qing approach, Cao Tianping was surprised. He never expected that the usually high and mighty beautiful director’s assistant, whom everyone looked up to, would choose to eat at the same table as him!
What was happening? Could his luck be turning around?
Soon, Cao Tianping spotted Su Rui sitting across from him and immediately deflated. Obviously, the beautiful Miss Xia was definitely here for Su Rui; a fat guy like him didn’t have that much charm.
Since Xia Qing sat down, Cao Tianping had become somewhat awkward. The attraction of such a top-tier beauty was truly immeasurable. Old Cao’s hand holding the chopsticks was trembling, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
“Old Cao, um, thanks for lunch today,” Su Rui suddenly said.
“No need to thank me, this is what I should do. Especially being able to have Assistant Xia join us is truly my good fortune for several lifetimes.” Cao Tianping’s fawning expression appeared again; this guy always became submissive at the sight of women.
“What I mean is, if you don’t have anything else to do, you should leave first. Don’t disturb the private world between me and Assistant Xia,” Su Rui said impatiently to this clueless fat Cao: “Do I have to be that direct?”
Xia Qing covered her mouth and laughed softly beside him.
Cao Tianping was stunned, then finally understood. This guy values romance over friendship!
However, Cao Tianping was still hoping that Su Rui would get him more autographed photos of Tang Nilanduoer, so before achieving his goal, he didn’t dare show any defiance toward Su Rui. After all, Landuoer had been his most obsessed-over female celebrity for many years!
Seeing Xia Qing and Su Rui sitting together, the discussions among people in the cafeteria intensified. It’s worth noting that Xia Qing’s popularity in the company was not much less than Lin Aoxue’s. This serious-minded, hot-figured director’s assistant was the dream partner of countless male employees!
For so long, Xia Qing had never been seen eating with any other man, but today was an unprecedented first!
“Hey, hey, wasn’t Su Rui said to be the director’s son-in-law and the CEO’s man? Why is Assistant Xia eating with him too?”
“Perhaps Assistant Xia wants to steal from the CEO!”
“First the CEO, then Assistant Xia. With two perfect beauties accompanying him, this Su Rui really has boundless romantic fortune!”
Jealous voices rose and fell around them. If looks could kill, Su Rui would have been pierced by ten thousand arrows by now!
“What exactly happened last night? I still feel a bit dazed when I think about it now,” Xia Qing took the initiative to speak. Her smile raised the temperature in the restaurant by several degrees.
Xia Qing wasn’t lying. It was her first time experiencing a kidnapping, and her mind was already in a state of extreme tension. Plus, after falling into the river, she had completely relied on Su Rui without any independent thought. So now when she recalled the events of last night, she still felt dizzy.
Xia Qing had also developed curiosity about this mysterious man.
However, Xia Qing seemed to forget a saying—curiosity killed the cat. When a woman begins to be curious about a man, it means that sooner or later she will develop feelings for him.
“I only remember a little bit about what happened last night,” Su Rui blinked and smiled. “I remember you were completely soaked, with your clothes clinging to your body, revealing your wonderful figure completely.”
Xia Qing’s pretty face turned bright red, and she immediately stopped talking. This man’s language was frivolous, completely different from his commanding presence last night.
In the past, Xia Qing would never have eaten with a man whose words and actions were so improper. But now she didn’t find Su Rui’s words offensive at all; instead, she thought he was quite humorous. This was truly a remarkable change.
At this moment, Lin Aoxue also walked into the cafeteria. When she saw Su Rui chatting happily with Xia Qing, her gaze paused slightly, then she walked straight past without even saying hello.
“This girl is getting more and more out of line. I must discipline her properly one of these days,” Su Rui said through gritted teeth as he stared at Lin Aoxue’s graceful figure.
In the afternoon, Su Rui was no longer as bored in the office as before, because he had now become a star of Bikang Group. A group of people surrounded him, chattering away, especially the young women who had stars in their eyes when they saw the handsome Su Rui with his slightly roguish charm.
“I’m back! Today I signed another big order, 200,000 in sales! Everyone come celebrate with me!”
At this moment, a man wearing a white striped shirt appeared at the office door, speaking loudly.
This man wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked refined. In fact, he was quite famous in the industry—Chen Leigang, last year’s annual sales champion of Bikang Group.
Chen Leigang had always been like a star at Bikang Group. The more he sold, the more commission he earned. Young and wealthy, he had always been highly sought after by female employees in the company.
However, when Chen Leigang said these words today, he found that no one in the entire office even glanced at him!
In the past, his words would have caused an uproar!
A big order of 200,000 wasn’t something everyone could get!
He then realized that the pretty girls in the office were all gathered around a strange man, who was chatting and laughing, occasionally making the surrounding girls giggle uncontrollably.
Chen Leigang immediately became furious!
As last year’s sales champion of Bikang, he had always considered himself the number one star of the entire marketing department. Those pretty girls should have been surrounding him! But today, after signing a big order of 200,000, with a commission of 20,000 yuan, nobody paid any attention to him! He was completely ignored!
“Who is he? Why haven’t I seen him before?” Chen Leigang asked a colleague beside him, suppressing his anger.
“You don’t know yet? His name is Su Rui, a new salesperson in your group. He’s quite popular now!” The person being asked chuckled and said meaningfully, “But to be fair, he does have some skills.”
“Skills mean nothing. For employees in the marketing department, everything is measured by performance. Without performance, there are no skills!” Chen Leigang coldly dropped this sentence and walked toward Su Rui. He was the sales champion of the entire Bikang Group; how could a newcomer steal his spotlight?
All along, Chen Leigang had been accustomed to the aura surrounding him and being the center of attention. He absolutely would not allow a newcomer to step over him!
In fact, Su Rui had no desire to make enemies everywhere. This time he was about to suffer an undeserved disaster due to someone else’s jealousy.
“During work hours, all this chattering, what has this come to!”
Standing behind Su Rui, Chen Leigang cleared his throat and said loudly, sounding very stern.
The scene instantly quieted down, with all eyes turning to Chen Leigang. The latter stood tall with his head held high, seemingly regaining a bit of his previous confidence.
“Ahem.” Group One leader Cao Tianping had also been chatting with Su Rui, but now he was being reprimanded by his own team member, making him lose face.
“Leigang, you’re back?” Cao Tianping said awkwardly. This guy just has slightly better performance, does that mean he can look down on everyone?
“Group Leader, who is this?” Chen Leigang asked with a cold smile.
Following the principle of harmony, Cao Tianping suppressed his dissatisfaction and said, “Well, I haven’t introduced you yet. He’s a new colleague in our group, named…”
Before Cao Tianping could say Su Rui’s name, Chen Leigang had already interrupted, giving a cold smile as he glanced at Su Rui who was sitting with his legs crossed: “Newcomer, do you know the rules of Bikang’s marketing department?”
Cao Tianping frowned. This Chen Leigang was obviously looking for trouble. He hadn’t even finished saying Su Rui’s name before being interrupted, which made him quite unhappy.
Su Rui laughed. This marketing department really had many oddballs. Just as Yin Xiumei left, another clueless man appeared.
People around started preparing to watch the show. It seemed Chen Leigang didn’t know that Su Rui had knocked out the marketing department’s number one fierce woman!
“What rules does the marketing department have? Tell me?” Su Rui cupped his hands, showing a humble appearance: “It seems you’re a senior, you should teach me well.”
“The rule of the marketing department is—let performance do the talking! I was Bikang’s sales champion last year across the entire group. And you? A newcomer who’s only been employed for one day, already gesturing and pointing here, not working seriously. Do you know that if you don’t produce results during your three-month probation period, you’ll be immediately fired!”
Saying this, Chen Leigang glanced at Cao Tianping and said, “Right, Group Leader Cao?”
Cao Tianping didn’t dare agree. Su Rui was a favorite of the director and had an unclear relationship with Lin Aoxue. Who would dare fire him? Did they think they had worked at Bikang for too long?
“Oh, so you’re Bikang’s sales champion. I’ve long heard of you,” Su Rui showed a look of sudden realization.
“Hmph, good that you know.” Chen Leigang stood with his hands behind his back: “Newcomers should act like newcomers. Being humble doesn’t hurt.”
At this moment, Mr. Champion Chen finally felt that the aura that had disappeared for a few minutes had returned to him. He proudly scanned his colleagues around, feeling very good.
“Oh, then may I ask how much was Chen… Champion Chen’s sales volume last year?” Su Rui asked with a smile.
“The drugs and medical equipment I sold totaled 12 million.” Mentioning his advantage, Chen Leigang became even more proud! This was a number no one could surpass!
At the end of last year, Chen Leigang had earned more than 1.2 million in commission from sales! In Ninghai’s Fourth Ring Road, this money could already buy a small half of a house!
It was estimated that after this year, the outstanding performer Chen Leigang would have his own sales team and become a business group leader!
“That’s really impressive,” Su Rui looked very admiring.
“Young man, you need to work hard and steadily. This is what Bikang needs. Just boasting and talking big is useless, understand?” Chen Leigang, seeing that he had gained the upper hand, became cheerful and adopted a lecturing posture.
Before Su Rui could answer, his phone QQ had already started beeping!
It was a message from Victoria!
“Dear Apollo, I’ve already arranged for the contract to be faxed over. According to the product list you sent, I bought every category. A total of 20 million Chinese yuan.”
