Demon Lord 3

Chapter 1873 New Employees

Gradually, more and more people came to the cake shop, and we all got busy. When things got really tough, we hired a bunch of new employees. One of them was quite clever. The previous employees were either lazy or just loved to play around, but this one was both clever and capable. Zhou Chuyuan, watching the new employee, couldn't help but praise him, saying he'd never seen such a clever employee in all this time. Not only was he clever, but he also knew how much work was available and immediately started working on it instead of procrastinating and dawdling, not thinking about wages but only about how much work was left to do. I asked him if he'd like an employee like that, and he nodded, saying, "Even just a bag carrier, doing nothing, not needing to train, just keeping us company would be so much fun." I said, "Isn't that just a servant? There are plenty of them in the world." Later, this employee was promoted to store manager. We've opened several branches now, but this employee says he's not suited to be a store manager, only an employee. At this point, I became very curious. Everyone wants to be the store manager, right? Who wants to be an employee? But this employee was different; he only wanted to be an employee and didn't want to be promoted. Thinking about this, I found it very strange. That night, I couldn't sleep, so I thought about getting up to ask him. But then I couldn't figure out who to ask. If I asked the strategist, he would definitely give me the answer directly, which wouldn't be very helpful. If I asked Zhou Chuyuan, no way, I couldn't sleep. We'd have to think about it all night, and neither of us could remember. Even if it was a dream, it didn't seem like there would be any answer. Finally, I got up and wandered around, hoping to ask anyone I met. Unexpectedly, I bumped into the manager. Suddenly, my eyes lit up, and I called the manager over and asked, "Brother Wang, I want to ask you something." The manager… Seeing me call him, he quickly ran over and said, "Sister, what's wrong? Did you have to come all the way here? Just tell me and I'll be right there." I smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. The problem is with that new employee. I feel he's hardworking, capable, intelligent, and eloquent—very impressive. Why did he refuse the position? Being a store manager would be so much better; he could discipline his subordinates. Who doesn't want to be an official? I think everyone has a latent ambition for power. Even if they don't really want to be officials, they'd still appreciate a raise!" The manager smiled wryly and said, "Sister, you really don't know the inside story. I was curious about this before, so I specifically asked him. The employee later said he wanted to work for me; he didn't want to be the store manager himself and preferred to stay by my side. I thought at the time..." Many people would rather stay away from me; they can slack off if no one's watching them. But this employee has always been willing to follow me, saying that as long as I provide for him, he won't starve. Actually, he has some doubts about our company's potential, but he also believes in its growth. If he's just a store manager, he might only rise to sales manager at best, but the core personnel of the company are at the top! So, this employee wants to stay with me because he wants to become part of the management team. As I mentioned before, this employee is intelligent. We can see that people who are intelligent, articulate, and hardworking are rare. I don't want to lose such a valuable asset, so I've decided to keep him around. It's a win-win situation for everyone. Aside from his doubts about our company, he mostly approves of it. His doubts... The problem was that he believed company executives could only keep track of my movements if they were close to me. Most of them, however, only recognized my abilities by staying by my side. This recognition allowed him to rise to a management level, becoming one of the original veterans. If he were promoted to store manager like everyone else, he would be indistinguishable from the lower-level staff, making it impossible to tell who was a veteran and who was a low-level employee. Some people are capable but can't climb the ranks, while others rise but lack ability. This junior employee, however, was different; he had both. Finally, I understood what that employee was thinking. But this incident made me reiterate my opinion of the manager. It was definitely not what I had imagined. I thought the manager would handle it hastily, but I didn't expect him to be so adept at utilizing talent. It would be wonderful if there were more managers like him at Da Shi Jie (a large online marketplace).