?Chapter 100: Episode 100: Business Espionage, Unstoppable 2 Chapter 100: Episode 100: Business Espionage, Unstoppable 2 “Yinyin, let’s hire another salesperson… With all these end-of-year appreciation banquets and customer visits, Xixi and I are really struggling to keep up.” On the way home after meeting a client, Li Jiniang, slightly tipsy, brought up a request to Zhou Xueyin. “Although I don’t mind being busy, our revenue is enough to allow for expansion!”

    “Sure! Let’s hire! But is it good to recruit before the end of the year?” Zhou Xueyin expressed doubt, “Some are waiting for their year-end bonus, others want to stabilize and get through the New Year. Generally, people don’t change jobs at this critical moment…”

    “Let’s see, maybe there are some capable unemployed folks out there?” Li Jiniang casually mentioned.

    “If they’re capable, why would they be unemployed? They must be not that skilled… Or find someone who can drink, specifically to block drinks for you, haha…” Zhou Xueyin’s words had an exploitative undertone.

    “Seriously speaking, attending these appreciation banquets and cocktail parties, those people really don’t know how to be gentle and cherish ladies, they just think about forcing you to guzzle alcohol… If you don’t drink a glass, they immediately show displeasure!” Li Jiniang complained.

    “Can’t help it, they are our bread and butter… We can’t be making a loss, right? We can only drink some milk or honey before drinking alcohol, at the very least it reduces the alcohol irritation…” Although Zhou Xueyin’s alcohol tolerance wasn’t as good as Li Jiniang’s, this method somehow helped her endure longer.

    Speak of hiring, and hire all positions at once…

    By the end of November, they had only managed to hire two people, one was Zhang Ai, who worked as an assistant for Kang Siyin, mainly responsible for the company’s internal hardware, and the other was Zhang Jingwan, who had twice the alcohol tolerance of Li Jiniang, serving as a sales associate under Li Jiniang.

    Zhang Jingwan indeed had a huge capacity for alcohol. Every time she accompanied them to meet clients for drinks, she would drink the counterparts under the table. Moreover, she seemed fine afterward, and after a sleep, she would continue working energetically.

    Of course, they couldn’t let her drink all the time, as health was more important.

    That day, while Zhou Xueyin was discussing year-end activities with a cosmetics client, she received a call from Luo Jing, “Excuse me, I need to take a call…”

    “Hello? Sister Luo? What’s happening?” Zhou Xueyin thought, since there hadn’t been any issues with Luo Jing’s side and they had just met a few days ago, why was she calling now?

    “Xiaozhou, there’s something I need to ask, when did you start a branch company?”

    Luo Jing’s question puzzled Zhou Xueyin: “A branch company? We haven’t started any branch companies. What’s going on? Could someone be using our name to deceive you?”

    “No deception, I wasn’t deceived…” Luo Jing quickly denied, “Just, this morning a girl came to my store, talking about renewing a contract.”

    “It must be a scammer, we just renewed the contract… What did she say her name was?” Zhou Xueyin frowned, their company wasn’t particularly famous, so there was no need for someone to impersonate them.

    “What was it… Oh right, a business card!” There was a rustling sound over the phone as she searched for something, “Found it! Her name is Cheng Weilu, and business card printed: Xiaolu Technology Media Co., Ltd….”

    “Xiaolu Technology? I’ll check when I get back. Thanks for the heads-up, Sister Luo. This person definitely isn’t from our company! If she comes to you again, make sure you record what she says!” Zhou Xueyin sternly stated, “If she uses our name, 51buy, then don’t blame us for sending a legal notice.” S~ea??h the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    “Luckily, we just renewed a few days ago, otherwise, I might have been tricked!” Luo Jing said rather fortunately, “Alright, you go on with your things! I’ll call you if there’s anything!”

    “Okay, goodbye, Sister Luo!” Zhou Xueyin hung up the phone.

    Xiaolu Technology? I heard from cosplayers in the forum that a new forum was recently launched where you can upload pictures at will, seems to bear that name… I’ll check it out when I get back!

    “Sorry for the interruption… Just to mention, if anyone impersonates our 51buy to sign contracts or collect money from you, please remember not to give any! Our company is Xueshan Jiying Advertising Media Co., Ltd., remember this name! If it’s not this name, don’t sign anything!” With Luo Jing’s reminder, Zhou Xueyin repeatedly emphasized this with the client manager.

    On the way back to the company, Zhou Xueyin received a call from Li Jinny, “Yinyin, something big has happened!” she said in a panic.

    “Don’t rush, don’t rush, speak slowly!” What could have made the normally calm Li Jinny so flustered?

    “I don’t know where this Xiaolu Technology popped up from, but with a quote 10% lower than ours, they’ve managed to snatch all the deals we were supposed to sign by the end of the year!” Li Jinny said anxiously, “Where are you? Hurry back to come up with a strategy!”

    “I’m on my way, I’ll be at the office soon!” Who could have done this? All the 51buy clients were leaked.

    Zhou Xueyin rushed back to the company, thinking it must be one of the three new employees, and the most suspicious one was Zhao Caiyun, who was employed the earliest.

    Only she had access to the client information and quotes…

    But these were just her guesses, and there was no concrete evidence. During the initial renovations, to save costs and respect employee privacy, no cameras were installed in the office area.

    And there was no telling whether the building’s surveillance could be checked…

    Back at the company, everyone continued their work in an orderly fashion, and Li Jinny was relatively calm, not trying to catch the mole within the company.

    “Jixiang, kk, Shanshan, let’s meet… oh right, Xixi, you come too!” Zhou Xueyin called these four people to the meeting room, pulled down the Venetian blinds, and twisted them to pitch-black mode.

    ‘What’s going on? Yinyin is acting weird, isn’t she? All flustered?’ Sun Miao gossiped in the work group chat.

    ‘I don’t know, maybe there’s a problem with a client?’ Zhao Caiyun was the first to jump into the conversation.

    ‘Could it be a problem with our office rent?’ Wang Simo panicked for a moment; she had finally gotten her own photography studio and didn’t want to lose her place of work.

    ‘Enough, enough, it’s a high-level matter anyway. Get back to work!’ Liu He tapped on the desk, signalling everyone to not ask what they shouldn’t, and not to concern themselves unnecessarily.

    “Hehe, Cat, come here…” Xixi opened the door to the meeting room.

    “Okay!” both responded in unison.

    The air in the meeting room was oppressive. Zhou Xueyin furrowed her brows, Li Jinny was deep in thought, and Kang Siyin and Yao Shanshan looked perplexed.

    “Cat, have you given the main door keys to anyone else?” Zhou Xueyin asked Sun Miao as she entered.

    “No! I’ve always kept them,” Sun Miao thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered, “Oh right! That day my cat was giving birth, and I had to rush home to take care of it. Then Xiaoyun hadn’t finished yet… I just…”

    “What did you do? You didn’t lend her the keys, did you?” Zhou Xueyin scratched her head with her little finger, “Sigh… my dear lady, haven’t I told you, you must keep the keys with you at all times, and not give them to anyone?”

    “But that day, Xiaoyun she just wouldn’t leave…” Sun Miao helplessly defended.

    “Cat, I gave you the keys because I trusted you! Zhao Caiyun is new and hasn’t even passed her probation, and you dared to lend her the keys? Who allowed you to do that? If she really did leak the clients’ information, you are also partially responsible! Do you understand!” Zhou Xueyin said angrily.