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Such a Rude and Noisy Woman novel Chapter 28

The surrounding air was strange and quiet.

It was already 4 o'clock in the morning. The dawn was approaching.

It had been a sleepless night and it seemed they weren't going to sleep.

"If you ask one more time, I will kiss you again. How about questioning me after that, what do you think?" After a moment of silence, Hiram grinned and observed her with a beamish face.

Rachel dropped the idea of asking him after hearing his warning. Instead, she turned around and ran quickly.

She went inside the house to take a nap. After waking up, she got dressed up and went to work. That Sunday had passed in the most "dramatic" way.

She might have asked for a leave to calm down and clear things up if it had happened before. But, she had already had a sick leave, and it was Monday, which meant there was a lot of work waiting for her. It wasn't a wise decision for her to ask for another leave.

Moreover, the sales performance was going to be announced soon. If Group A, which was under her charge, didn't come out with an impressive result, they might get degraded to Group B the next time.

If that happened, they would become the joke of the whole organization.

The company where Rachel worked had adopted an upgrade system, and there were Group A, Group B, Group C. All staff members started in Group C and gradually got promoted to higher groups. The salaries also varied accordingly in different groups. Employees got evaluated every half a year, and if they failed, they would get degraded.

"Rachel, there you go. Here's this month's sales performance. It just came out. Currently, we are 30% behind Group B. There are only a few days left. I don't think we will be able to make it."

Fiona, one of the group members, came to discuss the sales report with Rachel.

"Besides, our direct channel of distribution has reached its saturation point. Although there is still room for improvement in our circulation and our sales plan is much better, we are running out of time. I am afraid that our promotion wouldn't work as expected and it wouldn't get translated into sales growth……"

Rachel got something in her mind while she was holding that sales report,"The reason behind its ineffectiveness might be that there are too many procedures in this process. If we make a direct order, I am sure we can make it in one or two days."

After a few seconds, Rachel stood up and asked everyone to come over,"Guys, let's put aside our work for a minute. Michael, could you check these three areas for me today? We need to promote our products in all these shopping malls as soon as possible."

"Fiona, this is yours."

"Celine, you are in charge of the bigger areas."

Other group members were also assigned their own areas.

Celine took the sales list and looked at it. She nodded her head and looked at Rachel worriedly,"Still, the two biggest shopping malls are left, and they are the most difficult ones to negotiate with. They have powerful background. I am afraid things won't work out."

"Yes, I agree with Celine. Last time, Group B did a lot of hard work to persuade their managers to promote our products. I don't think we can make it in just one meeting.", Fiona also shook her head to express her concern.

In their sales company, it was all about qualification and ability. Anyone who could bring in business was the winner. There was no mercy, just competition.

The smaller shopping malls were easy to deal with. Their promotion activities were quite attractive actually, so the malls were willing to cooperate.

But these two shopping malls were different. They dominated H City's whole consumer market. It would take a lot of time and money to hold a promotion event.

"I will get them!", said Rachel, as she stood up and assigned those two biggest and also the most challenging areas to herself.

"Well, just try your best but don't push yourself too hard. It's ok if we fail the evaluation this month. I am sure we will catch up next month. That's not a big deal.", Celine tried to lighten the mood. Actually, at the end of the year, they would be evaluated comprehensively. It wouldn't be a make or break situation.

Rachel assured her and said,"Okay, guys, let's get back to work."

And at the same time, outside their office door, a member of Group B left quietly.

"What?" When the group leader Sandy heard the report from her group member, she sniffed,"How na?ve is she? She seriously wants to give it a shot at this time? It would be a waste of time!"

But she was a little worried, thinking about that. So she went out to make a phone call.

"Hello, is it Manager Zhang? It is Sandy. Do you remember that you promised me that whenever our company wanted to promote our products in your shopping mall, I would be the one who would be in charge of the event? Would you keep your word for me?"

In general, the company assigned two different groups for the same event and asked them to make a proposal. Then it was up to the customer to make the final decision.

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