1987: Sleepless Tonight

"Director Yang, I was hurt by you. I shouldn't have listened to your words. I insisted on doing the activity for three days. I lost hundreds of thousands, which made Liji Shopping Mall even worse. Now the business in the store has not only not improved, but even worse , I’m afraid I will be held accountable.” Manager Wang looked at Yang Bin with some complaints.

He regrets it.

Now let alone merging other small business units in Qiaokou District, it is hard to say whether it can keep its position, and it may even be held accountable.

All of this is because he believed in Yang Bin, he took Liji Shopping Mall in, and he also took it in. If it wasn't for Yang Bin's strong relationship, he would want to yell at Yang Bin now.

"Manager Wang, I didn't expect things to develop into what they are now. You are afraid of being held accountable, but I will also be held accountable? Think about it, which of the two of us bears more pressure, you just use I am responsible for one unit of Liji Shopping Center, but I may be responsible for nine commercial units.” Yang Bin said.

All misfortune comes from others being luckier than oneself.

Hearing that Yang Bin might be worse than himself, Manager Wang felt much better.

He looked at Yang Bin, "Then what should we do now?"

"There is no other way, we can only take one step at a time." Yang Bin said.

He really didn't have anything better to do.

"Take one step at a time? If this is the case, Liji Shopping Center will go bankrupt. Jiangcheng Shopping Center and Central Department Store, they can still take one step at a time. They can earn back the money they lost, but Liji Shopping Center can't." Manager Wang. He complained again and again.

"Originally, the business situation of Liji Shopping Center was not good, and it lost so much money in three days. Now the nearby Wanjia Department Store has been taken care of by the city and several departments. It was even on the news last night. It was also reported in the newspapers this morning that the city will increase support for Lu Hao and private companies."

"Wanjia Department Store is right next to Liji Shopping Mall, and it's going up and down. When Wanjia Department Store is up, the business of Liji Shopping Mall must be down. You just came in from the outside, and you should have seen it. You came to patronize today. Customers are more miserable than ever."

"I saw it." Yang Bin nodded.

Manager Wang looked at him expectantly as if grasping at straws, "Director Yang, is there anything you can do to save Liji Shopping Mall."

He doesn't expect Liji Shopping Mall to merge with other small business units now, as long as Liji Shopping Mall still exists and is not merged, he will be satisfied.

"There is really no other way. You said it yourself. The city has supported Lu Hao, intending to support private companies and individual bosses, and use him as a model for publicity. How can I help Liji Shopping Mall?" Yang Bin Sighed.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one in his mouth, raised the pack and gestured to Manager Wang.

Manager Wang waved his hand, with a bitter look on his face, he was not in the mood to smoke, "The good state-owned units are not supported, but the private units are supported. Why?"

"The city has been emphasizing the need to help private units and individual bosses. All kinds of ownership systems will develop together. Naturally, some actions must be taken, not just words." Yang Bin said.

"It can only be said that Lu Hao caught up with a good time. It happened that there was a plan in the city. He just happened to meet it. Even if it was replaced by someone else, it must be the same situation. You don't want to keep Liji Shopping Center from being annexed or How about it, what should be considered is how to minimize the responsibility on the body, so that even if it is transferred to another unit, it will not be too ugly."

It is no longer possible to save, so I can only settle for the next best thing, minimize the adverse results, and minimize the responsibility on myself.

"I'm the manager of Liji Shopping Center and the first responsible person. How can I minimize my responsibility?" Manager Wang asked.

He couldn't figure out how to do this.

"Isn't it enough to share the responsibility?" Yang Bin said directly, "You are the number one person in charge of Liji Shopping Mall. That's right. You must bear certain responsibilities, but not necessarily the main one."

"The discounted TVs that have been sold for three days are selling well every day. This is not right. As the person in charge of the sales department, you should be aware of it and report it to you, so that you can actively adjust the activity plan according to the specific situation. But But you didn’t get any valuable reports, who do you think should be mainly responsible for this?”

Xu Rengen of the Municipal Commercial Committee put the main responsibility on Yang Bin, and now Yang Bin taught Manager Wang the same method.

"You mean to let Li Xuewu take the main responsibility?" Manager Wang said.

"How can it be said that he is taking responsibility? This responsibility should belong to him! He is the director of the sales department, but he returned to the office at such a critical time and ignored everything. He was obviously dissatisfied with this event. He is not clear about his responsibilities, and many employees can testify to this point, so of course this responsibility must be borne by him." Yang Bin said firmly.

Manager Wang was silent.

He naturally knew that the main responsibility for this event was not Li Xuewu, but Yang Bin. But if Yang Bin took the main responsibility, then he, the general manager of Liji Shopping Center, must bear a lot of responsibility.

There must be a scapegoat for Liji shopping mall.

"Manager Wang, why is there any hesitation? Li Xuewu has been in contact with Lu Hao all the time, and this time something like this happened, he can't shirk his responsibility no matter how he does it, and other people will definitely agree." Yang Bin said .

"That's fine, let's call all the leaders together for a meeting." Manager Wang finally nodded and agreed.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

He didn't talk to Li Xuewu himself, but called everyone together. It was not he who made the decision, but everyone.

Lu Hao kept his word. In the afternoon, he went to visit the entrance of Liji Shopping Center again. The result was similar to the situation in the morning, or even worse. There were no people in the store.

Then, he went to several other shopping malls in Qiaokou District to check the situation, which was similar to that of Liji Shopping Mall.

Business is deserted.

After turning around, he returned to the office of Weiminsheng Fresh Supermarket.

Not long after sitting down, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in." Lu Hao said.

The door opened, and Li Xuewu walked in, "Boss Lu."

His expression was sad and indignant, and he still smelled of alcohol.

"Why, you are in a bad mood, and you are being used as a scapegoat by Liji Shopping Mall to take responsibility?" Lu Hao got up from the chair, walked to him, and patted him on the shoulder, "Sit down."

He poured a cup of tea for Li Xuewu himself.