Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

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The sound of a chime.

Still in their internship period, Zhang Wanyi and Liu Qing began to cautiously dissect every word of the announcement from the President's Office.

The year-end bonus was easy to understand.

It was a benefit given to employees by the company at the end of the year.

At present, the number of employees at the group's headquarters was around six thousand five hundred.

Including the division in Magic City.

The year-end bonus was as high as four billion.

And the group's directly-operated stores numbered around six thousand.

This includes Fei Yangyang, which had already successfully gone public.

And Bobo Milk Tea, which had completed its listing.

As well as Tengsheng Fresh Food, Tengsheng Fruits, Tenghui Department Store, Antler Coffee, etc.

The total year-end bonus to be paid by the stores added up to more than ten billion.

That had already been intercepted in advance from the operating profits of the stores.

And wouldn't cause any burden to the group's finances.

The profits of stores like Fei Yangyang had always hovered around 3%, and there certainly was a reason for that.

This time, the total amount of bonuses handed out by the group was about twenty billion.

One could say it was quite staggering.

Zhang Wanyi and her colleagues weren't too concerned about that, but they were especially interested in the following sentence.

They were very concerned.

The distribution of this year-end bonus includes new employees and interns of the group.

Zhang Wanyi wiped her eyes doubtfully and then took out her phone to send a message in the interns' group chat:

"Did you all see the year-end bonus announcement?"

"What about you?"

"I did, what do you think?"

"Are you saying that interns can also get a year-end bonus?"

"That can't be right, can it? We haven't been made permanent yet, and we haven't been with the group for a year, could the President's Office have accidentally added an extra line?"

It wasn't that she deliberately wanted to doubt it; she simply couldn't believe it.

It made no sense.

"Are you silly? What do you think Tengying Group is, and what do you think the President's Office is?"

"Announcements from the President's Office always convey the supreme directives of the big boss himself, which are confirmed by the audit team before being issued. Who would dare to joke about the big boss's supreme instructions?"

"The key is that I've never heard of interns getting a year-end bonus, have you?"

"Sisters, good news, one of our interns from our school got transferred to the sixteenth floor of Tengying Entertainment. She just happened to run into Secretary Bai in the coffee room who was there for work, and Secretary Bai said that the year-end bonus for interns was entirely the big boss's own decision."

"As you know, the big boss of our group is the only god. Whatever he says goes."

"???"

"???"

A row of big question marks at the bottom.

Zhang Wanyi and Liu Qing were lucky to be assigned to intern at Tenghui Department Store.

Mainly responsible for the registration and management of the entry and exit of goods, as well as the detailed purchase orders of various commodities, price lists, and other materials for registration and amendment.

"Is that even possible?"

"Our salaries are already so high. To get another fifty-thousand-year end bonus, I'm afraid my roommates back at school will be green with envy! (silly smile emoji)"

"The big boss is really forever god (laughing crazily emoji)"

"Our only idol as interns."

"Speaking of which, the big boss has been making really big moves over the past month, first taking out three billion in Magic City to do employee welfare hotels and now immediately taking out five billion in Capital City for an employees' private school. I always feel that it's not just about wanting to increase employee welfare."

"What do you understand? At the big boss's level, there are too many people looking for donations. Moreover, it's the end of the year and time for assessments everywhere. This is the big boss's way of getting closer to the Zhengfu."

"Forget it, let's not discuss this. Our monthly salary isn't even over ten thousand. Discussing the big boss's actions feels a bit funny."

"Right, the big boss must have his reasons for doing things. Just tell me if you're looking forward to it, okay?"

"Of course, I'm looking forward to it. My parents are coming to Capital City to see a doctor in a few days. I've already applied to stay at the hotel inside Water Cloud Space, and it was immediately approved."

"As long as there are rooms available, the applications are immediately approved on the spot."

"Is that so?"

"Absolutely, but please don't try it carelessly. If you reserve and then don't stay, it will prevent other employees' families from getting a room."

Alright... After chatting in the group for a while, Zhang Wanyi was finally certain that interns could receive the benefits.

She looked up her parents' number and called them right away.

Such good news had to be shared with her parents, of course!

It was also to let them know that she had been fortunate to find work at a very impressive large corporation.

There was still a month and a half until the year-end bonus would be distributed.

Most employees were starting to look forward to that day.

...

November 2015.

Several significant events had taken place.

Chen Pingsheng's summation of his work that month was simply luck.

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This month began with the already listed Bobo Milk Tea, which successfully transitioned into a cross-over collaboration with ice cream.

Thus becoming a unique presence in the milk tea industry.

Leading the field by a long shot, Fei Yangyang then completed the crucial step of an IPO listing.

Fei Yangyang was the earliest restaurant brand he supported, taking three years to reach this dazzling step.

Which was quite impressive.

The third and critical step was to formally determine the collective development goals.

With Tengying Entertainment as the traffic core, vigorously supporting its enterprises and brand projects.

Moving forward together.

It turned out that the strategic plan he initially set up was very successful.

Of course.

During this process, others repeatedly imitated it, starting with Wang Yanfeng who copied Fei Yangyang by launching his own Juxianzhuang hot pot.

It too began with traffic and massive capital investment.

Just a pity.

Due to its overpricing, after attracting an initial wave of traffic, it was eliminated by the market.

Later, big star Yang Baobei, in Magic City, copied Bobo Milk Tea in the same way.

A star's traffic can indeed drive a company's early development, but to outperform the market in the long term,

customer reputation is most important.

Both of them, obviously, failed to earn final customer approval.

From imitation to failure, it took less than a year.

After obtaining the money from Fei Yangyang's IPO,

Chen Pingsheng did invest seven or eight hundred million in employee welfare hotels and schools,

but most of the money was still used to promote the expansion of Tenghui Department Store and Antler Coffee in Magic City.

As the group grew larger, he never believed it was his ability that earned him everything.

On the contrary.

He felt it was the development of the era that granted him everything.

Everyone should maintain awe of the era and constant vigilance toward themselves.

Never let pride and arrogance indulge one's blind self-confidence, Stay tuned to empire

and, never become deaf to the opinions of those below.

Of course.

Last month, he did something that surprised everyone.

That was when a doctoral graduate from Qingbei joined the group and, within less than a month,

wrote a ten-thousand-word critique on the strategic development of the group.

He also presented severe criticism of many aspects concerning Chen Pingsheng personally.

It seemed to that doctoral student, Tengying Group was just a loose assembly of parts.

If they didn't follow his plan, the group would only decay further.

After receiving this lengthy critique, Chen Pingsheng's response was to fire him.

This guy is a lunatic.

The group was indeed surprised, but Chen Pingsheng specifically instructed Bai Xin to post an announcement on the official website to explain.

This made everyone understand clearly.

In short, Tengying welcomes any reasonable suggestions from all its employees.

But it will never tolerate a culture of empty talk and strategizing on paper.

Take a store, for example, that hires a waiter one day.

He hasn't even mastered the job of being a waiter yet, but spends his days thinking about what the boss should be considering,

even presumptuously criticizing the boss's work without fully understanding it.

Just to show off how he stands out from the crowd.

This kind of person can only be described as living too self-importantly.

The group has established clear standards for employee suggestions: escalate them one level.

Collaborating departments can contribute suggestions, but more importantly, they should focus on their own jobs.

To provide optimization suggestions relevant to their positions.

As the group rapidly expanded, inevitably some top university graduates were recruited.

But these people, if able to work hard on their own positions first,

and after staying with the group for one or two years, witnessing its growth,

would then be welcome to propose strategic directions.

Those who haven't even excelled in their own roles yet come to suggest seven major strategies and eight best practices for the group are doing nothing but freeloading.

Following this announcement, new interns at the group finally understood what kind of employees their big boss liked.

In the end, practicality is key.

Only by being practical can one truly achieve solid results.