Chapter 220: Heard the Big Boss Is a Woman

The Motorcycle Ban in Jiangzhou was about to be announced.

It was nearly half a year earlier than Jiang Ning had expected.

According to her memories from her previous life, the Motorcycle Ban had been issued at the beginning of 2002.

It started with no longer issuing motorcycle licenses, no new registrations, and eventually escalated to a full ban on motorcycles entering urban areas.

The entire process took about a year.

Then, by 2013, the last motorcycle license expired.

The full enforcement of the ban took nine years to complete.

But now—

With the butterfly effect caused by Jiang Ning’s interference—

This ban was being rolled out in Jiangzhou a full six months ahead of schedule.

It caught Jiang Ning off guard.

“When does it start?”

“October 1st, probably. But the news will start leaking out in the next couple of days.”

Got it.

They were releasing the news early to give the public time to process and adjust.

If it were suddenly enforced, it would undoubtedly trigger backlash.

With that in mind, Miss Jiang quickly had Wang Jianguo call Lin Ke to leak the news ahead of time.

She also notified Yu Lingling and the other sales staff out in the field.

Told them to come back first.

Wait for the market to absorb the initial shock, then head back out to assess the situation.

If there really was a public backlash, the ones taking the hit would be the salespeople on the front lines.

And just as Jiang Ning had predicted—

As soon as the relevant departments in Jiangzhou began to quietly release bits of information about the Motorcycle Ban—

The entire city started buzzing.

First, people tried to confirm whether the news was real.

Once someone brought up similar bans in Hengzhou and other first-tier cities—

Public opinion began to split into several camps.

The first group didn’t own motorcycles.

To them, the Motorcycle Ban was just something to chat about over tea. It didn’t affect them at all.

The second group were those who already owned motorcycles.

After reading the details of the policy, the vast majority accepted the gradual phase-out.

Only a small minority showed signs of quiet resistance.

But—

Such resistance was unlikely to have any real effect.

As for the third group—those planning to buy motorcycles—

They immediately began looking for alternatives.

And just like that—

Electric bicycles suddenly entered the mainstream consciousness.

Especially in recent weeks—

Whether it was on TV, the radio, or in shopping malls and along city streets—

Ads for a brand called “Xiao Ning” electric bicycles were everywhere.

With such overwhelming marketing—

And the added push from government policy—

“Xiao Ning” e-bikes exploded in popularity overnight.

Orders poured in like snowflakes, all headed toward the factory on the outskirts of the city.

Inside the factory—

Yu Lingling had just returned from a business trip to Runzhou.

She hadn’t even had time to warm her seat—

When a call came in from the factory director’s office.

“Alright, got it.”

“Understood.”

As she hung up the phone—

A young man nearby leaned over with a teasing grin.

“What’s up, Sister Yu?”

“Another business trip?”

Yu Lingling smacked the guy—Sun Yuan—on the shoulder without hesitation.

“Business trip, my ass.”

“I just got back this morning.”

“That was a summons from the boss.”

At first, Sun Yuan just gave a casual “Oh.”

But then something clicked, and he turned around with wide eyes.

“The boss!?”

Yu Lingling simply smiled and nodded.

Then she pulled a few forms from her drawer, slipped them into a folder, and walked out of the office.

After she left—

Sun Yuan, still seated at his desk, rolled his eyes thoughtfully.

Then he tapped the computer of the guy sitting diagonally across from him.

“Hey, Chen Chen! Did you know that Factory Manager Lin actually has a mysterious boss above him?”

The chubby guy sitting across from Yu Lingling didn’t even look up. He just chuckled dismissively.

“Of course I know.”

“And I also know that our big boss is actually a woman.”

Huh?!

Now it wasn’t just Sun Yuan who was intrigued—even the slightly older, round-faced man nearby perked up and turned his attention to the chubby guy.

Then—

The chubby guy began recounting how, one time after work, he happened to see Factory Manager Lin sitting in his car talking on the phone.

The car window was down.

As he walked past, he overheard Lin say, “Boss, you really are my young lady. If you keep investing like this…”

“Tell me this,” he said.

“Would any normal guy call another man ‘young lady’ in a conversation?”

Hearing that conclusion—

The other two instinctively nodded.

At that moment—

The older, round-faced man suddenly smiled mysteriously.

“Today, I saw a stunningly beautiful girl in Factory Manager Lin’s car.”

“I suspect she’s Lin’s younger sister.”

“How beautiful?” The two younger guys immediately perked up.

“Think back to the campus belle from your college days.”

“About that level.”

Campus belle…

For a moment—

A delicate and graceful figure flashed through Sun Yuan’s mind.

At that moment, inside the factory director’s office—

A certain elegant figure felt like a complete joke.

“Boss!”

“We’re businesspeople.”

“Our focus is profit.”

“You swapped out the battery in the Xiaoning No. 5 for a high-polymer lithium one—that alone costs nearly a thousand yuan.”

“Not to mention the frame, the seat, transportation, and all the other expenses!”

“You want me to take a loss just for the sake of appearances?”

However—

Faced with the boss’s objections, Lin Ke’s response was simple.

“Boss, is our future really just about targeting the lower-end market?”

That one sentence—

Snapped Miss Jiang out of her sulking in an instant.

It was true.

Miss Jiang’s ambitions weren’t limited to chasing short-term profits by offering the best value electric bikes.

If her vision stopped at the present—

Even if they beat the competition in the short run with superior pricing—

The low barrier to imitation meant that—

No matter how unique the Xiaoning series looked—

Others could easily tweak the design and churn out a similar product.

And when the market was flooded with knockoffs—

What good would high profit margins do then?

“But this really cuts into our earnings…”

“It hurts so much, ahhhhh…”

Just as Boss Jiang was letting out a useless, anguished wail—

There was a sudden knock at the office door.

A calm female voice followed from outside.

“Director, it’s Yu Lingling. May I come in?”

Knocking and asking permission—

That was a rule Lin Ke had set for the factory.

No one, regardless of who they were, could enter without approval.

It was a rule made specifically to respect Boss Jiang’s status.

“Come in.”

With permission granted, Yu Lingling pushed open the office door.

As she stepped inside—

The first thing she saw was the stunningly beautiful boss, sitting gracefully on the sofa.

Even in a simple outfit of short sleeves and denim shorts, her charm was impossible to hide.

With a bright smile, she gestured to the empty seat beside her.

“Lingling-jie, have a seat.”

It wasn’t the first time Yu Lingling had seen her boss—

But every time she did—

There was always a strange sense of contradiction.

Clearly just a high school girl with youthful beauty, and yet she carried herself with a calm confidence and unwavering determination.

Snapping out of her thoughts—

Yu Lingling handed over the folder she was holding.

“Boss.”

“This is the feedback from the Runzhou market.”

“It includes not only my research report, but also background checks on three strong manufacturers interested in partnering with us.”

“And there’s also—”

But before she could finish—

That charming boss waved her hand.

“Let’s hold off on the report for now.”

“I called you here today to ask you one thing.”

“Hm?” Yu Lingling blinked, then instinctively glanced at Lin Ke.

When she saw him nodding with a smile—

“Boss, go ahead.”

After a brief pause—

Miss Jiang suddenly beamed like a blooming flower and said:

“Lingling-jie, would you be interested in becoming the Marketing Director of our ‘Minsheng’ Tech?”

Marketing Director?

Yu Lingling froze.

Her current position was only as the manager overseeing the Marketing and Sales Department.

Strictly speaking, she was just a department head—barely middle management in the company’s hierarchy.

But Marketing Director was a whole different story.

That was a senior executive role, equal in rank to Lin Ke, the factory director—and in some cases, even outranking him in terms of authority.

“This…”

“This…”

Yu Lingling was momentarily speechless, unsure of what to say.

But she wasn’t foolish.

She knew what it meant to wear the crown—you had to bear its weight.

After calming herself, she asked softly,

“Boss, what would you need me to do?”

At her words—

That radiant boss looked at her with admiration.

“I need you to roll out our Xiaoning Electric Bicycle across every city in the province, in the shortest time possible.”

“So—do you have the confidence?”

(End of chapter)