After completing my life's work, I achieved financial freedom.

Chapter 8: Layoffs Hit the Lifeline

Grand Hyatt Hotel, in front of the main entrance.

"What?! You're saying this project is dead?! What are you good for?!"

Gu Bai's former boss, Lin Tao, was angrily questioning the woman in the business suit in front of him. If other company employees were present, they would definitely recognize that this woman was a new employee who had recently joined the company.

The reason why it's certain that this newcomer will be recognized is because her looks are so stunning that men can't take their eyes off her and women are filled with envy and jealousy.

Perhaps because of the other party's angry questioning, the woman was so frightened that she unconsciously took half a step back, clutching the hem of her blazer with both hands, lowering her head, and choking back tears with a wronged expression.

"Brother-in-law, can you please not be so fierce? I already told you I don't want to work, you could just send me my living expenses directly. You insisted on making me come to work at the company, and now you're blaming me for messing things up..."

Seeing his sister-in-law's aggrieved expression, Lin Tao's anger, which was about to overflow, just like his body that had lasted for three minutes, completely dissipated.

After letting out a long breath to calm his emotions a little, he walked towards the woman with his round belly and spoke in a gentle tone.

"It was my fault. I spoke too loudly just now. I told you before that your sister checks the accounts frequently. If I give you money directly, it will be easy for her to find out. When you start working at the company, I'll give you some commission, and it will seem more reasonable for you to take the money..."

"Really?"

The woman looked at Lin Tao with her large, misty eyes.

"Um."

Lin Tao verbally agreed, but in his heart he was cursing the other person's ancestors for eighteen generations.

No one is truly uninterested in money.

Don't you see that even the Malaysian who said he had no interest in money still spent his whole life struggling for it?

Let alone Lin Tao, the boss of a small company.

This is a huge order with a profit of over 600,000!

If this works out, I can go to the club and chat with the young women who have just entered the workforce...

Who knew my sister-in-law was so useless? The employee I fired had already finished the proposal, and all she did was take someone else's work and confirm the next steps with the client.

And yet, this still managed to ruin the deal...

But what could he do if the other party was useless? It was his own fault for not believing him last time and being drunk. Being drunk was one thing, but...

Every time I think about this, it gives me a headache. If I could give him another chance... well, he'd probably, likely, most likely make the same mistake again...

Just as Lin Tao was filled with regret, his sister-in-law seemed to suddenly remember something and said to him.

"Actually, we can still try to negotiate for this project..."

The sister-in-law recounted her conversation with the client company manager to Lin Tao.

In short, Lin Tao's sister-in-law's proposal was an older version that Gu Bai had submitted to Lin Tao a long time ago. It needed many revisions, but the client didn't have the time to wait. If necessary, they would consider using a proposal from another company. Before leaving, the other company's manager specifically mentioned that they really liked Gu Bai's latest proposal, and if they followed Gu Bai's proposal, the project would be theirs...

After hearing his sister-in-law's words, Lin Tao's expression became uncertain.

He remembered what happened in the company office that morning; he vaguely recalled that Gu Bai was holding a document at that time.

That might be the latest solution...

Thinking about all this, Lin Tao stomped his feet in regret.

However, he didn't regret firing Gu Bai. Gu Bai was just a lowly employee, so he was fired. What he regretted was firing him too early. He should have waited until he got the latest proposal from Gu Bai before firing him.

"Brother-in-law, should we call him and ask him to come back?"

Seeing Lin Tao's constantly changing expression, the sister-in-law cautiously asked.

Lin Tao did not give a direct affirmative or negative answer: "Let me think about it and see."

Yes, nobody is uninterested in money, and Lin Tao really wanted to win this project.

But... this person was disrespectful to his superiors this morning. If he were to bring the person back, he would become the laughingstock of the company.

Although his employees won't say anything to his face, who knows what they might say about him behind his back?

Is it true that he's cut staff so drastically that it's affecting the very core of the workforce?

Money and dignity are often contradictory.

Lin Tao encountered such a problem at this time.

........

the other side.

The two people, carrying large and small bags, were walking towards the hotel and talking about work-related issues.

"Hey, Gu Bai, who do you think took your project?"

Gu Bai had just told Xu Zhixia about what happened in the office that morning, which was a way of making up for her regret of missing out on the gossip because she was on leave.

"Who knows? But I think if the other person is a woman, she's probably having an affair with Fatty Lin. As for a man..."

Gu Bai shrugged and said in a gossipy tone.

"What's wrong with a guy? Can't a guy have an affair with him? That's blatant sexism!"

Xu Zhixia quickly seized on the flaw in Gu Bai's words and began to make irresponsible and serious remarks.

Gu Bai didn't understand the meaning behind Xu Zhixia's words at first, and it took him a few seconds to come to his senses.

"Something's not right here. This is Hangzhou, not Chengdu!"

"Hehe, just kidding, don't worry about the details." Xu Zhixia smiled playfully, unconcerned that the other person called her dirty-minded, but then continued, "So, do you think they can get this project?"

"cannot."

Gu Bai answered the question with great certainty and confidence.

"This client is very difficult to deal with. The most important thing is that he has commissioned several companies to make proposals at the same time. If Fatty Lin has my latest proposal, it might work, but Dangdang will definitely fail with the old proposal."

Speaking of this, Gu Bai recalled how, in the face of danger, he calmly turned around and grabbed back his hard-earned prize in the office.

If they had rushed off, Fatty Lin might have made five or six hundred thousand.

That's five or six hundred thousand!

Even with the help of the system, he barely managed to scrape together a million after a whole day's work.

If Fatty Lin were to earn this money, it would be even more painful than him losing it...

As the two talked, they slowly approached the entrance of the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Gu Bai, whose eyes were fixed on the direction of the hotel, immediately spotted the two people embracing in front of the hotel entrance.

One of them looks so much like my stingy former boss, Fatty Lin.

Most importantly, how come the other person's assets are so dazzling...?