Although everyone is trying to be helpful, nobody seems to get that the question is whether or not the priority drops apply to the factory as well as to the store recruitment, regardless of XiFeng's factory availability. Well, I'll find out in just under two hours, anyway. If it's Lin or another Meiling, I'll assume it's because the priority actually does apply to the factory (which isn't exactly scientific, but yay for confirmation bias). I'll post the results when she emerges.