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Chapter 1206 Coping
“Your master’s been on fire lately!” Jian Ai looked at Liu Yingxia speechlessly, but what else could she say?

However, Liu Yingxia said to herself, "Actually, it's quite good that my master came. He can help us divert some of our firepower, right?"

Based on Jian Ai's understanding of Lin Hao, she knew that when faced with work stalled, he would definitely try to stir up some trouble.

"You're even trying to divert our firepower!" Remembering Lin Hao's personality, Jian Ai retorted irritably, "You're lucky you're not being used as a pawn!"

"Impossible!" Liu Yingxia exclaimed in disbelief, then looked at Lin Hao and Jiang Nan.

At this moment, Jiang Nan looked at Lin Hao, then noticed Jian Ai having dinner with Liu Yingxia, and gestured with her chin.

Lin Hao turned to look at Liu Yingxia and Jian Ai, a smile appearing on his face, before getting up and walking over.

Seeing this, Liu Yingxia said while eating, "He's looking over here, he's eating with his head down, eating with his head down, eating with his head down!"

Seeing Liu Yingxia was like a mouse seeing a cat. Jian Ai was filled with helplessness. Lin Hao didn't eat people, so she didn't know why she was so afraid of him.

"He's here, oh no!" Seeing that Lin Hao had really come over, Liu Yingxia felt like a student meeting her teacher.

"Director Liu!" Lin Hao greeted them as he walked up to them.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!" Liu Yingxia replied solemnly.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!" Jian Ai put on a fake smile.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Liu Yingxia very tactfully stood up and asked, "President Lin, why don't you sit here?"

"You sit down too!" Lin Hao smiled.

"No, it's nothing, I won't sit down, you guys chat!" Liu Yingxia stammered, overwhelmed by Lin Hao's aura.

Jane disliked Lin Hao's current attitude because she didn't see the affection she used to have in his eyes. Instead, he seemed to be doing business, and even had a sense that he was up to no good.

"President Lin, it's lunchtime!" Jian Ai said calmly, though with some displeasure.

"If Mr. Lin has work to do, you can come to his office to talk. If you just want to chat and catch up, you can wait until after get off work!"

"It's not for casual conversation or catching up; I just came to say hello to two old friends!" Lin Hao said calmly.

Jane Ai replied in a businesslike manner, "If they're here to discuss future work plans with our department, then we'll listen carefully and humbly learn from them!"

"However, since this is such an important matter, please discuss it in Mr. Lin's office!"

Lin Hao glanced around and saw that everyone was paying attention to them, so he said loudly:

"It's nothing important, I just heard that your HR department is working on an optimization plan!"

"Quiet!" As soon as Lin Hao finished speaking, the entire cafeteria fell silent instantly, as if someone had pressed the freeze button, and everyone froze in place.

Even the food in their mouths was so shocking that they forgot to chew, and everyone involuntarily looked towards Lin Hao.

"Keep your voice down!" Liu Yingxia looked around and then almost pleaded with him.

"Is that how it is?" Lin Hao completely ignored her and asked Jian Ai solemnly.

Jane was helpless. In fact, the employee optimization plan was basically finalized. If it weren't for the merger of VG and Xingyao, it should have entered the substantive negotiation stage long ago.

Unexpectedly, Lin Hao brought it up in public, which caught Jian Ai off guard.

However, Jane calmly said:

"At the moment, it is not convenient to discuss the specific details publicly, but I believe that as the director of the operations department, General Manager Lin should take the lead in setting a public example!"

"Of course, we must set an example, and we must also show the right attitude!" Lin Hao continued loudly:

"However, I have just returned to VG and am still involved in the merger of the two companies. You have been working on this for a long time, so it is inconvenient for me to participate!"

"Furthermore, I've heard that you've been secretly working on this for quite some time, so it's even less appropriate for me to interfere!"

"So the optimization work is up to you two. Of course, as the operations director, I hope you will be cautious!"

"Because every colleague on your optimization list is our comrade-in-arms. Even if one day they have to leave their current positions for some reason, please do your best to protect their interests!"

"You must listen carefully to their thoughts and take their demands seriously. This is my expectation of you!"

"It's getting cold, hurry up and eat!" Lin Hao said, gesturing to Jian Ai before getting up and returning to his seat.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin!" Jian Ai said expressionlessly.

Lin Hao's words were certainly satisfying, but they put her and Liu Yingxia in the spotlight, so it would be strange if they didn't give him a pleasant look.

"Farewell, Mr. Lin!" Liu Yingxia said with a wry smile as she saw Lin Hao off, then returned to her seat.

The nearby employees started discussing it without realizing it, and even the seasoned veterans in the operations department couldn't sit still anymore.

"Brother Da, they said that optimization is just...!"

"That's for those who take advantage of the chaos and loiter around aimlessly!"

Are you alright?

"What could possibly happen to us!" Da Ge was panicking inside, but he remained incredibly calm on the surface.
"No matter how much he optimizes things, it still depends on his seniority. Just enjoy your meal and calm down!"

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On the other side, Lin Hao returned to his seat, and Jiang Nan would glance at him from time to time.

"Are you blind? Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Lin Hao asked, looking completely bewildered.

"No, it's just that~!" Jiang Nan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Are you really okay with what happened between you and Sister Jian Ai?"

Lin Hao said matter-of-factly, "What could possibly happen? We're divorced now. It's just normal work, business as usual!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nan visibly perked up for some reason.

After Lin Hao and Jiang Nan had lunch, Lin Hao arranged for her to organize relevant information about VG employees.

As soon as she arrived at work in the afternoon, Jiang Nan finished organizing the documents and then went to Lin Hao's office.

"Mr. Lin, here are the documents you requested!" Jiang Nan placed the documents on Lin Hao's desk.

"Very efficient!" Lin Hao picked it up and glanced at it.

Jiang Nan pointed at the document with a grin and said, "Of course, that's because I'm focused, unlike some bosses who, upon arriving, meddle in other people's business first!"

"Wow, you've improved! You're even making sarcastic remarks now!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

"Optimization is part of VG's reform, so of course I need to understand it clearly!"

Jiang Nan asked in confusion, "But didn't you say you wouldn't participate in the work that had already begun?"

Lin Hao looked at Jiang Nan and patiently explained, "I will not participate in the work that has already begun, but the follow-up work that has not yet begun will be our next focus!"

"Besides, did I ever say I wouldn't participate in the optimization work?" Lin Hao said matter-of-factly. "Yes, yes, whatever you say is right!" Jiang Nan was speechless at Lin Hao's attitude.

"I'll give you another lesson for free!" Lin Hao said earnestly to his secretary.

"When it is necessary to be inconsistent in words and deeds, you should shout the slogans louder, but do your work as discreetly as possible, or even do it in secret!"

Jiang Nan's mind worked quickly, and then she suddenly realized:

So, you want to use the personnel work already underway to push forward your reforms; you're trying to use someone else to do your dirty work while trying to play the good guy!

"Am I really that bad?" Lin Hao glared at Jiang Nan, then earnestly advised her:

"The most important issue now is that the two companies are at a critical juncture in their merger, and we are newcomers; we cannot afford to become the target of everyone's criticism!"

"So the first step is to shift our firepower, understand?"

"Okay, I understand!" Jiang Nan suddenly realized, and then got to the point:
"I extracted the quarterly reports from their first, third, and fifth years as senior executives, based on their length of service!"

Lin Hao nodded, flipping through the documents as he tested him, "Why these past few years?"

These stages provide the best view of the relationship between VG and its employees.

"Not only can this help us identify problems and come up with solutions, but it also allows us to understand our employees as quickly as possible!"

"These three years are the exciting period of a job, the cognitive adjustment period, and the bottleneck and burnout period. You taught me that before!"

Lin Hao smiled, then handed the documents to Jiang Nan and said, "Take these reports and take a good look at them again!"

"What do you think?" Jiang Nan was very puzzled. Why was it her turn to do this?

"Yes, you're probably wondering why I'm asking you to do what's clearly my responsibility," Lin Hao asked with a smile.

"Hmm!" Jiang Nan nodded, confirming that she did indeed have such a question.

“You’ve been by my side for over four years now. Do you only want to be a secretary from now on? It’s time to stand on your own!”

"Ah~!" Jiang Nan covered her mouth in surprise, feeling both happy and reluctant as she said:
"But, but I only wanted to be your secretary, I never thought about working independently!"

“You can’t be a secretary forever!” Lin Hao added, “By the way, don’t just look at it from that perspective!”

"It's not impossible!" Jiang Nan only dared to think this tempting idea in her heart, but she still said it aloud:
"So, what's the approach?"

"Plagiarism rate!" Just as Lin Hao was about to continue speaking, the office door opened, and the operations department staff swarmed in.

To be honest, Lin Hao disliked this kind of behavior of barging in without knocking, as it showed a complete lack of manners.

What if one day you're in the office, having a conversation with your secretary about something important, and someone suddenly barges in? That would be so awkward!

"Mr. Lin!"

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

"Come on, let's give them a round of applause!"

Supervisor Sun Weida, accompanied by a group of mid-level managers from the operations department, spoke obsequiously to Lin Hao:

"President Lin, in front of everyone, I feel I have to say a few words of criticism to you!"

"You're coming back, such a big thing, why didn't you tell us beforehand so the brothers could be prepared!"

After saying that, he asked the crowd, "Isn't that right?"

"that is!"

"Yeah!"

"Of course, none of that matters!" Sun Weida said sincerely, "The important thing is that our operations department will have a backbone from now on!"

Lin Hao and Jiang Nan exchanged a glance, then Lin Hao said with a smile, "Come on, sit down and let's talk, both of you sit down!"

Lin Hao asked everyone in the operations department to sit on the guest sofa, and Jiang Nan, being very perceptive, pushed a chair over for Lin Hao.

After Lin Hao sat down, he said earnestly:
"First of all, I must make one thing clear: please don't keep calling me 'General Manager Lin.' I can tell from this that we're all old friends and colleagues, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" A group of employees nodded happily in agreement.

Sun Weida, in particular, felt a little more at ease seeing that Lin Hao didn't treat them like outsiders.

Then he felt a little regretful. He should have come to report to Lin Hao earlier; he had made things difficult for himself.

He felt quite resentful when he saw Lin Hao parachuted in and directly appointed as the director of the operations department.

He originally thought that, based on his seniority, he should be appointed as the director, but he didn't expect Lin Hao to suddenly be parachuted in.

Later, they learned that the two companies were about to merge, so they wanted to sabotage Lin Hao. However, during lunch, they overheard Lin Hao revealing the company's employee layoffs, which made them a little scared.

So when he arrived at work in the afternoon, he felt he should go to Lin Hao to report on his work, hoping to use his old connections to keep his job when the two companies merged.

Seeing that the group of people each had their own thoughts, Lin Hao patiently continued:
"Secondly, it's not that I didn't want to let everyone know I was back beforehand; it's just that even I found it a bit sudden!"

"I was doing just fine at Xingyao, and then I was suddenly transferred here to be the Director of Operations. I was actually quite surprised too!"

"Oh, right, let me introduce you all!" Lin Hao said, pointing to Jiang as he introduced her.
“Jiang Nan, my assistant secretary, has been with me ever since I left VG. She knows my work habits and new quirks best!”

"If there's anything inconvenient for you, or if you don't feel comfortable telling me directly, just contact Jiang Nan!"

At this moment, Jiang Nan generously introduced herself:

"Hello everyone, please call me Xiao Jiang, or if you're more familiar with me, you can call me Nan Nan!"

At this moment, the deputy manager quickly chimed in:
"You wouldn't dare say that. Miss Jiang is Mr. Lin's right-hand woman. We'll need her guidance in our work in the future!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" A group of people nodded in agreement, flattering the deputy manager.

Sun Weida was somewhat annoyed that the deputy supervisor had interrupted him, so he slapped the deputy supervisor's thigh hard and said:
"Can you please stop with the gimmicks?"

Then, in order to show his close relationship with Lin Hao, he took the initiative to say:

"From now on, everyone should work hard under General Manager Lin and build a new world together, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The crowd echoed in agreement once again.

Lin Hao looked at Sun Weida, this hypocrite, and felt a surge of disgust, but he didn't say anything on the surface. Instead, he smiled and said:

"Weida, I think you're even weaker!"

"I just told you to stop calling him 'President Lin' all the time, but you're the one leading the way again!"

"Let's agree on this first!" Lin Hao then put away his joke and said with a serious expression:
"It's not about who follows whom and works hard; it's about all of us working together to make VG bigger and stronger, and create new glories!"