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Chapter 993 769: Don't Trust Those Who Suddenly Change Their Attitude (2)

The members of the project team cooperatively lifted the corners of their mouths, and Xia Tian, attending the meeting online, let out a distorted electronic chuckle.Nan Zhubin continued, "A leader who has been in a high position for a long time, accustomed to issuing orders and being obstinate, will not fundamentally reverse their emotional and behavioral patterns in a short time."

"Unless there is a clear profit-driven motive, only then would they deliberately disguise their emotions with the aim of achieving a certain demand."

"So if someone suddenly changes their attitude while talking to you, denies their previous stance, and begins to submit, starts to praise you, do not doubt it—they definitely have a deeper motive, a bigger demand, so they can endure this temporary low posture."

"And Boss Wang's demand—is that we help him organize this guidance conference," Nan Zhubin said, "At least, on the surface, that is the case."

With the professional knowledge of 'personality stability' as a prerequisite, young psychologists can use intelligence to feed back emotional intelligence and compensate for social experience with previous knowledge.

Even the master's degree holder who initially raised the question now showed a thoughtful expression, nodding continually.

Nan Zhubin extended a second finger, "Second, during the on-site observation, I was always watching Boss Wang's micro expressions."

His gaze slightly defocused, as if Boss Wang's reactions were projected into a perspective only visible to him.

"He exhibited anxiety."

"But his anxiety only emerged when he mentioned 'the company.' When he later talked to me about company employees, the anxiety did not appear."

"Indeed, he acted concerned and regretful, indicating that his expression management was indeed excellent."

"Unfortunately, micro expressions are pure physiological reactions uncontrollable by consciousness." Nan Zhubin gently shook his head, "This confirmed for me that his behaviors and words were conflicting, contradictory to his inner thoughts."

The master's students, all under the guidance of Bai Qinghua, understood what micro expressions are.

Young consultants, Mo Kai, Xia Tian, although not having systematically studied, had all somehow worked with people skilled in micro expression analysis, and thus had varying levels of understanding.

However, as Nan Zhubin was now narrating only through his memory without concrete photographic evidence for face-to-face analysis, it was difficult for everyone to visualize how exactly Boss Wang showcased anxiety.

Yet out of constant trust in Nan Zhubin, everyone still agreed with him.

Nan Zhubin then extended a third finger:

"Third, judging from his choice of words, although he superficially submits, this 'performance' is already difficult for him. His subconscious remains defensive and even repulsive toward me, causing many expressions to be stiff, deliberately avoiding many key issues."

Again, Nan Zhubin's pupils slightly defocused, as if a manuscript played out in front of his eyes, "He continuously only mentioned 'guiding emotions, stabilizing morale,' and 'preventing another Old Mo incident,' but never brought up illegal layoffs, withholding employee compensation, or the root cause of Old Mo's incident—that the company was neglectful of employee rights and had chaotic management."

"He even deliberately avoided mentioning 'Old Mo,' simply referring to 'that employee.'

Although Chonghui did not witness the scene firsthand, after listening to Nan Zhubin's retelling, he formed a mental image.

He concluded, "Subconscious Projection, right?"

A person's subconscious will reveal what they care about most, what they want to hide, through the avoidance in their choice of words.

The key issues Boss Wang is avoiding essentially indicate his subconscious desire to not face his mistakes, not admit the company's illegal actions, and certainly not allow these matters to further expose and impact the company's reputation and its listing plans.

It further suggested that his submissiveness was merely a strategy.

...

With that, Nan Zhubin concluded his Memory and analysis, deliberately pausing to allow everyone time to digest.

In the office, there was silence, save for the sound of Mo Kai taking notes and Xia Tian's breathing transmitting over the phone during the online meeting.

At this point, no one thought Boss Wang's submission and proposal were a "good thing."

After a long pause, Mo Kai stopped writing and suddenly spoke up, "Senior, I can somewhat guess what Boss... Wang's intentions are."

This was somewhat surprising but reasonable.

Facing the current situation, Mo Kai might be the most experienced.

Nan Zhubin looked at him with an encouraging gaze.

Mo Kai hesitated, "I have a few possibilities in mind..."

His wording was somewhat awkward, but surprisingly similar to Nan Zhubin's.

"First... his most urgent priority is to stabilize the company's situation now, so he needs a guidance conference to temporarily suppress employee emotions and delay conflict eruptions, preventing a second or third Old Mo from emerging."

"The company is already in chaos, employees in panic, management disconnected, departments paralyzed. If anything else happens, his company won't survive."

This was the most obvious reason.

If Boss Wang only had this reason, the project team members might be willing to lend a hand.

Of course, there is a precondition.

That is, "only this reason."

"Additionally," Mo Kai furrowed his brow, "he certainly wants to use us as a publicity tool."

"Given the current criminal cases and illegal layoffs staining the company, he's under immense pressure, facing various investigations, and those awaiting the company's listing."

"If our EAP Project Team leads in organizing the guidance conference, he can publicly say the company values employee mental health, upholds management standards. By doing so, he can cover up negative information and restore some reputation."

This slightly oversteps boundaries, but it falls within the project team's normal scope. With appropriate corporate promotion, it's not unacceptable.

But Mo Kai's brows continued to furrow deeper, "However... there's another possibility, he might intend on tying us to his narrative for future blame-shifting."

Mo Kai looked at Nan Zhubin and Chonghui, his expression exceptionally serious, "If we attend the conference, he could later claim, 'the professional psychological team was present and actively involved.' That way if anything similar happens again, he can immediately redirect the responsibility to us, saying we failed in guidance, it was our dereliction of duty."

"Even regarding this Old Mo incident, it might be claimed that it's our operational mistake, that organizing this conference is making up for our own errors."

This scenario is infuriating.

"Moreover,..." Mo Kai had almost analyzed enough, proposing one final hypothesis, "He might also intend to use the few days of conference preparation to distract us, secretly handling illegal materials, unifying narratives, calming key people, and the like?"

"On one hand, it makes tracing accountability to us easier in the future. On the other hand, as this matter has already alerted police and other regulators, a follow-up investigation is inevitable. Right now, he most likely wants to cover the company's traces of violations, to ensure no breakthrough point is found during the investigation. Letting us organize the conference could provide him the time to do so—is this possible?"

In his last question, Mo Kai directed it towards Xia Tian on the other end of Nan Zhubin's phone.

"That possibility can't be ruled out, although the effect might be limited." Xia Tian thought for a moment and replied, "It's not something he can just delay as he wishes."

"But as Teacher Nan mentioned earlier, this person is obstinate, rarely listens even to the legal department's advice."

"He might mess something up, creating unexpected trouble for us, no?"