However, people were already accustomed to such disasters. Once the meteor shower ended, they would begin the post-disaster reconstruction work.
As the evacuation before the meteor shower landed was done very well, there were not many civilians that died in the disaster. Instead, it was the Heroes that came to 'rescue' that sacrificed themselves.
There were naturally memorial services for the dead Heroes, but every disaster would have Heroes sacrificing themselves. The first time, people would weep. The second time, people would feel sad, but the third time, fourth time … After countless times, people would become numb to the outcome of Heroes sacrificing themselves, to the point of thinking that it was a matter of course.
When Heroes became a profession and a norm, their loftiness and greatness would gradually lose its luster and be forgotten by people.
As such, memorial services for Heroes were destined to be a routine affair that ended hastily. In stark contrast, the celebration banquet for Heroes was held in a grand manner. The leaders of many countries would personally attend, greeting the Heroes that had slain the Astral Calamity Beasts. There would also be a press conference at the celebration banquet, providing a lot of hot news material for the next few days.
The living Heroes enjoyed glory and adoration, but the names of the dead Heroes would quickly disappear from the Heroes rankings. They would disappear from all sorts of news and information. They would disappear from people's sights and even memories.
"To Heroes, this is the best of times, and also the worst of times. To merchants, this is the best of times. "
Xia Lin stood in front of a large floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the crowds on the streets. His eyes flashed with a subtle glint as a joyful smile suffused across his lips.
"Knock, knock, knock." Suddenly, there were three rhythmic knocks on the door.
"Come in." Xia Lin did not turn his head. From the knocks, he could already tell who it was.
"Boss!"
The person who entered the door was a young woman in a white-collared uniform. She greeted him respectfully and walked behind Xia Lin with light footsteps. She held a stack of documents in her hand and said in a low voice, "Last week's performance report is out."
Xia Lin tersely acknowledged and turned around to receive the stack of documents. With the sunlight shining on him, he read at an extremely fast speed, nearly reading ten lines at a glance. As such, the way he flipped through the documents looked like he was counting money.
The young female assistant didn't even dare to breathe loudly. Her delicate face was full of uneasiness. The man in front of her was about the same age as her, but he was already the general manager of a listed company. She had fully seen his means and means.
After Xia Lin flipped to the last page, he adjusted the frame of his glasses. The lenses reflected the sunlight and covered the fluctuations in his eyes, making it impossible to see any emotion on his expressionless face.
"Tell me, is [Gaia] really in decline, or is my leadership lacking?"
Xia Lin turned around to look at the female assistant, a friendly and approachable smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, as if he was asking a simple question similar to what to have for lunch.
"Your leadership skills are unquestionable!" the female assistant replied hurriedly.
"Oh? Do you mean that [Gaia] has already declined? Was that why there wasn't a single new Gold-tier player this week? Was that why the average winning rate of the shops was less than 40%? That's why you were last in the branch's ranking competition last weekend? "
Xia Lin used a nearly calm tone to ask a series of intense questions. Finally, he chuckled and said, "So you believe that everything is because [Gaia] has declined? So setting up a branch in [Gaia] was a mistake from the very beginning, right? "
The female assistant felt extremely aggrieved. She thought to herself, since you know everything, why are you making things difficult for a lowly employee like me!? Are you trying to get other answers from me? Isn't [Gaia]'s decline known to everyone? It would be a miracle if the sales were good by setting up a branch in [Gaia]!
The female assistant grumbled incessantly in her heart, but she did not dare to show any signs of dissatisfaction on her face. Although Xia Lin was young and promising, he had been forcefully assigned to a branch by the headquarters due to his lack of experience. This branch's performance had affected the headquarters' final evaluation of Xia Lin. With last week's performance being so poor, Xia Lin was probably holding back a lot of anger! She had to be extremely careful now.
"No … No, it's … it's all our fault!" The female assistant's eyes darted around, but she could not think of a good explanation. All she could do was use the most old-fashioned method — take the initiative to take the blame.
"Heh heh, looks like you aren't stupid. To be able to realize your own mistakes, you can still be saved." Xia Lin released his hand and turned to face the floor-to-ceiling windows with a sneer, leaving the female assistant with a proud and aloof back.
The female assistant was dumbfounded. In the eyes of the boss, she and the employees had always been the scapegoats!
"I have always emphasized one thing. Customers in the virtual competition industry cannot rely on waiting. They have to be personally promoted, enticed, roped in, and use every means possible to turn them into customers. Even if it's a passerby, you should take the trouble to tell them the importance of virtual competition. Pull them into the world of virtual competition, do you understand? You have to think of a way to make them indulge in it, so that they can't extricate themselves! "
Xia Lin looked at the passersby on the street. Some people turned around and entered the building, while others did not even take a glance before walking straight out of the street. This was the difference between customers and non-customers. It was obvious. They were cold and heartless, but they had infinite vitality. The difference between non-customers and customers was just a word. Perhaps, a word of persuasion could make the word "non-customer" disappear without a trace.
"This is the era of heroes, but it is also the era of competition. Some people look down on virtual competition, believing that only real combat can improve a person's strength. However, this is just ignorant prejudice. Virtual competition is clearly the fastest way for humans to improve their combat skills! Do you understand? We must try our best to eliminate people's prejudices against virtual competition. We must let those ignorant non-customers understand the importance of virtual competition. We must make them our customers, making them addicted to virtual competition. We must make them become the perfect numbers on the performance sheet! "
When Xia Lin reached the end, he could no longer maintain his calm. His tone sounded somewhat agitated.
"Un … Understood!"
The female assistant hurriedly answered, but she was close to tears in her heart. She had heard these words several times. The employees had also followed Xia Lin's instructions. Every day, they did nothing but run outside to pull people in. All of them were like multi-level marketers. They were almost like pimps. Wasn't that enough?
"Heh heh, do you understand? After so long, the top three rookies in this year's ranking are still non-customers. All of you are too lazy. "
Xia Lin said with a sneer, "I have already said it many times. Those three rookies are the most important resources. Regardless of the price we have to pay, no matter what means we use, we must make them our loyal customers, especially that Shi Xiaobai! However, eleven days have passed. Ignoring Shi Xiaobai, all of you can't even settle the other two top three rookies. All of you have really disappointed me! "
"So … Sorry!"
The female assistant was too deep for tears. She did not even know what Shi Xiaobai looked like. His identity was extremely confidential, and it was as though he had disappeared from [Gaia]. How was she to rope him in? The other two rookies also had strong personalities. They refused to come no matter what, so there was no way to persuade them!
Although the female assistant grumbled in her heart, she could only admit her mistakes verbally. She was only a lowly employee, so how could she dare to contradict her boss? All she could do was bear the blame!
"If an apology was useful, the water in the Huangpu River would not be red."
Xia Lin's words were cold, but his expression was even colder. He suddenly pointed out the floor-to-ceiling window and said, "I'll give you one last chance. Make that person a customer and I'll forgive you this once."
The female assistant hurriedly took a step forward and looked through the floor-to-ceiling window towards the direction Xia Lin was pointing at. She saw a youth on the street. He was moving horizontally like a crab. The youth had already walked past the store's door, but he would turn his head every three steps, as though he was reluctant to leave.
"This person is in between a non-customer and a customer. We need to push him, do you understand? If one push isn't enough, push him twice. If persuasion doesn't work, deceive him. If deceiving him doesn't work, force him. If force doesn't work, even if you have to take off your clothes and scream molestation, you have to force him in! "
Xia Lin said fiercely, "This is your last chance!"
The female assistant hurriedly tightened her clothes. She cursed in her heart. To think that you can even think of taking off your clothes and scream molestation. You are already crazy!
Through the window, she saw the crab moving figure about to leave the street. The female assistant did not dare to delay any further. She hurriedly ran out in her high heels like a duck.
Crab youth, hurry up and stop for me!
The female assistant was about to go crazy!
"It's not easy for us."
Xia Lin looked at the female assistant's back and gently sighed.
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