Chapter 987: Chapter 766: Saying This Makes Me Feel a Bit Better_2
This remark reignited Boss Wang’s emotions that he had in front of the HR director earlier. He slammed the table suddenly, "What time is it now, and he’s on a business trip? How come I didn’t know he was going on a trip? Tell him to come back immediately, even if he has to crawl, he must crawl into the meeting room!"
"And as for Chen Lizhou, what’s his situation? Does this director not want to be a director anymore?"
...
Nan Zhubin quietly observed the chaos inside the office, scanning the leaders from various departments present. To be honest, some of the people he was seeing for the first time today, and he couldn’t remember all the faces.
But it was unnecessary. He came to see Boss Wang today to put an end to all of this.
"President Wang." Nan Zhubin took the initiative to speak first.
Boss Wang ignored him and continued venting his anger on his own.
This reaction was quite interesting.
"—President Wang!" Nan Zhubin raised his voice suddenly.
Boss Wang’s movements halted abruptly; he had no choice but to pay attention to Nan Zhubin now.
He turned around and looked at Nan Zhubin.
"Your reaction to me is quite interesting," Nan Zhubin said as his first statement, "During your first meeting with our team, you valued Mo Kai the most. But even when facing Mo Kai, your attitude was from top to bottom."
"Towards me, it was as if you were standing so high that it was too much effort to look at me, so you didn’t even bother to look."
Nan Zhubin suddenly took a step forward, "But now, your attitude towards me—something seems to have changed."
And Boss Wang, unconsciously, took a deep breath.
The other directors in the office were shocked.
"Did you receive a call from someone?" Nan Zhubin continued undeterred, "Maybe it was from Mo Kai’s father, or some other friend... After all, this incident caused such a stir; you must be in a mess right now."
"But you surely wouldn’t be intimidated by me, let alone fear me. At most, you just... haven’t figured out how to deal with me yet."
Nan Zhubin looked at Boss Wang, "Because you haven’t figured it out, you chose to avoid it and instead do some of the originally planned work to buy yourself some thinking time—like the work you previously instructed this secretary."
Nan Zhubin gestured palm-up to the secretary beside him, making her shiver involuntarily.
She certainly didn’t want to become part of Nan Zhubin’s topic now.
Boss Wang’s face twitched, avoiding Nan Zhubin’s lengthy introduction, and spoke about the lateness issue: "...Teacher Xiao Nan, what brings you here?"
"As you can see, we’re in a meeting. And I wasn’t expecting you today."
"Still avoiding my question, trying to steer things back on track." Nan Zhubin nodded, "Very well, I have legitimate business to discuss today."
Although Boss Wang didn’t respond, Nan Zhubin already knew the answer in his heart.
This series of apparently provocative remarks was actually quite unnecessary; even Nan Zhubin’s direct visit to propose the withdrawal of the project team wasn’t very necessary—it could have been resolved over the phone.
However, Nan Zhubin still wanted to personally observe Boss Wang’s current reaction and assess his status.
To ensure that things wouldn’t veer off course and to avoid trouble later on.
"Then I’ll keep it brief," Nan Zhubin said, "I am here today, as the head of our EAP Project Team, to formally notify your company—that we are withdrawing from this collaboration."
The effect of this sentence was unexpectedly significant.
Boss Wang’s emotions seemed to finally be guided back on track, encountering a situation he excelled at handling.
He raised his voice suddenly, "Withdrawing? Now?"
"I disagree!"
"Today, your project team is partly responsible, and so are you!"
Boss Wang took a sudden step forward, "Isn’t your EAP Project Team here for employee psychological assistance? To help regulate employee emotions? Why did it escalate to the point of the employee holding someone with a knife?! How did your work fall through?!"
"I paid you to come here to help me solve problems, not to create more chaos! Now the whole company knows about this mess, do you know how bad the impact is?!"
"Before you clean up this mess you left, don’t think of leaving. Otherwise, you’ll be negligent, and it’s a breach of contract!"
...
This long string of words made Nan Zhubin involuntarily retract his chin slightly.
It wasn’t due to some overwhelming momentum, but to avoid the spittle.
This habit of speaking loudly really was undesirable.
However, after scanning Boss Wang’s face with his gaze, Nan Zhubin had a clearer understanding and knew Boss Wang’s current state.
This situation indeed would have some impact on the EAP Project Team.
As planned, he needed to turn things around, guiding the situation towards what was most convenient for the project team.
Nan Zhubin let Boss Wang vent for a moment.
For verbal exchanges to last, they need to be back-and-forth; one-sided emotional venting can indeed continue—but as Nan Zhubin had anticipated, the other party must have vented a wave of emotions before he arrived.
Probably more than one.
Sure enough, Boss Wang soon started panting, his voice lowering, "Huff..."
Nan Zhubin seized the moment.
After confirming that there wouldn’t be more spittle flying, he took a step forward, gazing directly at Boss Wang, "President Wang, I understand how you feel right now."
This seemed like a conciliatory statement.
"Like many old-school entrepreneurs, you tend to be obstinate and act on impulse, easily driven by anger when facing issues, sometimes even acting recklessly."
Boss Wang paused his breathing abruptly.
The others in the office didn’t know what kind of expression to wear at this point.
They wanted to bow their heads, but couldn’t help but turn their heads to gaze at Nan Zhubin.
"Of course, reaching your level of success isn’t merely luck, you certainly have ability," Nan Zhubin continued, this time genuinely sounding conciliatory.
"I know, you’re very angry now, but it will subside soon. But as I said earlier, you’re prone to impulsive actions, and during this brief period of anger, you’re likely to do things purely driven by anger, like frantically holding our project team accountable—even if you know it won’t achieve much."
Nan Zhubin sighed, "This will create unnecessary troubles for us. And I want to save time and effort on these wasted energies in the future."
This gesture made Boss Wang’s face involuntarily flush with anger, taking a sudden step forward.
However, this time, Nan Zhubin didn’t give Boss Wang another opportunity to unleash his emotions.
He extended a finger, a decidedly aggressive move that made Boss Wang pause.
Yet, Nan Zhubin ultimately just drew a circle in the air with that finger, then pointed at Boss Wang’s face, "Anger, this is the most clear emotion on your face right now."
"Yet your anger is interesting; it’s conflicted."
Nan Zhubin’s finger raised slightly, "Firstly, the eyebrows. Angry eyebrows are pressing down, and your face indeed shows that. But the inner side of your eyebrows is drawn together, apart from the ’Sichuan’ character crease, there are also horizontal short lines."
Nan Zhubin’s finger pressed down a bit, "Secondly, the eyes. Your lower eyelid is very tense, indicating you are indeed very angry."
"But at the same time, your upper eyelid is significantly raised, causing your eyes to bulge open."
Boss Wang didn’t know what Nan Zhubin was talking about, but his expression stiffened. He seemed to want to gather the areas Nan Zhubin pointed out.
Yet, he wasn’t very successful.
Nan Zhubin said, "Lastly, your mouth. An angry person’s lips become thin, tighten to the sides, indicating an attack mode; or the lower lip protrudes with chin muscles tensing, indicating readiness to roar."
"But before these changes occurred, your lips had a retraction motion."
"All these indicate that your anger is merely a form of expression. Your true underlying emotion is something entirely opposite to the anger you display."
"That something, looking at Boss Wang slightly leaning back uncontrollably, Nan Zhubin voiced his answer, "—is fear."
