E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 195: Episode 195: What’s With All The Problems Just For Taking A Break?

Chapter 195: Episode 195: What’s With All The Problems Just For Taking A Break?

Zhou Xueyin had wanted to say that she had the right to make them scram if they couldn’t pass the probation period, but then she thought that they might have been deceived by Zhang Yongzhong too.

The words she was about to say were swallowed back.

"Stop joking, you’re the general manager, not sitting alone in an office..." the person mocked with a laugh, "Do you think I’m a three-year-old kid?"

"Buddy, if we have bad eyesight, we can wear glasses. Take a look at the sign above the office..." Zhou Xueyin gestured for the person to have a good look for themselves.

Unexpectedly, that person really took it seriously and ran to the door of Zhang Yongzhong’s office, looking at the position name written on the door: Deputy General Manager’s Room.

"Oh, my bad..." the person’s tone suddenly became much softer, "Then, do you have anything that can prove you’re the general manager?"

"You can ask them what they call me..." Zhou Xueyin pointed at Liu He and the others.

"Hey, girls, what do you call her?"

"General Zhou... She’s the genuine, bona fide general manager of 51buy, Zhou Xueyin!" Liu He enunciated every word.

"Oh... that, this misunderstanding, it’s not entirely our fault. Who to blame when Yongge didn’t introduce you... right..." the person smiled awkwardly at their own team members.

The group of people also smiled awkwardly along...

"Well, my name is Zhu Dayan... I’m their supervisor, ha. Sorry for the offense just now, please forgive me, forgive me..." Zhu Dayan knew he had met the real boss and had no choice but to bow and scrape in apology to Zhou Xueyin.

"By the way, Brains... where has Yongge gone? When will he be back? I really need to have a word with him about your little gaming site!" Zhou Xueyin irately asked Zhu Dayan.

At that moment, she really wanted to ask Zhang Yongzhong what he was thinking, insisting on setting up something so borderline on a forum meant for women.

"Yongge said he’s meeting a client, won’t be back at the company today!" Zhu Dayan answered sincerely.

"Fine, tell him that the site, I’ve temporarily shut it down. We’ll talk when he gets back!" Zhou Xueyin sat back in her seat, "Oh right! As for quitting time, listen to me, it’s 6 o’clock! If I see anyone whose work assigned before 6 o’clock isn’t finished, I’ll deduct money!"

Zhou Xueyin was doing it on purpose to contradict Zhang Yongzhong, fully aware of her own employees’ efficiency; they were the kind to finish tasks ahead of time.

Therefore, she said this intentionally for Zhu Dayan and his people to hear.

As expected, after Zhou Xueyin finished her sentence, that side started whispering among themselves.

When she pretended to pour water or pretended to make a phone call by the window, she would occasionally glance at the group’s computer screens. Although there were still some wearing headphones and gaming, the rest were working seriously.

On a few occasions, Zhou Xueyin saw from the reflection in the glass that Zhang Yongzhong wasn’t working seriously, but was watching online TV series. Truly a case of ’like leader, like followers’.

[Hehe, I’ve read the email. It’s been tough on you all when I’m not around. Shall we talk in the meeting room?] Zhou Xueyin was still thinking about the matters of Kuchi Auto Parts.

[Wait till I finish this article, right away!] Liu He looked up, glanced at Zhou Xueyin, and signaled for her to go to the meeting room immediately.

After a while, Liu He came into the meeting room with his tablet, "Yinyin! You’ve been having a blast! But it’s been torturing us! We’ve been calling your phone, and it’s always off!"

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I just wanted to relax and have fun these days, not thinking about work." Seeing Liu He nearly crying, Zhou Xueyin quickly apologized.

"Oh, don’t even mention it! It’s like without a tiger in the mountains, the monkey becomes king!" Liu He rubbed his temples in pain, "You have no idea. Right after the National Day holiday, that idiot called us all to a meeting, saying you’ve been too kind to us, too lenient, and that’s why the website has hit a bottleneck, neither soaring high nor fitting low."

"Hmm..." It was undeniable that they had hit a bottleneck. However, after all, it’s a forum, where all sorts of people mingle. To say it was neither soaring high nor fitting low was a bit too much.

"And then he said, there are only a few months left in ’09, and our traffic has plummeted to dreadful levels. We must find a solution, and he asked each of us to submit a plan to boost traffic!" Liu He rolled his eyes, "Just tell me, if we submit, he says we’re half-hearted and don’t care. If we don’t, boy, he’s almost cursing our ancestors, questioning how such indifferent, irresponsible people were raised!"

"He has the nerve to talk about responsibility and ambition, look what he’s done to our forum? It sickens me!" Zhou Xueyin said angrily.

"If it weren’t for us stopping him collectively, he would’ve plastered backlink ads all over the forum wherever ads were hung!" Liu He sighed weakly, "The fallout with Kuchi was also over this issue."

"Huh?" Zhou Xueyin didn’t understand how the two were related.

"Originally, their ad spots were clean, but now that idiot forcibly added some soft SQ backlink ads and seems to have messed up the placement, pushing down the other party’s ads." Liu He wasn’t sure exactly how it happened, so he gave a rough account.

But Zhou Xueyin knew what happened, "Then Kuchi demanded compensation for taking down their ads before the contract ended, and that idiot refused to pay. But he also wouldn’t put their ads back up, right?"

"Exactly, exactly! Oh, the man is such a fool! It was actually just about replacing some terms... It’s clear that he’s too old to handle the internet!" Liu He complained fiercely.

"So how was it resolved in the end?"

"Boss Xiaodong stepped in, got the online team responsible for the forum to replace the terms. Kuchi’s ads were restored, and they stopped pursuing the matter," Liu He spread his hands.

"What a disaster..." Zhou Xueyin rubbed her temples.

This person truly lived up to the saying: more trouble than help!

"Also, did you see that row of people over there?" Liu He suddenly lowered his voice.

"Yeah, I saw them. Didn’t I almost get into a fight with them just now?" Zhou Xueyin nodded vaguely.

"Apparently, that Zhu Dayan is the idiot’s crony, like some customer’s son of his uncle’s something or other... it’s not even a distant family relation..." Liu He curled his lip, "He looks like a thug but does have some skills, though he’s nowhere near as good as kk."

"From his look, he doesn’t seem like much of an expert!" Zhou Xueyin scorned with a mocking smile.

"Yinyin, Yinyin! Come out quickly! They, they’re arguing!" Li Jiniang seemed desperate to rush into the meeting room.

"Huh? They’re arguing? Who with who?" Zhou Xueyin really was at her wits’ end, wondering why, as soon as she returned to work, her head was full of disputes. Wouldn’t it be better to just work diligently?

"I’ve got a pretty good understanding of the situation now, don’t worry, I won’t let that idiot bully you guys anymore!" Zhou Xueyin nodded to Liu He.

Now she had to deal with the quarrel...