Luo Ziling left first; he really had things to do.
Jin Yan called Wuyue, saying she had something to report.
Wuyue called Luo Ziling to report this matter, and Luo Ziling, who was chatting with Yang Qingyin and Chen Qiaoyu, had to leave too.
When Luo Ziling met Wuyue, Jin Yan was also there.
Luo Ziling went to the Northern Group headquarters to find them.
Jin Yan was probably working overtime in her office.
There were quite a few people working overtime at the Northern Group headquarters.
Recently, the business development of the Northern Group has been quite good. The company’s various sales data have all significantly increased, and everyone has become busy.
Some people stayed after getting off work to do overtime.
This overtime was not mandatory but voluntary.
When Ling Ruonan managed the company before, she did not encourage employees to work overtime.
She even considered not leaving on time as a standard for assessing employees—if an employee couldn’t complete their work during working hours, she believed that the employee’s work efficiency was not high and they couldn’t complete their tasks within the specified time.
Therefore, after work hours, rarely anyone stayed at the Northern Group’s headquarters to work overtime.
Everyone left on time, except for those on duty.
However, in the past six months, the Northern Group’s business development momentum has been very strong. The workload of mid-to-senior management personnel has increased significantly. They worked hard during the stipulated time but still couldn’t complete all their work within the specified time.
They could only continue working here after work hours.
They were willing to work this overtime because their income also increased with the growth of the company’s business.
Luo Ziling proposed to give a raise to employees at all levels.
Starting last month, Luo Ziling increased the salaries of all employees by ten to thirty percent based on the significant improvement in company business.
This move greatly boosted the morale of the employees, and everyone worked more diligently. Nobody complained or felt tired.
Recently, Jin Yan’s work efficiency has significantly declined. Many tasks that originally could be completed in half a day were not entirely finished by the end of the day.
Therefore, she had to work overtime frequently.
Due to poor sleep quality and quite a lot of work pressure, she looked rather haggard these past two days.
Luo Ziling walked into Jin Yan’s office and saw her talking with Wuyue by the window.
Seeing Luo Ziling come in, Jin Yan hurriedly came up and, after delicately calling "Mr. Luo," lowered her head and stood there.
"Jin Yan just told me, this afternoon, Wu Weiguo directly approached her, asking for all the performance data from the Northern Group for the past two months." Wuyue began to speak about the matter first, "This time, Wu Weiguo didn’t go through Wu Weihua to find Jin Yan. I suspect Wu Weihua didn’t play his role well and made Wu Weiguo or Ling Zhengping suspicious."
Luo Ziling looked at Jin Yan, "Tell us the details."
Jin Yan nodded and explained how Wu Weiguo bypassed Wu Weihua to meet her this afternoon and directly made this request.
"Where is Wu Weihua?"
Jin Yan glanced at Luo Ziling and then said softly, "I don’t know where he went. I haven’t contacted him these past two days, and when I called him earlier, I couldn’t get through."
Luo Ziling looked at Wuyue, who only nodded slightly without saying anything.
Luo Ziling didn’t ask further.
He sat on the sofa and then motioned for Jin Yan to sit and talk.
Wuyue, very tactfully, left the office without joining in.
"What do you think their purpose was in asking for this data?" Luo Ziling asked Jin Yan, "Have they asked for such data before?"
"Yes!" Jin Yan hesitated for a moment but still nodded and then, with some embarrassment, said, "It was Wu Weihua who asked me for it. I didn’t think it mattered much to give them some data, so I provided it."
"Which data?"
"Sales, profits, and taxes!"
As soon as Luo Ziling heard this, he became very angry, "You think it doesn’t matter to provide this data to people with ulterior motives?"
"At the time, I thought so!" Jin Yan lowered her head to her chest and murmured, "But now I know that leaking this data can cause a lot of trouble."
"I now realize that the trouble you’ve caused is far more than I expected." Luo Ziling’s face was covered with frost, "The punishment you’ve received so far is far from enough."
Luo Ziling’s words and that terrible expression frightened Jin Yan.
She hurried to stand up, facing Luo Ziling, and didn’t dare to say a word.
Luo Ziling ignored her pitiful appearance and said harshly, "Organize all the data you provided them and hand it over to Wuyue. If I find out that the data you provided caused us trouble, you will bear all the responsibility. I hope you can take responsibility for the mistakes you’ve made."
"Thump," Jin Yan once again knelt before Luo Ziling, crying and pleading, "Mr. Luo, I know I made a mistake, but I guarantee that the data previously provided doesn’t have any loopholes that they can exploit. They can’t use that data to create trouble for Mr. Ling. I won’t dare to provide them any data again this time. Please instruct me on how to proceed."
Luo Ziling said nothing, nor did he show any other expressions, just coldly watching Jin Yan kneeling before him.
Jin Yan cried even harder, looking at Luo Ziling with a tear-stained face, begging him to give her another chance, promising she would find a way to redeem herself. She didn’t want to die; she wanted to support her parents in their old age, wanted her younger brother to have a bright future, and wanted to see her enemies get the punishment they deserved.
"Get up!" Luo Ziling, irritated by Jin Yan’s crying, said unhappily, "If crying was useful, you could just cry to achieve anything."
Jin Yan froze for a moment, not understanding what Luo Ziling meant.
Luo Ziling didn’t waste more words with Jin Yan. As Jin Yan stood up and timidly stood before him, he coldly said, "I know your work efficiency has been very problematic recently, completely out of condition. Also, your cooperation with Wu Weihua is far from satisfactory. Wu Weiguo directly finding you also indicates this problem. If you continue like this and show no useful value, I can only take you to Ling Zhengping and use you to exchange for his compensation."
This threat from Luo Ziling made Jin Yan shiver involuntarily.
She knew clearly that if Luo Ziling no longer wished to use them and wanted to take them to Ling Zhengping to exchange for compensation, then their death was near. Even if they didn’t die, the future would be unimaginable.
She reacted quickly, immediately admitting her mistake and promising that from tomorrow, she would adjust her state of mind, discuss well with Wu Weihua, and restore everything to its previous state.
She also solemnly promised to ensure that Luo Ziling would gain significant benefits: "I know there are still quite a few others who have been inserted into the Northern Group with special motives. I will definitely assist Mr. Luo and Mr. Ling in uncovering them."