Chapter 31: Why Did an Extra 70,000 Appear?

Bank Deposit:

Looking at the transfer notification, Chen Mo’s heart instantly sank.

He hurriedly glanced at the system panel, and sure enough, the system funds that had originally been just a few hundred had now increased to over 70,000.

What’s going on?!

Why did the company account suddenly receive more than 70,000?

Chen Mo was completely baffled, but there was no time to dwell on it—there were only about ten minutes left until the settlement.

How could he possibly spend more than 70,000 in just ten minutes?

Giving extra employee benefits? Just a little extra for each?

As soon as the thought arose, a system notification popped up.

Not feasible.

Then what should he do?

Chen Mo’s head throbbed as he watched the countdown ticking away. He slumped into his chair, his once cheerful mood plummeting to rock bottom.

Soon, the countdown reached zero, and the system entered the settlement phase.

【System settlement in progress…】

【System settlement completed. Beginning fund conversion.】

【Fund conversion completed. Supplementing system funds.】

【System funds have been replenished. Please check.】

Hearing the system’s messages, Chen Mo lifelessly opened the post-settlement screen.

> Host: Chen Mo

System Funds: 4 million

Personal Assets: 3,872

Settlement Period: One month later (Countdown…)

2 million…

My 2 million is just gone like that?

Staring at his personal assets of only 3,872, Chen Mo felt a sharp pang of pain.

Who was it?

Who suddenly transferred 70,000?

Looking at the transfer notification on his phone, Chen Mo gritted his teeth in anger.

Everything had been going smoothly, but this unexpected transfer caused the settlement to fail.

Knock, knock!

A knock on the door!

Chen Mo glanced up but couldn’t be bothered to respond.

He didn’t want to say anything right now.

Knock, knock!

The knocking continued.

Shen Rou glanced at her boss, who had suddenly turned listless. Just moments ago, he had been happily humming a tune—what happened so suddenly?

After a moment of hesitation, she softly called out,

“Boss Chen?”

“Come in.”

Hearing Shen Rou’s voice along with the persistent knocking, Chen Mo weakly responded.

The office door opened gently.

Wei Yan walked in, looking excited.

“Boss Chen, you got the 70,000 transfer, right?”

Hearing Wei Yan’s words, Chen Mo perked up a little and stared at him.

“That money… was from you?”

“Yes, Boss Chen.”

“I thought you said there were no orders?”

Chen Mo gritted his teeth. He distinctly remembered confirming this morning that there were no pending orders.

“Oh, this wasn’t from an order. It’s from selling off the excess inventory in the warehouse.”

Wei Yan laughed as he explained.

“Excess inventory?”

Chen Mo was confused. He wasn’t aware that there was any overstock in the warehouse.

“Yeah, Boss. Didn’t you tell me not to rush sales? Later, I thought about it and realized you were subtly hinting that we should clear out the excess stock first.”

“Of course, credit also goes to Li Shen for reminding me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have thought of this.”

Wei Yan spoke enthusiastically, completely oblivious to the darkening expression on Chen Mo’s face.

Hint?

When did I hint at that?

You completely made that up in your head—what does that have to do with me?

Chen Mo was speechless.

“Li Shen was involved too?”

“Yeah, Boss. I have to say, Li Shen deserves at least half the credit. He was with me the entire time, helping sell off that inventory.”

Wei Yan proudly shared the credit, thinking to himself, Li Shen, no need to thank me.

Oh, good!

Li Shen, oh Li Shen—you hid well!

Chen Mo gritted his teeth in frustration.

A traitor right under my nose, and he even had a hidden accomplice!

Wei Yan subtly observed Chen Mo’s reaction, noticing that the boss didn’t look as happy as he had expected. In fact, he seemed a bit upset.

What’s going on?

Wei Yan was confused but quickly had an epiphany.

Of course!

Clearing warehouse inventory was his job to begin with—there was nothing praiseworthy about it.

He had gotten carried away, coming here expecting recognition.

The more he thought about it, the more ashamed he felt. Clearly, his mindset needed improvement!

Looking at Chen Mo with newfound admiration, he thought: Boss Chen truly is on another level. I need to work harder. Selling inventory is a minor task—securing long-term orders for the company is the real mission.

“Alright, I understand. You can go back now.”

Chen Mo waved a hand dismissively.

He needed to remember this traitor.

And also Li Shen, that scheming old fox!

Once Wei Yan left, Chen Mo slumped back into his chair, staring at the newly replenished 4 million system funds. His determination slowly rekindled.

If he could reduce this 4 million in system funds to under 4,000 within a month, it would all convert into personal assets.

“Boss Chen.”

At some point, Shen Rou had returned with a cup of coffee.

Seeing her boss swinging between joy and despair, she looked at him with concern.

Had he suffered some kind of emotional blow?

“Oh, thanks.”

Chen Mo took a sip of coffee, then continued thinking about how to deal with the newly added 4 million system funds.

His last two failures were due to employees being too competent. This time, he had to prevent that from happening.

Wei Yan and Li Shen were already in the company, so he couldn’t do much about them.

But the new hires—those, he could personally filter!

With that thought, he turned to Shen Rou.

“Xiao Rou, how’s the recruitment going?”

A few days ago, he had asked her to register the company on job platforms and start hiring. He wondered if it had been taken care of.

“It’s all set up. We’ve already received several resumes in the company’s email, but I haven’t sorted through them yet.”

Shen Rou responded promptly.

Chen Mo’s eyes lit up.

Yes—step one toward a successful settlement begins with hiring!

“Perfect. Send me those resumes. I’ll do the screening myself.”

“Got it, Boss.”

Shen Rou nodded and forwarded the emails to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo skimmed through them and opened one at random.

Sales position. 10 years of experience.

No good.

One Wei Yan was already giving him headaches with his business skills—hiring another one would be asking for trouble.

Rejected.

Sales position. Fresh graduate. No sales experience.

Name: Wu Yu.

Strengths: Hardworking, resilient, optimistic mindset…

No sales experience?

Perfect—that’s exactly what I need!

As for those “strengths,” Chen Mo ignored them completely.

Hardworking? Resilient?

He remembered how many times he had written the exact same things in his own resumes in the past.

It was just filler.

Soon, Chen Mo had reviewed all the resumes, selecting only a few that fit his specific criteria before sending them back to Shen Rou.

“Xiao Rou, I’ve picked the ones I want. Notify them for interviews.”

Shen Rou, curious, glanced at the selected resumes.

She assumed Boss Chen had picked experienced candidates.

After all, only competent employees could help the company grow, right?