"Back again."

Standing at the familiar Jinling Airport, Qin Yun silently thought to himself.

He was still under the influence of the negative emotion of arrogance, but for the past few days in the mountain village, the influence of this hint of arrogance was basically negligible.

Today is already the sixth day, and by noon tomorrow, the influence of the negative emotion of arrogance will completely disappear!

"The system was right, these negative emotions don’t affect me much, and my previous charitable acts have further reduced their impact by half."

Qin Yun could clearly feel his state; he was unconsciously quite arrogant in front of people like Jin Xin, Feng Tianjun, and Xiao Qianqian. However, this trip to the western mountain village didn’t have much of an effect.

Of course, for him, this was a good thing.

"After noon tomorrow, I’ll check with the system again."

These negative emotions aren’t continuous but only activate according to his thoughts.

Time passed quickly, and noon the next day soon arrived.

At twelve o’clock, the system’s voice directly sounded in Qin Yun’s mind.

The mechanical, cold voice directly said, "The influence from using the Wealth Dispersal Array has ended for the seven kinds of negative emotions. Arrogance emotion ends."

"Due to a slight change halfway, the host now has one day to recover before the second negative emotion begins."

Hearing this, Qin Yun was taken aback and said, "Only one day?"

Previously, the system said that the start time of these negative emotions was up to him, meaning that once the arrogance emotion ended, he could decide to activate the second negative emotion a month later, but now it seems that something has changed.

However, due to his charitable actions halfway, the influence of the negative emotions was reduced by half, which might be the reason.

"Correct," the system replied with a high-cold tone.

"Then which negative emotion will be activated?" Qin Yun pondered for a moment and asked.

"Rules have changed; any negative emotion might appear," the system replied.

Qin Yun: "..."

So, these negative emotions will now appear randomly?

However, due to the previous impact of the arrogance emotion, Qin Yun was not too worried, as it’s entirely within his control.

Thinking back silently on the changes over the past seven days and summarizing his experiences, Qin Yun thought to himself, "Previously, at the charity banquet, I behaved very arrogantly. On this trip to the west, inviting those five-star hotel chefs seemed too ostentatious, which was likely influenced by the arrogance emotion."

Before twelve o’clock, Qin Yun didn’t feel it, but now his emotions had completely returned to normal. After carefully reflecting on the feelings of the past seven days, inviting those high-salary five-star hotel chefs was entirely unnecessary. The money saved could have been used to provide more food for the children, which is apparently a better approach.

However, influenced by the arrogance emotion, in Qin Yun’s mind, doing charity means doing the best, and hiring the best chefs was necessary to match Celestial Fortune!

Thinking about it now, it was obviously quite flawed.

A hundred schools would cost a lot just for these chefs alone.

"Moving forward, based on the situation, we’ll lower the chef requirements and spend more money on the children." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

At this moment, Qin Yun was in the company office, looking at the message sent by Lin Yueshan.

Several more canteens in mountain schools had been contracted by Celestial Fortune. At this moment, along with some donations from netizens, Celestial Fortune’s planned charity canteens had reached 103.

The effect of the 50 million donations was evident, and Celestial Fortune’s sales had also surged dramatically in recent days.

"President Qin, our sales in Su Province, especially here in Jinling, have increased significantly across every outlet, but have started to decline slightly since yesterday."

Qin Xiaotao reported, "Based on today’s sales situation, it should continue to decline a bit."

The charity heat can be sustained, but it won’t last too long. Even with Erke back then, they went through a period of craze, and soon returned to normal.

Of course, although they returned, their reputation rose, and whenever people saw Erke afterward, they were much more inclined to visit and shop than other stores.

These are the lasting influences afterward.

Qin Yun nodded and, after pondering a bit, said, "The company’s annual meeting preparations have already started, right?"

The time had reached the end of December, and in mid-January, Celestial Fortune would hold its annual meeting!

At the last annual meeting, Celestial Fortune only had a dozen stores in Su Province, occupying only two cities in Su Province, and coupled with a few in his hometown of Qingwu County, totaling just sixteen in all.

But now, in a year’s time, Celestial Fortune had seized the market in three provinces: Su Province, Wan Province, and Zhe Province, with more than two hundred stores!

A year ago, the employees of Celestial Fortune Clothing stores and factories added up to seven hundred people, but now, there are over seven thousand! An increase of more than ten times!

This is just the domestic market. In the United States, Qin Yun’s second clothing brand, klucky, has captured a market of similar size!

This year’s annual meeting would be more grand than last time undoubtedly!

And for the employees, Qin Yun would also present a large number of rewards!

A year ago, even a general manager like Zhao Tianqiang had an annual salary reward of only 100,000, Qin Xiaotao just a few tens of thousands. This time, it’s far more than that.

Qin Yun wasn’t stingy; otherwise, he wouldn’t have donated 50 million to charity all at once.

For him, Celestial Fortune is a large group, and this time, based on each employee’s position, tenure, evaluation, and contributions, everyone will have a corresponding year-end reward!

With rewards, there’s motivation, and a sense of belonging.

"Yes, preparations are already underway," Qin Xiaotao nodded.

Although there was still a long time to go, these needed to be prepared in advance. According to Qin Yun’s instructions, the year-end bonuses would be distributed before the New Year, so everyone could enjoy a happy new year.

"Have it tallied by the tenth of next month; after the annual meeting, the year-end bonuses will be distributed immediately!" Qin Yun gave the timeline.

After discussing for a while, Qin Xiaotao said, "President Qin, tomorrow, staff from Xingyang Group will come over to discuss custom work uniforms with our Celestial Fortune."

Xingyang Group has many employees, reaching over ten thousand. Their employees definitely need custom-made clothes, and these clothes are now planned to be custom-made at Celestial Fortune.

Qin Yun pondered slightly and said, "I’ll go and meet them tomorrow."

The scale of Xingyang Group is quite large; Qin Yun could not afford to treat them lightly.

"By the way, Brother Xiaotao, how’s Zhou Yue’s arm injury doing?" After finishing the work matters, Qin Yun asked with a smile.

Speaking of Zhou Yue, Qin Xiaotao’s face also showed a hint of a smile and said, "Went to the hospital for a checkup the day before yesterday, and Zhou Yue’s arm injury has completely healed. She started working again yesterday."

This time returning to work, Zhou Yue directly took on the role of store manager for one of Celestial Fortune’s large stores.