CHAPTER 265: CHAPTER 265: PLEASE DON’T LEAVE

"Do you think maybe because I didn’t do well enough on my end to get you placed at their headquarters, the Causality Weapon’s accuracy is a bit off?"

Chuci happily scrolled through videos, watching netizens criticize, almost stripping Languzi down to nothing.

Unfortunately, it was only because of the big influencer’s involvement, not directly knocking Languzi down.

And when Qingmei Daily Chemicals’ product, previously slandered, was brought out for comparison, the vast number of netizens realized that the cheap and plentiful national brand was right here; Languzi was just a phony encountering the real deal, a thief crying thief!

"Where do you see this has anything to do with me?" Jiang Yuan was baffled, "I haven’t even watched his live stream; it’s not like I made him harass his female assistant in public or incited him to mock consumers for not trying hard enough to afford a bag of laundry detergent."

Chuci opened his mouth but couldn’t quite find a connection, smacked his lips, and sighed, "Exactly, the narratives online are really bizarre. Back when Qingmei Daily Chemicals was slandered, my dad personally clarified, even got on the evening news, but it didn’t improve public perception.

Muzi Xiaoba’s live stream threw dirty jokes and sarcastic barbs, and suddenly cleared my family’s product’s name.

Now almost everyone nationwide knows Qingmei Daily Chemicals has quality assurance and is cheap and plentiful; just today alone, our products sold out."

He looked at Jiang Yuan, thinking that counting weekends, he’d only been on the job for ten days. Even though Languzi Daily Chemicals hadn’t been made bankrupt, the aftermath of this wave of public opinion wouldn’t pass without peeling off a layer of skin, even if they survived it.

"By the way, Muzi Xiaoba owns thirty percent of Languzi shares, so technically... is he my boss?" Jiang Yuan realized belatedly.

Chuci nodded with a wry smile, "Bro, of course, it counts!"

Jiang Yuan was momentarily speechless, "Where’s the reasoning in any of this? Can I possibly redeem myself?"

But Muzi Xiaoba’s downfall was at most a moral condemnation. Netizens’ boycotts were boycotts, but they seemed to have little impact on Languzi Daily Chemicals’ production workshop. Jiang Yuan’s job as a safety officer continued daily, lazing and snacking.

"Muzi Xiaoba has a shady contract, evades taxes!"

"Muzi Xiaoba’s live stream suspected of false sales and money laundering!"

"Muzi Xiaoba’s partners are implicated..."

......

Every day, there was a huge news bombshell, with more severe exposure.

By the fourth day, Jiang Yuan even saw a video of Muzi Xiaoba being taken away for investigation by the police. In the comments, someone revealed that his live stream involved large amounts of money laundering, shady contracts, tax evasion, loss-leader agreements, etc., all linked to money laundering.

He didn’t quite understand the specifics, but after a brief explanation from Chuci, it seemed similar to the routine of making a bad movie: manipulating sales data on the live stream, using large-scale gifting and rewards to launder huge amounts of illegal gains.

After Muzi Xiaoba’s downfall, the opponent who had been eyeing him took the opportunity to report his tax evasion; a thorough investigation unveiled the shady deals, landing him directly behind bars.

"I looked it up, if convicted of live stream money laundering, the sentence is under five years, and once out of prison, with a change of persona, he might still make a comeback." Jiang Yuan, snacking on seeds, glanced out the large window at the busy workshop, pushed the seeds forward, "Caramel-flavored, you don’t like these?"

Ding Xiaoxiao floated around the office, fiddling with a red dress, absent-mindedly saying, "I was snacking on seeds right before that scumbag killed me; now I don’t want any. Who knows how long it’ll take for that guy to get out, and if... he really manages to score a three-to-five-year sentence, we’ll vanish without anyone’s support, unable to wait for his revenge when he gets out!"

Jiang Yuan was momentarily stunned, "Oh, that’s what you’re worried about? Don’t worry, as long as I can, I’ll keep maintaining you. It’s just burning some incense every few days to supply energy... even if I can’t keep it up, I’ll leave more Incense Sticks for Chuci, he’ll definitely help out."

"You’re such a great guy!" Ding Xiaoxiao brightened up, her red dress floating much more cheerily, then she floated to the glass, peering out for a moment, "What are those people busy doing?"

She pointed to an area near the workshop’s back door, where indeed quite a few serious-looking people walked around, pointing and gesturing.

Jiang Yuan didn’t know many people, but after spotting the workshop supervisor nodding and bowing along, he realized it might be a higher-up inspection. He couldn’t let them catch him slacking!

He hurried to tidy up the seeds, pretending to go for a routine check to avoid being found out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the assembly line, a worker who usually disdained his idleness said with a laugh, "Hey, you still have time to wander? The factory has been sold to someone else, and they’ve sent a new director to take over. Your workshop supervisor uncle can’t cover you anymore!"

"We’re all being reassigned, and they’re even giving us wage raises!"

"The workshop supervisor has been replaced; didn’t your uncle tell you?"

"Hahaha... your rice bowl’s not safe anymore..."

......

The assembly line workers were mocking coldly, and Jiang Yuan’s face changed.

The factory sold?!

Damn! I know this situation too well!

Back when I was at the pharmaceutical company, it was just like this—a well-functioning department suddenly got sold, and then the new company took over completely, and after diligently working for over a month, it went under...

"Chuci, did you hear? The Languzi factory has been sold!" He couldn’t bother with anything else and immediately took out his phone to verify with Chuci. If it was really sold, he needed to resign and leave quickly; couldn’t harm the new owner.

On the other end, Chuci had just learned of this and was about to call him. Upon connecting, hearing this, he almost cried, "My dad just told me, the Languzi Daily Chemicals’ owner is in a rush to cash out and run, and that factory was sold to my family!"

"I’m going to hand in my resignation!" Jiang Yuan’s head was buzzing, and he turned to leave.

Chuci’s pitiful voice came through the phone, "Bro, I’m begging you, please don’t go, okay? Run! Quick, quick, quick! The faster you run, the better!"

Jiang Yuan rushed into the office, printed out his ready resignation letter, and hastily wrote his name and date, saying, "I won’t be working here anymore, find me at my house if there’s anything. Take the upper path, make sure you don’t bump into those workers, ya!"

"How come your job’s always so odd?" Ding Xiaoxiao waved, "Then I’ll go back to the detention center and keep an eye on things, I’ll drop by your house tonight."

The workshop supervisor grinned when he saw Jiang Yuan’s resignation letter, "Silly boy, did you listen to those workers’ nonsense? Indeed I won’t be the workshop supervisor anymore; I’m now the new factory’s production manager! With my ties with Manager Lin, he entrusted you to me, and no matter what, I have to look after you well..."

"Uncle, I really don’t want to work here anymore. Just take advantage of the fact that the Languzi Daily Chemicals’ transition isn’t fully completed yet, stamp it so I can leave quickly. Make sure to use Languzi’s stamp; I’m employed by their company, and if they’re gone, I still have to resign from them!"

The workshop supervisor was baffled, not understanding what young people think these days.

With such a desirable promotion of your backing, it’s truly a great thing. Moreover, now the factory’s been sold to Qingmei Daily Chemicals, everyone’s getting a raise; why are you running?

Unable to stop his determination to resign, even Manager Lin called anxiously, asking him to make an exception to expedite the resignation process. He had no choice but to find the yet-to-be-recovered Languzi Daily Chemicals’ workshop supervisor’s stamp to sign off, then submit it for further stamping by the responsible party for the original company’s resignation procedures.

After finally completing the resignation process over an hour later, Jiang Yuan jogged away from the factory, relieved, "Well, the twentieth time, and yet again, it’s doomed!"

Luckily, sticking to joining and leaving Languzi without involving Qingmei Daily Chemicals means it shouldn’t have too much impact on Chuci’s family’s business.

As he was lamenting his blood-stained resume’s new Chapter of failure, Ding Xiaoxiao dropped by with good news—Liu Qiang was transferred from the detention center to a mental hospital!