Chapter 193: Team Building Promotion?

Chen Mo rubbed his slightly stifled chest, his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

The last person who made him feel this way was… the turncoat Wei Yan.

As expected, the apprentice brought up by a turncoat is also a turncoat.

No, Wu Yu cannot stay in the Business Department. If he continues to stay, who knows what kind of trouble he will cause next.

But where should he be assigned to make it safer?

"Hello, President Chen, are you still there?" Song Xia asked tentatively, seeing that President Chen hadn't responded for a long time.

Chen Mo came back to his senses upon hearing Song Xia's call.

"Hmm, are there many customers introduced by those few agents? Is the coffee shop making a profit?"

This was the problem he was most worried about. If the coffee shop, which he had gone to such lengths to make lose money, actually turned a profit, he would feel like crying.

"Not really, it's just that the coffee shop's performance has improved a bit compared to before, but it's still not enough to support the coffee shop's operations."

Hearing Song Xia's reply, Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it wasn't profitable, that was fine. It seemed that the people introduced by those few customers were just isolated cases and didn't have much of an impact.

Hanging up the phone, he leaned back in his chair, feeling somewhat exhausted. He had spent the whole morning dealing with the chaos caused by that guy, Wu Yu.

Wu Yu! He was truly speechless right now.

After resting for a while, Chen Mo directed his consciousness to the system panel. Due to a series of unexpected events, his plan to consume System Funds had not gone as expected.

He had wanted to buy a storefront to open a Nanhe Coffee branch, but in the end, it turned into a low-cost rental.

He had spent nearly 2 million less on this item alone.

Added to this were the 300,000 in agency fees from the three new agents, and the revenue of nearly over 100,000 from the live streaming team; the coffee shop also had some income, more or less.

Of course, the biggest chunk was still Cangxue Games, specifically the income from Tianlong.

Therefore, over these seven days, the System Funds had not decreased but increased, with over 5 million remaining.

The deadline to spend the System Funds down to below 7.5 million within two months was the day after tomorrow.

At this moment, although the 5 million+ in System Funds met the settlement requirements, he had learned his lesson and could not afford to take it lightly.

He still needed to spend money.

The employee team-building event could be put on the agenda.

Chen Mo thought for a moment and finally decided that he would not participate this time. He would just set a budget limit and let them figure out how to spend it.

Otherwise, as the number of employees grew, he wouldn't be able to organize it all himself.

Of course, letting those employees spend the money certainly wouldn't result in as much spending as when he did it personally, but there was no other way.

Now, with the expansion of the new workshop, personnel had been added to various positions; the Garment factory alone had exceeded 120 people.

Added to that were Cangxue Games and the coffee shop, bringing the total number of employees to nearly two hundred.

The Pet Park project was still under construction, currently involving only Pang Tao, Xu Zhengming, and a few employees.

With so many people, if he were to urge them to eat more and drink more like before, he wouldn't be able to keep up.

After confirming, he pressed the call button on his desk, and Shen Rou soon walked in.

"Notify Cangxue Games, Pet Park, Nanhe Coffee, and the Garment factory that there will be a company team-building event tomorrow. Let them organize their own activities. As for whether the four companies will hold it together or separately, you all can discuss it yourselves."

"I only have one requirement: the total cost for the four companies for this team-building event must not be less than 1 million."

200 employees, 1 million—that averages out to 5,000 per person. If they couldn't even manage that much spending, then they were truly useless.

"Understood, President Chen."

Shen Rou nodded and left. She was already unfazed by President Chen's requests.

After all, every time President Chen held a team-building dinner, it cost hundreds of thousands. With the increase in personnel this time, a 1 million spend seemed normal.

Returning to her cubicle, Shen Rou thought for a moment, then created a group chat and added the key personnel from each company.

Then she conveyed the order President Chen had just given in the group.

"Should each company hold its own team-building event, or should we hold it together? If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to discuss."

Pang Tao: "I'm fine with anything. There are currently only two of us at the Pet Park. The heavy responsibility of this 1 million spend still lies with your three companies."

Pang Tao and Xu Zhengming, who were supervising the work at the Pet Park, calculated it and sent this message.

They were inwardly shocked; a single team-building event was going to cost 1 million.

This President Chen was truly generous; no wonder he didn't hesitate to invest 5 million in the Pet Park.

Li Shen: "I think it's better to have a joint team-building event. It can allow employees from different companies to interact and get to know each other, which helps with company unity."

Wei Yan: "Being together is fine, but since President Chen gave us a whole day tomorrow, we can't just end it after a meal. That would be a waste of President Chen's good intentions."

Wu Yu: "I actually have an idea. We could visit some tourist attractions in Jiang City in the morning. We can have the team-building dinner in the afternoon, and organize a trip to a karaoke bar in the evening."

Song Xia: "I've seen some companies bring company banners during team-building events for promotion. Can we do that? The coffee shop doesn't have much fame right now, and there aren't many customers every day. I'd like to take the opportunity to promote it."

Song Xia sat bored in the coffee shop, looking at the messages in the group, and sent this message.

President Chen didn't allow promotional activities, but surely there was no problem with this indirect promotion during a team-building event?

Wei Yan: "President Chen organizes team-building events for employees to relax. If we carry cumbersome banners and slogans, it would be putting the cart before the horse. If it's too tiring, the team-building loses its meaning."

Li Shen: "I actually have a suggestion. We can customize a batch of small flags with the company names printed on them. These small flags are light and easy to carry; each person can just take one or two. If we meet passersby we like on the road, we can give them to them. This way, it won't affect our outing at all."

Wu Yu: "It's not just the coffee shop; the Garment factory needs promotion too."

Fang Chang: "The team-building is tomorrow. Wouldn't it be too late to make those small flags now?"

Li Shen: "It's in time. The production process for these small flags is very simple; it won't take long to make a few hundred. Besides, I have connections, just leave it to me."

"…"

Shen Rou kept an eye on the group chat, inwardly admiring President Chen's eye for talent. These company heads were thinking about the company's development even during team-building; they were truly dedicated.

…

"Brother Yang, have you adapted well to staying here these past two days?"

Chen Mo looked at Yang Xingguo sitting opposite him and asked with a smile.

The other party had arrived at the Garment factory the day before yesterday and had rested yesterday, Sunday.

"The treatment at President Chen's company is the best I've encountered in all these years. If I couldn't adapt to such treatment, then I would be destined for a life of hardship."

Yang Xingguo sighed. Before he ran a fruit stand, he had worked in quite a few factories.

But no factory's treatment could compare to President Chen's company.