Chapter 211 – “Just keep an eye out for me.” (3)
“That’s good to hear. Post another wanted sign in the next couple of days. They will be starting across the street soon so we should hire a couple more over here.” Shu Yan felt that it was too much work for just the two of them right now.
“I don’t think we need to add any more workers right now. Xiuxiu and I can handle it,” replied Zhang Huaxiu.
“Yeah, we can handle it.” Xiuxiu, too, chimed in from one side.
Truth was, Zhang Huaxiu didn’t care one way or another. Her commission was based on the shop’s total sale. She was truly saying that with Shu Yan’s best interest in mind. Yingying, on the other hand, wasn’t in the same boat. With just her, even when Zhang Huaxiu and her teamed up to sell some items, Zhang Huaxiu would put the sale under her name. Right now, she has very high performance. With an added employee, her sales would go down and that was all money they were talking about.
“I won’t have much time to come over here going forward. I have other matters to attend to and we will be having promotional activities during year end. You sure you two can handle it?” Shu Yan said to Zhang Huaxiu. “If we end up losing customers because we couldn’t handle the flow then, I am going to hold you, not anyone else, accountable.”
Zhang Huaxiu stunned for a little bit then smiled and said, “I understand. What I was thinking is that school is about to let out for winter vacation. Can we hire a few temporary workers instead? Push comes to shove, we can hire more then. There are many out there looking for work right now.”
Many lost their jobs at the factories this year so there were a lot of people who were looking for work. They would have a lot of applicants as soon as they post the help wanted advertisement.
“Winter vacation? They might want to go home for the new year.” Shu Yan felt that that might be a bit difficult.
“We can mention that upfront and there will be local applicants as well.” Zhang Huaxiu felt that it would not be a problem.
Zhang Huaxiu said she has a cousin studying at City Nan University and she could find out more from her. Shu Yan decided to let Zhang Huaxiu handle this and leave it all up to her.
Finishing up her books, Shu Yan collected her money and went home. She swung by the grocery market on her way home and finished the preparation for dinner. It was still early in time so she laid down to take a nap. Turned out she wasn’t able to fall asleep at all and felt very uncomfortable lying down.
Sometimes it just wasn’t meant to be. When she was busy, she wanted to rest. When she finally got a chance to lay down, she felt uncomfortable all over. Shu Yan sighed and sat back up. Yep, all she was missing was a cellphone. She could otherwise spend all day laying down.
She decided, instead, to get up and go look for Lao Hu. She was lucky. Lao Hu was just returning when she arrived at his place.
“Hey there, Boss Shu. Long time no see.” Lao Hu broke out into a big smile when he saw Shu Yan.
“Yeah, it has been a while. I need some more help from you again,” said Shu Yan with a smile.
“My pleasure.” Lao Hu invited Shu Yan inside and poured her a glass of water. “What do you want to buy or find out this time?”
“I’ve heard that demolition is about to take place over at the Xiaonanmen area?” Shu Yan cut straight to the chase.
“Em… yeah, I have heard about it as well but nothing definitive yet.” Lao Hu did not want to make any promises. Anything thing could happen until an official announcement was made.
The reason that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is exactly because that the rich has more information whereas the commoners don’t. He already knew the area that was going to have demolition. All he needed to do was to buy any one of the houses and wait till the demolition time to make a big amount. Yet that usually call for a lumpsum that a normal person couldn’t even make in a lifetime.
“Why? You are interested in buying as well?” Lao Hu pondered for a little bit and said, “I’m afraid it’s too late already. Many of them over in Xiaonanmen had caught wind of it as well. Everybody is waiting for the demolition to take place. Nobody will be selling right now.”
Then it was too late. Shu Yan, however, wasn’t too disappointed. Mainly she had received a large sum of money from Lao Zhang recently and didn’t want to just keep it in the bank so she thought she could come and see what Lao Hu have to say.
“That’s fine. Just keep an eye out for me and let me know if anyone is interested in selling.”
