As soon as the video call ended, Mu Yuhaan shifted his gaze towards Manager Zhao. "Seems like I have spoiled my employees to the rotten. Don't you agree with it, Manager Zhao?" He asked very nonchalantly, as if he just wanted a casual opinion.
Nevertheless, Manager Zhao caught an elusive note of danger in Mu Yuhaan's voice, and felt the chill go up his spine. Fear turned his hands extremely cold. He didn't know what to say. Nonetheless, the option of remaining silent wasn't even available! In fact, at this point, silence would only ignite the man's anger further, and worsen the situation.
Thus, manager Zhao plucked up his courage with lots of difficulty, and stammered out, "President Mu, please fo-for-give this low-ly-y this time. I didn't know when he contacted them. I made a mistake in selecting the secretary properly, and won't make the sa-sa-me mistake again." He finished speaking, with regretfulness fully touching his voice and eyes.
That dumb nephew dared to cause mischief behind his back! He would pay for that! Now his job was at stake! That gigolo cost his precious honour unforgivably! Later tonight, he had to give the pig-ignorant expensive lessons for ruining his good name!
Nonetheless, Mu Yuhaan responded to Manager Zhao's apology with deaf ears.
"The figure was eighty to twenty percent, how did you approve of that?" Hu Ming, who came back after editing the contract, asked doubtedly.
Manager Zhao was sweating buckets, and his both legs were trembling from before, above that, when Hu Ming said the figures on the contract, his knees were on the verge of giving away. What actually happened didn't remain incognizant to him anymore.
He hurriedly explained, "President Mu, I told him to write 95 to 5 percent in this one. He misplaced the figures with another contract. I will fire him right away, please forgive me for this once."
Hu Ming closed his eyes in sympathy, he could see the upcoming scene in the darkness behind his eyelids even without reading anyone's palms! If words got out about this duo's stupidity, It would affect Mu Empire's stock prices, thus, Mu Yuhaan wouldn't keep such people.
"You understand the consequences of this, don't you? How much of a difference 1% percent make in terms of money? It's definitely more than your whole life's salary. Not only did you not check the documents before handing it over to me, but you also infringed rule. You practiced nepotism in the Mu Empire, by hiring an absolutely bungling amateur. Since you love him so much, why not get lost along with him for the sake of nepotism? BOTH OF YOU ARE FIRED!" Mu Yuhaan said with a straight face, yet accentuated the last sentence.
He then looked at Hu Ming, before continuing, "Press charges against them for leaking information, and breaking rules. Make sure that they get the right legal penalties."
"Roger that, President." Hu Ming's reply came almost immediately.
The weak hearted secretary fainted on the spot, while Manager Zhao ran around the table, and went to his knees before Mu Yuhaan. He didn't touch Mu Yuhaan's legs, as he knew the president didn't like random physical contact. "President Mu, I have been working here for almost twenty years. This company has become my home, please show some mercy, sir."
Mu Yuhaan looked at the man on the floor, his brows were drawn together in a frown for a second. Then it was replaced by a look that assured it's capability to split heaven, if provoked further. "You will be called by the law to pay the demanded amount to indemnify for breaking Mu Empire's employment contract's rules, and the reputation-damage your stupidity brought on us. Overall everything, you will be financially crippled at the end of today. Now, do you want me to also blacklist you from China?"
Manager Zhao was scared out of wits. This last sentence from Mu Yuhaan caused rest of the pleading to melt away on the tip of his tongue. He didn't dare to stay there for a further second lest the president change his mind and blacklist him. Tugging his tail between his legs, he ran off hurriedly in tears.
Mu Yuhaan scanned every person in the room and pointed his forefinger towards all of them in half-rotation. "Tonight, after finishing your respective works, you all will do a research."
Under Mu Yuhaan's icy gaze, everyone lost their tongues.
All the members were quiet and waited on edge for Mu Yuhaan to speak further. None dared to ask what kind of research they would have to do.
"A research about your perquisites. What you have received from Mu Empire in your employment here, such as the apartments, cars with personal chauffeurs, fat red packet of yearly bonuses, your monthly hefty amount of salaries, health insurance etc and about other big companies' employees having same position as yours, what they have received from their respective companies. Get the research done, and hang it on your desk as a reminder."
Mu Yuhaan got up from his chair, bent down a little, kept both of his hands on the table, then looked at everyone with his fierce gaze. While scanning people, the sharpness of his black eyes would fail even the one of a knife's, slicing peeps' courages on chopping board mercilessly.
"Your prerogatives are double of theirs in every single section. Thus, in return, I also expect you to work harder than them by twofold. Don't disappoint me, I hate it."
All of them were sweating profusely in spite of the Air Conditioner being in 15 C. They knew they received the best of everything here in the Mu Empire.
Mu Yuhaan left the meeting room after warning them.
Everybody pushed out the heavy breaths, they locked up in their chest most of the time. With so little air in their lungs for the last thirty minutes, they became air hungry.
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7 in the evening...
The moment lift's door opened, Mu Yuhaan came out. For a split second, it appeared as though someone just unboxed the most perfectly made, the well proportioned and strikingly handsome 3D anime guy from behind the scene.
Mu Yuhaan strode towards Mian's apartment, and knocked on the door producing 'dong dong' sounds.