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“Really?”
Chen Haiou scoffed as she glanced at Zhou Youwei, her tone dripping with disdain, “Are you sure you still have the authority to make personnel decisions?”
“Whether you can keep your own job is questionable!”
“Still making big claims here, it’s laughable!”
Hearing Chen Haiou’s sarcastic words, Zhou Youwei immediately grew angry. He slammed his hand on the coffee table and said coldly, “I am, after all, the Chief of the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe. Even if our troupe has been acquired, my words as the Chief still carry weight!”
“Arranging a job for someone is a trivial matter for me!”
Zhou Youwei certainly didn’t want to lose face in front of Chen Haiou. Besides, his acting skills were of movie star caliber. Despite being in a predicament, he still managed to pose as if he wielded great power.
Had Chen Haiou not known the inside story, she might have actually been fooled by him.
But now, she just chuckled coldly, “Chief Zhou, how come I’ve heard that Maetian Entertainment is currently integrating the resources of the Cultural Work Troupe, and that they are transferring or laying off some of the staff?”
“And these matters are not for Chief Zhou to decide, plus you yourself have to look to Maetian Entertainment for approval!”
After hearing Chen Haiou’s words, Zhou Youwei’s face suddenly changed, and his already small eyes narrowed even further.
As a seasoned operator, his nose was incredibly sensitive. He hadn’t thought much when Chen Haiou appeared at the door of the Cultural Work Troupe, but now he had to think harder.
The sudden arrival of Chen Haiou, who also seemed to know some inside information, indicated that things were not so simple.
As he furrowed his brow in thought, Tang Jiaqi, whom he had sent out, walked back into the office with a box of tea leaves.
She also knew that Zhou Youwei wanted to get rid of her, but she couldn’t just ignore his face, so she came up with a compromise. She obediently went to fetch the tea leaves but only left Zhou Youwei three minutes alone.
Although she knew Zhou Youwei was fast, completing a negotiation and deal in three minutes was impossible!
Just as she expected, when she returned to the office, the atmosphere was still tense. Zhou Youwei hadn’t even spoken, and his face didn’t look good. It seemed he had hit a snag with Chen Haiou!
Seeing this, Tang Jiaqi felt quite pleased and handed the tea leaves to Zhou Youwei.
Then, her gaze fell back on Chen Haiou, “Chen Haiou, don’t blame me for speaking harshly, but the Cultural Work Troupe has been acquired by Maetian Entertainment, and we can barely keep up with the layoffs.”
“How could we possibly hire someone? And even if we did, we wouldn’t hire someone past their prime like you!”
“There are so many young girls in the troupe who haven’t been given official positions. So, give up on that idea!”
“Past their prime?”
Upon hearing this description, Chen Haiou couldn’t help but laugh. She gave Tang Jiaqi an appraising look, “If I remember correctly, Director Tang is older than me, isn’t she?”
“If I’m ‘past my prime,’ shouldn’t Director Tang be described as ‘half buried in the ground’?”
“You?”
Tang Jiaqi bit her lip in anger and retorted coldly, “I’m talking about you!”
“Cut the nonsense!”
“Talking about me?”
Chen Haiou’s lips curled in disdain, and then she leisurely crossed her legs as she sat on the sofa, “Actually, I was thinking about discussing your affairs!”
“My affairs?”
“What’s wrong with me?”
Tang Jiaqi looked at Chen Haiou with a dismissive air, pretending to be unaware.
“About you being fired!”
“As Director Tang said, Maetian Entertainment doesn’t need someone ‘past their prime’ like you anymore!”
Chen Haiou shrugged her shoulders, deciding to lay all her cards on the table.
“Fired me?”
Tang Jiaqi was first stunned, then started cursing sarcastically, “Chen Haiou, who do you think you are!”
“Talking about firing me, you didn’t have that power even back then, let alone now!”
“What, has your family’s big Chief been released and become the chairman of Maetian Entertainment?”
Facing the ranting Tang Jiaqi, Chen Haiou remained calm. She said with a smile, “Tang Jiaqi, you don’t need to say all these useless things.”
“I’m here to officially inform you on behalf of Maetian Entertainment that you’re fired!”
“You have one week to go to the Maetian Entertainment headquarters to handle the relevant procedures, and you can start looking for a new job today!”
“You say I’m fired and that settles it?”
“Really acting like you own Maetian Entertainment?”
Tang Jiaqi simply could not believe Chen Haiou’s words, she stood with her neck stiff, full of indignation.
Zhou Youwei, on the other hand, sensed something more was at play. He had already felt that Chen Haiou’s behavior today was abnormal, and had begun to suspect that she might be associated with Maetian Entertainment. Now, with her demeanor, he was even more convinced of his thoughts.
“Tang Jiaqi, shut your mouth!”
Zhou Youwei, sensing the change in the wind, jumped in.
“Shut my mouth?”
Tang Jiaqi, looking shocked, scoffed at Zhou Youwei, “Chief Zhou, you haven’t even climbed into their bed yet!”
“You’re already picking sides?”
“What a case of new brooms sweeping clean!!”
Talking, Tang Jiaqi appeared to have thought of something. She turned to Chen Haiou, “I was wondering where you got your confidence from!”
“Turns out you reached an agreement with Zhou Youwei just now!”
“You sure conceded quickly, agreeing just like that!!” Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire
“But you’ve miscalculated. Zhou Youwei just wants to bed you, he doesn’t have the power!”
“Now, the power to appoint personnel in our Cultural Work Troupe is in Maetian Entertainment’s hands, Zhou Youwei can’t say anything about it!”
Tang Jiaqi mistakenly thought it was a consensus reached between the two lovers while she was away, and couldn’t help mocking sarcastically!
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