Becoming a Confidence Coach to an Arrogant Director - Chapter 39
Chapter 39: The Little Liar
The next morning, in the conference room.
It was Director Gu’s first needs meeting since she recovered from her serious illness.
Boss Pei gave a heartfelt speech.
“Today, before we go over the needs, I want to tell you all a few pieces of good news!”
All the developers, after returning victorious from the main battlefields of Double Eleven and Double Twelve, were looking forward to the celebration bonuses.
With the server running perfectly and the company making huge profits, even the most inexperienced newbie would get a decent project bonus. In the eyes of a worker, nothing was more exciting than getting money.
Pei He spoke in his official boss tone.
“First, with everyone’s joint efforts, our Double Eleven and Double Twelve performance was 3 times higher than in previous years. Here, I am very grateful for everyone’s hard work and dedication. I will increase everyone’s base salary by 30%, and this year’s year-end bonus will be distributed as 6 months’ worth of salary.”
A 30% increase in base salary was a huge deal for workers. Even the top executives at Zhongxun, a leading company in China, only got a 6-month year-end bonus. Pei He really went all out to win people’s hearts.
At this moment, even though Director Gu was still there, the developers couldn’t hold back their excitement. Some of them even cheered loudly, creating a very lively atmosphere.
After the cheers subsided, Boss Pei raised his voice and gave a morale-boosting speech.
“I hope everyone will continue to work hard and strive to make our Yuan Sheng Electronics’ performance double again next year for Double Eleven and Double Twelve. I also hope that everyone’s salary can double again, okay?”
“Okay!”
With Brother Liao and others’ cheers, the conference room was filled with applause again.
“Alright, everyone, please be quiet. Next, I will announce the second thing.”
After Boss Pei finished speaking, the cheers slowly stopped, and the developers looked at the stage with expectant eyes.
Director Gu sat there with a serious expression, her body straight.
The Encourager Yuan next to her was also serious, but because of her duty, she could only cooperate with the cheering squad from time to time by making a sound.
Pei He glanced at Director Gu and continued to speak in his official tone.
“As our Yuan Sheng Electronics continues to grow, more and more clients are willing to cooperate with us, which means that we will have a continuous stream of projects.”
“Director Gu’s energy is limited. Therefore, we have initially decided to appoint Liao Shu from the backend as the project manager of the R&D department, responsible for all the projects currently running in our company. Please give him a warm welcome!”
There was a scratching sound on the wooden floor. Brother Liao stood up and bowed deeply, accepting the appointment.
At the same time, the conference room was filled with a mix of applause and whispers.
“Director Gu, as the highest leader of the R&D department, will only be in charge of new project architecture and on-site technical support for clients in the future. In the future, everyone can directly communicate with the project manager about any problems they encounter with the projects.”
After Pei He announced this news, some of the brothers in the R&D department’s eyes went straight, including the Encourager Yuan next to him, who was also caught off guard.
Director Gu herself still had no expression until the end of the meeting.
It was easy to change loyalties in the workplace. In addition, with the boss personally stepping up, more than half of the R&D department had already turned to Liao Shu. Only a few subordinates were still loyal to Gu Jin.
And at this time, Director Gu only had the authority to architect new projects.
Just now at the meeting, the boss assigned some people to work with her on architecture, and Director Gu herself was arranged to be on-site support, which meant she would have to travel irregularly. Those brothers who were working with her were being sidelined in disguise.
After the meeting, the Encourager Yuan was being a flirt in the office area to observe the situation. Her relationship with Director Gu was special, so she couldn’t openly win people over. She could only use her position to listen to some news and then make a decision.
It was a shame that she, a seasoned worker, had only focused on writing code for so many years. She hadn’t been involved in much workplace scheming, and she was also powerless in the face of money and self-interest.
At this moment, a message came to her work phone.
— Rooftop
Yuan Yishan almost forgot that Yuan Sheng Electronics also had a rooftop. Her Director Gu had tasted the sweetness of their date last night and didn’t even call her to the office anymore, going straight to the rooftop.
Their office building had four floors, and the R&D department was on the top floor. Yuan Yishan ran up in a few steps.
The weather was nice today, with sunshine and little wind. The tall and slender Director Gu was standing against the light, her posture still very straight.
The Encourager Yuan ran over and hugged her from behind.
“After I took you to see the stars last night, did you fall in love with the rooftop, Sister? Why are you asking me to come here in the middle of the day?”
Facing the constant teasing of the sweet electronic voice, Director Gu didn’t reply. The corners of her mouth curved up slightly.
Indeed. Instead of saying she loved the rooftop, it was more accurate to say that she loved the feeling of having a secret rendezvous with her on the rooftop.
The Encourager Yuan rubbed her core machine face on her back a few times. Because she was worried about the important matter, she didn’t continue to entangle with her.
“Didn’t you tell me yesterday that you had a good talk with him, Sister? Why did it look like this during the meeting?”
She wasn’t sure if her Director Gu had deliberately said they had a good talk to keep her from worrying or if the boss had changed his mind. All she knew was that the current situation was very disadvantageous for them.
Director Gu’s hands covered the core machine’s hands that were hugging her. Her voice was still cold and clear.
“The old projects are all full of pitfalls. If they want them, they can have them!”
The Encourager Yuan finally realized it. When she helped her sister write code before, she had glanced at their company’s projects. It seemed that as Director Gu said, it was easy to fall into a pit.
From its establishment until now, the R&D department had been growing, but not everyone’s code could rival Director Gu’s. Especially at the beginning, everyone was copying from the internet while also figuring things out on their own, creating a mess of logic.
Later, as the projects gradually grew, it became more difficult to optimize the old things. Even if her technical skills were good, she could only ensure that the projects ran normally, because once the server went down, it would affect thousands of customers.
When Yuan Yishan had not yet come to this world, Director Gu, who was a workaholic, would often optimize the code by herself in the director’s office when it was late at night and everyone was asleep. But she was a human, not a machine. She also had to take on new things, and her energy was limited.
Later, they encountered Double Eleven. Some of the old projects were optimized and then temporarily put on hold. At this time, it was perfect to just give them to the person who wanted to sideline her.
But the encourager never expected that her usually serious sister was secretly so mischievous and had the potential to be a master of passing the buck.
At this moment, she was both proud of her sister from the bottom of her heart and also deliberately pouted and complained to Director Gu.
“You didn’t tell me in advance, Sister. You made me so worried!”
Director Gu had originally wanted to give her little core machine a surprise. Seeing her little darling angry now, she didn’t know how to explain it to her.
Little Yuan was just being a little flirtatious. She was still sensible.
“So what are you going to do next, Sister? That dog-like Pei He said that he would let you architect the new projects, but they definitely won’t give us the good ones!”
“Didn’t he say there would be on-site technical support?”
“Sister, are you trying to…”
The little darling was very smart. With her hint, she immediately understood.
Her Director Gu was breaking and then rebuilding. She wanted to use the opportunity of on-site technical support to slowly grasp the core business in her own hands. When the time was right, she would sideline Pei He.
What kind of solo career in the workplace could be more interesting than firing the boss and becoming the boss yourself?
But, with her personality, if she really started a business…
Yuan Yishan was still worried.
“So you didn’t want Brother Da Bing to get into this messy workplace, which is why you sent him to Zhongxun?”
“His personality isn’t suitable to stay here!”
“But you, too…”
The Encourager Yuan didn’t finish her sentence. She just silently told herself in her heart.
— My sister isn’t suited to be a killer in the business world either, but to protect the people she cares about and to win this fight, she’s forcing herself to do a lot of things that are difficult for her.
She looked at the woman she was holding in her arms.
She knew Little Gu’s stubborn temper the best.
The better people were to her, the more she would take it to heart. If the other party was determined to go against her, she wouldn’t let their schemes succeed. After being abandoned at the age of 13 and struggling to survive until now, what kind of storms hadn’t she been through?
The road ahead, no matter how difficult, wouldn’t be as difficult as those first few years. Moreover, she had her core machine with her, which gave her the motivation to do anything.
Yuan Yishan didn’t try to persuade her. No matter what she did, she would support her.
If her sister wanted to go out and run the business, she would stay at the company and hold down the fort for her. With her 8 years of cutting-edge technology, she could definitely handle a mere Yuan Sheng Electronics. The combined brains of hundreds of programmers couldn’t think as fast as her core machine’s electronic brain.
“Go for it, Sister. When we get the core business in our hands, you can just leave the R&D tasks to me!”
Director Gu turned around and hugged her core machine back.
At this moment, she not only wanted to give an explanation to the subordinates who were genuinely loyal to her but also wanted to give her core machine a rooftop like the one at Zhongxun Group.
She had worked hard to build Yuan Sheng Electronics from the ground up. She would not admit defeat and quit just because of others’ betrayal.
She would suffer a little in the early stages, and when she had gotten rid of the people she needed to get rid of, she would take her core machine to the rooftop to watch the stars every night.
The Encourager Yuan pressed her core machine face against her sister’s soft chest, burrowing into her.
Director Gu was tickled by her rubbing. She was about to push her away, but the machine quickly pinched her slender waist.
“Sister, a core machine needs to be authorized by the user to write code, otherwise, how can I help you?”
Director Gu didn’t understand. The ticklish sensation on her body made her stutter.
“Au… authorize what?”
The Encourager Yuan used the advantage of having Director Gu’s sensitive spot in her hands and continued to threaten and entice her.
“Sister, do you remember what Yi Yi did the first time I helped you write code?”
Director Gu was feeling awkward but was also led to remember the first time.
— That day, she seemed to have forcefully picked me up from the sofa and rubbed her chest against mine…
“Yes, Sister, it seems you still remember it vividly!”
Being read her mind by the detection mechanism so suddenly, Director Gu’s face immediately turned red.
— How can this person think of all sorts of ways to embarrass me in any situation?
“Don’t be shy, Sister. That’s just how the system is set up. I’m a machine, after all. A machine needs to be authorized by its owner to touch company secrets!”
“But… but there’s no such authorization…”
“But that’s just how the system authorizes it! What can I, a machine, do?”
…
A few minutes later, with the little darling’s coaxing, Director Gu half-believed her and once again allowed the machine to rub against her in her arms.
In her heart: How… can there be such a strange setting?