Published at 25th of November 2024 11:46 am

Chapter 273: Another One

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“Director Shen, you were doing so well at Xinghai Entertainment, why do you suddenly want to resign?” Xu Yixue looked at Shen Xiaomei with surprise and asked.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Xu, there’s been some trouble at home, and now I just don’t have the energy to stay at the company anymore, so I have to resign. I’ve cherished my time at Xinghai Entertainment, and I hope it will continue to grow and flourish,” Shen Xiaomei said with a hint of apology to Xu Yixue.

“Trouble at home?” Xu Yixue cast a dubious glance at Shen Xiaomei.

While Xu Yixue was studying in America, she had taken some courses in psychology, so she was able to discern the subtle differences between people’s expressions and language.

Right now, Shen Xiaomei’s speech lacked a worried tone, her eyes were evasive, not daring to meet Xu Yixue’s gaze, and her hand was unconsciously clenching her palm. It was clear that the words she spoke were not the truth.

Her resignation was definitely not because of some trouble at home.

“Director Shen, if you have any difficulties or unspeakable troubles, you can tell me directly. As long as I can help, I will do my utmost to resolve them for you. Even if your family really is facing some trouble, we at Xinghai Entertainment will not sit idly by. You just need to tell me the truth, why exactly do you want to submit a resignation?” Xu Yixue looked sternly at Shen Xiaomei and spoke word by word.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Xu, there really is trouble at home, so I must resign. It’s something I can’t help, and I hope you can understand, as a fellow woman,” Shen Xiaomei didn’t answer Xu Yixue’s pressing questions but insistently continued to put forward her resignation request to Xu Yixue.

“Director Shen, your capabilities are quite impressive, and at only thirty-two, you’re at the perfect age to achieve great things. Why do you want to leave the company? If you stay, I was already preparing to offer you the acting director position of our marketing department. If you do well, within three months, I will approve your promotion to the official director of marketing. What do you think?” Xu Yixue was also a bit unwilling to give up and patiently extended her olive branch to Shen Xiaomei.

Although Xinghai Entertainment may not be the top entertainment media company in Zhonghai City, it is still a part of Xu Corporation. The welfare and salary levels are, even by Yan Country’s first-tier city standards, among the top.

Ordinarily, during autumn campus recruitment, numerous graduates from Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama fought tooth and nail to get into Xinghai Entertainment, not only because of the Xu Family’s towering support but also because of the strikingly high welfare and benefits.

Not only were the employee benefits high, the treatment for management was even higher. Take Cai Xiangdong, for example, who used to be the marketing director. Working at Xinghai Entertainment for a year, his annual salary could reach several hundred thousand, and if the company performed well, there was also about two hundred thousand in end-of-year bonuses. After calculating everything, a director’s annual income was almost a million yuan, which was also considered very high in Zhonghai.

An employee with credentials like Shen Xiaomei would never have had the chance to be promoted to marketing director within five years. Even Cheng Kai, who had been with the company for eight years, was just an associate director of marketing. If it weren’t for Cai Xiangdong’s sudden dismissal, he would have probably not been able to get a promotion even after another three to five years.

Xu Yixue was already laying out the conditions of an annual salary close to a million yuan for Shen Xiaomei. If Shen Xiaomei were a normal person, she likely wouldn’t have any reason to refuse.

Shen Xiaomei hesitated slightly when she heard Xu Yixue’s words, but she quickly regained her composure. Instead of showing any desire for the position of marketing director that Xu Yixue mentioned, her expression revealed a hint of fear, as if Xu Yixue wasn’t offering her a directorship, but rather asking her to clean toilets.

“I’m very sorry, Director Xu, but I truly don’t have the capability to take on such an important position as the Director of the Marketing Department. So, I hope you can choose someone more capable. There are so many talents here at Xinghai Entertainment, you’ll definitely be able to find someone better to replace me. There’s really something urgent at home, which is why I hope you’ll agree to my resignation request,” Shen Xiaomei said with her head bowed, slowly speaking to Xu Yixue.

Upon hearing Shen Xiaomei’s response, Xu Yixue’s attractive eyebrows instantly furrowed together.

As a veteran employee who had been with Xinghai Entertainment for five years, Shen Xiaomei definitely knew the perks of being the marketing director. But she seemed too scared to take the position and instead resolutely submitted her resignation, which was odd in every aspect.

If this were in the past, Shen Xiaomei wouldn’t even dare to dream of the position of marketing director. But now, she was avoiding it like the plague, not daring to take it on as if it were not a prized opportunity but a hot potato that would bring misfortune to whoever held it.

Cheng Kai had just left, and Shen Xiaomei followed right after, both of them briskly submitting their resignations. Their reasons for leaving were clearly not the real ones, which made Xu Yixue suddenly full of suspicions.

However, seeing the firm expression on Shen Xiaomei’s face, Xu Yixue already knew that her mind was made up and there was no use in trying to keep her.

“Since you’re determined to leave, I won’t hold you back. I hope you can take good care of whatever’s happening at home,” Xu Yixue said slowly, shaking her head. She took the resignation letter that Shen Xiaomei had handed over, signed it promptly, and handed it back to Shen Xiaomei.

“Thank you, Director Xu!” Shen Xiaomei took the signed resignation letter, bowed, then turned and left without wanting to spend another moment in Xu Yixue’s office.

Watching Shen Xiaomei’s retreating figure, Xu Yixue had a sinking feeling that something was not quite right.

Cheng Kai and Shen Xiaomei were among the most senior employees in the marketing department. Even if they weren’t as strong as Cai Xiangdong, their long tenure at the company meant they had definite capabilities.

But these two, as if they had agreed beforehand, one after the other came to resign today, which was very intriguing.

When something is amiss, there must be a demon at work—although Xu Yixue wasn’t sure what had happened inside the company that led both of them to give up a generous salary and a readily available director position to insist on resigning, she faintly felt that this matter might have a significant connection to the previous marketing director, Cai Xiangdong.

“What could be the reason that led both of them to resign?” Xu Yixue rubbed her head, worriedly contemplating.

“Knock, knock, knock…”

There was a knock on the door again.

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