Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 83 Chen Xiu is here!

Number 11, Hailong Building, President's Office.

"Come on, let's toast together!"

Cheng Wei, holding a wine glass and beaming, looked at Zhang Bo, Liu Qing, and Zhu Jingshi sitting opposite him.

These three people in front of him are his core group.

With them, Didi truly belongs to him!

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The crisp sound of wine glasses clinking echoed in the office.

Liu Qing took a sip of red wine and was the first to congratulate Cheng Wei.

"Congratulations, Mr. Cheng! Lu Chuanwei has confirmed his departure from the company. Once we move to the new office location, Didi will definitely become the world's number one online ride-hailing company!"

"Well said! As expected of the COO, you've set ambitious goals. My goal is also to make Didi the number one in the world!"

After saying that, Cheng Wei downed the glass of red wine in one gulp.

The excitement he displayed was like that of someone whose hands and feet had been bound for a long time, and who, when suddenly freed, would naturally want to run wild.

Liu Qing took a small sip of wine, her slightly narrowed gaze towards Cheng Wei carrying a deeper meaning.

Cheng Wei was able to squeeze out Lü Chuanwei in the final stage of the competition and completely control Didi, thanks to the assistance provided by Liu Qing.

All that Liu Qing did was not for free. What she wanted was far more than just being a COO; she wanted the position Cheng Wei was currently in!

Two people with their own thoughts found themselves most compatible during this gathering of four.

Because the other two people seemed a bit distracted.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Jingshi suddenly pointed to the door and asked, "President Cheng, the news of the department's downsizing has already been released. Those 21 programmers also came to the company today. Shouldn't we show up?"

"No need, Su Xiao is the HR director, she can handle it!"

Cheng Wei waved his hand dismissively, completely oblivious to the trouble his attempt to shift blame would cause Su Xiao.

"The compensation we're offering is unreasonable. If they take any extreme actions..."

"What extreme behavior could they possibly take? Isn't the HR director's job to handle employee turnover sentiments?"

Liu Qing picked up the conversation, a hint of disdain flashing across her lips.

In her opinion, if it weren't for Su Xiao blocking her way, she would have entered the real senior management of Didi a few months earlier, and she would probably be sitting in Cheng Wei's position by now.

Now that she's been delayed for several months, all plans have to be postponed, so Liu Qing naturally doesn't have any good feelings towards Su Xiao.

After being rebuked by her, Zhu Jingshi wanted to retort, but after hesitating for a moment, he just shut up.

Seeing that his beloved was being criticized by his partner, Cheng Wei immediately stepped in to comfort him: "Jingshi, you don't need to worry about Su Xiao. The supervisor of those 21 programmers is her brother, and they were all recruited by Chen Xiu..."

At this point, Cheng Wei suddenly stopped talking.

From the start of the Spring Festival until today, he has had a very smooth and comfortable time with Didi.

This feeling of complete freedom made Cheng Wei almost forget his last meeting with Chen Xiu last month.

But now he remembered...

With a clatter, the wine glass was placed on the coffee table.

Under the astonished gazes of Liu Qing and Zhu Jingshi, Cheng Wei suddenly stood up, his initial excitement turning into nervousness.

"Did Chen Xiu say she would come back today to process her resignation?"

Liu Qing said uncertainly, "His resignation process seems to have already begun..." "He'll definitely come!"

Zhang Bo, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up.

Meeting the gazes of the other three, he simply looked up at Cheng Wei: "I just saw Xiufa's post on WeChat Moments. He arrived in Beijing last night."

Cheng Wei paused for two seconds, then turned pale and quickly walked towards the door, leaving the office.

Zhang Bo followed without expression, seemingly unsurprised by all of this.

Liu Qing and Zhu Jingshi exchanged a puzzled look, then immediately looked away in disgust before getting up and following Zhang Bo.

When Cheng Wei and his three companions arrived at the main office area, they found that Su Xiao's office was already crowded with people. The 21 laid-off programmers were all crammed inside, while the people outside were just watching the spectacle.

When they saw the group, they were about to greet them, but Cheng Wei gestured for them to be quiet.

In order to get a clear view of Su Xiao's office, Cheng Wei and the others stood in a corner outside the glass door and peered through the privacy screen.

Then, he had others form a circle around them to protect them from being noticed by the resentful programmers inside.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the office was exceptionally tense and sorrowful...

"President Su, I, Lao Hou, just have one question: Did you already know we were going to be laid off, but you kept it from us all along?!"

A middle-aged man with thick glasses, a receding hairline, and a Jinyang accent questioned Su Xiao, who was being protected by Su Yu, in a trembling voice.

The others huddled together against the wall, clearly pushing Lao Hou out as their representative.

Upon hearing his words, Su Yu retorted first: "Old Hou, you know the company rules. There's no such thing as advance notice for layoffs."

"I'm not asking you to break the rules, I just want you to say hello or give me a hint from the shore!"

Old Hou stared intently at Su Yu for a moment, then deliberately looked down at the floor.

“I know that you, President Su, and Brother Xiu are all sincere to us… but I’m the one who suddenly received the layoff notice!”

Old Hou looked up again at Su Yu, his eyes filled with the sorrow of being betrayed.

"If you had given me a heads-up, I wouldn't be so flustered. I could have started preparing earlier and made sure I wouldn't affect you at all!"

“Do you know that I was recruited by Brother Xiu two years ago? At that time, he told me that Didi is a very good platform and the benefits will get better and better. He really did deliver. Last May, after working that long shift, I received a bonus of three months’ salary in one go.”

"Then, I had a child last year and started accumulating points to settle down in Beijing, but now you're telling me that everything is gone and I need to go back to the situation I was in the year before last?"

Old Hou's question left Su Yu speechless and also spread a sense of sadness among the people inside and outside the office.

They're all working-class people, so they really empathize with Lao Hou.

After explaining his situation, Old Hou composed himself and took two steps closer to Su Yu.

"Mr. Su, I'm not here to cause trouble today. I just want to ask a question: Does Brother Xiu know about this whole thing? Let Mr. Su answer it. Whatever the answer is, we'll accept it and then we'll leave."

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze turned to Su Xiao.

They all knew that Chen Xiu had stopped managing things since September of last year, so it was reasonable for them not to know the inside story of the layoffs, but they needed a definite answer.

Su Xiao calmly met everyone's gaze, glanced around the office, and finally fixed her eyes on Lao Hou.

"I cannot answer this question for him."

"why?"

"Because Chen Xiu is here, I can answer it myself!"

The sound was loud and carried from the large office area outside into Su Xiao's office, making sure everyone there could hear it clearly and knew who had arrived.

(End of this chapter)