Chapter 16 — I Just Followed the Process Correctly

Moreover, there are so many broadcasts.

“I object.”

A cold voice rang out. But enough to suppress all the chatter. It's Co Ngon. He finally spoke up. All eyes immediately focused on him.

“CEO Trinh.”

He slowly adjusted his sleeve buttons, even his eyelids were too lazy to lift.

“I understand your eagerness to win people's hearts.”

“But what is the current state of the company?”

“It's a mess.”

“Cash flow is tight.”

“A series of projects are waiting for money to start.”

“Now you give all the money out…”

“So what should the project do?”

“What the board needs…”

“It's a thirty percent growth in revenue.”

“Not an employee satisfaction survey report.”

His words were like a basin of cold water thrown directly at everyone's heads. The managers who were still happy with my decision just now... Now they started to waver again. Because what Co Ngon said... Every sentence makes sense. You're so precise in aiming directly at my weak point. Ask for growth from the board.

“What COO Co means is…”

“Should we ignore staff morale and just focus on revenue?”

I coldly asked back.

"That's right."

He finally raised his head and looked straight into my eyes.

“The company is not a charity.”

“Want a reward?”

"Okay."

“Exchange your achievements.”

“I propose to immediately apply the bottom-of-the-table elimination mechanism.”

“Each department…”

“Ten percent of employees had the lowest performance this month…”

“Direct dismissal.”

“Use the saved personnel costs…”

“Pour into core projects.”

“New is the fastest way to see results.”

I was so angry that I was speechless. You're clearly digging up my foundation! I had a hard time gathering people's hearts... But as soon as you appeared, you wanted to fire the staff. That would send the company into panic again.

“CEO Trinh.”

“Don't be so emotional.”

The corner of Co Ngon's lips curled into a sarcastic smile.

“Decision making must be based on data.”

“It's not based on emotions.”

“Your method…”

“Might get you some applause.”

“But there is only my way…”

“Only to keep the company alive.”

The entire meeting room was silent. All managers bowed their heads, no one dared to speak up. Everyone could see it... the newly inaugurated CEO and the newly inaugurated COO... Right in the first meeting, they publicly tore each other's faces. This is a problem of choosing sides. Will die without a burial place.

“The bottom-of-the-table elimination mechanism…”

“I absolutely disagree.”

I mean every word.

“So that reward plan…”

“I won't sign either.”

Co Ngon did not give up half a step. As COO, he has the right to veto all financial expenditures of the company. Our first confrontation… Ended in a stalemate. The meeting broke up in unhappiness. I sat alone in my office, feeling a deep sense of helplessness for the first time. It's a thousand times harder to deal with than I thought. He is professional. You accurately grasped the company's vital point... Also grasped my vital point. At that moment— My personal inbox received an encrypted email. It's that mysterious phone number. There are no words in the email. There is only one recording file. I hesitated for a few seconds then opened it. The voice coming from inside... It was Co Ngon's. Looks like you're calling someone there.

"…Assured."

“Within a month, I will make Trinh Suong completely disappear from the game.”

“She is too naive.”

"I thought I could win people's hearts with a little benefit."

“This company…”

“Very soon it will be ours.”

“At that time, the land of the West…”

The back part was obscured by electrical noise. But like that... My heart sank straight to the bottom of the abyss. Co Ngon was not the real person sent by the board of directors. Behind him... There is someone else. Their target... Is the entire company. It's a project in the West worth tens of billions. Every word in the recording was like an ice tip piercing into my bones. I didn't come here to be COO. You are a wolf. A wolf wearing a sheep's skin sneaks into the flock of sheep. The person who just sat in the CEO chair... is the first prey he wants to hunt and kill.

“Belongs to us…”

“The land of the West…”

Those two pieces of information were frantically spinning in my head. This proves that Co Ngon has a whole team behind him. Or to be more precise… A financial force.