Chapter 9 You Can Do It, But I Can’t Say It?

He had been with this company for more than four years, had been in a slump for almost two, and was less than three months away from the end of his five-year contract.

If he hadn’t been diagnosed with a terminal illness, he would still be struggling at this company, waiting for the five-year contract to expire. At the same time, it was also to be able to get a monthly salary of three to four thousand.

Two years ago, as the deputy manager of the planning department, his salary was seven to eight thousand, and he was on the verge of becoming a full manager with a monthly income of over ten thousand. But after being quickly marginalized, his salary was cut again and again. With full attendance, performance pay, and some bonuses, it was only three to four thousand a month, not just cut in half.

This was only after Chen Feng completely gave up and the newly appointed boss lost interest in suppressing him; otherwise, his salary might have continued to decrease.

Because the full attendance bonus was nine hundred yuan, although Chen Feng had been slacking off at the company and had no ambition, his attendance rate was still very good, and he was basically never late.

But today, he had been absent for two days, so of course, there was no full attendance bonus for this month.

Before the divorce, he might have been very heartbroken, but now, of course, he didn’t care.

Originally, on this new day, Chen Feng had no intention of going to the company.

As a result, this morning, while he was slowly eating mutton noodle soup at home, he received a call from his manager, Yan Jun.

“Chen Feng, do you still want to work here or not? You asked for one day of leave, and now how many days has it been?”

This guy Yan Jun was just his apprentice two years ago. Afterward, by betraying him, his master, and relying on his profound ass-kissing skills, he rose rapidly. First, he replaced him as the deputy manager of the planning department, and then, after only a year, he squeezed out the official manager and successfully took over.

From his personal experience, this guy was a true elite in the workplace, the kind of person who smiles to your face and stabs you in the back.

After he successfully took over two years ago, although he also gave Chen Feng a lot of trouble, he later saw that Chen Feng had completely given up and was no longer a threat to him, so he no longer deliberately targeted him. At most, during department meetings, he would make some trouble for Chen Feng, criticizing him a few times without naming names.

Therefore, although Chen Feng had a great deal of resentment towards him and had thought several times about ambushing and beating him up after work, deep down, he had to admire this guy’s workplace tactics.

This time, Chen Feng asked for one day of leave, but ended up not coming to work for three days.

As the department manager, Yan Jun of course had to call and ask, but his tone was very bad.

Chen Feng, now a dying man, had a much broader mind. After Yan Jun finished speaking, he said slowly, “I don’t want to work here anymore.”

“…You don’t want to work here? Fine, then resign. Just pay the ten thousand yuan penalty.”

“Alright, Yan Jun. Why are you so annoying? Don’t you have any conscience at all? When you first joined the company, who was your mentor? Who helped you rent an apartment? Who paid the rent for you in advance?”

“…Chen Feng, is there any point in saying all this now? You’re the one who’s not coming to work, it’s not like I’m forcing you not to come.”

“If you still have any sense of old friendship, just approve three days of leave for me.”

“I clearly approved one day of leave for you, how did it become three? Fine, fine. Come or not, as you please. Anyway, you haven’t come to work for three days, so your full attendance for this month is definitely gone, and your performance and bonus will be at least halved. If you don’t come for four consecutive days, then you won’t have any performance or bonus for this month. Don’t blame me for not telling you in advance.”

Chen Feng was not happy to hear this and said coldly, “It’s already the 17th today. I had already worked for half a month when I asked for leave. Even if I don’t work for the next half of the month, there’s no reason to deduct all my performance and bonus. Yan Jun, a man should have a conscience. It’s been two years, and you’re still targeting me. Do you think that’s interesting?”

“For an old salted fish like you, do I need to target you? Anyway, this is the company’s rule. I’ve already notified you. If you don’t come to work, your performance and bonus for this month will be deducted. That’s it.”

After speaking, Yan Jun hung up the phone.

Although Chen Feng didn’t care about this bit of salary now, this guy Yan Jun was really going too far.

He was about to die and didn’t want to argue with him, but this guy’s nature hadn’t changed. He was addicted to bullying him, his master, and now he was pulling this stunt again. There was no need to be magnanimous with him anymore.

Before he died, of course, he had to take revenge for grudges and repay kindness, leaving no regrets for himself.

Chen Feng made up his mind and continued to eat his mutton noodle soup slowly. After he was full and let out a burp, he slowly tidied up, went out, and drove to the company.

Dianchuang Cultural Planning Company was located in a high-end commercial office building in the center of Xiuzhou City. Its main business was undertaking event planning and execution for major companies, corporate culture building, performance activities, brand planning, exhibitions, product launches, and so on.

It was one of the top companies in the same industry in Xiuzhou, established for more than ten years, with more than two hundred employees. It occupied an entire floor of the office building as its office space, with an annual rent of nearly ten million. It could be described as wealthy and powerful.

However, as an employee of the company, although Chen Feng had been a salted fish for the past two years, he could also see that the company’s performance had been declining in the past two years. There were faint rumors that the boss was very dissatisfied with the current management of the company.

It was possible that the leadership would be replaced or the company would be sold directly.

When Chen Feng arrived at the company, it was almost ten o’clock in the morning. He didn’t bother to clock in.

At the front desk were two pretty girls in professional attire with beautiful bow ties at their collars. When they saw Chen Feng come in, one of them named Huang Li quickly asked with concern, “Brother Feng, why haven’t I seen you at work these past two days?”

“Something came up at home.” Chen Feng smiled and nodded, didn’t say much, and walked straight inside.

After Chen Feng went in, the other receptionist teased in a low voice, “Lili, you seem a little too concerned about him, don’t you?”

Huang Li gently hit her and said coquettishly, “What are you talking about? Brother Feng helped me out a lot back then.”

“Tsk, wasn’t it just that he happened to help you scare away a few hooligans? How many times have you said that? Are you planning to offer yourself to him? He’s a married man.”

“Don’t talk nonsense, I’m not.” Huang Li defended herself with a slightly red face.

Chen Feng soon arrived at the planning department’s office area and saw Yan Jun commanding a few subordinates with great authority. When Chen Feng came in, he just glanced at him and completely ignored him.

Seeing this, Chen Feng smiled slightly, walked over, and casually pulled a chair to sit down amidst the strange expressions of several colleagues from the same department.

The planning department was the core department of the company, with a total of 25 people. However, they were not necessarily in the company all the time. They often had to go to the client’s company for on-site supervision and coordination.

Therefore, many times there might only be a few people left in the company, and today was just like that.

“Alright, go get busy.”

After Yan Jun finished assigning tasks to his subordinates, they all quickly returned to their cubicles.

Only then did Yan Jun deign to look at Chen Feng, saying with a cold face, “Chen Feng, you know to come back now? It’s too late! Your full attendance for this month is gone, and your performance and bonus are also halved.”

Chen Feng stood up from his chair, his eyes suddenly becoming sharp, and he shouted angrily, “Yan Jun, it seems you really are a heartless wolf. As your master back then, I treated you well. You stabbed me in the back and stepped on me to get ahead, and I didn’t make a big deal out of it. I’ve been tolerating you, but that doesn’t mean I’m afraid of you, and it certainly doesn’t mean I’ll tolerate you for a lifetime. The matter of being absent was originally a small thing. I have nothing to say if you deduct my full attendance, but you also want to deduct all my performance and bonus. Don’t you think you’re going too far?”

Yan Jun didn’t expect Chen Feng to suddenly explode, questioning him so loudly in front of their colleagues. It was equivalent to directly flipping the table and tearing off all pretenses.

He could do what he did back then, but he couldn’t have it said. If it was spread around, it would be bad for his personal reputation and prestige, and it would also affect the company leadership’s opinion of him.

After Chen Feng finished his tirade, he was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He immediately became angry out of shame and shouted, “Chen Feng, who the hell do you think you are? Do you still think you’re the deputy manager of the planning department from two years ago? You just joined the company a year earlier than me, took me around for a few months, and you think you’re my damn benefactor? Don’t flatter yourself.”

“Even if I’m not your benefactor, I’m still your master. You used to lick my boots and flatter me in every way, and in the blink of an eye, you reported a small mistake in my work to the newly appointed Director Cao, stepping on me to get ahead. Isn’t that true? You can do such ungrateful things, but I can’t say it?”

Previously, because Chen Feng wanted to endure the five-year contract period at the company, he had not publicly exposed this dirty deed that Yan Jun had done back then. Otherwise, Yan Jun would have endlessly given him trouble.

But now Chen Feng was about to die, and Yan Jun was still being so overbearing. What else did Chen Feng have to worry about? Just go at him.

After all, Yan Jun was in the wrong. And if the two of them shouted so loudly and the whole company knew about it, the one who would lose face would be him, the department manager.

His face was ashen. He gritted his teeth, stepped closer to Chen Feng, and threatened in a low voice, “Are you trying to play hardball with me? Let me tell you, I have plenty of ways to crush you, believe it or not?”

Chen Feng smiled slightly at him, then suddenly swung a slap across his face.

Slap!!

The sound was loud, and the force was great. Caught off guard, Yan Jun was directly knocked to the ground by the slap.

While Yan Jun’s head was still ringing, Chen Feng had already grabbed a keyboard from a nearby desk, yanked it hard, and then smashed it down on his head with all his might.

Just one hit was enough to make Yan Jun lie flat on the ground.

Just as Yan Jun let out a wail, another hit smashed into his face, sending keycaps scattering all over the floor and blood spurting from his nose.

He wanted to hit him a few more times, but the few colleagues from the same department finally reacted and rushed forward to hold him back.

(End of Chapter)