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Flower City Colorful Hotel Coffee Shop

The soft jazz music created a tranquil and elegant atmosphere, while the aroma of cold brew mingled with the scent of light roast.

At the small square table in the walnut rice bowl, a handsome man and a beautiful woman sat in adjacent seats.

"Haha~" The man, dressed in a formal suit and with an elegant, gentlemanly appearance, laughed, crossing his legs.

"Junior sisters, you guys are too funny. How could you possibly think that our Meilun Group's marketing decisions would be influenced by a small marketing professional from your company?"

If he had that ability, I'd perform a handstand while eating shit right here and now!

The man laughed heartily, a hint of mockery and disdain in his eyes.

This man was Qian Qiwen, Lin Xiaoyan's direct senior and the marketing manager of Meilun Group.

Lin Xiaoyan and he were indeed alumni of the same school and the same major.

But Qian Qiwen was a full ten years older than Lin Xiaoyan.

Lin Xiaoyan smiled awkwardly at her previous thoughts.

She was Chen Bo's intern, and Wang Hao was Chen Bo's boss.

Do they not know how much Chen Bo is capable of?

It's all because things happened so suddenly and coincidentally that they couldn't process what was happening.

That's why Chen Bo had the idea of ​​controlling those companies.

If Chen Bo really had that ability, why would he need to be a lowly marketing specialist at Xing Shuo, finding ways to slack off every day?

"But senior brother, we had a good discussion before, and we were about to sign the contract. Why did Meilun Group suddenly cancel the cooperation? Isn't that a bit unfair to us?"

Lin Xiaoyan gazed at Qian Qiwen with innocent yet lively eyes and asked.

Her pure and beautiful image made Qian Qiwen's heart itch with desire.

He picked up his coffee and took a small sip, concealing his desire.

"Well, this is indeed a bit unfair to you, but that's how it is in the business world. This incident is mainly due to factional infighting within our group, and at the same time, there's also the suspicion that we're using you as pawns."

"What does this mean?" Lin Xiaoyan pressed.

"Don't you think this marketing order is very strange? It wasn't researched by our marketing planning department, there was no risk assessment, and none of the normal procedures were followed. A single order from the higher-ups required us to hand over a marketing business worth 100 million to you."

This termination notice was also issued directly by the legal department without going through our marketing planning department.

When we received the instructions, we were completely dumbfounded; this was something that had never happened before in our group.

As you know, Meilun Group's annual marketing expenditure reaches tens of billions of yuan, but our marketing business has always only cooperated with a few domestic marketing giants, such as PurpleFocus. Although Xingshuo Media is also quite strong, it is still far behind these giants, so Xingshuo has never been within our selection range.

I estimate there are only two reasons for this situation: one is the power struggle among senior management, vying for control of marketing operations, which disrupted the existing structure and led to your company being chosen instead.

Secondly, the group's marketing contracts with companies like PurpleFocus are about to expire. Given the overall economic downturn, the group intends to reduce marketing expenses. Our contact with you is just a show to give them a reason to lower prices.

Therefore, you naturally became the targets of the group's price-cutting tactics.

Qian Qiwen explained his conjecture in detail.

Lin Xiaoyan was speechless for a moment.

What kind of thing is this?

If I had known this would happen, why would I have staged this whole thing to snatch the business away from Chen Bo?

She lifted her bottom and moved the chair closer to Qian Qiwen, smiling sweetly.

"Senior, Meilun Group spends over 10 billion yuan on marketing every year. You are the marketing planning manager, why don't you also consider Xing Shuo?"

Lin Xiaoyan's hand brushed against Qian Qiwen's large hand, her gaze filled with pity.

"It's incredibly difficult for a recent college graduate like me to establish myself in a company like Xing Shuo!"

Qian Qiwen, his eyes filled with a greedy smile, gently squeezed Lin Xiaoyan's delicate hand.

"It's no big deal. I'm the marketing and planning manager of Meilun Group, and my father is one of the directors of Meilun Group. Giving some business to your Xingshuo Media is just a matter of a word from me."

Lin Xiaoyan smiled shyly.

"Thank you, senior. Well... shall we find a quieter place to discuss business in more detail?"

****

Inside the grand yet simple general manager's office!

Xia Nanqing leaned back in her office chair, one hand on the armrest, her palm supporting her forehead, and closed her eyes wearily to rest.

Even her breathing slowed down a bit.

She volunteered to take over the South China branch of Star Media this time in order to prove her abilities to her family.

If her family knew that something like this happened on her very first day in office, she would probably never be able to hold her head up high again.

"President Xia, we haven't received a response from those five companies yet, so we can't know the real reason why they suddenly canceled their cooperation. However, I've found the only thing these five companies have in common with Xing Shuo!"

Assistant Qi Lin stood straight in front of the simple yet exquisite glass desk, hesitant to speak.

Xia Nanqing slowly opened her eyes, looked up, and asked, "The only thing we have in common? What is it?"

"The first person Xingshuo Media contacted about the five companies was a member of the third marketing team named Chen Bo."

"What's your name?" Xia Nanqing frowned, raising her voice several decibels.

"Chen Bo, Chen from the east, Bo from the ambitious!"

Seeing Xia Nanqing's reaction, Qi Lin almost burst out laughing.

Because when she first heard this name, the first thing that came to her mind was probably the same as Xia Nanqing's.

"Who gave you such a terrible name?" Xia Nanqing curled her lip in disdain.

"Where is Chen Bo now?"

"He was kicked out by Wang Hao yesterday. According to the statements of his colleagues in Group 3, Chen Bo was unhappy that Group 3 supervisor Wang Hao and Lin Xiaoyan had taken away his performance. They had a big argument in the office and then he left the company," Qi Lin continued.

"You mean, Chen Bo was the first person to contact the Meilun Group, and Wang Hao and Lin Xiaoyan stole his business and even kicked him out of the company?"

"This is just speculation and has not been confirmed, but I think it is highly likely. The strangest thing is that the day after Chen Bo left, five companies simultaneously sent notices of termination of cooperation to the company."

Xia Nanqing opened her mouth in surprise.

"Does this Chen Bo really have that much ability? The marketing business of Meilun Group isn't something you can just secure with a few connections."

If it were that easy, given the Xia family's status, they would have already become Xing Shuo's strategic partner.

However, despite their efforts over the years, the Xia family was still unable to secure business from the Meilun Group.

Compared to the Xia family, the Meilun Group, as a national home appliance giant, is a behemoth and doesn't need to take the Xia family seriously at all.

"What kind of person is this Chen Bo?" Xia Nanqing asked with great interest.

"I don't know either, but his reputation doesn't seem to be very good," Qi Lin replied.

"How so?"

According to his colleagues, Chen Bo was described as cunning, lazy, gluttonous, and slippery! He especially loved to slack off.

After saying that, Qi Lin took out Chen Bo's resume from the folder and handed it to Xia Nanqing.

Xia Nanqing took the resume.

Aside from being somewhat handsome in photos, his entire life has been quite ordinary.

Born in a small county, he worked hard to get into a 985 university in Guangdong Province, and then joined Xing Shuo as a business specialist through campus recruitment.

Although his three years in office were not too bad, there were no outstanding achievements either.

"What do you think of Chen Bo?" Xia Nanqing asked, looking at Chen Bo's resume.

"I think... he's pretty handsome!" Qi Lin replied truthfully.

Xia Nanqing looked up and glanced at Qi Lin.

"Who asked you if he's handsome? I'm asking you what you think about him and those five companies."

Qi Lin pursed her lips awkwardly.

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood. I don't think it's impossible."

Why?

"Isn't Chen Bo a fan of slacking off, sleeping, and playing games? I don't think he slacks off because he's lazy. He might sleep at work because he entertained clients until late at night and is just catching up on sleep."

Xia Nanqing smiled.

"So you mean he plays games at work to entertain clients?"

"That's possible! Nowadays, most second and third-generation entrepreneurs have started to take over their companies. Most of these people are from the post-80s or even post-90s generation. They are mostly hardcore game fans. The camaraderie between men is ingrained in their bones. When one is in trouble, everyone helps. It's not hard to understand why these second-generation entrepreneurs firmly support him."

Xia Nanqing nodded thoughtfully.

"Has Chen Bo's resignation been completed?"

"Not yet. He left in a hurry yesterday and hasn't had time to complete the resignation procedures yet."

"Notify HR to tell Chen Bo to come back to work tomorrow. Once he's back, we'll know whether he's just trying to slack off or if he's really working!"

"Okay!" Qi Lin replied, then turned and left Xia Nanqing's office.

A short while later, Qi Lin returned!

"President Xia, Chen Bo's phone is switched off, and the HR department can't reach him."

Xia Nanqing shook her head and smiled.

"Qi Lin, the information you've gathered isn't complete!"

"what?"

"I think Chen Bo is not only cunning, lazy, greedy, and slippery, but also quite stingy. I doubt he'll answer the phone today. Let HR contact him again tomorrow."

"Okay." Qi Lin gave an OK sign. "I'll head out now!"

Qi Lin had just turned around when Xia Nanqing called her back.

"Wait a minute, write down Chen Bo's phone number. Call him in person tomorrow, and be polite, otherwise I don't think he'll get over his anger so easily."