Chapter 5
Chu Muchao didn't take it seriously and connected the keyboard to start typing.
Chu Muchao: The planning documents, related data, and images have been sent to your email addresses as requested. You can check them yourself.
The moment the message was sent, the group chat exploded with a flurry of messages.
Is this the work ethic of your operations department?
【screenshot】
Why didn't you reply to my message last night? Because you delayed the entire project's progress. Aren't you going to take responsibility?
Can I still send screenshots in the group?
Chu Muchao found a screenshot of his computer screen that he had taken out of boredom the night before last when he got off work. He highlighted the time and the read/unread status of the emails with a red marker.
Chu Muchao: Check work emails promptly.
[@Director Zhou, is this the attitude of your operations department?]
[You all bear full responsibility for the problems that arose during this event!]
[Think about how to explain this to President Shen and headquarters!]
Screenshots can serve as evidence that the other party did not view the email, and the current process is indeed stuck on their end.
But faced with such unreasonable and absurd behavior, Chu Muchao really didn't know how to deal with it.
She had never met such an unreasonable person, who completely ignored everyone else's arguments and just kept spouting nonsense.
There are actually quite a few people like this in the workplace.
The system's gentle voice echoed in my mind.
Some people's priority isn't how to solve the problem, but rather how to absolve themselves of responsibility and shift blame.
Chu Muchao was extremely annoyed.
She doesn't have a habit of internal strife; they're just colleagues, not her brother or family, so there's no reason to indulge them.
Chu Muchao pulled out a chair and stood up.
Just then, Shen Jia, who was at the next workstation, also stood up. Seeing the commotion, Shen Jia looked over.
"You're going to the marketing department? Perfect, I was just planning to go and have a face-to-face discussion with them! Want to come along?"
Knowing Shen Jia's quick temper and tendency to get easily provoked, Chu Muchao nodded.
On the way there, he specifically told Shen Jia, "Don't rush or get worked up later, give me a chance to speak."
Shen Jia: "Hmph! I'll go over there and yell at them!"
But Director Zhou didn't think that way.
Seeing Shen Jia and Chu Muchao stand up from a few workstations away, looking aggressive as if they were about to demand an explanation, I quickly got up and walked over to stop them.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing? It's one thing for Xiao Chu to be ignorant of the rules, but Shen Jia, what are you planning to do?"
"This company is not a place for you to act up and throw tantrums!"
Shen Jia retorted, "Am I throwing a tantrum? It's obvious they're the ones with the problem. They don't read emails, they don't update the content, and they act like lunatics demanding data and documents as soon as it's work time. Do they think we're free?"
Director Zhou scolded, "You can just ignore it, but this time..." Director Zhou turned to Chu Muchao, "Xiao Chu, you also need to reply to work messages promptly after get off work hours, otherwise it will be considered absenteeism, understand? This time it was mainly because you didn't reply to work messages, which gave them a handle to use against you. Be careful next time."
Chu Muchao: ?
She raised her left hand again in disbelief, pointing her index finger at herself.
"Huh? Me?"
Director Zhou's tone was very firm: "Yes, this time it's your fault. If you had replied to the message in time, this wouldn't have happened. You gave them a handle to talk about, which gave them the opportunity to cause trouble."
Chu Muchao hesitated for a few seconds, his voice cold and his tone puzzled.
"It's past 11 PM, after get off work. Can't I go to sleep?"
"Besides, the documents and data he requested are all in his email; he can just check and download them himself, right?"
"Well, anyway, let's leave it at that!"
Director Zhou waved his hand, "Alright, you can all go back to your workstations and get back to work. Don't let others take up your time. I'll handle the rest."
Shen Jia felt a lump in her throat and burst into tears.
"What are you going to do? I've been with the company for two years, when have you ever stood up for us under your command? People treat you like their subordinates, and you make us do work that isn't our responsibility! We'll have to put up with this, but our wages won't increase. I quit!"
"Hey, what are you saying!" Director Zhou glanced at Chu Muchao, patted Shen Jia on the shoulder, and said, "Come to my office, let's talk. Don't lose your temper in front of the interns, come here."
Although Shen Jia has a bad temper, she will do whatever her boss says, even if she feels resentful and angry.
Director Zhou told her to follow, and Shen Jia grumbled under her breath but had already started walking after him.
Chu Muchao watched Shen Jia's retreating figure.
It didn't move for quite a while.
The system asked: "Miss Mu Mu, what are you thinking about?"
Chu Muchao: I wasn't thinking about anything.
You're thinking that someone like Shen Jia will suffer a great loss, right?
Chu Muchao: Yeah, simple-minded, straightforward, and easily manipulated.
In my mind, I heard the system's mechanical laughter.
Should we go to the marketing department now?
Chu Muchao: I want to go.
Do you think you and Shen Jia have anything in common in your behavior?
Chu Muchao looked around.
From the moment she and Shen Jia stood up, all their colleagues looked at them.
Even the members of Group B, who usually compete for resources, looked at them with expectant eyes.
It's not that she's not angry. The veteran employees know better than this newbie who's only been here for two weeks why the process is stuck and why the event page isn't changed.
They all have reasons why they dare not speak out.
Chu Muchao curled his lip: I don't care about this job. What's the point of working at my own company if I have to suffer this kind of injustice?
Chu Muchao's thoughts were very simple.
She couldn't let herself be wronged, take the blame, and suffer indignity.
Regardless of the reasons why others dare not speak out, she has the confidence to stand up and not be bullied, so she should stand up.
【Miss Mu Mu is amazing! I'll always be on her side. So, go ahead and be bold!】
With me here, I won't let Miss Mu Mu suffer.
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Walk through the corridor and push open the tightly closed glass door.
At 9:20, there were only five people in the marketing department's office.
Three of them were huddled together, chatting and laughing.
I vaguely heard someone mention "the new intern".
Chu Muchao walked over gracefully.
The three-centimeter low heels made a "clack-clack" sound on the floor.
She didn't intentionally try to make her footsteps quiet; as she walked towards them, the three marketing colleagues immediately looked over.
Upon seeing that it was the "new intern" they had mentioned, they exchanged knowing glances.
The three sat in the row by the window, one sat in the outermost seat by the aisle, and the third person had a rather special seat, which was separated from the others and was located at the very innermost part of the row.
Chu Muchao had no impression of these people. He had only been with the company for two weeks and had only exchanged work information with them in the work group. He had never actually met them in person.
Based solely on the seating arrangement, Chu Muchao judged that the separately separated seat must be a leader's seat.
It's not the person in charge of these people, it's the legendary marketing manager.
Chu Muchao walked up to the man in the suit who was separated from the others.
"Hello, I'm Chu Muchao, an intern in the operations department. I'm the one you called out as the scapegoat in the group chat. I'd like to ask you a question."
The man in the suit was having breakfast when he heard Chu Muchao's voice and turned his chair to face him.
When she saw Chu Muchao's beautiful face, a hint of amazement flashed in her eyes, and then the contempt and arrogance on her face subsided considerably.
"Xiao Chu, go ahead and ask."
"You have email addresses, right? And they're working properly, aren't they?"
The man in the suit nodded: "Of course, the company requires that work emails be checked and processed in a timely manner. However... there are bound to be unexpected situations. Our department's employees often have to go on field trips, and there's too much to do. We're not as relaxed as your operations department."
Chu Muchao failed to grasp the hidden meaning in the other person's words and continued speaking to himself.
"Since you're working in the evening, it means you can check your work emails. You've packaged all the documents, data, and event-related materials into your inbox and sent them to every colleague and supervisor involved in the project. What reason do you have not to check your emails?"
"Instead of backing up the relevant data to your phone or computer for work you bring home at night, you're using the excuse that an intern who isn't directly in charge of the project and isn't the sender of the message didn't reply to the message after 11 p.m. as an excuse for not following the proper procedures and not updating the activity page, so that you can't continue working?"
"No, you...you..."
The man in the suit couldn't think of a rebuttal for a moment.
Director Zhou was transferred from headquarters to the branch office more than two years ago. It is said that he did something wrong at headquarters, which is why he was transferred to the branch office to serve as the director of the operations department.
The positions may look the same, both being director, but how could the department directors at headquarters and branch offices be the same?
He must have made a mistake, yet he didn't complain about being reassigned.
In the past two years, whenever there have been any problems with a project, such as the revenue not meeting expectations or the event not achieving the desired results, the responsibility has always been pushed onto the operations department.
Neither the operations department nor Director Zhou dared to rebel.
When asked about problems with the event, the operations department was instructed to report and provide a self-criticism.
This was the first time they had ever seen someone come up to them and confront them.
The three male colleagues who were chatting by the window came over, and two of them blocked Chu Muchao's back.
"Xiao Chu, you're new to the company, it's better if you don't be so sharp."
"A young lady with such a fiery temper is easily taken advantage of."
The three men spoke in a lewd and flippant tone.
It's very annoying.
Chu Muchao tightened his grip on the black pen in his hand.
It is said to be true.
I demand that those who are shifting blame in the group and those in charge of the event proactively and honestly explain the problems with this event in the project group, as well as why the event page has not been changed for a long time and why others are required to work overtime to repeatedly work on the data.
A golden light flashed in the eyes of all four people.
The three people by the window turned around and went back to their workstations. The man in the suit put down his breakfast and turned on his computer.
[Congratulations, Miss Mu Mu, on discovering a new magic skill: the inescapable truth.]
[Successfully used the magic skill "Words Come True," skill proficiency +5, magic points +3.]
[Successfully used the magic skill "The Inescapable Truth," skill proficiency +5, magic points +3.]
Chu Muchao: ...Since this is a new skill that I figured out myself, can I name it myself?
"No, Miss Mu Mu."
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