Chapter 130 - 123: Interlude

Chapter 130: Chapter 123: Interlude

The person Sun Qiang wanted to fire was the company’s receptionist.

As for the reason, the young woman had been privately spreading rumors that Gao Yuan had two girlfriends at the same time.

And according to Sun Qiang’s investigation, the young woman was also posting and spreading this story online.

He was a little speechless when he heard about it.

’She relies on me for her livelihood, yet she’s slandering me. What is wrong with her brain?!’

"Approved!"

"Leave the front desk vacant for now."

Gao Yuan had his own ideas for the front desk, so he decided not to hire a replacement for the time being.

"Let me be your receptionist!"

Lin Wanyu, who had overheard how awful the company’s receptionist had been, waited until Sun Qiang left before speaking up.

"You?"

Seeing the way Gao Yuan looked at her, Lin Wanyu pouted. "You think I’m not even qualified to be a receptionist?"

"I’d say you’re extremely unqualified!"

"You’re meant to be the boss’s wife!"

Gao Yuan rolled his eyes at Lin Wanyu, and his little conversational twist made her laugh.

There was no way he would let Lin Wanyu be the receptionist. He planned to turn the reception area into a wall of honor so that everyone who came to Yuanfang Company could see the accolades Yuanfang had achieved.

’At the same time, I’ll hire an exceptionally, exceptionally, exceptionally attractive girl, pay her a high salary, and have her be the company mascot!’

Putting these trivial matters aside, Gao Yuan started calculating the company’s current sales figures.

GY Tmall Flagship Store: 5,541 total orders to date.

GY JD.com Flagship Store: 4,719 total orders to date.

GY TikTok Flagship Store: 7,437 total orders to date.

Total mask sales: 75,091 boxes. Total sales revenue: 14,943,109 yuan.

That was nearly fifteen million!

In a single day, Yuanfang Company had achieved a qualitative breakthrough.

Although this wave of traffic came quickly and would likely fade just as fast, and the hype would soon die down, it would never fall back to its previous state, no matter how much it dropped.

Most importantly, Gao Yuan definitely wouldn’t let this hype die down.

Next week, he would attend Jay Chou’s concert and could set off another explosion of traffic.

At the end of the month, he’d attend Old Xue’s New Year’s Eve concert for yet another boost. It was possible for December’s sales to break twenty million.

For a small company founded just two weeks ago to break twenty million in monthly sales was quite a success.

At this thought,

Gao Yuan grew even more eager for the loan he had applied for.

As soon as the three hundred million loan came through, he would immediately finalize the brand-building plan with TikTok.

He wanted to keep the GY brand red-hot for the entire month of December. Only with continuous, unending traffic could the GY brand truly enter the public consciousness.

After finishing up his work, Gao Yuan chatted with Lin Wanyu while waiting for Zhang Jindong’s call.

He now had everything prepared; all he lacked was the east wind.

Once he had the three hundred million, even if the "east wind" didn’t blow, he could just buy it!

"I never thought that I, this debauched soul..."

He waited until ten in the morning, when his phone finally rang.

Seeing that the call was from Zhang Jindong, he took a deep breath and composed himself before answering.

"Uncle Zhang, good morning!"

"Hahaha, Xiaoyuan, you’ve been waiting for my call all day, haven’t you?"

Hearing Zhang Jindong’s words, especially his hearty laugh, Gao Yuan instantly felt much more at ease.

"I have! Uncle Zhang, I’m waiting on this money to make some big moves."

Before Gao Yuan could finish, Zhang Jindong laughingly interrupted him again.

"Don’t worry. When Uncle Zhang promises you something, it’s practically a sure thing."

"I was under a lot of pressure this time, but I kept pushing for it. That’s the only reason the funds were approved so quickly."

Zhang Jindong was clearly taking credit with that statement.

There had been no issues with Gao Yuan’s loan application during the review process, but it certainly wouldn’t have been approved this fast under normal circumstances.

Excluding the weekend, it took less than a day from application to approval. This had raised concerns among some people, but in the end, Zhang Jindong pushed past the opposition and approved the loan.

Of course, some people had brought up the online rumors, but when they searched again, they found that the videos about Gao Yuan’s personal life had vanished.

In Zhang Jindong’s opinion, it wasn’t like Gao Yuan was married. It was no big deal for a young, single man to be a bit of a playboy.

Besides, with the Lin Group shares as collateral, if their bank passed up such a golden opportunity, other banks would immediately jump on it.

Capital doesn’t overthink things; it only cares about profit.

Hearing Zhang Jindong’s words, Gao Yuan let out a huge sigh of relief.

He immediately began to thank him. Regardless of whether Zhang Jindong was just trying to take credit or had genuinely shouldered pressure to approve this loan, it was a fantastic outcome for him!

He and Zhang Jindong chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up.

Before hanging up, however, Gao Yuan made a special point to mention something to Zhang Jindong.

This was a personal loan to him. The bank needed to first deposit the money into his personal account, and then he would transfer it from his personal account to the company.

It would be structured as a personal loan from him to the company.

Just then, Si Xue knocked and entered.

"President Gao, three hundred million has been deposited into the company account! It was transferred from your personal bank card."

"Understood. You can let others know about this."

"It counts as a personal loan from me to the company."

Si Xue had just checked the company account and was shocked to see an extra three hundred million.

That was three hundred million!

Although her family had become wealthy from demolition compensation, this was the first time she had ever seen three hundred million.

She had immediately run over to report it to Gao Yuan, but seeing him just nod calmly, Si Xue’s admiration for him suddenly rose to a new level.

Although she had been sad for a while after finding out Gao Yuan had a girlfriend, when she heard yesterday that he had two beautiful girlfriends, she wasn’t so unhappy anymore.

And now,

looking at Gao Yuan again, she suddenly felt that it was perfectly normal for him to have two girlfriends.

’Men are supposed to be playboys, isn’t that normal?’

’Besides, for an outstanding man like Gao Yuan, what woman wouldn’t want to throw herself at him?’

Compared to the former "national husband" Wang Cong, Si Xue felt that Gao Yuan was much more suited for the title.

After leaving Gao Yuan’s office, Si Xue immediately shared the news with Sister Sun.

She knew how capable Sister Sun was. She was an old hand at this, and when it came to spreading gossip, Sister Sun could do it flawlessly and without a trace.

Sure enough, Sun Qiang was also shocked to learn that the company suddenly had an extra 300 million in funds.

She hadn’t expected Gao Yuan’s backing to be so substantial. Three hundred million in liquid capital was an enormous amount!

When Si Xue told her that Gao Yuan wanted the other employees to know about this, Sun Qiang gave Si Xue a look that said, ’Don’t worry, I’ll handle it.’

Before the lunch break even arrived, the entire office was buzzing with discussion.

Three hundred million!

For them, a bunch of salaried workers, it was a figure they wouldn’t dare to dream of in ten lifetimes, let alone one.

This news further solidified their confidence and determination to strive alongside the company.

With the company’s good pay and humane policies, where else in Hang City could they find such a great place to work!

Meanwhile,

The just-fired receptionist also heard the news.

Regret instantly flooded her heart. She knew she could never go back, so she opened TikTok and Weibo and began frantically cursing out Gao Yuan, calling him a scumbag.

Only by contributing her small part to bringing down Gao Yuan could she feel like she hadn’t completely lost out.

Feeling this wasn’t enough to quench her anger, she even started claiming online that Gao Yuan had demanded sexual favors and had been handsy with her at the company.

For a time, the matter stirred up some discussion online.

A large number of people commented under the former receptionist’s post, telling her to take legal action directly.

Gao Yuan didn’t know about this. It was only in the afternoon, as he was about to leave with Lin Wanyu to meet with the TikTok liaison, that Sister Sun stopped him and showed him the post.

After reading it, Gao Yuan let out a cold laugh.

"We have all the company’s surveillance footage saved, right?"

"Yes, we do."

Sun Qiang nodded.

Gao Yuan immediately took out his phone and made a call.

"Lawyer Ling, are you busy?"

"I have a matter I’d like to trouble your firm with."

In the next few sentences, Gao Yuan explained the situation and sent the screenshot to Ling Yue.

Ling Yue didn’t really want to take on such a small case, but she accepted it anyway.

It was mainly because Gao Yuan was the second-largest shareholder of the Lin Group. Moreover, she had found out immediately after Gao Yuan went viral online the previous night.

She had taken Gao Yuan’s call, not expecting it to be about such a minor issue.

’Still, this is fine. People get to know each other gradually.’

Not long after Gao Yuan left the office, Ling Yue personally arrived at Yuanfang Company with her team.

She directly copied the company’s surveillance footage, as well as the former receptionist’s information and work records. The next step would be to initiate legal proceedings.

After Ling Yue left, Sister Sun addressed everyone in the office, "Everyone, please pause your work for a moment."

"A former employee has been spreading rumors online, claiming President Gao was inappropriate with her. The matter is now moving to the legal stage."

"Many of you have been with President Gao for several years, so you should know his character."

"His personal life is not our concern. We just need to do our jobs well, and that’s it."

"We have such a great company atmosphere here, and I hope we can all work together to maintain it."

After speaking, Sister Sun also returned to her own office.

These were things that were inappropriate for Gao Yuan to say, so it fell to her, the office director, to say them.

Some people will always live in their own fantasies, chasing unrealistic dreams.

Neither reality nor the internet is a lawless place. If you do something, you must pay the price for your actions!

Let this be a wake-up call!

Don’t get so comfortable in this environment that you forget what your previous jobs were like. Do they really think they’ll find another company this good?

「TikTok Headquarters.」

Six people were seated in a conference room.

Among them was the vice president of TikTok’s Hang City center.

Originally, Gao Yuan was only supposed to be meeting with a liaison from the beauty industry sector and a colleague from the brand marketing department. But when Gao Yuan mentioned a brand-building budget of 200 million, he immediately caught their full attention.

They immediately reported it to their superiors, which led to this higher-level meeting.

The discussion continued until past four in the afternoon.

In the end, they finalized a preliminary cooperation plan.

Gao Yuan’s GY brand would invest two hundred million to build a super-brand on TikTok.

TikTok would form a dedicated team within the next week to handle the GY brand’s platform promotion and marketing, including but not limited to traffic support for short videos and live streams.

The currently estimated brand exposure would be no less than one billion impressions, which included the traffic generated by the two-hundred-million investment and the organic traffic from the resulting buzz.