Chapter 8 — I Stopped Meeting Clients After Work

I nodded.

"Then according to the company's spirit of teamwork..."

"We should help our colleagues build new trusting relationships with customers."

"This takes time."

"It can't be rushed."

"He said he didn't want to wait anymore!"

This time, Chu Kien Quoc almost gritted his teeth. I said nothing. Just quietly waiting for him to continue.

"Park Jung Hoon said..."

Chu Kien Quoc's voice lowered significantly.

"If Luc Vien hadn't directly connected with him..."

"He will reconsider this entire contract worth 80,000,000 yuan."

The office immediately fell silent. Only the gentle sound of the air conditioner rang out.

"He also said..."

Chu Kien Quoc clenched his hands.

"He started meeting people from the An Nhuan Group."

Our biggest competitor. I looked at Chu Kien Quoc. The expression on his face was extremely unique. All emotions mixed together like a palette. But I know very well. He won't apologize. People like Chu Kien Quoc... Never think that their decisions have problems. He just changed another way... To continue to force me to sell my network to the company. Chu Kien Quoc raised his head and looked at me. The tone did not imply negotiation. It's an order.

"Luc Vien."

"I'm going to see Park Jung Hoon tonight."

I looked straight at him.

"Director Chu."

"Tonight is after-hours."

"At the celebration party last Friday, you yourself confirmed in front of everyone that the company does not encourage employees to handle overtime work."

"That is the voice of colleagues and also the stance of the company."

"As an employee who always complies with regulations..."

"I told you to go meet a client, so just go!"

Zhou Kien Quoc suddenly slammed down on the table. The voice suddenly rose up. The pen holder on the table was shaken so much that it jumped up. I still sat still. Quietly look at him. Wait for his breathing to gradually stabilize. Then calmly say:

"Director Chu."

"Last time I met a customer outside of work hours."

"As a result, five partners were denounced for negative internal competition behavior."

"This time if I continue to meet customers after hours..."

"Can you guarantee that no one will report me again?"

Chu Kien Quoc opened his mouth. Then shut it up. Open your mouth again. But in the end there were no words to say. Because he himself knows. He cannot guarantee. It was he who signed and approved the decision to handle that denunciation. It was he who declared that overtime was not encouraged. He was also the one who personally put this rope around my neck. Now he wants me to take it down. But the other end of the line... was in the hands of the other five people. Today if he forces me to meet a client. Tomorrow Trieu Bang and those people can absolutely send another denunciation. Moreover, this time the accused is not only me. But there is also him who is the boss of sunny mornings and rainy afternoons. I stood up.

"Director Chu."

"If there's nothing else, I'll go back to work."

"Currently still at work."

"I don't want to waste time."

I turned around and walked out the door. Take two steps then stop. Don't turn around.

"Ah yes."

"I recommend that you let your colleagues in the group quickly connect with Mr. Park."

"The 80,000,000 yuan contract cannot last forever."

"They can't bear it..."

Chu Kien Quoc softly let out a sentence. Very small voice. So small that it seemed like he was talking to himself. I pretended not to hear. Step out. When passing by Trieu Bang's seat. I saw him sitting numbly in front of the computer screen. On the screen was a pile of English emails turned into confusing, jumbled sentences by translation software. His face was as white as ashes. I don't stop. Return directly to your desk. Until twelve noon. I'm on time to eat. By six o'clock in the afternoon. I turned off the computer on time. Pack up your belongings. When I walked out of the office. I heard behind me the sound of something being hit hard on the ground. It's Trieu Bang's place. But that... It has nothing to do with me. I'm just a good employee who always follows the company's regulations. Signs of a building about to collapse... Usually not an earth-shattering explosion. Instead, countless small cracks appeared silently. During the next week. Hang Dat Thuong's entire customer line began to collapse. The first three days. The small and medium-sized customers I was directly in charge of left one by one. Huanhuan Dat Company in Zhejiang. The purchasing manager waited all weekend but did not receive a quote from me. Arrived at eleven o'clock on Monday morning. He made one last phone call. The person who picked up the phone was Trieu Bang. He held the product catalog and read it with a stutter. Even the product code was misread twice. The opponent immediately asked:

"What's going on with your company?"

"Tell previous manager Luc to contact me."

Trieu Bang quickly replied:

"Ms. Luc is no longer in charge of this area."

"You just work with me..."