Who goes to work if they're a decent person?

Chapter 6: Feeling a bit hot and needing to cool down.

"So...you guys want to collaborate on live-streaming e-commerce?"

Lin Yiyi and Chen Hao explained the tasks assigned to Chen Lu by the company.

Chen Lu glanced slyly at Su Ming beside her, a smug little expression on her face.

It's as if it's saying: Humph! Little Blackie's showing his true colors, working two jobs at once.

Su Ming responded with his eyes: Keep it a secret, you know what I mean.

Chen Lu blinked: What's in it for me? •ᴗ•

Su Ming sneered and replied: From now on, you're my boss. If you tell me to go west, I'll never go east.

"At most, I'll head north or south," Su Ming thought to himself.

"What are you two doing? Your mouths are practically crooked." Lin Yiyi put down her beer can and looked at the two of them suspiciously.

"Oh, this is a popular facial exercise to prevent facial paralysis."

"Yes, yes!" Chen Lu echoed.

"No wonder your expressions are so varied." Lin Yiyi said as if she had discovered something new. "Remember to teach me when you have time."

Finally, Chen Lu grunted twice, which was considered an agreement to keep Su Ming's secret.

"Hmm... I don't have any objection to live-streaming sales..."

Hearing that Chen Lu had no objections, Chen Hao and Lin Yiyi were visibly delighted, but the drawn-out tone of Chen Lu's voice added a hint of tension.

"However... Shen Yue definitely won't agree; this price is too low."

Su Ming had already guessed the outcome and was not surprised.

Chen Hao and Lin Yiyi were clearly somewhat dejected, as if they wanted to say something more.

Su Ming stopped them and offered his own ideas.

"This is very simple. The company wants to use us as scapegoats, so let's take this opportunity to make a good profit off them."

"I've looked at the brands our company is working with this time; their bottom price and terms are quite good..."

Su Ming spoke eloquently, sharing his views and plans.

"The company never even imagined that we could successfully connect."

From the company's perspective, this was an impossible task, and it was just a formality from beginning to end.

So, for something destined to fail, will the company care about the process? Will they care about any unreasonable demands we make?

Lin Yiyi seemed to be thinking: "You mean...?"

"What I mean is..." Su Ming lowered his voice slightly, making sure that only the four of them could hear him.

"We can take advantage of the company's 'we are bound to lose' mentality to apply for some permissions that we would never normally be able to obtain."

"As long as it doesn't involve directly increasing the slot fee budget, we can certainly ask for higher prices for other conditions, such as commission rates, cooperation models, and resource allocation."

I think the company will basically meet all our requests unconditionally.

From the company's perspective, whatever we propose is nothing more than an empty promise...

"Brilliant!" Chen Hao slapped his thigh. "A free lunch!"

"What do you mean by getting something for nothing? This is called making good use of loopholes in the rules," Su Ming corrected. "We're helping the company save on its budget; the company should thank us."

The other three people's eyes lit up, and they continued to listen to Su Ming continue.

"And we can take this opportunity to fight for the greatest benefit for Chen Lu, after all, for a large live broadcast venue."

A single live stream can generate tens of millions in sales, with commissions from those sales being the main source of income.

"Wouldn't it be wonderful if we just got all the commission the brand offered to Chen Lu, and then got some company subsidies too?"

The group drank beer and ate skewers, chatting about specific details. As they gradually became tipsy, they seemed to have become close drinking buddies.

Sometimes fate is just that magical.

Chen Lu began to stagger and fall onto Su Ming. Seeing this, Chen Hao was shocked, which further confirmed his thoughts.

Holy crap, Su Ming really got Chen Lu!

A strange feeling welled up inside Chen Hao, and he knew he would definitely have trouble sleeping tonight.

I just can't figure it out.

Why is it that Su Ming, dressed in cheap clothes costing less than 200 yuan, was able to win over a social media influencer worth hundreds of millions?

He was so handsome that he had never even held Lin Yiyi's hand.

What's wrong with this world?

Late at night.

Chen Hao nervously escorted Lin Yiyi home, while Chen Lu was left to Su Ming.

Looking at Chen Lu, who was lying on his lap, breathing evenly with her eyes closed, and even emitting soft, cute snores.

Su Ming suddenly felt like he had a splitting headache.

According to the usual plot development, shouldn't the next step be to carry Chen Lu to a nearby hotel, book a room, and settle her in?

And then spend a long and ambiguous night?

Su Ming looked at Chen Lu's profile, which was so close to his, and at the unique fragrance that emanated from her.

He had to admit that his heart did indeed beat a few beats faster.

What to do? Maybe... we should just go all in...

Fine, I'll let her go for today, but I'll surely slay her one day!

After thinking it over, Su Ming decided to make a WeChat call to Shen Yue.

"Feed?" Shen Yue's voice was cold on the other end of the phone.

"Um... Chen Lu is with me, she's had too much to drink," Su Ming said cautiously.

There was a three-second silence on the other end of the phone.

"address."

"The third table next to the barbecue stall at the east entrance of Zhongshan Road Night Market."

"Wait."

After hanging up the phone, Su Ming looked at Chen Lu in his arms and sighed.

"Brother, just bear with it."

Twenty minutes later, Shen Yue arrived.

She was wearing a thin black trench coat and high heels, looking like she was there to catch someone cheating.

"Why is Chen Lu so drunk?"

"Well..." Su Ming scratched his head, "Maybe they're happy about the peace in Syria now?"

Shen Yue snorted coldly and bent down to help Chen Lu.

Chen Lu groggily opened her eyes, saw Shen Yue, and grinned foolishly, "Yueyue, you're here... Su Ming, he's such a nice guy..."

"Shut up." Shen Yue turned and glared at Su Ming. "You're not allowed to take her drinking again."

"I'm innocent!" Su Ming raised his hands in surrender. "She insisted on drinking it, and I couldn't stop her."

"Heh." Shen Yue sneered and helped Chen Lu away.

Halfway there, she suddenly turned back: "If even a single word of what happened today gets out, you're dead."

Su Ming: "..."

Watching the two figures disappear into the night, Su Ming touched his nose.

"She has quite a temper."

The next day.

Su Ming felt a little empty, so he got up early.

He felt something was off, like he was a little feverish...

Never mind, let's start today's lucky draw.

With a thought, a virtual chessboard appeared.

The die spins and stops, showing three dots.

The piece moves forward three squares and stops on a square with no icon and only a faint gray border.

[Ding! Moved to a blank space.]

[Reward: 100 Gold Coins!]

Su Ming was both disappointed and pleasantly surprised; he was disappointed that it wasn't a skill.

What a surprise...it's a million dollars, after all! He'd never seen so much money in his life.

"I have to bring it up to show off!"

Su Ming immediately selected to convert the coins, and a few seconds later, he was notified that the money had arrived in his account.

Looking at the seven-figure sum displayed in his online banking account, Su Ming suddenly felt a little breathless.

"Why the hell am I supposed to go to work? I need to find a fancy place to cool off!"

Su Ming got dressed and went straight out.

Twenty minutes later, Su Ming walked out of a 24-hour upscale club with a satisfied expression.

"The air conditioning is on really high, it's so cool!"

Su Ming not only enjoyed the air conditioning for ten minutes, but also got a free breakfast.

"Is this what life is like for the rich? They don't even have to pay for food."

Immediately afterwards, looking at the pile of messages sent on WeChat, Su Ming slowly typed a reply.

Su Ming: If there's a pretty homeless girl next time, I'll definitely sponsor her!

When Su Ming arrived at the company, he was already an hour late.

After all, the main character usually appears last, especially since he has an important mission today.

Upon arriving at the department head's office, Su Ming explained his intentions to the head of the department.

They presented Chen Lu's value in a well-reasoned manner and proposed that the company increase Chen Lu's slot fee to ten million.

The other person was a middle-aged man who, after listening, was very gentle, generous, and understanding. He said two words:

"Get lost!"

Su Ming had been well-versed in military strategy since childhood and knew that to get others to agree to your requests more easily.

It's best to first propose something that's difficult for the other party to do, and then propose something that's relatively easy after being rejected.

This makes it easier for the other party to accept your current request.

So Su Ming would just lie down wherever he fell, no matter how much the other party told him to get lost, he would stick to his post.

"Mr. Wang, would you please reconsider?" Su Ming grinned shamelessly. "Ten million really isn't much. Chen Lu's net worth now..."

"I said get lost!" Boss Wang slammed his fist on the table. "Are you out of your mind?"

"Then...eight million?"

"roll!"

Five million?

"Get out!"

In the end, Su Ming presented the plan he had already come up with:

Maximize Chen Lu's commission without increasing the slot fee.

The company leverages Chen Lu's traffic to generate buzz and attract traffic back.

Upon hearing this, the other party said, "No need to pay extra, okay, okay."

With Su Ming's skills enhanced, President Wang readily agreed to grant Su Ming the maximum level of access.

In Mr. Wang's eyes, he was unaware that Chen Lu was currently in a small city like Jingcheng.

With these limited resources, you probably won't even be able to contact anyone.

Moreover, live-streaming e-commerce is always risky. If the results are poor and there isn't a sufficient guarantee, Chen Lu's team will have worked for nothing.