Siheyuan: The beauty Xueru Huizhen, the birds are jealous

They openly sold inferior products as high-quality ones to customers, and secretly resold high-quality silk to the black market at low prices, pocketing the difference.

To make matters worse, the silk shop's accounts became a mess.

In just one month, the silk shop, which was once prosperous, fell into serious losses due to paying the salaries of new employees. This news quickly spread in Qianmen Street, attracting widespread attention and discussion among merchants.

As a pioneer of public-private partnership, the fate of the silk and satin shop naturally became the focus of many merchants. Hearing that the silk and satin shop not only saw a decline in performance after the partnership, but also faced losses, merchants who were originally interested in accepting the public-private partnership began to hesitate. Even some merchants who were ready to cooperate with the street changed their minds temporarily.

Director Wang was furious when he heard the news. He questioned Fan Jinyou: "Why did the silk shop fall to such a state? How could the shop I gave you to manage be so miserable?" He severely criticized: "I have repeatedly emphasized that Manager Gongfang is only assisting. How can you be so lazy?"

Facing Director Wang's stern questioning, Fan Jinyou's face turned pale, but he pretended to be wronged and defended himself: "Director, this really can't be entirely blamed on me. Chen Xueru is extremely uncooperative with our work. Not only is she often absent, she also often shirks responsibility.

If she had cooperated, the silk shop would never have come to this point."

Before coming to face Director Wang, Fan Jinyou had anticipated this question, so he had found a scapegoat in advance.

Although he was attracted by Chen Xueru's beauty and temperament, faced with the temptation of returning to the street office and pursuing a higher position, he chose to blame Chen Xueru without hesitation.

Of course, he did this based on Director Wang's lack of understanding of the real situation of the silk shop.

Behind the complicated account books, the lies carefully woven by Fan Jinyou and Liao Yucheng seemed impeccable.

However, is this really the case?

After listening to Fan Jinyou's explanation, Director Wang's expression instantly became gloomy.

He suddenly opened the drawer, took out a thick account book, and threw it hard at Fan Jinyou. The account book drew an arc in the air and hit Fan Jinyou hard in the face.

"Look at this!" Director Wang's voice was as cold as the winter wind.

Fan Jinyou was so shocked by this move that he was speechless. He couldn't understand why Director Wang was so angry. He opened the account book with trembling hands, and the contents inside made his face change suddenly.

It clearly recorded how he embezzled the assets of the silk shop and how he cheated customers by replacing genuine products with inferior ones.

Fan Jinyou's heart sank to the bottom. He felt that he was in a desperate situation with nowhere to escape.

But he still tried to defend himself. He looked up at Director Wang and said in a trembling voice, "Director, please listen to me. I did this just to give the silk shop a new lease of life. Chen Xueru's business model is outdated, and she also does business with foreigners. As the person in charge of the silk shop, I naturally want to try a new path."

Director Wang sneered. His years of experience told him that Fan Jinyou's words were just sophistry.

He stared at Fan Jinyou coldly and said firmly: "Fan Jinyou, I give you two choices. Either you return all the illegal gains, apologize to Boss Chen, and admit your crime in public; or I will hand you over to the police and let the law punish you!"

Faced with Director Wang's threats, Fan Jinyou was so frightened that he could hardly stand. His legs went weak and he finally knelt on the ground.

He knew that compared with jail time, an apology would be only a temporary loss of face.

As a person who is good at flattery, he naturally knew how to choose between the two. Soon, many onlookers gathered in front of the silk shop.

Under Director Wang's gaze, Fan Jinyou began to apologize in tears and admitted his guilt.

Every word he said was filled with regret and helplessness, but none of this could restore the dignity and trust he had lost.

People on Qianmen Street expressed anger and condemnation at Fan Jinyou's behavior. His reputation has been completely ruined. And all of this is the result of his own actions.

The atmosphere was so oppressive that the air around them almost stopped flowing. People exchanged opinions privately: "The world has really changed. Why are there such shameless people?"

"That so-called public manager actually dared to openly embezzle public funds. How audacious!"

"If this kind of trend prevails, who would dare to get involved in public-private partnership? Wouldn't that be aiding and abetting the evil?" The adverse impact of Fan Jinyou's actions has seriously hindered the advancement of public-private partnership in Qianmen Street.

Director Wang was filled with anger and wanted to bring Fan Jinyou to justice immediately, but he knew that the most important thing now was to restore the credibility of the street office in the minds of merchants.

"Everyone, in this incident, our subdistrict office was seriously negligent in the selection of personnel and failed to discover Fan Jinyou, a hidden danger lurking in the team!"

"Here, on behalf of the subdistrict office, I would like to express my deepest apologies to Mr. Chen and all the merchants."

"Our street office has disappointed everyone." Director Wang said and bowed solemnly.

He turned to Chen Xueru and said firmly, "Xueru, I know Fan Jinyou has caused you a lot of trouble. Now, I have removed him from the position of Gongfang Manager."

"Next, the subdistrict office will re-select the public manager, but I promise that the new public manager will only assist you in running the store and will never interfere with your decision-making."

"I hope you can lead the silk shop back to glory!"

Hearing Director Wang's words, Chen Xueru was filled with gratitude. She nodded repeatedly: "Director Wang, since you trust me so much, I, Chen Xueru, will do my best to live up to your expectations."

The merchants applauded and expressed their support for Director Wang's decision. The image of the subdistrict office also seemed to have recovered somewhat as a result.

Fan Jinyou's resignation also made his accomplice Liao Yucheng unable to escape blame. As an accountant, he received the due punishment for falsifying the accounts.

In addition to being spread out by the silk shop, he also needs to return all illegal gains and compensate the silk shop for its losses. Otherwise, the law will punish him.

All this has nothing to do with Yang Ming directly. What he is more concerned about at the moment is whether Chen Xueru can successfully revive the silk shop.

Although Xu Huizhen's tavern had also experienced some twists and turns, it now seemed to have gradually returned to calm.

It is worth mentioning that the public manager of the tavern is now Pianerye, and the successful holding of the literacy class has made Xu Huizhen's name frequently mentioned by the street office and district leaders. Under such circumstances, although the business of the tavern is not booming, few people dare to come and cause trouble.

On the other side of the steel mill, Yang Ming's research work is still ongoing.