Chapter 108: The Cafeteria Storm (Part One)

  Gu Jialan sat in a spacious and comfortable leather swivel chair, head down to review a document, heard the door sound, and said without lifting his head: "Lin San, you're here." The only person who can enter the chairman's office directly without knocking on the door is Lin San.

  Lin San Guan closed the door, walked around to the back of the office desk, stretched out his hands and gently pinched Gulan's shoulders: "I heard Xiao Hong say that you come to the company before 6 o'clock?"

  Gujalan put down the file, leaned back and rested his head on Lin San's body: "If I don't come early, it won't work. There are too many documents in the company waiting for me to deal with. At 10 o'clock later, I still have to meet a partner."

  "I told you before, don't overwork yourself, it's bad for your health." Looking at Gu Jialan's slightly thin face, Lin San felt a pang of heartache.

  Gu Jialan sighed: "Managing such a large Ding Sheng Group, it's impossible not to be hardworking. Now I understand how busy my father was when he was the chairman, and at that time, I even blamed him for not spending time with me. Thinking about it now, I was really too unreasonable." As soon as she thought of Gu Changfeng, Gu Jialan's expression became somewhat sorrowful, her eyes reddened, and she held back tears. Since childhood, Gu Jialan had lost her mother and relied on Gu Changfeng, the father-daughter relationship was extremely deep.

  "How about we have lunch together at noon?" Lin San deliberately changed the subject when he saw Gu Jialan looking a bit sad.

  Gujalan shook her head: "I already have an appointment at noon and really can't have lunch with you."

  When Lin San heard that Gu Jialan had no time, a hint of disappointment appeared on his face.

  "Lin San, I'm sorry. Lately, I've been really busy and couldn't keep you company. Let's make a deal, when the company has its annual holiday, I'll definitely spend some quality time with you." Gu Jialan turned around and gently stroked Lin San's determined face.

  Lin San smiled: "Alright, it's settled then. When the time comes, we'll go traveling together."

  Gujalan nodded: "No problem."

  After chatting with Gu Jialan for over ten minutes, Lin San stood up and left the office.

  Hei Lin San Yi left, Gu Jia Lan began to deal with the documents that had been piled up for several days.

  At noon.

  Lin San walked into the canteen on the 2nd floor of the company with his hands behind his back, planning to have a meal. Generally at noon, as long as there were no appointments or particularly urgent matters, Lin San would usually dine in the company. All food in the cafeteria was free, and all you needed to do was sign your name to eat and drink freely. However, there was one thing - absolutely no food waste was allowed, otherwise half a month's salary would be deducted. If the situation was severe, half a year's salary would be deducted directly, and those who were dissatisfied would be dismissed.

  Dingsheng Group offers extremely high salary and benefits, almost three times that of other equivalent companies. However, the recruitment conditions are quite strict, with thousands of applicants every year, but only a few dozen can finally enter Dingsheng Group. The internal management of Dingsheng Group is also very strict, in short: big mistakes are not allowed, small mistakes are allowed three times, exceeding the limit will result in direct dismissal, absolutely no room for negotiation.

  There were many people in the restaurant today, and the hall was almost full.

  Executives like Lin San have a special private room in the restaurant, no need to fight for seats with employees in the hall, and the food is much better than that of the employees.

  Lin San walked into the familiar breakfast restaurant behind the familiar door and went to the private room, where many employees stood up and greeted him respectfully along the way.

  "Grass! Are you blind?!" A shout of abuse came from the front.

  Lin San looked up and saw a man and a woman standing in the passageway ahead. The man was over 40 years old, balding, with small eyes and a very short stature. He was Sun Dejiang, the sales manager, whom Lin San had met a few times during meetings. The woman had a slender figure, long black hair draped over her shoulders, and looked to be in her early twenties. She was fairly pretty, and judging from her attire, she seemed to be an ordinary employee of the company. At that moment, Sun Dejiang was loudly scolding the woman with long hair, his tone extremely indignant. The woman hung her head low, continuously apologizing, while at their feet lay a lunchbox, its contents spilled all over the floor.

  "Slap!" Sun Dejiang suddenly stretched out his hand and gave the long-haired woman a loud slap: "Bitch! Do you know how much this suit cost? It's over 10,000 yuan, and you got it dirty. Can you afford to pay for it?" As he spoke, Sun Dejiang pointed to an oil stain on his chest.

  "Uuuu......" The long-haired woman covered her face and began to cry softly: "I'm sorry, Manager Sun. I really didn't mean to bump into you."

  "I don't care if it was intentional or not, now my tens of thousands of yuan worth of suit is stained, you have to compensate me!" Sun Dejiang shouted in an overbearing tone.

  "My...my monthly salary is only over 1,000 yuan, I can't afford to take out tens of thousands." The long-haired woman wiped away her tears with her hand.

  Sun Dejiang snorted: "If you can't take out the money, go home and ask for it. In any case, you have to compensate me for my suit today."

  The long-haired woman kept begging Sun Dejiang to give her a few more days, and she would definitely compensate him with a new suit once she had the money.

  Sun Dejiang pushed away the long-haired woman who was holding his arm and said coldly, "Listen to me, if you don't accompany me to buy a new suit before work ends this afternoon, I'll fire you on the spot!"

  "Don't!" The long-haired woman exclaimed, grabbing Sun Dejiang's hand and pleading, "Manager Sun, please, don't fire me. My parents are in poor health and rely on me for support. I really can't lose my job..."

  "Get out!" Sun Dejiang disdainfully flicked his long-haired woman: "What does your parents' life and death have to do with me? In short, one sentence: before you get off work today, if you don't compensate for my suit, I'll fire you!"

  The people in the restaurant gathered around to watch the excitement, and no one dared to come forward to stop it.

  The long-haired woman tearfully begged Sun Dejiang, almost kneeling down to him. It's worth noting that the long-haired woman had used a lot of effort to get into Ding Sheng Group, and her parents were in poor health, while her younger brother was still in college. The economic burden of the family rested entirely on her shoulders. Fortunately, the salary and benefits at Ding Sheng Group were high, barely enough to support the family's expenses. If the long-haired woman were to be fired, the family's life would become very difficult.

  Sun Dejiang is indeed a ruthless person. No matter how the long-haired woman begged, he remained unmoved and even scolded her instead.

  "Director Sun, you're really showing off your authority." Lin San finally couldn't help but look over and slowly walked over.

  "Who the f**k is so nosy... uh!" Sun Dejiang turned his head to see Lin San walking over, and suddenly felt a jolt, swallowing back the rest of what he was going to say. A flattering smile spread across his face: "Ah, Vice President Lin! Are you here for dinner?"

  "Nonsense! You come to the restaurant without eating and just to show off?" Lin San snorted.

  Scolded by Lin San, Sun Dejiang's face suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment, and he couldn't say anything.

  "Director Lin... Vice President Lin, hello..." The long-haired woman standing aside greeted Lin San with a respectful salute. Now, Lin San is also a celebrity in the Ding Sheng Group, almost all employees know him, of course, it's impossible for Lin San to know them all.

  "What's your name? Which department are you from?" Lin San asked with a gentle tone after sizing up the long-haired woman.

  The long-haired woman hastily replied: "My name is Meng Xue, I am a salesperson in the sales department."

  "Oh." Lin San was somewhat enlightened, no wonder Meng Xue was so afraid of Sun Dejiang. After making a fuss for half a day, Sun Dejiang turned out to be her direct supervisor! In the Ding Sheng Group, there is a rule: each department head has the right to directly evaluate and appoint or dismiss subordinates under their vertical management. In other words, if a department head thinks an subordinate is incompetent, they can directly fire them, just needing to file a record with the personnel department.

  Standing in front of Lin San, Meng Xue's hands were clenched together, her expression somewhat tense.

  Lin San glanced at Sun Dejiang and said in a deep voice, "Manager Sun, why did you yell at an employee earlier and even hit him? I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation."

  "Ah! That's what happened, I just came to the cafeteria to eat, who knew Meng Xue suddenly rushed over and spilled a whole box of food all over my new suit... This suit cost me tens of thousands of yuan... I was so angry that I scolded Meng Xue a few times..." Sun Dejiang explained.

  Meng Xue stood on one side, lowering her head and saying nothing.

  "Just because you've dirtied your suit, you want to start a fight? And fire someone?" Lin San said coldly.

  "I..." Sun Dejiang was about to say something when Lin San stretched out his hand and interrupted him.

  Lin San looked up and down at Sun Dejiang, his mouth slightly curled: "You just said this suit is worth tens of thousands of yuan?"

  Sun Dejiang was taken aback, and then nodded slightly: "Yes."

  "Are you sure it really cost tens of thousands?" Lin San smiled and said.

  Sun Dejiang pursed his lips and nodded stiffly.

  Lin San squinted his eyes: "How I look at it, it seems like a few hundred yuan street stall goods?"

  "Vice President Lin, you're joking! This suit was bought from a regular store... Ah!" Sun Dejiang chuckled twice before he could finish speaking, and his upper body's suit was directly pulled off by Lin San. Sun Dejiang was shocked: "Vice President Lin, what are you doing?"

  Lin San didn't bother with Sun Dejiang, but instead kept examining the suit. Suddenly, Lin San's eyebrow twitched and he stretched out his hand to grab the label on the collar of the suit, giving it a hard tug. "Rip!" The label was torn off, revealing a small red logo underneath: "Hey, this suit jacket has two labels!"

  Sun Dejiang's mouth was agape, his expression somewhat flustered.

  Lin San glanced at the exposed red logo: "Shui Qing brand suit, is this brand very famous? I've never heard of it before?"

  "What? Shuicheng brand suit? The small store across from my house sells this brand of suits for just over 200 yuan a set." Someone in the crowd shouted.

  "Oh, it's just over 200 yuan a set, Manager Sun, you're really something, slapping on a famous brand logo and suddenly 200 yuan becomes tens of thousands, how clever! Lin San sneered and directly threw the suit jacket at Sun Dejiang, who didn't catch it in time. The suit jacket fell to the ground, coincidentally covering the scattered food."

  Sun Dejiang's forehead was sweating, his body trembling, and his lips stuttering: "I... I didn't know that the suit had been swapped with a different brand either, I really spent over ten thousand yuan to buy it at the time..."

  "Hum! Until now, you're still quibbling. With your kind of low-quality character, how could you become the sales department manager? Did the HR department go blind during their evaluation?" Lin San was really getting angry.

  Sun Dejiang's face turned pale and he didn't know how to explain it, today was really a day of bad luck, why did he run into Lin San, this jinx?