Chapter 929: Layoffs?

Under the breeze, the fire grew bigger.

Separated by the boxes, the content of the documents was invisible. Even if one could see, the obvious “Top Secret” seal would make Xia Xiaomin hesitate.

Any file labeled “Top Secret,” as an internal staff member, Xia Xiaomin naturally knew the less she knew, the better.

A dozen bodyguards faced away from the fire pile, gazing from afar, only seeing someone burning things but having no clue what exactly was being burned.

Beside Candy, Zero calmly held a fire extinguisher. Although completely unnecessary, it was hard to disregard the boss’s advice of being prepared.

Thus, one sentence about being prepared turned into a task for her.

The fire burned for a long time until all the paper materials turned to ashes, and Mo Jingchun, still uneasy, asked Xia Xiaomin to fetch a bucket of water to pour over the paper ashes.

Looking at the paper materials, now black water, almost impossible to restore, Mo Jingchun nodded with satisfaction.

“Alright, Zero, take the fire extinguisher back to the first-floor lobby of Lab One.”

Three days later, yet another year, the most anticipated day for all employees of Candy Technology, the annual corporate event!

Not only can they watch performances with pay, but also win prizes, with the best luck, the prize could be worth more than the annual salary.

Even employees participating in the performances had smiles on their faces, filled with enthusiasm.

All performances taking the stage at the annual event compete for a final ranking, based on this ranking, performers receive different amounts of bonuses.

What’s most important is that the scoring phase is entirely determined by artificial intelligence, without any human intervention.

Early that morning, Candy arrived at the stadium with her brother and sister-in-law and easily found her seat.

Unlike in the past, this time the table even had her name—Mo Xiaoxue!

This made Candy very satisfied, the logistics department did a great job this year. When brother returns from backstage, she must praise them.

Sitting next to Candy, Li Xuanyu noticed Candy smiling and nodding like a little leader, curious about what made Candy so happy.

“Candy.”

“Hmm? Sister-in-law.”

“What made you so happy? You’re almost bursting with flowers on your face.”

Hearing this, Candy squinted her eyes and, smiling, pointed to the nameplate on the desk, saying: “Sister-in-law, look, this year my name is here.”

“I’ve thought it over, when brother returns, I must commend them a few words.”

After Candy said this, Li Xuanyu suddenly realized that for the past few years, Candy’s nameplate was indeed missing.

What’s the saying, do not treat kids as non-adults, do not treat the village head as less of a leader.

Kids indeed won’t mind face-to-face, but they’re merely small, not foolish, they will inform the parents.

After a while, Mo Jingchun appeared from some corner.

Watching Candy and Li Xuanyu chatting and laughing, Mo Jingchun smiled and asked, “What are you chatting about? So cheerful.”

“Hehe, brother, sit down, I’ll tell you.”

As soon as Mo Jingchun sat down, Candy excitedly talked for quite a while.

After hearing, Mo Jingchun suddenly realized.

“So that’s it.”

Mo Jingchun raised his eyebrow, looking at Zero, there hadn’t been any changes in the leadership of the logistics department this year, logically, no leader should notice such details.

“Zero, check who proposed the creation of Candy’s nameplate this year.”

Zero closed her eyes, reopened them, and smiled, saying: “Checked, it was suggested by a new employee in the logistics department this year.”

“Allocate one more ten thousand in this person’s year-end bonus under the metric.”

Mo Jingchun didn’t bother to ask whether this mindful new employee was male or female, those details didn’t matter to him.

If Candy hadn’t specifically mentioned it, Mo Jingchun would have ignored such trivial matters.

This is the tragedy of being the lowest-level employee, the merit often becomes collective credit for leaders or departments, neglecting the person who did the job.

Such phenomena, even Mo Jingchun cannot change.

“Okay, boss.”

Mid-morning, employees arrived one after another from various park districts, as they looked behind at the packed stadium, Mo Jingchun felt a bit concerned.

In a few years, when Candy Technology holds annual events, if all employees come, this stadium might not accommodate everyone.

At every top management meeting, Mo Jingchun frequently suggested Candy Technology follow a lean approach, but the truth was daily recruitment continued.

Candy Technology develops so rapidly that the launch of a new product often means it needs to hire a certain number of relevant position employees.

Glancing at Xu Pengfei with his wife and child at the neighboring table, Mo Jingchun called out.

“Old Xu.”

“Boss.”

Hearing the boss call, Xu Pengfei immediately handed his baby to his wife for care and stood up to walk over to Mo Jingchun.

Mo Jingchun tapped the table, indicating Xu Pengfei to sit beside him first.

“Sit, let’s chat slowly.”

Puzzled, Xu Pengfei sat down.

“Look, the company’s personnel keep increasing, in another two years, this stadium might not fit anymore, how do you propose we handle this?”

Hearing this, Xu Pengfei froze. What does the boss mean, is the company considering layoffs?

“Boss, rash layoffs might lead to low employee morale and careless work.”

The next second, Xu Pengfei saw his boss frown, felt uneasy, thinking he might have hit the boss’s sore spot.

“What are you talking about? Increasing company employees is an inevitable phenomenon. What I meant is, what happens if the stadium can’t accommodate everyone for future annual events? We can’t just go the remote livestream route.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Pengfei breathed a sigh of relief, realizing he had guessed wrong.

Thinking over the boss’s issue, Xu Pengfei hesitated for a moment, saying: “Boss, actually using remote livestream to establish sub-venues isn’t infeasible. Now that holographic projection technology is mature, we can perfectly replicate the entire stage one-to-one.”

“With the viewing experience of the performance solved, what’s left is undoubtedly the lottery, but synchronized lottery is even less of an issue.”

Listening to Xu Pengfei, Mo Jingchun found this method feasible.

The key is, this way not only avoids employees outside the county having to travel hours back to the company for the show, but also saves a huge expense on constructing a larger venue.

It’s a win-win situation, naturally, Mo Jingchun supports it hands-on with no further comments.

“I think it’s workable, study the plan tomorrow, next year we’ll implement the sub-venue mode.”

“Otherwise, gathering too many people, in case of a stampede, the consequences would be unimaginable.”