Chapter 725 - 364: 10 Million Bonus! This...

Chapter 725: Chapter 364: 10 Million Bonus! This...

After Sister Hong took the stage, she said, "I’m delighted to be here today, hosting this banquet for all of you. This is our first celebration of this kind, but I’m confident there will be many more to come. With our boss leading the way, Second-Life Star’s glorious journey is sure to continue."

Her words were immediately met with thunderous applause.

The employees of Second-Life Star were particularly enthusiastic, each of them clapping with all their might. The salaries at Second-Life Star were indeed good, and more importantly, the company was developing exceptionally well. Not only was it a source of great pride to work there, but Second-Life Star had also become a company that countless professionals were desperate to join.

Sister Hong waited for the applause to subside, then said with a look of deep emotion, "I’ve been a firsthand witness to Second-Life Star’s growth. What many of you may not know is that in the beginning, I was just the boss’s assistant."

"I only met the boss by chance, back when he was just a little-known internet celebrity. It took several months before he hired a photographer, along with two assistants for photography and editing."

"They are now the managers of our Photography, Editing, and Data departments. Back then, none of us could have imagined that in such a short period, Second-Life Star would rise as dazzlingly and as quickly as a brilliant star."

"Not only have we cultivated many artists with one million, five million, or even ten million followers, but our total number of artists has now surpassed 6,000. The sales figures from livestreams led by the boss are measured first in the hundreds of millions, then in the billions. This time, our Hanfu livestream achieved a total sales revenue of nearly six billion."

"And that’s not all. In addition to Hanfu, Second-Life Star has also invested in film and television. As you all know, many of the productions our company has funded will begin releasing one after another starting next year."

"Of course, our company has also entered the gaming industry. The wildly popular online game *Darn It, I’m Surrounded by Beauties* has been a massive success. Therefore, one of the stars of tonight’s celebration is the game itself, *Darn It, I’m Surrounded by Beauties*."

Seeing Sister Hong steer the conversation this way, Yijin took out his phone and started recording. ’This can be edited into a clip and posted tomorrow,’ he thought. ’It’ll complete the task Brother Cheng gave me and generate another wave of buzz for *Darn It, I’m Surrounded by Beauties*.’

As Sister Hong finished speaking, the entire hall once again erupted in resounding applause.

It was true. It wasn’t just the employees who admired their boss; even the representatives from their partner brands were in awe of the young man.

Even the Internet Celebrity Young Master admired Chen Jincheng.

Honestly, his own family background and social status could crush Chen Jincheng’s several times over. And yet, Chen Jincheng had started from nothing and, in terms of career achievements, had completely crushed *him* by several levels.

He rarely admired people his own age or younger, but Chen Jincheng was, without a doubt, one of them.

As the applause died down once more, Sister Hong spoke again. "Alright, enough idle chatter. Now it’s time to announce some happy news. I’m sure many of you have already heard rumors about bonuses."

"So let me make it official. This time, everyone in the company will receive a bonus. Even the cleaning staff will get 5,000. Everyone has been working hard and putting in a lot of overtime lately, so regular employees will receive a bonus of 10,000 to 30,000, depending on their department."

"Management bonuses will be higher, starting at 30,000 based on contribution. The department heads who did an outstanding job leading their teams to complete company objectives will receive bonuses starting at 100,000. Furthermore, the bonuses for the Fashion Design Department and the Gaming Department will be even higher."

"After all, these two departments made the largest contributions this time around. Therefore, department heads Wanxi and Jingshu, the head of the Gaming Department President You, and our General Manager Chu Hong will each receive a bonus of 500,000. Others in those departments will also receive bonuses at their respective tiers."

Upon hearing this, the three recipients of the bonus couldn’t contain their excitement.

Wanxi and Jingshu, in particular, stared wide-eyed, clearly stunned by the surprise. They never imagined they would receive such a massive bonus.

’Five hundred thousand!’

It was an amount they hadn’t even dared to dream of.

And now, the company was actually giving it to them.

Instantly, their minds were flooded with a long list of things they wanted to buy.

’You could buy so much with 500,000.’

Sister Hong saw the two girls’ excited expressions and said with a smile, "Wanxi, Jingshu, it seems you’re celebrating a bit too soon. Don’t forget the contract you signed with the company. For every Hanfu you design, you get a cut of the sales."

"Due to special circumstances this time, your sales commission is only 1%. For future Hanfu you design, the commission can be as high as 2-5%. But even with just a 1% cut of the profits this time, each of the thirty-odd members of your Hanfu design department will receive an additional one million in commission."

At that, the two girls completely lost their composure and jumped to their feet in excitement.

They had been so busy with the Hanfu project lately that they had genuinely forgotten about that clause. They had subconsciously assumed that since the designs were completed under the boss’s guidance, the company probably wouldn’t give them a commission.

But they had.

What does it feel like to suddenly get another million? Whatever it was, they couldn’t control their joy.

A total bonus of 1.5 million. For people like Boss Lei or the Internet Celebrity Young Master, it might be a trivial amount, but to the brand representatives, it was absolutely staggering.

Some of them were merely representatives of their own bosses; hearing about the 1.5 million bonus, they couldn’t help but look at the two girls with envy.

Others were the bosses themselves, and they too were left gaping in astonishment.

In any case, there was no way they could offer bonuses like that.

’1.5 million... what couldn’t you do with that?’

You could buy a Panamera.

You could make a down payment on a decent house in Coastal City.

If you already owned a home and a car, 1.5 million would let you live an incredibly comfortable, stress-free life, with money to travel from time to time.

And the crucial thing was, how old were these girls? So young, with so much money, a high, steady salary as designers for Second-Life Star... they’d be a huge catch on the matchmaking market.

Indeed, Li Lixing, Wu Liufang, and several other artists from the company were all staring at the two girls with envy.

’A 1.5 million bonus...’

They had never seen that much money in their lives. Now, that sum was about to become a string of numbers in someone else’s bank account.

But watching Wanxi and Jingshu jumping up and down with excitement, Li Lixing said sourly, "Is it really necessary to get that excited over a 1.5 million bonus?"

"I know, right? It’s like they’ve never seen money before," Wu Liufang added, a sour feeling in her own heart.

Seeing the atmosphere in the room heating up, Sister Hong decided to drop another bombshell. "Alright, now that we’ve covered the bonuses for our regular staff, let’s talk about the artists. The artists who participated in our two major projects will also receive corresponding bonuses."

"For example, the artists who participated in the Hanfu video livestreams—including Chen Jincheng, Xiaoju, Li Xiaoyang, Zhang Ao’ai, Tian Xiwei, Ximeng, Yinyin... Li Lixing, and Wu Liufang—will each receive a minimum bonus of three million."

The moment those words were spoken, the banquet hall erupted with excitement.

1.5 million was already staggering.

Now it was three million.

Li Lixing and Wu Liufang were completely dumbfounded. They stared at each other, then pointed at themselves.

"Us too?"

"I think so."

Then, the two of them started jumping in excitement, even more frantically than Wanxi and Jingshu had been.

When had they ever seen so much money? One was still a college freshman who only got 5,000 a month in living expenses from her family; the other had previously been assigned a job that paid a mere 3,000 yuan a month.

Three million... how many years of living expenses and salary did that amount to for them?

Right now, they were most thankful for sending that application email to Second-Life Star. If they hadn’t, they never would have been signed, and they certainly wouldn’t have had this opportunity.

The artists around them watched the pair with the same envious expressions. Not far off, a few artists could be heard muttering enviously:

"Is it really necessary to get that worked up over a three million bonus?"

"It’s like they’ve never seen money before."

But even as they said it, they were incredibly envious.

After all, that three million was basically free money.

In fact, many artists felt it was unfair that Li Lixing and Wu Liufang were included.

They weren’t a "Miss Cheng," after all. Everyone knew it all started when the boss wanted to do a "roly-poly doll" project and asked Sister Hong for recommendations. Sister Hong had just casually mentioned their names.

If Sister Hong had mentioned someone else, that three-million-yuan bonus would have gone to them instead.

No one knew how they had gotten so lucky.

But Sister Hong continued, dropping yet another bombshell. "Naturally, some artists performed exceptionally well and drove higher sales, so they will receive an even larger bonus. For example, Xiaoju and Li Xiaoyang will each receive a bonus of over eight million."

"Furthermore, for their participation in *Darn It, I’m Surrounded by Beauties*, each artist will also receive a two-million-yuan bonus. So, Xiaoju really hit the jackpot. She’ll be receiving the largest bonus of all, totaling over ten million."

BOOM!

In an instant, the news of a ten-million-yuan bonus blew everyone’s minds.

Xiaoju’s jaw dropped in disbelief. Her gaze subconsciously shifted to Chen Jincheng, her beautiful eyes glistening with tears.