Chapter 1204
Re-excerpt VG
Chapter 1204 Return to VG
Jane said meaningfully, "Actually, it's too early to say all this. There's still room for maneuver in Brother Kuan's matter!"
"And as you should know, my work style is that I usually start with the top performers!"
At this point, Jane changed the subject, saying, "On the contrary, it's you!"
"I know!" Liu Yingxia understood what Jian Ai meant, and then said with a hint of helplessness:
"Actually, when I took on the role of HR director and my first task was to lay off employees, I was mentally prepared!"
"Although Andy denied my guess, I still had my own ideas, which is why I thought of asking you for help so that I could do things better!"
"I reckon that by then, a job transfer will be the best outcome, at least it's better than being laid off, right?"
At this moment, Liu Yingxia received a call from the president's office, asking her to come downstairs to greet the newly appointed operations director.
When Lin Hao arrived at the VG gate, Andy and all the middle-level employees were downstairs to welcome him.
When Liu Yingxia saw that it was Lin Hao who got out of the car, she was stunned for a moment, then turned to Jian Ai, who was equally dumbfounded, and said:
"Hey, what brings Lin Hao here? He's not here to see you, is he? You two shouldn't be arguing here, it's not appropriate!"
Jane glared at Liu Yingxia and said, "Shut up!"
The middle managers also found it incredible. Most of them were old employees from the same batch as Lin Hao, and now they had also become middle managers in the company.
What they found unbelievable was that Lin Hao, who had been dismissed, actually returned, and as a high-level executive such as the operations director.
"Welcome back, old friend!" Andy hugged Lin Hao, then introduced him to everyone:
"As everyone knows, VG is about to merge with Xingyao Company, and this Mr. Lin Hao is the new Operations Director after the merger of VG and Xingyao!"
"Actually, many of you here already know him, and some employees are even quite familiar with him!"
"Therefore, on behalf of the new VG Group, I welcome Mr. Lin Hao home!"
"Clap clap clap!" Someone started it, and after Andy's introduction, everyone burst into applause.
Lin Hao glanced at the people who came to greet him and, unsurprisingly, saw Liu Yingxia and Jane Eyre. However, Lin Hao didn't pay them any attention and followed Andy upstairs.
"Welcome back!" Andy then said to Lin Hao with a smile:
"It's been a long time since I've seen everyone so energetic, all because of your return!"
"No, no!" Lin Hao shook his head with a laugh and said, "That's because they're young and energetic!"
"Of course, you're still the most energetic one!" Andy said with a nostalgic look, then smiled.
"Back then, you gave up your studies to follow Jane, and now you've returned to VG for her, full of energy just like when you were young!"
Lin Hao glanced at Andy, then looked at the busy employees, and said calmly:
"There's something you might have misunderstood. I accepted your invitation first, not because of Jane!"
"There's something you might have misunderstood. I agreed to your cooperation first, and only then did I find out that Jane was coming to VG!"
"For me, Jane is a thing of the past. My purpose in coming here is to lead the new VG to complete localization reforms and regain its former glory!"
However, Andy didn't believe Lin Hao's words. He didn't believe that Lin Hao would not know that Jane had already joined VG. He thought that Lin Hao agreed because Jane was here.
Andy gave a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "That's what I admire most about you! When you're going to let go, let go of everything and focus on doing one thing!"
"Come on, I'll take you to your office!" With that, she led Lin Hao to an office.
After chatting for a while in Lin Hao's office, Andy left. Jiang Nan then helped Lin Hao set up his office, displaying all the past glories on the shelves.
Seeing Lin Hao looking at the merger documents, and noting that there were no outsiders in the office, she approached Lin Hao and cautiously probed:
"Brother Lin, I just saw someone, it looks like someone from the HR department, and he looks a lot like my ex-sister-in-law!"
Lin Hao didn't react when he noticed Jiang Nan's change in how she addressed him. She had called him that before, but only in private.
"Really?" Lin Hao asked, seemingly oblivious. "Are there people who look that alike?"
"Brother Lin, why would I lie to you? It's true!" Jiang Nan said seriously.
Seeing her so nervous, Lin Hao chuckled and teased, "If you're really too free, you could go out and double-check for me!"
"Then I'll just get back to work!" Jiang Nan was somewhat discouraged by the failed attempt to test the waters, so she naturally wasn't going to make a fool of herself.
At this moment, Jia Kuan pushed open Lin Hao's office door and said casually, "You came back without even telling me, you!"
"Uh~!" Upon seeing Lin Hao's secretary, he quickly composed himself and said in a serious tone:
"Xiao Jiang is here!"
"Hello, Brother Kuan!" As Lin Hao's secretary, he naturally knew Lin Hao's two good brothers and often saw Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming, so they were acquaintances.
"Who is Jiang Nan?!" Seeing Jia Kuan's arrogant demeanor earlier, Lin Hao wanted to deflate his arrogance, so he deliberately shouted at Jiang Nan:
"Didn't you explain the rules to your company's employees? You're letting just anyone barge in! Throw them out!"
"Eh~!" Jiang Nan nodded in response, but did not take any real action, since she knew it was just a joke between the brothers.
Jia Kuan is considered a very shrewd and capable person in the company. Ever since he learned that the company was going to lay off employees, he has been worried that he would be laid off. The key is that the person who is carrying out the layoff is his wife, so he has always kept a low profile.
After this period of probing, he vaguely sensed from Liu Yingxia that he was among those being optimized.
Seeing Lin Hao back at VG today, with his good brother and senior management in the company, the optimization issues are much easier to resolve; they're no longer a problem.
Without a sense of crisis, they naturally became arrogant and conceited. Upon hearing Lin Hao's words, they were momentarily stunned.
"No, what do you mean?!" Jia Kuan immediately became displeased and asked incredulously:
"Do I need to apply to come here?"
"Who am I? Don't you know who I am?" Jia Kuan retorted defiantly.
"Who are you?" Lin Hao asked deliberately, acting as if he didn't know him at all.
Jia Kuan looked at Lin Hao in disbelief, but seeing his businesslike demeanor, he had no choice but to go through the motions.
"Alright, Mr. Lin, I'm not some nobody!" Jia Kuan reluctantly introduced himself.
"I'm Jia Kuan from the Administration Department of VG Company. I'm here to report to you!"
"Jia Kuan?" Lin Hao said with a look of sudden realization.
"I remember now, we used to be colleagues!" she then reminded him in a serious tone.
"Remember to knock next time you come in!"
"Okay!" Jia Kuan said speechlessly. "Jiang Nan, you go ahead and get busy!" Lin Hao said to Jiang Nan.
Since they were already acquaintances, Jiang Nan walked up to Jia Kuan and deliberately asked loudly, "Brother Kuan, would you like some water?"
"No, no, I'm not thirsty!" Jia Kuan quickly said.
"Then you can chat slowly!" Jiang Nan said, and strode away.
"Okay, Assistant Jiang, take care!" After watching Jiang Nan leave the office, Jia Kuan suddenly ran up to Lin Hao, sat on his desk, and said:
"Hao, it's me~!"
Before Jia Kuan could finish speaking, Lin Hao looked at him and asked:
"Jia Kuan, do you even act like an employee anymore? What are you trying to do sitting on my desk?"
"Go sit across from me!" Lin Hao gestured to the chair across the table.
Jia Kuan felt a little flustered under Lin Hao's gaze, then awkwardly smiled and sat down opposite Lin Hao, before saying in a servile manner:
"The reason I didn't go with you to see Teacher Wu that time wasn't because I deserted my post. It's all Zhou Yiming's fault. He got you drunk and then tried to run away. I chased after him!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" she said irritably. "You ended up running away with him while you were chasing him, didn't you!"
"Don't worry, wait until I have some free time, then I'll show you both what I'm made of!"
"What a disgrace!" Jia Kuan said with a grin, "Trying to punish us? Who are you trying to punish!"
"But when I see your face, it reminds me of the four years we spent eating and sleeping together in college. How wonderful that was!"
Then, grasping Lin Hao's hand, he said, "Look at you returning to VG this time, you really have so many feelings!"
"Let go!" Lin Hao slapped Jia Kuan's hand away, then said with a look of disgust, "How disgusting!"
Then he said solemnly, "Let me tell you, don't try to get close to me here and disgust me. What do you want to say? I'm busy here!"
"What could possibly be wrong with me!" Jia Kuan said in a serious tone, "I'm just so happy you're back, 24K pure!"
"Just tell me what you need, buddy, I'll definitely make it happen!"
"You can't satisfy me!" Lin Hao said solemnly, "Stop dawdling, just say what you want to say, or I'll kick you out!"
"No, no, no!" Seeing that Lin Hao didn't seem to be joking, Jia Kuan said awkwardly, "How did you know I had something to do?"
Lin Hao looked at Jia Kuan, then said leisurely:
"You don't even need to bend over; I already know what kind of shit you want to poop, especially when you try to get on someone's good side—it's never going to be anything good!"
"So I judge that you not only have a physical problem, but you also have an illness, a mental one!" Lin Hao said knowingly.
"You're absolutely right!" Seeing that Lin Hao's words hit the nail on the head, Jia Kuan slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "I really have a problem with this!"
"My biggest worry is this optimization project. I can't sleep at night, and I'm losing clumps of hair!"
"And it just so happens that my wife is the one handling this, you really have to help me this time!" Jia Kuan said pleadingly.
"Let me tell you, I'm almost certainly one of the people being downsized this time!"
"If I'm really going to be laid off at my age, will I still have any standing in my family?"
After all, they are brothers. This time, Jia Kuan swallowed his pride and asked Lin Hao for help. After all, Lin Hao is now a high-level executive at VG, and if he really wanted to help, it would only take a word.
Seeing Jia Kuan's anxiety, Lin Hao deliberately feigned helplessness and said:
"This is a big matter, and I may not be able to help. After all, it was a company decision, and it was made before I arrived!"
Upon hearing this, Jia Kuan immediately perked up and then whispered:
No, VG and Star Glory are about to merge, and there will definitely be major changes due to employee optimization. It's impossible for things to proceed according to the previous plan!
"This is an opportunity! And a golden opportunity!" It has to be said that Jia Kuan's brain is definitely sharp enough, especially at this critical moment of life and death.
"Well, this..." Lin Hao continued to pique Jia Kuan's interest, saying with a troubled expression, "Even so, it's not appropriate for me to interfere!"
Seeing Lin Hao dawdling, Jia Kuan immediately wentaded him, "No, if you don't help me now, who will?"
"Besides, this whole thing started because of you. You defeated Andy, and that's why Andy came to optimize it!"
"To put it mildly, you're harming the company; to put it more seriously, you're killing your brothers. Don't you have any self-awareness?"
"You think so too?" Lin Hao asked in return.
"What else?" Jia Kuan said matter-of-factly.
"You have to help me this time, no matter what method you use, you absolutely have to save me!"
"I know you're back on big business this time, it must be someone from Xingyao, right?" Jia Kuan said with an expression that seemed to see right through him.
"Don't worry, I know you have higher ideals to pursue. Whenever there's a need for your brother, I'll be there to help you, burning with youthful passion once more!"
It has to be said that Jia Kuan is quite capable to be able to become brothers with people like Lin Hao and Zhou Yiming; he immediately saw the difference in Lin Hao's return to VG.
Upon hearing this, Lin Hao couldn't help but say, "No, are you sure you still have your youth?"
"It's alright, I'll be alright with some effort!" Jia Kuan said shamelessly.
"Alright, stop talking. With your IQ, you should just go back to your workstation and get to work!" Lin Hao thought for a moment before saying calmly.
"I understand what happened. I'll try my best!"
"Given our long-standing relationship, I won't leave you out of anything, good or bad, and I can't let you flatter me for nothing!"
"That's exactly what I've been waiting for!" Jia Kuan said with a huge weight lifted from his shoulders.
"If you had said so earlier, I would have put your mind at ease sooner!"
"Is there anything else?" Lin Hao asked again.
"By the way, do you know that Jane came to our company?" Jia Kuan asked mysteriously.
"I know! I just found out!" Lin Hao then said to Jia Kuan in an annoyed tone:
"I must say, your wife is truly a talented woman!"
"She doesn't want to take responsibility herself, so she brings Jian Ai in to take the fall. Doesn't she know what will happen to her after she finishes the employee optimization?"
"What an ending!" Jia Kuan was momentarily stunned.
Lin Hao sighed and said helplessly:
"Liu Yingxia, the HR director, is like a knife that has killed someone and is stained with blood. The outcome is either that it is thrown away directly, or that it is cleaned up and shelved!"
Jia Kuan was stunned when he heard this, and then he was dumbfounded. When he thought about how he and his wife had been kicked out of the house together, his mind cleared up instantly!