Countering the Ghosts

At the President's office. 

Jing Lihua was going through the profiles of her employees.

"Wang Jianglin..." After whispering the name, she laughed.

'Of course, I remember that hypocrite from my last life. He was the one who brought the most damage to my company. Not only did he sell pivotal intelligence to Su enterprise, taking advantage of his high post and seniority, he even disrupted the natural flow of things by causing chaos in the company.'

After going through the list, Jing Lihua circled more than a dozen names with a red marker.

Mei Xiu had been silently standing by her side in case Jing Lihua required any assistance, wondering 'What is President doing with this list? She is probably remembering her employees' names.'

After being done, with a satisfied smile, Jing Lihua handed the file over to Mei Xiu.

Mei Xiu took the file in her hands, even more confused. "President Jing, this is...?"

"I want these people removed from their office by tomorrow."

Mei Xiu was perplexed. "President...?" Chairman's words emerged in Mei Xiu's head. 'So this is the erratic behavior Chairman talked about?' Mei Xiu felt a surge of disappointment. She had almost thought this President... was a gem.

But in the end...

"Mei Xiu, are you perhaps assuming I randomly selected these people?" Jing Lihua glanced into Mei Xiu eyes with calm confidence. She knew what was going through Mei Xiu's mind.

Being pierced through that confidence, Mei Xiu was in a dilemma of whether to trust this new Predient or not.

"President, their stats might have shown you low progress but firing such a number of people at once..."

"You are wrong. I didn't select them on the basis of their low stats. I selected them because all of them have sold sensitive info to other companies and betrayed us."

Mei Xiu was shocked.

"You might have been wondering just where I got the information. Prior to coming to the company, I had run an investigation on the most suspicious employees."

Mei Xiu still looked unconvinced. Since Jing Lihua couldn't take a big step in the company without gaining Mei Xiu's approval, she added to gain her confidence.

"Project Code TY7X; The residential lots our company invested in. Prior to taking the lands under over property, the adjacent area was bought by another real estate company, Northstars. We had invested in the streets and built the landscape. But since the company offered lesser residential lots prices, people were drawn towards them. In the end, we had to lower our prices too. We ended up suffering a twenty-three percent loss. 

It was Zhao Chen who had a private meeting with the President of that Northstars three days prior to the proposal of the original project. Not soon after, he received financial benefits in the form of foreign property."

"Project TY7O; Setting up the holiday villa in the countryside. Since we had diplomatic problems with the Skyline contractors, the top construction company in that area, we sought out for the second-best option Diamond Ridge Construction company and hoped for a reasonable price.

However, somehow they learned that we had a problem with Skyline contractors and raised their prized to an unreasonable amount. We had to agree since we had no alternative. In that project, we suffered a fifteen percent loss.

Fu Yibo; did you know that he had family ties with the Diamond Ridge Construction company's manager?"

Mei Xiu was too shocked to say anything. She didn't know what to feel anymore.

A moment ago she had felt sheer disappointment at the person before her.

But right now, she felt like the person before her was a fierce tigress having her claws ready and sharpened...

If she knew everything with such detail, she must have worked and learned each detail meticulously.

"President Jing, I trust in your judgment but these are all top senior officials. If we fired them, especially Wang Jianglin, they won't settle without a fight. They might create a ruckus and disrupt the company's normal function. Since these people also have connections..."

"So what? They should know the new President of Jing enterprise puts loyalty over everything. Have you ever wondered why the Tang enterprise has fallen out of the top five? It is all because of countless moles in our ranks. If they want to revolt, let them."

"But we are approaching deadlines for several new projects."

"Mei Xiu... Are you worried we won't be able to find replacements in time? You must be assuming that I'd been wasting all my time before coming to the company."

As she expected, a look of guilt flashed past Mei Xiu face,

Jing Lihua felt no shame at her lie. 'Of course, I had been wasting all her time before! It is my knowledge from my last life that I'm exploiting right now! But I have to make Mei Xiu feel guilty to bring her to trust me completely.'

"But I have been idling away my days. I have been meticulously looking for new talents to hire. I have prepared a list that I want you to send for direct contracts. Interviews are not necessary. Conduct them as formality if you deem necessary."

"President Jing... I am sorry if I had misunderstandings about you. You are really hard working. But please don't be so hard on yourself. Afterall... you have just gotten married."

Listening to that Jing Lihua's smile dropped slightly. 'Why are you bringing this up, Mei Xiu? You were the one who knew beforehand that out of the five failed projects, the three I didn't mention had Su Liwei behind their failure. Do you still think I can find happiness in that relationship?'