Those who travel back in time

Chapter 23 Real Estate Sales

This time, Chen Qing walked through the imposing main entrance of the Qilin Building.

"Hello sir, who are you looking for?"

"I am Yang, the technical manager of Xurui Technology. I am here to confirm the final model of the last batch of machines with General Manager Li."

"Just a moment." The receptionist made a phone call and then told Chen Qing a moment later, "Mr. Li is not here; he has gone abroad."

"When will he be back?"

"About two or three weeks."

Chen Qing turned and left, walking alone to the bus stop.

Looking at the "Shuguang Hospital" stop sign, I hesitated whether to go over and bury the box.

This time travel was a complete failure. Not only was the timeline a year behind schedule, but all the information I had was also inaccurate.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the information Li Qilin provided was wrong. After all, a person's address and job are not fixed for life, but can change. People may move or resign, and Li Qilin cannot keep an eye on Sun Fan and update him on his activities all the time.

"On April 15, 2018, Sun Fan will fall from the Xinyuan Building..." With the information of Sun Fan's death in her mind, Chen Qing decided not to leave yet and to stay in this timeline for two more days.

Since Sun Fan will die at Xinyuan Building on April 15th, as long as I stake out Xinyuan Building, I will definitely be able to catch Sun Fan.

It's April 1st now, which is only two weeks away.

For time travelers, the thing they fear least about wasting is time.

"Sunshine Real Estate is hiring 5 real estate agents..." Thinking of the job posting on the door of Sunshine Real Estate, Chen Qing decided to go and apply for a job first.

First, having an identity will prevent anyone from suspecting that I've been in the Xinyuan Building for two weeks.

The second point is the main reason he made this decision. The receptionist at Sunshine Real Estate said that there had been no Sun Fan in the company for two years. So the most likely reason is not that Sun Fan left the company, but that he had not yet joined.

Of course, it's also possible that the information Li Qilin provided about Sun Fan's job was completely wrong, and that Sun Fan's employer was not Sunshine Real Estate.

That's alright, anyway, Sun Fan will definitely come to Xinyuan Building on April 15th.

The nature of sales work dictates that it requires a high degree of mobility; one doesn't need to be in the office all the time to do their own thing.

"Who are you looking for this time?" The receptionist still remembered Chen Qing.

"I saw a job posting for guys on the door, are they still hiring?"

"Hiring, would you like to join?"

"I want to join the company."

"Mr. Wang!" the receptionist craned her neck and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Someone's here for an interview!"

"Couldn't you have just walked in and called me? Why did you have to shout like that?" A middle-aged man in his forties with a large bald patch walked over and said to the receptionist with a helpless look, "You've ruined our company's image in front of everyone."

"If he gets the job, then he's one of us, and what's there to be afraid of if he's one of us?" the receptionist said confidently. "If he doesn't get the job, then he's none of our business, so we're even less afraid."

"You shouldn't be a receptionist with that mouth of yours. You should be a sales agent, guaranteed to be the top seller every month." Mr. Wang shook his head helplessly before saying to Chen Qing, "Come with me."

Mr. Wang led Chen Qing to an empty table, and the two chatted for about ten minutes. Chen Qing then became a proud agent of Sunshine Real Estate.

The sales industry doesn't have high barriers to entry, but Sunshine Real Estate still prefers applicants to have a bachelor's degree, or at least an associate's degree, which Chen Qing didn't have.

Mr. Wang initially didn't want it, but Chen Qing's sincerity was too great; he promised to forgo his base salary during the first three months of training.

After some thought, Mr. Wang realized that not accepting a base salary would be like working for him for free. Where could he find such a good employee? He might as well take advantage of it.

"Old Zhou," Boss Wang immediately called someone over, "He's new here, mentor him. You'll get a 5% commission on his orders while you're training him." He then asked Chen Qing, "Any problems?"

"No problem." Chen Qing wasn't really here to work.

Old Zhou and Chen Qing exchanged names, and Chen Qing learned that Old Zhou's name was Zhou Tao.

That evening, Zhou Tao treated Chen Qing to dinner as a way of welcoming the new employee. Qu Wanwan, the receptionist, thought the new employee was quite handsome, so she came along too.

"Chen Qing, you're really unlucky. You got scammed out of all your money while looking for a job." After a few rounds of drinks, Zhou Tao started talking, asking Chen Qing, "If things weren't so bad, you wouldn't be in such a hurry to find a job, would you?"

"Today was absolutely unlucky," Chen Qing said. Of course, being scammed out of money was a fabricated excuse, a reason he was willing to forgo his base salary for three months to get this job.

Thinking back to when Chen Qing first asked about Sun Fan, Qu Wanwan guessed, "Was the person who lied to you Sun Fan?"

"Yes, it's that Sun Fan. He said he'd take me to see an apartment, and I even paid the rent, but then he just disappeared." Chen Qing continued, following Qu Wanwan's words.

"Damn it! It's one thing to lie, but to use our company's name is another!" Qu Wanwan gritted her teeth in anger.

"Sun Fan? Sun Fan?" The two were talking, and neither of them noticed that Zhou Tao's expression was a little strange when he heard Sun Fan's name.

"Chen Qing, now that you've followed Brother Tao, you should work hard. Brother Tao is our top salesman every month. You can quickly earn back the money you were scammed out of by following him." Qu Wanwan patted Chen Qing's shoulder like a big sister.

"What Chen Qing? He's older than you!" Zhou Tao tapped Qu Wanwan's smooth forehead with his chopsticks. "Call him Brother Chen."

"Brother Tao, we can't talk about age, we have to talk about seniority." Qu Wanwan said with a straight face, spouting nonsense. "Didn't I arrive earlier than Chen Qing? Doesn't that make me the senior sister? What's wrong with a senior sister calling her junior brother by his name?"

"Do you think this is a martial arts novel? Is our company some kind of martial arts sect? 'Senior sister' and 'junior brother'? How dare you say that?"

"Brother Tao, you're getting old. That's just how we young people are." Qu Wanwan nudged Chen Qing with her arm as she said this. "Don't you think so, junior brother?"

"Yes," Chen Qing echoed.

"Chen Qing, you can't be like her, with no ambition at all, just sitting at the front desk all day earning such a meager salary," Zhou Tao said to Chen Qing. "She's a girl, she can do that. But you're a man, you can't."

"Don't worry, Brother Tao, I'll definitely do my best," Chen Qing said.

After eating and drinking for more than an hour, Qu Wanwan took the bus back, while Zhou Tao hailed a taxi online.

While waiting for the bus, he asked Chen Qing, "How are we getting back?"

"Brother Tao, could you give me the office key? I haven't finished reading the documents you gave me today, and I'd like to go back and take another look," Chen Qing said.

"Ambitious, not bad." Zhou Tao handed the key to Chen Qing, and before leaving, he didn't forget to tell her, "Don't stay up too late, go home and rest early."