Hidden Moth

Moreover, as time goes by, the content in this Divine Thought Heart Seal will become increasingly outdated. For example, the people around him, Qian Guran and Lin Qingshuang have both broken through to Tier Four, while Xiaopang and Meng Ya have recently joined Magic Sect.

In the following week, He Kao has been supervising Xiaopang's cultivation. Xiaopang hasn't caused any more trouble. One day before clocking out, He Kao received a call from President Qian, asking him to report to work.

The tea was already brewed, and President Qian was not sitting behind the executive desk but waiting beside the tea table.

He Kao sat down on the sofa and said, "President Qian, what's up?"

Qian Guran: "That tone of yours! Which one of us is the boss?"

He Kao smiled: "Of course, you're the boss. I've already called you President Qian, and reported to work with one call. What do you need me to report on?"

Qian Guran: "Fine, consider it me reporting to you."

He Kao: "Just tell me what it's about."

Qian Guran: "Two things. First, President Fang mentioned during the executive meeting that they want to appoint a new deputy manager in your department."

He Kao: "There's no major issue with operations. Manager Gao is doing just fine; there's no need for unnecessary actions. Even from the perspective of saving labor costs, it's unnecessary. What's missing in the project team is not leadership."

Qian Guran: "Do you know what it means to appoint a deputy manager in this situation?"

He Kao: "How would I know? I'm not into office politics. You're the leader, please enlighten me."

Qian Guran: "President E is doing fine, and there are no major problems with operations. In this case, there are typically several possibilities.

First, someone may be difficult to place, so they're given an idle position as a matter of status. Second is decentralization, taking a portion of business authorization from the original manager.

Third is succession, simply serving as a transition to take over the original manager's position after a period of familiarization. As for the fourth, it might be finding a breakthrough to do something…"

He Kao interrupted him, "Which possibility do you think it is, President Qian?"

Qian Guran: "This is the department I oversee, so technically, my opinion should be consulted. But President Fang, after all, is the top leader, and I'm not clear about his specific plan yet."

He Kao: "You don't know either?"

Qian Guran waved his hand and said, "Because I simply don't want to know!" He took a sip of tea before continuing, "There's another matter, someone wants to fire Huang Si."

This time, He Kao was genuinely surprised, "What, fire Xiaopang?"

The branch had no recent layoff plans; otherwise, Qian Guran would have known in advance. So the so-called firing of Huang Si was just an excuse to individually dismiss this employee. What kind of play is this?

Old Qian explained the situation, and He Kao finally understood the context.

Turns out, Old Zhang wanted to get rid of Huang Si, and the reason wasn't that Xiaopang scared him into the hospital. It was because a leader promised to promote him to deputy manager.

Adding a deputy manager to the project team complies with the regulations. This decision was made by the top leader, and neither Vice President Qian nor Manager Gao could stop it.

But the specific appointment at the deputy manager level, Gao Xue'e has the right to recommend, and Qian Guran has the right to decide. Because this is the department Qian Guran oversees, and the personnel appointment flows like this.

The candidates they proposed were all Huang Si.

Huang Xiaopang has been with the company for five years, originally a key player at the group headquarters and now the leader of the project group's core business. His promotion is only natural.

Old Zhang is the most senior employee in the project team and also a team leader, and President Fang's opinion was to promote Old Zhang, but President Qian disagreed.

Qian Guran raised the issue of business capability to suppress Old Zhang by promoting Huang Si... In short, the candidates settled in the executive working meeting were these two, with Huang Si ranked above Zhang Junchen.

This counts as an internal power struggle within the company.

If President Fang insisted on promoting Old Zhang and wanted to avoid a direct conflict with President Qian, there are solutions, like transferring Old Zhang to another department as deputy manager, but clearly, President Fang had other intentions.

So Old Zhang devised a small scheme, planning to report Xiaopang for prostitute solicitation…

Upon hearing this, He Kao frowned and said, "You know about Old Zhang taking Xiaopang to the foot massage city too? If he plans to report with this, he'd have to take down that foot massage city first. Does he have that kind of pull?"

Qian Guran shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Old Zhang set Xiaopang up. Those two nights, Xiaopang booked Number Eight technician, who offers outcall services. You know what that means, right?"

He Kao shook his head seriously, "I don't know."

Qian Guran: "You really don't know?"

He Kao: "I really don't know."

Qian Guran had to explain again.

Xiaopang booking the same technician for two consecutive days suggests he was quite satisfied with her service, and the technician seized the opportunity to get Xiaopang's contact details.

She could provide services elsewhere, ostensibly unrelated to the foot massage city. That's what outcall service means.

He Kao: "But Xiaopang didn't call for such service."

Qian Guran: "But Old Zhang doesn't know that. According to his plan, Xiaopang would definitely call for the outcall service.

Old Zhang knows that Number Eight technician and probably exaggerated Xiaopang as a big spender, knowing she has Xiaopang's contact.

Even if Xiaopang didn't think about calling her, she would actively promote the service... even a street coincidence would work, as Xiaopang is inexperienced and could easily fall into the trap."

He Kao frowned and said, "Does he plan to lie in wait, then call the police to catch him in the act?"

Qian Guran shook his head, "No need for that. As long as there's evidence that Xiaopang called for the outcall service, they can choose an opportune moment to report him. Old Zhang has a cousin who's a police officer, perfect for boosting his performance...