Our team closed ninety percent of the company’s business.
But there’s no year – end bonus for us!
Even the cleaner who lives next to the company gets an oil subsidy.
We travel over a hundred kilometers a day for business, yet we don’t get an oil subsidy.
As the team leader, I went to the General Management Department to reason with them.
The manager of the General Management Department rolled her eyes at me and snapped, “Each of you gets tens of thousands of yuan in commission every month. Do you still want to compete with us for subsidies and year – end bonuses?”
Those commissions were earned by us through hard work, getting up early and staying up late. How could she make it sound like we were being unreasonable?
I simply went to find the boss. When we started the business together, he said to me, “You’re my brother for life.”
Now, he was sitting in his boss chair, impatient with me. “Lao Jiang, as an old – timer, you should understand the need to consider the overall situation!”
For the sake of your overall situation, I’ve been demoted from manager to team leader.
Since I’m no longer in your overall situation, should I still count money for you?
1
“Brother Jiang, it’s bad! Something big has happened. Come back quickly! These guys are really inhumane!”
Xiao Yang, whom I sent back to get the contract, called me right after we closed a big deal in the North City. He was clearly very angry.
“What happened? Speak slowly.”
I apologized to the client from Party A while walking out with the remaining seven team members.
“When I got back to the company, I happened to see them distributing year – end bonuses and benefits. When I went to claim them, Manager Mu from the General Management Department scolded me and chased me out. She said that the people in our Sales Team 3 were really shameless. How could we have the nerve to come and claim the year – end bonus?”
I was shocked. “Impossible, right?”
Our team completed 90% of the company’s business volume. No matter whose year – end bonus is not given, it shouldn’t be ours.
“It’s true! And that’s not all! The standards for meal subsidies and oil subsidies for the new year have been announced, and we’re not included either!”
My head was buzzing. I didn’t know what kind of tricks this Miss Mu was up to.
Our headquarters moved from the city center to outside the South Ring. To stabilize the employees, the company specifically increased the oil subsidies and meal subsidies.
Our team is the front – line sales of the company. More than a hundred people in the whole company rely on us for their livelihoods.
She doesn’t give us year – end bonuses and subsidies. This is like breaking the pot right after having a meal!
Our team is in charge of the North City, and the headquarters is in the South Ring. Our city is long and narrow from north to south.
The company stipulates that we must punch in at the headquarters four times in the morning, noon, and evening.
We have to drive at least four round – trips between the south and the north every day.
Not counting other things, just for commuting, our team travels over a hundred kilometers a day.
Which department needs an oil subsidy more than our team? And now, we don’t even have meal subsidies and oil subsidies?
“It’s really not there! Even the cleaner aunt who lives next door and walks to work has an oil subsidy. And both Team 1 and Team 2 have it. Now they’re all laughing at our Team 3, calling us the stupid and clumsy Team 3!”
“What? You mean Team 1 and Team 2 both have it?”
“Yes!” Xiao Yang was on the verge of crying, looking very wronged.
Teams 1 and 2, who just loaf around, have it, while our Team 3, which accounts for ninety percent of the company’s performance, doesn’t even get a single hair?
Some people have really gone too far this time!
Considering that she’s the boss’s favorite and a young girl, I’ve endured some previous injustices. But she’s becoming more and more outrageous!
It doesn’t matter if I suffer losses, but these brothers under me have really worked hard for the company.
How can I let them suffer such grievances?
“Brothers, you guys go and run some business in the surrounding areas first. I’ll go back and find out what’s going on.”
The boss and I started from scratch together. Anyway, I have to go back and figure out the truth first.
I can’t let these brothers under me make a fuss blindly. It’s not good for anyone.
“No way, Brother Jiang. This time, we must go back together.”
“This is not just your matter. It concerns the interests of all of us in Team 3.”
“Yeah, how can we let you bear it alone?”
“Patience is a virtue. We…”
I wanted to persuade them some more, but they interrupted me before I could finish.
“We endured the previous things, but we can’t endure this today.”
Looking at their indignant expressions, I had to agree to let them go back with me.
2
I sat in the office of Manager Xiao Wang, a high – achiever who returned from studying in the US, for half an hour, waiting for him to uphold justice for me.
“Lao Jiang, to be honest, this matter is really inappropriate. But my brother warned me not to rely on my relationship with him to have a feud with other departments. I really can’t handle this for you.”
He hemmed and hawed for a long time and finally came up with a high – sounding reason to fob me off.
Well, I had long expected that he was a coward who was afraid of getting into trouble. I didn’t really count on him to get anything done.
I just didn’t want to give him an excuse to say that I bypassed the proper channels to report problems.
To deal with this matter, I still had to confront Manager Mu from the General Management Department directly.
“We issue canteen meal cards. You guys don’t eat in the canteen, so giving them to you is useless.”
Manager Mu folded her arms across her chest, rolled her eyes, and looked indifferent.
Whether we eat or not is our business. Whether to issue them or not concerns fairness and justice. Why can Team 1 and Team 2 get them as sales teams?
The team members behind me couldn’t stand it anymore and started questioning Manager Mu one after another.
“Team 1 and Team 2 don’t go out much. Most of the time, they are in the group, so we gave them the subsidies. Is there any problem?”
Manager Mu puffed out her chest and spoke plausibly.
“So, those who work hard to make money for the company don’t get fed, while those who slack off get everything, right?”
“What about the oil subsidy? We travel back and forth between the North City and the South City, over a hundred kilometers a day. Why don’t we have an oil subsidy?”
Whether to give the meal subsidy or not doesn’t matter much, but the oil subsidy is crucial for us.
Obviously, Manager Mu didn’t expect such a sudden question and stammered for a long time. Finally, she resorted to being unreasonable.
“I… you… come on, you guys get tens of thousands of yuan in bonuses and commissions every month. Are you still robbing us who only get a few thousand yuan of subsidies? Have you no shame?”
“If you think the back – and – forth trips are fuel – consuming, you can stop doing it!”
“What the hell are you talking about? Can you speak properly?”
I had been restraining myself, but now I felt a rush of anger. I raised my hand holding the notice high.
The brothers under me also surrounded her.
If she weren’t a woman, she would definitely get a good beating today.
“What are you all doing?!” Deputy General Manager Liu shouted from behind.
Hearing Deputy General Manager Liu enter the door, Manager Mu, who had been glaring at us just now, immediately changed her expression.
She lay on the desk and started crying loudly, “I can’t do this job anymore! So many of these men came in and wanted to hit me!”
This time, we weren’t intimidated by her tears.
Instead, we turned around and surrounded Deputy General Manager Liu in the middle.
I slapped the notice into his arms with a “snap”.
“You must give us an explanation for this matter today! Otherwise, the brothers really can’t work anymore!”
“Right, give an explanation!”
“We won’t work anymore! We’ll leave tomorrow!”
The team members under me, who had always been bullied, finally erupted.
They moved forward step by step, and the encirclement got smaller and smaller.
3
Although I really wanted to make a big fuss this time and vent all the grievances I had suffered in the company over the years, reason told me not to. After all, I had poured all my youth and enthusiasm into the company.
Seeing that things were about to get out of control, I quickly stepped forward to stabilize the situation.
“Brothers, we didn’t come here to intensify the conflict. We came to solve the problem.”
I first stopped the team members from moving forward and then turned to Deputy General Manager Liu and said.
“Vice President Liu, think about it. Who could accept this? You have to give us an explanation today.”
Only then did Deputy General Manager Liu get a chance to catch his breath from his embarrassment.
He adjusted his slightly loose tie and cleared his throat to cover up.
“Ahem, because your team is special, the company wants to study a special plan for you for the year – end bonus. So, you didn’t get the ordinary year – end bonus this time.”
“It’s not that there’s no year – end bonus, but there will be a more special and expectable one for you.”
Hearing Deputy General Manager Liu say this, the team members calmed down a bit, but still looked at him with suspicion.
“What about the oil subsidy and meal subsidy? How do you explain that?”
“As for the oil subsidy and meal subsidy… ” Deputy General Manager Liu cleared his throat symbolically again and then coughed for a while.
“Ahem, the oil subsidy and meal subsidy are reported by each department on its own. When counting, you were out on business. And you didn’t ask when you came back, so the General Management Department thought you had given up automatically.”
“What?!” The team members were obviously dissatisfied with this statement.
“Of course, the General Management Department is also responsible for not considering things comprehensively. Well, a quarterly management meeting will be held next week. We will discuss it at the meeting and definitely give you a satisfactory answer.”
I’m not satisfied with Deputy General Manager Liu in other aspects, but I really admire his ability to respond on the spot and his art of speaking.
4
I know that most of Deputy General Manager Liu’s words are just excuses to suppress this incident.
But sometimes, it’s more important to appease things than to intensify conflicts.
As the oldest employee in the company, I have this kind of awareness.
If he can’t give me a satisfactory answer at the quarterly management meeting.
I’ll just swallow my pride and go to see the boss, Lao Wang.
With our friendship, not to mention the year – end bonus, it’s possible to get a little more New Year’s red envelope.
So, I cooperated with Deputy General Manager Liu to calm things down.
“Lao Jiang, you’re an old – timer. How could you lead the others to make trouble?”
After my team members left, Deputy General Manager Liu shook his head and said to me in a heart – broken tone.
“I…” I opened my mouth but couldn’t say anything.
Ah, forget it. I’m too lazy to argue with these people.
The sound of the fingerprint lock opening in the general manager’s office came from the corridor.
Manager Mu, who was lying on the table, suddenly stood up, burst into tears, and ran in.
“Sigh!” Deputy General Manager Liu let out a long sigh and also walked into the general manager’s office.
I returned to the team office uneasily and waited until the end of work, but no news came out.
I thought this matter was over, so I left work and went home.
The next day, there was a car accident at the intersection I had to pass on my way to work. The traffic jam extended to three intersections.
I was definitely going to be late today. As usual, I took a few water – marked photos and sent them to the company’s big group to report.
It was two hours later that I arrived at the company. As soon as I entered the hall, I saw a big punishment decision posted on the bulletin board.
I unbelievably took out my phone, and sure enough, I saw a punishment notice in the big group:
“Jiang Weigong is arrogant because of his seniority, defies discipline, and is absent from work without reason. He is required to pay 1000 yuan as a repentance fee before the end of work today and his qualification for being selected as an outstanding employee this year will be cancelled.”
5
I was so angry that my hands were shaking. I’ve always been strict in abiding by the company’s regulations. How could she impose such a big punishment on me for such a trivial matter?
This is clearly a personal vendetta!
I stormed into the General Management Department angrily, but was surprised to find that all my team members were there, and Manager Mu was surrounded by them.
The deputy team leader, Yang Heng, was arguing with her, hands on hips.
Seeing me come in, Manager Mu pushed through the crowd and rushed towards me.
“Jiang Weigong, I just punished you according to the regulations. How could you incite the team members to make trouble here? This is obstructing official business!”
Her eyes were red, and she was panting heavily, like a hen that had been pecked.
“I incite them to make trouble? And I reported in the group. Why did you punish me?”
I looked at her in disbelief. I must get justice for this matter today. I’ve been an outstanding employee every year. How could this little girl deprive me of this this year?
“Reporting in the group? Which company regulation says that reporting in the group means you’re not late or absent from work?”
She was not to be outdone and took out the employee handbook and slapped it on my chest.
I was instantly dumbfounded. I know the employee handbook by heart, and there is indeed no such regulation. It’s just a common practice we have.
“Why can others do it, but I can’t?” I still wasn’t convinced.
“From today on, no! You! Can’t!” Manager Mu said through gritted teeth, word by word.
“I…” I was so angry that I couldn’t speak.
Forget it. It’s useless to reason with her. Then I’ll go to see the boss, Lao Wang. Paying 1000 yuan for the fine doesn’t matter, but I can’t be deprived of the annual outstanding employee title!
As soon as I walked out of the General Management Department, I met Lao Wang in the corridor. He was holding a briefcase and staring at the General Management Department.
“For such a trivial matter, you still come to make trouble. It’s really demeaning!” He gave me a disdainful look, walked into the general manager’s office, and slammed the door shut.
I was like a deflated balloon, suddenly wilted. Under the eyes of the whole company, I slowly returned to the office.
The team members also came back and gathered around me in the office, chattering to express their indignation for me.
I was so annoyed that I didn’t listen to a single word.
Just then, Xiao Zhou from the General Management Department came to call me and Yang Heng to attend the management meeting.
“Me too?” Yang Heng asked in surprise.
“Yes.” Xiao Zhou said unhappily and left without looking back.
Although I was reluctant, I still went to the meeting because Lao Liu said that they would discuss the year – end bonus and subsidy issues of our team at the meeting.
Lao Wang didn’t attend the management meeting. It was presided over by Deputy General Manager Liu.
“First, the meeting announces a personnel transfer: In view of the fact that Jiang Weigong, the former team leader of Sales Team 3, has repeatedly instigated his subordinates to gather and make trouble recently, it is decided to remove him from the position of team leader of Sales Team 3. His subsequent position and work will be notified separately.”
“The team leader of Sales Team 3 will be succeeded by Yang Heng, the former deputy team leader.”
“Jiang Weigong, you can leave the meeting room. Now we are going to officially hold the management meeting.”
6
The meeting room instantly fell silent. All the people present turned to look at me in unison.
My mind went blank, and I forgot how I left the meeting room.
In a daze, I came to the door of the general manager’s office. The door was open, and I walked straight in.
Lao Wang seemed to know that I would come. He sat behind his wooden tea table and motioned for me to sit down.
“Lao Jiang, don’t blame this person or that person. Times are changing. I’ve been giving you opportunities, but you’ve been unwilling to change.”
Lao Wang pushed a cup of tea towards me.
I didn’t pick up the tea, nor did I answer. I just stared at him.
“Don’t look at me like that. People can’t live their whole lives relying on past achievements.”
He tapped the table with two fingers.
“The performance of our team has always accounted for ninety percent of the company’s. You say I’m relying on past achievements?”
I looked at him in surprise.
“The performance of your team? Weren’t those businesses all run by the young team members? What does it have to do with you? Have you had any business volume in recent years? Does it make any difference whether you’re there or not?”
Lao Wang threw me a thick stack of business statistics reports.
I didn’t need to look. My business volume in recent years was indeed zero.
But I gave all the businesses I signed to the team members. As the team leader, isn’t it enough for me to manage the team members well?
“And you tell everyone that we started the company from scratch together, and that’s why the company has achieved its current scale. How can you have the nerve to say that? Did you invest a single penny back then? You were just a salesman I hired to run business for me. With such good products, anyone could have done better than you!”
“I didn’t…”
I just wanted to defend myself, but he interrupted me forcefully.
“You also tell others that I regard you as a brother. After all these years, our relationship is indeed deeper than that with other employees. But one thing is one thing. Which normal person would claim to be on brother – terms with the boss?”
“Look, when I added new departments and introduced young blood, you were indignant. You complained and grumbled in front of others and behind their backs, constantly challenging the bottom line of company regulations, and even your subordinates became unruly following you. Count it yourself. How many company regulations have not been implemented as they should be just to accommodate you?”
“Over the years, I’ve always put the most profitable departments and teams under your charge. This shows how much trust I have in you. I think I’ve treated you fairly.”
“But what about you? You’ve become more and more unreasonable year by year. To convince the public, I kept demoting you, but you not only didn’t realize it, but became even worse. You even dared to lead people to surround and block Vice – President Liu.”
“This time, I’ll demote you to the bottom. Think it over for yourself. If you want to work, start from the bottom and do a good job. If not, get out of here as soon as possible!”
I stood up blankly, like a person who had lost their soul, and slowly shuffled towards the door.
“Lao Jiang, you should consider the overall situation!” he said slowly with a triumphant tone.
I, who had already reached the door, was suddenly stunned when I heard this. A surge of anger welled up from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.
I suddenly turned around, rushed to the tea table, picked up the cup of tea on the table, and poured it all over Lao Wang’s astonished face.
“Go to hell with your overall situation!”
When the company was first established, there were only the boss, Lao Wang, and me. He negotiated with manufacturers, and I looked for sales channels.
At first, we endured countless cold shoulders and discrimination, and went through numerous hardships. Finally, we gradually grew the company.
I still remember that in a food – stall, after getting drunk, he put his arm around my shoulder and cried,
“You’re my brother for life. If I have a mouthful of soup, you’ll have a mouthful of meat!”
Later, as the company grew bigger and bigger, the finance department, customer service department, and after – sales center were gradually established. What made me most angry was that he set up the General Management Department.
He patted me on the shoulder and said, “All departments serve your sales department.”
At that time, there were only nine salespeople among ninety employees in the company. It was like one salesperson was followed by nine people providing support. Wasn’t that like an emperor’s treatment?
It turned out that I was wrong. At least the General Management Department didn’t think they should serve us.
Under the leadership of their Manager Mu, they once held a seminar specifically for our sales department, which we jokingly called “How to find faults in the sales department without affecting other departments.”
Since then, the two departments have been at odds.
Later, Lao Wang’s cousin, Xiao Wang, returned from studying business administration at the California American University. Lao Wang had a long – awaited conversation with me.
“Lao Jiang, the times are developing. Using the old methods in sales is outdated now. We need to embrace the times and go international. So, you should consider the overall situation!”
So, Xiao Wang became the manager of the sales department, and I became his deputy.
Later, the nephew of Executive Vice – President Lao Liu, who could provide emotional value to Lao Wang, graduated from junior college.
Lao Wang asked me to consider the overall situation again: “Lao Jiang, you’re an old – timer. You should expand the company’s territory.”
He formed Sales Team 1 for Xiao Liu, who took over the mature urban market.
I became the team leader of Sales Team 2 and went to the battlefield of developing the South City.
Later, the younger sister of Manager Mu, the powerful General Management Department manager who could please Lao Wang, graduated from secondary technical school.
This time, I became the team leader of Sales Team 3 again, and the business scope became the new area of the North City.
But no matter how it changed, our team always accounted for more than ninety percent of the company’s business volume.
Now, I’ve led people to cover all the business in the whole city. Lao Wang set a trap and demoted me from team leader to the most basic employee.
And he still has the nerve to ask me to consider the overall situation?
I’m no longer in your overall situation. What the hell overall situation should I consider?
The mill hasn’t been unloaded yet, but he wants to kill the donkey!
“Jiang Weigong, are you crazy?”
Lao Wang wiped the water off his face, slapped the table, and pointed at my nose, cursing.
I walked towards him against his hand. He kept backing away and was forced against the glass curtain behind him.
“Yes, I’m crazy. I really want to know if I’ll be smashed to pieces if I fall from the 18th floor.”
I grinned ferociously and hammered the glass a few more times.
Lao Wang’s face instantly turned as white as paper, and he collapsed to the ground like a lump of dough.
A yellow – brown solid – liquid mixture flowed out from his lower body, and the air was filled with a stinky smell.
It’s really funny. A grown – up person actually soiled his pants!
I took out my phone and took a few pictures of him, then left this dirty place, laughing loudly.
I pushed open the door and left with a swagger under the astonished gazes of my colleagues.
It was not until I reached the underground garage and sat in the car that I finally couldn’t help crying.
I’ve always regarded this company as the career I would strive for all my life.
I also always took the words Lao Wang said after getting drunk, “You’re my brother forever,” as true.
All these things in reality tell me how naive and ridiculous I was.
I dedicated the best years of my youth to this heartless company. It would have been better to feed it to the dogs!
I wiped away my tears, started the car, and resolutely drove away from this sad place.
I took out my phone and called my best friend, Zhang Tao.
“Taizi, the old place.”
When Zhang Tao came, I was already seven or eight parts drunk in the tavern.
“Are you lovelorn?” Zhang Tao teased me as soon as he arrived.
“Love your head. I don’t have time for love.”
Over the years, I’ve been working hard for the company and never had the energy to think about finding a partner.
“If you’re not lovelorn, what’s wrong? You look like you’ve lost your soul.”
Zhang Tao filled the glasses with wine and looked at me.
“I quit my job.”
I made Lao Wang so embarrassed today. There’s definitely no place for me in the company.
“Really? Then we really should celebrate! You’ve finally come to your senses. That crappy company doesn’t deserve you.”
Zhang Tao picked up his glass, clinked it with mine, and drank it all in one gulp.
“Why do you say that?” I looked at him in confusion.
“Do you still think that lousy company is so valuable? For this kind of pure – sales company, as long as you have the source of goods, with your ability and accumulated customer resources, you can easily defeat it.”
Zhang Tao picked up a mouthful of food.
“To be honest, do you plan to start your own business? I happen to have a newly – launched product. Its quality is better than that of your original company, and the price is cheaper.”
“But I don’t have that much capital.” I was a bit tempted but also had some concerns.
“I’ll provide the capital. I’ve been preparing for this project for a long time. I’ve been waiting for you to quit. If you think it’s okay, I’ll go sign the regional agency tomorrow.”
Zhang Tao is a rich young master with a lot of spare money.
“You provide the money. Then, am I working for you again?” His words reminded me of Lao Wang.
“Don’t think of me as your shitty boss. In the early stage, the shares are 60% for me and 40% for you. After the cost is recovered, it’ll be 40% for me and 60% for you. After I earn enough, it’ll be 20% for me and 80% for you. How about it?”
Zhang Tao raised his eyebrows at me.
“What are the conditions?” I looked at him. Although we’re best friends, even fathers and sons can turn against each other when it comes to interests.
“The condition is don’t let me get involved in any company matters. It’s troublesome!”
Young Master Zhang slumped in the booth like Ge You.
Deal. I clinked my glass with his.
“However, we can’t let your previous company off so easily. They just squeezed out my good Brother Jiang. We have to make them suffer.”
The next day, as soon as I got up, Zhang Tao knocked on my door with his family’s private top – notch lawyer.
“Tell Lawyer Guo about the situation quickly. We still have to sign the contract this afternoon.”
Zhang Tao is always in a hurry and can’t afford to delay at all.
I told Lawyer Guo about what had happened in the company recently and the unfair treatment I had received over the years.
After listening, Lawyer Guo nodded and said, “Congratulations, Mr. Jiang. Your former company is basically giving you money.”
“Mr. Jiang, now you can consider whether to go back to work for a few days or not.”
“I’m not going back. I can’t stand the sight of those people.”
“If that’s the case, I’ll go through some necessary procedures for you first.”
Lawyer Guo typed on the computer for a while and then sent me an electronic form. “Mr. Jiang, please prepare the materials according to this form first.”
Things went quickly. Zhang Tao and I showed up in the meeting room of Party A at 2 p.m.
We successfully signed the regional agency contract.
Just as we walked out of the gate of Party A’s office area, I received a call from Manager Mu.
As Lawyer Guo suggested, I pressed the recording button when answering the phone to keep some evidence.
“Jiang, are you out of your mind? You actually sent a forced resignation letter to the company. Do you think leaving in this way and saying you quit the company will make you look good in the future? I won’t let you succeed. Listen up. Now, because you incited a crowd to make trouble and your business performance has been at the bottom for a long time, the company has decided to fire you without any compensation. And we also reserve the right to hold you accountable for the losses caused by your unexcused absence from work.”
“Of course, for the healthy development of the industry and to let other companies in the same industry avoid risks, the company has decided to announce this notice in the form of an open letter throughout the industry.”
This girl must be crazy. To spite me, she’s actually giving me a chance to fight back!
Their behavior is really too much. Announcing it throughout the industry means they’re trying to cut off my future path.
They would never have thought that I don’t plan to look for another job but have already started my own business.
Their move is like punching cotton and has no effect.
But it’s really infuriating. I was so angry that I couldn’t speak.
Seeing this, Zhang Tao snatched my phone and shouted into the microphone, “Damn the notice. Try to send it if you dare!”
“Who are you? How dare you be so arrogant?” Manager Mu was so angry that she was jumping up and down.
“I’m your father!” Zhang Tao said and hung up the phone.
“Swearing is not good after all.” I gradually calmed down.
“One day, I’ll make her call me father.” Zhang Tao said hatefully, clenching his fists.
I turned on my phone and sent the recording of the call just now and the dismissal notice and other materials to Lawyer Guo.
Soon, Lawyer Guo sent a message: “Congratulations, Mr. Yang. You’re destined to make a fortune this year! Get ready. We’ll file an additional civil lawsuit.”
Of course, Manager Mu wasn’t intimidated. She immediately made the notice of my dismissal known throughout the industry.
My phone was almost ringing off the hook with calls from my previous partners.
“Mr. Jiang, what happened? Were you bullied?”
Many clients from Party A and partners usually call me Mr. Jiang, although in fact I’m just a team leader.
“Ah, don’t mention it. I was bitten by a dog.” I replied casually.
“Then why don’t you bite back?” They teased me.
“Bite back? I’ll get a mouthful of fur. I’m not doing that. I’ll consider biting after pulling out the fur.”
“Mr. Jiang, you’re a sensible person. Where are you going to work in the future? We’ll all come and join you.”
“I’ve started a small company and just signed a new supply source. The quality is higher than before, and the price is cheaper. If you’re interested, you can come to my new company for a talk tomorrow morning.”
After that, I sent them the address of my new company, along with the photo of Lao Wang sitting in his excrement.
Although his face was cropped out, one could accurately tell who he was just by his clothes and the environment.
Manager Mu didn’t expect that what she intended to be a way to humiliate me in the industry turned out to be the best publicity for me by accident.
The supply source and initial customers are settled. Now, what I need to do is to build my own team.
This time, I plan to set up a very flat – structured company to avoid the problems of a large company that Lao Wang’s small company has.
I asked Zhang Tao to second two administrative staff and three financial staff from his father’s company. I’ll build the most crucial business team myself.
After ending the chat with these people, I started to contact my former subordinates who were not well – treated before.
Who says you can’t poach the boss’s people? Since he’s unkind, don’t blame me for being unrighteous.
Moreover, these people have suffered unfair treatment in the original company.
Soon, the eight members of the original team all said they would come to report tomorrow.
Only Yang Heng was hesitant and didn’t give an answer.
I can understand this. He just got promoted to the top position. How could he come and struggle for an uncertain future with me?
After hearing that I also contacted Yang Heng, the other members seemed to have something to say but held back.
After my repeated questioning, they just said to me, “Anyway, he’s different from us and not what you think.”
I smiled. It doesn’t matter. I originally wanted to help him make money. If he doesn’t want to come, that’s fine.
One more or one less of him doesn’t make a difference.
The supply source, business, and team were all set up within a few days.
Looking at this dynamic company, it felt like a dream.
After struggling for Lao Wang for so many years, I’m finally fighting for myself.
After hearing that I started my own company, Lao Wang sneered.
“A country bumpkin who only knows how to run business. Does he understand business management?”
“He doesn’t even know how deep the water is in starting a company. Does he think just anyone can take on a big responsibility?”
It took us about a week to sign cooperation agreements with the customers who came to us.
After that, I led the team myself, taking the North City as a starting point, and began to expand our business territory.
Within a few months, we covered the entire city and started to plan to enter the surrounding cities.
We have absolute quality and price advantages, and we offer high salaries and dividends to our business staff.
Gradually, I almost took over all of Lao Wang’s business.
Lao Wang was so anxious that he jumped up and down, pointing at Xiao Wang and the team leaders of the three sales teams and cursing.
“You bunch of useless people! You’ve ruined such a good situation. If you can’t come up with a solution, pack your bags and get out.”
Xiao Wang and Xiao Liu slapped the table on the spot.
“If you think you can do better, you do it! They’re better than us in every way. What can we do to compete?”
“If we could do it, who would want to work in your crappy little company? It’s really funny!”
Lao Wang rolled his eyes in anger on the spot.
Xiaoxiao Mu took Lao Wang into her arms and comforted his rapidly heaving chest with tears in her eyes.
Yang Heng silently took out his phone and sent a photo to Lao Wang’s wife.
Not long ago, when my brothers and I signed a big deal and were celebrating in the most luxurious hotel in the North City.
We happened to see Yang Heng walking into the lovers’ hotel across the restaurant with Lao Wang’s wife on his arm.
I was so shocked that my eyes almost popped out, but the other brothers seemed to be used to it. They smiled and patted me on the shoulder.
“Let me tell you secretly. The son that Lao Wang and his wife have been trying so hard to have for so many years is also Yang Heng’s.”
A brother whispered in my ear.
“There’s something we’ve always felt bad about. Those times we went to the General Management Department to make trouble were instigated by Yang Heng. He said it could relieve some of your pressure, so we believed him.”
Saying this, these team members looked a bit embarrassed.
I waved my hand and said, “Ah, these are all small things. The blame lies with the right person. How could I blame you?”
Lao Wang’s wife was no ordinary person. She was a powerful figure in her youth.
How could she tolerate Lao Wang’s philandering?
After receiving the photo sent by Yang Heng, she rushed to the company in a hurry.
She kicked open the door and saw Manager Mu and Xiaoxiao Mu serving Lao Wang, one on each side.
Lao Wang’s wife was furious. She rushed over, grabbed Manager Mu, and slapped her more than a dozen times, left and right.
Seeing the situation was bad, Xiaoxiao Mu was about to run away, but Lao Wang’s wife kicked her in the stomach, and she fell to the ground, moaning in pain.
Seeing this, Lao Wang rushed over worriedly and shielded Xiaoxiao Mu under him.
“You crazy woman! Both of them are pregnant with my child. If you want to do something, kill me first!”
After saying that, he stared at his wife with red eyes.
“Ha ha ha ha ha, this is so funny!” Lao Wang’s wife burst into laughter, then pointed at Lao Wang’s nose and cursed with a laugh,
“Don’t you know you’re infertile? You say both of them are pregnant with your child. Ha ha ha, what a joke!”
“What did you say?” Lao Wang was like an enraged bull, huffing and puffing heavily.
Lao Wang’s wife realized she had let the cat out of the bag. She quickly covered her mouth and instinctively looked at Yang Heng standing beside her.
Lao Wang immediately shifted his target to Yang Heng. There had already been rumors in the company, so how could he not have heard them?
He rushed over, grabbed Yang Heng by the neck, and cursed viciously through gritted teeth, “I’ll kill you!”
“You bastard, what are you doing?” Lao Wang’s wife wasn’t going to stand by and watch her young lover being bullied.
She swung her fist, as big as a sandbag, at Lao Wang.
The two sisters of the Mu family, who also cared about Lao Wang, shouted at Lao Wang’s wife. One grabbed her hair, and the other scratched her face.
The five of them got into a scuffle, wrestling and spinning around in full view of all the company employees.
Finally, they crashed through the glass curtain that I had used to scare Lao Wang before and fell from the 18th floor together.
At that time, my brothers and I happened to be passing by across the street.
We were shocked to see Lao Wang stand up from a pile of flesh, staggering around, crying and laughing. He had completely gone mad.
Lao Wang went crazy, and his company went bankrupt.
All of his former employees came to my company for job interviews in a rush, including Deputy General Manager Liu.
“My company is small and can’t afford to keep idle people. Besides, I’m quite emotionally stable and don’t need you to provide emotional value.”
I politely asked the security guards to show him out and arranged that if he came again, they didn’t need to ask me. They could directly break his legs. Who asked him to be such a lackey!
He didn’t have any real talent. He applied for jobs everywhere but was rejected every time.
Finally, he set up a street stall at the entrance of the mall, telling fortunes and reading palms.
Surprisingly, this line of work really suited him. After all, he could provide emotional value. Many people who liked to hear nice words became his repeat customers, and for a while, his business was quite good.
He squatted on one side of the mall path, running his small stall, while Lao Wang squatted at the corner across the path, with a broken bowl in front of him.
The former top two leaders of the company met here again and started their new and grand business territory.
Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long. Deputy General Manager Liu was reported for fraud and indecency and was sent to prison.
Lao Wang held on alone at the corner for a few more months.
Then came the city – creating and hygiene – improving campaign. He was loaded onto a truck overnight and transported to the neighboring city. I never saw him again.
13
“Do you know which kind of employee in the company is the stupidest?”
“Which kind?”
“The boss’s lackey.”
The image of Deputy General Manager Liu flashed through my mind.
“Do you know which kind of employee in the company is even stupider?”
“Which kind?”
“The boss’s lover.”
The images of Manager Mu and Xiaoxiao Mu became vivid in my mind.
“Do you know which kind of employee in the company is the stupidest of all?”
“Which kind?”
“Those who consider the boss as a brother!”
“I… You’re making fun of me!”
“Ha ha ha. Just say if I’m right. Bosses are usually heartless, but you still claim to be on brother – terms with him. Ha ha, so funny!”
I gave his shoulder a hard punch. “We’re brothers too. Now that we’re partners, can I still consider you as a brother?”
“That’s different. We were brothers first and then became partners. And you’re the boss. If anyone is stupid, it should be me.”
– End –
