Upon arriving at the hotel entrance, Evans’s assistant walked over carrying two exquisite gift boxes and handed them to Lin Wanwan with a smile:
“Miss Lin, these are Boyu cosmetics products our master specifically asked me to prepare. Just a token of appreciation, please accept them.”
Lin Wanwan was stunned for a moment. Just as she was about to decline, Evans spoke up:
“Miss Lin, this is my gratitude to you, you must accept it.
These are all star products of our company; I hope you’ll like them.”
It was hard to decline such hospitality, so Lin Wanwan had no choice but to accept the gift boxes and soft-spokenly thanked him:
“Then I won’t stand on ceremony. Thank you, Mr. Evans.”
After seeing Evans off, Zhou Wenbo patted Lin Wanwan’s shoulder:
“Wanwan, you worked hard today. Head back to the company to rest this afternoon; I’ll follow up on the subsequent reception work myself.”
Lin Wanwan nodded, carrying the heavy gift boxes as she got into the car to return to the company.
Back at the company, when her colleagues saw her holding two exquisite gift boxes, they all gathered around curiously to inquire.
Lin Wanwan briefly explained the morning’s events, and everyone couldn’t help exclaiming:
“Wanwan, you’re too amazing!”
“Right! You even know first aid!”
“I heard that Boyu has a huge collaboration project they’re preparing to discuss!”
“Little Sister Lin, you’re probably going to get lucky this time!”
“Wanwan, what’s that in your hands?”
…
Lin Wanwan dealt with everyone’s inquiries with a smile.
Hearing someone ask about the gift boxes, she had no intention of hiding anything either.
She straightforwardly opened the gift boxes.
Seeing the wide array of various cosmetics inside, quite a few female colleagues gasped.
“Wow, this is Boyu Company’s Linglong concealer—one bottle costs over 400!”
“This seems to be their newly released foundation! I heard it’s super good to use!”
“This is their Xiaguang sunscreen—it’s said it won’t rub off even if you soak in water for a day!”
“Wanwan, there are so many cosmetics here, you probably can’t use them all by yourself!”
“Yeah, yeah, how about you see which ones you don’t want and sell them to us a bit cheaper?”
…
Hearing someone suggest buying them, Lin Wanwan didn’t refuse either.
The gift boxes contained a total of forty to fifty different cosmetics; it was completely impossible for her to use them all by herself.
Although 80,000 yuan had just entered her account yesterday, she was still far from the point of disdaining extra money.
Even mosquito legs are meat; selling the cosmetics from these two gift boxes would also be a considerable income.
Besides, based on the email content, Lin Wanwan knew that Evans would send her a lifetime Platinum Card tomorrow.
With the lifetime Platinum Card, she could receive four gift box sets every year.
From then on, she wouldn’t be lacking cosmetics at all; rather than letting them go to waste, it was better to directly turn them into money.
Lin Wanwan spoke with a smile:
“Of course no problem!”
“How about this, you guys pick whatever you want, and just give me the price at a 50% discount off the market price.”
Hearing that it was a 50% discount, the crowd grew even livelier.
In just a brief moment, dozens of cosmetics were completely swept clean by her colleagues.
After selling all the cosmetics, Lin Wanwan directly had over 8,000 bucks credited to her account.
Just as she was happily looking at the balance on her phone, her shoulder suddenly sank.
She heard Zhang Jingru’s voice coming from behind her:
“Alright, alright, this is work time, is every single one of you gathered here not needing to work?”
“Everyone hurry back to work! If the leadership sees this, I won’t take the blame for you!”
Seeing that it was the team leader, the crowd instantly dispersed.
Lin Wanwan hurriedly put away her phone:
“Sister Zhang! I…”
Zhang Jingru waved her hand, and seeing that everyone else had returned to their workstations, she lowered her voice and said:
“What the client gave you is yours, I don’t care how you handle it.”
“I heard about the situation from Zhou Wenbo, you accomplished a great service this time!”
“Mr. Evans is also extremely satisfied with you. Right after arriving at the hotel, he called Vice President Lin and praised you straight to the sky.”
“I saw that the opportunity was rare, so I specifically brought up the matter of your official employment status for you.”
“I estimate that if there are no surprises, you should be able to gain official status before this month ends!”
Although she had already known yesterday that she would be granted official employee status ahead of schedule, hearing it in person still made Lin Wanwan extremely excited.
“Thank you, Sister Zhang!”
Zhang Jingru reached out and lightly patted Lin Wanwan’s shoulder, only then speaking with deep feeling:
“Thank me for what? It’s Sister Zhang who should thank you instead!”
“Thank goodness you helped out this time, otherwise not only would Zhou Wenbo take the fall, but I, as the team leader, couldn’t escape either.”
“That Zhou Wenbo has connections, but your Sister Zhang doesn’t.”
“When leadership vents their anger down the line, who knows, maybe your Sister Zhang would be packing up her stuff and leaving!”
“Alright, you did very well this time!”
“Busy all morning today, you worked hard too, no need to stay at the company this afternoon!”
“I specially approve half a day of leave for you, go back and get a good rest!”
Lin Wanwan didn’t expect that there would actually be such a good thing!
Paid time off gained for nothing—that was the dream of countless workhorses.
“Long live Sister Zhang!”
With a rare half-day off, plus having just gained another 8,000 bucks, Lin Wanwan naturally didn’t plan to just cook noodles again tonight.
The reason she usually cooked noodles after work was, besides genuinely loving noodles, the most important reason was that she was already exhausted after a day’s work and simply couldn’t muster the mood to cook a proper meal.
Riding her electric scooter to a nearby shopping mall, Lin Wanwan’s eyes were practically shining with stars at the vast array of ingredients.
Previously, her salary wasn’t high, so even if she saw good ingredients, she couldn’t bear to buy them.
But now it was different; besides yesterday’s 8,000-yuan lottery winnings, another 8,000-plus had smoothly entered her account today.
Having money, Lin Wanwan was naturally willing to treat her stomach well.
The fresh food section on the B1 floor of the mall had plenty of air conditioning. Lin Wanwan pushed her shopping cart and paused in front of the refrigerated cabinet.
Steaks of different price ranges were neatly arranged inside the glass cabinet.
Lin Wanwan’s gaze subconsciously shifted toward the far left of the freezer.
Over there was ordinary tenderloin steak at 138 per pound.
Last month, when she treated herself, she had bought half a pound.
For tenderloin steak at this price point, the quality and taste were indeed only average.
However, with the price set right there, the cost-performance ratio could be considered quite high.
Lin Wanwan’s gaze only paused on the 138/pound tag for a second before quickly shifting away.
Besides last night’s 80,000-yuan lottery, selling cosmetics today brought in another 8,000-plus.
At this moment, her bank card balance was approaching five digits.
You only talk about cost-performance when you have no money; if you still talk about cost-performance now that you have money, what’s the point of earning so much money?
Money is meant to be spent!
Her gaze quickly scanned the item tags inside the freezer.
Soon, Lin Wanwan’s gaze landed on an M8 Wagyu priced at 538 yuan/pound.
Bright red meat distributed with fine, snow-like fat, gleaming with a soft sheen under the light—just looking at it made one’s mouth water.
Looking at those beautiful snowflake marbling patterns, Lin Wanwan subconsciously swallowed her saliva.
Without hesitation, Lin Wanwan decisively picked a 500-gram piece of M8 Wagyu.
Having bought today’s main dish, she conveniently purchased some shelf-stable ingredients and daily necessities.
After checking out and carrying two large bags out of the mall, a newly opened Chaoshan raw-marinated takeaway shop happened to be right by the entrance.
Glass jars filled with raw-marinated seafood were displayed inside the transparent window, orange-red sauce coating the fresh, tender seafood, making passersby unable to resist taking a few extra glances.