247 Fire (2/2)

Meanwhile, Fang Shulan was standing glumly in a corner, not knowing what to feel. Her father's company had gone bankrupt, and family friends and relatives that had so often visited them in the good days suddenly stayed away. Even her lover, Fu Jiawei, had dumped her. Strapped for cash, there was nothing she could do but to quit her studies and start working. Her brother had to also find work in a carwash. Everything had changed, and all of a sudden, she had been thrown from heaven into hell.

She still recalled what Xiao Luo told her at Fu Jiawei's villa that day. He said that every dog would have its day, and maybe, she would be the one having to look up to others when they met the next time.

She didn't give it any thought back then, convinced that Xiao Luo was ridiculous to say such words, and totally unaware of his social station. But now she realized what a terrifying man he was. It didn't take a couple of decades, but just several months, for her to have to look up to him.

Life… how ironic!

As for now, without financial help from Chu Yue, she probably couldn't even survive.

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The next day happened to be the first of the month, and Luo's Workshop held their monthly meeting as usual.

All the managers of their stores in Jiangcheng and the senior management members attended the meeting. Besides reviewing the performance of the past month, they also had to discuss the details and goals of the plan for the upcoming month.

As the acting president of Luo's Workshop, the first thing Zhang Dashan said when he called the meeting to order was this: ”Xu Guansong, you are fired!”

The people in the conference room were utterly stunned, and there was dead silence for a brief moment. The vice president had been fired, what was going on?

Then the room was suddenly abuzz with murmurs, and everyone started exchanged shocked looks, not knowing what had happened.

Recovering from the shock, Xu Guansong stood up and shouted at Zhang Dashan daringly. ”Zhang Dashan, what's wrong with you?”

He raised his voice and even drowned out Zhang Dashan's, with no regard for his superior position.

At the same time, several trusted subordinates that Xu Guansong had nurtured also stood up and joined the fray in support of their mentor.

”President Zhang, surely you can't just fire Vice President Xu without giving us an explanation? Vice President Xu is one of the most senior employees of the company, do you really think you can fire him just like that?”

”Do you really think that you are the one in charge of Luo's Workshop and that you can fire whoever you like?”

”In terms of capabilities, Vice President Xu is way above you. Don't you assume unwarranted authority by flaunting your connections and forget who you truly are.”

Like Xu Guansong, they had no respect for Zhang Dashan. As far as they were concerned, in the absence of Xiao Luo, Xu Guansong should be leading, with absolute control over all affairs of the company.

Li Zimeng, Luo Qi, and Lin Chongdong were unsure of exactly what was happening and were unable to speak up.

”President Xiao has put me in charge of the entire company, so I represent him. Disrespecting me is equivalent to disrespecting President Xiao. The way I see it, none of you all seem to want to work here anymore,” Zhang Dashan said sharply. With Xiao Luo behind him now, he wanted to turn the tables on Xu Guansong and his clique.

Xu Guansong responded arrogantly, ”Zhang Dashan, don't use President Xiao to subdue me. My contributions to the company are evident to everyone sitting here. Even if President Xiao were here, he would think twice before firing me, what more a person of your standing.”

Back when Xiao Luo had been here, he was never this arrogant, but now he considered himself to have the prime mover of the company, and indispensable. Xu Guansong had no regard for any one of them, especially Zhang Dashan. He believed him to be useless and had only been given the job because of his relationship with Xiao Luo.

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