Chapter 36: Getting Favors Through Playing the Victim
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That single glance made Li Kui’s eyes widen. Wasn’t he fired?
How could he still be in the company?
Suppressing his questions, Li Kui slowly walked forward. “Weren’t you fired?”
“What are you doing here?”
Chen Jiamu crossed his arms and leaned against a nearby wall, scanning him up and down, thoughtfully pointing to his phone. “Haven’t seen you in a few days, and you finally decided to replace that battered iPhone 11?”
“Looks like being a sycophant really pays off.”
“Here, I’ll give you a thousand yuan. Be a sycophant for me too.” Li Kui blushed, quickly stuffing his phone into his pocket. Having done this, he angrily pointed at Chen Jiamu’s nose, “I think you’re just jealous! Jealous that I stayed at Jingyi, and you got fired.”
“What’s wrong with me changing my phone? Does anyone say I need your approval to change phones?”
Being scolded, Chen Jiamu wasn’t angry; he continued to smile, watching Li Kui crack.
“Looks like your eloquence has improved in the past few days. But you got one thing wrong.”
“I don’t care if you change your phone or not, but who told you I was fired?”
“Did the company issue a termination notice?”
“I just don’t understand how a few days of paid leave turned into being fired.”
Chen Jiamu slowly approached Li Kui, stopping a step away. Then, he looked down at him from above.
He was a head taller than Li Kui and stronger. While Li Kui wasn’t weak, he was still startled and took a step back.
“You weren’t fired?”
Seeing the shock in his eyes, Chen Jiamu found it funny. “What? Did he tell you I was fired?”
“But do you know that unjustly firing an employee requires N+1 compensation? Besides, the boss didn’t say he was firing me. Can a manager like him just decide?”
After Chen Jiamu finished speaking, Li Kui’s back was soaked. Even though it was autumn, a cool season, he was sweating profusely.
“Then you…”
Li Kui was about to say something when he saw Qian Chengfeng walking towards them. He wisely shut his mouth and silently returned to his workstation.
Hearing footsteps behind him and seeing Li Kui’s actions, he guessed who was coming.
Sure enough, turning around, Qian Chengfeng’s hypocritical face appeared.
“Xiao Chen, you’re quite capable.”
“You could even get the boss to pull strings for you. It seems you didn’t secretly plead your case to the boss in the past few days.”
“A sick mother, a family in debt.”
Qian Chengfeng still looked down on Chen Jiamu, his words full of sarcasm and disdain.
Chen Jiamu coldly snorted, glancing at him without speaking. Only when Qian Chengfeng was about to explode did he slowly say, “As the manager says, using a sob story to get favors from the boss is also a skill, isn’t it?”
“Maybe the manager could try it too. Maybe you could get promoted to general manager instead of being a deputy manager for so long.”
Chen Jiamu learned from Li Qi that Jingyi was a nearly bankrupt company he’d acquired a year before returning to China. With his efforts, it had barely escaped the brink of collapse, establishing itself in Su City and becoming a dark horse in a single year.
It was still some distance from going public, but he said it would happen soon.
Qian Chengfeng was a former employee of Jingyi. Li Qi kept him as deputy manager because he saw some potential in him.
“You!”
Qian Chengfeng was speechless, his face a mixture of colors, like a paint palette.
“Okay, okay. I know you’re old. Don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of time in the future.”
Seeing more and more people watching, Chen Jiamu ended the argument.
Then, with a smile, he subconsciously walked towards his old workstation, realizing halfway that it had likely been dismantled by Qian Chengfeng.
Just as he was about to take out his phone to message Li Qi, he heard Li Qi’s voice behind him. “I’ve moved your workstation. Come with me.”
Hearing about the new workstation, Chen Jiamu eagerly followed. Under everyone’s surprised gaze, the two walked into the boss’s office…
“Is this the new workstation you mentioned?”
Looking at the office area on the side of the office, Chen Jiamu was surprised.
“Yes, I had your old one dismantled.”
“Don’t you like it?”
Li Qi stood behind him, his eyes nervously shifting away from the red mark on Chen Jiamu’s neck.
“It’s not a matter of whether I like it or not, but this is too obvious, buddy.”
“Are you afraid people won’t know how close we are?”
Chen Jiamu touched the edge of the new computer, enjoying the smooth feel.
Qian Chengfeng was a fool; the computer he gave him was full of scratches, hundreds or thousands of them.
It looked like it had been through World War II.
If you mentioned anything, he would say, “It works, what more do you want?”
“What can they guess?”
“Maybe that you saved my life? Otherwise, why would I suddenly be so good to you?”
Chen Jiamu thought this explanation was ridiculous, rolled his eyes at him and said, “Why don’t you say I saved your father’s life, and you’re doing this to repay me?”
“That works too. But unfortunately, my father isn’t here.”
Li Qi said it so naturally that Chen Jiamu almost forgot that his father was the heartless Li Ru…
“You… you should read fewer CEO novels. They’re so cheesy.”
Li Qi smiled, not continuing the topic. He talked about the workstation, “I had this workstation specially made for you. The configuration is the latest, so your work will be much easier.”
“Aren’t you afraid I’m really a fool?” Chen Jiamu sat in the chair, spinning around contentedly.
“As far as I know, fools don’t graduate from Chengda University.”
“Your university major was computer science, right?”
Knowing that his background was so thoroughly investigated, Chen Jiamu should have been angry, but since it was Li Qi, his anger dissipated.
“If someone else investigated me this thoroughly, I’d be furious.”
“Only you, kid, wouldn’t make me angry.”
Chen Jiamu’s words made Li Qi very happy. He made a fist, covering his mouth, hiding his glee.
Knock knock knock…
A clear knock sounded, and the two looked towards the door. Chen Jiamu gave him a look, as if saying, “What should I do?”
Li Qi glanced at it, turned to his boss’s chair, and said calmly, “Come in.”
In front of outsiders, Chen Jiamu would still pretend. He seriously opened his computer and started playing Minesweeper…
“Boss…”
“These are today’s documents…”
A sweet female voice came from the door. Chen Jiamu clicked, and a mine exploded…
Oh, Zhang Xin?
It seems that after their falling out, she had set her sights on Li Qi…
She moved on so quickly. Does Qian Chengfeng know?
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