Chapter 333 - 223: Everyone is Very Capable

All he could do was swallow his pride and explain that it wasn’t his company. The situation was instantly awkward; they had congratulated the wrong person. Thanks to Li Yang’s explanation, they also came to realize that Yanghe Commerce—Futong Commerce’s competitor—was seriously impressive.

In fact, a few of the people present today had been the ones to call and congratulate him. The ones who hadn’t had probably gotten a heads-up from the others. Knowing the matter would be awkward for Li Yang, no one mentioned Yanghe’s impressive success today.

The private room manager went out to arrange for the hostesses. The private room fell quiet for a moment. The men hadn’t seen each other in a while, so they inevitably started gossiping. The matter of President Tian’s dismissal, for instance, was already old news. They mentioned it briefly before moving on.

Just then, President Song suddenly received a message. He laughed after reading it. "There are strange happenings every year, but this year is really something else. And they’re all happening in Xinyue Group’s Qingjiang Region."

Hearing this, Li Yang’s interest was piqued. He looked at President Song and asked, "Old Song, what’s the latest news? Did they announce the new regional president?"

President Song shook his head. "No. I heard that a manager at San Yang Xinyue Square was being fired, so he tried to delay it by taking sick leave, thinking the company couldn’t do anything to him. They just issued an internal notice of termination, immediately confiscated all his office equipment, and notified security and administration that he was barred from entering the company premises again."

Hearing such a bizarre story, the men all burst out laughing.

"How can someone be such a fucking idiot?"

"Yeah, the company is already firing you. What’s the point of taking sick leave? Who’s going to approve it?"

Li Yang found it amusing as well. ’Fucking morons are everywhere.’ ’Wait, San Yang Xinyue Square? Why didn’t Zhao Rui mention this today?’ Li Yang guessed it was probably because Zhao Rui had taken leave to come to Qingzhou. ’Took leave?’ A strange feeling suddenly crept over him.

Just then, someone on the side asked, "He’s not from one of the business departments, is he? We know all the people in investment and operations."

President Song laughed. "He actually is from a business department. I really don’t know how a fucking idiot like that can work in business, let alone in investment."

Hearing this, Li Yang realized something was wrong. ’A manager, and from investment...’ ’Isn’t Zhao Rui an investment manager? And he just so happened to take leave today to come to Qingzhou...’

"Old Song, you’ve been talking all this time. What’s the guy’s name?"

President Song glanced down at the message, then looked up. "It’s that investment manager—Zhao Rui. I always said that kid would get himself into trouble. He’s never been good with people."

Holy shit. Li Yang shot to his feet, a million thoughts flashing through his mind.

’President Zhao is about to come to Qingzhou, so how could Zhao Rui be fired right now? Is this Old Tian’s faction retaliating against President Zhao?

Now that Zhao Rui is fired, is there any chance he can get back into Xinyue Group? If not, what use is he to me? No, that’s not right. His most important identity is being President Zhao’s nephew. His position as investment manager is worthless in comparison.

But if President Zhao is about to arrive, and her subordinates are still taking orders from Old Tian and got Zhao Rui fired... when she gets to Qingzhou, will she even have any control over them from the get-go?’

"I’m stepping out to make a call."

At this moment, Han Chao had just arrived at a KTV private room with Zhao Rui. When he got the call from his boss, he quickly ducked into the restroom to answer. Hearing the news from Li Yang, Han Chao was dumbfounded. ’Zhao Rui’s acting is incredible. How can he be so calm and composed after being forcibly fired?’

"Feel him out, but don’t change your attitude toward him just because he’s been fired. After all, it’s his aunt we’re interested in. Of course, be smart about your spending. A piece of trash like him has no long-term investment value beyond his current usefulness."

For the rest of the night, Li Yang was in no mood to have fun. The matter with Zhao Rui cast a shadow over his heart, and he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off. Meanwhile, Han Chao spent the whole night probing and discovered that the fucking idiot Zhao Rui didn’t even know what had happened. It was a clear sign of how terrible his relationships at the company were; for something like this to happen and not a single person gave him a heads-up.

Zhao Rui got drunk and kept making empty promises to him. "Xiaohan, let me tell you, I’ll be a vice president soon, and then project GM not long after. When that happens, I’ll give you guys even more support. Just you wait."

Heh... Han Chao gave a dry, forced laugh. ’I’m afraid that day will never come.’ He’d been fired by Xinyue Group, and Han Chao had heard that Xinyue Group had a rule against re-hiring employees they’ve dismissed. Then again, it wasn’t just Xinyue Group; a lot of companies were like that, weren’t they?

An employee who gets fired must have had problems with their performance or made some major blunder. Who would re-hire someone like that?

What’s more, when Zhao Rui introduced himself to the KTV hostesses, he outright called himself a deputy general manager of a certain Xinyue Square. Han Chao was flabbergasted. The guy was promoting himself! Han Chao had always considered himself a pretty good bullshitter, but compared to Zhao Rui, he was nothing.

All night, Han Chao was on edge. This whole business with Zhao Rui suddenly made him realize that the guy was extremely unreliable. How many of his promises could be trusted? Last time, regarding San Yang Xinyue Square, he had been so certain—acting like Yanghe Commerce’s project was guaranteed to fail. And what was the result?

Last time things went wrong, Li Yang had humiliated him terribly. If things went south again this time, after spending tens of thousands of yuan on Zhao Rui, Li Yang would probably want to skin him alive.

With that thought, Han Chao couldn’t get into the mood at all for the rest of the night. He even started to wonder if there was something physically wrong with him.