Chapter 7 — I Stopped Meeting Clients After Work

When others are resting... Still flying from city to city. The contributions that take place outside of working hours... Support nearly sixty percent of the company's revenue. But now. All of that has been defined as:

"Negative internal competition."

If so. I don't "roll" anymore. I will be an exemplary employee. Exactly 6 pm. I turned off the computer. Pack up your belongings. Then stand up. The entire office area immediately fell silent. Everyone is looking at me. Trieu Bang. Vuong My Ky. Tran Tuyet. Five pairs of eyes simultaneously followed my every move. Even Chu Kien Quoc's office door was slightly open. He is observing. I smiled friendly. Wave to everyone.

"It's 6 o'clock."

"I'll get off work first."

"Everyone, don't work too hard."

"Remember to balance work and life."

I picked up my bag. Never looked back. Just walk straight out. All the way home. The phone in my pocket vibrates continuously. Buzzing... buzzing... buzzing... Non-stop. But I didn't take it out to look. Because after 6pm... All work messages have to wait until work tomorrow to be processed. Company regulations. It's a rule... You must strictly comply with it. Three consecutive days passed extremely smoothly. To be more precise... I spent three days very smoothly. As for the company side... According to the confidential information that Truong Vi continuously informed me... That side is about to explode. Trieu Bang is explaining a product plan to a customer over the phone. Because he completely did not understand the technical specifications, he was scolded by the customer for twenty minutes. That client was the one I spent three months successfully pursuing last year. The annual supply amounted to 20,000,000 yuan. The angry opponent said:

"Your company has changed people?"

"Why is my level so far behind before?"

After hanging up. Trieu Bang's face turned pale. But he didn't dare come find me. Ly Duong tried contacting Park Jung Hoon's assistant to speed up the implementation of the 80,000,000 yuan contract. He couldn't even read the English email from the partner. All internal correspondence of the Park Jung Hoon team is in English. Before, I always handled it myself. Ly Duong had to sit and piece together each sentence using translation software for half a day to reluctantly compose a response email. Not long after. The other side answers with exactly one sentence.

"Please let Ms. Lu handle this. We only work with her."

Please let Ms. Luc handle this. We just work with her. Ly Duong took a screenshot of the email and sent it straight to the work group. Don't say another word. Only photos. The group was silent for a long time. In the end, Ton Hao was the one to break the silence.

"Or..."

"Let Ms. Luc take care of it?"

I immediately responded in the group with an extremely formal paragraph:

"Thank you everyone for your trust.

However, according to the company's management spirit, the work of the collective should be shouldered by the collective, and should not be overly dependent on any individual. I recommend everyone to increase communication with customers and proactively build their own trust. I believe in everyone's abilities. If you just look at the surface face... This paragraph doesn't have any problems. Even full of positive energy. But Truong Vi told me that... After reading that message... Trieu Bang threw the mouse pad on the ground. The biggest bomb finally exploded. Ten o'clock in the morning. Chu Kien Quoc's secretary hurriedly ran to my desk.

"Director Luc, General Manager Chu wants to see you."

I looked at the clock. Still during business hours. Then let's go. Chu Kien Quoc's office was filled with cigarette smoke. He smoked one cigarette after another. The ashtray was almost half full of cigarette butts. He pointed to the chair opposite. I sat down. Chu Kien Quoc does not beat around the bush.

"Park Jung Hoon called me last night."

My heart moved slightly. But his face still didn't show any emotions.

"What did he say?"

Chu Kien Quoc stung the tip of his cigarette into the ashtray and took a deep breath.

"He said he waited in Beijing for five days."

"Five days, Luc Vien."

"Purchasing Director of KS Group."

"Korean Air Gold Card Member."

"Such a person waited for five days in a hotel in Beijing."

"But not a single person from Hang Dat came to see him."

I still kept a calm face.

"I informed him last Friday night."

"The company has a policy not to meet customers outside of working hours."

"He arrived in Beijing on Friday night."

"The next two days are the weekend."

"From Monday to Wednesday, I handed over all connection work to the team."

"As for whether they proactively contacted him or not..."

"I'm not sure."

"They are related!"

Chu Kien Quoc slammed the table.

"They've been in contact!"

"But he said he didn't know those people!"

"He said the contract was signed with you!"

"He said there was a foundation of trust between the two of you!"

"He doesn't accept others!"