Chapter 143: Chapter 36: Too Terrifying!

Kong Chen walked out the door, his mind heavy with thoughts yet brimming with ambition. He never wanted to experience that feeling of being completely seen through again.

"Zhang Kaifeng, our new boss, Mr. Zhang, has arrived. He is waiting for you in the conference room. Go on in."

The man called by name immediately put down his work and hurried toward the conference room. As he passed Kong Chen, he asked in a low voice, "Old Kong, what’s the situation?"

Kong Chen’s inexplicable awe for Zhang Yan had not yet dissipated, so he didn’t dare say too much. He simply let Zhang Kaifeng touch his drenched back and then said with lingering fear, "Remember one thing: be honest! Hurry in."

Zhang Kaifeng was startled. What kind of guy was inside? To think he could make President Kong, who wouldn’t even blink in the face of great storms, turn out like this!

He entered the conference room with a nervous heart. Looking up, he saw a young, handsome, and gentle face wearing a bright smile.

"Director Zhang, right? Don’t be nervous. Let’s just simply get to know each other. There is a resume there; just fill it out casually."

Through the system’s operations, Zhang Yan had already cleared the text on this resume. He had recorded Kong Chen’s previous information in his memo.

Zhang Kaifeng looked at the simple resume, feeling a bit bewildered.

He wondered if filling out this thing counted as an evaluation. Besides, this new boss looked so young—he must have just graduated from college. He didn’t look very scary either. He really had no idea what President Kong had just gone through. Could he have been scaring him on purpose?

Despite being full of doubts, Zhang Kaifeng quickly gathered his spirits and buried his head in writing.

"You can go out now. Call the Production Manager in."

Content Director Zhang Kaifeng walked out of the conference room, his head covered in sweat.

He remembered Kong Chen’s reminder to be honest, so he completely omitted the less presentable parts of his resume.

However, doing so left his resume looking a bit sparse. On a sudden inspiration, he fabricated some romantic experiences and unique life events to fill it in.

After all, these things could arguably be of some use to him as the Content Director.

Yet, to his shock, Zhang Yan accurately pointed out the truth or falsehood of every single detail—things that no one else but him could possibly know.

Especially Zhang Yan’s final sentence before asking him to leave: "Work hard. Remember, I am always watching you." It filled him with awe, even bordering on fear.

This was simply too terrifying! It wasn’t like he had committed any crimes; was there really a need to investigate him this thoroughly?

With lingering fear, Zhang Kaifeng looked at his colleague with a pitying gaze. "Liu Ting, Mr. Zhang is waiting for you in the conference room."

Production Manager Liu Ting felt a bit creeped out by her old colleague’s stare. She walked toward the conference room with an equally uneasy heart.

Two consecutive company bigwigs had come out of there looking awful. Now, as she looked at that small conference room, it felt as though she were staring at the gates of hell.

To her surprise, this supposed demon was actually quite a handsome young man. Were President Kong and President Zhang acting together to prank her?

"You can go out now. Call the Commercial Director in."

Production Manager Liu Ting walked out of the conference room in awe.

"You can go out now. Call the Marketing Director in."

Marketing Director Ke Yuqin walked out of the conference room with an expression as if she had just seen a ghost.

After successively interviewing all the main high-level executives, Zhang Yan was also a bit tired.

Although it seemed like he had nothing to do but sit there pretending to be profound and providing deterrence, it was actually quite draining.

Since he only had one excellent-quality resume, he had to record the most important information every time and then clear it. Thus, he was actually very busy.

Furthermore, he had to carefully weigh every sentence he spoke, mentally drafting his words multiple times beforehand. It was mentally exhausting.

"I wonder how many extra stats a normal-quality resume can show. I actually just need to see job compatibility, potential, and loyalty.

"Loyalty is especially important. For key personnel, it’s best if I can keep a record so I can always be on guard against backstabbing."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan immediately redeemed a [Staff Assessment Record (Normal)] from the System Store.

The next person he was going to see was the finance manager. Zhang Yan didn’t need to evade taxes or cook the books; he didn’t even care about tax avoidance. After all, Brother Tongzi was basically footing the bill.

Therefore, he didn’t value the finance manager’s actual abilities that much. As long as the person was meticulous and loyal, that was enough.

The normal-quality resume could only distinguish the authenticity of each entry. It only displayed two colors—red and green—which made it impossible for Zhang Yan to accurately judge the extent of the other party’s lies. As a result, he couldn’t achieve that god-like deterrence from earlier.

Moreover, the normal resume only had two extra attributes: loyalty and job compatibility. However, these were exactly what Zhang Yan needed the most, making it sufficient.

This finance manager hadn’t falsified their resume. However, as Zhang Yan looked at the large words [Loyalty: Low], he broke out in a cold sweat.

When his businesses grew larger and more numerous in the future, he would definitely need to get a true confidant to manage the money.

"I’m very disgusted by the fact that you just walked in left foot first. You can leave now. Go settle this month’s salary with the finance department according to the N+1 severance package, and then you can go."

Finance Manager: "???"

Zhang Yan’s time and patience were very limited, so naturally, it was impossible for him to meet every single employee.

Among these department heads, other than General Manager Kong Chen, none of them had much potential. However, they were still decent enough—at least none of them were incompetent.

Zhang Yan wasn’t in a hurry to replace them. Unless he found someone with exceptionally outstanding abilities, replacing them wouldn’t bring any visible changes to the current situation in the short term.

The most pressing matter right now was to stabilize the declining company and get it back on track.

After meeting these department heads one by one, Zhang Yan finally called them all in together for a summary meeting.

"I have already gained a detailed understanding of everyone’s abilities. I believe that all of you are the company’s backbone, capable of doing your jobs well."

As soon as Zhang Yan delivered his opening remarks, everyone showed slightly unnatural expressions. They all deeply understood the weight of the word "detailed."

"As for me, I have the personality of a hands-off shopkeeper. Generally, I won’t interfere with your decisions in the company.

"Starting today, I can help you solve any company matters that can be resolved with money, as long as you submit a reasonable proposal to President Kong.

"But correspondingly, I need to see your results."

Often, the so-called majesty of a superior—aside from their own aura—mostly stemmed from the imagination and speculation of their subordinates.

At this moment, although Zhang Yan was trying hard to imitate the way superiors spoke from a few videos he had crammed, his performance was actually quite amateurish.

Even so, the lingering dread of his near-"omniscient" display from earlier was still present. It naturally made the executives in the room feel pressured, causing them to overlook his amateurishness.

"Lastly, keep my matters confidential within the company for now. It’s enough that just the few of you know.

"If you happen to see me around the company, just pretend you don’t know me. Go get busy.

"Oh, right. I just fired the finance manager. President Kong, remember to recruit a new one. Notify me when you hold the interviews; I’ll sit in with you."

The department heads walked out of the conference room together with solemn expressions, but Zhang Yan’s "money is no object" declaration had also ignited their fighting spirit.

Various plans and measures sprang up in their minds like bamboo shoots after a spring rain; they couldn’t wait to go all out immediately.

After all, the vast majority of problems in this world were problems of money. That was an unchanging truth.

Seeing the employees sneakily peeking at the conference room, the bigwigs spoke up one after another. "What are you all looking at! Are you idle?! Everyone is working overtime today. We have tasks to assign to you all tonight!"

Amidst widespread groans of despair, the entire company entered a busy state.

Thus, no one noticed when, a long time later, a young man dressed in casual clothes walked out of the conference room.

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