Zhao Tianhao didn't act immediately. He wanted to see if the Xie family could weather the storm on their own. If not, he'd devour them, company and all, leaving nothing behind.
If they showed signs of recovery, then Zhao Tianhao would make his move.
In any case, no company dared to compete with Zhao Tianhao for their prey.
Back at Jiang Nansun's house, Zhao Tianhao, Daisy, Jiang Nansun, and Zhu Suosuo naturally had a passionate encounter.
The next day, Da Mao told Zhao Tianhao that Zhu Zhu had gone to see Yang Ke.
Zhu Zhu was one of Yang Ke's important clients, and Zhao Tianhao's interest was naturally due to her beauty.
While Zhao Tianhao was in his apartment, some turmoil occurred within the Jingyan Group.
First, during the Dongli opening, Ye Jinyan learned that Yang Ke was leaving.
The other party was likely a rival company.
Yang Ke was Jingyan Group's top salesperson, especially with a large client base.
It wouldn't have been so bad if Yang Ke had just left on his own, but the key issue was that he was taking all those clients with him.
The rival company, naturally, also valued Yang Ke's valuable resources.
At that moment, Ye Jinyan made a decisive decision: to keep Yang Ke, no matter what price he offered.
As long as he stayed.
At least for the time being, Yang Ke couldn't leave.
Afterwards, Yang Ke was promoted and became the vice president of Jingyan Group.
Zhao Tianhao also learned about this from Yang Ke's subordinate, Aiper.
Then he had Aiper tell Ye Jinyan that Jingyan Group's CFO was Yang Ke's girlfriend, and that he should prepare accordingly.
Hearing that the most important person in his company's finance department was the girlfriend of the company's traitor, Ye Jinyan was naturally shocked, and immediately launched a secret operation.
Yang Ke's departure not only took a large number of clients but also the company's CFO.
From a profit perspective, Haotian Group is the major shareholder of Jingyan Group, so let's set aside the direct and indirect losses.
As the company's chairman, Zhao Tianhao naturally has to consider things from his perspective.
If everyone in the company were like Yang Ke, jumping ship as soon as they got ahead, what would the company be? A talent development institution?
It's understandable for people to want to move up, but taking clients and the CFO with him is Yang Ke's problem.
Moreover, Yang Ke and Manager Pan had been together for four years.
If you add the time Yang Ke spent pursuing her, he'd been playing a long game, planning to leave Jingyan long ago.
Yang Ke used Jingyan to grow, then turned around and took the company's resources, then started his own company, wanting to destroy Jingyan.
He's too good for that.
Whether from a profit perspective or from the perspective of a company chairman, Zhao Tianhao wouldn't want to see this happen.
The rest is simple: all of Yang Ke's capable subordinates were transferred away from headquarters by Ye Jinyan to other locations.
Yang Ke remained unfazed. His greatest asset was his girlfriend, and an unexpected bonus was his capable subordinate, April, who became the new sales manager after his promotion.
Although Yang Ke didn't know Ye Jinyan's intentions, he was confident April was one of his people.
After all, April was someone he had personally groomed.
She was practically a confidante.
Little did he know, Yang Ke himself was also personally trained by Ye Jinyan, and now look at him.
Before Yang Ke could even react, his girlfriend was taken to the police station by Ye Jinyan.
Manager Pan was suspected of selling company trade secrets and was under investigation.
Meanwhile, Yang Ke knew he had been exposed.
But only the two of them knew they were together.
And they had never interacted before; he didn't know when he had slipped up.
Seeing himself now alone and his girlfriend taken away, Yang Ke exploded.
He went to Ye Jinyan's office to confront him.
"Ye Jinyan, well done!"
Yang Ke stormed into Ye Jinyan's office and said to him.
"What's wrong?"
Ye Jinyan looked innocent.
"Give me a raise, a promotion, and keep me around just to ruin me, huh? You knew I contacted a headhunter and planned to leave Jingyan, didn't you?"
Although Yang Ke knew Ye Jinyan had taken his girlfriend to the police station, he couldn't say so.
After all, the police had no evidence that he was involved; otherwise, he wouldn't have the chance to argue with Ye Jinyan here.
He was truly furious. Years of planning, almost successful, had now been ruined.
"Yang Ke, whether you leave Jingyan or not is unimportant. The key is that you're taking four people with you, and so many clients, right? I did this to protect the company. Is that wrong?"
Ye Jinyan shrugged. "Yeah, just spend some money. Spend some money to keep me in a dead-end position, disperse my people, and you can easily kick me out. Old Ye, what have I, Yang Ke, contributed to Jingyan? Never mind, the younger generation is watching. You're treating me like this."
"You've made great contributions to Jingyan, and you're very capable, so I can't cultivate you into my rival."
"Okay, I've learned another trick, ruthless, huh?"
"Business tactics," Ye Jinyan said calmly.
"I'm leaving. I'm resigning now."
Yang Ke finished speaking and walked out of the office.
"Hey, I have a suggestion," Ye Jinyan called out to Yang Ke, "You should wait for the company to fire you. That way you can get some money."
"Do I need your money? Hey, I don't want the money. Just tell me what you did to get Zhou Qing and Tony to agree to leave Shanghai, and on the same day at that."
Yang Ke was genuinely curious. "You've already resigned, don't worry so much, it's exhausting, right?"
Ye Jinyan didn't answer.
"Everyone has a price."
Yang Ke seemed to understand something, clapping his hands, "Great!"
After his exclamation, he left the office.
Back in his vice president's office, Yang Ke called Amber over.
After all, Amber was one of his confidantes.
He was leaving now and wanted Amber to come with him.
Unexpectedly, Amber refused.
Yang Ke was stunned, "You can come work for me, you'll still be a sales director."
Yang Ke thought Amber was worried about her position.
"No, Mr. Yang, I'm very grateful for your long-term guidance and training, which has allowed me to take charge. I truly wanted to leave with you, but now, I can't."
Yang Ke wanted to say something, but didn't know how. Finally, he waved for April to leave. "Indeed, everyone has a price."
Yang Ke assumed Ye Jinyan had offered too much.
Little did he know, April's motivation wasn't money, but affection.
She wouldn't leave Jingyan Group because of one person, unless that person requested it.
That person was, of course, Zhao Tianhao.
As for how Zhao Tianhao and April met and became familiar, it goes back to the time when Dongli had just opened for sale.
At that time, Zhao Tianhao sent his subordinates to buy houses in Dongli, specifically seeking out April as a salesperson.
Seeing a potential customer, April naturally gave a warm introduction.
However, after listening, the person neither said they would buy nor refused.
Instead, they gave April an address.
"Let her go there tonight."
Apper didn't outwardly refuse, but inwardly she was disdainful. If she wanted to sell her body, she wouldn't need to be a real estate agent; plenty of men would be willing to keep her.
The subordinate saw through April's evasiveness and said that if she was willing to go that night, he could buy two houses immediately.
Apper became even more wary.
These people wouldn't act without a clear benefit; there's no such thing as a free lunch.
The subordinate didn't expect April to still refuse.
Already intending to give up, he still handed her the business card.
He told April that if she changed her mind, she could call the number on it.
The number he gave her was, of course, Zhao Tianhao's.
Apper's composure vanished instantly when she saw the name on it.
Influenced by Xiao Meng from the world of "Little Joy," April had long harbored feelings for Zhao Tianhao.
Now that she saw the person inviting her was the one she secretly loved, she naturally wouldn't hesitate.
April excused herself to use the restroom and, finding a quiet spot, made the call.
Upon hearing Zhao Tianhao's voice, April felt no further suspicion.
Then she received the villa address from Zhao Tianhao.
That afternoon, April took the next day off, returned to her own place, freshened up, and went to the villa.
Zhao Tianhao, meanwhile, came from the Love Apartment and was driven back to the villa by Da Mao. After having dinner with April, Zhao Tianhao looked at the undisguised admiration in her eyes.