noffsinger Chapter 1316: Favorable Treatment by the Superior
Chapter 1316: Favorable Treatment by the Superior
In the Wasteland, a world with strict hierarchy and clear class distinctions, having the identity of a "superior" will make it easier to do anything.
So, for Lin Yu...
All it takes is a little role-playing and identity theft to enable him to accomplish seemingly impossible things.
For example, he moved around in the wilderness of the Shenli Group with a swagger and was even entertained by the leaders in charge there.
Sitting on the sofa in the mine manager's office, Lin Yu picked up the clay teacup and took a sip of the tea leaves in it.
Standing opposite the coffee table were the general manager of this mining area, the manager in charge of the Dahuang business department of Fuxing Mining, a subsidiary of Shenli Group, and other secondary leaders of these mining areas.
Looking at Lin Yu sipping tea, the manager in charge said with a smile: "President Gert, you came in a hurry, so I didn't prepare any good tea. I can only treat you with this coarse tea. Please don't mind."
Lin Yu put down the teacup in his hand and said calmly: "This tea is really coarse. It makes my throat burn when I drink it... You guys in the wilderness, your life is really hard."
The manager in charge quickly said, "Serving the company is not considered hardship."
Lin Yu nodded, and did not show any good face to the director of Dahuang and the people behind him. Instead, he looked cold and pretentious.
This is a requirement of the character setting of "President Gert" and also a slightly tricky means for Lin Yu to "interpret" - as the only executive of the Shenli Group that Lin Yu has ever met, that is, the vice president who used the fake mercenary identity of "Big Ball" to operate in the outer city before, although Lin Yu does not know the other party very well, the audience this time... does not know this vice president very well either.
The difference in job rank between the two is too great.
The internal grading system of Shenli Group is different from that of Zhenli Company. There is no clear direct job grade grading system such as ABCD as an evaluation system to unify the leadership weights of different functional departments.
After all, the "organizational forms" of the three major companies in the City That Never Sleeps are quite different - the Truth Company has grown rapidly, and the Never Night Family has risen in the past hundred years, so it is a true "giant" enterprise. It has the Truth Company as an unshakable absolute entity, and most of the companies merged and acquired during its rise were directly split up and incorporated into it. Unless it cooperates with the other two giants, its business rarely disperses outward.
The birth of the Divine Power Group is the result of a long period of integration and merger between two royal noble families that shared the same set of supreme alchemy. Therefore, it takes the form of a multi-company group with many large and small vassal enterprises and subsidiaries. Under the subsidiaries, there are more companies and outsourcing companies, and the structure is relatively bloated.
Although the Universal General Chamber of Commerce is also under the control of the Sorens family, compared with the Truth Company and the Buyetian family, which rely on the production end to win and occupy the energy field in the city and the alchemical raw material production area outside the city respectively, the Universal General Chamber of Commerce, which focuses on the product consumption end and channels, has a looser structure and is even implemented in the form of a chamber of commerce.
Therefore, among the three giants, only the levels of Truth Company have the same unified and easy-to-understand standards throughout the entire company as the citizen levels.
But as long as you have made a name for yourself in the city that never sleeps, you will have a basic idea of what kind of department and position are equivalent to what level.
Therefore, Lin Yu could infer that President Gert and the managers in charge of these mining areas had definitely met each other, but... the gap in their job levels was as huge as that between A-1 and D-4 in Truth Company, which was roughly equivalent to the status gap between an ordinary laboratory director and an orange lover.
Therefore, although these people knew President Gert, they definitely did not know the fat vice president who was keen on playing the role of a mercenary in the outer city.
Lin Yu knew very well that although he did not know President Gert well enough, he did not need to play the role of a perfect President Gert.
He only needed to make a framework based on his impression of Gert from a few interactions, and then play the role of the "superior" in these people's imagination!
Lin Yu crossed his legs, looked lazily at the manager in front of him, and spoke almost arrogantly.
"Alright, enough of the formalities... Since you've discovered me and recognized me, it means your control and monitoring measures in this mining area are not hopeless. However, the fact that I was able to sneak in with two subordinates, two civilian subordinates at that, means your security needs to be strengthened."
The manager in charge, sweating on his forehead, quickly bowed and said, "Your infiltration methods are truly too strong. Mr. President, our security measures have indeed not been activated at all..."
"You all know how important this mining area is. We have to be prepared to guard against this level of intrusion on a daily basis. It's not impossible that Paris from the Truth Company will bring his trusted aides here one day," Lin Yu scolded harshly. "Do you think this is just a random inspection I made on a whim?!"
He said this with great momentum, and Lao Zheng, who was standing behind the sofa, pushed his glasses and added.
"This means it comes from above... Do you understand?"
Hearing this, the manager in charge became so nervous that his face turned pale.
What do you mean by above?
Being able to send Gert, the vice president, directly to the Great Wilderness as an "executive", how much significance does this have?
Is it the board of directors?
He tried hard to control himself from thinking about it and said, "Well...we do have many shortcomings in our work recently. We would like to ask for your guidance, Mr. President. We will make corrections as soon as possible and accept the penalties and punishments according to regulations."
As he spoke, Lin Yu sighed.
"It's not entirely your fault... After all, this is a serious incident—your mine had already been quietly haunted before I arrived—but headquarters hasn't received any reports from you yet. So... I can't help but suspect that you're intentionally concealing something, or simply colluding with other companies to betray the group's interests."
The manager in charge was horrified. "Absolutely not, Mr. President! Even if we've been slacking off on our work, we wouldn't betray the interests of the group. How could we have the guts to do that?"
Lin Yu nodded: "I know... That's why I made this on-site visit - you guys are indeed incompetent and didn't notice the other party's infiltration at all."
"The facilities are outdated, the staff are mostly outsourced, lacking basic safety awareness and training, and they didn't even ask about me, a 'stranger', or report me... This shows that the group's cost-cutting and efficiency-enhancing strategies of recent years are starting to fray."
Hearing Lin Yu's gentle tone, the manager in charge breathed a sigh of relief and roughly knew what had happened.
The headquarters seemed to have received news, and it was reliable news with certain evidence, that the mining area under their jurisdiction was suspected to have been sneaked into.
The consequence may be that the group's confidential information, core technology, etc. are stolen by competitors.
But it seems that because the matter is too serious, it has alarmed a figure of President Gert's level to come and investigate in person, and it is very likely to become an opportunity for the group's future long-term strategic shift... In this case, he will have a glimmer of hope.
Therefore, the manager in charge quickly asked, "This may be because the other party's methods are really too sophisticated... We still have no idea what happened..."
"Forpolo, the non-staff consultant from the Truth Company, along with another mysterious expert, was active in the Great Wilderness for a long time a week ago. The company only recently uncovered their route—they spent quite a bit of time near this mining area... Could you please check the timeline? Even if you didn't spot him sneaking in during that time, you should have at least noticed something unusual, right?"
"A week ago..."
The manager in charge was thinking hard, thinking hard about his own future and even his own life safety.
Soon, he thought of something.
"Yes—a week ago, around noon, a malfunction occurred in the core area, temporarily shutting down several underground mining equipment. As a result, the production of both underground iron and underground silver fell short of the target that day."
"Earlier that day, a gate on the periphery also malfunctioned... At the time, we thought the mine might have experienced fluctuations in alchemical activity beyond the equipment's detection, causing the frequent equipment failures... Now it seems someone must have tampered with the system that day!"
At this point, the manager in charge was a little annoyed: "Damn, we were indeed a little too lax - this situation should really be reported."
Lin Yu nodded: "It's okay, the other party's methods are indeed beyond your understanding, and the result is only a decrease in ore production, which is difficult for you to realize."
Upon hearing this, the manager in charge also expressed his doubts. "Indeed, it's rather strange that the famous Forboluo brought a master or a top-notch team who could silently disable alchemical equipment without being detected, just to steal some earth blue ore."
"Although high-quality Earth Blue Iron and Earth Blue Silver are valuable, it's completely unnecessary!"
"Could it be that they have other purposes that are being concealed?"
The manager in charge sighed, and Lin Yu said mysteriously.
"No, they really only came for the ore... As for the reason, it's better for you not to know at your current level."
The manager in charge nodded immediately. "Don't worry, I won't ask any questions... I won't ask anything I shouldn't ask."
Lin Yu drank another sip of tea with satisfaction: "Very good... You'll get used to this tea, it's quite refreshing."
The manager in charge quickly said, "As long as you like it, I'm glad. Although this tea isn't as refined as the ones grown in the city, it's all wild and hand-picked, and has a unique flavor."
Lin Yu smiled, and at this moment, a security guard walked in quickly from outside the door.
"report!"
The sudden voice also made the manager in charge look up and frown: "What's so urgent? Do you have to disturb me at this time?"
The security officer bowed and said, "It's indeed urgent, Commander... We found the Truth Company's transport truck parked somewhere outside the mining area."
"According to the information from the outpost, that should be the Lingxi Detachment's heavy vehicle... and it's very likely that a member of the Buyetian family, the respected Buyetian Huoming, is sitting on it!"