Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

Chapter 24 Wang Jingfa's Target

Although Guo Xiaoyan's chat with Mao Xiaoyu took up some time, she had timed it well, so she arrived at the company two minutes before the appointed time.

Guo Xiaoyan swiped her card first, then looked around the store. By this time, five employees had arrived. Except for the store manager, Guo Xiaoyan was the last one to arrive today. She didn't mind, since she hadn't even gotten to eat yet.

The main real estate agencies generally work from 10:30 am to 7:30 pm, but as long as the hours are roughly the same, no one in the store can really say anything. After all, real estate agents' hours are always a bit flexible.

After all, most real estate agents serve their customers. Some customers don't have time during the day and want to see houses at night. Even if the agent has finished get off work, they still have to accompany them to see the houses. And when a house sale is completed, the staff will get up early in the morning to go to the housing management bureau to transfer the property. It's not uncommon for this to happen.

Therefore, it can be seen from the above that the working hours of real estate agents are very flexible. After all, even if a top agent doesn't come to work for a month, as long as he can earn tens of thousands of yuan for the boss every month, the boss will treat him like an ancestor.

Conversely, if a real estate agent is always on time for work and leaves on time, but hasn't made any money for the boss for three months while still receiving the boss's base salary, then after the three-month probation period, no matter how hard the employee works, the boss will fire him.

Therefore, the employees of the real estate agency were quite casual about whether they arrived at work early or late. However, in the past two weeks, a new store manager came and punished two people for being late, which led all the employees to consciously arrive at get off work on time.

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"Sister Guo, I have a tenant's order today. Could you help me follow up on it? It's my first time taking on an order, and I'm a little nervous."

Guo Xiaoyan had just finished clocking in and sat down at her desk when she heard Xue Guangmei's voice next to her. Guo Xiaoyan looked up and saw Xue Guangmei pitifully clasping her hands together, pleading with Guo Xiaoyan as if in prayer.

"Alright, alright, as your mentor, I'll take care of this for you when the time comes."

Looking at Xue Guangmei, who was about the same age as her, and pretending to look pitiful, Guo Xiaoyan couldn't help but smile and agree.

Although Xue Guangmei is from Tongzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and is about the same age as Guo Xiaoyan, she used to work in her hometown. This year, she came to Shanghai to work hard. Her first job in Shanghai was as a real estate agent. However, since she had just entered the real estate industry, she was a complete newbie.

However, the real estate brokerage industry relies on experience, so newcomers who want to improve their skills usually seek out a senior employee to mentor them, so they can get started and become familiar with the industry sooner.

Therefore, half a month ago, after a month of consideration, Xue Guangmei finally became Guo Xiaoyan's apprentice, making Guo Xiaoyan her mentor in this industry. Of course, although she became Guo Xiaoyan's apprentice, Guo Xiaoyan did not ask Xue Guangmei to call her "master," but told her to just call her "Sister Guo."

Of course, whether it's Sister Guo or Master, it's just a respectful title. After all, it's a mutually beneficial arrangement. It's not easy for an employee to become a master. If they do, the master will receive a share of the sales they make within six months to a year. During this time, the senior employee will do their best to teach the new employee all sorts of tricks and techniques. Therefore, the sales share is a way of paying an apprenticeship fee.

After a year or two of training, the new employees will learn the skills. Some will never acknowledge their master again, while others, who respect their master, will remain acquainted for life. It all depends on whether some people have a conscience. However, on the surface, they will still treat each other as friends. Of course, since the apprenticeship relationship is terminated, there will be no more commission in the store.

Xue Guangmei and Guo Xiaoyan have this kind of master-apprentice relationship. Therefore, even if Xue Guangmei doesn't ask Guo Xiaoyan for help, Guo Xiaoyan will still help her apprentice to get the deal done when it's time to sign the contract. After all, if a rental deal is closed, Xue Guangmei can get about 200 yuan, and Guo Xiaoyan can get more than 40 yuan.

"Thank you, Sister Guo, you're so kind to me!" Xue Guangmei jumped up happily like a little girl.

Seeing Xue Guangmei so happy like a little girl, Guo Xiaoyan felt a little envious. After all, Xue Guangmei was well protected by her family and still retained some childlike innocence. Guo Xiaoyan was the same age as Xue Guangmei, but after two years of harsh realities in society, she lacked Xue Guangmei's innocence, which made her seem much more mature than Xue Guangmei.

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"Hmph, hmph..."

Just as Xue Guangmei was overjoyed, she suddenly heard a few coughs coming from the doorway. This made Xue Guangmei quickly stop what she was doing, stick out her tongue, and sit down at her office seat.

Then she pretended to be working seriously, but if you looked closely, you could see that Xue Guangmei was speaking silently. If someone understood lip reading, they could see that she was saying: "The dead king Luobo is here."

After the coughing outside stopped, a man with a middle parting, glasses, a few pimples on his face, and flashy clothes, who was less than 1.7 meters tall and looked to be in his thirties, swaggered in with his hands behind his back, looking like a skinny toad.

"Manager Wang, ..."

As soon as the man entered, two of the store's employees stood up and greeted him with fawning expressions.

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Zheng, good morning!" The store manager, Wang, who was being called, didn't pay attention to the other four employees, but instead greeted the two employees who had greeted him warmly.

"Manager Wang, have you eaten? I have another breakfast here, specially brought for you."

"Manager Wang, this is your favorite soy milk. Manager, please be careful not to burn yourself while holding it."

The two men, Xiao Liu and Xiao Zheng, who were called by the name, looked to be in their twenties, but they still fawned over him with the extra breakfast they had bought that morning, and began to fawn over him and ask him what was wrong.

"Look how embarrassed I am, eating the breakfast you bring every morning." Manager Wang said politely, but he took the breakfast and soy milk without any hesitation, and said with a smug look on his face.

"Manager Wang, look at what you're saying, this is only worth a few dollars..."

"Manager Wang, your health is the most important thing. What's this little bit of money to us...?"

And so, Xiao Liu and Xiao Zheng, with eager flattery, bypassed everyone else and walked into the manager's office.

"Two sycophants... knowing that the three of them don't share the same surname... anyone who didn't know better would think they were his grandsons..."

As soon as the three of them entered the office, Guo Xiaoyan heard Xue Guangmei muttering curses beside her.

Guo Xiaoyan pretended not to hear it. After all, ever since this store manager, Wang Jingfa, was parachuted into the store half a month ago, he had been acting like a smug little man. Anyone present who didn't flatter him had been given a hard time by him. Guo Xiaoyan and Xue Guangmei, on the other hand, received special attention from him because of their appearance.

If it weren't for her disdain for gossiping behind people's backs, Guo Xiaoyan would have liked to curse him a few times. Therefore, when she heard Xue Guangmei cursing them, Guo Xiaoyan was not only not disgusted, but actually quite happy.

About three minutes later, employees Xiao Liu and Xiao Zheng came out of the store manager's office, looking quite happy, as if they had gotten a great deal.

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"Xiao Guo, Xiao Xue, you two take some flyers out and hand them out in a little while."

About ten minutes later, the store manager's door opened, and a radiant-faced store manager, Mr. Wang, came out after finishing his breakfast. Mr. Wang went to the front, looked around at the employees, and then spoke to them in a pretentious manner.

However, judging from his eyes and the names he mentioned, it was clear that these words weren't really directed at other employees, but rather at Guo Xiaoyan and Xue Guangmei.

"Manager Wang, I have a lease agreement to sign today, and I don't have time to go out and hand out flyers. So if you need to hand out flyers again today, you'll have to find someone else."

When Xue Guangmei heard that she was going out with Guo Xiaoyan to hand out flyers again, she quickly stood up and raised her hand to speak.

"You think you can just sign a lease agreement like that? People came yesterday but didn't sign, so how can you expect them to come back today to sign again? Therefore, I don't think you can sign the agreement today at all."

"Of course, since you've already made the appointment, I won't discourage you. Okay, you go out with your mentor to hand out flyers first, and then come back to sign the contract when you're almost ready to do so. That way, you can take care of both ends," Manager Wang retorted directly.

Hearing what Manager Wang said, Xue Guangmei had no choice but to sit down in frustration. After all, Manager Wang had said that distributing flyers was fine, but she should come back to sign the contract at the appointed time. However, when Xue Guangmei thought about how she still had to go out and distribute flyers, she couldn't help but curse Manager Wang again.

After all, this targeting is too obvious. It's clear that Manager Wang has a petty mentality and is targeting the two women. Think about the six employees in the store, why should the two women be sent out to hand out flyers every day?

Moreover, the number of flyers was increasing. At first, it only took an hour to distribute them all, but now it takes two or three hours a day to distribute them all. After they returned, they were given time to have lunch.

They also had to go out and run errands, which took two or three hours each time. This meant that most of their working hours were wasted outside, and they had no time to serve customers in the store.

If everyone took turns doing this, it would be fine, since distributing flyers and checking properties are things that real estate agents should do. But to have two women do this, and for half a month, is clearly targeted at them.

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Seeing that Guo Xiaoyan and Xue Guangmei remained silent, Manager Wang smiled smugly, inwardly cursing, "You two women looked down on me, now you know the consequences of offending me!"

"Hehe, in 20 minutes, you two go out and hand out flyers. The flyers are on that table. Come back whenever you're done handing them out."

After saying this to Guo Xiaoyan and Xue Guangmei, Manager Wang slowly returned to his room.

"Xiaomei, let's go." Seeing Manager Wang enter the office, Guo Xiaoyan didn't intend to wait another 20 minutes. She stood up and prepared to grab the flyers and leave.

Hearing Guo Xiaoyan's words, Xue Guangmei was angry, but there was nothing she could do. She could only stand up and follow Guo Xiaoyan to the table. Looking at the thick stack of flyers on the table, she gritted her teeth and followed Guo Xiaoyan to carry them away.

"Sister Guo, where should we hand out flyers today? The surrounding area is already glowing with excitement."

The two walked out of the store, placed the flyer on the store's electric scooter, and asked Guo Xiaoyan, who was riding the scooter.

"I don't know either. Let's get in the car first and go a little further away," Guo Xiaoyan said after a moment's hesitation.

Upon hearing Guo Xiaoyan's words, Xue Guangmei sat down behind Guo Xiaoyan, and then Guo Xiaoyan started the electric vehicle and drove directly onto the main road.

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"Sister Guo, this Wang Luobo is such a womanizer. Ever since he became the store manager, he has been targeting the two of us. This is too much of a bullying."

Sitting behind Guo Xiaoyan, Xue Guangmei thought about how Wang Luobo had come to the store as manager half a month ago. When she saw the two women, she was immediately captivated by them and shamelessly began pursuing them. After being rejected by the two women, Wang Luobo had been targeting and retaliating against them. This made Xue Guangmei, who was sitting behind Guo Xiaoyan, unable to help but complain.

"That's how it is when you're a worker. It's normal to be targeted. Even if it weren't for this Wang Luobo targeting you, there would be other Hua Luobos. You'll get used to it," Guo Xiaoyan replied calmly as she rode her bike.

"What's normal about that? It's because when we came to the store, Wang Luobo saw that we were both pretty and wanted to pursue us. Pah! He didn't even look at his age and appearance. He's like a toad trying to eat swan meat. How could we possibly be interested in him? Who knew he would be so petty? From the moment we rejected him, he's been targeting us. If it weren't for Sister Guo telling me to put up with it, I would have cursed him to death. Even if I didn't curse him, a few of my relatives could have easily beaten him to death." Xue Guangmei said magnanimously.

Xue Guangmei had the confidence to say that, since her hometown was Haishi in Jiangsu Province, which is very close to Shanghai. As a result, many of her relatives from her hometown lived in Shanghai. The place where Xue Guangmei was currently living was her aunt's house.

In addition, Xue Guangmei is well-liked among relatives and is considered the little princess of the Xue family. It is possible that if her relatives knew that Xue Guangmei was being targeted at the real estate agency, some of them might actually come to beat up Wang Jingfa.