Chapter 140: Shopping
Butler Liu smiled and noted this down.
A few days later, she brought the information on several properties in Sanya for Gu Wanrong to review.
As for the portrait Chu Mengchun gave Gu Wanrong, Butler Liu arranged for someone to have it framed and hung in the villa Gu Wanrong liked the most.
At nine in the morning, Gu Wanrong finished her breakfast and was sitting at the dining table wiping her mouth when Butler Liu came over with documents.
“Miss, these are the year-end gala planning schemes for the various companies in the group. President Tong asks for your review.”
Gu Wanrong wiped the corners of her mouth, threw away the napkin, and said, “Let me see.” Then, she took the planning schemes and skimmed through them.
“President Tong asked me to ask you if you will attend the year-end gala of any company this year. He wants to give advance orders to make preparations,” Butler Liu asked, standing aside.
Gu Wanrong flipped through the documents; the gala process, budget, participants, etc., were basically all finalized.
After reading, she closed the folder and replied, “I won’t be going. Go tell Tong Shenyi to try to finish January’s work before the gala, and then just give the employees a holiday.”
While saying this, todayâs photographer, Mangmang, had finished organizing her equipment and arrived. She happened to hear this.
“Itâs so good to work in Ms. Guâs company. Usually, companies are still working an hour before the gala starts. After the gala, the next day or the day after is the Spring Festival…” Mangmang said this with a clearly envious look on her face.
Hearing this, Gu Wanrong only smiled and didn’t speak.
Mangmang continued, “On the first day, you get off work to attend the gala, which doesn’t end until midnight. The next day, before you’ve even sobered up, you have to catch a ride back to your hometown…” At this point, she realized she had said too much and changed the subject. “I really envy Ms. Guâs employees. They can happily attend the gala and then get an early holiday.”
Currently, there were still half a month left before the New Year. The scheduled time for the gala in the plan was next Monday. According to what Gu Wanrong said, the holiday would be a week longer than the official holiday.
Originally, the annual leave for Qianyuan Group employees was already ten days longer; now it was another seven days early. Combined, it was basically a month-long holiday.
“Iâll go change first. Have you had breakfast? If not, Iâll have someone bring you some,” Gu Wanrong stood up and said to Mangmang.
“I had breakfast before coming. Please take your time, Ms. Gu,” Mangmang waved her hand.
Upon hearing this, Gu Wanrong picked up the folder on the table and left the restaurant, with Butler Liu following behind.
When Mangmang was complaining about the gala, Gu Wanrong remembered the complaints about galas she had seen from “workers” online. For them, the only thing to look forward to at a gala was the red envelopes.
In the planning schemes Tong Shenyi gave her, the processes for several companies were all much of a muchness: some leadership speeches, game interactions, and program performances.
Although she hadn’t participated, thinking about it would be very boring.
Gu Wanrong made a decision and said to Butler Liu, “We won’t have a gala this year. We’ll directly distribute red envelopes and prizes instead. Everyone throughout the group gets them.”
Pausing for a second, just as Butler Liu was about to agree, Gu Wanrong added, “The budget in the plan will be directly converted into red envelopes. I will personally contribute another portion, and the gifts and prizes will also be on me.”
Butler Liu didn’t understand why Gu Wanrong was being so generous, but she still noted it down and would tell Tong Shenyi later.
As for why Gu Wanrong was so generous, there was no special reason; it was simply because she wanted her employees to have a good New Year. Why make things difficult for workers?
Anyway, she wasn’t short of money, and Qianyuan Group wasn’t short of this little bit either.
While Gu Wanrong was changing into her outfit for todayâs outing, Butler Liu had already conveyed Gu Wanrongâs orders to Tong Shenyi. By the time Gu Wanrong was sitting in the car on the way to the duty-free shop, various company groups of Qianyuan Group had received the notification from Tong Shenyi.
In the employee groups, people began posting phrases like “Grateful to the Group Director,” showing their excitement about Gu Wanrong canceling the gala.
Getting out of the car, the driver drove away to wait for Gu Wanrongâs group in the duty-free city parking lot.
Most tourists who come to Sanya for a vacation don’t miss shopping at the duty-free shop. So, as soon as they went in, they could see at a glance that there were many, many people in the shop.
Tong Shenba protected Gu Wanrong from being squeezed by the crowd. Entering the CPB duty-free shop, they called the manager and had the manager add whole sets of skincare and makeup products.
“This Diamond series, this premium anti-aging series, this foundation,” Gu Wanrongâs finger pointed at the sample sets on the counter. “Each series set combination, give me ten sets of each.”
The manager knew the prices of the products in the shop very well and immediately reminded her, “The duty-free quota per person is 100,000, and the duty-free limit for cosmetics is 30 pieces. You have already far exceeded the limit.”
Gu Wanrong didn’t care about this little bit of tax and only said, “Itâs okay, I know. Just add them all up for me.”
Seeing Gu Wanrongâs indifferent attitude, the manager only assumed Gu Wanrong was rich and willing, and no longer tried to stop her.
After all, she recognized the watch on Gu Wanrongâs wrist was worth over 700,000, not to mention the jewelry whose brands she didn’t recognize. At a rough estimate, Gu Wanrongâs outfit was worth millions.
Coming out of CPB, Gu Wanrong didn’t want to squeeze through the crowd anymore.
Finding a place to sit, she directly placed orders on her phone.
Skincare sets from brands like Helena Rubinstein, La Mer, Clarins, SK-II, and LancĂ´me suitable for different skin types; makeup sets from brands like Tom Ford, NARS, and Guerlain; fragrances and perfumes from brands like Dior, Givenchy, Atelier Cologne, and L’Artisan Parfumeur.
The company employees included both men and women, so naturally, when Gu Wanrong added these products, she specifically chose skincare products and fragrances suitable for women and men.
For makeup products, she bought every shade of foundation, cream foundation, and cushion foundation, and every color and texture of lipstick and lip glaze. This way, the makeup product an employee received would always be something they could use.
Don’t look at how much Gu Wanrong bought; in reality, she didn’t spend much, about the same as the price of the watch she was wearing.
She stood up and took the elevator to the floor above.
There were still many people in the gold shop, but fewer than on the floor below.
Again, she called the manager and asked her to recommend styles. “I need styles that are more versatile, priced around two to three thousand. Rings, necklaces, bracelets are all fine, both male and female styles.”
After listening to Gu Wanrongâs request, the manager immediately introduced styles to her.
“Take a look at this twisted chain; the style is simple, and both men and women can wear it. This Chopin gold necklace is the same. It just depends on which one you like.”
“Is there anything else?”
Gu Wanrong liked both necklace styles, but that wasn’t enough.
The managerâs gaze fell on Gu Wanrong. Seeing her extraordinary temperament, she looked like someone with a full purse. The manager didn’t lose heart and continued introducing styles.
“This smiling heart necklace is also very beautiful, suitable for matching with sweaters in winter and dresses in summer. This Pixiu hand string is also very noble. The Pixiu doesn’t have an outlet, so it brings in wealth without letting it out…”
The manager introduced several more styles in a row, her mouth getting a bit dry.
Seeing this, Gu Wanrong said, “For these styles, give me fifty of each.”
The manager was stunned, as if she had misheard what Gu Wanrong said. Before she could speak, she heard Gu Wanrong say, “The transit beads are quite delicate. Give me a hundred of each of the twelve zodiac signs.”
“You are…?” The manager asked in confusion after listening in a daze.
Gu Wanrong casually explained, “Picking out some year-end gifts for company employees.”
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