The managers were anxious now, as they could tell that Ye Qing genuinely wanted to fire them. All they wanted was to stay on.
By saying such words, the man was telling Ye Qing that the venue would start making money soon. He had decided that even if he had to be less greedy, he needed to let Ye Qing make so money. Otherwise, if Ye Qing fired him, then no one would make any money!
"I am rather impatient by nature. These venues have been under my control for half a month now, and I haven't made a penny, which really goes against my business principles. Therefore, the venues must change!" Ye Qing looked at everyone and said, "My ssage is simple, if you can accept Manager Lin, you can continue working at your respective venues. If you don't accept Manager Lin, you are free to leave at any ti, I absolutely won't stop you. As for who stays and who goes, the choice is yours!"
After Ye Qing had spoken, he stepped back sowhat, giving way to the door, indicating that they were free to leave at any ti.
The crowd exchanged glances, and indeed, no one wanted to leave. To walk out that door would an losing their jobs for good. Who would want to give up such a good job?
After a long silence, still no one left. Ye Qing nodded in satisfaction and said, "It looks like everyone has made their decision. Good, I don't want to have conflicts with everyone either, peaceful coexistence is best. Manager Lin, since everyone has recognized you, from now on, you are the general manager of my ten night clubs, and they are all under your control!"
Lin ngjie nodded, her gaze sweeping over the people present. Clearly, they were all very dissatisfied, but they didn't dare say anything, fearing that Ye Qing would kick them out; they could only sche silently in their hearts about how to deal with Lin ngjie.
Lin ngjie gave a light smile and said, "Ye, if possible, I would like to have a eting with the managers alone!"
"No problem!" Ye Qing stood up and walked directly out of the eting room, even closing the door behind him.
Seeing Ye Qing leave, everyone in the room imdiately breathed a sigh of relief, all looking up at Lin ngjie with resentnt and hostility.
Lin ngjie seed oblivious, flipping through the account book in her hands, and smiled faintly, "Hello everyone, I should introduce myself. My na is Lin ngjie, and I am from the sa hotown as Ye. Ye invited
here to help manage these venues. From today, I'll be working together with all you brothers. It's my first ti in Shenchuan City, and I am not very familiar with the local rules. If there's anything I'm doing wrong, I hope the brothers can give
so pointers. If there's anything I don't understand, I also hope the brothers can help
out!"
Although Lin ngjie's tone was very friendly, the look on everyone's faces was the sa, the hostility even more intense.
Lin ngjie was pretty and articulate, which usually made it hard for n to be angry with her. However, the n here were different. They worked in nightclubs, seeing countless won every day, many of whom were pretty, sweet-voiced, and very good at acting coy. You could say that these n had long developed an immunity to such charms; a girl's coquetry was completely ineffective on them.
"Manager Lin, save the nonsense." A man spoke coldly, "Don't think that just because you're the general manager, you can show off over us. I'll tell you, this is Shenchuan City, not your little village. Things here are different from your little village. What you managed in your village might work there, but here you probably couldn't handle even one venue. So cut the crap, I'm not buying it. If you're here to work, it's best we don't interfere with each other. Otherwise, don't bla us for being rude to you!"
The man's tone was harsh, and everyone else looked at Lin ngjie with the sa intimidating deanor.
Yet Lin ngjie smiled lightly, showing no fear at all. She opened the account book in front of her and asked softly, "This brother, may I know your esteed na?"
"My na is Li Yuncai," the man said coldly with a smirk, "What, you want to know my na so you can go complain to Boss Ye? If that's all you're capable of, then I doubt you can achieve much. Being our general manager? You might as well leave now to avoid further embarrassnt."
The crowd burst into laughter, mocking Lin ngjie. Lin ngjie, however, kept her smile as she slowly flipped through the account book, picking one.
"Manager Li from Twilight Bar, right?" Lin ngjie placed the account book on the table and said, "If I'm not mistaken, there appears to be a serious issue with the accounts of Twilight Bar. There are several unclear entries regarding inco and expenses. Also, concerning these expenses, I'm not sure how you calculate them here. But to , these expenses seem disproportionately high, nearly twenty tis what they would be back ho. Even though Shenchuan City is a major city, I doubt the prices could differ by so much. Manager Li, could you please explain these entries?"
Li Yuncai was suddenly stunned. Indeed, he had fabricated a lot in the ledger, intending to exploit Ye Qing's ignorance of the nightclub accounts. Unexpectedly, just monts ago, Lin ngjie had flipped through it and pinpointed the problems in the accounts. Now laid bare before him, he was utterly dumbfounded. If Ye Qing ca to know about these accounts, what would he face considering Ye Qing's thods? He could hardly dare to imagine!
"The accounts are just like that; they can't cover everything, as we are not professionals," another man said. "Besides, the selling prices here in Shenchuan City vary from other places. What's so surprising about a twenty-fold difference? If you bring a bunch of tropical fruits from the South to the North, the price can increase by forty or fifty tis. How much is opium from the Golden Triangle, and once it turns into drugs, the price increases by a hundred or even several hundred tis? Can these even be compared?"
"What this brother said is very true; different areas have different prices, that's a fact!" Lin ngjie nodded and said, "However, what I don't understand is, why is there such a huge difference for the sa bottle of beer? Let's take the simplest Budweiser beer, for example. Transporting it to our place adds quite a bit in transport costs, but even then, the cost price is not as high as it is here. Your cost price is over twenty tis higher than ours, honestly, I really suspect you guys have been deceived by your supplier!"
Everyone exchanged glances. Li Yuncai gritted his teeth and said, "The cost prices here in Shenchuan City are just like this. Don't make a fuss over nothing!"
"Whether it's making a fuss or not, why not ask soone who knows the business to find out?" Lin ngjie said with a light smile. "It just so happens that Ye's friend, Li Lianshan, is also in this line of business. He should be quite clear about these cost prices. Just give
a mont to ask Ye to contact Li, and we can clarify the cost prices before continuing our discussion."
As Lin ngjie stood up to walk out, everyone's expression dramatically changed, and they hurriedly tried to stop her.
"Manager Lin, don't rush!"
"Manager Lin, let's not bother Boss Ye just yet. Let's talk it over!"
"Right, don't get worked up, calm down!"
Lin ngjie didn't leave; she smiled lightly and looked around, saying, "Does everyone an to discuss this further?"
"Discuss, discuss, let's discuss more…" The people replied with forced smiles, not daring to let Ye Qing know about this issue.
"Then let's discuss," Lin ngjie sat back down and said, "Actually, I've found a lot of issues in everyone's ledgers. I don't know if they were accounting errors, or if you really were cheated by suppliers. However, that's all in the past now, so let's not bring up the past. Now that Ye has put
in charge of managing these ten venues, honestly, as a weak woman, I really don't have the ability to manage so many places on my own. So here I am, sincerely begging each of you to help a little sister out, let's work together to make Ye's venues the best and most profitable nightclubs in Shenchuan City!"
Everyone exchanged glances again, the way Lin ngjie had put it was skillful. Her ntioning that she would not bring up past issues ant that she would not go after the money they had previously embezzled. Then, Lin ngjie asked for their help, essentially leveraging their prior understanding.
If the people disagreed to help her at this mont, Lin ngjie might very well pursue the issues in the accounts. With Ye Qing's thods, how could they afford to let him investigate these accounts?
Thus, out of fear for Ye Qing, they had no choice but to agree to support Lin ngjie.
The group was silent for a long ti before reluctantly nodding in agreent to support Lin ngjie.
Seeing the people's agreent, Lin ngjie's face lit up with joy, saying, "Thank you, brothers, thank you for your support. Since you all can support
this much, I also here promise that all matters from before my arrival, no matter what they were, are completely forgiven, and no one will ever co after these issues again. If anyone tries to pursue them, they can co and settle it with Lin ngjie!"
The people nodded in agreent; not pursuing past issues was indeed crucial.
"And another thing…" Lin ngjie paused, looked around at everyone, and smiled, saying, "I've also thought about the salary issue for you brothers. Let
put it this way: Ye has hired
to manage these ten venues, and my salary is about the sa as yours. However, Ye has given
a five percent share of the profits from each venue. All you brothers are my seniors and will be helping
a lot from now on. This five percent share, I'd feel bad keeping it all to myself. So how about this? Starting today, your monthly salaries will remain the sa, but I'll add an additional three percent share of the profits from your respective venues to your earnings. What do you think?"
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