Chapter 1020: Chapter 1020

However, both Li Changlin and Wang Yiyi were the contestants most likely to sprint to the end in the team, so Ma Xiaoqian certainly respected their decision. Besides, Li Changlin was also the major shareholder of Sky Horse, and it was perfectly normal for the big boss not to want to dine with the small employees!

At this point, Ma Xiaoqian had found a new position for herself, as a contender with a good chance to make it into the top eight. Based on the promise Li Changlin had made earlier, she was fully qualified to join Sky Horse, so her status was naturally quite proper.

After that, everyone went their separate ways. At the entrance of Dragon TV, Li Changlin ran into Yang Fei, who had been waiting for a while, eager to ask Li Changlin how he could help him defeat Sun Ji’an.

Li Changlin handed Yang Fei a bag that contained three Life Fruits, prepared in advance, saying they were for him to eat, and that he would teach him a technique the next day so he could practice well.

Yang Fei happily accepted the fruits, and Li Changlin instructed him to eat them immediately. Yang Fei was a bit startled, but Li Changlin didn’t explain further; after all, walls have ears!

While surprised, Yang Fei was certainly not going to refuse Li Changlin’s arrangement. After eating the three Life Fruits, he immediately felt an increase of three hundred jin in strength.

Li Changlin didn’t remind him further and, patting him on the shoulder, left, leaving a baffled Yang Fei windblown and confused.

Yang Fei couldn’t know that Li Changlin’s silence was meant for him to experience the sensations on his own.

The feeling of possessing great strength can truly affect a person’s character.

Once Yang Fei slowly realized that he was becoming stronger day by day, his confidence, his personality, and even his temper would undergo earth-shaking changes.

What Li Changlin intended to do was to completely transform Yang Fei.

Yang Fei was loyal, ready to go through fire and water for his friends, and Li Changlin was of course willing to help him.

When he returned home, Ye Xiyao had already ordered food from the restaurant, just waiting for him to come back and eat.

He called Bai Ziyu and Liao Momo out, and the four of them had a delightful dinner. After that, Li Changlin prepared for his broadcast, while Ye Xiyao went to discuss a client cooperation matter with Bai Ziyu.

At this moment, a small interlude occurred—while Li Changlin was turning on his computer, he received a call from Yang Mingzhu.

Due to some urgent matters Zhiwei needed to handle, Yang Mingzhu and others had postponed their arrival to Shanghai City by a day.

When Li Changlin learned they had just gotten off the plane, although he was somewhat flustered, there was no time to discuss anything else, so he told them to arrange their accommodation first and contact him again at noon the next day.

The arrival of Yang Mingzhu and her group was actually timely. With the alliance of Huo Hongxing, Rongguo had finally stabilized, and Huo Group, which had poached some of their members, saw some of them sent back by Huo Hongxing.

Of course, since Huo Hongxing wasn’t the one in charge of Huo Family now, he couldn’t be too obvious in his actions, so Rongguo Education did pay a certain price.

In fact, according to Xia Wan’an’s wishes, she was not willing to accept these traitors back.

However, Li Changlin didn’t think the same way. Everyone makes mistakes, and they deserve the chance to rectify them—there’s no need to write off everyone indiscriminately.

Now that Rongguo had financial backing, the huge gap in the teaching staff was indeed unavoidable, and in the end, Rongguo Education really didn’t have any other choice.

Huo Hongxing’s sending some people back was also a kind of pledge of allegiance.

Since he had already chosen to submit to Li Changlin, this was his way of demonstrating his determination with actions.

Even digging into his own corner was a statement of his firm belief in standing with Li Changlin.

For this, Li Changlin was of course willing to take this into account and was very eager to see such an outcome.

Thus, regarding Xia Wan’an’s objections, Li Changlin naturally tried to persuade her.

Li Changlin wanted to offer free housing benefits to teachers, and Xia Wan’an had no objection to this at first. Having heard Li Changlin’s explanation, she saw the advantage of using it to retain teachers. However, regarding the teachers who were poached by Huo Group and then sent back, Xia Wan’an strictly opposed it and no amount of persuading by Li Changlin was effective.

Actually, standing in Xia Wan’an’s position, Li Changlin could understand her feelings.

Betrayal is not something everyone can accept.

If Rongguo had gone under, Xia Wan’an wouldn’t have much to say. But now, not only was Rongguo doing well, but even Huo Hongxing, the main culprit, had become a shareholder of Rongguo. Therefore, Xia Wan’an made it clear she wasn’t going to be cordial to those teachers who had chosen to betray.

Actually, Li Changlin was troubled by this as well, but he also had to respect Xia Wan’an’s decision. However, he knew clearly that if there were two sets of treatments within the company, the teachers who returned would definitely have thoughts, which would be unfavourable for the company’s future development.

Huo Hongxing also agreed with Li Changlin’s concerns and communicated with Xia Wan’an multiple times since it was his responsibility to settle the people he had sent back.

About the issue of betrayal, Xia Wan’an had a firm stance. Neither Li Changlin nor Huo Hongxing’s words were effective.

In the end, perhaps pushed to the edge, Xia Wan’an directly pointed at Huo Hongxing’s nose and questioned, "If your wife betrayed you, and then the man sent her back to you, would you happily accept your wife back?"

Alright, that was like pouring buckets of dog’s blood on Huo Hongxing. After all, he was the one who poached the teachers, and if anyone should give these people an explanation, it was him. Huo Hongxing felt truly miserable.

After learning about this, Li Changlin couldn’t help but smile wryly. In fact, Xia Wan’an’s words had also implicated him.

Could a teacher and a wife really be equated? At most, teachers had an employment relationship with Rongguo. They were poached because Rongguo itself wasn’t capable of retaining them. If, at the time, Rongguo had the kind of benefits Li Changlin mentioned now, even if Huo Hongxing offered ten times the price, he likely wouldn’t have been able to poach a single person.

It was precisely for this reason that Li Changlin had the idea to offer teachers benefits. As long as it was possible to retain excellent talent, providing a house was a price worth paying.

Later, Li Changlin came up with an idea. He told Xia Wan’an that they could give these people a trial period first. Only after they had been observed to truly change could Rongguo offer them the deserved benefits and rewards.

Faced with this compromise, Xia Wan’an finally agreed, albeit with one condition—that the evaluation period be at least five years or longer.