Accidentally provoking the spring tide

Chapter 22. The Personnel Has Changed

Li Cheng was happy that his boss had finally come to his senses, so he happily agreed and prepared to go to the planning team.

Because it was lunch break, when he arrived at the planning team's design department, several young women were chatting together.

"I heard that President Ji was getting engaged, but now there's no news at all, and no media reports either."

One of them lowered his voice and said, "It's probably hopeless. I heard that the eldest daughter of the Jiang family has a crush on our CEO, Mr. Ji. She's been licking his boots for years. When Mr. Ji ignored her, she simply used her family to put pressure on him."

"Huh?" The woman looked at her with disdain. "What era are we living in? Why are they still having arranged marriages?!"

"What do you know? These kinds of marriages between wealthy families are perfectly normal. It's a win-win situation when two strong families join forces. Didn't you see how our company's stock price soared a while ago?"

Li Cheng paused in his steps.

When the news of the marriage between the Jiang and Ji families was first released, it was widely reported by the media. Some people discovered that the newlyweds were childhood sweethearts and a perfect match, which was regarded as a beautiful story by netizens, and the company's stock soared.

If the news of the two main figures' absence from the engagement banquet were to spread at this time, it would not be good for either Jiang's or Ji's companies.

Therefore, the two companies tacitly chose to join forces to block the news immediately.

However, no one is stupid, especially the employees within the Ji family. They all guessed what was going on, but they just discussed it privately and didn't say it out loud.

Li Cheng coughed lightly.

The group scattered like birds, greeting him awkwardly, "Hello, Assistant Li."

Li Cheng nodded slightly and then called out to one of them, "Has anyone from Wish Studio come by recently?"

The girl who was called out was taken aback and shook her head: "No, wasn't President Ji dissatisfied with the proposal our department submitted last time? Sister Ling thinks Wish's designers are not good enough and has already handed over the external contract to another studio."

Li Cheng's mind went blank.

Others may not know, but he knows all too well that the founder of Wish Studio is Jiang Jixu, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family.

Although Ji Yanci did not specifically inquire about the matter, he would subcontract the company's external orders to Wish Studio every quarter.

"When did you change partners? Why didn't anyone tell me?!"

The man's sudden change in expression puzzled and made the girl nervous. She stammered, "A week ago, the person in charge of Wish came to submit the proposal, but was... was scolded and kicked out by Sister Ling."

With a gloomy face, Li Cheng raised his foot to go find Wang Ling, the head of the planning team.

But the girl called out to him.

"Um... Sister Ling went out this morning and hasn't come back yet." Li Cheng frowned upon hearing this, took out his phone, and checked the company's personnel schedule: "Went to discuss business? Why didn't she report it or ask HR for leave?"

The girl pursed her lips, not daring to utter a sound.

She was just an employee; how could she dare to interfere in her boss's affairs?

Li Cheng found Wang Ling's phone number, but couldn't get through. Hearing the voice message "The user you dialed is busy" coming from the other end, the man's brows furrowed into a tight knot, and he coldly uttered a sentence.

"When Wang Ling comes back, I'll have her come find me."

The girl stammered as she agreed.

After Li Cheng left, the people in the planning department looked at each other in bewilderment.

Someone said quietly, "Actually, I've looked at the proposals Wish submits every time, and they're very well done. There aren't many companies like them in the industry."

Moreover, the price is cheap, and the person in charge is easy to talk to.

No matter how much they tried to lower the price or ask for changes to the plan, the other party accepted everything without question, like a pushover with no temper.

"Don't you know what Sister Ling is thinking..."

The rest of the words were left unsaid, but everyone understood.

To them, Wang Ling was hardly a good leader.

They exploit their employees using PUA tactics, but when it comes to project summaries, they take credit for those who have made contributions and push subordinates to take the blame for those who have made mistakes or haven't. This has driven away several designers. Those who remain either have a good attitude and don't care, or they simply lack the confidence to resign and leave.

After all, it's not easy to get into the Ji family.

Everyone's just trying to make a living; at most, they'll complain about how hard it is to earn money and how miserable it is.

Without tacit agreement, no one called to remind Wang Ling of today's events, and everyone lowered their heads to get busy with their own work.

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