Chapter 1487

Xiao Weiwei listened to this voice message, and for a moment she was somewhat taken aback.

She had been working as an etiquette lady for quite a long time, and her experience at Shangmei was not short either; she had taken on all kinds of events, but she had never before taken on this kind of activity that required impersonating fans to pick someone up at the airport.

So she replied somewhat apologetically: "Sorry, Miss Chen, we haven't done this kind of business before, we're not very good at it, and to avoid affecting your business development, I suggest you still look for some professional companies that specialize in this area to cooperate with."

Chen Mengmeng immediately became anxious upon hearing this.

Look for professional companies to cooperate in this area?

Professional companies do exist, but they all need to prepare resources in advance.

Never mind that you can't even find the group head that Xu Dandan is docking with now; even if you could find them, the other party would be even less likely to arrange tomorrow morning's schedule, temporarily adjusting it to two hours later.

Because these people are not always monitoring this project, those extras are like taxi drivers—either they're running this job or that job; if you book a car for tomorrow morning at 9 a. m., they can only ensure they won't take on other jobs during that time slot tomorrow.

So, wanting to temporarily change the booking time, and all at once for two or three hundred people, is simply unrealistic.

Precisely for this reason, Chen Mengmeng felt that, in all of Jin Ling, probably only Xiao Weiwei could accomplish this.

Because she differs from the group head; the group head is merely an intermediary, with no absolute control over the extras below, but Xiao Weiwei is different—she has her own company, and her company has directly signed several hundred etiquette ladies, all of whom are her employees, so she certainly has absolute control and dispatch authority over her own staff.

So she quickly spoke up, pleading: "Ms. Xiao, I really have no other options now, so I can only ask for your help; even if you haven't done this kind of business before, it's no problem—actually it's very simple, you just need to coordinate the people well, and at the time, have them appear at the designated place at the designated time, then shout our designated slogan, and that's it."

After listening, Xiao Weiwei still didn't really want to take on this kind of job.

Shangmei Etiquette Company, under her management, had long since been on the fast track, with all aspects of operations running very smoothly, cash flow also very ample, and profit margin relatively high.

Under these circumstances, she really didn't want to take on this strange and unusual job.

So she still apologetically said: "Really sorry, Miss Chen, this business doesn't match what our company operates; to be honest, I myself am not very interested in it, so please forgive us."

Zhong Tianyu, standing nearby, upon hearing this, instantly flew into a rage and shouted at Chen Mengmeng: "Damn! A person running an etiquette company, putting on airs in front of me! Tell her! I'll pay 300,000 for 300 people, 1,000 per person! This price is much higher than the normal rate for etiquette ladies; as long as she's not an idiot, she definitely won't refuse!"

Chen Mengmeng had no choice but to keep sending voice messages to Xiao Weiwei: "Ms. Xiao, what do you think—can you provide us with three hundred etiquette ladies on your end? We only need them to impersonate fans at the airport for about half an hour; if you agree, we can pay you 300,000 in remuneration on our end!"

300,000 is indeed not a small amount.

Generally speaking, an ordinary extra, after working hard all day, earns a salary between 150 and 200 yuan.

The salary of etiquette ladies is slightly higher, but for a full day it's basically still within the 500 to 1,000 yuan range.

Etiquette ladies earning over 1,000 yuan in a day are not common, unless they go to car shows to moonlight as car models, then they might get such a price.

However, Xiao Weiwei carefully weighed it and still decided to refuse, because she indeed had no experience with this kind of thing, and she was worried that if she messed up, it might cause some trouble.

So she replied: "Really sorry, Miss Chen, we really can't take this on."

Chen Mengmeng's heart instantly became extremely helpless.

She glanced at Zhong Tianyu beside her and instinctively asked: "Young Master, what do you think we should do?"

Zhong Tianyu's expression was very gloomy; he truly hadn't expected that after offering this price, the other party would still refuse.

So he instinctively regarded Xiao Weiwei's decision as a form of extortion.

Immediately, he gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Damn! Nothing more than wanting to squeeze out a bit more money! Tell her, we won't waste words with her anymore—flat rate of 600,000!"

Chen Mengmeng hurriedly sent a voice message to Xiao Weiwei: "Ms. Xiao, what if we increase the remuneration to 600,000—would that work?"

Xiao Weiwei was indeed somewhat tempted.

Today is a weekday, and moreover it's Tuesday; for companies like theirs that specialize in etiquette work, most of their work is concentrated on weekends.

Because most commercial activities are held on weekends.

Besides the two busiest days of the weekend, Monday and Friday also have relatively more work.

Because Monday and Friday are the first and last days of the workweek, many enterprises and public institutions, if they have major activities, tend to schedule them on these two days.

And from Tuesday to Thursday, there really aren't many activities; most etiquette ladies rest during these few days, so the company also chooses to conduct batch training for etiquette ladies during these days.

Today, her company has hundreds of full-time etiquette ladies in a resting state; aside from 150 people who are currently undergoing training, the rest are on compensatory leave.

So, as long as she decides to take on this business, she can ensure that within ten minutes, she can compile a concrete list of three hundred people.

Just by making one trip to the airport, taking two or three hours round trip, she can generate 600,000 yuan in income for her employees and company, which in Xiao Weiwei's view is indeed quite cost-effective.

Although she has never handled this kind of business before, just for the sake of the 600,000 yuan remuneration, she feels it's worth giving it a try.

Due to the cooperation agreement of Shangmei Etiquette Company, where etiquette ladies take the lion's share and the company takes the small share, so for these three hundred people, just by making one trip to the airport, each person can take home over 1,500 yuan in income, which for them is also a rare and valuable opportunity.

Thinking this through, Xiao Weiwei couldn't help but ponder: "This Chen Mengmeng is offering such a generous price—she must indeed be very anxious. According to market logic, the more urgent the job, the higher the remuneration one can demand. After all, in the industry, this also counts as an urgent job; whenever people are sought to handle emergencies, prices are generally higher—this is an open secret in the industry. So even if I ask her for a bit more, it's perfectly reasonable and justified."

Immediately, Xiao Weiwei spoke up: "Let's do this, Miss Chen—since we're both businesspeople, I won't beat around the bush."

"To be honest, your situation truly counts as an urgent job—needing people in two hours, time is too tight; and demanding three hundred people right away, the quantity is also too large."

"Many of my staff are currently working, and some are still on vacation; if we have to coordinate three hundred people, we'll definitely have to cancel a lot of work, which means we'll have to pay the client a lot in liquidated damages;"

"Even if we call back staff on vacation to work, we'd have to pay them double the holiday wage."

"Moreover, when time is urgent, people might not be able to use public transport—most would have to take taxis, and the airport is so far away, so costs would increase significantly..."

"So if you really want to do this on your end, my side would need at least one million at minimum; if you think it's acceptable, I'll coordinate it; if you think the price is too high, no problem—you can go look at other companies!"