Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

"Those who have served in the military should be able to do physical labor, right? Also, the warehouse manager's salary isn't as high as the salesperson's, it's only about four hundred US dollars. They don't get sales commissions, but they get a performance bonus of up to one hundred US dollars per month, and the meal allowance is the same..."

Wang Feiyang briefly explained the situation and also set the salary standards for the newly recruited employees.

As the boss, he only needs to control the finances and personnel; he can delegate everything else to his subordinates.

Anna is currently under Wang Feiyang's probationary period. If she proves to be a good fit, Wang Feiyang plans to gradually hand over the reins of the company to her so he can focus on more important matters.

Anna's abilities seem fine so far, and her work attitude is very positive. However, we'll have to see if she can manage the company as it expands.

After Wang Feiyang finished giving his instructions, Anna nodded. "Okay, boss, I've got it all. Actually, four hundred is already quite a lot for a warehouse manager..."

To be honest, being a warehouse keeper at the company is a light job, though the work is rather monotonous. You don't need to move a lot of things every day, and the base salary of $400 plus a performance bonus of $100 is already very high!

You have to understand that these days, even many university professors don't earn that much.

Wang Feiyang wasn't doing charity by paying his employees such high salaries; he simply knew that it would be difficult to live comfortably in Moscow without such a high salary!

Wages are indeed very low across all sectors in Russia, but what are the consequences?

The police are too lazy to maintain order; they're busy arresting foreigners on the streets to make extra money. The professors aren't interested in teaching properly either; they're thinking about how to make money by cheating students on exams.

In any case, people from all walks of life are racking their brains to use their positions to benefit themselves, and no one is willing to do their job properly anymore...

Therefore, Wang Feiyang would rather pay his employees more so that they can focus on their work.

Moreover, is it really expensive for a beautiful college graduate like Vera Sofia, who has a high level of education, a great figure, and a pretty face, to only earn $500 a month?

You should know that in the big market, any Chinese student who can speak a few words of Russian can easily find a job as a translator. As long as they can clearly explain the prices of the goods and understand how much the customer wants to buy, the monthly salary starts at five hundred US dollars.

In comparison, one can only say that Russian local employees are incredibly cost-effective!

Of course, Wang Feiyang wouldn't disregard the actual situation and give his employees salaries that are far above the normal market rate.

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As Anna emerged from the general manager's office, an irrepressible smile radiated from her face. With a slight upturn at the corners of her lips, she quickly returned to her desk, picked up her phone, and made a call.

This was a call to a colleague she had a good relationship with when she worked at her previous company.

"Hey, it's Anna. Sharapova, what are you up to...? You're working as a salesperson at Nike? The salary isn't high, and you used to be a sales manager, how come you're a sales associate now...?"

At her previous company, Sharapova was an employee personally recruited by Anna and trained by her personally.

Unfortunately, since both of them were laid off, everyone has been busy finding jobs to support their families, and she and Sharapova haven't been in contact for a while.

Now that she has established herself in her new company and needs to recruit new employees, Anna naturally thought of her old colleagues and made the first call to Sharapova.

I learned from the phone call that Sharapova is not doing very well. She has gone to work as a sales assistant at a Nike store, and the salary is not high, only two or three hundred US dollars a month.

It would be a real waste for Sharapova to be a sales assistant with her abilities, so Anna didn't hesitate to extend an invitation for Sharapova to work at the company, in a supervisor position with a base salary of $600 plus sales commission.

It's all real cash, and there's no tax to pay. A supervisor can earn at least seven or eight hundred US dollars a month, which is much better than being a Nike sales associate!

Sure enough, after Anna explained the situation, Sharapova agreed without hesitation, saying she would resign immediately and report to Anna's place the next day...

Besides Sharapova, Anna, after careful consideration, called several former colleagues. Except for one colleague who had already gone to work and live in another city, the rest readily agreed to come and work here.

Just kidding, the salary Wang Feiyang offered them was considered high in Moscow, especially in the clothing industry. Apart from high-end luxury brands, I don't think any other company would be willing to offer such a high salary.

Anna's old colleagues are all quite capable, and she wouldn't hire someone less capable just to take care of them, because that would affect her own performance and give the boss a bad impression of her.

Therefore, the people she recruited were all the best of the best, strictly following the company's recruitment requirements. They not only had outstanding abilities, but also good figures and elegant demeanor; in layman's terms, she only wanted beautiful women...

It's not that Wang Feiyang has impure intentions; after all, it's the clothing industry, and the image of company employees is very important. The employees of those luxury brands are all handsome men and beautiful women.

Finally, Anna called her brother, told him about the job, and asked him to come to Moscow as soon as possible.

When her younger brother heard that they were hiring two warehouse managers, he immediately recommended one of his comrades-in-arms, who had also just been discharged from the army and was looking for work.

Anna suggested they all come and try it out; if everything goes well, they should be able to get the job.

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The next day, as soon as Anna arrived at work, she called her former colleagues, her brother, and his comrades-in-arms, and they all came to the company.

The interview was just a formality; the main purpose was for the boss, Wang Feiyang, to meet with the candidate.

Unsurprisingly, Wang Feiyang was very satisfied with the women Anna recommended, especially Sharapova, who had a stunning figure and eyes that seemed to electrify, easily mistaken for flirting...

Anna immediately approved the hiring of several people that day, officially expanding the company's business team to seven people, with Anna in charge of management.

Finally, Anna brought in two tall and strong young men. They stood upright, their strong physiques were barely concealed by their clothes, their eyes were sharp, and their facial features were rugged. They were clearly tough guys who had served in the military!

"Boss, this is my brother Anton, and this is his comrade-in-arms Sergei," Anna introduced briefly.

Wang Feiyang asked a few simple questions before he learned that these two were not ordinary soldiers, but special forces soldiers. How could such elite soldiers be laid off?

This shows how outrageous Mao Zedong was during that era...

To be honest, sending two special forces soldiers to be warehouse managers is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but it's also the highest-paying job Anton Sergei and his comrades could find after retiring!

If it weren't for this job opportunity, they would either have to become security guards or join gangs; they would have almost no other options...