Chapter 1021 - 783: Starting Anew (2)
Shi Chuxin was feeling uneasy, unsure why the HR director suddenly asked this now.
But speaking of it, the legal department seemed to have been in chaos for a long time. At that time, Shi Chuxin was too busy to deal with other matters, so didn’t investigate further.
All she remembered was that it was probably around...
"Quite early." Without waiting for Shi Chuxin’s reply, the HR director answered herself, "If you really count, it was right after that psychological guidance conference."
"By the time the boss realized, he had already moved his things out. Even his resignation was processed by an assistant."
Shi Chuxin blinked, unsure what to say.
"And there’s Chen Lizhou." The HR director continued, her voice starting to tighten, "You definitely know him, right? Do you know when he left?"
Shi Chuxin didn’t react immediately.
The HR director seemed not to require a reaction from Shi Chuxin either.
Her eyes narrowed: "Right after that conference ended, within a month."
"...He had to leave. He caused such a commotion at the conference, yet stayed an additional month to handle all the loose ends and transferred all his work, even taking away a bunch of people..."
Shi Chuxin watched the HR director in front of her, whose intellectual face was twitching continuously.
"They left too quickly... Everything happened too quickly."
Without needing Shi Chuxin’s response, the HR director seemed to require just a specific person to bear her soliloquy.
"The IPO review was suspended, all those shares were gone... the board exerted pressure; President Wang was also kicked out..."
"Then it was Old Fu and Chen Lizhou, fleeing one after the other. They saw things weren’t right long ago, which is why they ran so fast..."
Suddenly, the HR director raised her head, her gaze directly colliding with Shi Chuxin’s.
"Don’t you find it strange? So much has happened in such a short time?"
Shi Chuxin couldn’t help but step back half a step, unsure if she should answer this question.
"Someone must be sabotaging things behind the scenes."
The HR director’s voice lowered, as if afraid a third party might hear in the office with only two people.
"Chuxin, I can understand other employees wanting to leave; they either have psychological issues or should have left long ago."
"But you... why do you want to leave? You stayed so long, after all the turmoil had subsided, you decided to leave?"
The HR director leaned forward suddenly, and Shi Chuxin could almost smell the strange mix of cold sweat, perfume, and powder on the other person.
"Was it you? These things happening to the company recently... did you have a hand in it?"
Shi Chuxin felt a chill on her back.
For some reason, Shi Chuxin subconsciously uttered mismatched words: "Sister Zong... should I help you contact my junior, Nan Zhubin..."
"Do you want to talk to him?"
...
With a "click," the office door closed behind.
Shi Chuxin clutched the signed documents, feeling cold sweat all over her back.
Three days after Tongping Software Company’s "psychological guidance conference" ended, the local regulatory bureau’s IPO audit team officially suspended the IPO review of Tongping Software Company.
Even Shi Chuxin wasn’t aware of what documents were issued and what measures needed to be implemented.
But she was clear about the recent changes in the company from her position in the HR department.
A comprehensive review was done, overdue social security and housing fund payments were made, labor contracts and employment management systems improved; attendance relaxed, overtime reduced. Not long after six in the afternoon, people started moving about in the hallways, and the line at the elevator was longer than during peak hours.
As the HR director said, if it had only been a single guidance conference, it could have had a big impact.
But subsequent changes would absolutely not happen so quickly, so extensively.
Shi Chuxin’s complexion changed as she quickly recalled all the actions she had taken recently.
In this company where welfare is now thoroughly implemented, other employees’ happiness index has risen sharply. But she alone feels like she’s walking on thin ice almost every day.
Fortunately, she is finally crossing over now.
Holding onto the signed documents, Shi Chuxin walked briskly down the corridor she had just passed.
Her workstation had long been tidied to a neat or nearly bare state, leaving only packing the last few items in a box to leave.
By this time, there was no need to hide from those around. The colleague who had spoken to her earlier was now far away, while other colleagues in the office area began discussing her actions.
When Shi Chuxin returned to pack her things, Sister Liu next to her was speaking with another colleague quietly.
"Shi Chuxin is also leaving? She just joined not long ago..."
"Stop it, it’s her who introduced those juniors who caused all these big issues in the company, isn’t it?"
"Isn’t this a good thing? The company is better now..."
"But it’s not good for the boss, don’t you understand?"
After saying this, the small group nearby went quiet, and seeing that Shi Chuxin was not reacting, they resumed whispering after five seconds.
"Hey, did you hear? President Wang hasn’t been to the company for a very long time."
"It’s not a rumor, he really hasn’t come."
"Why?"
"Such a big event happened, and the shareholders won’t let President Wang continue."
"Huh? Isn’t he our boss?"
"He’s the legal representative. The IPO was postponed, that’s a big impact..."
Thud —
Shi Chuxin knocked the packed box on the table, making a crisp sound. It wasn’t loud, but it quieted those nearby for a moment, before they switched topics.
"...Do you remember those teachers who came for the EAP project before?"
"I remember, why?"
"I heard before they left, they recommended many people to go do consultations outside; some went to their company, some apparently went to hospitals, do you know this?"
"I heard, a friend of mine... well, was recommended to a hospital, supposed to be cheaper to do consultations there, part of some university’s affiliated mental health center."
"Right, I think Director Chen from the sales department went there. Did your friend go?"
"...Ha, haha, of course not."
After the last sentence, the previously lively whispers instantly cooled down, and the workplace gaps re-emerged, with each participant wearing polite smiles.
"Chuxin..." Only the colleague who had spoken with Shi Chuxin earlier, seeing her truly leaving, couldn’t help but speak.
"Is the company you found your next place... how’s the salary?"
"We’ll talk later."
Shi Chuxin sealed the box with tape, picked it up, not looking back.
...
Once Shi Chuxin stepped out of Tongping Software Company, she finally exhaled the pent-up emotions in her chest.
"Finally left here... should have left long ago."
Watching the bustling street outside, Shi Chuxin began to reflect on her career path since graduation.
In her view, a job related to psychology was always elite, a refined position, so after her master’s graduation, she hastily took Bai Qinghua’s connections to go abroad;
Unfortunately, she didn’t achieve what she wanted abroad, and after returning home in defeat, she could only muddle her way back to her mentor — the highest socially ranked person she knew — hoping to leverage them once again to find a higher position in the domestic career ecosystem.
Unexpectedly, she failed again, almost completely getting trapped; luckily after persevering these few extra months, she managed to withdraw fully.
"Now, although I am joining a small company, small companies have their advantages too." Shi Chuxin assessed inwardly.
"With my experience, I will have a strong voice, the technologies I master are advanced, not to mention the capital of this company can also..."
Unconsciously, Shi Chuxin picked up the box and got into a taxi, directly making a phone call.
"Hello? Sister Mo, I’ve officially completed the handover with the previous company today; I can start tomorrow." Shi Chuxin called the colleague connecting her with the new company, her voice so soft it was unlike ten minutes ago.
"Do I need to prepare any documents or anything on my end?"
Laughter emanated from the other side of the receiver: "Nothing to prepare, don’t be anxious, you can just come over tomorrow."
"Our company is very young, the boss is very young too, unlike your previous company."
The boss... is young?
Not sure what she was thinking, Shi Chuxin blinked.