E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 151: Episode 151 Joint Disaster Relief Charity Sale 2

Chapter 151: Episode 151 Joint Disaster Relief Charity Sale 2

Several leaders were whispering among themselves, and soon they all uniformly turned their gaze to Zhou Xueyin. Among them, a bulky figure spoke up, "Everyone agrees that the event page should be hosted on our Zhongonline."

"That works! I’ll have our tech team create a points interface so that we can directly utilize points..." Zhou Xueyin explained the gist.

"That Zhou Xueyin? Right? As for points, can we also integrate the points from Zhongonline’s forum?" continued the leader.

"They should... be doable. As long as we provide access to Zhongonline’s forum data interface..." Zhou Xueyin definitely didn’t know the specifics, but she was quite familiar with the general explanation.

After all, she and Kang Siyin were the ones dealing with the forum setup back in the day. Bluffing these tech-unsavvy people was a piece of cake for her.

Perhaps she could even drive more traffic to her own site...

Of course, now was not the time to think about driving traffic—the priority was to run the event well and to get all the company leaders willingly submitting to her command.

"I have another question..." A female leader, who looked like a stern teacher, pushed up her glasses, "How will each company’s donations be calculated when the time comes?"

"We just discussed this, for donations made in the company’s name, the minimum is 100,000, with no upper limit. The entire sum from the charity sale will be counted as a collective donation from the group..." Zhou Xueyin explained, puzzled. She really didn’t understand what the "female teacher" was getting at.

"What I mean is, how do we account for the customer assets that are offset against debts for each company!" the person massaged her temples in frustration.

"I was just about to get to that, but I was interrupted..." Zhou Xueyin clicked her mouse, and the next page was about customer assets, "The proceeds from this part of the charity sale will be included in the company’s donation. It won’t be counted within the group! Rest assured, we have formulated a detailed calculation protocol to ensure no one’s interests are harmed!"

Hearing Zhou Xueyin’s words, everyone applauded admiringly.

Handling such a thankless task, which if done well earns praise and if botched earns scorn, had been managed by a young lady junior to them in both age and experience—truly a force to be reckoned with.

To say that these people didn’t want to take the lead? Probably not the case.

They were all calculative, and even though they were part of the same group, they were constantly engaged in both overt and covert struggles.

No one wished to spearhead a charity sale that could end in disgrace—they all just wanted to watch each other fail...

In the end, were they truly willing to cooperate with Zhou Xueyin unconditionally? Probably doubtful...

Respect is one thing, but cooperation would depend on whether Zhou Xueyin knew her place...

After the meeting ended, everyone packed up their belongings and returned to their offices, with no one showing the slightest interest in offering help.

In the end, it was the burly leader who stayed behind, "Xiaozhou, I’m Liu Ruidong, General Manager of Zhongonline. Let me know if you need anything! Let’s work together and make a success of this charity sale!"

"Thank you in advance!" Zhou Xueyin said gratefully.

She had not at all expected anyone to actually offer help, and the earnest demeanor of the man suggested he wasn’t out to take advantage.

She could probably trust him, right? Zhou Xueyin reasoned with herself. Though she was in a completely new environment, she still wanted to trust the people she felt should be trusted. After all, becoming the General Manager of such a major website was no small feat.

"Having two meetings in one day is just too much..." Zhou Xueyin realized only when the meeting dispersed that it was already past the end of her workday.

The employees had already left for home, the office stalls all empty, the office deserted, with a subtle scent of the sea lingering...

Liu Feifei, that guy, was eating dried squid strips in the office again!

I’ve reminded him countless times, but he just switches between eating chive pockets, adding garlic sauce to his stewed food, or munching on various dried seafood snacks...

This person is here just to cause trouble, right?

In half a month, he didn’t do a single piece of work, but instead imposed all sorts of weird rules and regulations on the editorial team.

He would complain that the titles didn’t meet the standards or that the text descriptions weren’t engaging enough.

Then he’d demand that Liu He and the others write according to her requirements, and if she saw an article with low viewership, she would dock pay.

This is clearly showing no respect for Zhou Xueyin!

I’ve been too busy recently to deal with her, but once the charity sale is over, I’ll see how I can set this imperious, money-for-nothing jerk straight.

Zhou Xueyin picked up the air freshener from the ground and sprayed it several times, focusing extra sprays on Liu Feifei’s seat to cover up the lingering odors this person had left behind.

The charity sale was finally set for May 24th, with the venue on the underground sunroom level of E-World.

Upon hearing that it was for disaster relief, E-World Mall also offered the biggest discount, symbolically charging only a minimal venue fee.

Securing the venue went so smoothly that inventorying the items became the sticking point.

Betty’s Kitchen and CDNET, the two companies, didn’t have much in assets, especially Betty’s Kitchen, whose assets were long-expired baking ingredients.

It would be a shame to throw them away, but putting them on sale at the charity event would be like ruining the reputation.

"I can’t believe it, flour that expired two years ago is still in the warehouse, aren’t they afraid it’ll attract cockroaches and mice..." Wang Anqi and Zhou Xueyin complained as they took inventory.

"They say Wang Weiping is so stingy he squeaks when he walks. Otherwise, this magazine wouldn’t have fallen on such hard times..." Wang Anqi gossiped quietly with Zhou Xueyin.

"Your gossip radar is really something, how come you know more about these companies than I do, even before anything happens?" Zhou Xueyin playfully tapped her head.

"You don’t see who I’m dealing with, finance people. Those who are only busy for one week a month are bound to gossip every day..." Wang Anqi raised her eyebrows, "Do you want me to tell you their gossip?"

"Pick someone I know..." Zhou Xueyin said while sorting through the items on the shelf, picking out those that were close to their expiration date.

"About that Zhang Lei? You know him, right?" Wang Anqi also multitasked, gossiping with Zhou Xueyin while working.

"What about Zhang Lei?" Zhou Xueyin wasn’t very interested in this person, but since he was someone she knew, she listened in case the gossip could affect her negatively, so it was better to keep a respectful distance.

"Rumor has it, he’s juggling two women, and the two of them even call each other sisters. Impressive, right?"

"Impressive! What’s he got to deserve that? His work skills are so poor, and he’s not that good-looking either. Why would anyone go after him? I just don’t get it..." Zhou Xueyin scoffed, she wouldn’t want such a person even if he was given to her for free.

"Because of the Beijing residency, you know! Having a Beijing hukou is quite valuable! Yinyin, this box of rice seems to be infested, shall we toss it?" Wang Anqi opened a box filled with rice bags, luckily sealed tight. If any pests inside got out, it would be like a biohazard crisis...