Chapter: 6300

Everyone nodded in agreement as they listened to this.

Manager Chen said again, "All of you, from now on, give me your full spirits and pay close attention to Zhou Liangyuan's every move on Antique Street. This time, I will definitely let him have no place to stand on Antique Street!"

Zhou Liangyuan didn't know that he had already caught someone's attention as soon as he arrived here.

He walked to the central location of Antique Street, where there are mostly three-story buildings imitating ancient architecture. The largest building in Antique Street is located at the site of Jieqing Hall.

At this time, Jieqing Hall has not closed yet. The rules on Antique Street are usually to set up stalls early morning and late afternoon, with shop openings and closures also happening during these times.

This way, the early market is open for a few hours, allowing customers who don't have strong purchasing power or are eager to find bargains to roam around first. Once those bargain-hunters leave, customers with stronger purchasing power can come more leisurely.

Zhou Liangyuan arrived at the central location of Antique Street and just so happened to reach the entrance of Jieqing Hall.

Manager Chen was just finishing a meeting with a few colleagues at the back, and then he turned to a few people and said, "Are there no plans for the evening?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison, saying, "There are no plans."

Manager Chen nodded his head slightly, saying, "Since there are no plans, we'll just stay at the store and add some overtime, let the dragon and phoenix pavilion send us some spicy small dragon and phoenix, and then have a work dinner. It's all within our company's budget."

The rules at Jieqing Hall were unwritten but well-known: occasionally, customers would come or new goods would arrive, requiring the colleagues to add extra hours, usually without overtime pay, but the store would take care of everyone with one meal per evening. Manager Chen could apply for a 30,000 yuan contingency fund every month from the company's financial department, and the budget for overtime meals was within that contingency fund.

Manager Chen basically spent all 30,000 yuan on contingency funds each month, part of which he used to treat his colleagues to dinner and win them over, and another part he quietly found various invoices and fake names to put into his own pocket.

The colleagues heard that Manager Chen would be arranging for everyone to have dinner with dragon and phoenix, so one by one they naturally agreed enthusiastically.

These colleagues were mostly single, with nothing to do after work each day. With their workload light, they didn't hurry back home when the shift ended, preferring to stay at the store to relax and enjoy a leisurely evening.

Just then, Zhou Liangyuan hesitated for a moment before pushing open the door and walking in.

As soon as he entered, the magnetic sensor on the door emitted a clear and crisp ting sound. Manager Chen and a few colleagues looked over simultaneously and saw Zhou Liangyuan approaching with a smile on his face.

Manager Chen put away his surprise and pretended to be delighted, saying, "Ah! Director Zhou! What time did you get back?"

Zhou Liangyuan smiled and said, "I just got here today."

He hastened to add, "I'm no longer the manager of Jieqing Hall, so please don't address me as such anymore."

Manager Chen laughed and said, "Look at what you're saying. When I was working under you, I didn't learn much from you, but it's only natural for me to call you 'manager' when we're here."

Zhou Liangyuan saw the plaque on Manager Chen's chest with the title of general manager and smiled as he said, "You're now the manager of Jieqing Hall?"

"Yes," Manager Chen humbly replied. "After you left, we couldn't find anyone like you to take over this position, so I temporarily took charge."

Manager Chen intentionally said, "Oh no, don't tell me, Zhou Shifu. I'm really not fit for this job. You know my abilities are far inferior to yours. I'd rather be your assistant than pretend to be a manager. But since you're back, why not just go ask Song Miss for me?"

Zhou Liangyuan had lived abroad for many years and although his experience in antiques was old-fashioned, he still had a lot to learn about people and relationships in the domestic business world.

He thought Manager Chen's words were all genuine intentions, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, please don't. I didn't come back this time with the intention of returning to Jieqing Hall, so Manager Chen should absolutely not mention it to Song Miss." JrNovels.com