E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 155: Episode 155: Got Played for a Fool at the Charity Sale

Chapter 155: Episode 155: Got Played for a Fool at the Charity Sale

The first task when Zhou Xueyin arrived at work on Monday was to do an inventory check, and sure enough, out of the limited-edition watches, only one remained from the initial three.

The remaining one was merely in its packaging, with the watch itself having disappeared without a trace...

Not only that, but two 9600GT graphics cards were also missing, with just their packaging left behind.

"Damn it! I knew it! That jerk definitely had two graphics cards in his bag yesterday!" Zhou Xueyin said angrily.

But what could her anger accomplish? She hadn’t been able to stop him on the spot yesterday, and confronting him now, could he admit it?

"Yinyin, should we check the surveillance from E-world?" Wang Anqi suggested, "To see who stole the products?"

"I know who stole them..." Zhou Xueyin hesitated for a moment. Being new, she really didn’t want to offend people from other companies within the group, but now that items were lost and she knew who took them, she had no choice but to thoroughly investigate. So, she slapped her thigh, "Let’s go have a look! If we catch him on camera, we can use it as evidence to make him return the items!"

At the security center in E-world, where they went to view the surveillance, they indeed saw yesterday’s footage. However, Zhang Lei cleverly used his body and other objects as cover. Although they could see him putting something into his bag, it was impossible to clearly see what it was. This was completely useless as evidence for confrontation...

Luckily, the total loss of both the graphics cards and the watch was less than 10,000 yuan, a loss that Zhou Xueyin had to bear herself.

She was definitely not content, but she could only blame herself for not keeping a constant eye on him and preventing these dirty tricks...

By Wednesday, Zhou Xueyin had organized and reported the total of charity auction and sales, along with the donations from various companies, to Chen Lu.

At the corporate directors’ meeting, Chen Lu praised Zhou Xueyin for her outstanding work performance: "Despite her young age, she has achieved remarkable results! This charity auction along with various donations totaled 2.38 million yuan! Let’s applaud!"

Chen Lu led the applause and appreciatively patted Zhou Xueyin, who stood by his side.

Zhou Xueyin smiled awkwardly, seeing the complex smiles on the faces of other company presidents.

"To round up the number, I’ll add..." Chen Lu calculated.

"220,000 yuan... that’s not a silly number..." Zhou Xueyin muttered quietly, not expecting that Chen would hear her.

"Xiaozhou said, ’definitely don’t make up a silly number of 250,’ so I’ll personally add 220,000 yuan to make it an even 2.6 million, as disaster relief funds from CBIS Group, handed over to the relevant disaster relief donation department!" Chen Lu said cheerfully, not upset by Zhou Xueyin’s slip of the tongue, "Alright, Xiaozhou, find a place to sit, and next we’ll hear your company’s plans for the second half of the year!"

Plans for the second half of the year? What plans could there be? Zhou Xueyin nervously looked around at everyone else.

It seemed everyone was prepared; they all opened their laptops or MacBooks, ready to speak. Zhou Xueyin only had an ordinary notebook in front of her, completely unprepared for anything.

"Oh right, Xiaozhou, you listen first this time. Since you’re new to the group and had also prepared the charity event, let’s hear their second-half plans first. You can provide yours separately to me later." Chen Lu really cut some slack.

"Whew..." Zhou Xueyin slowly exhaled.

Even if she hadn’t been acquired by the company, she would have planned the company’s work for the second half of the year by the end of May. But this year was exceptional, with the acquisition and then an earthquake, her plans were completely disrupted.

All her energy had been invested in the charity event, and plans for the second half of the year were completely put aside...

Thankfully, Chen Lu’s intervention saved her; otherwise, she really wouldn’t know how to fabricate a plan under the scrutinizing eyes of everyone.

Meanwhile, while the managers were in a meeting, Wei Jingzhu spotted someone selling a brand-new, unpackaged 9600GT graphics card in the forum’s second-hand section.

Since it lacked packaging, the price of this graphics card was significantly lower than the market price. This was perfect for him, but when he tried to contact the seller, he realized the QQ number left was one of Zhang Lei’s aliases.

[Yinyin, did Zhang Lei really take the company’s 9600GT?] To confirm the information, Wei Jingzhu immediately messaged Zhou Xueyin.

But at that moment, Zhou Xueyin was in a meeting and didn’t receive it.

Seeing that she hadn’t replied for a long time, Wei Jingzhu then sent a message to Li Jiniang.

[Ah? He took the 9600GT? I didn’t know about that. I’ll ask Little Taotie for you.] Zhou Xueyin hadn’t told anyone about the missing items, so Li Jiniang could only think to ask Wang Anqi, who had done the inventory check with her, who might know about it.

She went over to Wang Anqi and quietly asked, "Did we lose a 9600GT graphics card during the charity event?"

"Not one, but two! And the limited edition Fengyi watch as well..." Wang Anqi replied quietly, "Yinyin has already paid for these losses out of her own pocket... It’s so unjust! It wasn’t even her fault..."

"Okay, I got it..." Li Jiniang nodded thoughtfully.

"What’s up? Any leads? Got any evidence?" Wang Anqi saw Li Jiniang’s expression and looked at her expectantly.

"I’ll confirm it once more... I’ll let you know once there’s news! Carry on with your work..." Li Jiniang returned to her desk.

[Confirmed, two graphics cards and a watch are missing...]

[I’ve already warned Yinyin about it, but there’s nothing else to do. We can’t fear a thief who keeps coming back. If he wants to take something, he’ll find a way. It’s really not Yinyin’s fault...] Wei Jingzhu defended Zhou Xueyin.

[After all this, who exactly took it? I’m going to confront them! The absolute scoundrel!] Li Jiniang cursed angrily.

[Who else could it be but Zhang Lei? The day after we didn’t go, that guy got sticky fingers... Don’t worry, I’ll draw him out and report it to Liu Ruidong! A person like him doesn’t deserve to stay in such a good company!] For some reason, Wei Jingzhu felt a surge of morality and wouldn’t rest until he pulled Zhang Lei down from his position as game channel manager.

Meanwhile, during the ongoing meeting, Zhou Xueyin was completely unaware that Wei Jingzhu was trying to get justice for her by engaging in a battle of wits with Zhang Lei.

Although listening to other companies’ planning was an extremely boring affair, certain well-developed companies’ plans did give her some ideas.

Thus, Zhou Xueyin also wrote down some activity ideas for the second half of the year in her notebook.

The holidays were still the same, but now there were more ways to celebrate. She could not only collaborate with offline stores but also with some TB shops for discounts, effectively advertising for them.

Even though the money wasn’t much, the benefits were mutual.

TB could help drive traffic to 51buy, while this side could help boost online merchant’s customer traffic, which is what they call ’turning traffic into cash’.