Su Xiaoxiao glanced casually behind him and saw Xu Cuilan following.
She followed the man with a respectful expression, her attitude very deferential, clearly indicating the man had so status.
Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly nudged Qin Shuang beside her, who imdiately understood and gently tugged at Zhang Yulan, who was almost exhausted.
The three of them quickly perked up and looked towards the newcor.
The calm deanor, the pretentious air, undoubtedly a big leader had co down to inspect the work.
Sure enough, the middle-aged man walked to the center and stood still. It was five minutes before the lunch break. There were no custors left in the departnt store.
He cleared his throat twice, his gaze sweeping across each counter, and stroked the short stubble on his chin as he spoke: "Hello comrades, let introduce myself first, I am the general manager of our departnt store. I believe many old employees are already familiar with ..."
Imdiately, quite a few people below started whispering.
"So, this is our general manager?"
"I wonder what he’s going to talk about? The general manager himself must be here for sothing important, right?"
"Quickly, let’s listen. What is it about? Is it possible that they’ll give us bonuses?"
Yan Guohua listened to the surrounding discussions, cleared his throat, and continued: "Everyone, please quiet down first. I have sothing very important to announce to you all."
Instantly, all the murmurs stopped.
"The end of the year is approaching, and the comrcial bureau and the departnt store leaders have discussed and decided that, in order to strengthen relationships among the brother units in our city, unite as one, and strive for new success in the new year, we’re hosting a city-wide gala. At that ti, all departnt stores in the city need to prepare programs, and the leaders will also be present."
"This is a great opportunity to showcase the style of our departnt store employees, so in the upcoming period, I hope everyone can spare an hour after work every day to prepare their programs. We will conduct a vote among several leaders to determine the list of participants."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd that had just quieted down started whispering again.
"Already working like a dog and now expected to work overti for free? Crazy, whoever wants to participate can do so, I’m opting out."
"No kidding, even if we win, the honor is for the departnt store, not for us personally, so I’m not participating."
"Every year they co up with this kind of flashy things. At least give us so bonuses or prizes. Going through all that trouble for just a lousy certificate—whoever’s interested can go. I’m not participating."
Yan Guohua listened to the grievances below, and his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
This was sothing decided uniformly by the higher-ups, and he too felt quite helpless.
In the eyes of the leaders, honor was paramount, but to these employees, honor didn’t compare to getting a genuine reward.
Every year this mobilization eting was extrely awkward for him.
But as a leader, he still needed to give a token motivational speech.
"If we’re lucky enough to win, it will be an honor for our entire departnt store. Every employee who actively participates will receive a certain material reward..."
Before he could finish, the murmurs continued once again below.
"Still have the nerve to talk about rewards? Last year, each person got a pen and a notebook, and it was the cheapest kind."
"Exactly, spending an hour practicing every day with several rounds of selection, and that’s the result..."
"I wouldn’t participate even if it killed this ti."
Su Xiaoxiao listened to the murmurs around her, dumbfounded. Isn’t the departnt store a lucrative unit? How could the leaders be so stingy with the prizes?
Imagine, working to death for a month and ending up with just a pen and a notebook—she might lose it and start cursing on the spot.
Even more crucially, so people work for a month without even making it to the final round.
Su Xiaoxiao fell silent; with this ti, she’d better focus on developing her own career.
Right then, she heard Yan Guohua say: "Alright, anyone who wishes to participate, please step forward."
As soon as he said that, everyone took a step back in unison.
Su Xiaoxiao was bewildered and suddenly found that the people around her were gone.
She turned around—oh dear, why had they all retreated?
Wait a mont, doesn’t that an she’s...
She quickly intended to step back, but before she could move, she t Yan Guohua’s kind gaze.
"Very good, very good, this young comrade over here, what’s your na? Your courage is comndable, truly comndable."
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
She didn’t want to participate, damn it!
"Manager Yan, you’ve misunderstood, I didn’t want to participate, it’s just that my reaction was slow, give a mont, I’ll..."
Before she could finish, Yan Guohua interrupted seriously: "Young comrade, no need to be shy; this is a glorious task for our departnt store, I’ve got high hopes for you."
As he spoke, he cast a kind gaze at the other few who hadn’t managed to step back in ti, looking appreciative.
Finally, his gaze fell on one person, with even more admiration in his eyes.
When everyone stepped back, there was actually a male comrade actively responding to the call of the organization, rushing forward, but accidentally took a fall face-first.
This was a real warrior!
At this mont, the comrade who had fallen face-first was angrily getting up: "Damn it, who the hell pushed out?"
Yan Guohua: "..."
Damn, celebrated too soon.
Never mind, that’s not important. What’s important is, several of the unlucky ones, oops, good comrades are gathered.
Yan Guohua decisively concluded: "Alright, next, I would like the comrades to prepare the program well; I’m looking forward to your performance."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left, afraid that those unaware would backtrack.
Su Xiaoxiao turned to look at her fellow "unfortunate" comrades: "Did you all react slowly as well?"
Qin Shuang: "No, I dropped sothing and couldn’t catch up."
Zhang Dongi: "Hmph, I’m not as oblivious as you. There were too many people so I couldn’t squeeze in."
Su Xiaoxiao: That wasn’t as bad as reacting slowly.
She turned her head to the other side again.
Zhang Yulan: "I don’t want to go ho early and see my mother-in-law’s scowling face; can avoid it for a while, I better do."
Qian Xiaoyan: "It’s too boring, just joining in for fun."
The man who had just fallen face-first eagerly raised his hand: "I... I’m..."
Su Xiaoxiao: "Alright, since everyone, whether intentional or not, has joined in, let’s work hard together for this next month."
Finally, Zhang Guoqing who didn’t manage to speak out complained angrily: "I haven’t even given my reason?"
A few people: Sorry, we all saw it, no need to explain.
Just then, Xu Cuilan walked over to them with a smile.
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