Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 330: Becoming Director Sun’s Secretary

Chapter 330: Chapter 330: Becoming Director Sun’s Secretary

"Are you suggesting that I become your secretary?"

Su Xiaoxiao had Zhang Yulan and Qin Shuang keep an eye out for her and then followed Sun Chunhua to a secluded spot.

Sun Chunhua nodded: "What do you think? If you agree, I’ll submit the report later."

In these state-owned units, appointments of personnel had to go through the approval of higher authorities.

However, for those at Sun Chunhua’s level, the higher-ups’ approval was usually just a formality.

In other words, as long as she decided to appoint Su Xiaoxiao as her secretary, there should be no problem.

Su Xiaoxiao remembered that Sun Chunhua had a secretary before, someone by the name of Zhao Xuefeng.

If she took the secretary position, what would happen to Zhao Xuefeng?

If he lost his job because of her, wouldn’t he hold a grudge against her?

As if reading her mind, Sun Chunhua said: "Are you thinking about Xiao Zhao? He just got promoted, so the secretary position is currently vacant. You don’t have to worry."

With no more worries, Su Xiaoxiao still didn’t really want to be the secretary.

Being a secretary meant handling a lot of trivial tasks every day, and by not working as a salesperson, she couldn’t leverage the rebate mechanism to earn money anymore.

That would cut off her source of extra income, and just relying on that fixed salary wasn’t much.

But Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t outright refuse; after all, the person offering was the Director of the Commerce Bureau, whose position was higher than that of their general manager, and she couldn’t afford to offend her.

After some thought, she pretended to be regretful and said: "Director Sun, I’m really grateful for this wonderful opportunity. To be honest, you’ve always been a role model for me. When I applied for the department store job, my family didn’t think I could make it. It was your story, starting from the ground up, that inspired me. If I could get the opportunity to be your secretary, I’d be absolutely honored. It’s just that... I lack experience and the qualifications and I’m afraid I can’t manage such an important role."

Everyone loves to hear nice words.

Su Xiaoxiao had indeed heard of this female director’s story before and had a lot of admiration for such an independent and smart woman.

Her words were sincere and earnest.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to go; it was that she felt she didn’t have the capability and was afraid she couldn’t manage.

If it were someone else, they would have probably accepted the offer right away.

This girl just outright refused.

Sun Chunhua couldn’t help but take another look at Su Xiaoxiao. At such a young age, she was neither arrogant nor impatient, which was quite admirable.

"Alright then, I’ll wait until you’re ready to handle the role and then you can be my secretary."

She patted Su Xiaoxiao on the shoulder and walked away.

Watching her leave, Su Xiaoxiao unconsciously took a deep breath.

Being with a leader was oppressive; she was always afraid of accidentally offending them.

Compared to being the secretary to the commercial bureau director, she’d rather be the sales manager at the department store.

Being able to legally take advantage of game mall opportunities while working and earning money was just awesome.

Watching Director Sun leave, she hurried back to the grocery counter.

As soon as she got back to the grocery counter, she ran into Chen Meilan, who was inspecting the various counters.

Seeing her, Chen Meilan called out: "Xiao Su, come with me for a moment. I have something to ask you."

What was going on today? Why did all the leaders have something to discuss with her?

Full of questions, Su Xiaoxiao quickly followed.

Following Chen Meilan, she went to the director’s office, where they closed the door before she spoke.

"Xiao Su, are you familiar with Director Sun?"

Chen Meilan didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly.

"Not really, I’ve only met her twice."

Su Xiaoxiao was honest; she wasn’t that familiar with Director Sun.

Chen Meilan looked her up and down, considering how truthful her words might be.

She had happened to overhear a bit of their conversation earlier while passing by.

Director Sun seemed to really appreciate Su Xiaoxiao; otherwise, she wouldn’t have directly invited a small salesperson to be her secretary.

That position was one many were vying for.

Her cousin was one of them.

He had been a minor official in the commerce bureau for many years without a promotion opportunity.

Her cousin said that since Director Sun’s secretary had recently been promoted, leaving the position vacant, he had been interested.

Seeing how Su Xiaoxiao seemed to have a good rapport with Director Sun, Chen Meilan wanted to see if she could put in a good word.

Her cousin had always been nice to her, so helping him out would be great.

"Xiao Su, I’ll be honest with you; my cousin is a minor official in the commerce bureau and hasn’t had a promotion opportunity for years. He’s also on the candidate list for the secretary position. If you could put in a good word for him with Director Sun, it might just work. Consider it a favor, and if there’s anything I can help you with in the future, just let me know."

Chen Meilan was straightforward and immediately expressed her intentions.

It couldn’t hurt to ask, and if it worked out, it would be a huge help to her cousin.

This kind of thing was something Su Xiaoxiao didn’t originally want to get involved with; after all, it was a matter for the commerce bureau, far removed from a small department store salesperson like her.

But since Chen Meilan had been nice to her, she figured if she could help, she would, especially since she might indeed need help from Chen Meilan in the future.

"Director Chen, I’m not sure if I can help, but if the opportunity arises, I will certainly put in a good word for your cousin with Director Sun."

That’s precisely what Chen Meilan wanted to hear.

Director Sun was known to be strict but had shown some partiality towards Su Xiaoxiao.

Her cousin already stood a decent chance of success, and with Su Xiaoxiao’s help, his chances would be even better.

"Alright, thank you for your effort."

Having gotten the answer she wanted, Chen Meilan chatted a bit more about her cousin’s situation with Su Xiaoxiao before warmly escorting her out of the office.

Su Xiaoxiao made her way back to the grocery counter, where she immediately overheard people discussing the sales manager election.

"I wonder who will get elected. I thought about trying, but now I’ve given up. I can’t persuade the factory to buy our stuff."

"Whoever wants to be the sales manager has to first secure orders. Only with a lot of orders can you succeed in the election, and they all have to be big orders. Who would dare take this on if they don’t have connections?"

"Exactly, that requirement will eliminate a lot of people."

Zhang Yulan saw Su Xiaoxiao return and took the opportunity to approach her: "Xiaoxiao, you’re planning to run in the election, right? I have a distant relative who’s a minor leader in a steel factory. Should I ask him for help?"

Qin Shuang also came over: "Xiaoxiao, we have some relatives with connections in various factories. I’ll ask around when I get home tonight."

Seeing the sincere and warm expressions of the two, Su Xiaoxiao was very touched.

However, she already had a plan and didn’t think she’d need their help.