City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 654 - 0655: Haven’t Found the Mole Yet

Chapter 654: Chapter 0655: Haven’t Found the Mole Yet

Shen Yueru was now convening a meeting with middle and senior managers of the corporate groups, simply to get the design department mentally prepared ahead of time.

Of course, this might also involve the Human Resources and Finance departments—Human Resources would handle the issue of employee layoffs, while Finance would settle the compensation for those laid off.

After the simple meeting ended, other departments were visibly relieved, not having to worry about layoffs. However, the heads of the nine departments in the design department suddenly became somber.

They clearly understood from President Shen’s words that they too were likely to be laid off.

After all the managers left, only Shen Yueru and Shen Xingru remained in the meeting room.

"What did Ye Qiu say?"

Shen Xingru asked.

"Ye Qiu said to give them two chances."

If Ye Qiu said that, then they definitely wouldn’t be cut straight away, but rather, it was to see if they had any worth in staying.

Li Yingjun returned to the Eighth Design Department, where the other female designers immediately gathered around and asked, "Director Li, what was said at the meeting?"

Previously, Li Yingjun had an unpleasant case of halitosis and body odor, which could be clearly smelled within a range of two to three meters. However, the unpleasant breath and body odor gradually disappeared afterward, and now compared to before, it was significantly less noticeable.

"What was said?"

Li Yingjun pushed all of the books in front of his desk onto the floor in one swoop.

The other designers didn’t expect Li Yingjun to be so angry.

"Director Li, what exactly was said?"

The female designers asked.

"You might be laid off, so get ready mentally!"

Laid off?

The other female designers couldn’t believe it.

But now that Li Yingjun said so, how could it be false?

"Not just you all, we all might be."

A team leader said.

Clearly, of the nine major design departments, only one or two might remain in the end, with all the others potentially being cut.

Right after the meeting ended, the heads of these design departments began to prepare themselves mentally, either to possibly stay or to be laid off and move to other companies.

For those with families, being laid off would be disastrous, so they tried to prepare in advance as much as possible.

Beyond Xingyue Group, there were other companies like Qingcheng Group, and even other corporate groups recruiting designers. Leaving Xingyue Group for another group could still offer them some advantage.

"Who decided this?"

"On the surface, it’s President Shen who decides, but in reality, it might be that Mr. Ye."

What?

How could it be him?

The designers were uncertain.

However, after becoming aware of Ye Qiu’s design talent and potential, they no longer dared to underestimate him as before. Ye Qiu might be young, and his dress sense may appear lacking in taste, but they knew Ye Qiu had studied in fashion capitals like Milan, while many of them had never left the country, so their perspective certainly couldn’t compare to Ye Qiu’s.

But now, for Ye Qiu, an outsider to the company, to potentially lay them off, it was surely because President Shen had agreed to it.

...

As news of the layoffs spread quickly within Xingyue Group, Shen Yueru and Shen Xingru returned to the President’s office, where they saw Ye Qiu idly flipping through fashion magazines.

For the designers, this round of layoffs was a severe challenge and blow, but for Ye Qiu, it hardly counted as anything.

No corporate group, including state-owned enterprises, could afford to keep a bunch of employees who couldn’t contribute to the company’s profits, especially since Xingyue Group was just a private enterprise.

If a private enterprise wants to survive and develop, then it faces even greater pressure than state enterprises.

Any good direction for reform could be highly beneficial for the company’s development.

Shen Yueru wasn’t worried at all now, because with Ye Qiu, even if there might be a failure this time, with Ye Qiu available to produce the design drawings, there would be no need to worry about other issues.

"Let them prepare mentally first, I’ll come back tomorrow to see who is suitable to stay," Ye Qiu said.

"That’s also good," Shen Xingru said.

Now it was already two or three in the afternoon, and there wasn’t enough time for Ye Qiu to assess all those female designers.

Giving them one night to think it over was undoubtedly more advantageous, if many of them couldn’t even handle this psychological pressure overnight, they had likely already lost to themselves.

"I guess a lot will make preparations tonight, sending applications to other companies if they can’t stay here," Shen Xingru remarked.

That was the normal thinking of most people.

Shen Yueru didn’t see anything surprising in it.

But when she remembered the previous incident of the stolen design drawings, she became very angry. It was the disloyalty and lack of professional ethics of those designers that led to such problems.

"If I find out, I will fire them right now," Shen Yueru declared.

"Sister, why are you so angry? This is quite normal," Shen Xingru responded.

"Last time, with the theft of the underwear design, I’ve been asking the security department to investigate, and it has not yet been clarified. Maybe this round of layoffs will let us get rid of this mole," Shen Yueru said.

Because Qingcheng Group obtained those summer underwear design drawings and after producing and marketing them in large numbers, which were very popular with consumers, it directly impacted Xingyue Group’s sales market.

Listening to what Shen Yueru said, Shen Xingru understood.

It seemed to Ye Qiu that finding that mole wouldn’t be so easy. Of course, he could investigate directly through individuals in Qingcheng Group, but it would be too energy-consuming; he’d rather let the culprit expose themselves within Xingyue Group.

Little did he expect that this round of layoffs might prevent him from investigating the mole.

As Ye Qiu, Shen Yueru, and Shen Xingru were talking, a knock on the door suddenly came. When Secretary Liu opened the door, in came Li Yingjun.

Besides a few people like Liu Xueying, Li Yingjun and other design management, along with the designers below, were directly opposed to the layoffs, as it directly affected their interests.

Li Yingjun came to directly meet with Shen Yueru to voice his opposition, hoping the group would cancel the decision to lay off designers.

As soon as Li Yingjun entered and saw Ye Qiu sitting there, dressed as usual in plain, tasteless attire, a surge of anger nearly erupted on his face.

"President Shen, there’s an issue in the design department that I’d like to report."

Li Yingjun stated.

"What issue?"

"The entire design department is resolutely opposed to the decision to lay off employees," Li Yingjun said.

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