Chapter 35: Chapter 35

Zhang Xiaohao entered the break room, closed the door with his foot, smirked, and immediately subdued Su Ruobai.

"Bastard! Scum! Zhang Xiaohao, what are you trying to do? I warn you, don’t mess around, or you will die a miserable death!" Seeing Zhang Xiaohao’s malicious approach, Su Ruobai coldly threatened.

"What do I want to do? You’ll know soon enough," Zhang Xiaohao said with a wicked smile.

Suddenly, the crisp sounds of slaps filled the break room completely.

"Ah! Bastard! Let me go, or don’t blame me for being rude to you," Su Ruobai yelled in a fury.

"Are you a pig? Since I’ve been appointed as the manager of the PR department, I call the shots for PR matters. A mere office director, you actually conspired with the HR manager to intimidate me and suppress me! Are you blind, or is your IQ actually negative, utterly clueless about the situation?"

With each word Zhang Xiaohao uttered, he intensified the force of his palm.

And to tell the truth, it felt really good.

Zhang Xiaohao seemed to get addicted to it and continued to teach her a lesson, "What’s even more infuriating is that you blindly ran to the PR department to uphold justice for them! If I weren’t firm today, my authority as the PR department manager would be suppressed by you! How could I then operate in the PR department later on? Let alone a three-month probation period, even a single day or a week I couldn’t stay!"

After finishing his words, Zhang Xiaohao stopped. He had been slapping her for several minutes now; continuing might damage Su Ruobai severely.

Seeing Su Ruobai unresponsive, Zhang Xiaohao looked at her suspiciously, a shudder going through his heart, and muttered, "Damn! Could it be?"

Under his puzzled gaze, Su Ruobai suddenly shivered violently a few times.

A moment later, Su Ruobai finally stopped.

Flushing red with an unknown strength bursting from within her, Su Ruobai pushed Zhang Xiaohao away, covered her face, and dashed out.

"What’s going on?" Zhang Xiaohao thought, feeling hot inside.

He sniffed his fingers, hmm, there was still a faint strange smell.

Thinking about it, Zhang Xiaohao became unsettled; when did his palm acquire such "magic power"?

Shaking his head, Zhang Xiaohao, with a cold face, walked into the office, just as Wu Qiaoqiao and her group walked back in from outside.

"Mr. Zhang!" Seeing Zhang Xiaohao, Wu Qiaoqiao and her group respectfully greeted him.

"Hmm, you guys go back to your seats, and everyone else put down what you’re working on; I have an announcement to make," Zhang Xiaohao said authoritatively.

Wu Qiaoqiao and her group returned to their seats, and everyone else in the office laid down their work and seriously watched Zhang Xiaohao, faces full of respect, waiting for him to speak.

"Starting from now, Wu Qiaoqiao will oversee the daily operations of the PR department as the acting deputy director." As soon as he finished speaking, enthusiastic applause erupted from the group of beauties in the office.

They almost brought down the ceiling!

"Thank you Mr. Zhang for your favor! I will not let down your expectations, I will work hard and accomplish every task you assign," Wu Qiaoqiao hastily declared.

With flirty eyes, she stealthily winked at Zhang Xiaohao.

Zhang Xiaohao chuckled inwardly, first letting her taste a sweet treat, encouraging her to work desperately hard. As for the office director position, it would remain vacant indefinitely!

People progress when there is something to look forward to!

If Zhang Xiaohao offered her the office director position now, although she’d be grateful, people tend to get lazy or crafty once they have no further aims.

A rush of high-heeled footsteps sounded through the corridor; even before she appeared, a unique fragrance reached him, and Zhang Xiaohao knew who was coming.

Su Ruobai entered coldly, with her secretary, and threw Zhang Xiaohao a deadly glare as if she wanted to devour him.

After clearing her throat, Su Ruobai had her secretary place the documents on the table.

With a cold expression, she said, "Mr. Zhang, this skincare product is called ’Paris Spring,’ and its sales have been poor, now withdrawn from major stores, leaving about an inventory of nearly half a million sets! It’s tied up nearly a billion of our company’s funds! I’m giving you one month, I don’t care how you do it, whether to steal or rob, but you must sell these half-million sets clean! If you can do that, I can authorize a 10% sales profit for you! If not, sorry, you’re unfit as a PR manager, and you might as well pack and leave!"

Finishing her statement, Su Ruobai arrogantly raised her head and left, her look saying, "try to compete with me, you’re still lacking!"

"Paris Spring, huh?" Zhang Xiaohao frowned, instructing his secretary Lin Xiaowen to take the documents, and pondered, saying, "Director Wu, come over!"

After speaking, he went straight into his office.

Inside the office, after reviewing the materials given by Su Ruobai, Zhang Xiaohao had a rough idea about Paris Spring.

Paris Spring, mainly focused on facial skincare, but the results developed were mediocre; its sales had been poor since launch and were even pulled from major stores recently!

Currently, there was still an inventory of nearly half a million sets of products.

All of these were preemptively manufactured by the company, yet while the idea was too idealistic, reality proved brutal, delivering a severe blow to both Cheng Tianxue and Su Ruobai as executives. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽

"Could this be the reason why Xue’er sought to borrow money from Mr. Cheng and agreed to their arranged marriage?" Zhang Xiaohao pondered inwardly.

In fact, the real answer was almost as he suspected.

It was indeed due to the development of this product, and pre-stocking too much, that its market launch performed disastrously, leading Bai Xue Company to a huge financial loss.

Out of necessity, as the president, Cheng Tianxue had no choice but to borrow money from Mr. Cheng, which led to the subsequent events.

As for Su Ruobai, as the general manager of the company, it seemed she also contributed some money, but it’s unclear where her funds originated.

"What do you think about this matter? Share your thoughts!" Zhang Xiaohao looked at Wu Qiaoqiao and calmly asked.