Chapter 634: Showing Prowess
There was nothing Jane could do about this rule.
In the past, there was a customer who had accidentally damaged a valuable treasure in the store but was unable to afford to compensate for it. Later on, the Heavenly Pavilion established a rule that stipulated that any violation of the rule by salespeople who took expensive items out of display cases without permission would lead to severe punishment.
Of course, it didn’t mean that customers wouldn’t be given the opportunity to take a closer look at the items. If the customers were really interested, the salespeople were allowed to invite them to the VIP reception room on the fifth floor to take a look after obtaining permission from a supervisor and making sure that the customers had the means to buy the items.
In another situation where the customers really wanted to buy the items directly, the salespeople were naturally allowed to take the items straight out of the display cases for the customers to take a look. But the customers would have to make payment immediately.
Jane quickly explained both scenarios to Lucas, who said without hesitation, “Let’s settle the bill now then. I’ll take the set of emerald jewelry you just showed me too.”
He was in a hurry to go to the Cole residence for Alexis’s birthday party, so naturally, he couldn’t be bothered to spend all this time waiting for the application process.
“What?!” Jane was utterly shocked, and her mouth was slightly open. “Sir, did… did you just say that you want both the Bodhi beads and the emerald jewelry set? They cost four million in total!”
She remembered that his previous budget was around two million, which everyone already felt that he couldn’t afford. So she wondered if he could afford these items that cost about four million dollars.
She wasn’t worried that he was a liar who was just bragging. But rather, she just found it incredible and was afraid that he didn’t hear the prices clearly.
Lucas nodded with a calm expression. “Yes, I’ll take both of them and make the payment now.”
Jane immediately became excited. “Okay, okay, I’ll help you go through the procedures now!”
Even in the Heavenly Pavilion, which generated a high sales revenue every single day, a $4 million transaction was considered shocking.
In particular, this was the first sale that Jane, a new trainee, had closed in the Heavenly Pavilion after working for such a long time. This order alone could bring Jane at least $40,000 in commission, which was quite amazing.
Even the experienced salespeople, who were good at reading people, would take about six months to earn $40,000 in commission.
Jane was so exhilarated that she grabbed the string of Bodhi beads Lucas wanted out of the display case and was about to hand it over to him when someone suddenly shouted from the side.
“Jane! What the h.e.l.l are you doing? Hurry up and put it back!”
Jane was taken aback when she saw that Kylie had somehow come up to the fourth floor display area and was glowering at her in exasperation.
“Jane, you’ve been working here for more than two months. Don’t you even understand this rule? Who gave you permission to take out the items and show them to someone else? Even if I sell you away, we can’t afford to pay for any damage!” Kylie rebuked angrily.
Jane hurriedly explained, “Miss Reed, this gentleman here has decided to buy these two items, so I took them out to show him. It’s not a violation of the store rules!”
“Shut up! Stop arguing with me. How can a poor loser like him afford to buy the items in the Heavenly Pavilion’s Treasures Pavilion? Are you a stupid pig? You don’t even have the ability to make good judgment!” Kylie reprimanded.
Behind Kylie, a few salespeople who had followed her up to watch the fun began to sneer.
“Miss Reed, you’re right. This man obviously can’t afford to buy the things on the fourth floor. Yet Jane actually believed his words and showed him things worth more than a million. How daring!”
“That’s right! Besides, she didn’t even ask for permission from Miss Reed beforehand and just acted presumptuously. How unruly!”
“Hah, that’s why we say that she’s a dimwit. She’s been here for almost three months, right? Why is she still so silly, and why is her EQ so low? It’s no wonder that she hasn’t been able to close a single sale after working here for so long!”
“She’s just stupid! She keeps going against Miss Reed too. It seems that she will definitely be thrown out this time!”
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Being humiliated and mocked by her colleagues, Jane felt disappointed and aggrieved.
Indeed, she had started working in the Heavenly Pavilion right after graduation and hadn’t closed a single sale since then, but it wasn’t her fault!
On her first day at work, she had been full of enthusiasm and was lucky enough to receive a low-profile whale who decided to buy an item worth $500,000 without thinking about it at all.
At the time, Jane was overjoyed to clinch her first sale on the first day of work. But before she could process the order for the customer, Kylie used her ident.i.ty as a supervisor to s.n.a.t.c.h the customer from her. Thus, Kylie naturally got the commission instead.
Jane didn’t say anything. But when her second and third customers were also s.n.a.t.c.hed by Kylie in the same way, she couldn’t hold back any longer and said to her, “Miss Reed, this is my customer. I believe I can serve him well on my own.”
From then on, Jane became a thorn in Kylie’s side, and the latter would alienate and suppress her at every turn while secretly instructing the other salespeople to bully Jane.
She was just a trainee who had only started working in the Heavenly Pavilion for a few days, but Kylie was a supervisor. So the salespeople were naturally smart enough to be on Kylie’s side, and it became their habit to bully Jane.
Thus, she had been unable to clinch any sales even when her training period was almost over. Lucas was her first customer, but Kylie was targeting him harshly.
Jane was indignant, and she felt a sense of empathy with Lucas, so she clenched her fingers and argued, “Miss Reed, I just said that this gentleman is indeed planning to buy these two items, and I was about to settle the payment for him. There is no violation of any rules of the store!”
Hearing Jane, who had always been bullied and oppressed by her, actually dared to ‘talk back’, Kylie immediately became even angrier.
“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear what I just said? I already said that Lucas Gray is my former college cla.s.smate, and I know better than you what kind of person he is. The string of Bodhi beads you’re holding is priced at 2.5 million. Do you think he can afford to pay for it?
“If you don’t follow the rules yourself and have bad judgment, you will be breaking the rules of Heavenly Pavilion! If everyone acts like you and casually shows valuable items worth millions of dollars to customers and ends up losing or breaking them, I’ll see how you can compensate!
“You are dismissed! Go pack up your things immediately, settle the resignation procedures with HR, and get out of the Heavenly Pavilion!” Kylie commanded, exercising her rights as a supervisor and looking at Jane condescendingly as if she was a queen.
She then looked at Lucas, sneered, and mocked, “Lucas, don’t blame me for being unceremonious. You’re not fit to come to the Heavenly Pavilion with your current status at all. If you’re smart enough, leave now. Don’t make a fool of yourself here!”