Chapter 438: Plotting against Xin
Chapter 438: Plotting against Xin
Even if Nana said that their wedding anniversary was near, it was actually still almost a little more than a month away. But Jinhai didn’t mind because he fell in love with her idea. Plus, it also gave him a lot of time to prepare for his surprise that he would give her.
Days passed by just like that. The situation at Liu Corps was improving with Mr. Long taking the position of the new CEO. The stock value of Liu Corps was slowly recovering, and the projects got back on track. But, soon, a significant incident happened in the CEO’s office.
Mr. Tan and Mr. Su, along with Mr. Chao and Mr. Long were furiously glaring at Assistant Xin.
“Assistant Xin. What is this!?” Mr. Su roared.
Xin calmly maintained his position and asked, “What do you mean?”
Mr. Tan banged the file on the desk. “This! You changed the quotation in our proposal that we sent the client. You also modified a lot of things in it that weren’t discussed previously.”
Xin said, “Mr. Chao. I only did what held the best interests of Liu Corps.”
Mr. Long said, “What do you mean? We had already finalized the proposal draft, and you changed at the last moment.”
“The proposal that you suggested wouldn’t have made us win the deal.”
“Nonsense!” Mr. Su said, “Do you know how long we have worked here? Do you think we don’t know what we were doing?”
“Mr. Su. The quotation price was too high for any client to accept our deal,” Xin narrowed his eyes. “In this situation where Liu Corps is recovering from a crisis, how can we put forth a proposal that the client wouldn’t even bother to read? They first look at the quotation price, and if they are satisfied with it, they see what we have to offer. But with such high price, we are committing suicide.”
Mr. Su smiled. “Assistant Xin. We have to cover a lot of costs if we bag this deal. There is so much outsourcing to be done. That’s why we set the quotation price higher so that we are not at a loss. Otherwise, what profit will we get?”
“Outsourcing is not an issue. We have developed our own technology that will save those costs. I told you this in the last meetings. So, we don’t have to set a higher quotation.”
Mr. Tan said, “Assistant Xin. Our model is yet to be tested. We cannot guarantee it. What if it causes any problem?”
“Rest assured. There will be no problem. I have personally tested it and checked it many times. The result is we got the deal, and the client was happy.”
“Assistant Xin!” Mr. Su angrily huffed. “Just because you were Liu Jinhai’s assistant doesn’t mean that you can interfere like that! Yes, the client agrees with our proposal, but it’s just going to bite us back in the end.”
Mr. Long said, “This makes me think that you might have colluded with the client to finalize the deal at a lower price to benefit them but which will cause a disaster to us!”
Xin coldly smiled. “Are you doubting my integrity?”
He snorted. “Who knows? Now that Liu Jinhai isn’t the CEO, you might have thought that it would be easy to fool us.”
Mr. Tan sneered. “You are just an assistant. Don’t get so cocky just because you worked directly for Liu Jinhai.”
Xin was unaffected. “Then, time will tell us how this deal would go. I am confident in the technology that Liu Corps have created. There will be no issues, and we will get the same quality of work had we chosen outsourcing.”
“And what if it causes problems?”
Xin smiled. “It won’t cause any problems. I am confident. But for your sake, I promise to take full responsibility for my decision if the deal goes wrong in any way.”
Mr. Su raised his brow. “You will? I am already telling you that if anything goes wrong, then we will directly fire you.”
Silence.
Xin nodded. “Alright. I accept.”
“Good. We will see how everything goes for ourselves. Now, you can leave.”
As Xin left, Mr. Long nervously said, “Xin sounded too confident. What will we do now? We were supposed to lose this deal to Moon Corps purposely.”
Mr. Tan sneered. “Don’t worry. Our technology is still not yet fully prepared. The deal will definitely go wrong.”
Mr. Su nodded. “Xin just wants to make us look like we don’t know how to make decisions and kick us out of this office. He is, after all, Liu Jinhai’s dog. That’s why I said he is dangerous too. But that will never happen. In fact, this is a good chance to throw him out.”
“Just one accident and Xin is out.”
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But after a few days, contrary to what they expected, the deal went on without a hitch. The technology that cut their costs was working just as told by Xin. This led to an emergency meeting.
Mr. Chao said, “What will we do now? The client is getting too happy, and if this continues, then how would Pei Yuan get this deal? We are supposed to lose it.”
Mr. Su and everybody else was anxious too. This wasn’t what they had expected.
“No, this cannot go on. We have to do something. Wait. I have an idea. If the software is working now, then we can do something to make it fail.”
Mr. Chao frowned. “How?”
“Idiot. How else? By inserting a bug or virus in it, that hampers it’s functioning. If it destroys all the data, especially affecting the client’s confidential files, then they would be so furious! They will lose faith in us, and at the right time, Pei Yuan can step in!”
Mr. Tan beamed. “That’s a great idea! We can hire a hacker to infect the software with the virus.”
“Perfect. The software that Xin was so confident for will be down the drain.”
Mr. Su sneered. “And we will take the opportunity to fire Xin since he has promised to take responsibility for his decision.”
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Jinhai was in his study, looking over the ideas for his surprise to Nana on their wedding anniversary. Just then, his phone buzzed.
He narrowed his eyes and picked up his phone.
“Xin.”
“Sir, I have news.”
“Tell me.”
“Sir, they are planning to infect the software with the virus to hamper it’s functioning. They are going to hire a hacker for it.”
“Ho…” Jinhai smiled. “Let them do what they want and enjoy their win for a short while. But you know what to do, right? The client shouldn’t be affected at any cost.”
“Yes, sir!”
Jinhai put the phone down and looked at the pictures on his laptop for his surprise. A soft smile lit his lips.
“Jinhai?” Nana knocked on the door.
He quickly shut the laptop and said, “En. Come in.”
Nana entered, holding some snacks in a tray. “I thought you might be hungry, so I brought some refreshments.”
She kept the tray on the table.
“En. I was hungry, indeed.”
Jinhai caught her wrist and pulled her to sit on his lap. He wrapped his hands around her waist and kissed her lips. “You always make my mood so better.”
Nana frowned. “Is there any trouble in the office? Can I help you in some way?”
Jinhai smiled. “Nothing I cannot handle. I was taking care of some pesky rats. But I am tired of this game now. I just want to cuddle in my wife’s arms.”
Nana flicked on his forehead. “Stupid.”
Jinhai then noticed multiple band-aids on her fingers. He quickly took her hands in his and his gaze darkened as if a dangerous storm was about to explode. “What happened? Why did you get so many cuts? How did you get hurt?”
Nana quickly pulled her hand back, but Jinhai swiftly caught it again.
“Nana…” he said with a hint of warning and danger. “What happened?”
“It’s nothing major. I was got hurt while cooking-“
He harshly bit down on her lip, making her eyes tear up. “Mnn!”
“I won’t tolerate any lies when it comes to your safety. Cooking? How can you cut yourself while cooking? An experienced chef at that. Maybe one is understandable, but so many?”
“You bit so hard… it hurts.” She brushed her finger on her lip.
“Punishment for lying to me. Now, tell me the truth.”
“You don’t have to worry. I am fine.”
“Don’t test my patience, Nana.” He warned again.
Nana sobbed as she massaged her painful lip. “I-its for your surprise…but I won’t tell what it is! And don’t dare ask Xin to find out what I was doing, or I will get angry on you.”
Jinhai was shocked. “Surprise? What are you doing that is hurting you that much?”
“They are just minor cuts and burns, Jinhai.”
“There are burns too!?”
Nana internally smacked herself hard for letting it slip.
Jinhai shook his head. “That’s it. I don’t want this surprise. I don’t want any such gift that makes you hurt. It won’t make me happy. So, stop whatever you are doing right now.”