You were asked to write a political intrigue drama, but you wrote "Da Ming 1566".

Chapter 23, which I once scorned, I now study word for word!

Could it be that President Shen just woke up and his mind isn't fully awake yet?

The subordinate then asked another question.

"Mr. Shen, let me double-check with you. You mean to proceed this way, right?"

Mr. Shen replied casually.

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The subordinate remained silent for a long while.

"Mr. Shen, did you just return from abroad and are still jet-lagged? Shall I speak to you in English?"

"This or that?"

"Yes or No?"

President Shen replied with a single word, his expression calm.

"Or."

The department head's face instantly turned pale.

Seriously? This is so early in the morning, is President Shen deliberately making things difficult for me?

Could it be that I have accidentally offended President Shen in some way?

Was my attitude just now disrespectful enough?

After rambling on like this for a while, the department head carefully considered his words and sent another message to General Manager Shen.

"Mr. Shen, I will definitely think carefully and understand what you mean."

"I have seriously reflected on myself. My work attitude may have been inadequate recently, and I have not fully grasped the requirements of your speech, Mr. Shen."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Shen, I will definitely correct my work attitude from now on and thoroughly understand the spirit of your meeting."

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When General Manager Shen saw the messages sent by the department head, his eyes lit up instantly.

Lately, the company's board of directors has been subtly hinting that they are not satisfied with his performance, and their words have been meant to put him on the defensive.

When word got back to the company, ordinary employees didn't think much of it, but department heads, VPs and other senior executives started to have other ideas and their attitudes toward him changed in a way that was hard to explain.

President Shen was racking his brains trying to figure out how to regain his authority.

I spoke with several department heads individually, but it didn't have any effect at all.

Looking at it now, hey, just one "Or" actually made this department head take the initiative to reflect on himself?

The Jiajing Emperor was right!

This trick is incredibly effective!

A short while later, President Shen sent a message to his secretary.

"From now on, renovate the meeting room where I usually hold meetings and connect it with the room next door."

"From now on, when we have meetings, I'll stay in the next room, and you'll be in the conference room."

"Oh, by the way, install an electric bell in the conference room. I can press it in the next room and the bell will ring."

"Understand?"

After experiencing firsthand the ingenious use of Emperor Jiajing's political tactics, President Shen became increasingly excited.

He could almost picture himself successfully weathering this crisis of prestige and becoming an undisputed authority in the company.

Board of Directors?

You dare to come and jerk me?

Damn it, once I've mastered all of Emperor Jiajing's methods, it'll be my turn to put pressure on the board of directors!

Thinking of this, President Shen's heart raced instantly. Looking at the script of "The Ming Dynasty" in his hand, he felt as if he had found a rare treasure.

I used to just watch this stuff for fun, pointing and commenting on the plot, thinking I was really smart. Now I realize I was completely blind to its value. My apologies.

Now I need to study every word and sentence thoroughly to fully understand Emperor Jiajing's political strategies and tactics!

What is true intellectual stimulation?

This kind of real skill that can be directly applied in real life, that's what I call true intellectual stimulation!

At the same time, President Shen's gaze fell on the Jiajing Bar page.

After last night's plot twist, the Jiajing Emperor has been proven to be a cunning and ruthless schemer, a master of political maneuvering.

Most of the forum members who gathered here because they thought Jiajing was a wise and benevolent ruler have already left.

Even the positions of chief moderator and junior moderator are now vacant and unattended.

Looking at the desolate state of Jiajing Bar, President Shen was truly heartbroken and filled with regret.

"The Jiajing Emperor showed me a higher level of understanding. These ignorant fools actually threw away the Jiajing Emperor's abilities as trash."

President Shen took a deep breath, his face displaying an extremely solemn and dignified expression.

"It is our inescapable responsibility to revive the glory of the Jiajing Forum!"

"Before long, Jiajing Bar will definitely become a place where business executives gather and bigwigs from all walks of life congregate!"

After saying that, President Shen directly submitted his application to become the chief moderator of the Jiajing Bar.

At the same time, in an ordinary company office, a dull and boring morning meeting was underway.

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Kobayashi yawned softly, his face still showing signs of lingering sleepiness.

He stayed up all night watching the latest episodes of "Creator Competition," and kept scrolling through various bullet comments and messages. He slept for less than two hours in total, and now he feels dizzy.

The lines from the script of "Da Ming Dynasty" are still playing in my head!

As an ordinary worker, he is currently just a team leader in this small company, managing only three to five people.

He wanted a promotion but had no connections, and he couldn't produce any outstanding results. His life was just average, neither good nor bad.

Watching the shrewd characters in the script of "The Ming Dynasty" engage in witty banter and sharp-tongued exchanges, Xiao Lin couldn't help but feel incredibly envious.

If I had half of that ability, I would probably be thriving in the workplace by now, instead of being so mediocre.

Just as Xiaolin was still drowsy and thought it was just another morning meeting like any other, with the leader repeatedly emphasizing the need to work hard to expand business, strictly control the cost of hospitality and procurement, and avoid reimbursement if possible.

Suddenly, Team Leader Fang, who had always been at odds with Xiao Lin, stood up and said something.

"The leader is absolutely right. Our team has always strictly adhered to the principle of thrift and has never added any extra expenses to the company."

"But sometimes when I look at Team Leader Lin next door, I always feel that it's a bit unfair."

"Why is it that Team Leader Lin's team's monthly expense reimbursement amount significantly higher than ours?"

As soon as he said that, the company's CEO's gaze immediately fell on Xiaolin.

Clearly, for this small company with an exceptionally stingy boss, the issue of expense reimbursement was enough to hit his most sensitive nerve.

"Xiaolin, what's going on with your group's expense reimbursement?"

When the boss's question reached Xiaolin's ears, she was stunned and it took her a while to come to her senses.

Damn it, Team Leader Fang next door, is he openly tearing off the mask and setting a trap for himself in public?

He immediately realized that the company had recently announced plans to promote a department head.

However, Kobayashi knew that his performance and connections were not good enough for this position, so he didn't have any hope for it at all.

But Team Leader Fang next door clearly wanted to kick him out as a potential competitor first.

They might even want to establish their authority by stepping on him, and at the same time, gain favor with the boss!

Xiao Lin was seething with hatred.

Normally, he wouldn't be very talkative, and after staying up all night, he probably would have been speechless and unable to say a word.

But now, Xiao Lin, who had stayed up all night reading the script of "The Ming Dynasty", suddenly remembered, as if by conditioned reflex, the way the young Grand Secretary Yan Shifan dealt with the plot twist.

It is an undeniable fact that our group's reimbursement amount was indeed higher than that of Group Leader Fang's group.

How should we deal with that?

As if suddenly enlightened, Kobayashi instantly understood.

Didn't the young Grand Secretary already demonstrate how to do it himself?

Try to steer the conversation towards the boss!

The next second, under the increasingly cold gaze of the boss and the smug look in Team Leader Fang's eyes, Xiao Lin calmly spoke up.

"Our group had a lot of expense claims last month? Everyone in the company knows that, why is Team Leader Fang asking when he already knows the answer?"

"Originally, we didn't set the reimbursement limit at that, but last month we took on a project personally assigned by the boss. The time was tight, the task was heavy, and we had to smooth things over with all sorts of people."

"Our team worked overtime for a week straight. One of our team members was so exhausted that he had to go to the hospital. Even so, we never complained or said a word about how hard it was, and we managed to finish the project before the deadline."

"What are we after? We haven't asked for promotions or raises, have we? Aren't we doing all this for the company?"

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"But I just can't understand why it's always the person who does the most work who suffers the most grievances?"

"Why are you making such a fuss about these extra expenses incurred for company business?"

After listening to Xiaolin's emotional and aggrieved words, Team Leader Fang next door froze on the spot, his face turning red. After a long while, he finally managed to stammer out a sentence.

"Even if it's a project the boss assigned at the last minute, you don't need to spend so much on reimbursement, do you?"

Kobayashi gave a cold laugh.

"You mean, we don't need to put our best effort into the tasks assigned by the boss?"

"So, after all this calculations, you're going to try and pin this company reimbursement on the boss?"

Team Leader Fang tried to explain, but the company boss interrupted him.

"Alright, Xiao Fang, go down and calm down."

Then, he looked at Kobayashi with an appreciative expression and spoke.

"Xiaolin, you did a great job. You got things done quietly and efficiently. Good, very good."

"The company is planning to promote a business department manager, and I think you are very suitable. Let's finalize this today."

"From today onwards, everyone should address Kobayashi as Manager Lin."

"As for Manager Lin's original team, one member will be promoted to take over as team leader. The remaining team members will retain their original rank, but their monthly salary will be increased by 1,500 each."

Then, the company boss looked at the tired look on Xiaolin's face and felt a little guilty.

"Manager Lin, judging from your condition, you must have been working too hard and getting too tired lately."

"I'm giving you a paid day off today. Go home and get some rest."

After the leader left, feeling the envious and awe-inspiring gazes of her colleagues, Xiao Lin walked out of the company in a daze.

When he got home and received a message from the company's human resources department informing him that he would be appointed as the department head starting tomorrow and would be provided with a private office, Xiaolin finally came to his senses.

"Holy crap!"

"I haven't been promoted in years, and I just got promoted this year?"

"That's it? Promotion is that easy?"

"Damn it, I worked so hard on so many projects and still didn't get promoted, but after learning a couple of tricks from the young master, I got promoted so easily?"

"The young Grand Secretary truly lives up to his name; he's amazing, absolutely incredible!"

At that moment, Kobayashi's face showed an expression as if he had seen a god.

Immediately afterwards, as if he suddenly remembered something, he quickly logged into his account and found the bullet comments and remarks he had posted before, mocking and disdainful of the young Grand Secretary Yan Shifan.

Delete them all!

Kobayashi immediately posted a new comment.

"There can't be two suns in the sky; the young Grand Secretary is the only sun in my heart!"

"From this day forward, I will not allow anyone to smear or slander the Young Grand Secretary!"

After thinking for a while, Xiaolin secretly deleted all the comments and bullet screen messages she had previously posted criticizing other characters in "Da Ming Dynasty".

Xiao Lin picked up the scripts for these roles that he had previously scorned and began to study them with ten times the effort he had put into the college entrance examination.

He may have looked down on these things before, but now that he has truly tasted the benefits, he has decided to learn them thoroughly, word by word!

Zhang Juzheng's willingness to have any connection with the Empress Dowager decades later shows that he was talented but lacked virtue.

Oh dear, how can you say that? Can't there be free love in feudal times? This kind of love that transcends social status is so romantic.

Speaking of which, the boss's new mistress is really young and beautiful. If I had the chance, I would like to learn this trick from Zhang Juzheng. I just don't know if Teacher Chen Yu will write this part of the plot.

Was Gao Gong obsessed with power?

So what? A person has to have something to pursue in their life. This just shows that Gao Gong has a high spiritual realm.

Yes, I must learn from Gao Gong properly. According to Teacher Chen Yu, this guy's level is comparable to that of the Little Grand Secretary. I must learn from him, and I must learn him seriously!

Was Xu Jie a cunning old fox?

Bah! That's called being shrewd and calculating, and it brings you long life and good fortune!

This is a master of the same level who can rival Yan Song; I must learn from him!

As for the Jiajing Emperor—

I absolutely cannot fall behind. Now that I'm a department head, I'm a leader, so I must learn how to manage people.

Besides, who knows, maybe one day I'll be able to turn things around and become the company boss!

Xiaolin took a deep breath, then remembered something else and quickly applied to become the moderator or assistant moderator for all the forums corresponding to these characters.

He had a strong premonition.

Perhaps in the future, these online forums will circulate all sorts of practical tips for the workplace and even government.

I need to plan ahead and start learning as soon as possible!

Since the airing of "Ming Dynasty", the workplace will probably only become more and more competitive!

Immediately afterwards, Xiaolin didn't forget one more thing: she clicked on the fan donation portal for the "Creator Competition".

According to the rules of previous seasons of the "Creators Competition", in order to allow scripts that are highly recognized by the audience but not favored by the industry to receive extra income, the platform will open a channel for fan donations.

After deducting taxes, all donations from fans to the script will be given to the scriptwriter.

However, the amount of tips received in previous seasons was just a drop in the ocean compared to the investment of film and television companies.

After all, there are very few viewers who are willing to spend real money to tip for a script.

Although Xiaolin used to watch "Creator Competition" every week, he never gave a tip.

This time, however, he directly tipped "The Ming Dynasty" with 5,000 yuan.

If Xiaolin used that money to tip female live streamers, she would feel bad for days.

Could it be used to tip "The Ming Dynasty"?

Can this be called tipping?

This is called paying tuition!

As human beings, we must know how to be grateful!