Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 494 - 480 Xue Yi’s call was hung up

Chapter 494: 480 Xue Yi’s call was hung up

I’ve seen people get promotions and raises after successfully picking sides.

But I’ve never seen someone shoot ahead like a rocket after picking the right side!

Isn’t the new boss a bit too dramatic? Doing things so brazenly, as if he’s afraid that people in the company won’t know what Xue Yi has done?

In the company, nothing spreads faster than gossip!

It’s not even quitting time yet, and almost every department is aware of the new boss’s favoritism toward Xue Yi.

Opinions differ, with envy being the predominant reaction.

After all, they were used to pitying Xue Yi, and suddenly, one day, Xue Yi became an important figure in the company, and many people couldn’t accept such a reversal of roles.

They used to hope Xue Yi would do well, but when he actually turned the tables, they suspected malicious intent—did he use some dirty tricks?

Sympathy turned into jealousy, and their faces showed a much uglier side.

There weren’t many who were genuinely happy for Xue Yi.

Wenwen was one of them.

She brought a thick stack of documents to Hu Tao, her face mysteriously trying to contain her smile, "Sister Hu, did you see the announcement this afternoon? Quite a few endorsements have been set with Xue Yi this year?"

Hu Tao took the documents from her: "I know."

Wenwen, full of idealism, said, "Look! I knew President Yue came to save Xingyue!"

Hu Tao was noncommittal.

Wenwen moved closer, confused, "Sister Hu, you don’t seem too happy, do you?"

"Not at all."

"That’s not right," Wenwen drew out her words, "You look quite different from usual~ Sister Hu, isn’t President Yue making these changes to compete with Zhongxing? You said last time that you envied Zhongxing, now that it’s Xingyue’s turn, how come you’re not happy?"

Hu Tao gave her a meaningful look: "Do you really think our company is aiming to compete with Zhongxing?"

Wenwen was stunned: "If... if not, then what?"

"Kid, you’re so naive." Hu Tao straightened the documents in her hand, "Zhongxing used drug tests to remove the rot from their company, then brought in new employees to dilute the existing internal powers, resulting in what they are today."

"Xingyue did too!" Wenwen counted on her fingers, listing like a treasure, "As soon as President Yue arrived, he kicked out Director Feng and those few tumors, and although there are layoffs now, I’ve observed carefully, and he’s laid off all those old fuddy-duddies, especially those in the planning department who occupy positions but don’t work. It’s satisfying to everyone!"

Hu Tao shook her head: "Haven’t you noticed, those laid off are all from Director Feng’s faction?"

"What’s... what’s wrong with that?" Wenwen didn’t understand.

"Director Feng’s faction isn’t all incompetent, with a technical department backbone of ten years, and the deputy director of the marketing department, Zhang Ting, she’s carried the company through multiple crises in marketing!?"

"You mean—"

"President Yue’s layoffs weren’t based on ability, but rather a clean sweep of factional struggles. Sure, the company got rid of a lot of dead wood, but it also lost many technical backbones! This is a big problem for any company! I can’t even imagine, once these people are gone, how the company is going to operate..."

Hu Tao sighed while speaking, "In principle, as a small employee, the leader’s decisions naturally have their reasons, and my opinion isn’t important... but I still worry a lot... For President Yue, President Zhou, President Ou, and even the incarcerated Director Feng, Xingyue is nothing more than a tool for investment and making money...

What they care about is how to use Xingyue to make more money! We small employees, by contributing our value, can barely scrape by! Company factions, power... We’re already walking on eggshells at work, afraid of picking the wrong side and getting fired!

Only today have I come to realize once again... tenure, work ability, none of it matters... If you’re not in the right position, no matter what your status, you’ll be abandoned by the company..."

What Hu Tao said made a lot of sense.

The real reason behind Yan Yueqing’s consolidation of power at Xingyue couldn’t possibly be announced to each employee, so naturally, those on the lower rungs wouldn’t be informed.

To Yan Yueqing, Xingyue was terribly fragmented, and the top priority was to eliminate all dissent. As for vacancies, that was easy, whether it was Zhongxing or City C’s side, there were talents she had cultivated that could be transferred to Xingyue.

If that wasn’t enough, they could always pull people from the Jiang Family or Jun Residence!

However, the latter would indeed be a waste of talent!

But for the employees, they only saw the new boss crazily promoting Xue Yi, and mercilessly eliminating capable people from other factions, leaving many with a sense of impending doom.