Chapter 86: It's Lonely at the Top

Arriving at Xiao Ming's office, Xiao Jingrou and Xiao Yuchun, the two sisters, were instantly stunned.

Shocked, simply too shocked.

This is absolutely the most luxurious office they have ever seen in their lifetime; not only luxurious, but also super spacious, and that's not all—the view is also excellent; standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, they can see the most luxurious district of An Jin.

Looking down from the high-rise, seeing the bustling traffic below and the skyscrapers all over An Jin, a different feeling suddenly spread through their hearts.

"Dad, this must be the allure of money, right? With money, you can see scenery others cannot."

Xiao Jingrou gazed into the distance, at the far-off golden sun, and a boundless sense of awe welled up inside her.

"The higher you stand, the farther you can see."

Xiao Ming spoke softly.

He could sense the change in Xiao Jingrou's emotions and deeply understand how she felt at that moment, so he softly added, "But it's cold at the top."

"If you want to stand high, you must bear the pressure that comes with height."

Xiao Ming gazed at his two daughters with eyes full of tenderness.

Xiao Jingrou turned to look at her father, pondered for a moment, understood what he meant, slightly curled her lips, and smiled back, "Dad, I understand."

"Dad, Jingrou, what are you two talking about?" Xiao Yuchun was a carefree, simple-minded girl; as soon as she entered, she gleefully looked around, and upon seeing Xiao Ming's high-end custom desk, she sat down without a word.

She imagined her father usually giving orders and began to imitate him.

"General Manager Xiao, your office is too fun!" Xiao Yuchun said mischievously, "When you go to work next time, can you bring me to play?"

"Probably not." Xiao Ming chuckled, "I plan to retire and enjoy my old age."

"What?" Xiao Ming had never before told his children about his retirement decision; saying this suddenly surprised the two girls quite a bit.

"Dad, why do you want to retire?" Xiao Yuchun jumped up from her chair in surprise and asked, "Dad, aren't you worried that after you retire, someone might scheme against your company?"

Xiao Yuchun's expression was extremely flustered.

At this moment, Xiao Yuchun had already become accustomed to everything of Xiao Ming's; in her heart, Inscribe Joy belonged entirely to her father, and she absolutely did not want to see Inscribe Joy coveted by others.

"Hehe, Dad naturally would have arranged everything before retiring; he wouldn't just hand over the lifework he built for nothing."

After Xiao Ming finished speaking, he feigned distress and helplessness as he sighed to his two daughters, "Ah, this really is a helpless move; you two have no interest in business, so I can only have someone else help me manage it."

Xiao Yuchun immediately caught Xiao Ming's implication, shrugged, and said, "I definitely don't want to do business; it's too hard, you have to scheme and fight every day, it's deadly."

"Dad." Xiao Jingrou looked at Xiao Ming guiltily and weakly said, "Dad, I'm sorry, it's all my inadequacy; I can't help you."

At this moment, Xiao Jingrou felt extremely upset, thinking it was her duty to go help Xiao Ming guard the company.

"Hehe, you two silly girls, I'm just teasing you; if you don't like business, that's fine—I'm actually in a semi-retired state, I still have to handle major company decisions, while minor matters can be left to others." Seeing his daughters' contrasting expressions, Xiao Ming laughed heartily.

He could not bear to blame his two precious treasures.

"Okay, Dad, if you need anything I can do, just tell me; if I really can't, I can go learn—big tasks I can't handle, but small ones I can still help with." Xiao Yuchun patted her chest and said earnestly.

"Hmm?" Xiao Ming looked at the two daughters with interest, glanced at the pile of documents beside them, and replied, "Sure, then Yuchun, you help Dad process those documents."

Seeing Xiao Yuchun's well-behaved demeanor, he couldn't resist teasing her to see what she would do.

"Sure, no problem."

Xiao Yuchun immediately felt motivated, promptly grabbed Xiao Jingrou, picked up the documents, and prepared to get to work.

Those documents were all important company files; many project documents and such that the two couldn't understand were set aside.

Honestly, they truly didn't understand business matters.

Any project proposals, in their eyes, were like heavenly scriptures; they only handled some relatively minor, less difficult matters.

After rummaging through the many documents for a while, the two sisters finally found a file they could understand—one concerning the adjustment of employees' base salaries.

After reading it, the two sisters asked puzzledly, "Dad, these past few years have been full of disasters; for the lower-level staff, money is extremely important, and with the times advancing, prices keep rising—why not raise the workers' wages?"

"What's strange about not raising wages, given the market situation..."

Xiao Ming was about to explain why wages weren't raised, but seeing the two sisters puff out their cheeks in anger and glare at him resentfully, as if he were an unforgivable villain...

Xiao Ming swallowed the words on his lips, after a while he helplessly asked, "Well, then tell me what good suggestions you two have?"

"Dad, you said the company earned over seventy billion in the first half of the year; how can you be so stingy? Your employees work themselves to death for you every day—give them a little more money so everyone can get through these tough times a bit easier."

"Wait two years until the disasters are over, then we can talk about it—anyway, now is the time to raise employees' wages; you can increase it by six percent on the original base, six-six great smoothness."

"Right, I also think we should do that."

After the two sisters seriously discussed it, they solemnly told Xiao Ming.

This...

Xiao Ming was dumbfounded; the suggestion was too deadly—he had the words to refuse reach his lips several times but couldn't utter a single one; finally, he helplessly chuckled and nodded, "Mm, you two are right."

There's nothing to be done—who let this be his precious treasure?

What's right is right, what's wrong is also right.

In short, whatever Xiao Ming's daughters do is right.

Xiao Ming felt like crying but had no tears.

"Hehe, I've thought of everything." Xiao Yuchun said proudly, "Give the employees below a raise, and they will surely think Dad is especially good and will work hard to repay him."

"Mm-hmm, you two are right; proceed accordingly."

Xiao Ming nodded helplessly.

He is a genuine businessman, though not to the point of being unscrupulous, but...

What the two little girls said left him truly speechless.

Fifty minutes later, Inscribe Joy Company's CEO office issued a notice: all employees who had worked at Inscribe Joy for over two years would have their wages increased by six percent on the original base, symbolizing six-six great smoothness.

After this news spread, soon someone heard about it.

"As it turns out, the new wage decision was made by the Group's two Eldest Misses, and the big boss also approved it, so he immediately issued the decision."

This remark quickly spread throughout the company.

Upon receiving this news, the employees became ecstatic, all praising Xiao Jingrou and Xiao Yuchun, the two Eldest Misses, without end.

These two Eldest Misses are really great.

As soon as the staff got this news, they all became excited, and they all praised the two Eldest Misses, Xiao Jingrou and Xiao Yuchun, without end.

These two Eldest Misses are really great.