Of course, Zhang Bo and Zhang Caidong didn't chat too much with Zhou Mo.
Since everyone had tacitly agreed that it was best to remain calm for now and not completely break ties, they didn't continue to communicate excessively.
After a brief chat, Zhou Mo stood up and left Zhang Caidong's town residence with the two senior managers he had brought with him.
Because after he returned, he needed to report to the other senior managers about the tacit understanding he had reached with Zhang Caidong and Zhang Bo, as no one wanted to completely break ties with these two individuals.
Some of those senior managers were still secretly in contact with Zhang Bo and Zhang Caidong, so Zhou Mo understood that if he truly wanted to break ties with these two, it wouldn't be good for him either.
Most critically, he wasn't yet confident he could get in touch with Shen Mu.
The reason these senior managers, these middle-level managers, and he himself could manage these Blue Star Humans was entirely at Shen Mu's instruction.
It was entirely at Shen Mu's instruction.
Without Shen Mu's command, without Shen Mu's consent, and without their authorization from Shen Mu.
Then he would just be a lonely Blue Star Human, and wouldn't have such great power as he did now.
And he had already dealt with those middle-level managers; the excuse he used was already quite flimsy, categorizing the other side entirely as remnants of the Diesel Company.
But thinking about it, he had already eliminated all the middle-level managers. If he were to also eliminate Zhang Caidong, who was the general manager, and Zhang Bo, who was deeply trusted by Shen Mu—at least in their eyes—they would have completely monopolized the command of the Blue Star Humans in Deherim. Then Shen Mu would inevitably overthink things.
If it were just excessive speculation, perhaps it wouldn't be much, but what if Shen Mu also felt that they were disruptive elements, that they were being dishonest?
At that point, if he directly revoked their authorization, stripped them of their Spiritual Realm Commander status, or even directly sent people to investigate all their past actions to frame them, completely expel them from Deherim, or even directly kill them to avoid future trouble.
None of these senior managers could withstand an investigation.
Therefore, Zhou Mo still chose to quietly obey, be compliant, and not cause trouble.
“Anyway, there’s still time. As long as we are all united, the command authority over the Blue Star Humans in Deherim will eventually fall into our own hands. Of course, Big Brother Zhang Caidong has a good relationship with Lord Shen Mu, and Zhang Bo is also deeply cared for by Lord Shen Mu. It’s enough for us to cooperate with them.”
When Zhou Mo returned to his room, he looked at the other ten or so senior managers and twenty or so middle-level managers in the room, and reported to them, “You see, Big Brother Zhang Caidong and Master Zhang Bo have already reported to Shen Mu about the remnants of the Diesel Company we dealt with last night. For this, Lord Shen Mu even praised us, which shows that what we did last night was very correct.”
“That’s great! It seems Lord Shen Mu has acknowledged our Credit, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief. After all, no one expected that those remnants of the Diesel Company would become middle-level managers in our Deherim and even form groups, developing their own forces. If we hadn’t discovered this last night, it would have been truly dangerous.”
The other senior managers also breathed a sigh of relief at this point, exchanging glances and seeing the smiles in each other's eyes.
What remnants of the Diesel Company or not remnants of the Diesel Company.
What they cared about was whether Lord Shen Mu would investigate the matter after they had killed those middle-level managers who had competed with them for power.
In fact, they had already prepared for the certainty of being investigated and held accountable, and several people had even prepared to be pushed out as scapegoats.
Some had even made arrangements for their affairs, hoping that everyone would take care of their children, allowing their children to live better in Deherim, using their own sacrifice to secure a better life for their descendants.
But unexpectedly, when Zhou Mo returned, he said that Lord Shen Mu had not pursued the matter, but instead approved their excuse of dealing with the remnants of the Diesel Company, which immediately made them very happy.
“Don’t just focus on being happy. The reason Lord Shen Mu agreed with our statement is because there must have been remnants of the Diesel Company among those middle-level managers. This is definitely a big problem.” Zhou Mo watched his senior manager brothers, all smiling, and couldn’t help but frown, reminding them, “And according to Zhang Caidong, we must now quickly conduct a self-inspection to see if there are any remnants of the Diesel Company or spies from the Green Leaf Group around us. This is our most important task now and in the future: to investigate for spies.”
“Investigating for spies? That’s not a bad thing at all.” At this point, a senior manager even smiled, “Whether someone is a spy or not is up to us. We just need to investigate, and when we encounter those who dare to oppose us, we call them spies and find evidence. If they are our own people, we absorb them and investigate static electricity together. Won’t things be very simple then?”
“Exactly, exactly, this is actually a very simple matter. We can even take on this task and embed our forces among all the Blue Star Humans. If nothing goes wrong, as long as we are careful and meticulous, that command system can directly reach the grassroots. Without those middle-level managers as obstacles to our development, it means we can completely extend another command system.” The other senior managers also thoughtfully said at this point, “In that case, wouldn’t Zhang Caidong be in some danger?”
“After all, he was the first to be disloyal. If he hadn’t developed those middle-level managers, we wouldn’t have had any means to protest against him. Look, now he has lost those middle-level managers, and we have also gained the task of investigating spies. Couldn’t we use this task to develop our own forces in Deherim and let everyone know that from now on, we are in charge?” Another senior manager scoffed at others’ worries about Zhang Caidong.
Someone even directly said, “I say, brothers, you all know that before, it was Zhang Caidong who was disloyal first, using Zhang Bo’s hand. They wanted to take away our power, and they failed, thanks to Zhou Mo. I also know that many of you were in contact with Zhang Caidong back then, and that contact was correct, after all, we had revolutionary camaraderie and eliminated the Diesel Company together. But now you must understand that Zhang Caidong was the one who wanted to take away our livelihood, not that we were against him. Now we have a great opportunity to make our lives better and our positions more stable. You’d best think carefully and not do anything foolish.”
This statement directly pointed out that many of these senior managers were indeed secretly in contact with Zhang Caidong. Of course, his words did not deny the correctness of the contact between the two sides, but they also directly pointed out that if they wanted to gain higher power, they had better unite.
If these senior managers were not united, then there would be nothing left to unite.
This was the plain truth.
It was also a direct and honest remark that hit these people's hearts.
“Don’t talk about such serious matters. We are all brothers, and Zhang Caidong is also our brother, and he is also the Big Brother. It’s just that our Big Brother has other things to attend to right now. As for matters in Deherim, let’s just discuss them among ourselves.” Zhou Mo also spoke faintly from the side, effectively steering the conversation away. After all, if they were to truly delve into this topic and ask who was secretly in contact with Zhang Caidong, appearing to have a foot in both camps, it wouldn’t be good and wouldn’t be conducive to unity.
Moreover, it was clear that everyone now looked to Zhou Mo as their leader.
It was better to do him a favor at this moment and change the subject.
Of course, even if the topic was changed, he still needed to clearly explain the subsequent reconstruction of Deherim's command system to these ten or so senior managers: “Now we have roughly 50 middle-level manager vacancies. How about each of us arranges six or seven people to serve as new middle-level managers?”
“We have no objection to this.” All the senior managers present nodded, agreeing to Zhou Mo's arrangement, as this was inherently a very fair plan.
At this point, Zhou Mo also lightly tapped the table, signaling everyone to look over: “And if anything comes up next, I’d like for the fifteen of us to discuss it together. That way, we discuss things together, make decisions together, and act together. Everything will be related to us, and all power will be related to us. No one will monopolize power, and no one will have no power. What do you think? This is my democratic suggestion and arrangement.”
“This is indeed very democratic, Big Brother Zhou Mo, of course we support you.” Immediately, a senior manager close to Zhou Mo began to hype him up: “We, this group of people, will work hard together around Big Brother Zhou Mo. This way, everyone will have meat to eat and soup to drink. What a good thing! If anyone still disagrees, they must be in contact with Zhang Caidong and definitely don’t want everyone to live a good life.”
As he spoke, these senior managers who were close to him all looked up at the other senior managers whose faces showed no expression.
They looked fierce, as if they would rush forward if anyone dared to speak out of turn.
“What are you saying? Big Brother Zhang Caidong is, after all, leading us forward. Of course, his power is greater, and ours is smaller, but we all serve Lord Shen Mu. Are you going to oppose Big Brother Zhang Caidong now?” Zhou Mo then laughed and scolded, “What you guys are saying is simply trying to sow discord between us and Big Brother Zhang Caidong.”
This remark immediately brought forth soft laughter from the senior managers, and with Zhou Mo’s words, the atmosphere also relaxed from its previous tension.
“Then I support Big Brother Zhou Mo.” Someone directly raised his hand.
And at this moment, even more people raised their hands. No, it should be said that all the senior managers in this room raised their hands, nodding and saying in unison, “I also support Big Brother Zhou Mo.”
Everything was unspoken.
And seeing everyone raise their hands, Zhou Mo stood up, a smile on his face, and nodded gently, saying, “Since everyone supports me in making the next task arrangements and organizing all manpower and material resources to find those remnants of the Diesel Company and spies from the Green Leaf Group, this is also your trust in me, so I won’t be polite.”
Then he quickly appointed these senior managers according to the matters he had already drafted, assigning them responsibilities for different areas of investigation and organizational structures.
Everything was arranged meticulously and in an orderly manner.
These people were all senior managers before the apocalypse, with experience in listed companies and large corporations, so they were already very familiar with these organizational structures.
So there was not a single problem.
With Zhou Mo's arrangements, they had also found their place of authority.
One by one, they nodded with great satisfaction.
Anyway, they now had their own authority, so they only needed to obey the arrangements and then, during the task, build their own small groups according to their authority.
It could even be said that they already had their own small groups before; they just needed to expand their small groups and then directly form their small groups into a high, middle, and low three-tier management model.
There was absolutely no problem.
At least they were quite satisfied with this arrangement, because just as Zhou Mo said, Zhou Mo did not concentrate all power on himself; instead, he delegated it. This way, everyone had their own power and their own small circles, and if anything happened, it was discussed among them, these senior managers. This meant that even if a middle-level manager wanted to challenge their authority in the future, the existence of their senior manager small circle would make it impossible for those middle-level managers to offend their authority.
This, in turn, solidified their rule.
