Everyone felt a bit embarrassed!
The company had already provided high-end computers, paid overtime, project bonuses, and fully covered snacks and daily reimbursements.
Now, they were even reimbursing employees for game top-ups? Was this acceptable??
Seeming to notice everyone’s concerns, Xin Hailu continued with a smile: “Don’t feel shy about it. This afternoon, President Pei will go to the mall with everyone to celebrate the success of Sea Fortress!”
“Everyone, get ready. We’ll finish work at 3 PM sharp, and the bus will be waiting downstairs on time.”
……
Pei Qian had anticipated that some people might feel uncomfortable.
Especially with the 3,500 yuan special reimbursement, he was worried some might be too shy to use it.
So today, he specifically wanted to take everyone to the mall and make sure they used up all their shopping cards and special reimbursement allowances!
After all, Pei Qian was now in a rush to spend money. The System would naturally replenish the funds during settlement, so it would be a waste not to spend it!
He did a quick calculation.
The System funds now were about 1.1 million yuan.
This month’s salaries plus bonuses would cost around 400,000 yuan, shopping cards would be more than 30,000, and if everyone maxed out their special reimbursement allowances, that would be over 100,000.
If Pei Qian bought some things for himself, did he spend another 100,000+ yuan?
Calculating this way, with this spending rush, there was a hope of creating a loss!
Unfortunately, rent and other expenses had already been paid at the beginning of the month, and it wasn’t possible to pay next month’s rent in advance.
The more Pei Qian calculated, the happier he became. He decided to take everyone to the mall for a spending spree!
Everyone must use up their 3,500 yuan special reimbursement, without a single cent left over!
……
Just after 3 PM, everyone arrived at the mall by bus.
After getting off, Pei Qian clapped his hands lightly to get everyone’s attention.
Today is to celebrate the success of Sea Fortress. Everyone has worked hard, so as a reward, you all get paid shopping time!”
“The 1,000 yuan shopping card must be spent completely, and the 3,500 yuan special reimbursement allowance must also be used up! If even one person doesn’t spend it all, no one is allowed to leave!”
“Alright, disperse!”
Everyone looked at each other, then broke into cheers.
“Great!”
“Thank you, President Pei!”
Several young employees immediately ran joyfully toward the counters.
Paid shopping was too amazing—they’d never seen any company offer this kind of benefit!
With such a large mall, they could buy whatever they wanted!
The money they could spend wasn’t just the 1,000 yuan shopping card and 3,500 yuan special reimbursement allowance—they had their salaries too!
Everyone’s salary had just experienced a general increase, plus project bonuses, so they all had accumulated a substantial sum and had many things they wanted to buy!
Pei Qian quickly saw his employees split into several groups and disperse.
Those who ran the fastest probably had the strongest desire to shop—getting them to spend all their money wouldn’t be a problem.
Those who hesitated and entered every store they passed might spend money a bit more meticulously, but they probably wouldn’t have much left over either.
As for the last small group who moved slowly and didn’t show strong shopping desires…
Pei Qian felt he needed to keep a close eye on them.
These people were very likely not to spend all their money!
This bad habit of hesitating to spend money had to be corrected!
Huang Sibo, Xiao Lü, Lin Wan, and Ma Yang gradually fell to the back of the pack, and Pei Qian decided to focus on monitoring them.
Except for Lin Wan, the other three were the type who didn’t spend much money, didn’t have high material needs, and therefore didn’t have much enthusiasm for shopping.
As for Lin Wan… she truly felt that she didn’t lack anything—if she had needed something, she would have bought it long ago and wouldn’t have waited until now.
For her, observing Pei Qian was much more important than spending money!
In Lin Wan’s view, Pei Qian was an extremely unusual boss!
Not only did he issue shopping cards and give everyone special reimbursement allowances, but he also took the initiative to bring everyone shopping at the mall!
How thoughtful!
Could this be the legendary warm-hearted type of boss?
The four wandered through the mall and soon arrived at Shenhua Digital’s specialty store.
As the largest domestic communications technology and hardware manufacturer, although Shenhua Group also dabbled in real estate and high-tech industries, its main business was still digital products—computers, phones, headphones, and so on.
Xiao Lü picked up the latest flagship phone and couldn’t bear to put it down.
In Pei Qian’s view, compared to phones from the same period in his previous life, these phones actually looked quite good.
In his previous life, smartphones hadn’t been popularized in 2009-2010. The phones on the market were diverse, with many featuring physical keys, and even some with full keyboards.
In this world, the smartphone popularization wave had come earlier, so most of these phones had full touchscreens, probably about two to three years ahead of his previous life, not too different from the feeling of the first-generation Xiaomi.
Xiao Lü was now holding a Shenhua G9, one of the few phones on the market slightly oriented toward mobile game players, priced at 3,999 yuan.
After looking at it for a long time, Xiao Lü quietly put it back down.
Pei Qian was immediately displeased.
“What’s wrong, don’t you like it?” Pei Qian asked.
Xiao Lü hurriedly said: “Uh, no, I just feel that my current phone can still last another year… and besides, 3,999 is a bit expensive…”
“Expensive? Use the special reimbursement!” Pei Qian said.
“Huh? President Pei, can the special reimbursement be used for this? Buying this phone doesn’t have much to do with work…” Xiao Lü was a bit confused.
Pei Qian shook his head: “How is it not related? We don’t rule out having mobile game development plans in the future, right? We might also make a new version of Ghost General! What’s wrong with buying a gaming phone as a test device?”
“Uh…” Xiao Lü was momentarily speechless.
“The special reimbursement allowance is 3,500 yuan. You can use the shopping card to cover the remaining 499 yuan. Isn’t that perfect?”
Xiao Lü blinked: “But…”
“But what? Don’t you want this phone? Your G6 is a two-year-old phone, isn’t it already lagging like a PowerPoint presentation? I have to criticize you—using such a phone slows down work efficiency!”
“If I need to find you for something urgent in the future, and your phone lags, wouldn’t that delay matters? For the sake of work, hurry up and replace it!” Pei Qian put on a stern face.
Xiao Lü could only nod: “Yes, President Pei!”
He excitedly picked up a brand-new, unopened phone from the counter and went to pay.
“Remember, 3,500 yuan on the card, 499 yuan with the shopping card, and then give the receipt to Assistant Yan for reimbursement!”
“Don’t use your salary!”
Watching Xiao Lü go to pay, Pei Qian felt somewhat unsatisfied.
He looked at Huang Sibo: “I think your phone needs replacing too?”
Huang Sibo hurriedly waved his hands: “No, President Pei, I just replaced my phone a little over two months ago…”
“But yours is the Youth Edition, and the Youth Edition is digital garbage, you know?” Pei Qian spotted it at a glance.
“No need, President Pei. I have other things I want to buy.” Huang Sibo still refused.
Pei Qian nodded. Since he had other things he wanted to buy, they could wait a bit longer.
He then looked at Lin Wan, but Lin Wan raised her left hand, showing off her Shenhua M10.
This was the latest business flagship phone, with the lowest configuration costing more than 5,000 yuan, and the color of Lin Wan’s particular model was quite special, most likely the high-end version.
Lin Wan said, “I have everything in this store, President Pei.”
Pei Qian: “…”
Fine, rich kids could do whatever they wanted—impressive!