City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 653 - 0654: Layoffs

Chapter 653: Chapter 0654: Layoffs

From her father’s perspective, Shen Yueru knew that her father approved of Ye Qiu’s idea. Knowing this, she was clear on what she needed to do.

Upon returning to the CEO’s office, she then instructed her secretary Liu Xiaoli to notify the mid and senior level leaders of the corporation to gather for a meeting in the conference room.

Xingyue Group is a corporate group. Although it is not yet listed, it already has subsidiaries, including the main company and three other subsidiaries, involving about three thousand employees and management staff.

However, if they were to proceed according to Ye Qiu’s suggestion, the design department alone would need to lay off about a hundred and eighty designers. The design department is one of the most crucial departments at the corporate headquarters. This action would undoubtedly destabilize the company, yet Shen Yueru knew that Ye Qiu was only concerned about the design department and the model teams.

Therefore, those to be laid off would only be from the design department and the model teams.

Now, secretary Liu Xiaoli was making calls to various departments, notifying the mid and senior management to attend the meeting in the grand conference room of the corporate group.

About fifteen minutes later, the mid and senior leaders of the company, except those who were out on business or on leave, all came, including Shen Xingru from the finance department.

Just moments ago, Shen Xingru wondered why Liu Xiaoli had gone to get the payroll for the design department.

Now, sitting next to Shen Yueru, Shen Xingru learned that Ye Qiu had come to initiate reforms starting with the design department at Xingyue Group. She supported her sister’s decision, believing in Ye Qiu.

This was not just because Ye Qiu had once saved her and they were quite close, but also because the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant run by Ye Qiu was very successful, as well as the summer underwear he designed being extremely popular.

To Shen Xingru, the many designers in the design department were seen as a financial burden for Xingyue Group sooner or later. As the CFO, she was well aware that the department’s monthly payroll was a significant portion of the corporate expenses, and she felt that this could be reduced.

The company needed to develop by increasing income and saving costs; now, Shen Yueru’s idea was to lay off the unnecessary designers.

When all the mid and senior management had arrived and settled into their seats, the nine design department heads, including the chief designer and team leaders, came in.

At this point, Shen Yueru asked, "Do you know why I’ve called you here for this meeting?"

Most shook their heads.

Because they hadn’t heard any rumors yet.

"This time, our group’s summer underwear sold very well. So far, compared to last year, the turnover has increased fivefold and the net profit threefold. Before the summer styles are discontinued, the turnover could at least double again,"

Shen Yueru said.

The management below was very surprised; they hadn’t expected the new summer underwear to be so popular. Of course, they knew it must be largely related to that designer.

Liu Xueying didn’t speak, Li Yingjun and other design directors remained silent as well, knowing that the more popular Ye Qiu’s design became, the more it highlighted their failure.

Among the nine design department heads, each department had over twenty designers, adding up to more than two hundred in total. Yet, they hadn’t produced a single design that satisfied Shen Yueru over the summer.

There were many designs; nearly everyone could produce a design every day or every few days, but they were useless, many not even passing the internal team leader’s scrutiny, let alone Shen Yueru’s.

Now they heard that Ye Qiu was back, and this meeting seemed to concern their department.

"Autumn isn’t here yet, and I want to prepare the autumn underwear designs in advance. I’ve called Mr. Ye here, but he is not willing to draw another autumn design,"

Shen Yueru just said.

The management from other departments didn’t think much of it, as it seemed normal to them since they heard that Ye Qiu had drawn the summer designs for Shen Yueru twice, the first of which was stolen by Qingcheng Group, necessitating a second design.

Given the roaring sales now, it’s natural for Mr. Ye not to want to design anymore.

After all, they heard Mr. Ye didn’t take any money last time; he only let Shen Yueru kiss him.

If it were them, they felt that even if Shen Yueru kissed them ten times, they wouldn’t want to draw. After all, while there are many beautiful women, design drawings can be sold for a lot of money, thus attracting many beautiful women.

Seeing many gaze toward her, Shen Yueru momentarily blushed, knowing they must be thinking too much.

"President Shen, if he is unwilling, then let our design department handle it ourselves,"

Li Yingjun said.

This was what he most hoped for; he now felt the design department and Xingyue Group were very good, and it was because of Ye Qiu’s arrival that the disruption began.

To him, he didn’t wish for Ye Qiu, an outsider, to cause trouble in Xingyue Group.

"Design it yourselves? Can you produce designs that are satisfactory? Or do you want to delay until winter, without having completed the autumn designs by then?"

Shen Yueru said coldly.

Li Yingjun clearly didn’t mean that, but hearing Shen Yueru say so, he was naturally angry and refrained from saying more, instead he just took out a comb and started combing his hair.

"So, the reason I’ve called you here for this meeting is concerning the design department!"

Upon hearing this, other departments, realizing it wasn’t their concern, immediately lost interest.

However, when the nine heads of the design departments heard this, they instantly became anxious.

"According to Mr. Ye, eighty percent of the designers from the nine design departments will be laid off, leaving only twenty percent, and possibly hiring some new designers from outside,"

Layoffs?

And eighty percent reductions?

Not only Liu Xueying but also Li Yingjun, and other heads of the design departments, were stunned. When they came back to their senses, their faces went pale.

An eighty percent cut meant that in the end, only a few designers would remain per department, potentially even including those heads being laid off.

How could this be?

With such good salaries, benefits, and an easy job at Xingyue Group, having worked there for so many years, what would they do if they were suddenly laid off?

"How can this be!"

Li Yingjun exclaimed outright.

Shen Yueru, however, ignored Li Yingjun and looked at the others as she coldly said, "This decision has been approved by my father, Chairman Shen, and I strongly agree with it. The reform of the design department is absolutely necessary. Moreover, this extensive layoff is just to avoid the company spending so much money monthly on so many unnecessary staff members."