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

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The eerie city is destined to be anything but peaceful tonight.

In the quiet yet bustling night, a startled sound suddenly roused the entire city.

The strange crowd scattered in panic, rushing out of the building, only to watch as the towering company headquarters building was engulfed in thick smoke and flames.

Finally, it slowly collapsed before our eyes, like a dying monster.

The entire building collapsed just like that.

"How could this happen?!"

"My company........."

The president of the mysterious company stood in the square, stunned, staring at the collapsed building.

Then, I was drawn to another sound coming from not far away. I turned my head and stared blankly as another office building, hundreds of meters tall, collapsed with a loud crash.

"That is..."

The company president's expression immediately became extremely complex.

Bad news: My company building mysteriously collapsed...

Good news, our competitor's building has also collapsed...

"The company building has collapsed, so... at least we don't have to work overtime anymore."

"But my design isn't finished yet. If the building collapses, do I have to redo it?"

"If only our department head hadn't run out..."

"If bombing the company building would grant me a few days off, I would thank the possible perpetrator."

It was already quite late, but there were still many strange employees who had been working overtime in the building. Most of them had now gone to stand in the square.

Hearing the commotion around him, the eccentric CEO immediately summoned his staff to arrange the follow-up work.

"Xiao Jiang, quickly contact the rescue team and immediately salvage the company's property."

"Xiao Li, take the employees and search through the rubble to see if you can salvage any unfinished plans."

"Xiao Zhang, quickly find other suitable office buildings nearby and make sure to buy a new building as soon as possible."

"Dear employees, please rest assured that the company will resume normal operations as soon as possible so that you can continue working. Although the company building is gone now, you can still go home and work overtime. Hurry up, every second you stand here is a second of your life being wasted!"

The crowd slowly dispersed.

Not far away, a group of three figures paused and watched this direction for a moment, then, led by the one in the lead, silently disappeared into the night.

More than half an hour later.

Another deafening explosion came from the direction the three had left, and yet another company building collapsed into the dust and smoke.

"Ahem!"

Old Da fanned away the swirling dust in front of him, staring at the eerie employee screaming and running away. He opened his mouth wide, then swallowed hard, remembering what he had done with the team leader that night.

"This is fucking outrageous..."

.........

A brightly lit conference room.

The company employees sat in a row on one side of a huge conference table.

President Jiang Yingqing, dressed in a sophisticated business suit, sat quietly with her arms crossed over her chest, her gaze slowly shifting to the trio sitting on the far side.

Looking at Lu Ye's head nodding, it was clear that he hadn't slept well.

"Ahem!"

The department manager coughed loudly on purpose, casting a sarcastic and cynical glance at him.

"How dare you doze off during such an important bidding meeting? Did Team Leader Lu skip work yesterday to go drinking at a bar until late at night?"

Lu Ye, still dazed, opened his eyes. His gaze was blurry for a while before he finally focused on the department manager's face, finding him extremely annoying.

"If you dare bother me one more time, I'll throw you off the building again, you believe me?"

Of all things under heaven, the most important thing is to sleep.

He hates being disturbed while he's sleeping.

I worked hard for the company until late last night, and now there are still people nagging me and not letting me catch up on my sleep.

I wonder how hard he worked last night?

"you!"

The department manager was so angry that his hand trembled, but looking at the sky outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window, he didn't dare to say another word for a moment. He just glared fiercely at Lao Da next to Lu Ye.

Lao Da decisively looked away, shifting his gaze to Lu without making eye contact with the department manager.

Looking at the team leader who was dozing off again, I felt a surge of complete admiration for him.

The team leader is really something else. In order for the company to win the project, he actually led them to blow up all four other bidding companies.

This is truly a super role model employee who contributes significantly to the company...

.........

Today, our company is fifth in the bidding process; the four strange companies ahead of us will submit their proposals first.

The company has been waiting in this conference room for more than two hours.

"Why is it taking so long, Mr. Jiang? Should I go and see what's going on?" The department manager was getting a little impatient.

Jiang Yingqing maintained her upright posture. "Wait."

Another twenty minutes or so passed.

The meeting room door was finally pushed open, and a human resources person from the client company walked in with a smile on his face.

"Please come with me, it's your turn to present your proposals."

"Okay, sure."

Jiang Yingqing was the first to stand up and led the way to another conference room.

Lu had already been woken up and was hanging at the very end of the line, listening to the department manager walking in front of him trying to get information out of the client's HR person.

"How are the other four companies' submissions coming along today?"

"Is your big boss very satisfied?"

"What does your top leader usually like to do most?"

The response from the client's HR department left the department manager scratching his head.

"There aren't four companies; you're the only one submitting a project report today."

"Just us?" The department manager frowned. "Weren't there supposed to be five companies bidding?"

"Yes, originally five companies were selected to bid, but the other four had other commitments and didn't show up today, which is considered an automatic withdrawal," the client's HR representative calmly replied.

"Is this for real?" The department manager raised an eyebrow, his face immediately lighting up with delight. He subconsciously asked, "Why didn't you come? That shouldn't be the case. For such a big project, you should be here to bid even if the company is on fire."

"Yes, that's what I think too." The HR representative from the client's side looked somewhat annoyed.

They really don't take the bidding proposals seriously. President Jia dislikes this kind of breach of contract the most. Those companies probably won't have another chance.

They'll never know what they've missed!

"So why didn't you come?"

"I heard that the company headquarters building was bombed last night."

"Oh, it's the company... huh?"

The department manager raised his voice on the spot, almost shouting out loud. President Jiang Yingqing in front also turned around once, frowning slightly.

"You...you mean those companies didn't come because their headquarters building was bombed last night? All of them?" The department manager could barely speak.

The HR representative from Party A nodded. "Yes, it just so happens that all four company buildings were blown up and reduced to rubble. At first, we thought it was just a building collapse, but then we realized something was wrong. It seems like it was deliberately targeted, and someone did it. We're investigating."

"What a fucking genius..." The department manager was stunned for a long time.

"This wasn't done by your company, was it? Killing out the other competitors and leaving only you or something?" The client's HR suddenly asked.

"Impossible..." The department manager quickly smiled apologetically and raised his hand to swear, "Even if we dared to think about it, we wouldn't dare to do it. Blowing up four company buildings at once is something that most people really can't do."

"We've arrived. Good luck!"

As they were talking, the client's HR pushed open the door to another conference room, where seven or eight leaders from the client company were sitting.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, President Jiang Yingqing led her entourage to sit across the table and cast a glance at Lu Ye.

Lu also kicked Lao Da, "Go, it's your turn to shine, make sure you win."

"Yes, team leader!" Lao Da took a deep breath, picked up his laptop, and walked to the front to begin explaining the plan.

Lu Ye originally wanted to listen for a while, but as he listened, the scene in front of him became blurry.

When I woke up again, I found that the proposal meeting had already ended.

He was the only one left in the conference room, along with President Jiang Yingqing, who sat next to him with her legs crossed, as if she had been waiting for him to wake up.