Chen ilan cleared her throat and began, "Starting today, anyone who signs up to participate in the city-wide departnt store gala can leave work an hour early each day for rehearsal. This ti will be counted as regular working hours and included in your salary.
As soon as she finished speaking, the room erupted.
"Why’s the managent so generous this year? If I had known, I’d have signed up too."
"Exactly, those who signed up got really lucky. I wonder if I can still sign up now?"
"Why didn’t they tell us about this benefit earlier?"
Chen ilan cleared her throat again, interrupting the chatter below, and continued, "Additionally, everyone participating in the gala will receive extra material rewards. However, what’s going to be offered hasn’t been decided yet."
"Alright, everyone, back to work. That’s all I had to say."
As she spoke, she looked at Su Xiaoxiao, "Comrade Su, co over here for a mont."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded and imdiately followed her to a quiet corner.
Chen ilan glanced at Su Xiaoxiao’s face, and after a mont, she spoke, "Regarding the sponsorship, the general manager suggests you take a few days off to secure this sponsorship."
Su Xiaoxiao didn’t expect such a good opportunity and bead with joy, "Thank you to the general manager and Director Chen. Don’t worry, for the honor of our factory, I will definitely secure the sponsorship."
When she heard this, Chen ilan nodded, her gaze at Su Xiaoxiao carrying a hint of appreciation. "Alright, if there’s nothing else, you can go back."
As soon as Su Xiaoxiao returned, she was surrounded by everyone.
"Comrade Su, did Director Chen just talk to you about the gala?"
"Can we still sign up now?"
"What exactly are the prizes? Can you give us a hint?"
With everyone crowding around her full of regret and curiosity, Su Xiaoxiao didn’t know how to respond and suddenly caught a glimpse of the clock on the wall.
"Umm... it’s almost business hours, let’s get to work first, we’ll talk about the rest later, okay?"
At that mont, Chen ilan also ca to the door and turned back to the crowd, "We’re about to open, why are you all gathered here? Want to get your wages docked?"
With those words, everyone imdiately returned to their respective counters to prepare for the afternoon sales.
Qin Shuang, who was closest to Su Xiaoxiao, secretly moved closer to her, "Xiaoxiao, did you help us fight for this? Not only do we get off work early, but we also get paid training. That’s impressive!"
Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly smiled, "I’m not that capable; it was the general manager who proposed it."
She was speaking the truth, yet Zhang Yulan beside her chid in, "That stingy general manager, how could he propose sothing like this voluntarily?"
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
So this is how the general manager is perceived by everyone?
Qin Shuang looked at Su Xiaoxiao as if looking at her idol, her eyes almost sparkling.
Su Xiaoxiao felt a bit embarrassed under her gaze, "You’re all flattering too much; it really was the general manager’s idea; I don’t have that kind of influence."
Zhang Yulan obviously didn’t believe her, "Even if it was the general manager’s idea, it must be out of respect for you. Without you acquiring the sponsorship, the general manager definitely wouldn’t have proposed the prizes."
Su Xiaoxiao’s face reddened from the complints, unsure of how to respond, when the departnt store’s doors opened.
With custors entering, Qin Shuang and Zhang Yulan quickly returned to their counters, unable to continue chatting with Su Xiaoxiao.
The afternoon wasn’t too busy. As Su Xiaoxiao worked, she thought about securing the sponsorship; ti flew by, and it was soon ti to leave work.
This was, of course, the end of the workday for the six of them.
The other salespeople watched them leave early with their bags, feeling both envious and jealous.
The general manager specifically gave Su Xiaoxiao the key to the eting room, putting her in charge of rehearsals.
The group arrived at the eting room together.
There was a small stage at the front of the eting room, just right for their rehearsal.
Zhang Dongi felt envious watching Su Xiaoxiao unlock the door.
"It’s just sucking up to the boss, who can’t do that? Get praised and they really consider themselves soone important? Pft."
She couldn’t wait to see how Su Xiaoxiao would still be pleased with herself in front of the leaders once she secured the sponsorship.
Since they were a bit far apart and Zhang Dongi spoke softly, Su Xiaoxiao didn’t hear what she said, nor was she inclined to bother.
She looked up at everyone and said, "Regarding the rehearsal program, do you all have any good ideas?"
Zhang Guoqing scratched his head, "In past years, it’s been pretty much the sa—either poetry recitations or group singing, and sotis skits. Why don’t we go with poetry recitation, it’s not too difficult and easy to rehearse."
Zhang Yulan disagreed, "It’s easy, sure, but isn’t it too ordinary? The leaders are really investing this ti, showing how much they value the gala. If we just rehearse a poetry recitation, won’t that seem like we’re not putting in much effort?"
Qin Shuang agreed, "Since the leaders are paying us to rehearse, we should co up with sothing unique. Doing the sa old routine would certainly disappoint them."
Qian Xiaoyan shrugged, "I’m just here to have fun. Whatever you decide, I’m in."
Seeing that no one had any concrete ideas, Zhang Dongi cleared her throat, feeling it was her ti to shine.
"How about we write our own song and compose music for it? We can include praises for the leaders in the lyrics. Maybe we’ll win first place if the leaders are impressed."
She thought her idea was brilliant, not only getting to shine in front of the leaders but also having them favor her if she ntioned it was her suggestion.
However, the others didn’t even look at her, instead focusing on Su Xiaoxiao, "Comrade Su, you always have good ideas. What do you think we should prepare?"
Seeing that they were ignoring her, Zhang Dongi was even more upset.
"Didn’t you hear my suggestion? Writing and composing our song shows sincerity and demonstrates our abilities to the leaders. Isn’t that great?"
Zhang Yulan snorted, "None of us have a professional background. Who knows how to compose or write music?"
Zhang Dongi: "Can’t we hire soone?"
Qin Shuang unkindly jabbed, "How is that any different from just performing a group song?"
"Of course, it’s different. Our lyrics and music would be unique and would surely wow everyone," Zhang Dongi insisted.
Just as she finished defending her idea, Su Xiaoxiao spoke up, "I suddenly thought of an idea. I’m not sure if it’s feasible."
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