Gu Nuan, upon reflecting on the entire process, immediately felt a sense of trepidation. However, it seemed her awareness had yet to be noticed by others, especially by Donald Duck who originally held a favorable impression of Chen Jiaming.
"Isn’t that right, Chairman Chen?" Zicong smiled at Chen Jiaming and raised an eyebrow.
Chen Jiaming said, "They should decide for themselves, I’ve always been very democratic."
That was an invisible knife of gentle murder.
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Li Sitong’s face was also extremely embarrassed.
Fu Yubo was even at a loss about what to do.
Gu Nuan observed the reactions of everyone around and immediately realized that these people had not spent much time working with Chen Jiaming and fundamentally did not understand him at all.
No wonder, Sister Cai seemed to understand better and directly had Xiaoliu hand the phone to Chen Jiaming.
As the leader of the Financial Department, Chen Jiaming was making an example of someone. Perhaps, initially everyone in Finance knew he was the leader, but since they had just started working together, they had not formed an absolute obedience to his leadership.
Now, over such a trivial matter as hotel accommodation, this man was telling all his subordinates that no matter where you previously worked or whose person you were, from this moment forward, you must obey me.
The reason was simple: who let me be smarter than you?
Leadership, it relies on, is certainly not just boldness, but also, command through intellectual brilliance. Especially since those working under him were not a group reliant solely on physical labor, but a group of intellectual elites.
Instantly, an indescribable tension filled the room.
The hotel receptionist called out a few times for them to collect their registered room key cards.
Xiaoliu, with her head down, was about to go over to get the key card when she suddenly noticed Zicong walking past her and reaching the counter first.
"Is your Manager Zhou here?" Zicong asked.
The receptionist was taken aback for a moment but then quickly replied, "Yes." Then she pressed a telephone number on the desk phone, and soon after the call was connected, handed the handset to Zicong.
Zicong naturally took the handset and spoke to the person on the other line, "Hello, is this Manager Zhou? I want to tell you something. Yes, Changda Group’s Director Chen has come to your hotel, and his subordinates booked the room for him. But Director Chen is too kind-hearted and is planning to bunk with his subordinates tonight."
The person on the other end must have exclaimed in astonishment, consternated about how such a thing could happen or why a director would have to share a bed with regular employees.
Zicong, of course, took great pains to explain and mediate between the two.
Once the other party understood the situation, they quickly said something, and Zicong handed the phone back to the hotel’s receptionist.
After listening to the voice on the phone, the receptionist put down the handset, hurriedly walked around the counter, approached Chen Jiaming, and bowed respectfully, saying, "Director Chen, our Manager Zhou said that we can clear out two rooms temporarily. Of course, these rooms were reserved by other guests beforehand. Tomorrow, our hotel will make further adjustments to ensure that Director Chen truly has two rooms set aside for him. For now, we can only ask for Director Chen’s understanding."
To this, Chen Jiaming replied with a polite and brief word of thanks, "Thank you for the trouble, Manager Zhou."
Xiaoliu immediately looked up, gratefully glancing at Chen Jiaming, her eyes filled with immense admiration.
It was clear to everyone that Chen Jiaming was using Zicong to help Xiaoliu out of a work-related predicament.