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“Tang Jiaqi, have you lost your mind?”
“I have absolutely nothing to do with Zhou Youwei!”
Chen Haiou gave Tang Jiaqi a disdainful look, really not wanting to be thought of as having any relationship with Zhou Youwei, so she simply laid her cards on the table, “My current position is Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment, in charge of post-acquisition affairs for the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe!”
“So, I have the authority to decide whether you stay or go!”
“Now, as the Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment, I am officially informing you, you’re fired!”
What!!
“Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment??”
Tang Jiaqi’s eyes were wide with shock as she looked at Chen Haiou, refusing to believe her identity, but the realization dawned on Zhou Youwei’s face.
He had felt something was off about Chen Haiou, and sure enough, she had come prepared. Although he didn’t know how she became the Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment.
But since Chen Haiou dared to claim it, she definitely wasn’t there to fool anyone!
Her identity must be real, after all, such a lie would be too hard to fabricate, and all Zhou Youwei needed to do was make a phone call to the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment to verify the truth of her identity.
So, lying about this would be pointless!
Of course, Chen Haiou had no need to tell such a lie!
But Tang Jiaqi just couldn’t accept the truth and looked at Chen Haiou with eyes full of suspicion, demanding in frustration, “Since you say you’re the Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment, you should at least prove your identity!”
“I’ll call the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment right now to confirm whether you’re the Deputy General Manager or an imposter!”
Having said that, Tang Jiaqi took out her cellphone, scrolled through her contacts for a while, and indeed found the number for the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment.
As the director of the dance department at the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe, there were some aspects of the job that needed to be coordinated with her after the acquisition by Maetian Entertainment.
“Hello, is this the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment?”
“Yes, how can I assist you?”
“I’d like to speak to a Manager Chen at the HR Department!”
“Manager Chen?”
“Which Manager Chen?”
The person on the other end obviously seemed bewildered.
“So, are you saying your HR Department doesn’t have a Manager Chen?”
As she asked this question, Tang Jiaqi’s gaze inadvertently fell on Chen Haiou, with an expression that said ‘I knew it.’
“Uh, no!”
The person hesitated for a moment then responded decisively.
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“Okay, thank you!”
Tang Jiaqi expressed her thanks and then hung up the phone.
“Chen Haiou, you’ve got some nerve! Pretending to be the Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment, I just called them, and they don’t have any manager by the name of Chen!!”
At this point, Tang Jiaqi sneered and curled her lips, her face wearing the proud look of a victor.
She continued mockingly, “The incident from years ago has been circulated in our Cultural Work Troupe for so many years, I know you really want to regain your reputation!”
“But isn’t this way of drawing attention to yourself a bit too foolish, impersonating the Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment!”
“One phone call from me, and your charade can be easily exposed!!”
At this moment, the baffled Zhou Youwei, who had witnessed the confrontation between the two, was also perplexed. He had really believed what Chen Haiou had said; if she wasn’t truly the Deputy General Manager of the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment, wouldn’t coming back to the troupe be humiliating?
Therefore, it was highly likely that Chen Haiou was telling the truth.
But now, the result verified by Tang Jiaqi turned out to be false.
This was beyond his comprehension!
Was Chen Haiou out of her mind, or did she just want to put on an act before running away??
But that didn’t seem to be her style; Zhou Youwei knew Chen Haiou to some extent. She was a person who cared deeply about her reputation and wouldn’t engage in such untargeted antics!
Yet, her identity turned out to be false?
This was simply inexplicable!
Just as he was confused, Tang Jiaqi’s phone suddenly rang again.
“Hm?”
“Why is the HR Department at Maetian Entertainment calling back?”
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Tang Jiaqi muttered to herself and casually pressed the answer button.
“I’m really sorry, I made a mistake just now!”
“You were looking for Mr. Chen, right?”
“We do have a Mr. Chen here who just took office, but she isn’t in the company at the moment.”
The voice on the phone was still that same woman’s voice, but now she was much more polite and even apologized for her earlier mistake.
“Another Mr. Chen??”
The smile froze on Tang Jiaqi’s face. She had thought she had won this round hands-down, only to find that the situation had unexpectedly changed.
There really was a Vice President Chen at Maetian Entertainment’s HR department!
“May I take the liberty of asking, what is the full name of that Vice President Chen?”
Tang Jiaqi didn’t give up and asked further.
“Uh…”
“That Vice President Chen just took office, I don’t know her full name either!”
The person answering the phone was just an ordinary employee of Maetian Entertainment’s HR department.
After Tang Jiaqi asked her question, she scanned through all the leaders of the HR department in her mind and found none named Chen.
After hanging up the phone, she complained to a colleague that someone was looking for Manager Chen, asking where in their HR department such a Manager Chen could be found.
Then her colleague told her that the new boss had just appointed a Vice Manager of HR, and her surname was Chen!
After hearing this news, the female employee who had taken Tang Jiaqi’s call was terrified. This Vice President Chen was a person brought in by the new boss, but she had just claimed there was no such person in HR, and her manner had been quite arrogant!
If Vice President Chen found out about this incident, she might very well take it out on her, so she hurriedly called back to correct it.
“I haven’t had the chance to meet that Vice Manager yet, but I heard she’s very pretty…”
Since she didn’t know Chen Haiou’s full name, the HR department employee on the phone added what she knew.
“Okay, I got it.”
Tang Jiaqi hung up the phone with a somewhat numb expression and looked at Chen Haiou differently.
According to the conversation on the phone, it seemed that Maetian Entertainment had appointed a pretty Vice Manager named Chen today!
Although she didn’t want to admit it, Chen Haiou’s appearance was indeed pretty, otherwise, Zhou Youwei wouldn’t be eyeing her at her age.
So now, the information matched up.
The likelihood that Chen Haiou was the Vice Manager of the HR department at Maetian Entertainment was rapidly increasing.
“What about now?”
“You’ve confirmed my identity, haven’t you?”
Because they were so close, and the office was very quiet, Chen Haiou could hear the contents of the call on the other end.
Tang Jiaqi clenched her teeth but still stubbornly shook her head, “With so many people surnamed Chen, how can you be so sure she was talking about you?”
“You hardly relent until you see the coffin!”
Chen Haiou shook her head, she didn’t continue to argue with Tang Jiaqi but turned to look at Zhou Youwei, “Chief Zhou, I’ll take charge of the follow-up work on the acquisition of the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe!”
“You, as the leader of the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe, know much more about the troupe than I do. Please make sure to cooperate with me in my work!”
“Cooperate, I will definitely cooperate!”
Zhou Youwei nodded again and again before adding with a fawning expression, “Um, Haiou… no, I should call you Mr. Chen!”
“I didn’t mean to offend you earlier, I hope you can forgive my rudeness. As you said, I am very familiar with the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe, and I can assist you in finishing the work after the acquisition!”
Zhou Youwei spoke these polite words trying to salvage his image, while also signaling to Chen Haiou that he could be of help to her.
Seeing Zhou Youwei believe Chen Haiou’s identity, Tang Jiaqi’s brow furrowed even more. She knew Zhou Youwei; he was always one to bully the weak and fear the strong.
His flattery indicated that Chen Haiou’s identity might indeed be genuine.
In other words, she had just insulted the Vice Manager of HR at Maetian Entertainment to her face.
This was simply digging her own grave!
Or rather, having dug the hole, she had then buried herself in it!