"What does the young lady mean by this?"
Upon hearing this, Manager Zhang turned around abruptly, his expression darkening.
She was the one who started the trouble, so why should she protect these people now?
Li Ru snorted coldly, glancing at the group of people in the work area out of the corner of her eye: "It's nothing special. I just understand now why the Li family is declining day by day. Keeping this bunch of scoundrels around, I'm afraid they'll go bankrupt sooner or later."
It should be understood that the Li family is becoming less and less successful than before because of Li Daocheng's mismanagement, which has emboldened these people and led to a gradual decline in performance as no one is truly doing anything.
If she were in charge of the company, she would absolutely not allow such a situation to occur.
After all, she absolutely could not allow the empire her mother had worked so hard to build to be destroyed in Li Daocheng's hands, which is why she was so eager to take back the company!
Seeing her staring intently at him as she finished speaking, Manager Zhang's face twitched, and he immediately played the good guy again: "Miss, please calm down. Their work attitude was a bit lax just now, and they certainly deserve criticism. But as you know, the work atmosphere of a group is also very important. Miss, you only saw their surface, not their whole picture, so naturally you wouldn't know that they are usually very serious about their work."
He first offered an explanation, then glanced at Li Ruo in front of him almost imperceptibly, and said in a low voice, "But that's alright. You don't come to the company often, so it's normal that you don't know about these things. But if they really made a mistake, it should be me who disciplines them, so I won't trouble you."
These words, seemingly echoing Li Ruo's words, were actually meant to protect this group of people and subtly mock her for having the audacity to point fingers at someone without any official position.
Li Ruo could easily see through the implication in his words, but she wasn't angry. Instead, she tugged at the corner of her mouth and turned her gaze to the man: "Since Manager Zhang is so responsible, then I might as well test you. After all, what the superiors do, the subordinates will follow. I think if Manager Zhang is really as serious as he just said, and you guys are usually very diligent in your work, then I suppose your subordinates won't be much worse. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Manager Zhang immediately panicked, and a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes.
He had only wanted to show off in front of everyone. He had just taken office and really needed this opportunity to win people's hearts. He never expected that Li Ruo would target him directly.
But with everyone watching, he really couldn't refuse, so he gritted his teeth and forced himself to say, "Of course, as a leader, I naturally know more about everything than them, and my work attitude is more serious than theirs, otherwise how can I set an example for everyone!"
"very good."
Hearing this, Li Ruo wanted to applaud him, and couldn't help but smile and nod.
But the next second, her gaze sharpened: "Then let me ask you, do you know how many projects the company is currently working on, what projects are being bid on recently, what the key A-level projects are, how many partners the company currently has, and which is the largest project partner..."
Li Ruo asked more than a dozen questions in one breath, and Manager Zhang's mind went blank. He couldn't answer a single one of them.
He frowned slightly, glancing around awkwardly, hoping someone would remind him.
But the employees had no idea about these things, and with them slacking off every day, they were even more confused.
Besides, who wants to get involved in something that hasn't happened to them?
Seeing that there was no outside help, Manager Zhang's heart couldn't help but race with nervousness. He blinked and still stubbornly said, "Well... what you asked about isn't something our department is responsible for, so of course I'm not very clear about it."
As he spoke, in order to resist Li Ruo, he deliberately incited everyone, saying, "Don't you all agree?"
Being criticized by Li Ruo, everyone was already unhappy, so they all said in unison without saying a word, "Yeah, we're not in charge of the project, we're just in charge of people, how would we know these things..."
They originally intended to use this to discourage Li Ruo from making a move.
But since Li Ruo dared to come today, she must have made thorough preparations.
Seeing that everyone in front of her was so uniform in their statements, she snorted coldly and did not refute them. Instead, she took a step forward and said sternly, "Fine, since you all say that you are only responsible for managing people, then Manager Zhang, let me ask you, how many employees are currently employed in the company? How many are in management? How many are in middle management? How many are in each department? And who are they? Putting aside the past, just look at last month: what was the ratio of new hires to departures? Which department had the highest employee turnover?"
As she spoke, her beautiful, large eyes fell on Manager Zhang, filled with pressure.
Upon hearing this, Manager Zhang was dumbfounded. He stood there, blinking nervously, and stammered, "This..."
He racked his brains trying to recall every question, but he just couldn't remember.
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