Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

After the Shen family left, Li Zhanwen slowly walked downstairs and asked awkwardly, "Are they all gone?"

"They're all gone. They're not monsters. Why should you be afraid of them?" I was very surprised.

"You guys are like a family together. I feel out of place and a little awkward." He felt a little lost.

"Oh, by the way, are you studying business management or economics?" I quickly changed the subject, not wanting him to look so depressed.

"Yeah! Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Vice President Zhong Ding is about to resign. I would like to invite you to come to Zhong Ding and take on the position of Vice President! What do you think?"

"I may have an MBA, but my experience may not be enough to qualify me for this position as Vice President!"

"Experience is something you build from scratch, and you must have interned at your family's company since you were young. Your father and brother must have taught you relevant management skills, so I think you're qualified enough!"

"If you believe in me, then I dare to do it!"

"I don't believe you, so why am I asking you now? You're a top Harvard graduate. It's such a waste of your talent to be my driver every day! Vice President is more suitable for you than a driver!"

"Since you believe in me, I will definitely do my best!" Li Zhanwen instantly ignited his confidence.

"Then tomorrow you will go and hand over the relevant work to the current vice president. I will instruct the secretary to announce your appointment later."

"Okay!" Li Zhanwen was very excited and couldn't help smiling.

The Shen family held a grand banquet for the four children's full moon and hundred-day banquet. Grandpa Shen smiled from beginning to end. In addition, Haoyang Group donated a total of 10 billion to the Children's Foundation twice, which not only brought blessings to the four children but also demonstrated the responsibility of a large enterprise to give back to the society.

After Li Zhanwen took over, profits plummeted for three consecutive months, and he came home exhausted every day. I felt something was fishy. After contacting the CFO, I learned that a client was dissatisfied with our system, finding it too complex, cumbersome, and buggy. They had terminated the relationship, leading to subsequent financial problems. I also contacted Rong Zixuan about the technical situation, and he explained that Li Zhanwen's clients were demanding too much and too quickly, making it impossible to deliver on time. Therefore, problems were inevitable.

I took a closer look at the system code and found that many bugs could have been avoided, and a lot of the code was redundant and didn’t need to be so complicated. Too much complexity would affect the subsequent interface connection. The more I looked at it, the more I realized it was a pile of garbage! This is not Rong Zixuan’s level! I asked the team member in charge of this project again, and I guessed right! It was Rong Zixuan who couldn’t stand Li Zhanwen and wanted to trip him up and destroy his project. Rong Zixuan even clashed with Party A, accusing them of having too many demands, which made Party A very angry! This project is worth hundreds of millions, and we can continue to cooperate with them on other projects in the future. Now they have left a bad impression, and the loss is really too great!

In addition, the technical department staff also took the opportunity to complain to me. Since Rong Zixuan arrived, he has been bossing everyone around, even having to call someone in to get him a glass of water. He also has employees buy his breakfast every day, and he eats and doesn't pay the employees who bought him breakfast.

From an employee's perspective, the previous vice president's departure was driven by Rong Zixuan's anger. Not only was he uncooperative at work, he was also disrespectful. He took advantage of the fact that I hired him personally and claimed to be the boss's father to do whatever he wanted. He even harassed beautiful young female employees. He got one new employee pregnant and she's now gone. They didn't want to cause trouble when I got pregnant, so they tolerated it. But now that I'm back, they can't stand it anymore and want me to seek justice for them!

When people from other departments heard that the Technical Department had complained to me directly about Rong Zixuan, they wrote complaint letters and sent them to my email address. Some even wrote a joint letter demanding that Rong Zixuan be removed from his position. I was overwhelmed by reading one complaint letter after another.

When I got home, I slumped on the sofa, still thinking about how to deal with Rong Zixuan, when Li Zhanwen came back. Seeing how exhausted I looked, he sat down and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"Why didn't you tell me?" I looked at him with tired eyes.

He asked confusedly, "What?"

"Rong Zixuan's matter!"

Li Zhanwen gradually put away his smile, "You know everything?"

"Yes! If I don't ask, how will you handle this matter? Will you let Rong Zixuan do whatever he wants?"

"I just don't want these things to bother you. Aren't you already bothered by these trivial matters?"

"But you haven't taken any measures against Rong Zixuan, have you? The more you let him go, the more unscrupulous he will become! He's just an employee now. You have a higher rank than him, so you can punish him!"

"I'm afraid it will affect your relationship with him. After all, you have two children together, and I don't want to embarrass you!"

"Let's be honest. If there are mistakes at work, you must take responsibility. I run a company, not a charity! Now is a good opportunity for you to establish your prestige in the company. Rong Zixuan must punish you!"

"That's not a good idea. After all, he's the technical director and part of the leadership. And he has such a strong sense of self-esteem. What if he gets upset..."

"It's impossible for someone like him to be so depressed!"

"What if he resents you?"

"Don't overthink it. Being hesitant is a big taboo in the workplace! You're just too soft-hearted, and you're easily taken advantage of! Since you can't bring yourself to do it, let me be the bad guy!"

"You're not going to fire Rong Zixuan, are you? This won't do!"

"Look at you, you're just a nice guy! If you don't change, you'll suffer a lot in the future!"

"But give him a chance! We have to give him a chance to mend his ways!"

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this matter! Since the employees have reported it to me, I will make the decision on this matter." After saying that, I stood up and walked to the study.

The next day, I had my secretary announce that Technical Director Rong Zixuan had been suspended for investigation due to personal issues, with the Deputy Director temporarily taking over the technical department. The investigation uncovered a slew of details: Rong Zixuan had falsified expenses, taken kickbacks from suppliers, and accepted bribes to provide inside information to help companies win bids... Each and every one of these cases was a headache for me! I'd assumed he was just bullying his subordinates, but I hadn't expected corruption and bribery to be involved. Rong Zixuan was truly becoming a stranger to me!

After the investigation results came out, I called Rong Zixuan to my office and put a stack of evidence of his corruption and bribery in front of him. He panicked instantly.

"Aqing, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time!"

"Next time? Rong Zixuan! Last time, you were cornered and beaten because of your debt. For the sake of our child, I gave you a chance to reform and let you work at Zhongding. To protect your self-esteem, I even gave you a good position. Is this how you treat me?"

"I, I, I, I really have an excusable reason! Please listen to my explanation!"

"Then tell me, what are your difficulties?"

"My wife is pregnant and I need money! Medical care in Hegang is too expensive, and a prenatal check-up is so expensive! And the rent is also very expensive, and food, no matter what, is expensive! After I deduct the money to pay you back every month, the remaining money is not enough, so I came up with this crooked idea!" Rong Zixuan lowered his head in shame.

"Do you know how much money you falsely claimed? Three million! You accepted kickbacks of half a million, and bribes of one million and three hundred and fifty thousand! What's wrong with you? You could have made a good living on your own, so how could you do such a thing? If they really hold you accountable, you'll go to jail!"

Hearing about the jail sentence, Rong Zixuan immediately knelt in front of me, hugged my legs and begged, "Ah Qing, listen to me, I can't go to jail! For the sake of our marriage, please let me go! We have two children, you don't want their father to be a labor camp inmate, right? I can't go to jail!"

"If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place? What happened to you? I thought that keeping you by my side would at least keep you well fed and clothed, and I could be responsible for our two children. But I didn't expect you to fall so low step by step! You disappoint me so much! There's no room for a big Buddha like you here, you should find another job!"

"Aqing, you can't fire me! I really need this job!" Rong Zixuan grabbed my legs and begged.

"If I keep you after you've done something like this, how will the other employees view me? They'll think I'm partial and corrupting the law, and then I'll lose my prestige in their hearts! You must leave Zhong Ding!"

"It's okay for me to leave, but you have to arrange a job for me!" he said cautiously and confidently.

"Ha! You don't cherish this job yourself and yet you want me to help you find it. Rong Zixuan, do you have any shame?" His words made me laugh.

"I can't even eat noodles, so what's the point of saving face?" Rong Zixuan said with a smile.

"You bet I'd be soft-hearted! But you won't succeed this time!"

"You will! You won't ignore me! You are one of the few relatives I have in this world!" He still said with a smile.

"Go away! I don't want to see you!" I ordered him to leave.

"Then I'll wait for your news!" After saying that, Rong Zixuan walked out of my office. I immediately notified the human resources department to handle his resignation. He must leave before leaving get off work.

When I got home, I looked at the two brothers, Jiashu and Jiache. They were both seven years old! Time flies! Can seven years make someone so unfamiliar?