Chapter 426: I Must Make Everyone Shut Up
Lin Fan proved his innocence, and Sister He was subsequently fired by Wei Qingxue.
Wei Qingxue wasn't done venting; the mistake wasn't just Sister He's alone as the whole executive office colluded with Sister He.
"All of you, I'm asking again, you all saw what He Yu did, right? Why didn't you tell the truth?" Wei Qingxue asked angrily.
Everyone in the office changed their expressions, each trembling and lowering their heads, not daring to meet Wei Qingxue's gaze, worried the president might find trouble with them as well. Could they be fired too?
Lin Fan smiled and said, "I think the reason everyone cooperated with Sister He was because she's always throwing her weight around, acting high and mighty. Everyone's afraid of her and intimidated by her presence, right? Am I correct?"
Lin Fan's words undoubtedly provided everyone with an excuse, pushing the blame entirely onto Sister He.
Everyone naturally went along with it.
"Mr. Lin is right, President, we didn't dare not cooperate with her. If we offended her, we'd have a hard time at the company."
"We had no choice, Sister He is ferocious, we're all very scared of her!"
"Thankfully, she's been fired. We're all relieved!"
"Yesterday, we saw with our own eyes as He Yu deliberately knocked over coffee to frame Mr. Lin, but we dared not speak up."
"Today, she also switched documents right in front of us, but we didn't dare say anything."
"It was all her doing, it had nothing to do with us!"
Everyone scrambled to talk over each other, placing all the blame on He Yu and completely distancing themselves from it.
They no longer had to look at He Yu's expressions as she had already been fired, unable to threaten them, all they wanted was self-preservation.
He Yu almost fainted from anger; these people used to flatter her, she didn't expect them to turn on her so quickly.
He Yu experienced a sense of betrayal, feeling utterly discouraged as she slunk away from the company.
Because of blaming He Yu, the other members of the executive office were spared.
This was entirely because Lin Fan spoke on their behalf, and everyone suddenly felt very grateful to Lin Fan. From then on, they dared not show him any disrespect.
They used to think the president's son-in-law was just a waste, whom anyone could bully, but today they realized Lin Fan was no simple matter, even an old hand like Sister He failed against him!
Henceforth, no one dared to question Lin Fan, the assistant to the president.
But at this moment, Lin Fan said, "President, because my arrival has stirred up so much trouble, I'm afraid I'm not suitable to stay in this role any longer, I request to transfer."
Lin Fan didn't want to be the president's assistant anymore?
Everyone looked at each other, puzzled about what Lin Fan was planning.
Wei Qingxue asked, "Which department do you want to transfer to?"
Lin Fan said, "I want to try training in the sales department."
Wei Qingxue thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, go report to the sales department. I'll notify Manager Xiao there. Before that, come into my office for a moment."
Lin Fan then came to Wei Qingxue's office.
"Lin Fan, I want to first apologize to you, earlier I was also fooled by Sister He and almost misunderstood you," said Wei Qingxue.
Lin Fan waved his hand, "It's nothing, Sister He is a seasoned workplace veteran who knows how to manipulate and can't blame you."
Wei Qingxue said, "Yes, right. By the way, why did you speak up for them earlier? They were obviously in cahoots with Sister He, and even if all of them were fired, it wouldn't be unfair!"
Lin Fan said, "I wasn't speaking up for them, I was helping you. You've already fired the executive office director, if you also fired them, your work would suffer as a result. So for the sake of the bigger picture, it's better to keep them temporarily, and replace them individually over time."
Wei Qingxue was momentarily stunned, feeling quite touched. Lin Fan was so considerate, she hadn't anticipated that.
Although Lin Fan was just a courier, his handling of this matter was very much like a seasoned chief executive of a large company, so impressive.
Lin Fan working as a courier was truly a waste.
She believed that if Lin Fan were appointed as the executive office director, he could manage the role successfully.
"Lin Fan, no one in the executive office will doubt you anymore. You spoke up for them, they're sure to respect you, why change positions and not continue being my assistant?"
Lin Fan said, "What I've managed now is just the executive office, but beyond that, they are still not convinced of me. If I can't make them convinced, they will continuously mock me, and might claim you're using nepotism, affecting your authority. So I need to achieve something to silence everyone!"
These remarks stirred some emotions within Wei Qingxue, she felt Lin Fan was not simple...
It's alright for a person to be financially poor, but they must have ambition. Lin Fan clearly was a person with aspirations.
Who wouldn't like a man with ambition!
Wei Qingxue looked at Lin Fan more and more and felt increasingly charmed, though he was her husband, currently a pretend husband, but she was starting to think he really was suitable to be her husband.
Her real husband.
Afterward, Wei Qingxue formally transferred Lin Fan to the sales department.
Lin Fan had nothing in particular to pack, so he went empty-handed to report to the sales department.
Before Lin Fan arrived, Manager Xiao from the sales department had already received the notification from Wei Qingxue, who entrusted him to look after Lin Fan.
In front of Wei Qingxue, Manager Xiao naturally nodded and agreed readily to anything.
But once he hung up the phone, Manager Xiao changed his expression and announced the matter to everyone in the sales department.
"I have unfortunate news everyone, the president's worthless husband is coming to our sales department!" Manager Xiao said with a sullen face.
The crowd in the sales department erupted when they heard the news.
"Wasn't he a courier before? Can a delivery guy do sales?"
"This guy might drag down the performance of our entire sales department!"
"Nepotistically related guys, really look down on them!"
"Manager, can't we stop him from coming over!"
The crowd grumbled, evidently none of them welcomed Lin Fan.
Manager Xiao sneered, "This was arranged personally by the president, I can't refuse. But you all should know, just today, Sister He from the executive office was dismissed because she offended Lin Fan!"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked, some became indignant.
"Nepotism truly allows one to cover the sky with one hand!"
"Not someone to provoke!"
"It's baffling that the president would fire her own executive office director for a worthless person!"
"Will we all have to let this worthless person step all over us?"
Manager Xiao chuckled and said, "Don't worry, the sales department is not the executive office. In our sales department, performance matters. This useless son-in-law won't last long here, I'll make sure he leaves quickly!"
At that moment, Lin Fan walked into the sales department, smiling, "Hello everyone, I'm Lin Fan. Please take care of me."