E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 150: Episode 150 Joint Disaster Relief Charity Sale 1

Chapter 150: Episode 150 Joint Disaster Relief Charity Sale 1

Zhou Xueyin’s disaster relief proposal had gained the attention of the corporate leaders, so she was put in charge of creating a planning proposal for disaster relief.

’Zhou Xueyin, oh Zhou Xueyin, you really were not picking a good time to stand out! As soon as you saw the disaster, you couldn’t bear it and took the lead in donating supplies and money! The corporate leaders hadn’t even spoken, and what are you doing standing out like this? Now look, you’ve become the chief planner of this disaster relief, are you satisfied now?’ After the corporate meeting, Zhou Xueyin felt like slapping herself twice.

Originally, she just wanted her company to show some initiative, but now she had to involve the entire group in this disaster relief event.

"Jixiang, kk, Shanshan, Hehe, Xixi, Taotie... let’s have a meeting..." Zhou Xueyin, with a gloomy face, returned to the 20th floor and pulled a few people together for a quick meeting.

"Yinyin, what’s wrong?" Everyone looked puzzled at the distressed Zhou Xueyin.

"I’m just an idiot... It would have been better just to silently donate the supplies, now look, I’ve become the chief planner for the group’s disaster relief event. Tell me, isn’t this just making trouble for myself?" Zhou Xueyin was completely helpless and mentioned that while the company was operating well, it didn’t mean she could ignore her own concerns.

"Yinyin, it’s not your fault, after all, since we were acquired, our company’s supplies also belong to the group, and we can allocate the group’s supplies... so if you really wanted to quietly donate to the disaster area, it would probably still cause trouble..." Wang Anqi seriously replied to Zhou Xueyin.

"I know, I am just venting. Hey? Right, you just mentioned we could also allocate the group’s supplies?" Zhou Xueyin’s eyes lit up after hearing Wang Anqi’s words, and she got an idea.

"Yes, as long as it’s used in a legitimate way, we have the right to use them!" Wang Anqi pushed up her glasses and affirmed.

"Damn, such good news, why didn’t anyone tell me? Since that’s the case, then it’s really feasible!" Zhou Xueyin took out a notebook, "I feel the group wants to save money while doing big things... then why not do a disaster relief charity sale? We could sell those products that are used to offset debts and then donate the funds recouped? And each company in the group could donate a certain amount of money..."

"Companies rolling in cash... Is that regulated? Or..." Li Jiniang cautioned Zhou Xueyin, "I personally think there should be a minimum threshold, with no upper limit?"

"That would work! Of course, donations wouldn’t be mandatory, only as much as they can afford, after all, not all companies are doing well..." As far as Zhou Xueyin knew, apart from Zhongonline and their 51buy, which had higher market values, the other companies were just breaking even.

Especially a certain gourmet magazine company, which was teetering on the verge of cessation. If it weren’t for a certain level of popularity, the group would have shut them down long ago.

"So, let me assign some tasks. Hehe, you write some sensational copy, the more moving the better. Taotie, you and Xixi go and tally with the group’s finance what supplies can be allocated. Jixiang, you reach out to our clients, see if anyone is willing to provide supplies for free, we will exchange with ad slots. kk, can you please set up an online event page for donating points in exchange for disaster relief supplies? Shanbao, you help kk with this page! Everyone all right?"

With a rough plan in place, Zhou Xueyin assigned the tasks.

"Yinyin, Yinyin, calm down, doesn’t this plan need to be reviewed by Chen Lu? If he agrees, then it won’t be too late for us to start!" Li Jiniang timely reminded Zhou Xueyin, not to forget that they had been acquired by the group and it wasn’t all up to her anymore.

"Yes, yes, yes! I need to let the big boss take a look first... Just been acquired, really not used to this." Zhou Xueyin awkwardly laughed.

In the afternoon, Zhou Xueyin turned the disaster relief charity sale plan into a PowerPoint presentation, sent it to Chen Lu, and also notified his secretary, urging Chen Lu to read it thoroughly.

Waiting for a reply was agonizing, and with Zhou Xueyin’s temperament, sitting there quietly waiting for approval was just not possible.

’Did Director Chen even read it yet?’

’Should I go downstairs and ask?’

’Will he agree to this plan?’

Zhou Xueyin paced anxiously in her office, unable to sit down at all.

"Xiaozhou, are you sick? How many times have you walked around the office this afternoon? Should I buy you a millstone to grind some soy milk?" Liu Feifei didn’t know why Zhou Xueyin was so anxious, and continued to taunt her leisurely.

"..." Zhou Xueyin glared at her, swallowing back the retort that had reached her lips.

People who cared only about eating and drinking even when the sky was falling would never understand her feelings.

"Ring, ring, ring..." Zhou Xueyin’s phone rang.

"Hello, good day, General Manager Zhou Xueyin at 51buy... Ah! Hello, Director Chen! Yes, yes, okay. I’ll come down right away!" It was Chen Lu calling to discuss the matter of the charity sale for disaster relief.

She happily took her laptop and headed to the largest conference room on the 9th floor.

As soon as she entered, she was startled.

It turned out she wasn’t the only one there for the meeting; the room was filled with management from other companies.

It seemed she would have to present her proposal in front of all these people...

"Ah, Xiaozhou is here, I’ve looked over the proposal..." Director Chen had a smile on his face, but it was impossible to tell whether he approved of the proposal or not, "Why don’t you start by going over your proposal, and then we’ll listen to everyone’s feedback?"

This was bad, Director Chen saying this was likely a prelude to dismissing her idea.

But if she didn’t fight for her idea, it wouldn’t be right just to be suppressed by the "seniors" right after being acquired, when she was just starting to do something impressive.

Zhou Xueyin took a deep breath, opened the ppt, and projected it onto the wall: "I won’t make a sentimental speech. I just want to donate some supplies to the disaster area to alleviate some of their difficulties. Although our contribution may be just a drop in the bucket, the intention to help them rebuild their homes is priceless..."

While she was presenting the PPT, the seated executives kept whispering among themselves, but it didn’t prevent Zhou Xueyin from conveying her thoughts.

Especially when talking about each subsidiary company contributing practical items as much as possible, the whispers gradually turned into loud discussions.

Zhou Xueyin had to stop and look at everyone: "Excuse me, do you have any comments on this proposal?"

"No, we were just discussing it. Please, continue..." A balding man wearing glasses gestured with his hand.

"This is the event page... net users can use points to exchange for donated goods..." Zhou Xueyin continued with the ppt.

"Wait a minute, on which site will this event page be hosted?" Another burly male executive asked.

"...On the site with the highest traffic among our group’s subsidiaries..." Zhou Xueyin knew it was hard to please everybody, but she was confident that her answer wouldn’t provoke any objections.

After all, it was a charity event, intended to involve more people, so it definitely needed to be hosted on the site with the highest traffic. She believed others would agree with this approach...