Gu Zichen didn't focus much on the report presented by his employees as he was already in a damp mood with how Li Xiaoyi behaved towards Wu Jinyan.
He knew it was his selfishness that brought both the women to one place. However, he was not guilty of what he had done so far.
From the start, his marriage with Wu Jinyan had never been a major issue to him. He married Wu Jinyan only because he met her at the right time. He was in desperate need of a woman by his side to prevent his family from setting him up on blind dates and also to make Li Xiaoyi regret her choice of leaving him for her career.
Wu Jinyan also required a man to provide her with a sense of security.
He didn't want to make things too problematic and thought everything would be fine as long as he took responsibility for her life by taking care of her and keeping her safe from any danger.
Despite his distracted mind, he still noticed Wu Jinyan trying hard to maintain seriousness while listening to the report even when she was uninterested. But she laughed after seeing the advertisement, he understood she had some opinion. From their interactions so far, he somehow came to know her. She wasn't reckless and often very straightforward.
Seeing Wu Jinyan giggle again, he knew he was not the only one finding the concept used for the commercial inappropriate.
Wu Jinyan was stuck in a state she couldn't avoid. Gu Zichen pressured her to speak out and the employees around her sized her up and down as if saying 'Keep your mouth shut if you don't know anything'
Moreover, it wasn't her place to judge an employee's work. At that thought, she cocked her head to one side and threw the question back to him "President Gu, you don't find it funny?"
It was best for her to present herself as a stupid woman before something bad happened. So, she continued as she laughed awkwardly "Then I must be the only one to find it funny"
"Just give me your reason," Gu Zichen said patiently.
"Huh!!" Wu Jinyan tried to escape but Gu Zichen put her in a much tougher spot.
Just by the way how Wu Jinyan acted, the other people in the room felt she was just an ugly woman who knew nothing about business and marketing techniques. A few of the members in the room were somewhat agitated along with the Department Director. But the leading head of the advertising team directly stood up and said "President Gu, I know it wasn't my place to question you but you already let an outsider see the company's confidential matters. And now you want an unrelated person who knew nothing about product marketing to talk"
The team leader spoke in fluent English thinking that Wu Jinyan was just a dumb woman who wouldn't understand anything even when mocked for her stupidity.
Gu Zichen knew that the head of the advertising team was a talented person but he was dissatisfied with the way she spoke about Wu Jinyan.
He knew the team leader's hard work brought her fame and she acquired a good position within a few years in the company. But she became arrogant recently because she was already at a higher position in the team and forgot she could be made to step down from her position if something went wrong.
Gu Zichen didn't know who Wu Jinyan was in the past and didn't want to know what kind of life she lived in the past. He cared only about her present life as his wife and he would never let someone hurt or mock her.
"Team Leader Su, even someone who knew nothing laughed at your work. Do you think you did a good job?" Gu Zichen also spoke in English as if he was having a serious discussion with the team leader. He didn't want Wu Jinyan to know they were talking about her.
"President Gu, you know it better than anyone. You were the one who rewarded me with the best employee award last year for my exceptional working skills"
Gu Zichen never expected his employees to speak against him. When did they become this audacious?
Though he was angry, he maintained a calmer tone. "Team leader Su, you should know you are being extremely unreasonable. None could bring excellent results every single time. You should accept the criticism the same way you accept the compliments."
"You are calling me unreasonable because of a vulgar woman like her...who knows what magic spell she cast on you..."
Everyone inside the conference room was deeply immersed in the heated argument between their boss and team leader Su.
Wu Jinyan couldn't tolerate it anymore. She sprang up the seat and slammed her hands on the table, jolting everyone to their senses.
"I also didn't know President Gu had such poor judgement to have a disrespectful woman like you as his employee..." Wu Jinyan spoke in fluent English, leaving everyone utterly speechless.
Everyone looked at Wu Jinyan with mixed emotions while Gu Zichen smiled. He underestimated his little woman.
On the other side, team leader Su was in huge trouble. She initially thought Wu Jinyan was a brainless bumpkin. In reality, she wasn't a fool and was observing everything silently from the side.
Wu Jinyan gazed at the team leader with menace spilling from her eyes. That malice in her eyes seemed like an additional ornament to her scary makeup.
She knew it was her fault to laugh at someone's work. However, she was the reason someone spoke disrespectfully towards Gu Zichen.
One who caused the mess should clean the mess. Wu Jinyan decided to clean the situation to avoid future trouble.
"You really think you did a good job?" Wu JInyan asked in a calm voice.
"Even if President Gu didn't say it, I know he was satisfied with my work" Team Leader Su said arrogantly.
"So this great concept for the commercial is really your idea?" Wu Jinyan saw the team leader's prideful nature and wanted to obtain a chance to direct all the flaws in the commercial onto her.
Gu Zichen noticed Wu Jinyan suddenly turning into a furious beast but he decided to watch the show calmly.
"Of course, I came up with this concept," Team Leader Su said confidently. The other team members didn't say anything as their team leader declared it her work, as always.
It was all her team members' work but team leader Su knew as long as she stood strong, nothing could blow up her cover. It was an open secret that the team leader took the most credit for the efforts put up by the other team members.
"Ohh... really!!" Wu Jinyan nodded lightly and continued with a smirk "Assistant Chen, give a heads-up to the company's legal team. Because someone will soon file a complaint against her saying she plagiarised their ideas to publicise products"