Emily Cooper sat in that spacious executive chair, her hands folded over her abdomen, eyes blazing as she stared intently at David Clark, her gaze flickering, making it clear she had no intention of letting David Clark sit down. That day, she had been made to fall by David Clark, and he had taken advantage of her; she still held some resentment toward David Clark for that, but more importantly, it was David Clark's attitude today that made her seriously doubt his work capabilities.

David Clark, however, sat down across from Emily Cooper without the slightest courtesy, bracing his hands on the executive desk between them, squinting as he said, “Manager Guo, I know it was my fault for making you fall that day. If you want to get back at me, just go ahead.” Then he leaned back, casually took a Soft Zhonghua cigarette from the desk, stuck it in his mouth and lit it, looking every bit the scoundrel who had given up on himself.

Emily Cooper frowned deeply, feeling quite displeased as she watched David Clark puffing away. But since David Clark had brought it up first, if she said anything too harsh now, it would seem like she was retaliating over that incident. She stared at David Clark, considering how to talk to this worst-performing employee.

“Miss Guo, you didn’t just call me in here to look at me, did you?” David Clark flicked his ash, a beaming smile on his face.

“Of course not.” Emily Cooper glared angrily at David Clark. In all her years, she had never met such a rascal. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, and said, “David Clark, I called you here to talk about work. That incident is in the past; I’m not the petty type.”

“Oh, then I misunderstood. I’m really sorry.” David Clark quickly stubbed out his cigarette, his expression turning cautious.

Emily Cooper felt a sense of relief. She was also afraid of dealing with a scoundrel. As long as David Clark was willing to be reasonable, she would have the upper hand. She took out the performance report and said, “What matters to me in this company is performance, and the people who can bring benefits to our company.”

“You know your performance. If it were even passable, I wouldn’t have called you in for a one-on-one talk on my first day here. But in three months, you’ve only closed a single 300-yuan deal, while our company pays you a guaranteed minimum salary of 600 a month. Do you think that’s reasonable?”

David Clark secretly laughed, wanting to tell Emily Cooper that the 300 yuan was actually money he spent to fix his own bathroom.

“Also, I looked at your resume. You worked in Liao City for a year and changed jobs five times. Except for here, the longest you stayed anywhere was two months. Don’t tell me you got fired from every company right after collecting your probation salary?”

David Clark chuckled awkwardly and said, “Manager Guo, you’re really sharp. You saw right through me. I’m just someone who specializes in collecting guaranteed salaries. I’ve already been here almost five months, which is pretty long for me.”

“You…” Emily Cooper wanted to call out his lies to his face, but since David Clark admitted everything right away, she felt like she had nowhere to direct her strength.

Just as she was thinking about how to continue criticizing David Clark, he suddenly stood up, braced his hands on the desk, and leaned forward as if to reach across it, staring into Emily Cooper’s eyes as he slowly said, “Manager Guo, a wise bird chooses the right tree to nest in. Those companies weren’t right for me, so I didn’t want to stay. But here is the place that suits me best. I really want to do a good job here, but I’m afraid you won’t allow it. Now you doubt my abilities, so I have no reason to stay in this company. Goodbye.”

He gave Emily Cooper one last deep look, then turned to leave.

“Wait!” Emily Cooper called out anxiously. She didn’t know which of David Clark’s words were true and which were false. If she drove David Clark away on her first day at the company, it would seriously damage the company’s cohesion and make the other employees feel insecure.

David Clark turned back, his expression passionate and aggrieved, as if he had suffered endless wrongs with nowhere to complain, eyes looking up at the ceiling. “Manager Guo, is there anything else?”

“Did I say I was kicking you out?” Emily Cooper seemed affected by David Clark’s emotions, her tone softening considerably. “Sit down. I just want to talk to you about work. Why are you overthinking it?”

“Oh… then I misunderstood. So Manager Guo, you’re a person of great generosity and broad-mindedness, of course you wouldn’t hold it against me.” David Clark’s gaze lingered, intentionally or not, on Emily Cooper’s chest, which was quite full—“broad-mindedness” was indeed a fitting description.

If Emily Cooper knew what David Clark was thinking, she would definitely have thrown everything on the desk at his head.

“Then I’d like to hear your thoughts on the current state of the company.”

David Clark straightened his expression and said seriously, “Given the current environment, the company is indeed facing difficulties, but these are only temporary. Relying on small deals alone simply can’t keep the company running normally.”

“You say you disdain small deals, but in this situation, what makes you think you can land big ones?”