Knock knock knock!

A knock came at the door.

"Enter."

Ye Chen spoke.

Squeak.

The office door slowly opened, and a stylishly dressed woman in her forties walked in.

"Director Kong, what brings you here?"

Upon seeing the middle-aged woman, the HR manager muttered in surprise, "Shouldn't she be working at this time?"

This middle-aged woman is the director and head of the design department at Qianrui Jewelry.

Director Kong didn't explain anything, but instead placed a large document on Ye Chen's desk.

But the next second, Director Kong's words left the HR manager speechless.

"Chairman, this is the resignation letter from all employees in our design department, including myself and the company's chief designer, Song Yingying."

"We hope the chairman will consider our suggestion and invite General Manager Chai Leguo back. Otherwise, all the employees in our design department will leave the company!"

Director Kong said to Ye Chen in a cold voice.

"Director Kong, please, please reconsider."

The HR manager quickly stepped forward to speak in his defense.

Even if everyone who brought him that pile of documents resigned, it wouldn't have as much impact as the resignation of all the employees in the design department.

If others resign, the company can barely operate. If it can hold on for a while and hire some new people, it can return to normal.

However, if the entire design department resigns, the company will be completely paralyzed and unable to operate. For a jewelry company, the design department is truly crucial.

No matter how the HR manager tried to persuade him, Director Kong kept shaking his head.

"Chairman, have you made up your mind?"

Director Kong asked Ye Chen.

"If you don't bring General Manager Chai back, our entire design department will resign!!!"

Director Kong emphasized their requirements to Ye Chen again.

However, Ye Chen's next words left Director Kong and the HR manager completely dumbfounded.

"You can all leave now. Don't leave a single one of you in the design department."

Ye Chen smiled and said to Director Kong, then instructed the HR manager:

"Manager Li, don't forget to process their resignation procedures."

Um?!

You agree?

The chairman approved their collective resignation; there's no joke about that.

"Chairman, this is not just my resignation, but the resignation of all the employees in the design department and all the designers."

Fearing that Ye Chen might not understand, Director Kong carefully explained it to him.

"I know, I would welcome you to leave the company and go and cause trouble for others."

Ye Chen answered with a smile.

Yan Yudan and her studio members have arrived in Shanghai. Before they came to the company, Ye Chen sent someone to pick them up at the airport.

Yan Yudan has a lot of people. If they join Qianrui Jewelry, I will have to find a way to nearly double the size of the original design department, otherwise, there simply won't be enough room for so many people.

But the company space is not enough.

Unexpectedly, Director Kong has now taken the initiative to help Ye Chen solve the problem.

All the people in Qianrui Jewelry's former design department have left, and the vacant space is perfect for Yan Yudan and her studio staff.

Yan Yudan and the members of her studio are far more capable than the designers at Qianrui Jewelry.

Another major problem of his was easily solved.

Chai Leguo is such a good person.

"Chairman..."

The HR manager tried to persuade Ye Chen, but Ye Chen stopped her with a single look.

"Chairman, if we leave, the company will be completely paralyzed!!!"

Director Kong's final, unwilling threat.

"Is that so?"

Do you really consider yourselves indispensable?

"The earth keeps turning no matter who is missing. Qianrui Jewelry will not be paralyzed without you; it will even go further."

Ye Chen gave a calm rebuttal.

"Oh, right, and also process the resignation procedures for these people together."

As he spoke, Ye Chen patted the pile of resignation threats he had just received. These people were probably just daydreaming.

"good."

Since the chairman said so, the HR manager had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

After glancing at Ye Chen, Director Kong angrily left the office.

A few minutes later, she returned to the design department, where all the staff and designers were gathered together.

"Do you think our threats against the new chairman are a bit lacking?"

"Why don't we take this opportunity to ask the chairman to significantly increase our salaries and benefits?"

At this point, a designer spoke up, saying that such a golden opportunity is rare, and it would be outrageous for them not to "kick someone when they're down" and take advantage of the situation to gain more benefits.

"yes."

"How could I not have thought of that?"

"What a mistake! We really should have added that sentence to our resignation letter."

Everyone else agreed, expressing their regret.

In their minds, Ye Chen would never accept their resignations; otherwise, Qianrui Jewelry would be immediately paralyzed, which would be dangerous.

Beside her, watching the crowd's discussion, Song Yingying, the chief designer of Qianrui Jewelry, smiled but remained silent.

Like everyone else, she was certain that Ye Chen wouldn't let them resign. However, she was a little smarter than the others and had clearly stated in her resignation letter that she wanted double the annual salary and benefits!

She's not bragging, but her skills are top-notch even in Shanghai, and many companies want to poach her.

She is practically a "cash cow" for Qianrui Jewelry. Even if Qianrui Jewelry loses its boss, it cannot do without her.

In the entire city of Shanghai, there are only a handful of people whose skill level surpasses hers, but those few are definitely not people that Qianrui Jewelry alone can hire.

Just as everyone was excitedly discussing how to celebrate, Director Kong arrived.

"What are you still discussing? Pack your things and get ready to leave!"

Director Kong said coldly.

Her words left everyone baffled.

"Director, you don't mean the chairman has approved all of our resignations, do you?"

"The designer who suggested increasing the benefits asked incredulously."

Instantly, everyone's heart leaped into their throats.

"right."

"Not only us, but also the resignations of other close associates of General Chai, that kid agreed to them all."

Director Kong gave a helpless reply.

"What?"

"How is this possible?!"

"how so?"

Director Kong's words were beyond everyone's expectations: the chairman had accepted their resignations. They had messed up and were now unemployed!

This outcome was absolutely unacceptable to them.

As a top designer in Shanghai, Song Yingying was also stunned and couldn't believe it.

"No, we can't just leave the company like this."

"Let's go find the chairman and demand an explanation!"

"No, we should go to the company lobby and make a scene, let everyone in the company see it!"

"Yes, we need to let everyone in the company come and see, so they know the new boss is a madman who doesn't value the company's talent!!!"

"People like that don't deserve to be their bosses!"