Chapter 298 - 201: The Candidate (2)

Chapter 298: Chapter 201: The Candidate (2)

Friends? He suddenly felt so distant from the so-called friends in his old circle. Ever since he got his golden finger and changed his lifestyle, he’d become almost completely isolated from his former social scene.

And with his lazy disposition, he disliked being the one to call or text people, so naturally, he rarely received calls or messages from others either.

He inexplicably felt a touch of the loneliness that comes with being at the top.

He sighed.

"Brother Chen Xiao, and you’re sighing? Do you have any idea how hard this little lady has to stare when I fill out your bonus forms? I’m terrified I’ll leave off a zero!"

For the 1 billion from the Junxing Intelligent Research and Development Center, Chen Xiao received a 50 million bonus, while Ma Jing got nothing.

However, from the 10 million in PR event fees for the Junxiao Square Second Store, Ma Jing was able to get 50,000, which made her a little happy.

Just by following Brother Chen Xiao around and picking up the scraps each month, she had actually become a millionaire.

She heard that HR had already notified Yuan Kai that starting in the new year, neither he nor the sales department would receive the 0.5% commission from Chen Xiao’s business. That perk was now exclusive to Ma Jing.

Although Yuan Kai was disappointed, he knew there was nothing to be done. They had never lifted a finger for any of Chen Xiao’s deals, so getting those bonuses in the past had already been a windfall for him.

Dr. Feng’s Robot was now famous in the industry, making it easier to hit performance targets. Plus, the company was flush with cash, so Feng Feifei had raised their base salaries without reducing the bonus percentages. This was also good news.

As for Hou Fei’s project, he hadn’t heard Hou Fei mention it recently, and Yuan Kai didn’t ask. He thought it was a bit shaky—trying to claim a 200 million valuation with just a PowerPoint presentation.

The key thing was, Hou Fei had once mentioned going to the Jiangzhou Design Institute to discuss a letter of intent, but nothing ever came of it after he got back.

He and Hou Fei were on different floors now, so they had much less contact than before. Besides, his current supervisor was Li Hui, not Hou Fei.

Hou Fei had gone from being a Vice President to a CTO of a business division, mainly responsible for the technical side. Now, he rarely even had the chance to report to Feng Feifei.

"Hmph. Is that all the bonus is this time? Lame."

Chen Xiao glanced at the application form and tossed it to Ma Jing.

’Is he even human? He calls 50 million ’just this much’? Give it to me then, I won’t complain it’s too little!’

Full of indignation, Ma Jing took the application form to the finance office to process Chen Xiao’s bonus.

His requests were always handled as special cases, just as Feng Feifei had instructed. There were no intermediate steps—just fast and efficient processing.

Chen Xiao then remembered he hadn’t replied to Qiao Xin’s message, so he sent one over: "Lots of wolves and not much meat. If you want a bite, you’d better be quick!"

Qiao Xin sent back a flirty emoji: "By wolves, do you mean she-wolves like Ma Jing?"

’Ma Jing is nowhere near as shameless as you,’ Chen Xiao thought, shaking his head.

"If Ma Jing is a wolf, what does that make you? A female monkey?"

Qiao Xin sent an angry emoji. "Monkeys don’t just eat bananas, they eat peaches too!"

Chen Xiao suspected she was making a dirty joke, but he had no proof.

Just then, a notification came from his bank. The bonus had arrived. But he was actually more interested in the message from the System.

"DING! Host has received a business commission bonus of 50.5 million yuan. Awarding Diligence Reward bonus of 3.003 billion yuan! Total balance: 3.963 billion yuan!"

Now *this* was the main event. Not only was the amount huge, but it was all tax-free. How sweet was that!

Ma Jing returned from the finance office, her face flushed with excitement. Her 50,000 yuan bonus had arrived too!

"Brother Chen Xiao, the administrative supervisor just asked me to check with you. Which clients do we need to procure New Year’s gifts for?"

New Year’s gifts? It seemed like none of Chen Xiao’s clients needed gifts from him; they were all the ones rushing to give *him* gifts.

Ma Jing had now effectively become Chen Xiao’s exclusive assistant. For any company matter, big or small, anyone who needed to find Chen Xiao had to go through her first.

Meanwhile, Zhang Hui was the one Ma Jing had left in charge of the team’s daily affairs.

"Just send something to Bai Lu, Li Guoqiang, and Cha Lan. Forget the rest."

He couldn’t remember the names of the others, let alone find their contact information.

After acknowledging his instruction, Ma Jing went out to find the administrative supervisor.

Speaking of Li Guoqiang, he remembered what Li had asked him about last time and sent him a message to check in: "President Guoqiang, regarding what we talked about last time, have you contacted President Xu?"

It wasn’t long before Li Guoqiang called back. "President Chen, thanks for thinking of me. About the Junxing Auto dealership, I’ve already spoken with President Xu!"

Over the phone, he told Chen Xiao that Xu Wu had been a great help. She had called over Xu Gang from Junxing Auto and told him point-blank that Li Guoqiang was an old friend of hers and that he should give him plenty of support.

As a result, Li Guoqiang and Xu Gang were now coordinating on all the store-opening matters, and everything was going very smoothly.

Chen Xiao grunted in acknowledgment. "If you run into any funding issues, let me know. I can personally help you with some of it."

Li Guoqiang definitely wouldn’t make money in the initial phase of the Junxing Auto venture; he might even lose some. But he had still placed his bet—he was betting on Chen Xiao himself. That being the case, how could Chen Xiao let a friend take a loss?

"Thank you, President Chen! I can manage for now!"

Chen Xiao knew he was definitely under pressure, or he wouldn’t have said he could ’manage for now.’ Business at Inspection Equipment was shrinking, and he had also invested a portion of his personal funds into Ding Yong’s Hongmeng Intelligent Selection Car venture. There was no way he’d see a return on that capital anytime soon.

"I’ll lend you 20 million to start. Use it without worry. No interest."

He had quickly calculated Li Guoqiang’s financial situation and figured he was likely taking out loans to run the Junxing Auto business, which was why Chen Xiao offered to lend him 20 million.

This was a way of looking out for an old friend, and also a way to thank him for going all-in on Junxing Auto at a time like this.

For ten Junxing Auto showrooms, 20 million was more than enough. It’s not like he was opening full-service 4S dealerships.