Chapter 51 An Eye for an Eye

President Li called HR to process Ling Yue's resignation.

There was no need to run around looking for people to sign and stamp documents; with HR handling it, everything was finished in two minutes.

Ling Yue had no sense of belonging to the company, so she didn't have much. After looking around and seeing nothing worth keeping, she threw everything into the trash can.

"Your fingerprint for the company entrance is still saved. If you have time, Miss Ling, feel free to come by and chat with me anytime."

President Li personally escorted Ling Yue to the company entrance, his words full of sincerity as he tried to stay on her good side.

Ling Yue responded politely. When she reached her car door, she stopped and said to President Li, "Please don't trouble yourself to see me out, President Li. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be going now."

President Li watched Ling Yue get into the car. As the car drove away, the smile vanished from his face, and he turned back to walk into the company with a darkened expression.

A chilling aura emanated from him, nearly freezing the assistant beside him.

Having followed President Li for many years, the assistant understood his boss well and thought to himself that someone was about to suffer.

As soon as President Li returned to the company, he called Supervisor Liao Yifeng into his office.

The whole process took less than five minutes.

Going in and coming out, Supervisor Liao Yifeng went from being nervous and uneasy at the door to being dejected and despondent upon leaving.

With the help of the HR Department, Supervisor Liao Yifeng left his private office and moved his workstation to a regular employee's spot in the Operations Department.

That standing nameplate, which symbolized his position as the Operations Department supervisor, was thrown in a perfect arc by HR into the trash can.

This scene deeply stung Supervisor Liao Yifeng's eyes.

He sat in a seat just like any other regular employee, without his private space, without his exclusive hot water equipment, without his large desk, without his comfortable leather office chair, and without his superior status.

Countless gazes fell on him without hesitation, and his every move would be exposed to everyone at all times. The privileges that had belonged solely to him were completely revoked, and yet! He was powerless to change this fact!

Supervisor Liao Yifeng felt disheartened, but even more so, he felt unreconciled and furious!

Amidst his mixed emotions was a trace of regret—regret for his impatience today. If he hadn't taken the risk of badmouthing Ling Yue, perhaps things wouldn't have reached this point.

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Supervisor Liao Yifeng emanated a gloomy aura, and not a single person took the initiative to communicate with him.

The members of the Operations Department remaining at their desks were busy exchanging information in their private group chats.

Just as they were guessing why Supervisor Liao Yifeng had come out to sit with them, they saw a message @everyone in the main company group chat.

When they clicked in to look, there were two messages in total.

The first was a dismissal notice.

The company had conducted an investigation into Supervisor Liao Yifeng's matters and determined he was unfit for the role of Operations Department supervisor. Starting today, Supervisor Liao Yifeng was demoted to a regular employee of Group Ten, and the supervisor position remained vacant.

The second was a dissolution notice.

The company intended to streamline the team. Having found that the original Group Six of the Operations Department had long been inefficient, the higher-ups decided to dissolve Group Six and fire its remaining three employees to reduce the company's burden.

Waiting for My Success: Holy crap! Did you guys see that?!

Li Qiaohan: Ling Yue, my one and only queen!

Idol Idol: This bunch of rat droppings is finally gone. The world is finally clean!

Dong Dong: Now that Group Six is dissolved, our other groups should be safe. Woohoo!

Huai: Look at Supervisor Liao Yifeng's expression, ahahaha!

Dong Dong: Should we go kick him while he's down?

A-Xin: Forget it, at most we'll just interact with him less.

Bababoei: Everyone is of the same rank now. Let's see how arrogant he can be from now on.

Holy Crab: Damn, I missed the iconic moment!

Zhou Ze was at the control console when the sudden dissolution notice threw him off rhythm. In his agitation, he kicked over the computer tower, causing multiple cables to disconnect simultaneously, which led to the projection TV going black and the live stream suddenly cutting out.

The scene immediately fell into chaos.

Team Leader Chen Rui calmly arranged for her own people to take over the control console. Once the live stream resumed, she gathered Zhou Ze, Xie Cheng, and Chen Xiaowei to the side.

"HR just messaged me, telling me to let you go back to the company first. You can leave now; there's no need to stay at the live stream site," Team Leader Chen Rui relayed the message without saying much else.

Xie Cheng and Chen Xiaowei were filled with regret.

Only Zhou Ze felt down for a moment before suddenly laughing, "I'm finally free. I didn't want to stay in this crappy company for another second anyway. It just so happens that another company was trying to headhunt me. If I jump ship, I can even start as a group leader.

Bye-bye, everyone!"

He looked relaxed, acting as if 'If this place won't have me, somewhere else will.'

Seeing this, Xie Cheng and Chen Xiaowei immediately gave up on trying to please Team Leader Chen Rui to have her plead for them. Instead, they went to coax Zhou Ze, seeing if this 'good colleague' could lead them to jump ship together.

As for whether Zhou Ze had actually found a new job, well, who knows.

As soon as they left, Team Leader Chen Rui couldn't wait to find Ling Yue.

Ling Yue had just entered the elevator to go home. Fortunately, the signal inside was decent, and she received Team Leader Chen Rui's message immediately.

Group Four Leader - Team Leader Chen Rui: Sister, you're amazing!

Group Four Leader - Team Leader Chen Rui: Are you still coming back?

Ling Yue lowered her head and typed: Not coming back, I resigned.

Group Four Leader - Team Leader Chen Rui: I'm dying of envy!

She sent over a screenshot of the main company group chat, adding: Supervisor Liao Yifeng was demoted two levels and is now a bottom-tier employee. Except for you, all of Group Six was fired. This is so satisfying!

Ling Yue was a bit surprised: So fast?

While in the car, Ling Yue had already left all the groups related to Dageng Media.

Looking at the time the message was posted, it was shortly after she left. President Li had handled it quite swiftly and resolutely.

Group Four Leader - Team Leader Chen Rui: Rather than kicking Supervisor Liao Yifeng out, making him stay at the bottom is what's truly miserable. This move of yours is truly invincible.

What Team Leader Chen Rui said was exactly what Ling Yue was thinking.

Someone who loved using his authority to suppress others had finally become a bottom-tier employee with no rank or power, forced to work alongside the people he once bullied, being ordered around, mocked, and looked down upon.

His former high-and-mighty status as a supervisor no longer worked; everyone could ignore him, isolate him, or even despise him.

They might even retaliate against him for past grievances.

Supervisor Liao Yifeng would have to endure all of it.

If he didn't want to endure it, that was fine too—he could just resign.

Just like how he and Gu Shaonan had teamed up to force Ling Yue out back then.

The boomerang finally struck the initiator right between the eyebrows.

This is called an eye for an eye.

Ling Yue was in a pleasant mood and decided to reveal some information: Before I left, I recommended several supervisor candidates to President Li, and your name was among them. Perform well from now on.

Group Four Leader - Team Leader Chen Rui: Ah! My partner... thank you so much! You were still thinking of me even as you resigned!

Group Four Leader - Team Leader Chen Rui: SendingLove.jpg

Ling Yue: Whether it works out or not depends on your own ability.

Group Four Leader - Team Leader Chen Rui: I'll definitely work hard, girl!

Ling Yue replied with a cheering emoji.

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Supervisor Liao Yifeng's days were very difficult.

Since being demoted, he had to spend all day busy with miscellaneous chores.

"The job of buying materials shouldn't be mine, right?" He was very dissatisfied.

Another employee said with a flat expression, "We can all do it, so why can't you?"

Supervisor Liao Yifeng's chest felt tight with frustration, yet he was speechless.

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Group Ten was responsible for the beverage category, and the daily live stream lasted for sixteen hours.

For the entire following week, he was scheduled for the night shift.

His body wasn't young anymore, and he hadn't pulled an all-nighter personally in a long time. He couldn't quite handle it.

"Xiao Long, can you swap shifts with me?" He thought his attitude was very good.

The employee, Xiao Long, shook his head. "I don't like the night shift either. No swap."

"Then Xiao Li?"

"No swap."

"Xiao He?"

Xiao He said with a cold face, "Everyone else can work the night shift, so why can't you? Still think you're a supervisor?"

Supervisor Liao Yifeng's smile stiffened: Fuck!!

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Having no choice, Supervisor Liao Yifeng could only bow his head and apply to the group leader, who did help him switch to the day shift.

But gradually, he found himself very unpopular in the company. He had no friends to talk to, and people who used to be his subordinates now called him 'Old Liao' with not a shred of respect in their tone.

The change in status had happened too fast; he wasn't prepared at all to be treated like an ordinary person.

He couldn't bring himself to lower his pride to fit in with everyone, nor could he return to the supervisor position to regain his prestige. Gradually, he felt there was no point in staying.

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Until the day Team Leader Chen Rui was elected as supervisor and the appointment was posted in the main group chat, he finally couldn't take it anymore and resigned of his own accord.

He couldn't stand someone like Team Leader Chen Rui being his boss; he'd rather die than be ordered around by her.

And so it was.

Ling Yue had held on for three years, but Supervisor Liao Yifeng only lasted three days before throwing in the towel.