Chapter 984: Chapter 973: The Beautiful CEO Wants to Promote Me!
In the following days, the entire Xu Corporation was operating at full capacity.
A few senior management personnel discussed and decided to bravely advise using the labor protection law.
However, hearing Ran Shuang’s cold voice at the door of the CEO’s office, everyone gulped and aborted the plan.
Even Zhu Xuetao’s security department was on edge all day, patrolling back and forth.
“Whew… The CEO must have been given two hundred doses of chicken blood, too excited!”
Zhu Xuetao kept fanning his face with his security cap, forcing a bitter smile.
“What do you mean two hundred doses of chicken blood? At that dose, you’d turn a person into a beehive!”
Ning Fan gave Zhu Xuetao a cold glare.
Zhu Xuetao sighed helplessly, casting a pleading look at Ning Fan.
“Oh, dear ancestor of mine, these past few days have been like poking a beehive — chased around the building by bees. You’re the CEO’s fiancé, at least try to persuade her… for her health,
she shouldn’t be acting this recklessly, right? I think the CEO could write a book after retiring, called ‘Life-Force Management Methods’!”
Ning Fan shook his finger at Zhu Xuetao, looking relaxed.
“I tell you, based on what I know about the CEO, she’s at about seventy percent of her capacity, still finds time for morning runs, playing the piano, and doing yoga.”
“My gosh, is she even a native Earth creature?”
“Alright, enough joking, you’re a department head, you need to lead by example in loving your job, you know?”
“I say Ning Fan, you have to save us at a time like this, death from overwork is no joke!”
Seeing Zhu Xuetao’s sorrowful expression, Ning Fan couldn’t help but laugh.
“Alright, Captain Zhu, many in the company’s security department have a special forces background; can this workload really be that difficult? But, the whole company’s so busy it’s indeed too much, okay, I’ll try to help persuade her when I can.”
After speaking, Ning Fan glanced toward the CEO’s office.
In fact, Xu Ruolan is very perceptive, incredibly intelligent; once her enthusiasm fades, she’ll definitely carefully weigh things, make the next plan, and adjust the employee workload.
But for a little less hardship for everyone, running this errand isn’t bad.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
Ning Fan raised his hand and knocked on the CEO’s office door.
“Come in!”
Xu Ruolan looked up and smiled at Ning Fan, who was pushing the door open.
“You came at the right time, I was just thinking about something to discuss with you.”
Ning Fan shrugged and said:
“Come on, to Xu Corporation, I’m basically a bystander. Anything you want to discuss with me isn’t anything serious. Let’s first talk about the employees’ workload issue; keep this up, people might sue us for worker abuse.”
Xu Ruolan gently shook her head, tidying up the documents on the desk, setting her gaze back on Ning Fan.
“I know I’ve been over the top these past few days, but this will forever become history.”
Xu Ruolan’s lips curved into a light, relaxed smile, taking a deep breath, she leaned back, leisurely resting against the chair’s back.
Her demeanor was like an upcoming retired Hero, seemingly losing interest in company management.
Yet Ning Fan knew this was impossible; as a workaholic, Xu Ruolan would never leave the management on a whim.
“You’re not planning some major reform, are you?”
Ning Fan asked Xu Ruolan in a probing tone.
Xu Ruolan crossed her fingers, still leaning back, responded calmly:
“Let’s set reform aside; I feel the policies I’ve established are quite reasonable.”
“Then… what will you do to save the hard-working masses?”
Ning Fan lifted his right hand in a sweeping gesture, looking expectantly at Xu Ruolan.
He had a hunch that Xu Ruolan had just made a significant decision, one that would let her and Xu Corporation’s employees relax for a long time.
Xu Ruolan slightly raised her gaze, as if envisioning a beautiful future:
“Xu Corporation has been running smoothly for a long time under almost perfect policies. In this situation, even without me, things wouldn’t change much, right?”
Hearing this, Ning Fan couldn’t help but be slightly startled.
Turns out Xu Ruolan truly wants to let go, or shift her focus.
This last spurt of fervor is just a farewell.
After all, the revered and feared ice-cold CEO doesn’t wish to just fade from view.
“That’s what you say, but losing the key person, people will surely feel uncomfortable, right?”
Ning Fan spoke to Xu Ruolan with an encouraging tone.
“So then…”
Xu Ruolan straightened and looked at Ning Fan with expectation: “How about you become general manager and oversee everything? Wouldn’t that be good, hmm?”
“Ah?”
Ning Fan was again slightly taken aback, with a wry smile:
“CEO, please spare me, I’m not cut out to be a general manager!”
Xu Ruolan rested her jade-like right hand on her chin, laughing softly:
“I somewhat know what you and Captain Zhu chatted about, all the talk about being Europe’s top underground military organization, the various Jianghu forces of Zhonghai City, all under your watch, relatively speaking, little Xu Corporation is just small potatoes, right?”
When chatting with Zhu Xuetao and the others, Ning Fan mentioned his past, adding some exaggeration.
But they were trustworthy brothers; Ning Fan didn’t worry they would spread it around recklessly.
Ning Fan exhaled deeply, shrugging at Xu Ruolan.
“However, those responsibilities have long been handed off to others. For me, freedom is most important. The underlings reporting this and that every day would drive me nuts.”
As he spoke, Ning Fan tapped his forehead, showing a helpless expression.
At that moment, Xu Ruolan’s face lost its teasing look, asking with a hint of coolness:
“By freedom, you mean you can come and go as you please?”
“Uh, precisely, it also includes eating whenever, drinking whenever, seeking fun whenever, and teaching scumbags a lesson whenever… In short, tying me to the general manager position would make me very unhappy.”
Ning Fan struck a candid pose, waiting for Xu Ruolan’s response.
“Then… being tied with me, does that also hinder such freedom?”
Xu Ruolan’s voice carried a hint of sadness.
Ning Fan smiled with a touch of helplessness, slightly lifting his gaze to look out at the highland sky.
“You and I have merged into one; if I were to watch you being taken away one day, I’d go from a finished product to a mess; what good is freedom to a scumbag?”