Chapter 5 (1/2)
Well, while translating this chapter, I was like “Oh Yan Mu is so cool, so HANDSOME (●♡∀♡) “, but then, the real bomb here is Chengyu ٩(♡ε♡ )۶, I bet everyone gonna chant Chengyu's name by the end of this chapter. MUAHAHAHA~
Chapter 5: Excellent Skills
Two or three o'clock in the afternoon is the peak hour for employees to feel tired and muddle-head in the office. But today is different, all Huading's employees feel energetic. This is because they have heard some gossip and know that this afternoon's meeting will be tense. They don't dare to think the outcome of this meeting. It is not easy to find a better job nowadays. Many people are worried that the company will lay off its employees because of the recent recession. So at the beginning of the meeting, many employees waiting for the conclusion about dismissing staff.
Lu Chengyu followed Cao Jingshen into the conference room on the 28th floor. Cao Jingshen gave him a laptop and said, “You will take notes of today's meeting.”
Is this his job as a stenographer? Lu Chengyu looked at the silver-enclosed notebook in front of him. It looked very new and seldom being used.
“In the future, if you are using your own laptop, you can bring it to work. If you don't have any laptop, the company will provide one for you.” Cao Jingshen looks at Lu Chengyu and found that he was checking on this laptop. Cao Jingshen pushed his eyegla.s.ses and said, “Rest a.s.sured, this notebook is new.” He implies that no one is doing something to the laptop.
Lu Chengyu said while laughing: “Is this laptop is free of charge?”
“If you sign a contract with the company for more than two years, you can get it for free.” Cao Jingshen opened a folder and stopped looking at Lu Chengyu. “The premise is that you can formally pa.s.s the probation period.”
“Then I'll use this one,” said Lu Chengyu, as if he hadn't heard anything from Cao Jingshen, he opened a blank doc.u.ment on the laptop and wait leisurely for the meeting to begin.
Cao Jingshen looked up at him and said nothing. The meeting room became quiet, but neither of them felt awkward and they do their own thing.
Soon several major shareholders and managers of various departments' branches came one after another, and basically, everyone had a secretary behind them. Lu Chengyu finally understood why Huading still had a Secretarial Department and Cao Jingshen was the chief-secretary. Indeed, Huading's internal organization is very complicated.
At 2:50 p.m, all the related people have arrived. Just when everyone thought the big boss would be late, Cao Jingshen suddenly stood up and went to open the conference room's carved door. A young looking man, aged around 27 – 28 years old, in a black suit and tie came in. To Lu Chengyu's surprise, he felt familiar with him. Where he had seen him?
“The meeting can begin now. Let's discuss our views about the company.” Yan Mu sat down on the boss' chair. Without looking at anyone he threw one file straight onto the table.
“Er shu (Second uncle) and San shu (Third uncle) are the old people in this company, so it's better to start with you two.” After Yan Lao Er (Yan second old man) and Yan Lao San (Yan third old man) exchanged look, Yan Lao San opened his somewhat unhappy mouth and said, “Why does it sound like you are asking for guilt when you said that?”
Yan Mu look at Yan Lao San for a while before he said, “Since you don't want to talk about it, let's have a look some good things that I have here. There is strength in the number, so if anyone sees any wrong information, feel free to point it out.” He turned to Cao Jingshen, who was sitting beside.”Jingshen, give out a copy of the information to everyone.”
Cao Jingshen opened a folder and took out a stack of papers. He hand over half of the papers to Lu Chengyu.
Lu Chengyu did not hesitate. He went to the other side and give out the papers, one by one in order. When he gives it to Yan Lao San, he received a sneer of disdain. Chengyu saw Yan Lao San taking a picture of the information that he just gives out, page-by-page. When he gave the papers to Yan Lao Er, Chengyu saw he was very calm. It seems like the second uncle was calmer than the third uncle.
The indifference att.i.tude of people in the meeting who take the information change as soon as they read it. After they read it, many people start sweating, especially Yan Lao San. It was splendid to see his face change from red to green and green to white.
Lu Chengyu did not look at the contents of the information. The remaining papers were placed casually in front of Cao Jingshen. As soon as he sat back in his position, he heard a bang. He looked up and saw Yan Lao San smas.h.i.+ng a teacup. The secretary behind him was bowing awkwardly to pick it up.
Yan Mu ignored him and began to talk about the company's new regulation. Lu Chengyu listened to it while typing quickly on the blank doc.u.ment to record. For a while, only Yan Mu's voice and Lu Chengyu's keyboard-tapping noise were heard in the quiet conference room.
After Yan Mu finish explaining the new regulation, he looked solemnly at everyone in the conference room. “I heard that some people are going to resign. We always talk about democracy in Huading. If anyone wants to leave, I will never persuade them to stay.”
Lu Chengyu recorded the last sentence. When he heard Yan Mu's last statement, he could not help but lit a candle to the people present. It seems that Yan Mu is forcing some of them to leave their jobs voluntarily so that the company can pay less dismissal compensation fees, which is quite perfect.
The people in the meeting understand what Yan Mu try to imply. In this situation, anyone who has any record of illegal operation in the company has to leave their post voluntarily. Since Yan Mu dares to say such things, he must have any kind of evidence in his hands.
“Ah Mu, is this something proper for you to do?” said Yan Lao Er while holding his teacup. Then he laughed and say “After all, if so many people quit their jobs in such a large company as Huading, wouldn't it show instability in outsiders' minds? Now we have a lot of problems in Huading, if we fall down again…and if the eldest brother who is in Heaven now knows it, he wouldn't be in peace and wants to come back.”
For Chengyu, it is a disgusting tactic when someone tries to take advantage by being older than you and saying things like ‘I'm doing this for your own benefit', just like what Yan Lao Er trying to do to Yan Mu now. This person has a serious moral problem. Chengyu takes a look at Yan Mu. Although his face doesn't change, Yan Mu's eyes seem cold when he looks at Yan Lao Er, as if he were looking at a rat in a garbage dump.
“Since this company has become mine, I have the final say, and my father has pa.s.sed away. As for the reason why this company has so many problems, you should be the one who knows best from everyone else”. Yan Mu sneered, “What's more Er Shu, you have added a new family member recently, a healthy baby boy, it is not good to mention about the deceased.”
Hearing this, Yan Lao Er's face cannot remain calm because of shame. Because of this illegitimate son, he has lost his face in front of other staff when his wife goes to the company and makes noise. Now that Yan Mu mentions it again, naturally, he was not in a better mood.
“Nonsense. Yan Mu, you are absolutely being disrespectful. Since eldest brother is not here, I will take his place to teach you a lesson today.” Yan Lao San who already lost his face long ago, at last, unable to remain calm as he has a fierce temper, he picked up the teacup in front of his neighbour seat and threw it at Yan Mu.
The teacup in this conference room is opaque with white background and blue flower [1], it is impossible not to bleed if someone was. .h.i.t by it. Everyone here, including Yan Lao Er, was shocked. If it really hit someone, even resigning wouldn't be enough to solve the problem.