The female CEO also had her own moments of helplessness. After all, she was just a person, not divine. She too had times when her spirit was willing, but her strength was not.
As a leader, no one wants their subordinates to be diligent and avoid any underhand tactics. However, reality isn't like that, since professional roles and power invariably lead to instances of people using their authority for personal gain.
It was not just the production department—similar situations were rife in the sales, procurement, and public relations departments—and even the human resources department wasn't exempt.
Lu Feng, as the head of the production department at Shiyan Group, made a clean million a year under the table, which was considered modest.
For a publicly traded company like Shiyan, the grey income from the sales and procurement departments was even more sizeable, possibly amounting to tens of millions annually.
But for a big company worth several billion, such sums were negligible.
