The fan blew the documents on the table to the ground, and Ye Zhao reached out to turn off the oscillating fan.
Director Liu quickly bent down to pick up the paper and put it back on the table. She regretted what she had said just now. She had been so abrupt in her remarks today.
"I know I shouldn't say it, but I'll feel uncomfortable if I don't say it. I always feel that my boss died unjustly. Everything I said is true." Director Liu said in a low voice.
The last time Ye Zhao saw the information about Guo Xuyan written by Ye Dingguo in a magazine, he guessed that Ye Dingguo might have gone to confront Su Yingmin about matters related to Guo Xuyan, and died suddenly of a heart attack due to excessive excitement.
But she had never thought that Su Yingmin and his wife would watch her father die without rescuing him. No, not just watching her father die without rescuing him, from what Su Yingmin said, they didn’t want her father to come back to life. Or rather, they were afraid that her father would come back to life.
How is this different from intentional homicide
As far as she knew, Ye Dingguo and Su Yingmin did not have any major conflicts. So what was the reason that made brothers of more than 20 years become so cold-blooded and heartless
What happened to Ye Dingguo, Guo Xuyan, Su Yingmin, He Huiqiong and Jin Jingzhi? Ye Dingguo died, Jin Jingzhi disappeared, and the remaining three did not seem to be good people. It was too difficult to find out the truth.
Unfortunately, there was no relevant description in the original book, so she had to find another way.
No matter what, since she inherited Ye Dingguo's estate, as Ye Dingguo's daughter, she must not let Ye Dingguo die in vain.
Ye Zhao said: "Sister Liu, I believe what you said. Thank you for telling me this. This is very important to me."
After hearing what Ye Zhao said, Director Liu finally felt relieved. She was so afraid that Ye Zhao would not believe her. She asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do? Is there anything I can do?"
"Don't tell anyone else about this. I also need to think carefully about what to do next."
"I understand." Director Liu nodded. She clenched the documents in her hand and continued, "I know you can't do anything to him without evidence. I just want to remind you to be on guard against others."
Indeed, even if there is evidence to prove that Su Yingmin and his wife did not help Ye Dingguo, according to the existing criminal law, there should be no way to convict them.
After Director Liu left, Ye Zhao found the phone number of a law firm in the newspaper and called for consultation.
The lawyer said that only those who have an obligation to treat their children, such as parents, children to their parents, or doctors to their patients, would be considered breaking the law if they did not help.
Otherwise, it is just a moral issue and cannot be elevated to the legal level.
In other words, if Ye Zhao had enough evidence to sue Su Yingmin, the most Su Yingmin and his wife would have to pay would be some money.
Besides, there is no evidence now. Calling the police will only alert the enemy.
Ye Zhao sat in a chair and pondered. It seemed that she couldn't kick Su Yingmin out of Irene yet. She had to keep him here and find a chance to find out the truth. Kicking him away now would be letting him go.
On the weekend, Ye Zhao bought a bouquet of flowers and went to visit Ye Dingguo's grave with Zeng Xiang.
After pulling out the grass beside the grave, Ye Zhao squatted in front of the grave and said, "Dad, what kind of beastly thing did you do to my mom that made her hate us so much? If you are really a bad guy, then this is your retribution. You won't be angry when I say this, right? Of course you are angry. If you were still alive, you would definitely jump up and scold me, but you can't win against me, so you can only be angry and your teeth itch."
"I finally understand why you were so wary of Su Yingmin. You knew your brother was a vicious wolf, so why did you keep him by your side? Look, you killed yourself, didn't you? You didn't tell me anything before, and now I have no way to avenge you."
"Let me tell you something happy. Your daughter's company is going to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange soon. If you were still alive, you would definitely be proud of me and you wouldn't know how to show off." Ye Zhao sometimes thought that although Ye Dingguo was annoying, he was still a little cute occasionally.
Of course, to the original owner, Ye Dingguo as a father was not lovable at all.
"If you want to reincarnate, remember to start over as a human being, be nicer and fairer to your children. I don't know if you can be reincarnated as a human being with your cultivation level. Maybe you really can't be a human being." Ye Zhao couldn't help but start to retort as he spoke.
"Do you want to drink? Next time you come, I'll bring you some wine."
Zeng Xiang, who was weeding nearby, reminded him quietly, "You brought wine, but he can't drink it."
Ye Zhao teased: "No wonder my dad doesn't like you. You have no filial piety."
"Your father doesn't like me because he despises my poor family."
"That's true."
If Ye Dingguo knew that the Luo family, the richest family in Hong Kong, wanted to be his in-laws, he would die of laughter.
After sweeping the tomb, the two sat on the steps nearby, looking at the sea in the distance. Ye Zhao said, "The scenery here is really beautiful. With the mountains behind and the sea in front, there is no sea breeze at this location. No wonder it is so expensive."
Zeng Xiang played with a piece of dry grass and said, "We can buy all this land and use it as a family cemetery. When my mother gets old, and when we get old, we can all be buried here."
This is too far-fetched. But the sooner you buy, the better. The price of cemeteries here will go through the roof in the future.
And it may be that even money can't buy it.
"You buy it. Boss Zeng has money."
Zeng Xiang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll buy it. By the way, why are you interacting with Shou Hou and the others recently?"
"Shou Hou opened a private detective agency in Hong Kong. He was the one who helped take the photos when Gao Yueyue was being dealt with."
"He and Humpty Dumpty?"
"There are quite a few of them, all from our class. As long as it's not against the law, they'll take any job. Let's go, I'll call the police after we get down the mountain."
Zeng Xiang was puzzled and asked, "Aren't you going to call the police?"
Ye Zhao: "I'm not calling the police to arrest Su Yingmin. I'm calling the police to find my nominal biological mother, Jin Jingzhi. I'm almost 20 years old, which means Jin Jingzhi has been missing for almost 20 years. If I don't call the police to file a case, after 20 years, the criminal prosecution period will have expired. If something really happened back then, it will be too late to prosecute."
Regardless of whether it is useful or not, Ye Zhao has to apply this patch first.
The two-month deadline for Director Lan and Sister Hui to compete in performance has arrived in the blink of an eye.
In the last two weeks, the competition between the two sides became fierce. Director Lan tried his best to sign all the orders he could, but he didn't know whether he won or not.
Because all the subsequent orders are with the boss and no one can see them.
But after comparative calculations, Director Lan felt that he had a good chance of winning.
Especially on the last day when they went to the conference room to settle the accounts, he saw Xiao An sitting dejectedly behind Sister Hui, as if the words "defeater" were written on his back, and he couldn't help but smile.
He and Su Yingmin looked at each other. Su Yingmin was quite depressed. Anyway, at this point in the competition, whether he won or lost, he felt that he had lost.
Ye Zhao, Manager Chen from the Finance Department, Mu Xin, and Director Liu from the Office came in last. Ye Zhao sat at the top and glanced around the conference room. This time, in addition to the salesmen, heads of various departments were also called to the meeting.
Director Liu presided over the meeting. She said, "The order amounts for the two groups in this performance competition have been calculated."
Everyone listened in silence. Although they felt they had a sure win, Director Lan was still a little nervous. If anything went wrong, the brothers' jobs would be in vain.
Director Liu continued: "In terms of old customers signing orders, Lan Tianhua's group signed orders worth 1.932 million, and Xu Hui's group signed orders worth..."
Director Lan opened his mouth slightly, and his nails dug into his palms due to nervousness.
"Xu Hui's team signed a contract worth 1.89 million."
When the salesmen in Director Lan's group heard this, they almost cheered out loud. Everyone was excited and talking to each other. Director Lan's nose turned red with excitement.
Someone asked, “We won, didn’t we?”
"A narrow victory! This is it!"
“It’s not easy!”
Leaders of other departments were also happy for them. After all, they were old colleagues who knew each other well and were always better than newcomers from outside.
Su Yingmin reminded quietly: "Calm down first, didn't you hear me? This is the amount of the order signed by the old customer."
This was like a bucket of cold water poured over Director Lan's head. Old customers? Could it be that the other party had new customers
The people under them instantly became like ants on hot pot. It is so difficult to develop new overseas customers, but they can sign new customers in just two months
Director Liu: "Everyone, please be quiet. Let me finish. I just mentioned the contract amount of old customers. Director Lan's group has an additional contract amount of 42,000."
Director Liu turned to the next page and said, "Next is the amount of new customer orders. Lan Tianhua's team did not expand any new customers, while Xu Hui's team signed new customer orders... 3.0212 million yuan..."
The new customer contract amount of 3.0212 million! This directly killed Director Lan's team.
The conference room was silent for a few seconds, and everyone began to whisper amid Xiao An's screams of joy.
Some people did not believe it, and some were brave enough to openly question it: "More than three million new customer orders? How is that possible? Is this a fraud to drive us away?"
"Yes, we worked so hard to win back so many old customers, and then you just killed the fruits of our victory with a so-called new customer. This is ridiculous!"
"More than three million? Who would believe that?! Is there any remittance record? New customers who don't remit money may cancel their orders at any time!"
Everyone in Director Lan's group was talking at once, and the mood was boiling.
Su Yingmin watched coldly. When someone spoke to him, he did not respond.
Ye Zhao was drinking tea, her eyes were even colder than Su Yingmin's. She looked at them coldly without saying a word.
Director Liu shouted to maintain order: "Quiet! Anyone who makes noise again, go out and make noise!"
Director Lan stood up angrily: "Can you explain this so-called new customer?"
Sister Hui: "This is not just one customer, this is a signed order from three overseas customers, and this is the first order, there will be more to come."
“Did they pay a deposit?”
Manager Chen said: "We have received the deposits from the three customers. One of them is an urgent order and we have received the full payment. The office has scheduled the second workshop to start production next week at the latest."
Upon hearing this, Director Wang from Workshop 2 complained quietly, "There was an urgent order, but they didn't tell us in advance!"
Director Liu: "It's the off-season now, isn't a week enough for you to prepare?"
Director Liu was new to the job, so Director Wang couldn't help but say sarcastically, "There's absolutely no order, it's all chaos!"
Ye Zhao glanced at him coldly: "Director Wang of the Second Workshop? If you can't do it, you can resign now! If you don't want to be the workshop director, there are plenty of capable people waiting to take the position."
Director Wang didn't expect that the boss would humiliate him in public. He immediately lowered his head and dared not argue anymore.
Su Yingmin seized the opportunity and quickly stated his position, "There is no doubt that Xu Hui's team won this competition. Director Lan, I am very disappointed in you. We held meetings every day before to force you to renew orders with old customers, but you kept making excuses, saying that the old customers were snatched away. Now look, in two months, you can get back nearly 2 million orders from half of the old customers. What does this show? It shows that you were just eating for free! You don't do shit until you get it! It's not that you don't have the ability, you have the ability but don't try your best! This is what disappoints me the most!"
Director Lan hesitated: "Boss Su..."
"Director Lan, you don't have to explain to me, just explain it to your boss yourself." Su Yingmin rushed ahead and finished what Ye Zhao wanted to say.
Director Lan looked at Ye Zhao, sat down, and said, "Boss, it's not that we didn't try our best, but your father left too suddenly. He used to lead us in signing contracts, but when he left, we lost our direction and were very confused. Now that we're competing and pushing ourselves, we've really brought out our potential. Facts have proved that we can get orders. If you keep us, we will definitely do our best to create greater benefits for the company."
"Confused?" Ye Zhao laughed. "You are not confused when the rebate is raised from 5% to 10%. Oh, you also want to raise it to 15% or 20%. Don't you think it's ridiculous to tell me that you are confused now?"
Ye Zhao threw a pile of documents on the table in front of him and said, "For some of the new orders you signed, the customer deposits have not yet been paid. Your 10% commission reimbursement forms have been submitted to the finance department. On the other hand, none of the orders signed by Sister Hui exceeded 5%. Why is there such a big difference in the commissions given to customers by the two groups for the same old overseas customers transferred from Hong Kong City? Sister Hui is still new, and she can negotiate it to less than 5%. Why can't you? Can you tell me the reason?"
The people under Director Lan all lowered their heads and dared not speak.
Only the one who had been shouting the loudest just now threw in the towel and said, "If you want to fire us, then go ahead! All that nonsense is just an excuse! Give me my salary and commission, I won't stay even a minute longer!"
The person next to him secretly pulled him and told him not to rush forward!
"You guys are as timid as you want! I'm not! I've been negotiating with the client day and night, and finally got the order signed. Now, you're just throwing me away! Capitalist! Ugly capitalist!"
Ye Zhao was not angry either. She asked, "What's your name?"
Director Liu was about to answer when the man introduced himself: "I am Xie Haitao and I will not change my name! If you don't pay me my salary and commission today, I will make trouble!"
"Xie Haitao!" Ye Zhao looked at Mu Xin.
Mu Xin found Xie Haitao's name from a pile of envelopes and handed the envelope to Ye Zhao.
Xie Haitao took a look and thought that the envelope contained his salary. He sneered, "The salary has already been calculated! And you said you didn't mean to let us go!"
Ye Zhao took the envelope, took a look at it, and threw it in the middle of the table.
Seeing his boss throwing away his salary like this, Xie Haitao was furious, but there was no point being angry, he had to grab the envelope, because that was money.
When he got the trust, he wanted to take out the money and count it, but there was no money in it, only photos.
"What is that?" He pulled out the photo. The person next to him came over to take a look, but didn't understand it at first.
Su Yingmin closed his eyes slightly. Sure enough, all the evidence had been collected.
Mu Xin said, "The customer orders in March were settled last month, and I reimbursed you with 10% of the share given to the customer. You said that the person you brought was a customer representative, but we checked and found that he was not a customer representative, but a classmate of your brother. These photos are the evidence."
Xie Haitao stuttered: "He... He is the customer representative. How would I know if he is my brother's classmate?"
Mu Xin had been with Sister Song for such a long time that she had developed courage. She said loudly, "We have confirmed with the client that the client does not know the person in the photo at all, and he is not the so-called client representative, and they only received 5% of the commission. In other words, you embezzled 5% of the return, which is 3,210 yuan."
Xie Haitao paused for a moment and said helplessly, "Whatever the client says is true? They clearly took 10%! How dare these Hong Kong guys tell the truth? They are also afraid of the ICAC."
Ye Zhao didn't say anything. Su Yingmin had to make his position clear at this time, so he said first, "Okay, then go and confront the client. And don't even think about taking your salary this month, two months' deposit, and commission. All of them will be deducted from the company's public funds that you embezzled."
Xie Haitao said: "I want to call the police!"
Su Yingmin: "You report it! You can report it!"
Xie Haitao threatened: "You bribed customers, you are committing economic crimes!"
Su Yingmin said: "We are not bribing, we are sharing the profits with the middlemen. As for the profits given to individual customers, that is the business of you salesmen. Besides, the bribes are from overseas customers, so it is useless for you to call the police. Instead, it is you, Director Lan, who really failed to manage the people under you!"
Director Lan quickly said, "Xie Haitao, shut up!"
No one dared to say a word because they saw that Mu Xin had a pile of envelopes in his hand and were afraid that one of them was theirs.
Ye Zhao threatened, "Xie Haitao, you are not the one who should call the police. I am the one who should call the police. You said bribing clients is bribing clients? If we tell others about bribing overseas clients, maybe the country will reward us. Bribing is good and we earn foreign exchange for the country. And what about you? You are guilty of embezzlement of public funds. The evidence is irrefutable. You will all go to jail. I have already asked the lawyer. The sentence will be at least five years."
The nerves on Xie Haitao's face trembled uncontrollably. He was still afraid when he heard the word "going to jail".
The person next to him pulled his clothes and whispered, "Don't be so stubborn! Don't drag us into the water."
One of them, who was younger and more timid, started crying quietly.
Director Lan pleaded, "You can't call the police. We have elderly parents and young children at home. It's not easy for everyone."
Su Yingmin turned his head and whispered to Ye Zhao: "This matter is not suitable for calling the police. I suggest that we handle it in a low profile."
Ye Zhao hesitated for a moment and pretended not to understand: "Uncle Su, are you sure you don't want to call the police?"
"Listen to me. If the situation gets out of hand and reaches the client, it will have an impact on the client, and the client will no longer trust us."
Ye Zhao smiled slightly and nodded: "Uncle Su, you have experience in this matter, I will listen to you."
As soon as Ye Zhao said this, Su Yingmin's tense nerves instantly relaxed, which meant that Ye Zhao had no intention of using him as a target.
"But..." Ye Zhao hesitated deliberately.
Su Yingmin swallowed nervously again and coughed, but what
Seeing Su Yingmin's nervous expression, Ye Zhao finally got the hang of it. He then said softly, "The money has to be deducted."
Oh, so that’s it.
"I know." Su Yingmin straightened his back immediately and said, "Manager Chen, calculate the accounts. If the embezzled public funds are not enough to offset the deduction after deducting wages and commissions, let them find a way to make up the full amount themselves."
Manager Chen said, "It's already been calculated. Except for one, all the others need to be filled."
When the salesmen heard this, they cried poor and said, "Where do I have the money? I've spent it all."
“I’ve run out of money too.”
“I sent them all back home.”
Su Yingmin was afraid that everyone would cause trouble and end up saying things that shouldn't be said, which would affect him, so he quickly winked at Director Lan, hinting to Director Lan that he would cover the money.
Director Lan understood what was going on and secretly persuaded the salesperson next to him, and everyone gradually stopped talking.
Su Yingmin asked the finance department: "How much money do you need to pay?"
Manager Chen said, "The lowest is 700 to 800 yuan, and the highest is 3,000 to 4,000 yuan."
Su Yingmin's heart was bleeding. In the end, after dealing with this group of people, it all fell on his side.
But this is the best outcome for him.
At this moment, he was smiling and crying in his heart. At least the general situation had not changed, and it would be a good thing for the marketing department to have a new batch of blood.
Su Yingmin said, "Director Lan's team lost, and all members are eliminated. Once you settle your accounts and hand over your work, you don't have to come to work anymore."
Director Lan didn't dare to say anything else. He just hoped that Su Yingmin could give him and his brothers enough financial compensation.
In the end, Director Lan and his salesmen from the marketing department left dejectedly. The happiest people in the whole audience were only two people, one was the cheerful Xiao An, and the other was the secretly happy Su Yingmin, who thought he had escaped a disaster.
After Director Lan left, Su Yingmin began to arrange work. The marketing department should be under the charge of Sister Hui, and Su Yingmin said he would help her recruit people.
Sister Hui smiled and said, "I have already recruited some people. Six salesmen are enough and they can come to work tomorrow."
Su Yingmin: “…”
Ye Zhao had to leave early because of something. She made a summary speech in advance: "I hope that everyone can be alerted by this incident. We will eliminate those who are not competent for the job and replace them, and give the position to capable people. Everyone should do their job well. The peak season will be very busy. Everyone should do their job well. Every quarter, those who deserve rewards will be rewarded, and those who deserve elimination will be eliminated. I hope everyone will not let me and General Manager Su down. There are a lot of orders this time, so hurry up and place them. The kitchen will give everyone extra meals today. Thank you for your hard work in the future."
The flatterer immediately said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao Ye!"
There are also loyal old employees who seem to have seen hope again. Even if the boss leaves, the boss's daughter can take over, and their factory will not collapse easily.
Ye Zhao returned to the office, packed up and prepared to go home.
Su Yingmin followed and said, "Xiao Zhao, we've moved. Your Aunt He asked me to ask you when you are free to come to our house and bring your boyfriend with you."
Ye Zhao, who always turned down Su Yingmin's invitation, didn't do so this time. She smiled and said, "I have to go to Hong Kong City next week. Wait until we come back from Hong Kong City."
"Okay. Then let your Aunt He cook hometown food for you."
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite. I want to eat stir-fried beef."
"Oh, I thought you wanted some dragon meat. This is easy, I can cook it myself. When you come, I'll show you how to cook it."
"OK."
When Ye Zhao got home, as soon as he entered the door, he heard the TV commercial playing "Hong Kong's century-old brand, give Song Rongji as a gift"!
When Aunt Qiao saw her come in, she smiled and said, "Come and see, I've been sitting here waiting to see your Song Rong Ji advertisement. CCTV, if you want to give a gift, give Song Rong Ji."
When Ye Zhao came over, the advertisement had already passed. She smiled and said, "I've seen it before. Aunt Qiao, Song Rongji will ring the bell for its IPO next week. You can come with us."
Going to Hong Kong? Aunt Qiao hesitated, "I'm going too?"
"You have strong hands, help us ring the bell."
When Aunt Qiao heard Ye Zhao say that she had good luck, she smiled happily and said, "Of course I have good luck! I have never lost in playing mahjong! Besides, if I didn't have good luck, would I be able to bring you into our home?"
Ye Zhao hugged Aunt Qiao and said, "That's right. Fortunately, you are here. Aunt Qiao, you took me all the way."
"Am I that powerful?"
"Of course. Little Huang Jiang, if you hadn't taken me there, no one would have paid attention to me as a little girl."
"That's true."
"You're so lucky, maybe we can increase by 20% on the first day of trading!"
"20% in one day, that's impossible?!"
How could it be impossible! 20%? That really underestimates the power of "Give Song Rongji as a gift".
(End of this chapter)