Noise from a clamorous ruckus came through the phone, accompanied by the anxious, tense voice of the receptionist.

Ouyang Xiaoya looked towards Lin Hai: "Have you offended some street thugs?"

"No, I haven't!" Lin Hai's eyes widened innocently.

Yet at the bottom of his heart, he knew it must be related to Zhang Pujie.

"What did you come rushing up here for?" Ouyang Xiaoya then remembered that Lin Hai wouldn't come to her office for no good reason; he must have something to tell her.

"It's like this."

Lin Hai truthfully recounted the incident with Zhang Pujie being late, insulting the security staff, and threatening him.

Facing such an incident, Lin Hai wouldn't foolishly exaggerate.

The most straightforward and simple account would have the best effect.

Thinking others are fools is always a no-go.

Especially when facing his fiancée and the Iceberg CEO, who commands a large company; how could she possibly be a fool?

After a while, Ouyang Xiaoya looked at Lin Hai in amazement: "Did you really tie him up?"

Lin Hai nodded: "It wasn't out of malicious revenge, but because I genuinely suspect that he's engaging in industrial espionage."

Hearing Lin Hai speak so seriously for the first time, Ouyang Xiaoya began to think about some business-related issues she had encountered before.

"CEO, Zhang Pujie has some backing from people in society, it's said to be a guy known as Li Taixui."

"And this Li Taixui, he boasts of having a big backer, that person is Yu Halin, with a brother called Yu Haijing. They are said to be influential figures in our Huadu City."

When Lin Hai mentioned Yu Haijing, Ouyang Xiaoya's expression hardened for a moment.

Yu Haijing, no wonder her company had been mysteriously blocked by a competitor recently, and Yu Haijing had offered an olive branch for a collaboration when the company's finances were difficult.

Now, thinking it over, if the other party wasn't familiar with the company's internal operations and information, such smooth sabotage would not be possible.

All the coincidences now seemed to be tied together by a single thread.

Ouyang Xiaoya had already guessed the mastermind behind those troubles before; it must be Yu Haijing.

"How did you come to know about Zhang Pujie, Li Taixui, and the Yu brothers?"

Ouyang Xiaoya's beautiful face turned frosty as she scrutinized Lin Hai.

Knowing these people suggested that Lin Hai was not simple.

Had she been wrong about him all along? Or could it be that Lin Hai had ulterior motives in approaching her? Although the likelihood of the last thought was low, due to her father's involvement, she couldn't rule out the possibility of Lin Hai being an extremely experienced corporate espionage agent.

"CEO, it's quite simple, which department am I in charge of?" Lin Hai retorted with a question.

"The security department, responsible for the company's property safety, maintaining order and image," Ouyang Xiaoya replied quickly, showing her complete understanding of each department's function in the company. It also reflected her strong control tendencies and seriousness.

Lin Hai nodded and said solemnly: "I don't need to explain the duties of the security department. Aside from hardware security, I've always believed that there needs to be soft security."

"Oh? What is soft security?" Ouyang Xiaoya's interest was piqued by this novel term.

"Soft security is essentially a preventative protection measure."

"For example, the security guards have to stand guard at their posts every day, inevitably catching various rumors, or overhearing some words from other employees."

"These comments accumulate and actually form an intelligence network."

"Not only can it be used to analyze each employee's daily work and personal movements, but it can also indirectly reflect the recent working direction of their departments, and so on."

"This way, through the brothers in the security department, I can learn a lot of little information that you, CEO, don't usually see or hear, and among them are some nonsense, and some, I find very important."

Lin Hai's words were clear to Ouyang Xiaoya.

Using the most basic level of security staff to capture gossip, and then analyzing it to come to a conclusion.

This could also be referred to as intelligence analysis.

"Furthermore, if competitors spread rumors within the company, I believe this can be discovered immediately, reducing the company's intangible losses, especially the problem of talent drain—these all relate to security."

After finishing talking, Lin Hai took a deep drag of his cigarette.

After listening to this long speech, Ouyang Xiaoya realized that what Lin Hai said was well-reasoned, and the so-called "soft security" filled a huge gap in the company's security system.

Unwittingly, Ouyang Xiaoya found that Lin Hai was indeed quite talented.

Moreover, Ouyang Xiaoya had recently suspected that there was a mole in the company's finance department.

Now, her speculation coincided with Lin Hai's.

It seemed that the suspect, the finance deputy director named Zhang Pujie, was highly likely.

"Did you come up with all these yourself?" Ouyang Xiaoya asked in surprise.

Lin Hai smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head: "How could I have such capability? It was my comrade, Long (Judge), who you've met before, he shared this with me."

"He was the real main force in the combat team in the military, so he knows more than I do." Lin Hai finished speaking, a bashful smile on his face.

Ouyang Xiaoya was very pleased with Lin Hai's response and nodded: "Whatever the case, this time you've finally done something that has truly impressed me. For this month's perfect attendance award, you'll get the full marks."

"Oh yeah!" Lin Hai expressed excitement, rubbing his hands together, finally having some decent money to enjoy himself.

"Don't be too pleased, humph. I will withhold all your other income, half of your perfect attendance bonus is yours to use freely," Ouyang Xiaoya said with a cold chuckle.

"Whaaat? Why!" Lin Hai was dumbfounded.

"I'm your fiancée, and I've thought about this for a long time. Since that's the case, shouldn't men's wages be turned over? Otherwise, what if you get some money and go for those health treatments, what then?" Ouyang Xiaoya had an expression as if she was strategizing.

Lin Hai nodded, looking miserable: "You're right, honey."

Under Ouyang Xiaoya's daunting gaze, Lin Hai ultimately chose to keep quiet.

"Humph! Come with me downstairs, sort out this mess immediately, don't let that gang of street hooligans disturb the company's order," Ouyang Xiaoya swiftly changed the subject, but seemed a bit flustered.

Upon reaching downstairs, the scene was in chaos; over twenty tattooed young hoodlums, wielding sticks and bats, were shouting, demanding that Lin Hai be handed over, threatening to break him, and so on.

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