Chapter 2 — At the end of the week when I was fired, I made the 3.9 billion contract into waste paper

The twenty-seventh floor was strangely quiet. I went to the office and opened the closet. Personal belongings, water glasses, certificates, photo frames, notebooks, spare hard drives... I put each item in the carton one by one. I don't touch company documents. I also did not take away the original documents of the project. Even though they are shameless, I don't want to turn myself into that kind of person. Just after clearing half the box, the desk phone suddenly rang. The screen shows a call from the deputy general director's office. I picked up the phone. Cao Bang's voice came:

"Tham Nhuoc Ninh, are you at the company?"

"After you've finished cleaning, go right away, don't sit in the office anymore."

"Is Vice President Cao in such a hurry? Are you afraid I'll take something away?"

He laughed.

"Don't think too highly of yourself."

"It's not like Hoa Nhac can't operate without anyone."

"The proposal to fire me was submitted by you, right?"

"It's me."

He answered very quickly.

"The company raised you for seven years, not to show you off."

"The project is about to end but you still keep your ideas on risk control and refuse to coordinate with the business department, affecting the progress."

"It's risky for me to hold back."

"Stop saying such flowery things."

Cao Bang's voice was a little higher.

"Tham Nhuoc Ninh, you just want to take advantage of this project to claim bonuses and positions."

"President Trieu gave you some dignity, don't think you're really important."

"Then I wish you all the best."

"Of course it's convenient."

He said:

"3.9 billion yuan project, holding a celebration party this afternoon."

"Your presence or not does not affect everyone's toast."

I stopped.

"Celebration party?"

"Don't you know?"

His voice was filled with satisfaction.

"That's right."

"You are no longer a member of Hoa Nhac."

I didn't say more and hung up directly. On the phone, the company team kept flashing notifications.

"Two o'clock in the afternoon, third floor of Cam Thuy hotel, all staff arrived on time."

"Chairman Zhao will announce project bonuses."

"Vice President Cao said today is Hua Yue's big day."

I glanced at it and then exited the group. Project team, exit. Senior management team, exit. Finally, there is Trieu Duc Xuong. Yesterday he texted me a sentence:

"Nhuoc Ninh, when the project is completed, I will give you an explanation myself."

I opened his profile picture. Delete friends. Block contact. Eleven fifty minutes. I held the cardboard box and walked out of the company. The girl at the front desk quickly followed.

"General Shen, this is..."

"Quit work."

She gasped.

"Don't work overtime for them in the future."

Security guard Mr. Chu helped me with a box of paper.

"General Shen, is there some misunderstanding?"

"It's not a misunderstanding."

"What about that 3.9 billion yuan project..."

"Find Vice President Cao."

Old Chu did not dare to ask further. I put the carton in the car and the phone rang again. This time it's Vien Giai, project manager.

"General Shen, where are you?"

"I just heard Do Hang say you were fired, this can't be true?"

"Why? You are the main appraiser of this project!"

"The client only recognizes your risk control conclusions."

"Now if you don't acknowledge it, you have to acknowledge others."

Vien Giai was so impatient that he almost cried.

"Mr. Shen, you must come this afternoon."

"President Trieu wants to give you a reward sister, 3,000,000 yuan, and also announced that she was appointed as deputy general manager."

"Deputy general manager?"

I laughed.

"Fired in the morning, promoted in the afternoon."

"Hoa Nhac's process is truly new."

"General Shen, I'm not joking."

"The customer's side has already confirmed the 3.9 billion yuan project verbally."

"Today's celebration is to spread the news first."

"President Trieu said you are the greatest public servant."

"Who told you that I'm still from Hoa Nhac?"

"This..."

"Vien Giai, don't interfere."

"But without you, what would the last page of the contract do?"

I don't answer. That last page requires a final signature from the person in charge of risk control. Inside Hoa Nhac, no one knows. I didn't sign yesterday. I have left a comment. Project can be signed. But it is mandatory to add additional appendix clauses. Cao Bang thought that the additional terms would slow down progress, so he asked me to delete them. I don't delete. So this morning I was fired. Vien Giai's voice lowered.

"General Shen, did you already know that something would happen?"

"I just know that..."

"Rule breakers want rule keepers to shut up."

"What about the celebration party..."

"I'm not going."

I hung up and drove home. One fifty minutes in the afternoon. The phone started ringing. One fight after another.