Chapter 89: Salary Adjustments, Subsidies, Annual Meeting: Mama Ali After the Storm (Seeking Votes)

Entrepreneurship Park, Room 206.

"Hu Yun, have daily active users and order volume recovered?"

Chen Yansen held a water cup, leaned against the desk, and asked Hu Yun from the data team.

"Brother Sen, the data was normal yesterday: 1.06 million daily active users, 140,000 orders, and 13.7 million yuan in total daily sales across the site." Hu Yun stood opposite and blurted it out.

Zhang Wenbo, Xiang Pengfei, Zhuang Rui, Zhang Yifeng, Meng Xibo, and others nearby all showed joy; they knew the fake wine storm had finally been weathered.

"Bobo, as the head of the customer service team, you failed to report customer complaints and public sentiment in time. Your December bonus is deducted, and you are excluded from the year-end salary adjustment. Do you have any objections?"

Chen Yansen looked at Meng Xibo and said.

In fact, Meng Xibo had sent a work email, but he treated the matter as a routine customer complaint and directly forwarded the user's request to Jiushen Wang for handling, which angered the users who bought fake wine.

"Brother Sen, I bear great responsibility for this; I understand. In the future, if such a situation arises, I will handle it cautiously."

After hearing the punishment, Meng Xibo couldn't help but sigh with relief; he had thought he would be fired, but Chen Yansen showed leniency, and now his heart was full of discomfort and guilt.

"Brother Sen, three customer service staff, one business development officer, and one editor resigned in the past two days. Considering the high-frequency requirement for new listings on Super Fan every day, we probably need to recruit about ten more people. This is the recruitment plan for each team." Xu Dan handed over the document and explained.

"Understood." Chen Yansen nodded slightly, his expression calm.

These departing classmates were merely worried that the fake wine incident would affect their studies and resumes.

Let them go; Chen Yansen didn't care.

"Everyone has worked hard these past few days. Next Friday, we will hold Mama Ali's first annual meeting in the Sky Garden. By the way, Xu Xingxing, tell everyone what prizes you have prepared?"

Chen Yansen smiled and looked at Xu Xingxing.

"Twenty Apple 4 phones, thirty cash red envelopes of 2,000 yuan each, and thirty supermarket gift cards with a face value of 1,000 yuan each."

Xu Xingxing stepped forward and said loudly.

"So, I hope everyone can attend; those not present will not be eligible for the lucky draw."

Chen Yansen joked with a smile and continued: "Next week, based on Mama Ali's current development, I will adjust salaries for all positions. Furthermore, except for business development, every quarter henceforth, based on work performance, you can receive one to three months' salary as a quarterly bonus."

Salary adjustment?

Quarterly bonus?

Zhang Wenbo and others exchanged smiles, their faces full of excitement; they knew they had bet right, and following a boss like Chen Yansen, they would absolutely not be shortchanged on treatment.

The business development team's reaction was not great; they were originally paid on commission. If their performance was outstanding, their commission alone in a month could reach fifty or sixty thousand, so they hardly cared about bonuses of a few thousand.

"In addition, considering the addition of externally hired partners like classmate Yuan Wei, I have decided to add an extra 20% on top of everyone's base salary as a housing subsidy."

"Shortly, Xu Dan will send the new employee handbook to the project group. From now on, overtime on workdays will be calculated at 1.5 times the wage, accurate to the cent; weekends at double; and holidays at triple."

Chen Yansen continued to add.

"Monitor, is working time calculated based on six hours or eight hours?" Xu Xingxing pressed.

This was the question Zhang Wenbo, Xiang Pengfei, and others cared about most.

Every time rushing project progress, the technical department suffered the most, often working from 8 a. m. until 10 p. m. before getting off work.

"Calculated as eight hours, but the two hours for lunch and afternoon nap at noon are also counted within the eight hours; the actual working duration remains unchanged." Xu Dan answered on behalf of Chen Yansen.

Still a six-hour workday?

Everyone looked at each other, eyes full of surprise; Chen Yansen's string of sweet dates left everyone dizzy.

"Meeting adjourned!"

After giving instructions, Chen Yansen waved his hand at the few of them.

The team leaders, faces beaming, returned to their workstations to share the welfare policies announced by Chen Yansen with their team members.

Instantly, cheers echoed continuously on the second floor.

Even Xu Xingxing, with the lowest salary, could receive 5,000 yuan before tax in a month, counting the housing subsidy, meal allowance, quarterly bonus, and overtime pay.

This was before the salary adjustment; if calculated after the adjustment, it would be over 6,000 yuan before tax.

This income level belongs to the upper-middle tier even in first-tier cities.

To put it bluntly, some teachers at Xucheng Academy don't earn this much.

For technical personnel like Zhang Wenbo and Xiang Pengfei, the income would only be higher.

After everyone else left, Wang Zihao finally came over and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Wang Zihao stared at Chen Yansen; there was no joy over a raise in his eyes, only worry for his best friend.

"It's just the inspection station; going in there is like going home." Chen Yansen felt warmth in his heart, patted Wang Zihao's shoulder, and joked.

"As soon as you returned, you adjusted salaries, issued quarterly bonuses, and gave housing subsidies. You don't need to bleed so much just to soothe people's hearts, right?" Wang Zihao felt sorry for him.

"You're overthinking it. If you have time, check the recruitment websites more often; if you're unwilling to spend money, you can't recruit talent. Xu Dan recruited for a month and only got one Yuan Wei. Do you know how much Mama Ali's Xiaoer earns in a month?"

Chen Yansen smiled, put his arm around Wang Zihao, walked to the window, and said seriously.

"Fine, anyway, you're the boss." Wang Zihao, lost in thought, grinned.

"Money, this thing, only when spent can it earn back more." Chen Yansen breathed on the glass and wrote 'money' in the mist with his finger.

After speaking, Chen Yansen walked out of Room 206 and turned into Cao Dahua's office.

Normally at this time, Old Cao would have left work long ago, but today he was still drinking tea on the sofa.

"You're back." Cao Dahua heard the noise, looked up, and greeted.

"Old Cao, thanks." Chen Yansen plopped down, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and sipped it in small mouthfuls.

"Let's go; the principal is still waiting. Thanking me is useless; Principal Tang is your benefactor." Cao Dahua did not take credit and quietly reminded Chen Yansen.

"I know."

Chen Yansen nodded in agreement.

The two went downstairs, heading toward Tang Qingshan's office.

On the way, Cao Dahua asked, "Why was it so noisy just now?"

Chen Yansen told the truth and informed him of Mama Ali's salary adjustment plan.

"Little Chen, your salary adjustment plan is very bad."

Cao Dahua sucked in a sharp breath, clutching his chest with a look of agony.

"Is there a problem?" Chen Yansen countered.

"It hurts my self-esteem." Cao Dahua covered his face in grief.

He takes home barely over 8,000 a month; these students, these students' wages will soon surpass his—doesn't that slap his face hard?

"Look, what can a teacher do? Maybe I should resign and work for you." Before Chen Yansen could react, Cao Dahua said half-seriously, half-jokingly.

"Old Cao, stop joking. Your job is worth a thousand gold." Chen Yansen ignored him and walked straight ahead.

"I'm serious, I'm not joking with you." Cao Dahua puffed out his belly and hurried a few steps to catch up.

"Fox Tao still needs a gatekeeper; what do you think?" Chen Yansen pretended to think for a moment, then said with a smile.

"Get lost! You rascal!" Cao Dahua laughed heartily and shook his head helplessly.

The two chatted nonsense all the way and soon arrived at Tang Qingshan's office.

Before Chen Yansen could even thank him, Tang Qingshan said, "You are my Tang Qingshan's student, so I must protect you. Besides, you did nothing wrong. If it were any other student from the Void Academy, I would do the same."

Cao Dahua stood behind Chen Yansen, hearing this and secretly curling his lip.

Given his understanding of Tang Qingshan's style of conduct, if he hadn't played a few small tricks, Tang Qingshan would not have decided so quickly to help pull him out.

Chen Yansen smiled shyly, seizing the opportunity like hitting a snake with a stick, calling him "Teacher" over and over until Tang Qingshan beamed with joy.

About ten minutes later, Tang Qingshan raised his hand and checked his watch.

Chen Yansen immediately understood, politely took his leave. Outside the office, he dragged Cao Dahua to Shuangqing Restaurant off-campus for dinner.

The two clinked glasses and swapped cups; before long, they had finished six or seven bottles of beer.

Cao Dahua took off his jacket, pulled his sweater up to his chest, revealing his round belly.

The air conditioning in the room was powerful, blowing until his face turned red and his ears burned.

"Back then, when I went into business, I happened to catch the first wave of the internet boom. However, I had no interest in money; I just felt that teaching and educating people could realize life's value, so later I joined Void City Academy."

Cao Dahua spoke of past events with a serious face.

Chen Yansen merely responded with "Hmm," "Ah," and "Old Cao is awesome," not believing a single punctuation mark of what he said.

After eating and drinking their fill, Chen Yansen hailed a car, instructed the driver to take Cao Dahua to his destination, and only then slowly walked back to school.

Since the decision to raise salaries was made, then take the steps, fully launch social recruitment, and accelerate Fox Tao's development speed.

Chen Yansen pondered silently.

On the other side.

Fox Tao's salary adjustment plan was posted by Xu Dan on the campus forum, mainly to facilitate recruitment.

A six-hour workday, meal subsidies, overtime pay, housing subsidies, and quarterly bonuses left college students who hadn't yet left campus dizzy and confused.

Everyone was like they'd been injected with chicken blood, frantically revising resumes and submitting resumes.

That night, Xu Dan's mailbox was stuffed with hundreds of job applications.

Many senior students originally preparing for spring recruitment changed their job targets to Fox Tao.

Previously, Fox Tao's benefits were only competitive within the campus, or rather within the province; some senior students wanting to make money still chose super-tier cities like Yan, Hu, and Shen as their first choice for job hunting.

But now, Fox Tao's benefits are no less than those in big cities.

In a certain male dormitory.

Gao Yuxiang scrolled through Fox Tao's latest updates, feeling as uncomfortable as if he'd eaten dung; he had just resigned, and Fox Tao immediately gave its employees a raise.

Isn't this deliberately targeting me!

Gao Yuxiang cursed angrily; once the fake wine incident was exposed, he submitted his resignation that very day, fearing he would be implicated.

"Yuxiang, I truly envy you; Fox Tao's benefits are really good. I just submitted my resume; if I pass the interview, we can fight side by side again."

At this moment, a dorm-mate said with a chuckle.

Gao Yuxiang's face stiffened; he smiled awkwardly. He hadn't told anyone outside that he had resigned from Fox Tao; otherwise, even if people didn't say it to his face, they would curse him behind his back for being unscrupulous.

At the same time, several customer service staff who had resigned heard that Fox Tao announced a salary raise and felt deep regret.

One girl with thick skin intended to send a message to Xu Dan saying she wanted to return to work at Fox Tao, but found she had long been blocked.

For Xu Dan, recruiting customer service staff was a piece of cake; she could hire dozens a day. Her most core task right now was still finding experienced category operations and merchant recruitment personnel for Chen Yansen.

Where was there any mood to deal with a few customer service staff who bent with the wind?

(End of this chapter)