"Why should the newbies be laid off?" the fierce-looking girl beside Shen Yuqin challenged.
The young married woman looked at the girl with disdain: "Isn’t the point of layoffs to cut the new guys? You have no experience whatsoever, you’re simply not qualified."
"Heh, experience? Aren’t you just those who have spent a slightly longer time at the company? As for performance, in the second half of the year, Yuqin ranked first in the public relations department, and I was second. As for a few of you, it’s almost as if you have no performance, just loafing around in the department," the girl defiantly retorted.
The glamorous young married woman sneered: "Ha, you call that the best performance? Let me tell you the truth, your performance is high because you’re newbies, and you get assigned all the trivial tasks. We old-timers just need to sit back and reel you in. As for talking about performance? When we were fighting for the company’s performance, you had no idea where you were wasting your time!"
"Exactly, do you have any idea of the performance we achieved together? It would scare you to death if we told you!"
At that moment, Shen Yuqin spoke up: "Feng Yuqin, since the company was established, your performance in the first year was only twenty thousand, and the second year fifty thousand... anyway, not one year has it exceeded one hundred thousand. My performance last month alone was five hundred and eighty thousand."
Shen Yuqin’s smack was so resounding, it startled Feng Yuqin: "You... you’ve been investigating me?"
"Actually, this is all on the resume, available for any new employee to see when they join. It just so happens I took an interest in this and remembered it," Shen Yuqin said with a cold laugh.
The girl beside Shen Yuqin chuckled: "Yuqin, nicely done. Feng Yuqin, you’re right; your performance really did scare me. The best year’s worth of performance didn’t even reach a hundred thousand—terrifying, isn’t it."
Angered and frustrated, Feng Yuqin shot back: "You just wait, the layoffs are going to target you, while I will continue to stay here."
"Such big words, who gave you that authority?" Suddenly, a cold snort sounded as Ye Chenfeng walked in.
"Brother Ye?" When Shen Yuqin turned around in that instant, and saw Ye Chenfeng, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Ye Chenfeng smiled. The girl who had just graduated from college had become a beauty of the professional world, especially now with her imposing manner. Previously timid, she had completely transformed, speaking to Feng Yuqin like a leader reprimanding a subordinate.
"Brother Ye, what brings you here?" For Shen Yuqin, Ye Chenfeng’s appearance was a delightful surprise.
"I missed you, came to check on you!"
One simple sentence from Ye Chenfeng turned Shen Yuqin’s cheeks red, and she couldn’t help but lower her head, the former coldness on her face disappearing instantly.
This surprised everyone present, as Shen Yuqin was never .
"Ha, you actually bring your little lover into the company. Didn’t you say you didn’t have a boyfriend? What a slap to your own face," Feng Yuqin immediately became arrogant.
"Yeah, Shen Yuqin did say she didn’t have a boyfriend," someone echoed, causing everyone to start pointing fingers at Shen Yuqin.
"What does your little boyfriend do? How can he just walk into our company? He might be a thief; I’ve heard there’s been a lot of thievery in the company recently. Everyone should be careful, or you might lose your belongings without even knowing."
Following Feng Yuqin’s reminder, the older employees with her began checking their pockets and elsewhere.
"Feng Yuqin, watch your language, making accusations requires evidence," Shen Yuqin stated coldly.
"Ha, defending your boyfriend? Maybe I should call security to check your ’boyfriend?’ What do you all say?" Feng Yuqin suggested with a smile, reveling in her smugness.
"Good!" many people clamored in unison.
"If you weren’t a woman, your face would already be swollen!" all of a sudden, the quiet Ye Chenfeng spoke up, his tone even.
"Ha, what? Are you so frustrated that you want to hit me? Do it!" Feng Yuqin’s expression couldn’t have been more scornful.
The response was a loud slap that spun her around one hundred and eighty degrees on the spot, stars bursting before her eyes, her mind a blank, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and one side of her face swelling rapidly.
The unexpected turn of events shocked everyone.
After a moment, the recovering Feng Yuqin held her face, looked incredulously at Ye Chenfeng, and asked: "Didn’t you say you don’t hit women?"
Ye Chenfeng chuckled: "Heh, indeed, I don’t hit women, but I just realized you’re not a woman, you’re a cheap person."
Everyone was stunned by Ye Chenfeng’s sharp words, speechless.
"Not only did you hit me, but you also called me a cheap person! You won’t leave here in one piece today, and Shen Yuqin, you’ve been fired by the company," Feng Yuqin acted like a dog driven to a wall.
"Heh, who gave you that kind of power!" Another cold sneer rose, with Sun Yuan arriving on the scene.
All onlookers were taken aback, not having expected Sun Yuan to come.
"President Sun, I..." Feng Yuqin suddenly didn’t know what to say.
Sun Yuan glared at her: "Feng Yuqin, the layoff list has come out, and you’re the first from the PR department to be cut."
Feng Yuqin’s head buzzed, her mind going blank.
"What? President Sun, you’re laying me off?" Once she grasped the situation, Feng Yuqin asked in disbelief.
"That’s right, it’s you and a batch of old employees, with no performance to speak of, who became the toxins of the PR department. On the other hand, newcomer Shen Yuqin has been outstanding, and facing the company crisis, she’s proposed a set of workable solutions. Therefore, I’m announcing the appointment of Shen Yuqin as head of the Public Relations department," Sun Yuan declared decisively.
The crowd was stunned; Shen Yuqin’s promotion was too quick. In just a few months, she rocketed from a regular employee to the head of the PR department, a truly shocking ascent.
"There are no buts, the layoff list is final. If your name’s on it, head to HR to proceed with leaving. If there’s trouble, call security or the police directly," Sun Yuan left no room for negotiation for Feng Yuqin and the others.
"Mr. Ye!" Sun Yuan nodded at Ye Chenfeng and then left.
They left Feng Yuqin and the others wanting to cry but unable to shed tears.
"Brother Ye, shall we go outside?" Shen Yuqin suggested.
"Sure," Ye Chenfeng nodded.
"Yuqin, congratulations, you got promoted so fast, it’s like you rode a rocket," Ye Chenfeng congratulated.