Chapter 340 Selling Wei Ming
Wei Ming was an educational consultant at Rui Zhi Education, which actually meant he was a course salesman.
He had been with the company for half a year now, and his daily work consisted of repeatedly picking up a list of parent contacts—obtained from who knows where—and making harassing calls to coax them into buying courses.
In the meantime, he had even achieved two months of million-yuan performance.
To put it nicely, this was the result of his perseverance and his serious responsibility towards his job; to put it unkindly, it was the blood money he had earned for the company by duping parents without a conscience.
As a course consultant, how could he possibly not know the actual level of the teachers in the company?
The advertising touted graduates with master's and doctorate degrees from Jinghua Jingda, but the best teachers available were merely recent graduates from a few universities in the vicinity.
Their competence varied greatly, yet the company never quoted anything less than five hundred yuan per lesson to those parents who hoped to improve their children's academic performance.
If the parents didn't understand the workings, the price for a two-hour lesson could even soar to more than a thousand yuan!
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If the courses had actually helped the children improve their academic performance, it would have been one thing; the key issue was that Wei Ming had never seen a genuinely talented teacher all this time.
Most of them were just slacking off at the company, although some students did actually improve their grades, but it was entirely due to the children's own efforts.
Even, without Rui Zhi Education, they could have learned better.
These kids already had strong self-study abilities, and their grades were not bad to begin with—it was just that some parents always felt the need to provide extra tutoring for their children.
Although he felt somewhat remorseful when he first began this line of work and saw other sales consultants duping parents, he even subtly warned those parents.
But, under the extremely powerful brainwashing of the consultants, they still fell into the trap one after another.
Psychologically, he had already borne a great burden of conscience; if not for the struggle to make a living, he would have thrown in the towel long ago.
Moreover, while he had made so much money for the company, his own salary was pitifully low, with only three percent commission on the sales.
Plus the few hundred yuan red packets feignedly given by Pan Jin, besides those two months of a sales boom when his salary exceeded thirty thousand, in other months, especially during the off-season, a month's salary of five thousand was already not bad.
With inner discontent, exploitation by the higher-ups layer by layer, and the intentional or unintentional ostracism by the top salesperson, he gradually planned to leave the company.
In the past few days, he had been browsing job postings on recruitment platforms, and with his previously outstanding sales performance, he had received several interview opportunities from major educational corporations.
But he knew some of these companies were actually not much different from Rui Zhi after some research.
Only, the teaching staff in big companies was indeed a bit better, but he still couldn't compliment their level.
Even some teachers in listed companies were college students who hadn't graduated yet.
But, they were touted similarly to Rui Zhi, branded as graduates from prestigious schools, with their own unique learning methods.
The essence remains the same no matter how it's disguised; it's just that big companies eat their blood-soaked buns with a bit more grace, wiping their mouths afterward.
Rui Zhi was just nakedly unscrupulous.
He couldn't stay there any longer!
This afternoon, upon witnessing Gu Yu's confrontation with Pan Jin, and after hearing what the young manager next to Gu Yu said, he found himself suddenly enlightened.
He no longer wanted to live in such muddy waters; he wanted to find a respectable job, one that didn't require him to feed on human blood and flesh against his conscience.
Therefore, he arrived at the Ideal Paradise recruitment fair to try his luck.
Because during this time, he could always hear about Ideal Paradise from various channels.
The company had an exceptionally good reputation, both in the incubator and online.
There was even a dedicated column discussing Ideal Paradise on a job networking circle, where people who had collaborated with Ideal Paradise or attended interviews shared their experiences.
Occasionally, a couple of their own employees would pop up.
The reviews were very positive; even those who failed the interviews felt respected and even expressed their willingness to try again next time.
Whether it was salary, workplace environment, or company benefits, everything received a 9.8 out of 10 on the job networking platform.
Even some major internet companies didn't score as high.
Although Wei Ming had his doubts about whether the company had hired people to boost their rating, the job networking platform required employment verification for its reviews; if it was truly a shill operation, then the company's methods must be extremely crafty!
"Sigh~ I didn't expect that I, a top salesperson, would actually fail an interview... Although the questions were so simple, simple to the point I couldn't believe it."
"Right! That planning chart... Who would have thought there'd still be an elementary school! It's pretty far-fetched, but also kind of interesting."
Wei Ming, carrying a briefcase, had just reached the interview tent when he saw two people with regret written all over their faces chatting as they walked out.
Wei Ming recognized them instantly; they were salespeople from a mechanical equipment company to the east of Rui Zhi Education, one of them was even a top salesperson!
They had met once before.
Unexpectedly, they were here for the interview too!
"Dong?" Wei Ming tried to recall the top salesperson's name, which seemed to be something like Dong Laishui, and quickly went up to say hello.
"Uh... who's calling me? Hey, aren't you that salesperson from Rui Zhi?"
Dong Laishui looked around when he heard someone calling his name and saw a familiar face.
With a salesperson's memory for faces, he immediately placed where he had seen this face before.
"... Uh, yes, it's me."
Wei Ming felt a bit embarrassed; it's awkward for anyone to be greeted as "that Rui Zhi XX," it always felt like an insult.
But he knew Dong Laishui didn't do it on purpose, after all, he really was a salesperson from Rui Zhi.
"Haha, sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Your company's name is, well..."
Dong Laishui suddenly realized there was something off about his words and quickly apologized.
"It's alright, Dong, you just had an interview here, right? How did it go? Was it difficult?"
Wei Ming waved his hand, not minding at all, and hastily sought advice from Dong Laishui.
Dong Laishui, seeing Wei Ming's earnest look, didn't hide anything; he had just been sharing his interview experience with a colleague anyway.
It wasn't really a secret.
"Ah, yes, I was interviewing here."
Dong Laishui looked around to make sure there were no other acquaintances, then nodded and pulled Wei Ming aside to whisper, "Don't let anyone know I'm interviewing here. I'll share my experience with you."
Wei Ming, hearing this, discreetly glanced around as well; he understood what Dong Laishui meant.
It's one of those unspoken rules of the workplace—before you officially resign, never let on that you're interviewing at another company.
Carelessness could lead to a lot of trouble.
"I understand, Dong. Please share your experience with me."
Wei Ming and Dong Laishui moved to a less crowded corner, and Wei Ming spoke earnestly.
After he finished, he added, "I'll treat you to West Gate's pig's trotter rice tonight."
Dong Laishui's eyebrows lifted, and a friendly expression appeared on his face, "No problem, there's really not much to it. We know each other, and I can tell you all about it. Just look after me if you really do get into Ideal Paradise!"
Wei Ming looked puzzled when he heard Dong's words, "Is that company really that good? If I get in, I'd be able to look after you, Dong?"
He knew very well that Dong Laishui's company, though not as large as Rui Zhi, was still worth tens of millions.
Dong Laishui said seriously, "Absolutely!"
Wei Ming: "???"
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Clang clang clang! I'm really sorry, folks. I've been busy with things like graduation defenses and thesis work and haven't been able to write. But don't worry, I'm almost done with what I have on my plate! I'll soon be back to regular updates!
This month, if nothing unexpected happens, this book will reach one million words!
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