"Consultant Sun, what’s the matter?"
This seemingly well-mannered Consultant Sun was the "professional" Gao Yuan had specially sent over to assist with the managent of ngshan Pasture.
If it wasn’t for the consultant ticulously teaching him all sorts of managent details and thoughtfully offering various professional suggestions, he felt he would have probably made a ss of the general manager position in three days.
"Manager, we just spot-checked the materials and found that the cent grades have so discrepancies with our purchase list, and moreover, upon asuring with a caliper, this batch of steel bars turned out to be non-conforming ’skinny’ rebar.
For the sake of construction quality and safety, I had them halt the storage for now."
"What?!" Mr. ng frowned and looked at his older brother.
"Big brother, is this true?"
Unexpectedly, ng Li showed no signs of feeling guilty, as if he were caught red-handed.
"Little brother, you’re not in the construction business, so you don’t understand the ins and outs of this. I’m using these materials for building a factory, not a high-rise.
Around here, most construction projects use cent and steel bars like this, and it doesn’t really affect the quality of the work. Wasn’t the factory you used to run also built with supplies I provided? Did it have any problems over the years?
All this is just routine in the construction business!
I’m saying, Consultant Sun, you may be a managent consultant, but you’re not from a construction background, right? Do you understand what ’adapt as the situation requires’ ans?
Is such a minor issue really worth making such a fuss about?"
That Consultant Sun, however, was very good-natured and didn’t get angry, only smiling as he looked at Mr. ng.
"Hmm! What you’re saying seems to make sense, but as a consultant, it’s my responsibility to report this situation to the general manager and offer my opinion.
As for the specific decision-making... of course, that’s still up to Manager ng."
Mr. ng felt sowhat helpless after hearing this.
He wasn’t a fool; ’adapt as the situation requires’ was nothing but an excuse for ng Li to skim a little off the top for himself from the purchase.
He was just trying to use his status as the general manager’s older brother to press his advantage, that’s all.
"Consultant Sun, please have a seat for a mont, big brother, co out with ," Mr. ng sighed and walked out of the room.
"Hmph!" ng Li glanced at Consultant Sun, snorted coldly, and followed Mr. ng out.
Once they were a few steps away, Mr. ng turned his head, speaking with so resignation.
"Big brother, didn’t you see? Consultant Sun brought in a professional quality control team. If you tamper with the materials, it’s just embarrassing for yourself!"
"Little brother, what are you talking about? He’s an outsider; we are family. It’s just so trivial issues, and he’s making a big deal out of it.
In this company, who is the general manager, him or you?
Besides, we are brothers wearing the sa pants.
You only have a small share in the company; there’s a difference between the company and us, little brother, you’ve got to see that clearly!"
ng Li’s insinuation was clear: if he benefitted, Mr. ng would too.
The two of them should be in an alliance of interests!
Mr. ng sighed inwardly.
How could he not know his older brother’s slick nature? But out of consideration for the face of brotherhood, he couldn’t be too harsh and could only say,
"Big brother, this matter might not seem like a big deal, but it’s not insignificant either. You might think that consultant is just a consultant with no real power.
But he is soone who writes reports every day to the big boss behind him!
If this were ancient tis, he’d be akin to a Jinyi Guard with direct access to the emperor!
Pursuing personal gain in front of him, do you really think this company is owned by our family?
Big brother, don’t even say it, just listen to ! I may not understand the twists and turns of business, but to take away my position would only take a word from them.
If we anger them, it’s entirely possible that they’ll pull their investnt and walk away.
Our ng Family Village barely scrapes by on a daily basis, and now there are so many people in the village and from miles around, all counting on ’ngshan Pasture’ to lead everyone to prosperity.
If sothing goes wrong, especially if it’s because you and I didn’t handle things properly, everyone would point their fingers at us!
You saw how happy our father was recently.
If he finds out we ssed this up, would he not break our legs?
Big brother, do you want a quick profit, or do you want to keep my position here for steady inco? It’s up to you."
ng Li’s face showed a mix of emotions as he stared at Mr. ng for a long ti.
In the end, whether truly convinced or moved by the idea of "steady inco," he reluctantly nodded.
"After you’ve put it that way, little brother, if I as your older brother keep insisting, wouldn’t I be betraying my own brother and the whole village?
Fine! I’ll listen to you. I’ll return all the substandard materials and have them replaced!"
Upon hearing this, Mr. ng breathed a sigh of relief.
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