Chapter 291

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

As business grew larger and larger, Shanhai Real Estate's trade flourished day by day, and the company faced a manpower shortage; relying solely on the Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai brothers, plus a Xu Mingmei who only wanted to find a tycoon, was clearly no longer enough to handle the workload.

The Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai brothers conferred and decided to recruit several salespeople.

They printed out the recruitment ads, pasted them outside the company gate, and also posted them on 58. com to recruit online.

At that time, online recruitment platforms were not as numerous as now; the hottest was 58. com, which had just hired Yang Mi as its spokesperson.

Bus stops, subway stations — ads for this recruitment platform could be seen almost everywhere.

Since Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai wanted to hire people, they naturally came to this platform to post information, because that would let more job seekers see it.

Not long after the recruitment information was posted, people came to inquire.

After screening online, Wang Dashan called in several people who met the conditions relatively well for interviews.

In the end, they hired three salespeople.

The offered salary was a base pay of three thousand, plus commission.

In the real estate sales industry, this salary already counted as decent.

Because at ordinary real estate agencies, salespeople's base pay is only a little over two thousand.

Only sales departments of some large real estate companies have base pay exceeding three thousand.

The three salespeople Shanhai Real Estate hired were one man and two women.

The man was named Xie Xuewen.

The women were named Zhang Xiaoyun and He Jiayi.

The main reason Wang Dashan chose to hire them was that their image was all fairly good, and their eloquence was not bad either.

Xie Xuewen was sunny and handsome, spoke confidently, and had presence.

Zhang Xiaoyun and He Jiayi both had some beauty; although not as pretty as Du Xiaojuan, at least their looks were delicate and pleasing to the eye.

The three new salespeople, plus the original three, brought Shanhai Real Estate to six people total — a not insignificant expansion.

After Xu Mingxin funneled business their way, they accumulated a certain client base; business gradually broadened, and reputation gradually built up.

Now, besides handling the business Xu Mingxin referred, Shanhai Company also had its own client channels; after several months of operation, the company not only stood firm but also began to earn money independently.

They also bought a used compact sedan worth around a hundred thousand for client viewings; this car was a must-buy, because driving clients to various properties required their own transportation — always taking taxis wasn't cost-effective, and taking buses or subways would make clients feel the company was shabby.

As the company's top leader, Wang Dashan had recently been busy to the point of delight; he threw himself wholeheartedly into work and had gradually forgotten Du Xiaojuan's existence — although he still occasionally thought of her, when he did, his heart no longer held any sorrow, only increasing drive to work.

As for Wang Erhai, the company's second-in-command, all company employees were under his direct management; he had once promised Xiao Mei that when the company grew strong and large, he would go back to find her, but busy as he became, he forgot Xiao Mei.

He used to actively seek out Xiao Mei to chat, but because Xiao Mei was always indifferent to him, replying late with lukewarm messages, over time he lost his enthusiasm for her.

After all, he was now the company's second-in-command, and the three female salespeople under him — Xu Mingmei, Zhang Xiaoyun, He Jiayi — all had good looks and all answered to him.

By comparison, Xiao Mei paled.

Naturally, he no longer pined for the once unattainable Xiao Mei.

Instead, it was Xiao Mei who, because Wang Erhai grew cold toward her, uncharacteristically took the initiative to seek out Wang Erhai.

This afternoon after four o'clock, Wang Erhai was showing a client properties when he received a WeChat from Xiao Mei.

"Erhai, are you there?"

Wang Erhai took out his phone, glanced at it, then put the phone away and continued explaining the pros and cons of the house to the client.

After finishing the explanation and seeing the client off, he finally took out his phone to reply to Xiao Mei.

At this point he discovered that Xiao Mei had already sent him several messages.

"Erhai, are you free tonight?"

"If you're free, come out for a meal, my treat."

"I have something important to tell you."

Looking at these messages from Xiao Mei, Wang Erhai felt no stir in his heart.

If it were before, he would probably have been jumping with excitement.

But now it was different.

He had no feeling for Xiao Mei whatsoever anymore.

He didn't know the reason either.

Perhaps it was because prolonged estrangement had made the relationship between the two strangers.

Perhaps it was because business experience had tempered Wang Erhai's confidence, so he was no longer as inferior as before.

"What is it? You can just tell me directly on WeChat."

Wang Erhai replied this one sentence to Xiao Mei.

But Xiao Mei didn't say directly, instead saying:

"Come out tonight, okay? I'll treat you to a meal."

Wang Erhai gave a helpless bitter smile.

He was actually quite busy and not very willing to go out, because he didn't want to waste time; he knew Xiao Mei fundamentally looked down on him.

But in the end he still agreed:

"Fine, send me the location."

That evening at eight o'clock, Wang Erhai drove his car to a restaurant and met Xiao Mei.

"Is that the car you bought?"

Xiao Mei saw Wang Erhai, her face full of envy.

Especially seeing Wang Erhai drive over in a car.

Wang Erhai smiled and said politely:

"It's not my car, this car belongs to the Company, it's under the Company's name, I just got my License not long ago, I still don't really know how to drive, if it weren't for needing to bring a client to view a property, I wouldn't want to drive at all."

Xiao Mei let out an "oh", then said again:

"You two brothers are really amazing, it's only been half a year or so, and you've actually built the Company up, I heard Hao Ge say you're doing it with great fanfare now."

Wang Erhai smiled humbly:

"Don't listen to Hao Ge's nonsense, we've only just started, a few months ago the Company nearly went bankrupt, we're still far from success, by the way, what did you come looking for me for?"

Xiao Mei laughed:

"Actually it's nothing big, just haven't seen you in a long time, you don't take the initiative to contact me either, so I thought, let's ask you out for a meal."

"Hehe, sorry, work's been pretty busy lately..." Wang Dashan responded with an embarrassed laugh.

Xiao Mei couldn't say anything for a moment, Wang Erhai didn't speak either.

The atmosphere became a bit awkward.

After a good while, the Waiter served the dishes, only then breaking the awkwardness.

"Let's eat, this meal I'll pay!" Wang Erhai said enthusiastically on his own initiative.

Xiao Mei hurriedly said: "No no no, let me pay, I said I'm treating!"

Then she finally mustered the courage to say:

"That, I just quit from Hao Ge's Computer Store, is your Company still short of people?"