Chapter 45: Suddenly Thinking of an Old Friend

Chapter 45: Suddenly Thinking of an Old Friend

September 30th, Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Golden Week activity plans of major shopping malls have been drawn up long ago, and the pre-promotion work has started half a month ago. The outdoor LED screens are overwhelmed with promotional videos and discount information of different brands. Young people working as temporary workers around the shopping malls, holding thick stacks of bright red flyers, push them into the hands of everyone they meet.

Employees of stores in the mall received holiday supplies two days in advance. The colorful TK boards at the entrances of stores clearly displayed information about discounts. Colorful small pennants hung from the ceiling swayed in the wind from the air-conditioning vents.

The activity plans of each store were issued half a month ago, and the sales staff had memorized them by heart. The system regularly sends blessing messages and activity notifications to members, and the sales staff call customers to confirm the reception time.

The long holiday for office workers has officially begun. They can go shopping to relieve themselves from their daily hard work, or travel with their families to relax their tense nerves.

Stores in the surrounding business districts have been gearing up to catch this wave of customers, with sales figures for the National Day holiday accounting for 70 percent of the entire month's performance.

The sales staff are on high alert and are in their best mental state to welcome customers.

Accompanied by the songs of "A Night of Full Moon and Flowers", the shopping guides started their busy work mode.

After half a day, Ye Zhenzhen rubbed her stiff face and drank cold water in big gulps while customers were paying. Although there was air conditioning, the shop of about 100 square meters had 70 to 80 customers at most. The three shopping guides and the store manager were overwhelmed and their mouths were dry and their feet were pounding.

"Hello, welcome to Zhichu Women's Clothing!"

Seeing a customer waiting at the door, Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly walked forward to greet him.

A slim girl walked into the store, wearing a navy blue and dark red knitted sweater. She had a small face, the most popular small face nowadays, long limbs, and an elegant temperament in every move.

She is tasteful and artistic, and looks very photogenic, as if she is engaged in artistic work.

Ye Zhenzhen felt a little ashamed of herself. Although she had learned basic etiquette and seemed to behave properly when dealing with people, the difference between her quick-learning and her innate temperament was obvious when they were compared.

The girl walked slowly in the store, her eyes moving over the dazzling array of clothes.

"Beautiful lady, do you need me to recommend something to you? We have a lot of new styles in our store, such as this windbreaker, which is inspired by an Italian designer..."

Seeing that the customer had no desire to try anything on, Ye Zhenzhen politely took a piece of clothing from a nearby shelf and recommended a new windbreaker to the girl.

The girl stopped, looked at the windbreaker, smiled politely, nodded, and said nothing.

Then the girl continued to walk forward, her eyes continuing to search for other clothes.

Ye Zhenzhen carefully put the clothes back on the shelf and followed the customer slowly.

"Beautiful lady, please tell me which one you like."

After she finished speaking, the customer did not answer. It seemed that the girl did not like overly enthusiastic service, and was worried that talking too much would offend the customer, so Ye Zhenzhen followed behind the girl and stopped talking.

The girl finished her circular shopping route without saying a word, and it seemed that she had not found the clothes she liked.

Ye Zhenzhen was a little disappointed. After following the girl around for a while, she thought there was no hope for this order.

When the store has a large flow of customers, the unwritten rule is that when a stranger enters the store, whoever greets the customer first will get the customer.

Sister Li was rather slick, and while serving existing customers, she would occasionally look towards the door, and whenever a customer came in, she would just greet them with a "hello". Ye Zhenzhen and Xia Tong were inexperienced, and whenever there were two waves of customers at the same time, they would be so busy that they would not be able to spare the brain to deal with other customers.

At this moment, Sister Li was serving five waves of customers at the same time, and Ye Zhenzhen had no other customers to serve. Seeing that the girl was about to leave the store, Ye Zhenzhen instantly lost her temper.

The girl turned around, walked slowly along the store loop route, and pointed with her finger.

Ye Zhenzhen's eyes widened, her heartbeat beating like a drum. She followed the girl, picked up the clothes the girl pointed out, checked the model, and hugged them all in her arms.

The girl tried on more than thirty pieces of clothing. Ye Zhenzhen stood at the door of the fitting room, grinning from ear to ear with joy. Even if the customer bought only one piece, it would be better than not making an order.

The girl has a really good figure, a typical clothes rack. She can wear clothes of different styles and she can control them perfectly.

"Beauty, you have a great figure! Every piece of clothing looks great on you!"

Ye Zhenzhen praised the girl sincerely. Faced with such a perfect customer, she couldn't bring herself to say anything fancy.

The girl looked at her and smiled, "Just call me Zhong Yan!"

"Okay, my name is Ye Zhenzhen!"

The girl stretched out her hand, and Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly shook it, flattered. Few customers would respect the shopping guide so much, let alone take the initiative to shake hands.

Holding the girl's slender fingers, Ye Zhenzhen sighed that beautiful girls are generally arrogant, and there are very few people who are so gentle.

She has a good image, good temperament and is polite. She is really a fairy on earth.

"You're so beautiful!" Ye Zhenzhen couldn't help but praise her sincerely. Worried that Zhongli might think too much, she paused and said, "I don't mean anything else. I really think you're beautiful."

Zhongli was used to hearing compliments, and he appreciated the sincere compliments, "You are also very beautiful."

The two couldn't help laughing, and the mutual compliments between the girls brought them closer to each other.

When paying the bill, Zhongli was very generous and packed up all the clothes he had tried on, which shocked Ye Zhenzhen.

"Do you like all of them? Don't waste money buying clothes you don't like because of me." Ye Zhenzhen asked hurriedly. Although the more the customer pays, the better, everyone's money is hard-earned, and there is no need to spend money on a bunch of things you don't like.

"Ye Zhenzhen, I really like these clothes. I've been shopping for so long, and you're the only salesperson who never gives a cold shoulder even when customers don't buy anything. You're very sincere." Zhongli blinked and explained gently.

Ye Zhenzhen smiled knowingly, and she thought of four words - as close as ever.

Ye Zhenzhen felt warm inside. She had always been sincere to everyone around her. Many people thought she was stupid and tried to take advantage of her. Few people praised her for her sincerity, and even fewer customers paid for shopping because of her sincerity.

Her hands were shaking as she wrote the order. Such a perfect customer, a big order was her job, and she also unexpectedly made friends who hit it off right away.

Ye Zhenzhen saw Zhongli off happily. She felt a sense of accomplishment at work, even though she was just a small shopping guide. She finally found her personal value, and she wanted to shine even if it was humble.

"Ye Zhenzhen, I just took over that customer, and she left without saying a word." Sister Li suddenly appeared and patted her on the shoulder.

Ye Zhenzhen realized that what Sister Li meant was that she had taken over this customer before, so if the customer came back, he should also belong to Sister Li.

"Sister Li, you received five customers at the same time. Xia Tong and I didn't have any customers, so we didn't say anything." Ye Zhenzhen paused for a moment, "You received this customer, but she didn't make any purchases. Then you should ask her why she didn't buy from you? Besides, why didn't you tell me right away when I received her? Wouldn't it be too bullying if you told me after the customer made the deal?"

"That's right! She's not an old customer of our store, just a new one. There's no such thing as a customer of anyone!" Xia Tong stepped forward to help, "You've taken on all the customers by yourself, so what else do you need us to do? Just ask the company to fire us all, and all the customers will be yours. No one will compete with you for customers anymore!"

Sister Li was attacked from both sides and was speechless. Her face turned red and white. Although she was an experienced person, she felt a little embarrassed to be scolded by two newcomers.

The friendship that we had in the past two days disappeared without a trace when faced with conflicts of interest. Everyone relies on performance to make a living, so who would give money to others? We were colleagues in a store, but after leaving, who would know each other?

Ye Zhenzhen is somewhat aloof and proud, but she is definitely not stupid. When it is time to argue, she also knows how to lose face and protect her own interests.

"Sister Li, my sales for September have reached the target with this order. You should understand my difficulties." Ye Zhenzhen calmed down. "If this happens again in the future, please tell me immediately and I can give the customer back to you."

After she finished her argument, she immediately gave Sister Li a way out. They were all colleagues and there was always time for them to help each other, and she didn't want to make things too awkward.

"Okay!" Sister Li knew she was not in the right, so she walked away angrily.

"Thank you." Ye Zhenzhen thanked Xia Tong beside her. The newlyweds helped each other and unknowingly developed a revolutionary comradeship.

Xia Tong curled her lips and said, "It's okay. She just thinks you are kind to others and bullies you because you are nice to her."

The streets were jammed during the holidays and Ye Zhenzhen could hardly move forward on her electric scooter.

She squeezed into the non-motorized vehicle lane. The osmanthus flowers on the roadside had turned golden yellow, and the fragrant little flowers were blown by the wind onto her hair and shoulders.

She raised her head slightly, light and shadow intertwined on her fair face. Sweet osmanthus flowers fell on her forehead, and a naughty sweet osmanthus flower fell into her philtrum. She slowly closed her eyes, and memories of Wen Baijing came flooding back.