Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Chapter 1440: Will You Stake Your Position on That?

Although the Finance Department Director was speaking to Xiao Zhen, his voice was so loud that it was hard for the entire office not to hear. Even the directors waiting outside heard it clearly.

Xiao Zhen had barely managed to navigate the current situation and was looking forward to the next challenge, but he was being interrupted to discuss a proposal. Wasn’t Xu Ke handling this proposal? With so many tasks, this kid surely wouldn’t bother his daughter.

"You brat, have you looked at the Finance Department’s documents or not? Bring them over quickly, can’t you see they are already asking for them?"

Xiao Zhen said, and the Finance Department Director haughtily glanced at Xu Ke, thinking he must not have prepared them. Unexpectedly, Xu Ke accurately picked out the Finance Department’s documents from a high stack and tossed them directly onto the table.

Both the Finance Department Director and Xiao Zhen were taken aback. What’s happening here? It was just a document, why is there so much anger?

Before the Finance Department Director could say anything, Xu Ke pointed at the Finance Department’s proposal and questioned, "What kind of proposal is this that your department dared to submit? Look at what’s written on it."

"All the real estate budget is allocated to company R&D, which is still a big unknown. According to the data from other departments, it doesn’t look promising, potentially causing a downturn in the real estate sector for our Xiao Group in the latter half, and yielding nothing from the R&D Department."

"Why didn’t your Finance Department thoroughly investigate these matters when doing financial segregation?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Ke slammed the Finance Department’s proposal onto the Finance Director’s desk without any courtesy, leaving the Director stunned because typically, the boss doesn’t scrutinize these budgets.

Even Xiao Zhen hadn’t questioned the Finance Department’s budget situation, but here comes Xu Ke, a newcomer perhaps too enthusiastic in his new role.

Even Xiao Zhen was caught off guard at this moment.

The Xiao Group, a company of such scale, typically doesn’t do budgets—only specific projects would have them.

With Xu Ke making a fool of himself, Xiao Zhen wasn’t worried and watched eagerly to see how Xu Ke would handle it.

The Finance Department Director, insulted and left bewildered, soon angered by the fact he has been the Finance Department Director at the Xiao Group for over ten years, and wouldn’t make a single mistake. Yet, a brash young man dared to criticize him, underestimating his seniority.

"Just the president of a branch yet you dare question my work? I would like to see where I’m wrong. Our Headquarters has always prioritized product R&D, so there’s nothing wrong with investing so much money in it. If your branch isn’t capable of R&D, naturally you wouldn’t understand. How could you understand the strength we’ve arranged for our R&D Department? You’ve been here a morning and act as if you own the place."

The Finance Department Director’s words were particularly harsh, believing Xu Ke would back down after his speech.

Unexpectedly, Xu Ke not only didn’t retreat but pointed directly at the document and extracted current data from the R&D Department from the towering stack of files.

"Since last year, the R&D Department has developed nothing significant, and what they did develop was universally panned in the market. With such negative reviews, instead of improving, the R&D Department continues its work, damaging our Xiao Group’s reputation. Moreover, given that these developments benefit the company nothing, why invest so much when our real estate is being neglected?"

Xu Ke continued, pulling up previous data on his computer: "Moreover, current data shows many rising real estate industries surpassing us. If Headquarters abandons real estate, someone else will certainly take over, and when it comes to national projects, others surpass our R&D, so why insist on a losing battle?"

The Finance Department Director, initially angry, turned panicky seeing the data on the screen. It seemed impossible—he always believed the R&D Department was a potential growth area for the company, and wasn’t that what the R&D Director claimed too?

However, bowing to a branch company president was out of the question, thinking he wouldn’t know better.

"The R&D Department’s performance last year wasn’t great, but learning from last year’s lessons, we can do well this year."

Hearing this, Xu Ke couldn’t help but chuckle, even as Xiao Zhen frowned—how could the Finance Department Director make such promises?

"You’re promising me this year’s performance will be good—are you staking your position on it? If it doesn’t turn out well, whose fault is it? The R&D’s? This funding you’re disbursing came from the finance department, but the R&D Department already has enough staff and is facing layoffs!"

"Also last year’s projects are still ongoing, yet it seems the R&D Department lacks capable individuals—if they were capable, could they’ve made such a mess of projects?"

It’s no longer just a finance department issue; the R&D Department is involved as well.

Next time, due to the Finance Director’s constant opposition, the R&D would also suffer.

Now it’s not only the Finance Department Director’s problem but even the R&D Department Director standing outside the door, listening through the open door, felt anxious, wishing to kick out the Finance Director. Their R&D Department was struggling with its mistakes.

But the focus remained on the Finance Director. Due to a slip, the R&D Department got dragged into it, and if the Chairman found out, the R&D Director would be ousted. Fortunately, Xu Ke wasn’t directly employed by the company—just a branch president, so luckily everything was salvageable.

Thus, the R&D Director quickly stepped in and looked at Xu Ke without a friendly face—for who would show kindness to someone threatening their position?

"I reckon the branch president doesn’t understand his place. Matters of Headquarters don’t involve the branches. If your branch’s hand is this long, you should manage your own affairs. I hear there’s quite a few plagiarism risks in your branch; why is the branch president not more worried about his own company?"