Chapter 430 - 244: Directly Take Him Out (2)

Chapter 430: Chapter 244: Directly Take Him Out (2)

Despite it being winter, Huang Fei was already soaked in sweat, looking like he was facing an impending disaster.

"President Lin, this... I’ll investigate this thoroughly and conduct a special review!"

Huang Fei was just trying to buy some time.

Lin Ya, however, didn’t seem ready to let him off the hook. She turned to Dai Ming. "The event’s promotion and the coupon distribution were handled by the operations department, correct?"

Dai Ming was also a nervous wreck. He answered immediately, confirming that it was indeed the operations department’s responsibility.

"Get the relevant people from the operations department in here, including the supervisor for the first floor."

Huang Fei lowered his head, got up, and went to get them.

"President Dai, this is Junxiao Business Management now, not Wansheng Group. Your methods and mindset need to keep up, or you’ll be in a very dangerous position."

"President Lin, you’re right to criticize me. I will reflect on my actions."

Dai Ming wasn’t in much better shape than Huang Fei. Back at Wansheng Group, his position had been a difficult one. He was under immense pressure to meet annual rent hike targets, and when he couldn’t, he often had to resort to some shady tactics.

For example, he would set up clearance stalls in the first-floor corridors. The rent from these spaces was extra income, which wasn’t factored into the rent-per-unit targets set by the group.

After the acquisition by Junxiao Square, that pressure disappeared. All that remained for Dai Ming was the prestige of being the general manager.

If Lin Ya was dissatisfied with him during this visit and decided to fire him, his good days would be over before they’d even really begun.

He obviously didn’t want such a tragic end to his career. Right now, he was terrified of Lin Ya.

He knew she held significant sway in the business management company. After all, at the group’s annual gala, President Lin was someone who could converse on equal terms with President Xu of the Junxiao Group.

Meanwhile, general managers like him could only trail behind President Xu Jun and toast President Xu Wu from a distance, staying at least three meters away from her at all times.

Liu Jingjing trailed behind the operations manager and Mr. Huang, watching the grim expressions on her two superiors’ faces. She hadn’t even met President Lin yet, but she could already feel her imposing presence.

She couldn’t help but laugh at herself. Yesterday, when Chen Xiao had shared Lin Ya’s WeChat contact with her, Lin Ya had been so warm and friendly.

’I even wondered if she and Chen Xiao were a couple. They’re close in age, after all; President Lin is probably only two or three years older than him.’

’An older woman is a treasure, as they say! The age gap would be no problem at all!’

’But after a night of wild speculation, seeing my superiors so tense right before I meet President Lin, I realize just how ridiculous my ideas were.’

’How could a woman like President Lin ever be with someone like Chen Xiao? He might be handsome, but a woman of her status would never be short on good-looking men!’

A mischievous thought even crossed her mind: ’If they really were a couple, with her being the powerful one and him being... well, him, President Lin would probably walk all over him at home!’

It wasn’t her fault for letting her mind wander. Chen Xiao was her former classmate, someone she saw as being on her same social level. Lin Ya, on the other hand, was completely out of her league.

Little did she know that Lin Ya would have very few chances to walk all over Chen Xiao. If they were truly together, Lin Ya would be the one getting handled.

As she followed Huang Fei into the general manager’s office, Liu Jingjing noted that she rarely had the chance to enter this room. The difference in rank was simply too great; she almost never had a reason to report to Dai Ming. She never thought she’d get the opportunity to receive instructions directly from President Lin.

She was probably the only one secretly thrilled; the managers were all nervous wrecks.

Once inside, Huang Fei made the introductions. "President Lin, this is our operations manager, Sheng Gang, and the first-floor supervisor, Liu Jingjing."

’Liu Jingjing?’ Upon hearing the name, Lin Ya studied the pretty girl before her. ’The boss’s former classmate.’

This wasn’t the time for pleasantries. As soon as Huang Fei finished the introductions...

Lin Ya questioned the operations manager directly. "Why did ’Bambury’ on the first floor use 1,000 coupons? How are your coupons distributed, and why was this brand able to claim so many?"

On the way over, Huang Fei had already given him a rough idea of the questions President Lin might ask.

Sheng Gang answered with a slight tremble in his voice, "President Lin... this brand is one of our key clients, so we gave them a few extra coupons."

"A key client? Why are they a key client?"

Lin Ya cut him off. "Is it because they have a strong brand presence, or do they have a particularly close partnership with Junxiao Square? What exactly makes them ’key’?"

Sheng Gang immediately tensed up. He had no answer for Lin Ya’s pointed questions.

He glanced at Huang Fei for help, but saw that Huang Fei was also staring at the floor, his own legs trembling. He couldn’t turn to Dai Ming, so he blurted out, "President Lin, this brand is very cooperative, and they pay the highest rent. Our floor supervisor, Liu Jingjing, has the most contact with them. I’ll have her report on it."

Lin Ya scoffed. ’Whether or not this operations manager is involved in something shady, his willingness to throw his subordinate under the bus is pathetic. An absolute waste of space!’

"Jingjing, is it? Don’t be nervous. Tell me what you think."

For the first time, a smile appeared on Lin Ya’s face, making Liu Jingjing feel a wave of warmth wash over her. ’Wow, President Lin is gorgeous when she smiles!’

The other men in the room couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy. It seemed beautiful women were popular everywhere; not only with men, but even with a woman like President Lin, whose tone had suddenly softened upon seeing the lovely Liu Jingjing.

Liu Jingjing was very pretty, considered the most beautiful woman at the Luocheng Junxiao Square management company. While she couldn’t quite compare to Lin Ya, the difference was simply one of aura—the kind of powerful presence Lin Ya had cultivated over years as a high-level executive, an air that ordinary people simply didn’t possess.