The Leisurely Life of a Young Man in the World of Cultivation

As the year draws to a close, there is surprisingly little snow this year. In previous years, the roadside trees would have been bare by this time, but now these trees have sprouted a few tender buds amidst the snow.

The inspection team left at some unknown time, and the final result remains a mystery to everyone. However, Su Ziyuan's face had been very dark during this period.

Therefore, the subordinates dared not ask, for fear that the anger would fall on them.

Even without promotions or raises, the wages at Luoyun Mall are the highest in the entire Tianxing City. The wages they earn here can completely cover their cultivation needs, so they don't want to leave unless absolutely necessary.

Therefore, under these circumstances, the only reward for all employees is double their salary, while the five outstanding employees receive triple their salary, which is considered the worst year-end bonus at Luoyun Shopping Mall.

However, Lu Changfeng didn't feel anything. Anyway, he had received 100,000 spirit stones when he monitored the people from headquarters. With this sum of spirit stones, he had made quite a bit of money this year.

However, to his surprise, Duan Yu led five new employees who had just won the Outstanding Employee award into the room early the next morning.

"Oh ho, everyone's here. Alright, I'll be the one to announce the personnel changes in the operations department this year!"

"I wonder how it was arranged last year? Can someone tell me?"

Immediately, everyone present turned their attention to Lu Changfeng, who had no choice but to step forward, albeit reluctantly.

"Assistant store manager, this was the arrangement last year. Because more people were needed for daily operations, three out of the five of us were assigned to daily operations, and the remaining two were transferred to the human resources department."

Duan Yu nodded after listening.

"I see. Since there's such a shortage of staff for daily operations, then these five will be assigned here. Director Lu, you don't have any objections, do you?"

Lu Changfeng shook his head repeatedly at this.

"no comment!"

Just kidding, Duan Yuneng brought his men in today, he's obviously here to cause trouble. Since he didn't send anyone to help him, that's even better!

"Very well, it's decided then. Now, you can hold your own internal meeting!"

After everyone left, the entire operations department office was unusually quiet. The five new recruits just stood there, while the veterans sat motionless in their seats.

The atmosphere eased a little after Lu Changfeng led them to find seats, but only a little.

"Alright, alright, today is the first day of the year, so let's summarize the problems that arose in the past year, starting with me!"

Subsequently, under Lu Changfeng's chairmanship, the operations department's annual meeting, though somewhat awkward, was eventually completed smoothly.

When he arrived at his office, Li Mingyue and Liu Ping came looking for him.

"Brother Lu, what do we do now? That assistant store manager seems to have ill intentions!"

From today's incident onwards, all employees know that Duan Yu is definitely going to cause trouble, so it's understandable that Li Mingyue is worried.

At this moment, Liu Ping slowly spoke.

"Brother Lu, should I find out what's going on in here?"

Seeing his expression, Lu Changfeng nodded inwardly.

After a year of getting to know each other, he had figured out their personalities. Although Li Mingyue was a bit weak, she was good at completing her daily work and kept her mouth shut.

As for Liu Ping, that guy is quite interesting. Although he's not very good at market research, he's excellent at gathering information. Basically, if you're from Tianxing City, you're likely to find some clues by talking to him.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you!"

After the two left, Lu Changfeng decisively began divination.

Normally, Lu Changfeng avoids divination if possible, because if something were to happen and he ran out of divination opportunities, it would be dangerous.

But the situation in the mall is quite bad now, and it has come to the point where we have no choice but to use it.

By performing a divination and then using the clues found by Liu Ping, we can get a general idea of ​​the situation.

However, he had some guesses in his mind, guessing that it was related to those people from the headquarters before.

Soon the divination results came out, and as expected, they were pretty much what he had guessed. According to the divination, someone promised to use a Core Formation treasure and help Duan Yu be promoted to store manager level to obtain a 20-year contract for spiritual energy appliances.

Seeing this, Lu Changfeng couldn't help but sigh.

It's not that I'm condemning Duan Yu; if I didn't have a cheat code in his position, I would have made the same choice.

After all, it's just a contract; it doesn't matter who it's given to. For Wang Mang, it makes little difference. On the contrary, he can obtain a Core Formation treasure and upgrade his employees' levels.

Currently, Duan Yu is ostensibly the assistant store manager, but in reality, he receives the salary of a first-level steward. Once promoted to a third-level store manager, he will be able to receive 2% of the mall's profits.

It's impossible not to be tempted in this situation.

Liu Ping soon returned with the news.

"Brother Lu, I've found out some information!"

"These five new employees seem to have received preferential treatment, which is why they were awarded the outstanding employee award. But for some reason, I haven't been able to find any connection between them and the assistant store manager!"

"Should I investigate this more thoroughly?"

However, Lu Changfeng shook his head.

"Never mind, you can go now!"

"Oh, and this is your reward for gathering the information!"

Suddenly, one hundred spirit stones appeared on the table. After expressing her gratitude, Liu Ping left Lu Changfeng's office with the spirit stones.

It wasn't that Lu Changfeng was treating Liu Ping differently by giving her spirit stones.

On one hand, he and Li Mingfei had become friends after a misunderstanding, and since they were all friends, and Li Mingfei himself didn't lack spirit stones, he didn't give them to him.

But Liu Ping is different. He is Liu Ping's subordinate, not his friend, so it is normal for him to give Liu Ping a reward when Liu Ping asks him for information.

After everyone left, Lu Changfeng also began to ponder.

Although Liu Ping learned that Duan Yu did not have any obvious connection with these five people,

But he knew that Duan Yu had a technique that allowed him to change his identity, so it was possible that he had visited these people's homes, but each time he had assumed a different identity.

Given that he mentioned these five people were acting independently, he was now certain that Duan Yu was behind them.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.

Perhaps Duan Yu had been prepared for this day, but the people from headquarters were just a prelude.

However, based on his allocation of tasks today, the main battleground for causing trouble next will be Li Bing's side.

Thinking of this, he immediately called Li Mingyue over.

"Mingyue, your task ahead is very important!"

"You're aware of the current situation. The store manager and assistant store manager are bound to clash. You're responsible for implementing the mall's rewards and punishments, so you'll definitely be affected!"

Upon hearing his words, Li Mingyue's face turned pale instantly.

"Then, then, Brother Lu, what should I do!"

Lu Changfeng looked at Li Mingyue and slowly spoke.

"You only need to do one thing next: all rewards and punishments must be based on relevant evidence. You can't make decisions based on assumptions! If you're really unsure, you can come to me."

"If you can do that, I guarantee you won't have any problems!"

Do you understand?

For Lu Changfeng, protecting his underlings was quite easy. Although he was currently in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, it was not certain who was stronger in terms of combat power.

Hearing Lu Changfeng's assurance, Li Mingyue felt much relieved and immediately nodded.

"Okay, I understand!"