Chapter 529
Xu Ke settled Ariel down, and the next day, he brought people to the Yunzhou branch of the company.
“Hey, sir, you can’t go up there.” The receptionist, holding a small mirror in one hand and a lipstick in the other, was carefully applying it to her lips. Catching a glimpse of Xu Ke seemingly about to walk toward the elevator, she hurriedly spoke up to stop him.
The first thing Xu Ke saw upon entering was the receptionist chatting while munching on sunflower seeds and touching up her makeup during work hours. With the staff moving in and out of the building treating it as a daily occurrence, Xu Ke frowned. Such a relaxed work environment and a completely unprofessional attitude made his impression of the Yunzhou branch plummet to rock bottom. He believed that even if the issue hadn’t surfaced, the branch’s closure would have only been a matter of time.
Xu Ke mentally overturned his original plan. Focused on reconsidering a new rectification strategy, he didn’t hear anyone calling him and hadn’t considered that the Yunzhou branch had not yet received news of his impending arrival. While Xu Ke was constructing a new plan in his mind, a figure blocked his path.
The receptionist, with her lipstick only half-applied, stood in front of Xu Ke with an unfriendly expression in her eyes, “I talked to you, didn’t you hear? Are you deaf? Didn’t you understand when I told you to stop? Do you have an appointment to just walk in like this? What do you think this is, your family’s backyard, where you can come and go as you please?” the receptionist shouted loudly with her hands on her hips.
“Is this how you speak to people?” Xu Ke, whose train of thought was interrupted, looked displeasedly at the woman blocking his way and said.
“Look closely at my face, recognize who I am, and then disappear from my sight.” Xu Ke was really tired of looking at such an irritating face.
After speaking, Xu Ke was about to continue walking forward but was held back by a pair of hands grabbing his arm, forcibly keeping him in place.
“Recognize who you are? Disappear from your sight?” The woman’s voice was filled with sharp sarcasm, “Shouldn’t I be the one saying that to you? Who do you think you are? Do you think just because you look good and dress in fancy clothes, you’re a celebrity? Trying to pull such tricks in front of me, you’ve picked the wrong person. While my temper is still mild, get lost quickly, or I’ll call security to throw you out. Did you hear me? Trying to fool people without understanding this place or who you’re dealing with.”
The woman looked Xu Ke up and down with disdain, then impatiently waved her hand as if shooing away a beggar.
Onlookers paused to watch the commotion, some voiced approval, praising the receptionist for her sharp eyes, but none stepped in to stop or question what was happening. This scene left Xu Ke both amused and angry.
“Honestly, I haven’t seen a company like this in a long time. It’s rotten to the core, from top to bottom, as if there’s no need for it to survive,” Xu Ke said, rubbing his forehead.
“Ha, if you can’t talk properly, then shut up. Even if you were dead, our company wouldn’t go bankrupt. Do you know who’s backing us? It’s the Xu Family in Shangjing. Do you know the Xu Family in Shangjing? The wealthiest family in China. Do you think the company of China’s wealthiest will go under? What a joke, saying sour grapes because you can’t have them. Pff!” The woman spat forcefully on the ground, nearly hitting Xu Ke’s shoes with the saliva.
Xu Ke looked at the spit that landed less than a centimeter from his shoes, the vein on his forehead pulsing uncontrollably.
“You dare to spit on the ground? Don’t you know that a company’s receptionist represents the face of the company? During work hours, all your actions represent the company, yet you spit on the ground. Do you know how much misunderstanding this will cause for visitors to our company? Are you aware that your behavior could cost the company a deal worth tens of millions or even billions?”
Xu Ke gritted his teeth and spoke each word with suppressed anger.
“It’s none of your business. Who do you think you are to point fingers? Do you think you’re someone special? Our company’s leaders didn’t say anything to me, so who are you to lecture me? You think you’re a schoolteacher and I’m your student, that I have to listen to you? I spit on the ground, so what? Tens of millions or even billions of deals, don’t pin this crap on me. You can’t scare me, I’m not buying it,” the woman sneered disdainfully.
“Ha, it doesn’t matter if you buy it or not. From today onwards, you’re fired. Go to the HR department to get your salary for this month.” Xu Ke said everything he could, seeing that the woman was still stubbornly unrepentant, he lost interest in continuing the conversation and simply decided to fire her.
“Fired? Who do you think you are, trying to fire someone with just your words? Did you forget to take your medicine when you left the house? Do you need me to help you contact a hospital and doctor now to send you for treatment? You even want to fire our Sister He, do you even know who her brother-in-law is?” The woman munching on sunflower seeds tossed the shells carelessly on the table and said, looking at Xu Ke with ridicule.
“Exactly, young people nowadays, just watch two episodes of a TV drama, put on a suit, and think they’re a domineering CEO from a romance drama. Bullshitting flows so easily, talking without even looking at themselves in the mirror, patting their chest and asking themselves if they’re worthy.” Another woman munching on sunflower seeds chimed in.
After they finished speaking, they both casually glanced at the woman blocking Xu Ke, seeing the smug expression on her face, they subtly breathed a sigh of relief, silently praising themselves for their ridicule.
The woman, hearing her colleagues supporting her, had a smug smile on her face.
“Did you hear that? I have so many people backing me. What do you have? Before security comes, you’d better get lost, save some face for yourself, don’t let security escort you out by your arms,” the woman said proudly, shaking her head.
“I’m really curious about who your backer is, giving you the audacity to be so unruly in the company.” Xu Ke asked with a curious expression on his face.
Perhaps the woman was someone everyone in the company was aware of, and she had no intention of hiding it, candidly saying, “My backer is the HR department supervisor. As long as my brother-in-law is in HR, no one can kick me out.” She said with confidence and a smile.