Chapter 152: Poaching an Employee? Jiang Zhou is a Mediocre Talent?

The next day, after finishing the noon class, Jiang Zhou brought Feng Siruo to Ganfanren.

He was flipping through the year-end reports submitted by the staff, while Feng Siruo was sitting in front of him using the office computer to play QQ Speed.

The air conditioner hummed warmly, and the in-wall speakers left over from the milk tea shop move played soft, soothing music.

The atmosphere was cozy and relaxing, carrying a bit of that “little married couple at home” feeling.

But it wasn’t long before the front door chime jingled.

Su Nan, carrying a small bag, walked in and slammed a thick stack of papers onto the desk.

“I’m here to resign. This is my resignation report.”

“Not approved. Take it back.”

Su Nan gritted her teeth. “I stayed up until midnight writing this. At least read it!”

Jiang Zhou put down the year-end report and picked up her resignation letter.

The content was simple. Half of it was a list of Jiang Zhou’s supposed misdeeds.

Exploiting employees, forcing them to dance every day, making her cry in the warehouse for over an hour, promising a raise and then going back on his word, constantly selling empty dreams, and pretending to be affectionate to keep employees from leaving.

Worst of all, he was crude with his words, and repeated reminders had no effect.

As a cute and bright young female employee, Su Nan felt deeply troubled.

Therefore, she wanted to resign.

But it couldn’t just be a plain resignation.

She demanded that Jiang Zhou dance an otaku-style dance to compensate for her months of emotional exhaustion.

Jiang Zhou set the report down and scrawled a big “Get Lost” on it.

“…”

“Go on. Not approved.”

Su Nan turned to Feng Siruo. “Boss lady, how about you approve it for me?”

Feng Siruo’s cheeks flushed as she glanced at Jiang Zhou. “N-no… not approving.”

“You two are too much!”

Jiang Zhou raised his foot and kicked her lightly. “Quit whining. It’s almost holiday break, and some food street vendors are closing shop. Go handle it.”

Su Nan paused, then said, “Then my resignation doesn’t count, but you still need to pay my salary on time!”

“Got it. Hurry up and work. Stop acting like all you see is money.”

Su Nan sighed and sat at the desk to get back to work.

Despite her grumbling, she was still as efficient as before.

Complaints were normal, but no one believed Su Nan would ever really leave.

Even she hadn’t thought that day would ever come.

She was just upset and wanted her shameless boss to know. Otherwise, wasn’t it too pitiful to be angry all by herself?

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Time drifted by, and soon it was dinnertime.

Jiang Zhou took a phone call and went out, while Feng Siruo slipped back to the dorms at some point.

The office became unusually quiet.

After working all afternoon, Su Nan stretched and decided to take a walk.

But just as she locked the door, she saw someone she didn’t expect to see.

It was a dark-skinned girl from Qingbei.

Su Nan had met her once before, two months ago at the venture capital conference.

At the time, this girl had been arrogant, belittling the Ganfanren project and claiming they would never secure investment.

But in the end, the ten-million investment slapped her hard in the face.

This was Yang Leduo, Qingbei’s rising star entrepreneur, who had launched a shared-spinning-wheel project.

Su Nan never imagined she’d show up here.

“Su Nan, I heard you’re resigning. Can we talk?”

“Who told you I was resigning?”

Yang Leduo smiled slightly. “Someone I know in your dorm told me.”

Su Nan found it strange. “But what does my resignation have to do with you?”

“I think you’re talented. I want to poach you. Interested?”

“Don’t joke with me. I just write reports. Your project doesn’t need that.”

“I’m serious. I can offer you double the salary, if you’ll help me.”

Su Nan was confused. “But I don’t know how to help you.”

Yang Leduo’s eyes lit up. “That day, your speech secured a ten-million investment, didn’t it?”

“Uh…” Su Nan froze.

Yes, she had indeed spoken and then ten million came in.

But to this day, she hadn’t figured out why.

She had rambled on about the project without moving a single investor.

Yet, when she mentioned Jiang Zhou’s name a few times, suddenly ten million landed.

The whole conference was shocked, everyone’s faces full of disbelief.

But Su Nan knew herself. She didn’t really believe she was the one who brought that money.

She suspected it was Jiang Zhou’s planning all along.

Why else had he insisted she mention his name during the speech?

But to her surprise, this Qingbei entrepreneur had taken it at face value, enough to try and recruit her.

“If you help me secure investment, I’ll pay you better than Jiang Zhou.”

“Sorry, I won’t leave Ganfanren. Thanks for the offer.”

Yang Leduo quickly pressed, “Ganfanren has already reached its limit. Do you really think he can expand nationwide?”

Su Nan shot back, “What do you mean? Of course he can.”

“That’s just wishful thinking. Even experienced businessmen wouldn’t dare to say that.”

“I don’t care. I like following him.”

Yang Leduo opened her project book. “Look, my project can cash out deposits six-to-one. If you help me secure ten million, I’ll roll out bikes everywhere, and quickly pull in sixty million in deposits!”

Su Nan blinked. “And then?”

“Then we’ll use that money to invest in anything profitable!”

“But deposits aren’t your money. Isn’t that fraud?”

“Not at all! If we profit, I’ll return the deposits.”

“And if you lose? How do you repay users? How do you maintain the bikes?”

“That won’t happen! You’re so good at raising funds, whatever we do will make money!”

Su Nan gave a bitter smile. “Yang, let me be honest. That ten million wasn’t because of me. I’m sure Jiang Zhou arranged it.”

Yang Leduo laughed coldly. “Impossible. What qualifications does he have to influence a top Shangjing socialite?”

“A socialite? You know who she is?”

“I investigated. Her name is Yin Shuya, one of the most famous heiresses in Shangjing, with a mysterious background. Do you think she’d listen to Jiang Zhou?”

“That, I don’t know. Sorry, I’m going to eat.”

Yang Leduo tried again. “Believe me, that ten million came from you. You have the talent. I need your help.”

Su Nan sighed. “Then believe me, it was definitely related to Jiang Zhou.”

“He wasn’t even there that day! I checked. He’d been taken to the Food Supervision Bureau.”

“Excuse me, get your words right. It was an ‘inquiry,’ not an arrest!”

“Call it whatever you want. He wasn’t there. How could he have arranged anything?”

Su Nan frowned. “Why do you hate my boss so much?”

Yang Leduo sneered. “Because he’s a mediocrity. A nationwide delivery platform? Pure fantasy.”

“Say that again and I’ll hit you!”

“You…”

“I think you’re the mediocre one!” Su Nan glared at her and stormed off, furious.

Ugh, why am I always running into weirdos?!

Even if Jiang Zhou is an ass, he is still my boss.

Who is this random person to insult him?

Yang Leduo ground her teeth, slamming her project book onto the floor.

A six-to-one deposit scheme, ten million into sixty million. Such a golden opportunity! Why did no one see it? Were they all crazy?!

And that Su Nan, was she brainwashed?

She was the one who got the ten million, yet she credited her boss.

Fine. I admit that Jiang Zhou was better at managing people.

He could make someone with Su Nan’s ability worship him blindly.

But it didn’t change the fact that he is still a mediocrity.

A nationwide delivery platform? What a joke.

Did he think he could invent an entire industry out of thin air?

These days, people wanted respectable jobs.

Delivery work is fine as a side hustle, but no one would treat it as a career.

If there were no riders, orders would pile up, delays everywhere.

Nationwide expansion? Ha! He’d bleed money dry.

Yang Leduo fumed, wanting to smash the glass door of Ganfanren.

But after three minutes, she picked up her project book again, carefully dusting it off.

She was about to roll out bikes in the next city.

The priority was securing investment.

Even without Su Nan, though it would be much harder, she still had to find the money.

Flipping through her investor list, she found the next name: Feng Sihai, a veteran investor at Linghang Capital.

Winning him over would be extremely difficult.

If only Su Nan would help… Why did she insist on following Jiang Zhou?

With a sigh, Yang Leduo left the Qingbei campus.

It was rush hour. The streets were packed, horns blaring nonstop.

After a long taxi ride, she finally reached the East Second Ring.

But before entering the financial building, she spotted a familiar figure.

A woman with flowing hair, sultry and alluring, leaning casually against a Ferrari, scanning the crowd.