Eighteen Ghost Emperors of my ancestors, how dare you make me live in terror?

"Xiao Lu, come to my office for a moment. We need to align the project proposal at a granular level, forming a vertical matrix to connect the underlying logic..."

The department manager walked out of his office with a cup of coffee in his hand, looking quite excited.

Although that guy stole the project, he had already come up with another way to mess with him.

However, when they arrived at the private office area and saw all the empty seats, they were stunned.

"Where are they? Where are they?"

"Manager, they've already left on time."

"get off work?"

The department manager glanced at the time, his face darkening. "It's not even 8 PM yet, and they've already left work? And all of them have left?"

"Yes, everyone's gone home, and they said no more overtime, including weekends."

The strange employees in the large office area answered in hushed tones, their voices filled with envy.

"Ha, no overtime, no work on weekends—he's deliberately ruining you, corrupting you! How can you keep up with the company's rapid growth if you don't work hard?!"

The department manager took out his phone and dialed Lu Ye's number, but after saying only one sentence, the call was immediately disconnected.

"How dare you not answer the phone..."

Gritting my teeth, I gave him another kiss.

"The number you dialed is busy. Please try again later."

Hearing the voice on the phone, the department manager's eyes reddened slightly with anger.

"Not answering the leader's calls delayed important work. HR will deduct 500 from his pay! Several other people will each have 200 deducted!"

The department manager roared and summoned HR. The HR woman, seeing the furious manager, waited a moment before whispering:

"They are a special project task force, directly appointed by President Jiang. According to company procedures, you are currently only his nominal leader and do not have the right to deduct performance bonuses."

"Then who can dunk?!"

"You can go and have a chat with General Manager Jiang."

"Hmph, don't think you can disregard company rules just because you've latched onto President Jiang!"

The department manager angrily shoved the receptionist aside and headed for the elevator.

The president's office is on the 33rd floor, accessible only by a private elevator. The receptionist first called to ask permission before swiping her card to open the elevator door.

In the vast, empty floor, only the light in one luxurious office was still on. Jiang Yingqing was hunched over her desk, her brows furrowed slightly, her pen constantly writing something on a piece of paper.

"President Jiang." The department manager glanced furtively at the pair of long, black-stockinged legs crossed under the table, then took another look at the perfectly profiled face.

"Wait a mininute."

After the cold, clear sound, there was a long silence, broken only by the scratching sound of the pen writing.

Just when the department manager's legs were about to go numb from standing, the sound rang out again.

"The company's financial report for this quarter shows that the losses have risen to 32%, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of losses. Your marketing department has the highest losses among the financial departments."

"That's normal. Those projects are in the early stages of investment and require a lot of money to maintain relationships. Once the projects are running smoothly, they will be able to turn a profit." The department manager maintained his composure and answered fluently.

"In order to win that land, the company used all available cash flow, but it was not at an advantage compared with the other bidding companies. The only hope was that the project proposal could be more outstanding."

"The company must acquire that land, not only for its future development, but also as the key to its recovery from the debt crisis."

Jiang Yingqing rubbed her temples, and behind her exquisite gold-rimmed glasses, her slightly reddened eyes finally looked directly at the department manager.

"What are you trying to say?"

"Uh...it's nothing." The department manager felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. "I just came to ask if Mr. Jiang would like some late-night snacks."

"No need, you guys eat, I have something to do."

His face fell again.

"Then, Mr. Jiang, you're busy."

The department manager tiptoed out of the president's office, and as he closed the door, he couldn't help but stare intently at the captivating figure under the light.

"If we can't get this project, the company is already beyond saving anyway, hehe, why am I in such a hurry?"

The department manager patted his head and cheered up again.

........

"Enlarge it! Heal me quickly!"

"No milk, CD."

"GG".

Looking at the exploding crystal on the screen, Lu put down his phone, glanced sideways at Wang Chao who had a calm expression, and sighed.

"You're really bad."

"I'm really not good at playing games."

"That's not called being bad at it, that's called being incompetent."

Lu Ye picked up his thermos filled with goji berries and took a big gulp to cool down. During his break, he picked up the plan that Lao Da had finished and looked at it, then tossed a copy to Wang Chao.

He and Wang Chao played games for five days, and Lao Da and his team of veteran employees spent five days completing the detailed plan.

These five days were arguably the happiest five days of Lao Da's and his employees' lives.

No need to work overtime, leave on time every day after get off work, or you'll be kicked out. You don't need to reply to messages from company leaders after work, because there are no messages at all.

What's even better is that after enjoying a delicious lunch, they can also take a nice nap!

God knows how long it's been since they last took a nap at the company.

Every time they snored away in their sleep, the other employees in the company would look at them with extreme envy, and an indescribable sense of satisfaction would arise spontaneously.

My body is relaxed, my mind is healed, I have time to spend with my family and cook, all the fatigue of the past is swept away, and even my work is filled with long-lost passion.

"This project proposal is my best work to date, and it's also the best proposal they've ever produced. We are confident that our proposal will far surpass the other bidding companies!"

When Lao Da submitted his proposal, he had a confident smile on his face, as well as an invisible aura of power, as if he had been completely awakened.

"Can you understand it?"

Wang Chao asked Lu Ye, who was intently studying the plan, a question.

"I don't understand it at all," Lu Ye shook his head. "What about you?"

"I don't understand it either." Wang Chao put down the plan. "So we don't need to pretend here."

"That's true, we should leave professional matters to professionals." Lu Ye also tossed out the proposal.

Wang Chao began his analysis: "Based on the experience of other Ghost Hunters, the company is actually in a serious debt crisis and has been in a state of continuous losses. Moreover, it has diverted all its cash flow to this project."

"However, the challenge time for the eerie dungeon is only one month. The Eerie Masters cannot participate in the company's subsequent timelines, so they will not know what will happen next."

"However, some economic experts have analyzed that, given the current situation, if the company fails to secure that project this time, it will go bankrupt and be liquidated. This may also involve internal corruption and management imbalances."

Lu Ye listened while sipping his goji berry water, and said, "Continue."

"We are now undertaking this critical project, which has never happened before. Although there is a possibility of obtaining a higher reward for completing the level, the danger has also arrived earlier than expected, and it is very serious."

"So you mean if we don't win this project, the company will go bankrupt, and we just happen to be around the time the company goes bankrupt, right?" Lu understood.

"Yes, once the company goes bankrupt, we will naturally be laid off, we will lose our bonuses, and we will face more bizarre attacks," Wang Chao said calmly.

Lu Ye glanced at the plan again. "This plan is well done. There shouldn't be any problems."

Wang Chao shook his head. "It's not that simple. The plan is one thing, but the game behind it is the most important. There are four other strange companies bidding against our company this time, and they are all difficult to deal with. In the end, it depends on which one the client is willing to choose."

"I see..."

Lu Ye picked up his cup, took a sip with a smile, and a meaningful smile gradually appeared on his face.

"What if the other four companies can't make it to the bidding site? If it's just us, does that mean we're the only ones they can choose?"

Wang Chao's body trembled.

Lu Ye laughed even harder, "I'm such a genius!"