Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 384: Chapter 384 Endless Trouble_1

Zhongjing Media, General Manager’s Office.

Chen Changqing rushed back from his Uncle Chen Jiuzheng, diving straight into Song Changkong’s office.

After that, Assistant Song received an order to act as a doorkeeper, turning away all visitors and cancelling all meetings.

In the office, Chen Changqing spoke with animated excitement while Song Changkong nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Such a vicious strategy!

And it sounded so feasible, so lethal!

Song Changkong and Chen Changqing instantly clicked and closed the door to make a detailed plan.

...

It was Bai Xiaosheng’s fifth day of utter boredom.

Approaching noon, a hasty knocking sounded on the door of his office, and then, someone hurriedly burst in.

”Mr. Bai, it’s bad, something terrible has happened!” the person exclaimed as soon as he entered.

”Director Gao?”

Bai Xiaosheng looked up in surprise at this person.

It was none other than Gao Dazhi.

At the moment, his face was flushed with energy, he was gasping for breath, his forehead was drenched with sweat, and his eyes were filled with panic and anger.

What had happened?!

Bai Xiaosheng was taken aback and stood up.

Gao Dazhi was an old-timer in the corporate world, and although he tended to brownnose a bit, it was out of habit, and it wasn’t annoying.

Furthermore, he was very capable and always composed—qualities essential for a leader.

But why was the usually unflappable Gao Dazhi in such a state now?

”Don’t panic, catch your breath first then speak!” said Bai Xiaosheng in a stern voice, getting him a glass of water.

Gao Dazhi gratefully took it and gulped it down, stabilizing his emotions and catching his breath.

A moment later, Gao Dazhi said urgently to Bai Xiaosheng, ”It’s bad, Mr. Bai, our department has a problem!”

”I know something’s wrong, what is it, just tell me!” Bai Xiaosheng said with a mixture of irritation and amusement.

Gao Dazhi was confused; didn’t he know how to report succinctly?

Gao Dazhi also realized he had spoken incorrectly and paused for a moment to organize his thoughts.

As he was about to speak and Bai Xiaosheng prepared to listen, the office door was knocked on anxiously again.

All of a sudden, it interrupted what Gao Dazhi was about to say.

Bai Xiaosheng glanced at the door.

The office door swung open, and this time the person rushing in was Lin Weiwei.

The young lady, who had been in a good mood in the morning and dressed up beautifully, now had a face full of anger, her forehead sweaty and her hairdo slightly disheveled from her hasty arrival.

”Xiaosheng,...”

Lin Weiwei entered and spoke too hastily, blurting out the familiar name before realizing Gao Dazhi was also there; she quickly corrected herself, ”Mr. Bai, something’s gone wrong!”

After speaking, Lin Weiwei saw Bai Xiaosheng looking at her with a strange expression and then glanced at Gao Dazhi, who was equally agitated.

Lin Weiwei was taken aback and couldn’t help saying to Gao Dazhi, ”You too...”

Gao Dazhi nodded at her with a wry smile.

Bai Xiaosheng, who was initially eager to hear Gao Dazhi’s report, now saw that Lin Weiwei was in a similar state, and he suddenly became less anxious.

”Five minutes, I’ll give you both five minutes to calm down without speaking.”

Bai Xiaosheng went to fetch a cup of water for Lin Weiwei as well and handed it to her, then pulled over a chair to sit down, nodding toward the sofa beside them, ”Go sit over there!”

Bai Xiaosheng was uncompromising in his approach, his attitude forceful.

Gao Dazhi and Lin Weiwei obediently sat down on the sofa. Five minutes, as agonizing as they were, cooled their heads.

Bai Xiaosheng smiled.

If the matter they wanted to discuss was urgent, yet they could still hold it in for five minutes, it seemed it wasn’t that critical after all.

Bai Xiaosheng, in fact, relaxed. In his view, as long as it wasn’t an emergency that demanded immediate action, as long as one could keep their composure, there was no need for panic and disorder, which wouldn’t help resolve anything.

Those five minutes were not only for Gao Dazhi and Lin Weiwei to settle down but also for himself.

During this interlude, Bai Xiaosheng made some educated guesses.

Gao Dazhi managed the Film and Television Department, and Lin Weiwei oversaw New Media; each was responsible for their department’s affairs.

Those departments operated smoothly, without any issues that typically required reporting.

Today, suddenly, there were problems in both!

It seemed that Song Changkong and Chen Changqing had made their move!

Finally, it had come!

Bai Xiaosheng sneered internally.

As soon as the five minutes were up, Bai Xiaosheng looked calmly at Gao Dazhi, then at Lin Weiwei, gave a faint smile, and asked, ”Which one of you will speak first?”

Bai Xiaosheng’s poised and calm demeanor affected Gao and Lin, who glanced at each other.

”Director Gao arrived first, you go ahead,” Lin Weiwei said.

”Alright.” Gao Dazhi was indeed anxious and didn’t delay.

During those five minutes, he had sorted things out in his head, unlike before when all his words jammed up at his lips, wanting to talk about one thing but thinking of another, resulting in saying nothing at all.

”Just now, the Human Resources Department decided to suspend all of Wenqing’s work because his personal assessment for the last quarter was unsatisfactory, and on top of that, he had twelve administrative penalties. They’ve decided to suspend him based on policy and reassess whether to keep him!”

As he spoke of this, Gao Dazhi’s expression was somewhat complex.

On one hand, the punishment was indeed justified. The former Wenqing was really reckless and careless, committing big mistakes as well as many minor ones—having been disciplined by HR twelve times, if it weren’t for his protection, Wenqing would have been fired long ago.

On the other hand, under Bai Xiaosheng’s mentoring, Wenqing had turned over a new leaf, and according to recent feedback from the team, his performance had been quite good.

The television series was about to start production, and they couldn’t do without Wenqing!

The Administrative Department’s punishment had come ”at just the right time!”

”I can talk to the HR department about this,” Bai Xiaosheng said.

”Right after HR left, the Finance Department notified me that the additional clothing and prop expenses applied for by our department had not been approved. They gave a bunch of reasons, all of which made sense, but we need those expenses soon. We’re starting production at the end of the month, and we can’t afford any delays!” Gao Dazhi continued.

”I can also talk to the Finance Department about this,” Bai Xiaosheng frowned.

”Finance had just left when the Administrative Department informed us that we have to conduct training this month! We’re so busy we’re practically flying, how do we have time for training? In the past, we always got special approval to skip it, but now they won’t hear of it!” Gao Dazhi went on.

”And there’s the Logistics Department...”

”And the Security Section...”

Gao Dazhi listed six or seven issues in one breath. All the problems had surged at nearly the same time, as if by prior arrangement, like a long-dormant volcano suddenly erupting with ferocious force and searing magma.

”Mr. Bai, there’s something fishy going on here!”

Gao Dazhi said meaningfully, his voice low.

He didn’t need to spell it out.

Bai Xiaosheng’s face had already darkened.

Without further thought, this was Song Changkong and Chen Changqing’s doing.

”Impressive, all justified and timely; they are clearly challenging me with an open strategy!” Bai Xiaosheng mused with interest, ”When did their intelligence escalate!”