At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Despite being called an idiot, Pan Jin didn't immediately get angry, but instead looked at Gu Yu with an interested expression.

He had noticed from the moment Gu Yu arrived that he had come from Ideal Paradise; looking so young, he must be an employee of Ideal Paradise.

At the incubator, Ideal Paradise was thriving spectacularly, overshadowing nearly every other company there with its reputation.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that of over ten thousand people at the incubator, at least three to four thousand workers wanted to switch to Ideal Paradise.

However, the hiring criteria at Ideal Paradise were peculiar; not too harsh, yet not too simple. Many highly capable employees failed to pass even the first interview.

Yet, some recent graduates, or even unnecessary undergraduates, could effortlessly join the company.

The owner of the company was reportedly a graduate of Haidong University.

So, in Pan Jin's view, this company was essentially a shell company that tricked and swindled recent graduates.

The company's long-time employees were surely plants, who used interns as a source of cheap labor.

As the saying goes, you can't hire a single laborer for three thousand, but you can hire a college student.

He also liked to do this; amongst the thirty sales courses he offered, more than a dozen were taught by interning college students.

Easily commanded and abused.

If they occasionally produced decent results, a few hundred yuan in bonuses would suffice to appease them.

Just now, the five hundred he gave to the top salesperson was merely for show before this group of cheap labor.

The top salesperson was already a long-standing employee under him, with sales commissions of a full ten percent.

Based on this month's single-month performance, the bonuses amounted to several tens of thousands.

But he would never distribute it openly.

Although these college students were easy to command, that didn't mean they could be simply fooled.

If the distribution of bonuses was uneven, it would inevitably lead to resentment, and they might do something undesirable.

Young people are indeed fiery, but as long as their enthusiasm is properly curbed regularly, they prove to be the most efficient machines.

Pan Jin was very satisfied with his own management techniques.

In his eyes, Gu Yu was just a hot-headed young fool, who had gotten worked up upon witnessing this scene and wanted to show off.

"Besides calling you an idiot, who else could I be referring to? If I must add someone, maybe your paid top salesperson?"

Gu Yu responded coolly.

If this fat man was merely psychologically manipulating his own employees, Gu Yu wouldn't have much to say.

But abuse had entered the picture!

To put it bluntly, this was already illegal.

He simply had to speak out.

If everyone remained silent, such incidents would perpetually persist in society.

Gu Yu believed he should now shoulder this social responsibility.

Previously, he was a nobody—he couldn't even manage himself, let alone others.

But now things were different; although he wasn't particularly renowned yet, he had attained a certain social status.

With this social status, he ought to bear some social responsibility.

Merely focusing on making money and exploiting others is what capitalists do, but having the capability to contribute to society as much as one can, that's what an entrepreneur does.

He couldn't become a cold-hearted capitalist.

"Young man, you're from Ideal Paradise, right? It seems your company has thoroughly brainwashed you!"

"What am I supposed to do, let you scold me? These employees haven't met their performance goals, so of course they need to be punished, right?"

"Besides, they asked to hit themselves. Don't believe me? Ask them."

Pan Jin had been somewhat composed, but upon hearing Gu Yu continue to berate him, he couldn't help furrowing his brows.

Even a clay figure has three points of fire, let alone him?

Still, he restrained his temper, trying to exhibit a kind and reasonable demeanor before everyone.

Upon hearing Pan Jin's words, Gu Yu was slightly startled.

Was this punishment something these people had asked for themselves?

He scanned over his peers, who were slapping each other with faces already reddening.

Each averted their gaze upon meeting his eyes.

Their looks carried shame, humiliation, a hint of inferiority, and reluctance.

It was complex, but he didn't see anger.

"Did you voluntarily ask for this punishment?" Since no one dared meet his gaze, Gu Yu took it upon himself to ask. Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire

Pan Jin's gaze swept across the faces of the employees, with no one daring to speak up first.

It seemed everyone had turned into the blind and mute.

"You see, no one is coerced, right? Actually, everyone is working very hard. I've seen it all, and a slight punishment is just about gaining dignity after feeling shame."

Pan Jin withdrew his oppressive gaze, smiling triumphantly at Gu Yu.

Gu Yu was expressionless.

Looking at the silent crowd around him, he could only think of Zhou Shuren's words: to explode in silence or to perish in silence.

He didn't know why these people felt powerless, but he knew that if they didn't change, or if no one pulled them out from the mire of ideas Pan Jin had instilled in them, they might forever fall into a self-doubting worldview.

This was a terrifying thought.

When one is constantly finding faults within oneself no matter what they do, their future is essentially doomed.

Internal mental consumption would follow them like a shadow, becoming the biggest obstacle on their path forward.

These peers, men and women, some looked fresh out of college, while some even seemed like juniors working part-time.

Each of them seemed to be firmly controlled by Pan Jin.

"Is it permissible to punish employees physically for not meeting performance targets? Are you aware this is a violation of labor laws?"

Gu Yu looked towards the smug Pan Jin, directly pouring cold water over him.

Pan Jin's smile stopped abruptly, clearly not expecting Gu Yu to bring up labor laws.

But he quickly regained his composure, casually reaffirming, "Labor laws? In the company, we follow the company's rules."

"Young man, society isn't as simple as you think. Wherever you are, you must follow the rules of that place."

Pan Jin was utterly unconcerned.

If he were afraid of labor laws, he wouldn't have acted this way.

Over the years, countless people had tried to intimidate him with various so-called labor laws, but very few actually employed them.

Even if they did go to arbitration.

He could easily make the other party withdraw the arbitration by paying a little money, and they might even feel grateful to him.

"Damn you!" Gu Yu's eyes were aflame, this guy was simply outrageous!

He was struggling to restrain himself, wanting to punch the fat man; if it weren't for the many people around and surveillance, he would have already hammered this fat man to the ground.

Such a man, if not beaten, would not comply.