Ji Wu looked at Deng Xiaorui with exasperation, as if she were beyond help.
Another person had been taken in by Bai Zuo's looks!
"Go back to your desk first. I have something to discuss with him."
Ji Wu grabbed Bai Zuo by the back of his collar and dragged him into the office.
Bai Zuo was hauled along the floor, but didn't struggle at all. Instead, he cheerfully waved goodbye to Deng Xiaorui.
Deng Xiaorui happily waved back at him.
Once the office door closed, she returned to her desk. Yang Su was sitting beside it.
"Yang Su, Mr. Bai is interesting, isn't he? He's so easygoing and never puts on airs. Talking to him is always such a pleasure!"
Yang Su finished organizing a company report. "Don't you think those people are strange?"
"Strange?" Deng Xiaorui thought for a moment. "They don't seem to need to clock in, and they're always out on field assignments, even though the company doesn't have any work to do right now."
Yang Su handed Deng Xiaorui a company bill. "The company doesn't have any products to sell at the moment. There's not even a million left in the accounts. After paying the employees' salaries, rent, utilities, and other expenses, the money will probably only keep the company running for another two months."
"And that's assuming those two people from the Execution Department don't claim their Reimbursement Benefits."
Yang Su had been helping Ji Wu organize the company's finances lately.
That was what Yang Su found strange, too. The company wasn't doing any business, yet it kept spending money. At this rate, it would go bankrupt soon!
The two Execution Department members were especially puzzling. They didn't seem to have to do anything, yet their benefits were exceptionally generous. Yang Su had seen some of them.
Execution Department members were divided into ranks, from E to S. The higher the rank, the better the benefits. Just looking at them made her want to ask what it took to join the Execution Department.
However she looked at it, something seemed off.
Deng Xiaorui's mouth fell open. "No way! Does that mean I'll be out of a job in two months?"
Deng Xiaorui looked deeply distressed. The company offered excellent benefits and a relaxed work environment. If she lost this job, it would be hard to find another one with benefits this good and so little pressure.
The coworkers nearby all looked up at once.
"What? The company's going bankrupt?"
"What do we do? Maybe we should go back to selling software! I'll go promote our products!"
"It'd be such a shame if a company this good went under!"
"I'll go ask Manager Ji!"
None of the employees thought that if the company went bankrupt, they could simply find another job.
Instead, they were all thinking about how to save it.
Yang Su didn't want the company to go under either, but she didn't let everyone rush off to question Manager Ji. "I'll go ask him what's going on."
She picked up the reports she had organized and headed for Manager Ji's office.
When she reached the door, she raised a hand to knock.
A furious shout came from inside. "So it really was you!"
"Where did the fifteen people who disappeared during the Lamp Mansion Festival on Anyang Island go?"
"Don't try that same trick again. Didn't the last mission go well? If you submit the report, a lot of your disciplinary penalties will be wiped away. Why stir up trouble again?"
Then Bai Zuo replied in a nonchalant voice, "That's terrifying. So many people have gone missing. The police should hurry up and send people to search for them!"
"Don't blame this on the supernatural. You know perfectly well where those people went. I want to see them returned to their families safe and sound!"
"Then go burn some incense! What good does telling me do? Am I some bodhisattva who can keep people safe?"
"Supervisor Ji, calm down, calm down. Is there some misunderstanding? Brother Bai wouldn't do something like this." Xu Zhou could be heard trying to mediate.
Ji Wu took a deep breath. "Anyway, you'd better watch yourself!"
"Headquarters will send someone here soon. The Chairman may even come in person. If you don't want to face the Chairman's interrogation, then keep yourself in check!"
Bai Zuo's voice turned noticeably more serious. "The Chairman's coming too? That's great!"
Yang Su heard footsteps approaching. Before she could move out of the way, the door opened from inside.
Bai Zuo didn't ask why she was standing by the door. He happily hurried past her. "I'm going to get everything ready!"
Ji Wu came out, still fuming. He paused when he saw Yang Su, and some of the anger faded from his face. "Oh, Xiao Yang. What can I do for you?"
Yang Su handed him the reports. "Here are the reports I put together."
Ji Wu nodded, took them, and glanced over them without checking whether the figures were correct. "Thanks for your hard work. You can go back and rest for a bit."
"Manager Ji, I wanted to ask what products the company plans to sell. Based on the balance in the company account, if we don't have any additional income, we'll run out of money in two months."
Ji Wu coughed awkwardly. "Well..."
He wasn't from the Sales Department, the Energy Department, or the Research Department. He generally didn't get involved in matters like this, and he didn't know the specific process.
"Headquarters will send someone over soon. They should bring the products we need to sell."
As a Supervisor, how was he supposed to know how those people ran a company?
Still, since the Aberration Association had established itself so firmly and even offered Contract Anomalists such generous reimbursement limits, it probably wasn't short on money.
After all, plenty of Contract Anomalists had chosen the job for its high salaries and benefits.
"What products will we be selling, exactly?"
"Energy and transportation." Ji Wu remembered the Aberration Containment Association's logistics staff mentioning that the Aberration Association made most of its money from energy and transportation.
Quite a few companies even partnered with the Aberration Association for its energy and transportation services.
"Anyway, don't worry about it."
Ji Wu waved her away. If she asked more, he wouldn't know what to say.
Yang Su returned to her desk, preoccupied.
"Well?" Deng Xiaorui leaned over, curious.
The others pricked up their ears, too.
"Manager Ji said the company would sell products related to energy and transportation, but he didn't say exactly what. He told us not to worry, and said someone from Headquarters would be coming to the company soon."
"Headquarters?"
"So our company has a headquarters?"
"Great! Looks like the company won't go under after all."
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Only Yang Su managed a strained smile. Her thoughts were still on the conversation she'd overheard by chance.
Fifteen people had disappeared during the Lamp Mansion Festival on Anyang Island?
How could news this big have escaped her notice?
Yang Su searched the latest news reports.
The only result she found said that an old residential building on Anyang Island had collapsed, injuring several residents and tourists. They had been taken to the hospital for treatment, and no one had died.
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