Chapter 205 - 129: Three Milestone Rewards

Chapter 205: Chapter 129: Three Milestone Rewards

Ma Yong immediately said, "Rest assured, Manager Lin. That’s a given. I’ve already had people prepare the first batch, and it will be sent over right away."

By evening, Zhang Lin saw people from various departments pushing carts toward the warehouse at the office center.

The service department had the most people.

His mom was leading a team to take inventory of things like laundry detergent.

’It seems Lin Mengyao has already handled the labor protection supplies and distributed the first batch.’

Seeing his mom so full of energy, he decided not to disturb her.

The next day, the two new finance employees officially started work.

The finance office was set up next to the secretarial office.

Of the two finance staffers, one was named Wang Jingjing. She was in her thirties and re-entering the workforce after having a child. Her reports were extremely principled and by-the-book.

The other was a man named Chu Shang. His reports were much more flexible; he knew how to adapt. He had worked at his previous company for over ten years, but after his old boss passed away, a new boss took over and gave his position to his mistress.

Both were returning to the workforce and had been rejected from many jobs before coming to Li Yuan Farm.

Therefore, having successfully landed a job at Li Yuan Farm with a high salary of 200,000 yuan a year plus bonuses, both of them cherished the opportunity.

They were a bit nervous seeing their boss, Zhang Lin, again and waited for the young man’s instructions.

Zhang Lin thought for a moment before giving them their orders. "The farm didn’t have a finance department before, so nothing has been properly tracked. I’ve prepared two sets of tasks. Each of you will handle one, and then you’ll review each other’s work."

They both nodded in unison and each took one of the two files Zhang Lin had prepared.

Zhang Lin’s arrangement was simple. Since Wang Jingjing was principled, she would be in charge of accounting for the straightforward projects: the Sect attraction, the campground, the restaurant, and the Bamboo Culture Park.

Chu Shang, on the other hand, would handle the fruit wholesale, employee payroll and taxes, and the expenses for certain other projects.

These were all related to the system and would be problematic if the reports weren’t handled flexibly. He was confident Chu Shang would understand what he meant.

Of course, Chu Shang understood.

As soon as he looked at the file, he saw the issues. For example, the fruit wholesale records had no listed cost of goods from a supplier, and the pricing rules were vague.

Then there was the employee payroll and taxes, which required two separate sets of records. The pay wasn’t disbursed at the same time, and one group of employees was even paid on their very first day of employment.

’This clearly requires some flexible handling and creative accounting.’

However, as long as taxes were paid in full, these weren’t major problems. After all, every company had its own unconventional practices.

Of course, if the taxes weren’t paid in full, he would resign the next month without a second thought.

But considering Li Yuan Farm was a top-tier enterprise, practically coddled by all of You City, a problem like tax evasion was highly unlikely.

He felt relatively at ease about that.

After the two left, Zhang Lin began to think about the accounting issue.

’Oh, right! I still need a cashier!’

If finance was about compiling and calculating accounts, then the accountant and the cashier were about managing the books and managing the money, respectively.

One of these two positions had to be filled by someone he could trust completely.

However, he didn’t have anyone suitable in mind, so he set the matter aside for now.

After sorting out the tasks for the two finance employees, Zhang Lin turned his attention to the game data in his mind:

Level: 4

Upgrade Requirements: 1. 622 Workers (622/200)! 2. Earn 30 million in profit (22,545,627/30,000,000)! 3. Develop 10,000 mu of agricultural land (6,795/10,000)! 4. Obtain 1 agricultural honor (0/1).

Bank Card: 62122614*******

Balance: 22,545,627.15 yuan

Agricultural Area: 47,000 mu!

Game Constructions: Prefab Houses, Warehouse, Service Center, Bamboo Maze, Bamboo Culture Park, Office Center, Campground.

Of the current Level 4 upgrade requirements, only the worker count was complete. The other three were still unfinished.

Among them, earning 30 million in profit was relatively simple.

Although the daily profits from the South Campground had to be used to repay the bank loan as agreed, there were also the sales of the moisturizing cream. With a daily sales limit of 10,000 boxes at 208 yuan each, that was 2.08 million yuan a day, while the cost of raw materials was less than 100,000 yuan.

Therefore, the farm’s daily profit already exceeded 3.5 million yuan.

As long as there were no major expenses coming up, the 30 million profit goal would be reached quickly.

He had no leads on how to obtain an agricultural honor. He guessed it meant winning some kind of agricultural award, but he would have to look into that.

For now, the only thing he could actively work on was the land development requirement.

The developed area was already approaching 7,000 mu, only 3,000 mu short of the 10,000 mu target.

The key thing was that both earning 30 million in profit and developing 10,000 mu of land came with a milestone reward.

The 30-million-profit milestone would be completed naturally and quickly through the farm’s daily operations.

The 10,000-mu development milestone, however, required some direct action.

The plan to plant the Fast-Growing White-Heart Sweet Potato Seedlings could be started.

A large number of sweet potato seedlings had already been cultivated, enough to plant a huge area. Moreover, once these sweet potatoes grew vines, the vines could be cut and replanted to create even more seedlings.

By then, he’d have more than enough seedlings, even if he wanted to promote them across You City.

However, planting roughly 3,000 mu would require a lot more staff, so he needed to recruit more farm workers.

But because these Fast-Growing White-Heart Sweet Potato Seedlings grew so quickly, he would need to hire game-generated workers for the time being.

He left the office center and went straight to the prefab office in the core area. He then opened the game’s recruitment page, clicked "Recruit Farm Workers," and hired 30 more in one go.

[Congratulations! You have spent 225,000 yuan to recruit 30 farm workers. The workers are now materializing...]

"Account ending in... debit 225,000.00 yuan..."

Following the game system’s notification, the figures of farm workers appeared one after another before Zhang Lin’s eyes.