Chapter 412 - Blessing for Spring Festival (1/2)
Chapter 412 Blessing for Spring Festival
February 2nd, Chinese New Year Eve…
Pei Qian lay on the sofa, playing his cell phone like a cripple.
His parents were also staring at their cell phone screens. They were grabbing red packets and sending voice messages to wish others Happy New Year.
The technology of cell phones had improved at a vast rate in this world. It was much more advanced than what Pei Qian thought. They were still calling and sending messages a few years back, but they had all advanced to using their phones to send red packets over the past two years.
Red packets of the older generations were usually a few yuan or cents. They were seldom over 50 yuan, sending just a ‘good intention’.
Pei Qian’s parents did grow suspicious about the new clothes and computer that he had brought home. However, he had already prepared his reasoning.
It might not be perfect, but he had paved the way. They knew Pei Qian was working at Fei Huang Workspace previously. Fei Huang Workspace was developing at a good pace recently so he managed to muddle over.
Most people brag about their position and income anyway. They would not think that Pei Qian would have any reason to do the opposite.
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Therefore, they were not too caught up about money but rather… the house.
Pei Qian had repeatedly stressed that the house was bought for them, but they obviously did not have such thinking. They wanted it to be their son’s new wed house.
Pei Qian, therefore, did not say anymore. Let them say what they want.
It seemed like it wasn’t enough for him to buy one house. He had to buy another one for them to stay in it with ease…
Look at how things had turned out…
Forget it, i’ll do my best to lose more money in this cycle then!
Pei Qian started to play his cell phone with this thought in mind. He watched the New Year program on and off.
Pei Qian had forgotten what programs were on during the 2011 Chinese New Year program. However, he was sure that he had never seen these programs before after watching a few of them. The programs had changed… the celebrities had changed; however, the boredom persisted!
As expected, everyone was grumbling that the New Year program was boring again
Pei Qian did not express much emotion. He knew that the New Year programs would get worse as the years pass by…
He was swiping his cell phone with boredom when he suddenly received a message from Chang You of Otto Technologies.
“Boss Pei, thank you for your continued support during the previous year. I hope that Tengda will achieve great success during the New Year and earn as much as possible!
“I hope that Otto Technologies’s cell phone would be able to sell in large quantities and surpass Shenhua’s cell phones and buy over Pineapple!”
Pei Qian’s face darkened when he saw this message.
What is the meaning of this? This Chang You, cursing me during Chinese New Year? However, he heard a ‘beep’ from his cell phone right on the heels of the message.
Red packet!
Pei Qian’s eyes lit up and clicked on it to receive it.
One thousand yuan!
“Vice-President Chang’s such a sport! It was the right decision to poach Vice-President Chang then!”
Pei Qian was very happy. He immediately forgot the unhappiness he felt just now and quickly replied, “Happy Chinese New Year, Vice-President Chang!”
All sorts of red packet sounds came after he replied Chang You.
“Boss Pei, Happy New Year!”
“I hope that Boss Pei will become more handsome in the New Year!”
“Happy New Year, hope all your wishes come true!”
“Wishing fair winds in Boss Pei’s business and to earn big money!”
Some blessings made him happy, and some made him not so happy. However, Boss Pei was not someone petty and would not base the performance of an employee by their wishes.
He would definitely judge them based on their red packets!
Pei Qian realized that the older employees were better after all. Chang You, Zhang Yuan, Wu Bin, and the like gave him a minimum of 500 yuan to 1,000 yuan.
The younger employees like Lu Mingliang and Ma Yiqun generally gave 188 yuan[1.’188 in Mandarin could be read as easy to prosper.] as an auspicious sign for the New Year.
Perhaps they felt that Boss Pei would not care about how much they give anyway…
He was most pissed-off about Huang Sibo’s message: “Boss Pei is not in need of money so I won’t be old-fashioned to give you a red packet! I’ll definitely work hard next year to bring glory to Tengda!” Pei Qian nearly wanted to fire Huang Sibo on the spot for the message. Was this something a human would say?! He said things like ‘Boss Pei is not in need of money’ and ‘work hard next year’!
Challenge! This was a blatant challenge!
However, he decided to forgive him after thinking about it. It was New Year! He was just drafting a reply when new greetings came in.
Lin Wan, “Thank you for all you have done for us, Boss Pei! The progress for the game and cell phones are not going too well, but rest assured, Boss Pei. We’ll do our best to complete the mission! I hope to continue working under Boss Pei’s wise guidance in the New Year!”
Beep! 8,888 yuan was sent to him.
Lin Chang’s message came immediately after.
Lin Chang’s message was much simpler compared to Lin Wan’s. “Boss Pei, loose change!”
Beep! 18,888 yuan.
Pei Qian’s mouth nearly couldn’t close from laughing. What was brotherhood? What was a friend?
This was!
Boss Lin was amazing!
Pei Qian did not feel like letting Lin Wan go that instant. Would Lin Wan give such red packets during festivals if she were to return?
However, his thoughts changed. No, Lin Chang sent him more.
Pei Qian received all the red packets in no time and replied.
To Lin Wan: “Happy New Year! You’ve worked too hard last year. You have to rest more next year; don’t be so tired! I’m giving you another 10 days of paid leave; you’ve to use them all!”