Before I had time to explain, Leon had already hung up the phone.
It seemed like he was really pissed off.
I ignored him and went to the restaurant with those colleagues.
While I was eating, someone apologized to me, “Director Yao, we were notified about the meeting today, and we also went back to the company, but for some reason that you also know, we did not attend the meeting. We are truly sorry and hope you will….”
I shook my head, “It’s good to not talk about work at mealtime, but since you mentioned it, I’ll say something. You don’t have to apologize, just do your job in the future. Some factors may affect us and we should try to ignore it. Be clear in your mind what you should do and don’t be controlled by others and don’t become victims of a hoax.”
They probably thought that they apologized to me sincerely, I would change my decision and not deducted their bonus.
However that was not possible. The notice had been emailed to all employees. If I withdrew it now, how could I convince the public later?
Fortunately, although I didn’t accept their apologies, the atmosphere was still good.
Most were young, and the oldest was in his forties. They were all salespeople, and with their experiences they can always bring up a topic and get a laugh out of everyone.
From the content of their chat, it could be heard that they had great admiration for Leon, but they did not resent Moyun Feng either. The reason should be that Moyun Feng was always playing with them in private, giving them a lot of benefits
All men are greedy for gains, and when they get them, they generally don’t resent those who give them the benefits.
Although Leon was outstanding, he was lonely and arrogant, and he rarely hung out with these people. His attention was mainly on the running of the company, and he had no time for socializing with the people below. These people admired him, but didn’t know him well. Just look up to him.
This made me understand why many competent people cannot become leaders, while some people with average abilities can be good leaders, because those with poor abilities, they pay more attention to communicate with their subordinates and thus win their support.
Of course, Moyun Feng wasn’t a good leader. His private time with these people was just to pull these people to his side. He had focused primarily on gaining the support of his employees but had contributed little to the company.
At the end of the meal, they offered to go to KTV, with the excuse that the work was too stressful and that they needed to pour out their feelings.
I didn’t want to go there, but they kept inviting me. Considering that this was the first time everyone had come out to get together, and that I would need their support for my work in the future, so I agreed to go.
I hadn’t been in an entertainment place like this for years since I gave birth to Alex. I grieve for my young life tied up in household chores.
When the wine was served, I realized it wasn’t easy to drink with them.
The men sitting on the sofas in the deluxe rooms came up one by one to make a toast.
In the beginning, I was embarrassed to drink only half a glass when people finished a full glass, so I also drank a full glass.
By the time I finally found out that I couldn’t do it, it was too late.
Even though Mengjie drank a lot of wine for me, I still ended up drinking too much.
Luckily I could hold my alcohol, just a little dizzy and not very drunk.
Then I didn’t continue to drink, but as I sat there watching them sing, I was getting dizzier and dizzier. I felt something was wrong and I told them I would go first.
Walking out of the baggage room, I got dizzier and dizzier, seeing double of the lights in the hallway. I went into the bathroom and washed my face with cold water, but still didn’t feel good.
When I came out, I could no longer walk. My head was heavy, and I propped myself up against the wall, feeling that I could no longer walk.
At this time, a colleague came over, “Director Yao, why are you still here? Are you drunk? Do you need me to help you downstairs to get a cab?”
I also didn’t want too many of my colleagues to see that I couldn’t walk, so I agreed.
I actually found it strange that although I had drunk a bit, I was quite capable of drinking. So why can’t I even walk today? What was wrong with me today?
I was held up by him as I walked out of the KTV and I really felt like I was going to lose my consciousness.
I reluctantly used my willpower to keep myself from going to sleep. But the head was so heavy that it could barely lift it.
Then I found him holding me up and didn’t go to get a cab, but came to a hotel next door.
“What are you doing, I’m not staying at the hotel, and I’m going home.” I reached into my bag and prepared to pull out my phone, but he held my hand down.
“Director Yao, you’ve had drink too much. I have make a room here for you, you can go back tomorrow morning.” The man said.
I stared at him, seeing two images of his face. “I want to go home, I want to go home now, I won’t stay in a hotel.”
“Director Yao, I’ve booked all the rooms, you’d better take a night off at the hotel.” Suddenly he picked me up, and I tried to resist, but I didn’t have any strength.
I realized that it wasn’t my drunkenness that caused me to have no strength but that someone had drugged me.
So many people, I certainly don’t know when I was drugged and by whom.
He carried me towards the elevator and a wave of despair went through my heart. I regret not listening to Leon. But how could I have imagined that someone would dare to secretly poison me at such a large gathering of colleagues?
The elevator doors opened and three people came out from inside, one of the figures was somewhat familiar to me. I called out to him for help.
The man dressed in black suddenly stopped, “Miss Yao?”
The little consciousness I had told me that this man knew me, and so the moment the elevator doors closed, I called out again for help.
The elevator door closed, but suddenly opened again, which was pushed open by someone outside.
Before the jerk holding me could say anything, he was already pulled out of the elevator. A man came up to me and said, “Is that really you? Miss Yao”
“Mr. Chen, please help me.” I could vaguely tell that the man in the black shirt was Mu Chen.
“Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone take you.” He picked me up and carried me over to the couch in the lobby and sat down, I couldn’t sit up straight and slumped down on the couch.
“Miss Chen, there are a lot of people here, if a reporter takes your picture and spreads it online, it will have a bad effect on you. I’ll take you to a room, then I’ll call Leon, okay?” Mu Chen said.
I nodded hard. It would be a great shame for me to be recognized like this and have my picture posted online.
He leaned down and picked me up, which made me feel a little more at ease. I knew that Mu Chen would protect me well and wouldn’t let others do bad things to me.
I heard someone calling my name even when my consciousness wasn’t quite clear, and Mu Chen certainly heard it too.
He turned around and I saw Leon rushing into the hotel from outside.
He saw Mu Chen, and also saw me in his arms.
“Leon, you’re coming, Miss Yao…”
Before Mu Chen’s words were even finished, Leon had already punched at him, “Stay away from her!”
Mu Chen got a punch in his face. The two men he brought with him were ready to rush up and hit Leon after seeing it, but Mu Chen gestured for them to stay where they were, “Leon, I think you might have misunderstood me.”