Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three: Earth Day (2/2)
“Moreover, Fishy will never be harmed ever again.” Yan Jin said confidently.
Chu Ge turned his head away as he could not bring himself to look at the chairman. “You’re getting too used to speaking like a villain.”
“So long as I achieve my goals, it doesn’t matter if I’m the villain or the hero.”
“Fine, fine, fine. You’re the best. Then how are you going to explain that to your little boyfriend?” Chu Ge was still curious about this problem, “Shouldn’t you let your temper get the best of you for your beloved, avenge for him, and chop that scumbag into pieces to feed stray dogs?”
“…… Can you watch lesser television dramas?”
“Dafuq, then tell me, what you are planning to do?”
“There’s no need to do all these unnecessary things.” Yan Jin’s gaze turned softer as he continued. “Fishy is not the kind of person who would hold grudges. Once he realized that he cannot contact that person via phone or through his QQ, he would eventually give up very quickly. Fishy is too kind. It’s obvious that he is not suitable for these dark secrets.”
Chu Ge was fed with so many lovey-dovey acts happening without warning, making his breathing uneven.
He thought internally – that’s not called kind, that’s stupidity.
However, seeing how Chairman Yan was quickly wrapped in a pink aura, Chu Ge kept those thoughts in his heart without daring to say them.
……
Wednesday was Earth Day. It was a day designated to support the world’s environmental protection.
This was the first time Xiao Yu had ever squarely faced this event that he had never heard of during the past twenty-six years of his life.
It was not that Xiao Yu did not like the environment, but he had resigned himself as being a normal, industrious, and conscientious citizen of the earth. He had not cared about anything else during his schooling days as he had spent every single day worrying about what would he do if he did not get good grades and could not progress further. With much difficulty, he finally got into a university, but he had to worry about his erratic future. As his teacher was not a holiday person, he did not care about celebrating the holidays then as well. And as he started working, he was so busy that his time was turned upside down. He spent every day fulfilling the requirements needed by his superiors and the client – he wondered how much hair he lose because of his worries – that except for major holidays, Xiao Yu had not paid attention to any other holiday events so far.
The reason why Xiao Yu cared about this time’s Earth’s Day was not because he was bored and had nothing to do at home, flipping through the calendar and found out. Instead, it was because…
YL was on half-day leave this afternoon.
A world-class jewelry group releasing their employees for a half-day of vacation just because of some very unrelated holiday like Earth Day?
Xiao Yu simply could not understand what the connection between these two matters was. He did not even know where he should start to ridicule. Especially when Yan Jin had spoken out sternly with a sense of justice, “To support minimal carbon environmental protection welfare, all electricity within our company will be cut off completely this afternoon. Anyone who is unwilling to take this paid leave will have to find their own light source.”.
This news was released by Yan Jin in YL’s employee chat group in the early morning. Xiao Yu had already been invited into the chat group by Yan Jin, so he could see this notification.
After Xiao Yu had seen that puzzling notice, he really, really wanted to say something in the group chat.
But soon after, he thought otherwise.
XXX: Notice received! I’m packing up already! Support environmental protection, it all starts from me!
XXX: Roger that, I support the company’s decision!
XXX: Roger, thumbs up for our company!
As Xiao Yu read these somewhat questionable replies, his urge to mock this decision subsided.
If he phrased his words too harshly, it would seem like he was against environmental protection. If he said it too lightly, it would not matter. Holiday it is then.
Support environmental protection. Yup, that’s great.
While he waited for Yan Jin to come home, Xiao Yu had already found a logical explanation as to why YL had made this decision. Wasn’t there a saying by some great person that compared to earning profits, an entrepreneur should focus more on social responsibility?
As a jewelry design company, they may not have done as much charity as those welfare groups. However, promoting and supporting the concept of environmental protection was also one way to contribute to society.
As for Xiao Yu’s previous workplace, which was SI, why had they not done anything similar in the past? Xiao Yu concluded the answer to be the difference in willingness to bear social responsibility between SI’s leader and Yan Jin.
No wonder SI could not win YL all that time. Look at how resolute he was.
When Yan Jin arrived home, he was quite puzzled when he saw Xiao Yu look at him with a face full of admiration.
“What happened?” Yan Jin asked with uncertainty.
“Nothing, nothing. You’re back so early today.”
“Oh, today is Earth Day…”
Xiao Yu was amazed with how natural Yan Jin’s attitude was. Look at how resolute he was. Even when he had made such a major decision, he still took it calmly. It was as if the concept of supporting minimal carbon environmental protection was a habit of his. It was as if this was just a normal thing to do. It was as if he did not even care how much of a loss YL would incur in that half a day.
Without a doubt, Yan Jin was a real entrepreneur
No wonder those magazines had been flattering about Yan Jin. They were right about their flattery. Even he would admire him.
“… Just nice, it gave me a reason to take a day off. I promised you a few days back that I would buy those hamster products back, but I didn’t have time at all. So I picked today.”
After Yan Jin finished his entire sentence, he realized that Xiao Yu’s expression was slightly stiff.
“What’s wrong?”
“N-Nothing.”