Shang Wu's eyes turned cold, and she said meaningfully, "You must take it. From now on, whatever I give you, you should accept it properly."
Zhou Yanci found it inexplicably difficult to face her intense gaze. He smiled and hugged her, changing the subject: "Your birthday is in a couple of days. I'll prepare something nice for you. What gift would you like?"
Shang Wu gave him a deep look: "You'll give me any gift you want?"
"Of course, you can ask me now, and I will grant you one request unconditionally."
Zhou Yanci raised an eyebrow, his eyes full of pride.
Shang Wu slightly curved her lips, about to speak, when the phone on the table suddenly rang.
She glanced at it and saw the name "Wenxiang".
Zhou Yanci took the phone and answered it.
"Manager Wen, is something important so late?"
On the phone, Wenxiang's tone was urgent and heavy as he said a few words.
Zhou Yanci's relaxed posture vanished instantly, and she abruptly stood up from the sofa.
"I'm coming right away!"
Shang Wu stood up as well: "What happened?"
Zhou Yanci picked up his coat and said angrily, "The project team made a mistake and signed a contract for three years at 10% of the original price. This business is conservatively estimated to lose 3 billion yuan in the future!"
He paused, glancing at Shang Wu with a hint of reproach in his eyes: "Your Brother Wen is truly remarkable!"
Shang Wu frowned slightly and followed him to put on his coat: "I'll go with you to take a look."
Zhou Yanci did not refuse.
The two hurried to the company in the cold night.
Such a big incident alarmed not only them, but also the shareholders.
As soon as Shang Wu entered the conference room, she saw Zhou's parents sitting at the table.
She was puzzled.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou did not get along. After retiring, they lived alone in a villa in the suburbs. Why did they come today?
Shang Wu went to call out to Uncle Zhou first.
As soon as Zhou's father nodded, Zhou's mother slammed her hand on the table and started pointing her finger at Shang Wu and cursing in front of everyone.
"You're a jinx who's brought misfortune to my son! I told you long ago that marrying you would affect the Zhou family's feng shui, and now it's come true! Look at the good things the people you brought into the boat have done!"
Wenxiang's face turned ashen. Hearing this, he couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to stop Zhou's mother.
“I take full responsibility for my actions. If the project goes wrong, it's my problem, and it has nothing to do with Director Shang! All of us who joined Chengzhou from the business sector have been making money for Chengzhou for years. Isn't that all thanks to Director Shang?”
Zhou's mother's eyes sharpened, and she sneered, "You actually dare to talk back to me? You're the one who has committed a terrible mistake!"
Shang Wu pursed her lips and secretly tugged at Zhou Yanci's sleeve from behind.
Zhou Yanci lowered her eyes and met her somewhat sad gaze, her heart softening instantly.
Without thinking, he said, "Alright, Mom, there's no use talking about this now. Let's discuss the current situation, Manager Wen?"
Wenxiang immediately walked up to Zhou Yanci and lowered his head in shame.
"I...I'm so sorry, Mr. Zhou. I'm not feeling well today. I did misread the contract. I didn't notice during the review that the unit price of the product was missing a zero. The cost price changed from one hundred and eighty yuan to eighteen..."
This is the most foolish and basic mistake the company has ever made.
However, Wenxiang's performance and ability since joining the company are obvious to all. This incident was not due to his careless personality, but rather because he was unwell and misread the price.
Unfortunately, no matter how excusable the circumstances, it was not enough to make the profit-driven shareholders not care.
Someone immediately spoke up: "Conservatively speaking, we'll lose 3 billion. This matter needs to be resolved, right? Manager Wen, your apologies won't help. This is almost a quarter of our company's net profit."
Wenxiang stammered and struggled to speak: "We've already called our partners, and they said it's all clearly written down in black and white, and there's no way we can back out."
"What do you mean? So we deserve to lose money at such an outrageous price?" someone immediately retorted angrily.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense and frozen.
Nobody knows what to do next.
The contract has taken effect.
It's foolish not to make money when you can.
Since winning the lottery is so cheap, the partners naturally want to make a profit.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Yanci frowned and asked, "Who is the partner? The Tang family?"
Wenxiang nodded: "Yes, their company president is named Tang Xueli, the granddaughter of the Tang family patriarch, and she has only been in charge of the company for six months."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned even more grim.
Especially Zhou Yanci.
If he can make billions of dollars in just six months after taking office, it will be more than the profits he made from exploiting and rubbing money off businesses in the past.
He clenched his fist, his gaze icy: "Whoever has a solution to this will be the future project manager."
With just one sentence, Wenxiang was dismissed from his post.
Just as Shang Wu was about to speak, Zhou Yanci grabbed her hand.
"The group has suffered heavy losses, so I have no choice but to do this. Let Manager Wen be a regular employee for now, Ah Wu. I hope you understand."
Zhou's mother crossed her arms and sneered.
"Her good friend from the business was fired just like that. Do you think she'd be happy about that? She'd probably throw a tantrum and beg you to take back the decision!"
She rolled her eyes, certain that Shang Wu would plead for Wen Xiang.
Shang Wu glanced at her lightly.
"Words, I'm asking you to retract this decision."
Zhou paused, a hint of displeasure in his voice.
He thought Shang Wu wouldn't blindly protect the people on Shang's side.
It seems he was overthinking it.
Shang Wu continued, "I think we should just fire someone like Brother Wen who causes significant losses to the company."
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