Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five.

"You know that the company values ​​talent. If you're truly talented, you'll never be overlooked at the grassroots level... You need to cherish your opportunities. We have high hopes for you."

"..."

"?"

Hearing Zhao Fangxu's words, Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow.

For some reason, he felt as if he was being manipulated by his boss.

A huge promise of promotion and a raise was slapped in his face, silencing everything he was about to say.

Zhou Fengliu responded twice and then hung up the phone.

On Zhao Fangxu's side, after listening to his conversation with Zhou Fengliu, all the directors also turned their attention to him.

"Mr. Zhao... is there a problem at Biyou Village?" Huang Boren asked.

"No...it went smoothly. Zhou Fengliu came to sound me out..." Zhao Fangxu said, placing his phone on the table.

"What does he want to do?"

"I don't know... it should be related to Chen Duo. He's quite concerned about how we handled Chen Duo's situation. Since we've brought it up... let's talk about Chen Duo's problem. What are your thoughts, everyone?"

Zhao Fangxu glanced at the directors present and asked.

"Gu Tong... must be destroyed. She was able to kill Liao Zhong, which is enough to show that she has betrayed the company and cannot be used by us. Chairman Zhao, my suggestion is... Chen Duo cannot be kept alive."

Bi Youlong maintained his consistent views on Chen Duo's issue.

"Me too... Liao Zhong's example proves the danger of Gu children... We can't afford to lose another Liao Zhong..."

After listening to the opinions of Bi Youlong and Huang Boren, Zhao Fangxu turned his gaze to the other directors who had not spoken.

"what about you?"

"Same..."

Seeing that everyone's opinions were in agreement, Zhao Fangxu remained silent for two seconds before slowly speaking:

"Everyone... if we treat Chen Duo this way... Chen Duo probably won't be able to return to headquarters."

"?"

"Chairman Zhao, do you mean... that Zhou Fengliu would let the Gu child escape?"

The directors present were all shrewd and immediately understood the meaning behind Zhao Fangxu's words.

"Very likely." Zhao Fangxu pointed to the phone on the table: "That phone call just now was Zhou Fengliu giving me a heads-up..."

"If I had relayed the opinions of everyone here to him, he might have let Chen Duo go tonight..."

"He dares!" Bi Youlong slammed his hand on the table, exclaiming how audacious he was.

"What is there that he wouldn't dare to do?" Zhao Fangxu asked, glancing at Bi Youlong.

"..."

indeed.

Even if Zhou Fengliu really let Chen Duo and the others escape, there's not much that can be done...

"We shouldn't have let him participate in the first place..."

"The problem is that Zhou Fengliu and Chen Duo's files didn't overlap this week, so why is Zhou Fengliu trying to protect Chen Duo? Did the two of them develop feelings for each other in Biyou Village these past few days?"

"Regardless of whether it was an emotional exchange... Zhou Fengliu has already given us his stance on how Chen Duo handled this issue..."

Zhao Fangxu tapped the table, signaling everyone not to stray from the topic.

The attitude of a junior employee is something these board members have to take into account...

If this gets out, will there be any justice or law left?

There's nothing we can do; Zhou Fengliu's strength is just that great this week...

Can we make an exception for this step?

Zhao Fangxu's attitude was that it could...

The fact that Zhou Fengliu made this call to him first, instead of letting Chen Duo go, is enough to show that Zhou Fengliu's stance is still on the company's side.

"Everyone... now that you've all shared your opinions, let me offer my suggestion..." Zhao Fangxu looked at everyone and then made his decisive suggestion.

"My idea is... Chen Duo can live, but she must be kept inside the bunker... Without our orders, she must not step out of the bunker..."

Upon hearing that Zhao Fangxu had conceded, the other directors present had no choice but to agree to the proposed solution.

"agree..."

"no disagreement."

"Okay, let's do it this way then." Seeing that everyone agreed, Zhao Fangxu finalized the solution for Chen Duo.

"This week's romantic escapades... are really giving me a headache. I did a pretty good job with the mission in Biyou Village, but they insisted on protecting that Gu child..."

Bi Youlong frowned as he looked at the reports from Biyou Village on the table.

"Like I said before... as long as he doesn't make any major blunders and can still work at the company, we can accept minor mishaps."

Zhao Fangxu reiterated this point: their core idea was to make Zhou Fengliu a figure who maintained the balance, rather than a "patriarch" who would disrupt it.

It's not worth driving away Zhou Fengliu, a character who could disrupt the balance, over something so trivial.

...

P.S.: I beg for everything, please beg for everything. Goodnight and sweet dreams, godfathers.

Chapter 190 Is There a Mole Within the Company? (First Update)

In Biyou Village, Zhou Fengliu met up with the others after finishing his conversation with Zhao Fangxu.

After a busy night, Master Zhou finally got a short break. Dawn was approaching, and the sky in the distance was turning a pale white. A ray of sunshine was rising little by little among the mountains.

Zhou Fengliu glanced at the few temporary workers who were resting around the campfire. They were chatting with Chen Duo, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.

"Commander Zhou...did you finish your call?" Qiu'er asked, noticing his return.

"hold head high..."

Zhou Fengliu nodded: "I just called General Manager Zhao, and I'll personally escort Chen Duo back to headquarters..."

"Look at that, no wonder he's Commander Zhou, he's already talking directly to the leader's leader." Qiu'er said that he also wanted to have that kind of treatment.

"Commander Zhou, is the higher-ups' attitude towards Chen Duo... optimistic?" Old Meng asked Zhou Fengliu, voicing the question that everyone was concerned about.

"Well... we'll have to go to headquarters to find out whether things are optimistic or not..." Zhou Fengliu said.

"Then I'll go with Commander Zhou..."

Old Meng was the first to say he wanted to go back to headquarters with Zhou Fengliu, and the other temporary workers followed suit.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow slightly.

Goodness... when did Chen Duo become the darling of this temporary worker team? Everyone's protecting her?

...

Under the escort of the crowd, Chen Duo was taken to the headquarters of Nadutong.

Upon arriving at headquarters, Chen Duo was taken in and temporarily detained by headquarters staff, while the other temporary workers met their respective regional managers at headquarters and learned of a board decision.

All participants in the Biyou Village operation must sit on the wide bench.

...

"A wide bench? What's that?"

On one side of the fire escape corridor of the Nadutong headquarters building, Zhang Chulan looked at Xu Si, who was smoking in front of him, and asked him a question.

"It's a lie detector method used by the company... with an accuracy rate of almost 100%, it can tell immediately whether someone is lying or not..."

Xu Si took a puff of his cigarette, looked at Zhang Chulan, and said:

The question now is... whether or not to let the baby go on...

If sitting on the wide stool attracts the attention of the board of directors and they inquire about the secret of her longevity, then she'll be finished.

"this..."

Zhang Chulan turned his gaze to Feng Baobao beside him.

"Sister Bao'er...would you be willing to sit on a stool?"

"Me?" When asked, Feng Baobao scratched her butt.

"Why would I be unwilling... If I get on the stool, I'll be kicked out later; if I don't get on the stool, I'll be kicked out now... Fine, I'll get on then."

“Since Sister Bao’er has said so, let’s take the risk. I can roughly guess what they want to ask… but we still need to be careful and try to find out all the questions they might ask Sister Bao’er in advance… to anticipate their questions.”

Zhang Chulan touched his chin and said this.

"Um..."

"Why are we being made to sit on the bench? Does the board of directors not trust us?" Zhang Chulan asked Xu Si.

"This..." Xu Si was silent for a few seconds before informing Zhang Chulan that Ma Xianhong had been kidnapped.