When Director Feng and a few managers arrived at the site, their face paled and sweat beads appeared on their forehead as they saw the group of reporters snapping pictures of the construction workers protesting at the site.
Before they came over to the site, they were briefed by their man and had learned of the situation. Though they wanted to head over to those workers and tell them to stop creating a ruckus, they were unable to do anything with the presence of the reporters.
Just then, one of the reporters had noticed their presence and soon started to surround Director Feng and the managers. There were continuous flashlights and questions directed to them, but they knew better not to comment on anything before they learn about the matters thoroughly.
As they were thinking that they might not escape the reporters, Assistant Shawn appeared with a few guards to make way for Director Feng and the managers to enter the area.
They were bought into a small office and once they entered, President Mo turned around with an intense gaze.
Director Feng subconsciously took a step back, but the managers were blocking him.
"President Mo," Director Feng greeted. The sweat on his forehead trailed down to his cheek, but he did not dare to move to wipe it under the man's gaze.
Neil Mo shifted his gaze to the managers and shifted again to look at the union leader who sat in front of him. He stood up and patted at the man's shoulder. "Don't worry. I promise that before the day is over, your salary will be deposited into your bank account."
The leader's stared at Neil with his eyes wide. Then, he stood up and bowed. "Thank you, President Mo!" The words were repeated a few times, and there was a hint of joy in his tone.
Neil spoke to the man briefly before the man walked out of the room with a happy face.
They have tried to contact the higher-ups for almost a month, but the managers would always treat them coldly and they were unable to meet the person in charge. It was after two days of demonstration, and until the reporters had learned about the matter that President Mo had come over to the site to meet him personally.
When the President came to meet him, the leader had thought that the man was going to cause him trouble. After all, they were commoners and could not afford to fight against people with money. He did not think that the President of MH Group will listen to their problem attentively and had promised for a solution soon.
At the thought that they would be receiving the two months' salary soon, the leader could not contain his smile and had wanted to spread the good news to his friends.
Meanwhile, Director Feng and the other managers were trembling as President Neil Mo continued to stare at them without saying anything.
"President Mo," Director Feng decided to break the silence. "I can explain."
Neil moved his gaze to the director and raised a brow. "Oh?" His lips tilted into a smile that did not reach his eyes. "Then, explain. Unless I am satisfied with your explanation on why didn't the construction workers had not received their salary for the past two months, then, none of you will be allowed to leave."
The managers turned to look at each other and swallowed to ease their nerves.
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The pitter-patter sound of rain was heard outside the kindergarten.
At this time, there were only two students left in the kindergarten. Hazel Mo and Alex He sat down at the center of the room as they were playing with some blocks as Alex was telling the girl about some Gundam robot that his father had bought for him previously.
Just an hour ago, Alex's mother had called the kindergarten to inform her that she was going to be late because of the traffic. Meanwhile, Hazel was still waiting for the driver, Grandpa Tang to come over and pick her up.
Edith glanced at her wristwatch and frowned when she noticed the time. It was late and usually, if Neil Mo was going to be late to pick up Hazel from the kindergarten, he would let his assistant give a call to the school. But until now, there was no news from them.
Her gaze went to Hazel and Edith could not help but worry if something had happened to Neil. She took out a book from her desk and her phone from her bag.
Once she found the name on the book, Edith tapped her fingers on the screen and hesitated. After inhaling a deep breath, Edith finally pressed the call button and placed the phone to her ear.
The dial tone lasted for two seconds before someone picked it up.
In the small modified meeting room at the construction site, the directors and managers sitting was too scared to utter a word as they watched their president pick up the phone.
Currently, they were still discussing the matter about the construction worker as the president was not satisfied with their explanation. The discussion has gone for hours and it does not seem that it was going to end soon.
When the phone on the table vibrated, the managers held their breath as they were ready to hear Neil Mo scolding the other side as he was in a very bad mood at this time.
"Hello? Neil Mo speaking."
Edith let out a sigh upon hearing his voice. "Hello, President Mo, this is Edith Qian from Sunflower Kindergarten."
"Hazel." His tone changed upon realizing the reason for the phone call.
"Yes. Hazel is still at the school. I just wanted to know if you are going to be late to pick her up and when will you be able to come?"
Neil heaved a long sigh and rubbed his forehead upon realizing his mistake.
Usually, Old Tang should be going over to the kindergarten to pick up his niece. However, with the sudden problem that the company was facing, there were a few changes in his plan.
A few hours ago, he had sent his driver, Old Tang to head over the next town to deal with some matter for him. His driver had reminded him to pick up his niece from her kindergarten, but Neil was too preoccupied with the trouble at the company that he had forgotten to pick her up.
"Sorry. I forgot," Neil quickly admitted his mistake. He glanced at the time and frowned upon realizing that it was late. "I will come over to the kindergarten to pick her up now. Is Hazel alright?"
Edith smiled upon hearing that Neil's concern for his niece. "She's alright. Currently, there was another student at the kindergarten to accompany her."
Neil glanced at the time again. "Teacher Qian, please tell Hazel that I will come over soon."