Chapter 372 A New Official's Three Fires (3)

‘It looks like he’s on my name. Why did he pause there? Did I guess right? My salary is 8,000, so he’ll probably give raises to others first. After all, I’m not the lowest earner. Sigh, I should have expected this.’

Yang Hui’s pen moved away. She felt a pang of disappointment. Even though she had prepared herself for this, who wouldn’t hope for a miracle?

‘Huh? His pen is moving back… He’s actually changing it.’

Manager Fu’s heart was pounding, THUMP THUMP THUMP. She felt like it was about to burst out of her chest. When she saw the new number Yang Hui had written, her pupils suddenly dilated, the edges of her irises blurring and sharpening in alternation.

She saw the first digit was a 1. Her lower lip trembled unconsciously, and a blush spread across her cheeks, rising from the base of her ears to her cheekbones. She knew her salary had just hit five figures. By the time Yang Hui finished his swift strokes, she saw her new official salary had been adjusted to 13,000 yuan.

If she didn’t have to pretend she hadn’t seen, she would have thrown her arms around Yang Hui’s legs and wept with gratitude. ‘President Yang is a saint! He just arrived and he’s already spreading blessings! A 5,000 yuan raise in a single month! That’s more than 60,000 yuan extra a year! This solves so many problems. I won’t have to scrape by to pay for my child’s tutoring anymore.’

‘And the benefits don’t stop there. The contribution bases for the housing fund and social insurance are about to be adjusted. I’ll catch this wave, which means my housing fund will increase too.’

Once she knew her own salary, Manager Fu stopped paying much attention to anyone else’s. She had only one thought in her mind now: from this day forward, she was President Yang’s person. She would walk through fire and water for him without hesitation.

‘Anything President Yang arranges, I must complete with my utmost effort. For example, this personnel adjustment in the Channel Development Department. I’ll talk to Fang Zheng tomorrow and get him to clear out of the company as soon as possible, so he doesn’t offend President Yang’s eyes.’

She was busy plotting how to carry out President Yang’s orders. Meanwhile, Yang Hui had finished confirming the salary adjustment standards for all employees. The core departments naturally needed to be higher, but he couldn’t let the other departments live in poverty. He looked at the list of these miserable supervisors, whose incomes were lower than even the store clerks at Yanghe Commerce.

‘The only reason they’re willing to stay here is probably for the standard social benefits and the two-day weekend. It’s a place to coast. And a team of coasters can’t be expected to achieve anything great.’

After making the adjustments, he put down his pen, folded his hands on the desk, and said to Manager Fu, “Prepare a salary adjustment proposal based on my changes and submit it to headquarters. Also, the travel expense reimbursement standards for the business departments need to be revised. When I was with the company before, I always felt their business trips were too harsh, which is why no one wanted to travel. That’s led to some management issues with the out-of-town stores.”

Manager Fu knew that with this move to raise compensation, President Yang would probably win the hearts of the entire company. No general manager before him had ever been so popular. And after the pay increase, everyone would cherish their jobs even more, which would also reduce the pressure of management.

The company’s travel standards had been in place for several years and were as follows:

General Manager Travel: 350 yuan/night for accommodation, 100 yuan/day for meal allowance, 20 yuan/day for taxis. However, the general manager usually took the company’s Buick GL8 minivan, so there was little opportunity to take a taxi.

Manager-Level Travel: 200 yuan/night for accommodation, 80 yuan/day for meal allowance, 10 yuan/day for taxis.

Other Travel: 150 yuan/night for accommodation, 60 yuan/day for meal allowance, no taxi reimbursement.

The managers who traveled frequently were from the Operations Department and the Channel Development Department. More often than not, they fell into the “Other Travel” category. At current hotel prices, their allowance wasn’t even enough to stay at a Hanting Hotel in many prefecture-level cities.

“How about this,” he said. “I’ll give you the new standards. Include them in the report to headquarters. Follow these. Take some notes.”

Manager Fu quickly prepared to take careful notes in the small notebook she had brought with her:

General Manager Travel: 600 yuan/night for accommodation, 120 yuan/day for meal allowance, 50 yuan/day for taxis.

Manager-Level Travel: 350 yuan/night for accommodation, 100 yuan/day for meal allowance, 30 yuan/day for taxis.

Other Travel: 200 yuan/night for accommodation, 90 yuan/day for meal allowance, 30 yuan/day for taxis.

He wasn’t adjusting the general manager’s compensation for his own sake. He only planned to be at Ruijing Commerce for a month, and besides, he wasn’t short on cash. A 600 yuan/night hotel? He wouldn’t stay in one. He’d pay out of his own pocket to stay at the best hotel in town. ‘A man with a System who skimps on food, clothing, and shelter? Wouldn’t that be an embarrassment to all the other protagonists with golden fingers?’

As Manager Fu left the office, she suddenly found herself walking with her head held high and her chest puffed out, creating curves where there had been none before. She felt her status in her own family could be raised a notch. ‘Time to go home,’ she thought, ‘and show my husband who wears the pants now.’

As she walked past Fang Zheng’s office, a murderous glint appeared in her eyes. ‘You son of a bitch. Not so arrogant now, are you? You actually thought you could bully me? Hmph.’

When Yang Hui got home, he saw the pair of black high heels again. He knew Yang Bing must be over. ‘I really don’t get how this little girl suddenly has so many questions that require a teacher’s explanation,’ he thought. ‘She used to teach herself everything and still came in first in every subject, miles ahead of everyone else at school, didn’t she?’

Wenren Meng came out of the kitchen and greeted him. “Mr. Yang.”

Yang Hui considered bringing up Wenren Lan, but then decided against it. ‘She’ll be coming over in a couple of days anyway. Wenren Meng should be able to handle that little girl. If it were up to me… I’m really not good at this sort of thing.’

“I’m going to my room to rest for a bit. Come get me later.”

Today had probably been the most intense workday of his life. He was a little tired.