Chapter 14 is a road, and there will always be turns (1)
Chapter 14 is a road, and there will always be turns (1)
"Hello, this is the legal department of Shen's Group. You are suspected of misappropriating public funds, forcing artists to sign unreasonable contracts, and endangering the personal safety of others. Shen's Group is now formally filing a lawsuit against you."
Inside Wang Baoping's office, a man in a suit handed him some materials. As Wang Baoping opened the documents, he felt as if the sky had fallen. Most of them contained irrefutable evidence of his crimes. Wang Baoping collapsed to the ground.
People outside the office saw a group of men in suits enter the office and saw Wang Baoping sitting on the floor, and they began to discuss it.
"Who are those people?"
"It's supposedly from the Ministry of Justice."
"Why is the Ministry of Justice suddenly here? Hasn't no one been doing anything about it for the past few years?"
"Could it be that our company is really going to go bankrupt this time?"
"What are you saying! Gathering around here like this, don't you need to get your work done? Go back to your workstations!"
The crowd quickly dispersed. "Tch, what are you pretending for? When Wang Baoping falls, she'll fall too."
"Shh~ He's the manager's favorite after all, so it's best not to mess with him."
As Angela listened to the discussions around her, she was also feeling anxious. Because all her privileges at the company came from Wang Baoping, if Wang Baoping was finished, then she was finished too.
But she told herself to stay calm, because Wang Baoping had connections at headquarters, which was why she had followed him in the first place.
The office door opened, and everyone inside came out and took the elevator away, leaving Wang Baoping alone in the office, slumped on the floor.
Angela rushed in, "Manager, manager, are you alright? Get up quickly."
Angela helped Wang Baoping to a chair and poured him a cup of tea.
"Manager, what are those people here for?"
Wang Baoping was still in a daze.
Seeing Wang Baoping's silence, Angela prompted, "Hey, Manager, no matter what happens, if we can't handle it, someone else can."
Having understood Angela's implication, Wang Baoping immediately took out his phone, which was hidden in a secret compartment of his desk, after kicking the person out of the office. "Yes, yes, it's okay, I still have a chance, I still have a chance."
He flipped the button.
"Hello, the number you dialed is currently switched off. Please try again later."
Wang Baoping refused to believe it and kept dialing, but the answer from the other end of the line was still a cold, impersonal message: "Hello, the number you dialed is currently switched off. Please try again later."
After several attempts to play the program resulted in a shutdown message, Wang Baoping finally slumped into his chair, realizing he had been abandoned.
In the afternoon, a message caused a stir in the Xingtu company group.
[Hello everyone, this is Qunling, the head of Shen's Legal Department. Following a company investigation, Wang Baoping, the head of Xingtu Company, is suspected of embezzling company funds and organizing artists… After deliberation, the company has decided to remove him from his position and file a lawsuit against him. From now on, all management rights of Xingtu will be held by X.]
Three minutes after the notification was sent out, the group remained completely silent. No one dared to be the first to speak up, because that was Qun Ling, the head of the legal department of Shen's company, who had never lost a case since graduation and was a born lawyer.
No one spoke in the company's main group chat, but the company was in an uproar offline.
"Holy crap, they're not really going to do this, are they?"
“Even Wang Baoping was fired. He’s been running rampant in the company for so many years and no one has done anything about it. He even got away with it last time when someone died. This time, he was actually sent away by the head office.”
"Dead, do not disturb."
"Are we next?"
"Hmph, I'm not afraid. This isn't the first time the head office has caused such a commotion. Manager Wang was summoned by the head office before, but he came back unharmed in the end."
"That's true. I heard he has connections."
"So what do we do now? Let's calm down."
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Regarding Wang Baoping's resignation, there are all sorts of opinions within the company; some believe them, and some don't.
However, most people decided to wait and see.
You could even say they don't care, because most people have long since stopped caring about such things due to Wang Baoping's oppression. After all, the last time Wang Baoping was taken away, many of the company's troublemakers were dealt with by him when he returned.
The atmosphere in the company remained gloomy. Although the change of leadership had caused a slight ripple in their hearts, many people were still in a state of indifference, as if nothing concerned them.
I continued to coast along at my workstation, earning a meager base salary each day.
Have you ever thought about quitting? Of course I have, but even good-looking celebrities can't get along with Wang Baoping, let alone ordinary workers.
"Miss, Wang Baoping has been taken away by the police. What can I do for you now?"
"No need, I'll handle the rest myself."
【OK】
Lin Zhihao put down her phone. Finally, the battlefield was about to begin. She couldn't wait and was ready for a major overhaul.
Lin Zhihao grinned and sent a message to a mysterious person on her phone. After receiving a reply that the message had been received, Lin Zhihao contentedly continued to sleep on the table.
At this moment, Shi Xingchen was sitting on the sofa, holding the termination agreement in her hand, still in disbelief.
He... he couldn't believe it. The thing he had always wanted was now in his hands. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he held the few sheets of paper in his hand, his fingers trembling.
After Shi Xingchen calmed down, the man in the suit had her sign the documents, put them away, and then left.
Not only Shi Xingchen, but all the other artists signed with the company, regardless of whether they were well-known or not, received a termination letter.
Without hesitation, he signed his name, received compensation, and left the company.
That evening, Lin Zhihao and Shi Xingchen arranged to meet at the library.
Shi Xingchen looked at the documents Lin Zhihao handed him, flipped through them, and looked puzzled.
“You can think about it seriously. I can assure you that I will do everything in my power to get you to the front line.” Lin Zhihao did not rush Shi Xingchen, but gave him time to consider.
"Here's the contract. Sign it or not is up to you. You can keep it and give it to me when you feel you can completely trust me. I'll always keep a place for you here."
Seeing that Xingchen was constantly flipping through the documents, Lin Zhihao made the promise she could give.
She understood that for Shi Xingchen at this point, trusting her to sign with Xingtu again presented a huge psychological hurdle he needed to overcome on his own.
"I thought you were joking back then, but you actually did it!"
Shi Xingchen found it extremely unbelievable. Although he believed in Lin Zhihao, he didn't believe it was now, because she looked like just a high school student.
"What exactly is your identity?" Shi Xingchen asked.
He couldn't believe it. If he wasn't mistaken, the person in front of him should be X, the new leader that was rumored to be in the company.
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