Chapter 364 Nan Li Resigns and Starts a Business
The wedding is coming soon.

Tian Yulan's morning sickness has become much less severe.

With Su Mingzhe hiring two nannies, Tian Yulan no longer had to do any housework.

Su Mingzhe returned to work as normal.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, an autumn rain lasted for about a week, the temperature dropped sharply, and there were fewer pedestrians wearing skirts and shorts on the road.

Su Mingzhe came to the glass plank restaurant on the 30th floor and saw Nan Li in jeans. He couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What? Why aren't you wearing your work clothes today?"

"Isn't this dress nice?"

Nan Li asked back, with a hint of sadness in her eyes. Her face with distinct features seemed calm, but with her eyes, she gave people a deep and melancholy temperament.

"It looks good, of course it looks good, you look good in anything you wear."

Su Mingzhe smiled apologetically and looked at Nan Li again. The denim outfit she was wearing was also loose-fitting.

Nan Li always wears loose clothes like this, which makes it impossible to see what's really inside.

"I have something to do with you."

Nan Li's face was not very good, and she had no interest in chatting with Su Mingzhe. She said directly, "I plan to quit my job and open a small shop by myself. I want to rent a house here."

"Sure, as long as there's one that's still unclaimed, you can pick any of the rest."

Su Mingzhe didn't ask why Nan Li wanted to resign or why she wanted to start a business.

If Nan Li wanted to say something, she would have said it herself.

If she didn't say it, Su Mingzhe didn't want to force her to say it.

"I want to open a beauty salon in a supermarket."

Nan Li looked a little embarrassed, and there was even a hint of embarrassment in her eyes: "I asked them, and they said that the shops inside are all famous brands, and small shops are not allowed to open."

Su Mingzhe was a little surprised: "Opening a beauty salon? You are quite impressive in changing your career."

"Well, it's not really a career change. After my mom and dad divorced, I did all her beauty treatments for her in order to save money."

After explaining, Nan Li added, "Recently, my mother spends one to two thousand yuan every month on beauty treatments at a beauty salon. I calculated that if we can have 30 customers like my mother a month, this shop will be able to make a profit."

"I'm afraid I'll have to pay for it!"

Su Mingzhe explained to her based on his years of experience:

"From what you said, you are planning to open a small beauty salon. Let's not talk about the rent first. At most, I can wait for you for two years. But the operating cost of a shop is also very high, especially for a beauty salon like this, which belongs to the industry with high labor costs. You need to hire at least five or six professionals, and their salaries will be at least tens of thousands of yuan. You also need to purchase goods and various cosmetics. Even if the cost is relatively low, it will cost at least 100,000 yuan. There are also other equipment and maintenance... If you want to open this shop, if the monthly income is reduced by 100,000 yuan, I estimate that you will lose money, and this does not include the rental fee."

"I'm not prepared to pay rent!"

Nan Li glared at the man, and the meaning in her eyes was very clear. She came to Su Mingzhe, her "cousin", just to get something for free.

If she wasn't trying to get something for free but just wanted to delay paying the rent, wouldn't it be better for her to go find her uncle Su Quanfang?
"If you don't want to pay, then don't pay."

Su Mingzhe was a little embarrassed and could only smile awkwardly.

I still remember that when the two of them just met, Su Mingzhe gave his toys to Nan Li, but they were thrown away immediately. Su Mingzhe was so aggrieved that his eyes turned red on the spot.

At that time, Su Mingzhe was quite timid, and was frightened by his "cousin" Nan Li's show of power, so he didn't dare to make trouble in front of her for the next few years.

It can be said that since the two met, Su Mingzhe has been under Nan Li's control.

It was also at that time that Su Mingzhe began to develop feelings for Nan Li.

Unfortunately, last year, Su Mingzhe mustered up the courage to confess his love to Nan Li, but was directly rejected, which broke his heart.

Now thinking back, Nan Li is the master of 'PUA'.

Nan Li saw Su Mingzhe acting like a loser again as a child, and she felt amused. She relaxed a little and told him her story:

"In August, I came to you to ask for the remaining balance. Do you remember?"

"I remember. What happened? Your boss went back on his word and didn't give you the bonus?"

Su Mingzhe looked at Nan Li's gloomy expression and couldn't help but feel distressed: "Is it that your boss is unwilling to give this bonus, or did your leader deduct it?"

"That's not the case. The boss gave me the bonus last month. It's just... because we achieved a high number last quarter, this quarter's target has skyrocketed and we can't meet it at all."

Nan Li had a wry smile on her face and didn't know what to say.

As an employee of the sales team, I feel really pitiful.

Before completing the performance target, the leader kept urging us to do more.

Although your boss won't dare to deduct your basic salary if you fail to meet the task targets, he will withhold reimbursement of various transportation and travel expenses and won't reimburse you, saying that it's non-compliant and looking for problems here and there.

Often after a month, not only do you not get paid, you even have to pay out money.

We finally completed the performance target, but let's not talk about improving the performance next month. The distribution of bonuses is also not smooth, with various levels and tasks set up. Only after completing various tasks can we get the bonuses.

Because of such a big order for the Twin Towers, Nan Li became the company's sales champion last quarter. Not only did she receive a bonus of one million, but the company also provided her with an extra car.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages.

At the end of September, when new quarterly indicators were issued, Nan Li discovered that her indicators for the next quarter had soared into the sky.

"If you are not happy with your job, then just quit."

After listening to Nan Li's complaints, Su Mingzhe didn't know what to say.

All crows are black. It is impossible for a boss to let his employees earn more money.

If employees earn more money, even if they bring greater benefits to the company, the boss will still feel that he has suffered a great loss.

This is typical ZI-ist thinking.

Of course, some bosses have a broader mindset and will allow some capable employees to earn money.

However, these capable employees will often start their own business after accumulating connections and undermine their old employers.

For example, Yang Ke in "The Golden Years" almost killed his old boss Ye Jinyan.

So, it is difficult to judge who is right or wrong in this kind of situation. No matter what others think, Su Mingzhe is his own boss and will definitely be on guard against his subordinates.

There is an old saying that goes: "People have no intention to harm tigers, but tigers are willing to harm people's hearts."

Then there is another old saying: "Don't have the intention to harm others, but be on guard against others."

It’s not a big deal for Nan Li to open a beauty salon in a supermarket.

Su Mingzhe said hello to the supermarket manager and the store’s affairs were settled.

In the future, the Twin Towers will waive electricity charges for supermarkets’ own stores in exchange for store rental fees for beauty salons.

If calculated this way, the Twin Towers are at a disadvantage.

After all, the monthly electricity bill for a supermarket’s own store is more than 100,000 yuan.

However, neither Su Mingzhe nor Su Quanfang would care about this little money.

Nan Li's beauty salon is a little slow to open.

After all, she had never been involved in this industry before. While the beauty salon was being renovated, she went to other beauty salons to learn for a month.

It was not until late November that Nan Li's beauty salon officially opened.

Being a grown man, Su Mingzhe was not in a position to go to the beauty salon to show his support, so he bought a VIP card for each of the dozen or so female executives in the company as a small gesture of support.

Su Quanfang did the same thing.

No matter what, Nan Li calls Su Quanfang uncle. Even for Nan Lan's sake, Su Quanfang will definitely not pretend not to know.

As for Nanlan, Nanli's aunt, she even brought her friends from the "wives circle" to show her support.

It can be said that on the first day of Nanli's beauty salon's opening, the number of VIP customers exceeded fifty, and all the initial investment in the opening was recovered in one go.

When Nan Li checked the accounts at night, she could only sigh when she saw her family's savings.

It is very easy to make money in business as long as you have connections and poor management skills.

Tian Yulan didn't know at first that Nan Li had opened a beauty salon in the Twin Towers supermarket.

Su Mingzhe seldom mentions Nan Li at home.

Cai Juying didn't even know about this.

It was even more impossible for Nan Jianlong to tell her.

Plus, Nan Li wasn't the type of woman who liked to show off, so the matter was kept secret.

It was not until the Spring Festival when Su Mingzhe brought Tian Yulan, who was pregnant, home for New Year's Eve dinner that he learned about this from Nanlan.

"Lanlan, it's normal to have stretch marks after giving birth. After you give birth to the baby, Auntie Lan will take you to Lili's beauty salon. She has postpartum beauty treatments for pregnant women..."

"...Sister Li opened a beauty salon?"

Tian Yulan was a little surprised. She had always thought that Nan Li was still working as a salesperson in that company.

"Didn't Mingzhe tell you?"

Nanlan was a little surprised, and her eyes and expression were a little embarrassed.

Su Mingzhe confessed to Nan Li, although neither of them took it seriously.

However, the two families still feel a little awkward when talking about the two of them.

Su Mingzhe was sitting nearby. Seeing this, he calmly explained:

"Auntie Lan, isn't it true that Lanlan is pregnant and can't use cosmetics? Normally at home, I don't even dare to let her put on makeup, so how dare I tell her this?"

"It won't hurt to say it."

Nanlan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Su Mingzhe and Tian Yulan looked normal.

Tian Yulan tried hard to keep herself calm, but she still felt a thorn in her heart after knowing that Nan Li’s beauty salon was inside the supermarket under the Twin Towers.

Although the man's explanation sounds reasonable, it is not rational at all.

Because when she was at home, Tian Yulan always listened to men.

Since she became pregnant, Tian Yulan has not done any of the things the man told her to do.

Not to mention cosmetics, even when it comes to dressing and putting on makeup, people have to listen to men.

Logically speaking, if the man has nothing wrong with his heart, when Nan Li's beauty salon opens, as her "sister", she should go and show her support.

But my man actually kept it a secret from me.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Su Mingzhe took Tian Yulan on the way home, and Tian Yulan couldn’t help crying.

I'm married and I'm going to have a child.

Now he is hiding something from me. This doesn't seem like a normal life at all.

"Why are you crying?"

Su Mingzhe hasn't noticed the reason why Tian Yulan is crying, but Tian Yulan has become more and more childish recently.

Originally, when the two were together, Tian Yulan was the one who took care of Su Mingzhe, but after she became pregnant recently, she started to act like a spoiled child and throw tantrums more and more often.

Su Mingzhe pulled out a piece of tissue paper and handed it to Tian Yulan, and couldn't help but say, "Tonight is New Year's Eve, most stores are closed, you are greedy now, it's not easy to buy at this time."

"I didn't say I wanted to eat."

Tian Yulan was so angry at the man's words that her stomach ached. This time she was not crying because she was greedy for food.

Soon, Su Mingzhe drove the car to the Tomson garage and helped the still angry Tian Yulan upstairs.

Now that Tian Yulan is pregnant, she is the boss of the family for the time being.

Su Mingzhe could only coax her as hard as he could, and wait until she unloaded the goods, he would deal with her sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)