Director Ma was unaware that his departure had been noticed by He Ting. At the moment, all his attention was focused on the plan he had just formulated.
He Shen didn't expect Director Ma to invite him for a meeting just a few days later. Did it mean that Director Ma had made some progress? Suppressing his excitement, He Shen walked on the way to meet Director Ma.
"What's going on? Why did you suddenly ask to meet me?" He Shen hadn't expected to see Director Ma so soon again, so his expression showed a bit of displeasure.
Director Ma didn't mind. After all, this attempt had failed. But looking at He Shen, whose emotions were so obvious, Director Ma couldn't help recalling the time when he was bribed by He Shen.
It was three months ago, right after He's father passed away. He Shen couldn't sit still anymore. He held a position in the company, but had little power.
In order to seize power from He Ting, He Shen searched everywhere for allies and actually found one, Director Ma from the Design Department.
He had originally been a strong contender for the position of general manager. However, he couldn't understand why the company had appointed He Ting, a person with such little seniority, as the manager.
Now that He Shen had found him, the two met in a coffee shop. Director Ma calmly looked at He Shen, wondering what he wanted.
He Shen had someone investigate Director Ma and knew that his family was in great financial difficulty and needed help.
He Shen handed the prepared envelope to Director Ma. Director Ma glanced at the thickness of the envelope and nodded in satisfaction in his heart, but still looked puzzled on the surface.
"Mr. He, what do you mean by this?" Director Ma pushed the money back to He Shen. How could he not know He Shen's intention?
He Shen could tell that Director Ma was tempted. "As the saying goes, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. I'm sure Director Ma has heard something about our He family, right?"
He Shen pushed the money back to Director Ma again and looked at him expectantly with his eyes. In fact, He Shen didn't know that in a real sense, it was Director Ma who had found him.
After Director Ma heard some gossips about the company, he wanted to cooperate with He Shen, but he had no way to get in touch. Now He Shen had just walked into his trap. "Even if I know, so what? The Fu family is one thing, and the company is another. Their interests are different."
He Shen looked at Director Ma with a smile as he tried to defend himself, but he didn't care. "Even if the interests are different, as long as the enemy is the same, that's the real interest, isn't it?" The two looked at each other and smiled. They both had the idea of cooperation in mind and hit it off immediately.
He Shen was happy that he had finally bribed Director Ma at such a high cost. Director Ma was also extremely happy that his wish had come true.
"Director Ma, here's to our happy cooperation!" He Shen and Director Ma both picked up the coffee in front of them and drank it up.
After reaching an agreement, Director Ma left. After all, it was still working hours, and he didn't want He Ting to catch any of his weaknesses.
He Shen had full confidence in Director Ma, whom he had bribed at a high cost. In his opinion, Director Ma was not an easy person to deal with. However, he was soon proven wrong.
Back to the present...
"What did you say? He Ting managed to get out of this so easily. He's really something!" He Shen had long known that He Ting was not easy to deal with, but he didn't expect to be defeated so thoroughly.
This attempt had failed again. He Shen felt a bit disappointed and regretful. He thought that he had chosen a bad pawn this time.
Both he and He Ting were from the He family. He was He Ting's cousin. Although Yuan Ping always called He Ting "brother", in fact, he was the only one in the world who could really call He Ting "brother".
He was the son of He Ting's uncle. His uncle was a good - for - nothing, but He Shen was not. So he had always wanted to seize power from He Ting.
When He's father died, He Shen had also played a role in it, making the whole He family suspect and not support He Ting. Now what he had to do was to pull He Ting down.
Director Ma didn't care about He Shen's surprise. His mind was on other things. "Now He Ting has a very high prestige in the company. It's not easy for me to shake his position."
This was the first time Director Ma had looked at He Ting's ability as an outsider. He Ting was really outstanding and beyond the comparison of ordinary people.
Hearing Director Ma's tone, He Shen was a bit afraid that Director Ma would give up their cooperation. He wondered if he had made a mistake by being too lenient towards He Ting before.
"Director Ma, are you so easily defeated by him and willing to admit defeat?" He Shen didn't think Director Ma was such an easy - to - give - up person.
Sure enough, Director Ma smiled at He Shen. "Of course I won't be so easily defeated by him. Besides, you'll help me, won't you?"
He Shen nodded. He was willing to do anything to deal with He Ting. Director Ma smiled proudly.
"I have another plan here that will surely make He Ting lose everything. Are you interested in hearing it?" He Shen didn't expect that Director Ma not only didn't admit defeat but also had a new plan in mind.
If things really went as Director Ma said... He Shen felt happy just thinking about it.
Back at the company, He Shen sat in his office in a daze. Looking at the calendar with his name on it, the hatred in his heart overflowed.
Why did he, He Shen, who had graduated from a famous university abroad, only be a small manager, while He Ting, who was inferior to him in every aspect, could hold great power!
Although He Shen had the position of a manager, he was still very idle because this position was actually dispensable. So He Shen had nothing to do every day.
However, he still pretended to be working hard and even won the appreciation of some directors.
But his goal was not just this. Now he was full of dissatisfaction and unwillingness. "Knock, knock... knock, knock." Someone was knocking on He Shen's office door.
He Shen put away the hatred and ambition in his eyes and pretended to be kind - faced. Then he let the person outside in. It was his secretary. This person could be regarded as his confidant.
He Shen saw that his secretary, who had defected to him, was beaming. He felt that the secretary must bring him some good news. He Shen put down the folder he had been looking at boredly.
"Secretary Gao, do you have something to tell me? Aren't you busy at this time?"
Secretary Gao smiled mysteriously and flattered He Shen. "Manager, I've heard all kinds of gossips about our Young Master He and that Jiang Man. This is great news. I'm here to tell you this good news."