Gu Qingyun was a madman with no equal.
Setting his abilities aside for the moment, becoming a Vice Branch Manager, especially of Branch No. 1, was proof enough in itself.
The real issue was his mind. There had to be something wrong with it.
He had taken what he called the "Branch Destruction Theory" to its absolute extreme.
At every moment, by every possible means, he seized any opportunity, suitable or not, to advance that theory.
During the Sixth Manager Mission, he had nearly succeeded in one fell swoop, if not for Ji Li and Hou Guisheng's intervention.
Hou Guisheng understood this, and he had taken precautions.
But he had still underestimated Gu Qingyun's madness. He had never imagined that, with all the Top Ten Branches suffering a tremendous catastrophe, Gu Qingyun would choose to do these things without hesitation.
It was not that Hou Guisheng had failed to cover his bases. Gu Qingyun's thinking had simply become so extreme that there was no reasoning with him.
To an ordinary person, with Heavenly Sea facing disaster and its employees on the verge of annihilation, personal agendas ought to be abandoned. At the very least, the overall situation had to be kept from collapsing, lest everyone perish together.
But Gu Qingyun did not think that way...
Precisely because Heavenly Sea was nearing total collapse, his drive to destroy most of its branches only grew more extreme.
He believed that reducing the number of branches and employees far enough would greatly alleviate Heavenly Sea's "symptoms." It could even be called a "burden-reduction surgery."
Slowing Heavenly Sea's death would give Branch No. 1 the time it needed to reach five stars.
Most importantly, until the final moment came, who could say that Gu Qingyun's logic was wrong?
Thus, there was only one conclusion: