Chapter 60: Overtime Pay? What on Earth Is That?

Undeniably, the manager's performance tonight was also completely beyond reproach!

He had even been the first one to arrive at the scene.

However, Chen Mu did not plan to gift the manager a villa.

The reason was very simple: Chen Mu was the customer, alright!

The manager was the "small boss" of the Fallen Shopping Mall, while Chen Mu was the supreme VIP client of the Fallen Shopping Mall!

Their relationship was strictly business!

As the supreme client of the mall, asking the mall manager to come out and help was a perfectly normal transaction, wasn't it?

Surely a customer wouldn't gift the boss a villa just for rendering a favor, would they?

Unless Chen Mu had lost his mind and developed a people-pleasing personality.

Even so, Chen Mu would definitely show some appreciation in return. Being a businessman, he would handle it the businessman's way.

Chen Mu looked right at the manager and said,

"Manager, as you can see, many of my dozens of villas are bare shells without any interior decoration.

I plan to have all these villas properly renovated.

I intend to purchase the decorating materials, furniture, and everything else right here at your Fallen Shopping Mall.

You've got to give me a preferential price, though."

As he delivered the final sentence, Chen Mu smiled and "hagged" in a joking tone.

Upon hearing this, the manager instantly understood in his heart that Chen Mu was taking care of him by handing him such a massive order!

The renovation of a single villa would easily cost hundreds of thousands at the very least.

Not to mention the king of villas where Chen Mu resided; pouring tens of millions into its renovation was entirely possible.

This was a colossal order worth over a hundred million!

A wide grin spread across the manager's face. The big client Chen Mu was truly generous!

Coming over here tonight had turned out to be an absolute windfall.

It was simply worth every second!

"Mr. Chen, you can rest completely assured. If I fail to satisfy you, I will bring you my own head!"

Deeply moved, the manager immediately made a solemn vow that he would certainly not let Chen Mu down.

Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction.

After all, he was bound to hire someone else for the villa renovations anyway; rather than letting a stranger profit, he might as well give the business to the manager.

They were old acquaintances, and the manager had witnessed firsthand that Chen Mu had powerful Ghost Generals backing him up. Out of both reason and emotion, the manager would treat the project with the utmost care and would undoubtedly offer Chen Mu a discounted quote.

Chen Mu would also make a small profit by securing some discounts while saving himself the trouble of supervising the construction, making the whole process effortless and worry-free.

Suddenly, however, the manager thought of something, and a trace of hesitation appeared on his face.

"Running into some difficulties? Just speak your mind," Chen Mu said, noticing the manager's hesitation.

"Mr. Chen, I just thought of a problem. Most personnel in the Fallen Shopping Mall are salesclerks; we don't have employees capable of handling construction and interior design.

I certainly wouldn't feel at ease hiring those wandering souls and wild ghosts to renovate your villas.

So I'm in a bit of a bind, not knowing where to find the manpower," the manager said honestly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the manager finished stating his difficulty, Chen Mu solved it for him.

Turning to Li Xiaoxiao and the Principal, Chen Mu said,

"The hotel and the school are both our own people. Do you have any spare manpower on your ends?"

Li Xiaoxiao immediately declared, "Rest assured, Master. With just a single word from you, I will bring all my employees over."

The Principal also stated, "I can immediately suspend classes at Dark Night High School and summon all those teachers. Everything will be prioritized according to Chairman Chen's wishes."

The Duke also took the initiative to say, "I have a few employees in my Foggy Museum as well. If Young Friend Chen Mu doesn't mind, I can summon them all over to help."

Chen Mu waved his hand. "We shouldn't disrupt the development of the hotel and the school. Duke, your manpower is already tight enough, so there's no need to affect the operation of the Foggy Museum."

An idea struck Li Xiaoxiao, and she said,

"Boss, I just remembered. Our employees get a four-hour break every day. How about I call the employees who are on break and have them come over as soon as their shift ends?

They can work at Landscape Gardens for a bit and then head straight back to their regular shifts. That way, neither the hotel operations nor the renovations are delayed."

Listening to Li Xiaoxiao's suggestion, Chen Mu's eyes lit up, and he cast an appreciative glance at her.

His hotel manager was truly ruthless when it came to harvesting leeks, having deeply inherited his true teachings!

Chen Mu waved his hand grandly. "Well said! We'll do exactly as you suggested!

Have the employees of Midnight Hotel and Dark Night High School come to Landscape Gardens to do the renovation work during their break times.

However—"

Chen Mu changed his tone, "We can't let the brothers work for nothing. Every employee who comes to work will be counted as working overtime.

All employees working overtime will receive triple wages as overtime pay!"

Chen Mu's words left Li Xiaoxiao and the Principal dumbfounded.

Overtime pay? What on earth was that?

Wasn't helping the boss work during your rest time just what you were supposed to do?

Why on earth would the boss give out extra money, and triple wages at that?!

No one could blame the two of them for being shocked. In the terror world, let alone overtime pay, there wasn't even such a thing as overtime. With all twenty-four hours of the day spent working your ass off, how could overtime even exist?

Chen Mu had suddenly tossed out the concept of "overtime" and introduced "overtime pay" to the terror world for the very first time.

It was a concept at least several versions ahead of the terror world!

The concept was so advanced that it was hard for the ghosts to comprehend at first.

Soon, the news that Boss Chen wanted employees to do renovations spread back to Midnight Hotel and Dark Night High School.

At Midnight Hotel, the ghost employees were enjoying their staff meal.

"Brothers, Boss Chen has said that Landscape Gardens needs manpower for renovations.

After you finish eating, don't rest—come with me to work overtime for Boss Chen!" an employee shouted in the cafeteria.

"Got it!"

"We certainly have no objections to Boss Chen's orders!"

"I already feel so guilty drawing such high wages and benefits every day! Now I finally get to work more, I can't wait."

A group of ghosts immediately put down their rice bowls, wiped their mouths, and prepared to go work for Chen Mu.

Such initiative and enthusiasm—with everyone howling to go work overtime—would make anyone who didn't know better think they had gone crazy.

Volunteering to work for the boss? And even afraid of missing out on a spot?

Aside from Chen Mu's businesses, such a bizarre spectacle had never existed in any other boss's company.

Very soon, another piece of news spread back:

"Boss Chen said that employees working overtime will all receive overtime pay, amounting to triple their regular wages."