Jun Mingzhu found herself becoming the most popular attraction at the beach. Just by losing her tooth, she had beco a child celebrity that each of her relatives wanted to take a picture with.
She had posed for fifty three pictures so far and she was tired of smiling. In fact, she was no longer smiling and she was just opening her mouth widely to show off the gap in the middle of the upper row of the teeth.
"She has another one that is starting to co loose. In two weeks, she will have an even wider gap." Chi Lian, the photographer shared.
"Yes!" Jun Jie fist pumped at the sky. If Mingzhu looked adorable with one missing tooth, she would simply be the best looking baby in the world with two missing teeth.
"Don’t forget ." The Empress Mother joined the queue to take pictures.
She was more extra than everyone else as her attendants brought a portable floral background and other equipnt like this was going to be a professional shoot. Suddenly, those that had already taken ordinary pictures were inspired and wanted a do over.
Mingzhu’s small shoulders sagged. This was worse than any fight she had ever got into in her life.
After the photography session, lunch on the beach turned into a feast on the beach. Despite all the noise and excitent, Jingzhe and Tofu continued to sleep.
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i i left Mingzhu with her parents in Sea city when she returned to the capital. As a business owner, she could not stay away from her workplace for too long. Everything was running smoothly at the camp and they were already welcoming the campers that would spend a month at the camp, learning skills and having fun.
Tao Xiaotong was one of the campers and she was currently on a tour of the camp along with her parents and the parents of other children.
There were parts of the camp which were closed off to ordinary campers and only the temporary residents were allowed to access them. Like the forest, the ponds and the new building where the campers would be residing.
All the tent sites, fire pits and amphitheater were also closed off to those that had co to enjoy a few hours at the camp. The only exceptions were those with mberships.
"Sales have increased, so profits have increased." Wu Qing told i i as they walked around the camp and she was introduced to the new changes and improvents which had been made in her absence.
i i nodded. "As expected. It will go down when the sumr break ends. Coordinate with the communications departnt so that we begin accepting bids from outdoor snack vendors.
With all the guests that we are receiving, it is going to be hard to feed them on our own unless I open up an even larger comrcial kitchen."
i i looked out of her office window, taking in the sight of the full outdoor playground. All the rides were booked and busy, the large outdoor swimming pool which she had spent half of her points on was also filled with playful swimrs.
She was going to need another outdoor pool. i i sighed. What started as an indoor camp was developing faster on the outside. It was more like an amusent park now.
Like Wu Qing anticipated i i to broach this subject, she pulled out her phone and projected a hologram. "I had a feeling that this would be coming up soon and I started organizing a list of the most qualified vendors that have taken it upon themselves to apply. Tao foods and Juan tea are the biggest companies on the list"
She twisted her lips and sneaked a glance at i i, "Of course Juan tea is a must." It was a company that belonged to the boss’s family so of course they would get the highest priority and best spot. "They want to be given a spot near the entrance, on the dining floor, and outside. All priority spots."
i i was stunned. "Three spots!"
Wu Qing twisted her mouth and nodded. "The proposal was sent directly from the office of CEO Jun Rose. Of course they are paying highly for the space, thirty million per year."
"No." i i rejected it sternly. "Respond and ask for ninety million a year."
Wu Qing gasped.
"2.5 million for each store in rent per month, that is thirty million per year for an individual store. Eight hundred thousand in rent per month is a slap in our faces. The camp receives between three thousand to eight thousand guests a day. We are steadily increasing and a day is going to co when when we can take in ten thousand and more." i i expanded to explain her reasoning.
"Boss, that is a big ask." Wu Qing said hesitantly.
"Then we can negotiate, up to 1.5 or 2. I am not willing to do anything less than that and that is the response that you should give to all those that want priority spots. As for the rest, we can charge between 500 to 1.5.
It will depend on where they are stationed and how large they want their vending stalls to be. Tell the legal departnt to leave room for negotiation. Rent will increase or decrease depending on how well we do at the end of each financial year. Also, no contract should be longer than a year."
Wu Qing twisted her lips again. "Not even for Juan tea?"
i i nodded. "We need to show transparency and fairness in business or else our image will be tarnished. Phoenix dia would never give free advertising so I cannot give any subsidiary of Phoenix group a free pass. My father would be ashad of if I did business with a foolish brain and weak heart."
"Damn." Wu Qing whispered.
She had been expecting her boss to handle this matter the sa way she had handled the mascots. By allowing all things family related to get a free pass. Outside the camp, so employees whispered about this and one had even been overheard asking, "What is the point of auditioning when the boss was just going to give all the spots to her family mbers anyway?"
Wu Qing had warned the employees that were gossiping and showed them the audition videos to prove that even though there had been so nepotism, those that were hired had been professional.
It had shut their mouths but that did not an it covered the assumptions and judgent in their minds.
So, Wu Qing approved of the boss’s way of handling things now as it would shut so people up.
"Boss, Huaqi cakes also applied." Wu Qing shared slowly.
This was the boss’s boyfriend and potential mother-in-law. Would she compromise?
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