Chapter 36
Charlotte's expression tightened.
She immediately said, "I already told you, Zero and I don't really have a proper master-student relationship. She just taught me some hacking techniques. I don't know where she is now, and I wouldn't casually disturb her life."
"You don't need to rush to refuse me."
Alexander said, "I'm just saying, next time you have a chance to meet her, you could pass along a message for me. The Harris Group's Information Security Department's door is open to her. I'll pay her a monthly salary of five hundred thousand, just hoping she can come help out and protect the Harris Group's information security."
Charlotte froze for a moment, thinking she'd heard wrong.
A monthly salary of five hundred thousand?
In the hacking world, even taking on an extremely difficult job only paid a few hundred thousand in commission.
Alexander was offering five hundred thousand per month—that's an annual salary of six million.
He really was willing to spend big.
"There are plenty of top hacking teams in the world. Why don't you use that money to hire more hacking teams to work for you? I'm sure your information security would be absolutely fine." Charlotte politely declined.
"But I only want Zero." Alexander looked at her steadily. "I've been searching for her for a long time. I just want to meet her once and get her to join us. Please pass this along when you see her next time."
Charlotte looked at him deeply, then said calmly, "Okay, I got it. I'll definitely pass it along clearly."
After speaking, she made a gesture inviting him to leave.
Alexander said nothing more and turned to leave.
Watching his figure disappear in the distance, Charlotte withdrew her gaze, went upstairs, turned on her computer, and looked up the hacking teams currently hired by the Harris Group.
In an instant, the list of hacking teams caught her attention.
One of them, a hacking team called Dark Eden, she knew about. It was one of several organizations created after that person S emerged.
The hacking team he led did information security work worldwide and had already been stationed in many large companies.
This organization was S's most prized one, filled with employees he personally trained.
Could there be some connection between S and Alexander?
Otherwise, why would he assign his most prized organization to handle security information management for the Harris Group?
Since Alexander knew about this organization, he should also know the boss behind it was S.
So why was he so determined to find Zero's whereabouts?
The more Charlotte thought about it, the more she felt something fishy was going on.
Her face turned cold as she pondered.
The next day, Charlotte had just gotten up when she received a call from Victoria.
"I've already spoken with the Langley Group's sales department. Just show up at eight o'clock this morning to report for duty. Someone will meet you downstairs. I've assigned you an assistant—someone we can trust completely."
"Okay."
Charlotte hung up and drove to the destination.
The car she was driving was borrowed from the butler.
When Charlotte arrived at the destination, she saw a woman in a business suit, looking very neat and capable, waiting there.
The woman had her hands folded at her waist, standing like a protocol officer.
Charlotte raised an eyebrow, got out of the car, and walked over.
"Are you the person my mother sent to meet me?"
The moment the woman saw Charlotte, she immediately changed from her sharp, intimidating appearance to being respectful.
She bowed her head to Charlotte. "Yes, Miss. My name is Lily Martin. Ms. Langley asked me to come meet you and take you upstairs. From now on, I'll be your assistant."
Charlotte looked at her aura, which clearly didn't belong to an assistant-level position, and felt a bit helpless, but said nothing and followed her to the sales department.
As soon as they arrived at the sales department, they saw employees already at work.
The entire office area was lively, with coffee and breakfast piled on desks. The mixed smells of various breakfast foods created an unpleasantly greasy atmosphere.
Charlotte stood at the door, her expression gradually darkening.
The Langley Group, as the leader of the three major families, even had a wider range of industries than the Harris Group.
It could be said to be one of the top companies in the country.
And as a company with various products in direct sales, the sales department was a very important department, also the department that interfaced with various market products.
What she hadn't expected was that the department was now in such chaos.
This kind of discipline and work style was simply like an unprofessional small workshop with no proper rules and regulations.
No wonder that after looking at the Langley Group's financial reports, she found that the sales department, which should have been the biggest contributor to revenue, wasn't ranking at the top.
This also showed the capability of the department's general manager—supposedly her uncle's daughter, Nora Langley.
Charlotte calmly surveyed her surroundings and took Lily into the deputy manager's office next door.
It wasn't until the office door closed that someone noticed people had just come in.
Seeing the deputy manager's office tightly shut, everyone suddenly realized it seemed to be the deputy manager arriving.
"Hey, did you guys see what the deputy manager looks like? Why didn't she greet us and just went straight in?"
"Does she have a problem with us?"
"I don't know. I didn't receive any notice that we were getting a department manager."
After Charlotte went in, she started typing on the computer.
Lily watched from the side, somewhat confused.
She carefully leaned over. "Miss, what are you doing?"
"The discipline is so lax, and everyone isn't taking this job seriously. This kind of atmosphere isn't what the Langley Group should have, and I can't tolerate it either."
Charlotte printed out what she had written and walked straight out with it.
Everyone was discussing her, and when they saw her come out, they immediately fell silent.
No one had expected that the newly appointed deputy manager would be a young girl who looked only about twenty years old.
For a moment, everyone was quite shocked.
Charlotte ignored their expressions and walked straight over, holding up the paper in her hand.
"This is the work target I've set for you this month as the department's deputy manager. Based on market trends and conditions, the sales department's product transaction amount needs to reach thirty million this month."
"Based on your work performance this month, you'll be rated A, B, C, or D. Those with poor ratings will get less commission accordingly."
"If you get a C or D rating for two consecutive months, you'll leave the sales department."
As soon as she said this, everyone was shocked.
Someone couldn't help but say, "That's not reasonable, Deputy Manager! Our sales department has its own work performance targets. Shouldn't we notify the general manager before making sudden changes?"
"Yeah, our general manager isn't even here yet."
Charlotte coldly glanced at that person.
"As deputy manager, I have the authority to set targets. I don't need the general manager's approval."
As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of high heels clicking on the floor suddenly came from behind.
"Oh really? Acting so high and mighty on your first day—you're quite something!"
Charlotte turned around and saw a woman covered in designer brands, with dyed blonde hair, dressed like a social media influencer, walking in.