The arrangement of the twelve Dark Lanterns to take turns on duty was a new task that arose after Hao Qi's incident.
According to Jiang Xiaowan, tens of thousands of chips were lost at each gambling table during the few minutes of the power outage that night.
When all the chips were stacked together, they formed a rather terrifying number.
Hao Qi had simply vanished into thin air, leaving behind a huge mess that no one dared to clean up.
Therefore, from that day on, the task of arranging the twelve Dark Lanterns to take turns on duty was added.
To put it nicely, it was being prepared for the unexpected. To put it bluntly, it was finding scapegoats in advance.
If similar incidents were to happen in the future, whoever was on duty would bear the brunt of the blame!
Before I arrived, the roster of duty personnel was arranged in an orderly fashion by Yu Shuang, after privately consulting everyone's opinions.
More importantly, no one had any objections.
But perhaps to retaliate for what happened at midnight, Yu Shuang, who was attending as the boss, actually asked me in front of everyone to re-draw up a roster of duty personnel.
The reason given was that business is business, and work is work; professional matters should be handled by professionals.
When even the act of making things difficult for me was done so openly, where could I possibly go to reason with them?
If nothing unexpected happened, when I re-drew the roster of duty personnel, someone would surely cooperate with Yu Shuang and openly oppose me…
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By the time I arrived at the conference room, more than ten rows of people were standing neatly in the vast hall of the conference room.
After a brief and "heated" welcome ceremony, the daily meeting went straight to the main topic.
First, the middle management from each department reported on their respective areas of work. For example, the lobby was divided into four zones: A, B, C, and D. The middle management in each zone was responsible for different types of gambling tables.
Of course, there were also middle managers specifically responsible for managing the VIP room area.
While they were called work reports, they were essentially just reporting revenue and engaging in mutual comparison and competition.
After these middle managers finished their reports, Jiang Xiaowan, who was on duty yesterday among the twelve Dark Lanterns, would highlight the abnormal situations reported by the dealers or the bright and dark lanterns in each area.
For a casino to truly grow and become strong, in addition to the boss having strong connections and background, its own capabilities must also be robust.
Let's compare Rui Chi with Tiandu.
This next segment, reporting on suspicious individuals daily, was something Rui Chi lacked.
In Tiandu, suspicious individuals could even be described in detail, with their movements and behaviors clearly depicted.
Of course, these movements and behaviors were later discovered from surveillance footage.
Once a gambler was flagged as a "suspicious person" by an experienced member of the twelve Dark Lanterns…
…then, in the casino's back-end monitoring room, every word, every action, and every move of that person would be subjected to all-round, no-blind-spot monitoring and capture.
It was astonishing to hear!
If nothing unexpected happened, I, who had disguised myself that night, would definitely have been placed on the priority monitoring list of the back-end monitoring room.
What's more, someone might have already started secretly studying my every word, action, and move.
If, due to a small gesture being too frequent, I were to be accidentally exposed…
Perhaps, once noticed by someone with an agenda, they could connect that "me" with the current me and immediately deduce a hint of the truth.
It seemed that from today onwards, I would have to restrain some of my small habits and gestures to avoid being targeted.
About ten minutes later.
After Jiang Xiaowan finished her report on suspicious individuals for the day, it was my turn as the manager to speak.
Before the position of the Lantern Holder was confirmed, this segment was originally handled by Yu Shuang.
At this stage, the daily meeting was usually nearing its end. A brief summary and a few words of encouragement were all that was needed before everyone could return to their posts and fulfill their duties.
But today… it wasn't going to be like that!
Earlier, Jiang Xiaowan had mentioned that before I arrived, Yu Shuang had already briefed everyone in advance.
The reason was that today was my first official day as manager, and everyone was required to stay and listen to my speech and guidance.
To an outsider who didn't know the details, this would seem like Yu Shuang was supporting and elevating me.
In reality, I knew very well that she wanted everyone to stay and watch me make a fool of myself.
To see someone openly defy me when I was arranging the duty roster for the twelve Dark Lanterns for the first time.
As expected!
Just as I finished greeting everyone and making pleasantries, and was about to start arranging the duty roster…
Da Fei suddenly walked out from the crowd and raised his hand, saying to me, "Manager, there's something I need to report to you first!"
Hearing this, I nodded calmly and replied, "Speak."
After glancing intentionally or unintentionally in Yu Shuang's direction, Da Fei slowly began, "What I need to report is about duty."
"It's just that I'll be very busy with some personal matters next week, so can my duty be rescheduled to the week after?"
According to the original duty roster, Da Fei was scheduled to be on duty this Friday, which was two days away.
This scoundrel likely chose to speak up first because he was confident that I wouldn't dare to refuse him easily in front of so many people.
Although a superior should be both firm and gentle, and inspire both awe and affection, there was no need to make a big deal out of it on the first day, or to make an example of someone to establish authority.
After all, changing shifts wasn't a big deal.
The key issue here was that if Da Fei wanted to switch to the following week, he would need to find someone to swap with, and that person had to be willing.
Agreeing to his request would offend others.
If I refused, this scoundrel would surely use the incident from last night to badmouth me privately.
It was a difficult choice between two equally problematic options.
After much deliberation, I finally made a decision.
That decision was: I would take his shift on Friday!
I had initially thought that the purpose of this scoundrel Da Fei causing trouble was to annoy me with this shift change.
Whether I agreed or refused, Da Fei could then use the situation to distance others from me and create estrangement. I never expected…
This scoundrel caused me a lot of trouble and also caused the casino to suffer millions in losses for nothing!
Here's how it happened.
Two days later, on Friday night.
As I was patrolling the lobby downstairs, I suddenly received a call from Jiang Xiaowan.
She said that in the VIP room on the third floor, the dealer in room j7 had pressed the silent emergency help button under the gambling table, indicating that they needed assistance.