Chapter 2218 - 1927: Jade Gambling

Chapter 2218: Chapter 1927: Jade Gambling

Hearing Yang Lujing’s explanation, President Ma’s face instantly turned green. I’m the one standing up for you, and now great, you actually push everything onto me.

President Ma shouted angrily: "Yang Lujing, don’t talk nonsense. You’re the one who looked down on this kid, called him a country bumpkin, and deliberately snatched away the jade he had his eye on just to humiliate him. Don’t you dare dump it on me."

Yang Lujing argued: "If you hadn’t wanted to see it, why would I have grabbed it?"

Seeing the two of them start quarreling, Wang Qiang, who was already depressed, felt his temper flare even more. He barked at Yang Lujing: "Shut your mouth."

He couldn’t control President Ma, but he could control Yang Lujing.

Yang Lujing immediately clamped her mouth shut and stopped making a sound.

Wang Qiang looked at Song Yun, and said awkwardly: "Mr. Song, what exactly happened?"

Song Yun said calmly: "It’s actually not that big a deal. I just came to buy some jade, and then got looked down on. But there are still good people in your shop—for example, this Zhang Xiaoman here is very dedicated. She gave me a detailed introduction to the jade, and even argued with that dog‑eyed salesgirl who looks down on people."

As he spoke, Song Yun pointed at Zhang Xiaoman.

Zhang Xiaoman hadn’t expected Song Yun to speak up for her in front of the boss. Her cheeks flushed red, and she looked a bit at a loss.

Wang Qiang caught on immediately and said: "Alright, this year’s Outstanding Employee of Phoenix Facing Phoenix will be Zhang Xiaoman. She’ll get a 300,000 yuan bonus then."

Hearing "300,000 yuan bonus," Zhang Xiaoman’s eyes lit up.

Because she’s straightforward and honest, her sales performance has never been very good—only a few thousand yuan a month. Now suddenly there’s a 300,000 yuan bonus; this was simply joy dropping out of the sky.

The other salesgirls all looked at her with envy, thinking to themselves how stupid they’d been—if they’d just said a couple of good words for Song Yun earlier, maybe they’d be getting a bonus too.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

Song Yun swept his gaze across the store, then said: "Old Wang, since you’re planning to open a flagship store, you’ll definitely be short‑handed. I think Comrade Zhang Xiaoman here is well worth cultivating; you can appoint her as deputy manager of the flagship store. Then you arrange for an experienced manager to mentor her. She’s up to it."

She’d just been given a 300,000 bonus, and now she was actually going to be promoted to deputy manager.

Hearing Song Yun’s words, all the salesgirls were dumbfounded.

Their eyes turned to Zhang Xiaoman; now it wasn’t just envy, there was jealousy too. How come they never run into luck this good.

However, they quickly put away their jealousy, because from now on, Zhang Xiaoman would be the one they needed to curry favor with.

"No, I can’t be deputy manager."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Xiaoman heard it, she shook her head.

"Mr. Song says you can do it, then you can definitely do it. Mr. Song’s eye for people is never wrong."

Wang Qiang panicked, afraid that Zhang Xiaoman would refuse, and hurriedly said: "Don’t worry, I’ll arrange for an experienced manager to guide you. When you can handle things on your own, you’ll be promoted to flagship store manager. I trust Mr. Song’s judgment—you can do it."

"But I..."

Zhang Xiaoman still wanted to refuse, but Song Yun cut her off: "You have to believe in yourself. If you don’t even try, how will you know you can’t do it? Give it a shot. If you feel you really can’t, it won’t be too late to step down then."

After a brief silence, a determined look appeared on Zhang Xiaoman’s face. She nodded heavily: "Thank you, I’ll do my best."

Once he finished arranging things for Zhang Xiaoman, Wang Qiang let out a sigh of relief and asked again: "Mr. Song, you said you came to buy jade—have you seen anything you like? I’ll give it to you."

As soon as the words left his mouth, suddenly seven or eight police officers walked over.

The leading officer glanced at the security guard whose face was covered in blood, his expression darkening as he barked: "Someone called the police about a fight and a robbery here. Whoever started it, step forward."

Seeing the police show up, both Zhou Jie and President Ma’s eyes lit up. They thought, no matter how arrogant Song Yun is, he wouldn’t dare assault a cop in broad daylight.

"Officer, he’s the one who hit people."

Zhou Jie and President Ma shouted in unison, raising their hands to point at Song Yun.

The leading officer looked at Song Yun, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes. He kept feeling that this young man looked familiar, but for the moment he couldn’t recall where he’d seen him.

But since someone had identified him as the one who hit people, he’d just take him back first and sort it out later.

"Take him..."

He hadn’t even finished the word "away" when a man in casual clothes rushed into the Phoenix Facing Phoenix store.

"Boss, you okay? Which dumb bastard doesn’t have eyes and actually dared mess with you?"

The man was none other than Zhou Hunshi. He had already turned over a new leaf and started using his family’s influence to pave the way for himself.

And in his heart, Song Yun was his idol.

His idol actually got bullied, of course he was pissed.

Seeing Zhou Hunshi, Song Yun smiled and said: "Nothing serious. Old Wang is already dealing with it."

"You still dare smile—take him..."

The leading officer snorted coldly, but his words suddenly got stuck in his throat, because he recognized that the man calling the suspect "boss" was Zhou Hunshi.

It was said that Zhou Hunshi acknowledged only one person as his boss, and that was...

"This man is the legendary Song Yun!"

The officer’s heart gave a violent lurch, and big beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He’d actually been thinking of arresting Song Yun—this was someone even the very top of the top didn’t dare touch. He was practically looking for death.

In a split second, the officer changed targets, raised his hand, and pointed at President Ma and Zhou Jie, who were just waiting to see Song Yun get arrested: "I now suspect the two of you of possessing controlled substances. Please come back to the station with me to cooperate with the investigation."

Hearing this, President Ma and Zhou Jie were completely stunned.

Weren’t they supposed to arrest Song Yun? How did it turn into arresting them?

Before they could regain their senses, the police had already cuffed them, and also took away several security guards. Everyone was escorted out.