Chapter 8 — Salary 9,000 Yuan, Husband Asks to Support Younger Sister to Study Abroad?

"In three months, the company will participate in the Hoa Nam e-commerce conference and need a completely new brand operation plan. This project is entrusted to you."

“What scale?”

“If done, it is expected to grow by 20,000,000 yuan each year.”

I opened the document and read for an hour. I am not unfamiliar with this industry. The university studied itself, the graduation thesis was also written about it, and that year was also nominated by the lecturer to be published in a specialized magazine. It's just that in the past three years, my time has been spent calculating grocery bills, paying rent, and buying things for my brother-in-law. Don't touch expertise. But after an hour of reading the documents, I realized the foundation was still there. It's just covered in dust and needs to be re-sharpened. That night, I stayed in the house To Dao borrowed, reading documents until two in the morning. The next morning, I woke up at six o'clock to continue reading. One week, I crunched through three years of the company's operating data. Find three core issues. Write an initial diagnostic report and send it to To Dao. Half an hour later she called back.

“Lam Van Thu, you were buried too much before.”

"I showed this report to an outside consultant. He said it was worth 200,000 yuan in consulting fees."

“Your advisor charges really expensive fees.”

“Don't look at the wrong person.”

The second week, I officially led the team. Eight people, all younger than me, looked at me quizzically—who is the new director? I didn't explain much, just opened the first meeting. Present the content in the report. On the third page, a longtime team leader raised his hand.

“Director Lam, we have discussed this traffic stratification model before, but when implementing it, there are many difficulties—”

“What is the difficulty?”

“The budget is not enough, the personnel is not enough, the platform policies change quickly.”

"I'll handle the budget. I'll take care of the personnel. Please compile the latest version of the platform policy and give it to me the day after tomorrow."

“Is there a problem?”

"Do not have."

The meeting lasted forty minutes. When the meeting ended, no one looked at me with judgmental eyes anymore. They understood—this new director, not a vase. Divorce proceedings are underway. Lawyer Hua sent a lawyer's letter to Tran Hao. That night, Tran Hao called, his voice was no longer pleading, but full of anger.

“Lam Van Thu, did you really do it?”

“It was real from the beginning.”

“Do you think hiring a lawyer will scare me?”

"I don't intend to scare you. I intend to follow the law."

“What do you want anyway?!”

"Divorce by mutual consent. Property divided according to law. The house price increase is my share, credit card debt is the same, 68,000 yuan my mother lent me to pay. I don't need anything else."

“I'm dreaming!”

That's not Tran Hao's voice. It's Vuong Tu Lan. She snatched the phone.

"Lin Van Thu, listen clearly, don't even take a single penny from our house! The house is ours, it has nothing to do with you! You swiped the credit card yourself! What is your mother's 68,000 yuan? We've been feeding you for three years, have you counted it?"

I waited for her to finish speaking.

"Mom, first, I have the right to ask for a share of the house payment after getting married, that's the law. Second, all credit card expenses are used for your family, I have evidence. Third, I ate at your house for three years? The grocery bill, electricity, water, and appliances were all bought by me. If you want to count, I have each item clearly."

"Also, I quit my job. From next month, you guys pay your own rent."

"The house doesn't have my name on it, I have no obligation to pay 126,000 yuan I paid before, I will ask during the divorce.”

“You have no shame!”

“The thing called face, after being at your house for three years, is no longer worth it.”

I hung up. Hands still shaking. But inside I was very calm. Lawyer Hua is right, there are some words that must be said clearly so that the other party understands that I am not joking. Two days later, Tran Hao's attitude softened. Not because he was enlightened. But because lawyer Hua gave him a calculation—if he sued, with the evidence I had, he might have to pay more than 150,000 yuan. If it's favorable, I'll only take 120,000 yuan. He chose the less costly option. On the day we signed the agreement, we made an appointment in the meeting room of the lawyer's office. He arrived, much thinner, with dark eye circles. Sit down, look at me.