Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 255 Dividends

Ye Qing'an laughed: "So, we might spend a lot of time together in the future, after all, Father gave me these shops."

"However... perhaps it's not necessary."

After Ye Qing'an finished speaking, she lowered her head, picked up her teacup, and looked down at her low table. She noticed that several pieces of the pastry on the plate in front of her had disappeared without her noticing.

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes and saw another snake tail sticking out from under the low table.

Ye Qing'an rolled her eyes inwardly and quickly slammed the teacup down on the low table, where it landed squarely on the snake's tail.

A hissing sound rang out, as if someone had gasped for breath.

The three people outside were unaware of what was happening behind the screen, still pondering Ye Qing'an's words.

They understood what was said earlier; it was telling them that the situation in the manor had changed drastically. The Ye manor was no longer the Ye manor they knew before, and Ye Qing'an's status in the manor was also incomparable to what it used to be.

She then said that Prime Minister Ye had given him the shops they were in charge of, and that they would have a long time to spend together in the future. This was her way of telling them that she would be their future master.

But what does the last sentence mean...? Perhaps it doesn't need to be used?

The three looked at each other, each with their own guesses.

Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips and instructed Zi Xiao, who was standing outside the screen, "Zi Xiao, distribute the account books to the three managers."

Zixiao responded and distributed the account books placed to the three shopkeepers according to the different shops.

“I have already made annotations for all the errors in these ledgers.”

"However, I don't want to dwell on the past. As for the future..."

Ye Qing'an glanced outside and suddenly saw someone closing the window of a private room in the restaurant directly opposite her. The person was wearing a silver mask...

The masks were exactly the same as those worn by Yi Moxu's subordinates that she had seen before.

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes slightly. Yi Moxu's people?

What are you doing on the other side?

The man seemed to have noticed Ye Qing'an as well, and nodded at her before closing the window. Before closing the window, Ye Qing'an noticed several people sitting in the private room behind him. One or two of them looked familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere before.

Ye Qing'an tapped her fingers lightly on the low table. Where have I seen this before?

Her memory has always been good; people she vaguely remembers but can't recall where she's seen are most likely people she's seen in crowded places...

Such a thought flashed through Ye Qing'an's mind before she brought her attention back to the present: "Regarding the future management of the store, I would like to make some changes."

"However, not many changes have been made. I have a lot of things to do every day and don't want to get involved in your specific store operations."

"I will only mention two points. First, starting today, the shop owners under my supervision will participate in the profit sharing of the shops. Each month, the shop owner can take 30% of the shop's profits."

Upon hearing Ye Qing'an's words, the three people below all showed a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Thirty percent?

Although they were shopkeepers, to put it bluntly, shopkeepers were just people hired by the owner to manage the shop. Most shopkeepers received a fixed monthly allowance, and only a very few owners allowed shopkeepers to take a cut.

Not to mention 30%...

The three looked at each other, all somewhat incredulous.

This... must be fake, right?

"The monthly commission will be paid out on the fifteenth of the following month. But the condition is that you must submit the account books to me before the fifth of each month so that I can check the accounts and pay the commission."

"But the second point I want to make, and also... the most important point, is that because I'm giving you 30% of the profits as bonuses, from now on, I don't want any problems with the account books you submit. If I find any discrepancies in the account books again, you won't need this manager's position."

"With a 30% profit margin, I believe it won't be difficult for me to find an excellent manager."

The three immediately understood Ye Qing'an's meaning: a 30% profit share, but the accounts could not be falsified any further.

All three of them had their own agendas. Just as Ye Qing'an said, a 30% bonus was unprecedented in Wangjing City.

If you present this condition to the shopkeeper, I'm afraid quite a few people will come to you on their own initiative.

Ye Qing'an clearly saw the expressions on their faces: "As for how much you can get each month, that depends on your individual abilities."

After Ye Qing'an finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, let's call it a day for the two things I wanted to say."

The three of them had considered all sorts of possibilities beforehand, and had even come up with many coping strategies on the way. But they never expected it to turn out like this.

When the three of them left, their steps were still a little unsteady.

After the three left, Zixiao walked around the screen and came in: "Are we just not going to pursue those issues with the account books? If we do, won't those managers think you're easy to talk to, and then they might try to tamper with the account books again in the future?"

"If they can manipulate the books and I can't tell, then that's quite an achievement for them."

"Now that I'm giving them a 30% cut, they can openly and honestly earn about the same amount of money as they did before by manipulating things. Why would they bother to take the risk?"

Zi Xiao lowered her eyes: "Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant."

Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "I told you, as long as they can keep it from me, that's their skill."

Ye Qing'an stood up and went downstairs.

There was a candied hawthorn vendor in the distance. Ye Qing'an walked over, bought two skewers of candied hawthorn, and turned around to see Yi Moxu standing not far away.

Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow and walked over: "What are you doing here?"

"Wait for you."

"Wait for me?" Ye Qing'an quickly realized what he meant and lowered her voice: "Did your people tell you that?"

"Ah."

Yi Moxu's gaze fell on the candied hawthorn in Ye Qing'an's hand: "Did you buy this for Eleven?"

"Yes."

"Two skewers?" Yi Moxu raised an eyebrow. "Can he eat that many?"

"I'll eat the last one myself." Ye Qing'an smiled and waved the candied hawthorn in her hand: "I... haven't eaten candied hawthorn much before."

In her previous life, Ye Qing'an lived in the palace and was bound by palace rules from a young age, so she had never eaten many common foods.

She was never allowed to touch things like candied hawthorns, which were considered unrefined to eat.

However, Yi Moxu misunderstood. He only glanced at Ye Qing'an once. He had heard before that Ye Qing'an suffered a lot of neglect in the Ye family because she could not cultivate...

Yi Moxu remained silent for a while before nodding, his expression softening considerably: "It's still early, why don't we go for a walk together?"