Two men walked towards them from across the street. The man in front looked to be about fifty years old, skin and bones, like a skinny monkey. The man behind him was a young man in his twenties, carrying a bag.
The two quickly entered the real estate agency. Yang Ying recognized him immediately; the skinny man was none other than Hou Xingcai, the owner of Anmei Real Estate Agency across the street. Yang Ying was already angry, and upon seeing Hou Xingcai, she immediately said coldly, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm not here to see you," Hou Xingcai said with a smile, turning to Lin Hai and saying, "Brother Lin, how have you decided on that matter?"
Lin Hai immediately stood up, beaming, and said, "I'm honored that you think so highly of me, Boss Hou. What you said is no problem. I'll resign from Jiabao today and move to your place."
"That's wonderful!" Hou Xingcai was immediately overjoyed, gesturing to the young man beside him.
The young man immediately understood and hurriedly took out a large red envelope from his bag. Judging by its thickness, if it contained thousand-yuan bills, it would probably be worth 100,000 yuan.
Hou Xingcai took the red envelope, walked a few steps to Lin Hai, and handed it to him, saying, "A small red envelope of 100,000 yuan, just a small token of my appreciation, consider it a signing fee for Brother Lin."
"How can I accept this? Thank you so much, Mr. Hou. I'll be working for you from now on," Lin Hai said heartily with a laugh.
He then turned to Yang Ying, clicked his tongue, and said, "Ms. Yang, I'm sorry, I'm resigning today to work for Mr. Hou. I won't take my half-month's salary. See you later."
After saying that, he looked at Han Yanyan and Chen Zhongping and said, "Let's go together. Mr. Hou won't treat you unfairly."
"That's right, that's right, one red envelope for each of you," Hou Xingcai said, taking out two more small red envelopes from his bag, which looked to contain about 10,000 yuan each. He handed the red envelopes to Han Yanyan and Chen Zhongping respectively. The two accepted the envelopes and immediately thanked him repeatedly. Han Yanyan said with a grin, "President Hou is so generous, much better than our President Yang… no, from now on, President Hou is our boss. President Yang, I don't want my salary this month, I'm resigning now."
"I'm resigning too," Chen Zhongping said with a smile.
Seeing the three of them resigning together, Yang Ying's heart tightened. Rent was due at the end of the month, and she was still short of money, relying on these three to sell the houses. If they left, she didn't know if she could raise enough. Fortunately, their salaries eased the pressure. But then she realized something was wrong. These three hadn't sold a single house in the past ten days or so, only Chen Zhongping had rented out one, but it wasn't much money. Given their abilities, it was impossible that they hadn't sold a single house.
Yang Ying was now certain that Lin Hai was doing this on purpose; he must have already prepared to switch jobs. According to the contract, resignation was possible, but only with two weeks' notice; otherwise, there would be no salary for the month. Lin Hai and the other two only received a basic salary this month, with Lin Hai receiving 3000, while the other two only received 1500 each—that's hardly any money.
"Lin Hai, aren't you going a bit too far?!" Yang Ying finally snapped, shouting.
"You're the one who's being shameless and ungrateful! Do you think Brother Hai is stupid?! You're a hypocrite, everyone knows how you got this agency started! Wait until we leave, then see what you do!" Han Yanyan said sarcastically.
"You… ah…"
Han Yanyan's words nearly made Yang Ying vomit blood. In her anger, she forgot about her injured foot and abruptly stood up. The moment she stood, she cried out in pain and plopped back down in her chair.
"Auntie…" Seeing Yang Ying in pain, Zhang Yu rushed over to check her foot.
"I'm fine…" Yang Ying gritted her teeth, enduring the pain, and gently waved her hand at Zhang Yu, signaling him not to do that.
"Oh dear, what's wrong? You've even learned to play dead," Han Yanyan said with a grin.
Lin Hai snorted coldly at Yang Ying, then said, "Let's go."
After saying that, he turned to leave, but stopped after only two steps. He glanced at the other agents in the agency and said loudly, "There's no future for you working for Yang Ying. She might not even be able to pay the rent by the end of the month, and the agency will have to close down. Boss Hou is generous, and Anmei Agency offers good benefits. If any of you are willing to come, you can come with me. I'll make a decision for you on behalf of Boss Hou: you're still getting paid, right? Anmei Agency can cover that."
"That's right, that's right..." Hou Xingcai immediately chimed in, "Our Anmei Agency is currently recruiting, and the benefits are much better than Jiabao Agency. If you're willing to come, I'll cover your salaries for this month."
The other agents had been observing silently. Actually, they were incredibly envious of Lin Hai and his two companions' job-hopping. In their eyes, Boss Lin was indeed Boss Lin; other agencies offered signing bonuses of 100,000 yuan to poach their employees—that was real power.
If Lin Hai left, Jiabao Agency would basically collapse, and they would probably have to find their own way in the future. Now that Lin Hai and Hou Xingcai were both extending an invitation, this was a golden opportunity, so the salespeople all nodded in agreement. "Brother Lin, I'll go with you." "Brother Lin, I'll go with you too!"...
In an instant, except for the girl with glasses, Su Hong, all the other salespeople said they wanted to switch jobs.
Everyone started packing their things, and in the blink of an eye, they all followed Hou Xingcai and Lin Hai out of Jiabao Real Estate Agency. Yang Ying watched all this, her heart sinking to the bottom. Countless bitterness and grievances surged into her heart. She knew she was about to lose almost everything; the agency was her last asset.
Although it wasn't completely deserted, Jiabao Real Estate Agency became unusually quiet when only Yang Ying, Zhang Yu, and the girl with glasses remained.
The girl with glasses sat in a corner, her small mouth pouting and her head down. Zhang Yu stood beside Yang Ying; he could see that Yang Ying was extremely depressed, tears welling up in her eyes, as if they might fall at any moment.
"Auntie…don't be sad…there's always a way…things will work themselves out…she and I are still here at the agency…" Zhang Yu comforted her.
He was new to the city and didn't know much about its new things, but he understood what had just happened. Clearly, Lin Hai and the skinny guy who came in later had ganged up on Yang Ying and even dragged all the agents from her agency away.
His comfort was rather weak, but Yang Ying knew she had to be strong. Only she, Zhang Yu, and the girl with glasses were left at the agency. Zhang Yu didn't know anything, and the girl with glasses was clumsy with words; relying on them was pointless.
Yang Ying bit her lower lip hard, forcing back the tears that were about to fall. She wiped her eyes and said bravely, "That's right, there are still you two. If the three of us work together, we'll definitely improve the agency's business!"
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