Chapter 19: Chapter 17 Zheng Aojiao
"She's our sales department's manager, Zheng Aojiao..." Wang Yue whispered to Su Chen.
Su Chen couldn't help but twitch at the mention, asking Wang Yue, "Well, Sister Yue, what's Manager Zheng's temper like? I mean... does she hold grudges?"
"Qin Fairy is scary enough, but at least she's reasonable. Zheng Aojiao... so never offend her, she's super vindictive..." Wang Yue seemed to speak with lingering fear.
Su Chen: "..."
Damn, what are the odds?
That Zheng Aojiao, the super vindictive sales manager, is actually the woman who cut in line while he was buying breakfast...
"Actually, it's not that bad. As long as you don't offend her, just do whatever she tells you to," Wang Yue comforted, seeing Su Chen's face also looked a bit off.
After all, Su Chen was just a sales assistant, not even a salesman; he barely had the chance to directly interact with Zheng Aojiao.
Su Chen forced a bitter smile, but bro, I've already offended her, okay?
Zheng Aojiao really had a proud and imperious air, in her thirties, with heavy makeup, quite good-looking, but with an obvious overly powdered vibe.
Of course, her biggest flaw was that she was a "Princess".
She started her lecture while scanning the sales department, "I was gone for just a few days? What have you all become? Look at these desks, what a mess? And the floor, why is there hair... And who allowed you to bring breakfast into the office to eat?"
Blah, blah, blah.
Zheng Aojiao launched into a tirade.
Su Chen tried to shrink his neck, trying his best not to be seen by Zheng Aojiao.
Sadly, whatever you fear is bound to happen.
"And you, stop cowering, sit up straight, what kind of posture is that!" Zheng Aojiao roared in Su Chen's direction.
Su Chen sat up straight as told, but still turned his face away from Zheng Aojiao's sight.
Her face turned grim, Zheng Aojiao strode over to Su Chen with a killingly tense air and said, "I'm talking to you, didn't you hear? Turn your face this way!"
Knowing he couldn't dodge, Su Chen had to turn around, smiling and saying, "Well, hello, Manager."
Seeing Su Chen, Zheng Aojiao trembled, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
It's him!
The jerk who dared to slap her and prevented her from buying breakfast!
"Manager Zheng, this is our newly recruited sales assistant. He just arrived at the company yesterday and is still a bit clueless. I'll teach him properly, please don't be angry," Wang Yue hurriedly explained upon seeing this.
"Did I ask you to speak!" Zheng Aojiao turned her head and coldly snapped.
Wang Yue instantly refrained from speaking.
She was new too, and whether she could become a permanent employee still depended on Zheng Aojiao's mood, so naturally, she didn't dare to provoke Zheng Aojiao.
Zheng Aojiao turned her head back again, her gaze now laced with a hint of mockery.
What a small world.
Kid, you thought you were so tough?
Now you have fallen into my hands.
Humph!
Zheng Aojiao's gaze made Su Chen slightly shiver, but wait a minute, Zheng Aojiao is just a sales manager. I have a director backing me, plus the president personally asked me to stay. As long as I don't mess up at work, why should I be scared of her?
With this thought, Su Chen suddenly straightened his back, meeting Zheng Aojiao's gaze unflinchingly.
To be honest, it was Zheng Aojiao who jumped the line, and his reprimand, it wasn't entirely his fault.
And if this were to be exposed, it would probably make Zheng Aojiao feel even worse!
Zheng Aojiao originally wanted to use her formidable aura to crush Su Chen's will, but she didn't expect this guy to be so bold as to meet her gaze.
After staring down Zheng Aojiao for a solid minute, Su Chen shook his head slightly.
Zheng Aojiao was somewhat puzzled by his actions, then she followed Su Chen's gaze and immediately...
saw the flat plains right in front of her.
Damn it!
Zheng Aojiao's fiery temper almost burst out right there and then.
But she managed to hold it in.
Since Su Chen had become her subordinate, couldn't she just make his life miserable?
"Are you the new sales assistant?" Zheng Aojiao asked knowingly, her voice raising eight octaves.
"That's me, auntie, you don't have to raise your voice, I can hear you just fine," Su Chen replied indifferently.
Clearly, no matter how he dealt with Zheng Aojiao, she would definitely find a way to 'kill' him, so there was no need to be nice to her.
Worst case scenario, I'll just quit.
Auntie!
Zheng Aojiao's face instantly changed colors.
The girls in the sales department all looked at Su Chen as if seeing a monster, casting sympathetic glances at him.
Daring to call Zheng Aojiao "auntie" was probably a first.
Where did this freak come from? His skull is truly iron-hard!
Zheng Aojiao's face turned ashen, but she held back her anger and said coldly, "Now, go and buy me a basket of steamed buns from Yang's, and they must be celery-filled."
Yang's steamed buns were famous nearby, delicious, so even the proud Zheng Aojiao liked to go there.
Usually, someone would buy them for her, but she'd been away on a business trip and had just returned today, so she'd had to go herself.
She had not expected to encounter Su Chen, who had the audacity to not only cut in line but also to slap her butt.
Moreover, Yang's only made a certain number of buns, and once sold out, they wouldn't make more.
That meant, even if Su Chen went now, it was impossible to get the celery buns – Zheng Aojiao was just trying to make things difficult for him.
"I'm not going!" Su Chen said bluntly.
"What did you say!" Zheng Aojiao's eyes widened immediately, a little sales assistant actually dared to defy her.
Wang Yue was anxiously kicking Su Chen's foot repeatedly, but Su Chen acted as though he didn't feel it, and said with a hint of humor, "Manager Zheng, can't you buy your own steamed buns? I'm working right now and can't just leave my post."
Zheng Aojiao suddenly laughed, saying, "Fine, you're on the job, so be it. Xuewei, bring over the client file that Xiao Hui was managing. Starting today, Su Chen will be responsible for it!"
"But manager, Su Chen is just a sales assistant, and he's still on probation. To let him handle clients right now..." Yang Xuewei naturally knew what Zheng Aojiao intended.
The client Xiao Hui managed was a real pain, Xiao Hui had tried several times and almost broke from the effort without success.
Not to mention a mere assistant like Su Chen, even a full-fledged salesperson would have trouble securing this client.
"What? Isn't a sales assistant also a salesperson? What about being on probation? If he can secure this client, I'll promote him on the spot!"
"You mean it, manager?" Su Chen's eyes lit up at her words.
He was just making three thousand during his probation; getting promoted would bring it up to five thousand.
That's an extra two thousand!
"I, Zheng Aojiao, always keep my word! However, there's a deadline—you must secure this client within three days!"
At this moment, not only Yang Xuewei but also Wang Yue and Xiao Hui, who had experienced this client, were shaking their heads at Su Chen, signaling him not to act rashly.