by Umair Sheikh
“Money?”
“No that’s not right!” Durex’s voice trembled with emotions, “I’m not rich, but I have a card! Credit card!”
“Credit card?” Linda was clearly confused, “Haven’t you overdrawn your credit card limit?”
“This is not my card was … … someone else gave me!”
“Someone else’s card? Do you know the pin?”
“……”
Durex was embarrassed, it seems the President forget to tell her the most important thing.
She was speechless when Linda’s voice scolded her: “Durex, why are you still in the clouds? Still want to use your credit card! Do you really think you marry into the rich and powerful? I’m telling you in this society now, a 26 older young women like you, no body, no looks, no job, no education, there’s a higher chance of you walking on the street and hit by meteorite than marry into the rich and powerful! A water snake in the bucket, even if you do marry into the rich and powerful, one day a mistress will rampant you down before you realise it!”
Linda scolding, Durex who wanted to use the credit card was woken to immersed pain.
She has always claim to be a young intellectual women in the new era, a proud self-reLightce that lead by virtues, however upon marrying into the rich and powerful she forgot these completely. If things were to go on like this, she will be assimilated by the bourgeoisie!
Once she thought of this, Durex was nervous.
While the President is very rich, although she is now living a luxury bathrooms is larger than the small apartment she once lived in, a lot of food for every day. Although her life as a rich wife is really attractive, but this is no excuse for her fall!
“Linda, you’re right! I should rely on myself, back into the revolutionary road of hard work and plain living!” Durex suddenly stood up, and clenched her fist, “I’ve decided, I’m looking for work!”
Chapter 16 – Virgomanager, you are so generous!
Since Durex was determined to find work, she put her words into actions.
Durex first applied for a position as a small local newspaper reporter. This is her old job, combined with her work experience, the editor looked at her résumé with satisfaction.
Seeing the job is almost within reach, she didn’t expect the editor to suddenly frowned.
“Miss Dis married?”
Durex was startled, she remembered she hesitated for a long time before truthfully filling out married on her resume. So she nodded: “Yes, I’m married.”
“Then does Miss Dalso had a baby?”
A baby? Durex shakes her head.
Editor-in-Chief frowns deepens: “In other words, Miss Dis married but has no children, is that right?”
It turns out that married people looking for work also have to answer this question, Durex nodded: “Yes.”
Once she said this, Editor-in-Chief expression changed, she emotionlessly said: “Okay, please go back and wait for news.”
Durex wasn’t hired, hearing those words she knew there was no hope.
So strange, it was all going well just a moment ago, how come they didn’t give her a chance? Durex was depressed.
What made her even more depressed was the fact after she applied for several positions, she was asked the same question and then was rejected. Finally, Durex finally asked the staff standing by.
“Hello, I would like to ask you, do companies care so much that employees are married?”
The staff gave her a contemptuous glance: “We don’t mind married employees, the thing we mind are the female employees who are married but don’t have children.”
“Why ah?”
Isn’t this discrimination?
“Female employees like you who are married but never had children, working in the company for a period of time will apply for maternity leave for several months. The company has pay as usual, plus the allowances, a little company like us can’t afford it.”
Hearing those remarks was an eye opener for Durex.
For a long time, she couldn’t find any work because of the culprit President ah! If it wasn’t because of the President, why would she be married so soon? If it wasn’t because she was married, she would have found work by now!
Durex wanted to sing a song: The President is to blame! (In an automatic tone ~)
Because she couldn’t find work, Durex dejectedly returned home. After returning home, she called Linda: “Linda, I can’t get a job.”
“Why?”
“Because they don’t want a married woman like me.”
“Durex, are you still in delusion that you married into the rich and powerful? You’ve lost your mind!” VirgoYao cried, to this day, she still does not believe that Durex is married.
Linda’s dedication to this matter made Durex speechless.
After Linda finished scolding, she still had a good heart, she said: “Well, tomorrow go to my second uncle’s store to try out, I heard that they are looking for counter salesperson.”
“But I’m looking for an office job……” Durex said that sentence with difficulty.
“You have to be less picky! In this current world, which job isn’t an office works? Come on, face the truth!”
Face the truth, Durex! You’re not married to a husband. You’re married to the President!
The next day, Durex to the mall where Linda offered her the job, she was received by the store manager VirgoDaFu, Linda’s Second Uncle. Seeing Durex has come, VirgoDa Fu was particularly enthusiastic: “You’re Xiao Fei’s classmate, right? Come on, fill out this form.”
Durex took form, while filling out the status column she was more mindful before filling in unmarried.
“Not bad! Not bad!” Grabbing Durex’s form, VirgoDa Fu nodded, his mouth didn’t stop talking, “Very suitable, very suitable……”
Durex wondered she doesn’t have sales experience, why does the Manager seemed particularly interested in her?
Just as she was thinking, VirgoDa Fu had finished reading her resume, he smiled as he said to her: “Wait a minute I’ll take you down to the counter, you can start work today.”
“So soon?” Durex was a bit surprised, “Don’t I have to do any training?”
“No you don’t! Counter sales employee has done this for a long time, you just to follow her in sales.” Having said that, VirgoDa Fu also firmly patted Durex’s shoulders: “Little D, I like you!”
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After a few minutes, Durex finally understand why VirgoFu will let her work with such enthusiasm for her to start work straight away. This counter only one reason——because it lack the manpower of selling condoms!
“Your called Durex?” The only condom sales assistant after finding out that’s Durex real name was surprised, “are you sure it’s not your stage name?”
Durex was embarrassed, it seems when you sell condoms you use a stage name.
“No it’s not.” Durex awkwardly explained.
“This is a good name……” The sale assistant peerlessly stroked his chin and said to himself, “I want to change my name to Jie Shi Bang.[1] Maybe sales will increase oh……”
[1] : Bachelor
“Good! Then I’ll change my name called Olay okay!” The sale assistant on the skin care counter said.
“You’re also changing, then I have to change mine to Mei Bao Light!” The sale assistance on the cosmetic counters chimed in.
“Then I want Chow Tai Fook!”
“You’re call Chow Tai Fook, then I’ll be Chow Sang Sang, great!”
“……”
Amid the discussion only Durex who has been silent: They said so many names, none of them are stage names ah! They’re real!
In the heated discussions, Manager VirgoDa Fu was also alerted and triggered his inspiration.
He patted his bald forehead and thought: Yes! Why not give his sale assistant team a stage name as well?
So, the Manager modified all the co
unter salesperson to use the stage name to perform!
Staring at the red and black signs on the counter, Durex suddenly wanted to burst into tears.
Since VirgoDa Fu decided the stage name policy this morning. In the afternoon, he asked each counter make a sign like this, showing each counter’s salesperson stage name.
Their counter sign——written in big black bold letters: Jie Shi Bang and Durex
Looking around there were identical signs on each counter, from afar, the sea of red was truly cheerful.
“Very good! That’s good!” VirgoDa Fu watched his own masterpiece, nodded, “Xiao Dah! You came to the mall, giving us such a good idea, I decided to give you a bonus!”
A bonus? Durex was swept away weakly, her eyes shining.
“Come to my office and collect $20 store coupons, remember to buy at least $500 for the coupon to be valid!”
$20 … … coupons … … buy at least $500 … …
T_T
VirgoManager, very generous of you!
Chapter 17 – Heaven, earth, who is she finding to trial?
“President, we haven’t finished discussing the investment. Returning, wouldn’t you…” Jason paused.
“Let them wait.” Light Muller’s expression was sombre, “The thing I asked you to investigate, did you find out yet?”
“I did found out, however…” Jason was in a dilemma.
“What is it?” Light Muller’s voice deepen within a few minutes.
“Madame she … went to look for… work……”
“Work? Where did she go?”
“A small company owned by the Light Enterprise… in the… sales department……”
“Is it?” His thin lips curve, and after a while, Light Muller said, “Jason, there’s spare time on today’s itinerary, right? Accompany me to the mall to inspect the sales.”
There’s a sayings, a calm before the storm.
Which is right! One block from the President’s Office was the mall, a row of prosperity and peaceful scene.
“It was so unexpected! Great!” VirgoDa Fu was moved to tears.
Just a day earlier, not only did their stage name promotion strategies attracted a large number of uninformed masses of onlookers, but ushered in an interview with the city’s most famous local radio A station.
The beautiful reporter wore a cut shirts while holding a microphone standing in front of a crowd: “Dear audience, a few days ago the city mall came up with a new marketing strategy which caused a huge stir after netizens created internet exposure, now let us interview the mall manager, VirgoManger.”
VirgoDa Fu stole glances at the girl breasts while talking about this great idea, and soon his frothing lewd images along with the television broadcast was spread through the streets of the city, it attracted more onlookers, within one day the store sales hit a new record, how can VirgoDa Fu not smile?
VirgoDa Fu was delighted, and decided to give every salesperson’s within the mall a bonus, which made everyone happy! Everyone was pumped up with more spirits, apart from the listless Durex.
“Little D, you add oil[1]! The manger will give us a bonus!” Countless voice cheered.
[1] : means to cheer someone on.
“Just now I felt my left eyelid itch, I feel that managers will certainly give us coupons this time.”
“……”
Durex’s intuition was right, with a wave of VirgoDa Fu’s hands, the coupons were sent down, this time the value was increased to 100, but one must spend 1000 Yuan within the mall.
After the coupon was distributed, Durex’s eyes constantly twitched.
So strange, why is that after the coupons were distributed her eyelids still twitched? Durex rubbed her temples, she intends to take the opportunity to have a rest.
At that moment, a sudden uproar erupted within the mall.
“Did you hear? Today a upper lead will come down to inspect the sales! I heard it’s someone important!” A nosy mysterious woman said.
“Really? Someone important, so mysterious?”
“I heard it is the President of Light Enterprise!”
“Really? I heard……”
The following sentence Durex did not listen further, her mind was filled with the phrase “The President of Light Enterprise”, her entire body instantly froze.
The President of Light Enterprise wouldn’t happened to be…?
A gust of wind blew in Durex couldn’t help but shiver.
“Come here! Look!” Someone exclaimed.
Already here?
Durex was startled awake. Whether or not it’s the President, she needs to hide first.
So she pretended to pick up something, then with the fastest speed hid under the counter.
Soon came the sound of footsteps, followed by a gradual clear dialogue.
“President, for you to personally inspect such a small shopping centres like ours is too much trouble, such dedication!” VirgoDa Fu said with a flattering smile, the flesh on his face hidden his eyes.
“I have heard that there’s a new promotional idea at the mall?” Durex’s heart was startled after hearing a familiar voice, her entire body shrink even deeper.
Upon Light Muller mentioning this, VirgoDa Fu’s spirit increased and recalled what happened yesterday and what the beautiful reporters exactly said in high-spirited passion!
“You’re saying all the sales assistance use stage names?”
“Yes ah!” VirgoDa Fu smiled and nodded, he suddenly thought of something, “Expect for one employee, she used her real name!”
VirgoDa Fu’s intention was to mobilize the atmosphere, he also wanted to boast about his rich ability to think, but reaching Durex’s ears, those words sounded like a time bomb ready t explode in her mind instantly.
She finished! President, please do not ask to further ah!
But the President apparently didn’t go by her means, he continued to ask: “Oh, who is this?”
“This is our new employee Xiao Dah! Yes, she is in this counter!” VirgoDa Fu said, he has led Light Muller to the condom sales counter.
Durex was nervous, her head shrink lower and deeper.
She did not know, the more she deliberately avoid them, the more of Light Muller’s attention she attracted.
“President, let me introduce to you the salesperson that gave me this inspiration.” After VirgoDa Fu said this he shouted toward Durex, “Little D, come here for a moment! Quick!”
Durex who crouched in the corner of the counter, refused to come out even after VirgoDa Fu loudly called out to her.
At this point, Light Muller has directed his aggressive gaze on her back, even if she couldn’t see it, she could feel the chilling atmosphere.
“Little D, what are you doing? Quickly, come here!” VirgoDa Fu urged loudly.
Durex had to lower her head and slowly emerged from below the corner, then turned and bowed her head, she changed the tone of her voice with the following sentence: “How do you do Manager.”
“President, this is our salesperson Durex.” VirgoDa Fu said proudly, “This is not her stage name, it’s her real name ah!”
Virgomanager! You big mouth! Durex’s heart shouted.
Th unhurried voice of Light Muller was heard: “Is it? I seem to know an old friend by the name of Durex, I do not know if it’s the same one??”
“Oh, really?” VirgoDa Fu was overjoyed, “Xiao Dquickly lift your face so the President can see!”
Why does hearing such words such like a customer in a brothel picking a prostitute? Durex bite the bullet and lifted her face.
VirgoDa Fu hastily said: “President, is it your friend ah?”
This made the silent Durex gasped.
It was a long time, before Light Muller’s faint voice was heard: “I think I got the wrong person.”
Huh? Durex was shocked, how come the President didn’t expose her?
Just as she was pondering on the sit
uation, VirgoDa Fu enthusiastically introduced: “Xiao Dis our newcomers here, her performance has been very good ah.”
“Really?” Light Muller glanced at her, then quietly asked, “What past work experience does Miss Dhave?”
“……”
Durex couldn’t come up with an answer.
VirgoDa Fu could see things weren’t right, he quickly playing the rounders: “Xiao Dis no work experience, but she was still young and not married. She have plenty of time to study hard, there is a great potential for development!”
Durex anxiously wanted to cry, Virgomanager, you could have mentioned anything, why did you mention marriage! Sure enough, Light Muller’s expression coldly changed: “Miss Dis not married?”
ext-align: justify;”>”Ah……” Durex sounded like a mosquitoes.
“Not married, wouldn’t you lack the experience of selling such product?”
This question caused much embarrassment for Durex.
Experience? What experience? Could it be …… upon thinking of this, her face instantly burned up.
Light Muller continue relentlessly asked: “I would like to ask Miss D, there are so many brands on the counter, do you understand the characteristics of each brand?”
Facing the President’s aggressiveness, the things Durex learn with those days has been forgotten, her mind only felt blank, she didn’t know what to say.
Receiving such a reaction, the President’s expression rapidly darken and said in a harsh tone: “Miss D, you haven’t personally tried the product you’re trying to sell?”
“This……”
Finally because Durex felt overwhelmed, she began to incoherent: “Either I go back to try tonight …… ……”
“Oh?” Light Muller narrowed his eyes: “Whom does Miss Dintend to try it with?”
“……”
“Miss Disn’t speaking, does this imply you were just trying to fool me?”
“I……”
“Of course not! Who would dare to fool you President!” VirgoDa Fu playing rounders again, “Xiao Dis a very serious employees, I believe she will try it tonight! Isn’t that right ah? Little D! “VirgoDa Fu’s killer eyes shot over, clearly telling her: If you do not try it, don’t bother coming in tomorrow!