Chapter 467 The Financial Department
Chapter 467 The Financial Department
Liu Xiaoyue smiles and then continues, “Sometimes I think the high officials work more comfortably, and they have cars when going out and secretaries around them. They would eat good food wherever they are and enjoy the best clothes, food, residences and transportation. Why should they be paid more than the low officials at the bottom? For example, I work here as the director of the research and development department. Sometimes I think that I am more comfortable and free than my subordinates, but my salary is twice more than theirs. Sometimes they do a better job than me. I shouldn’t get so much.”
“My friend, what you said is wonderful. Then each worker will get five hundred more.” Li Yong admires Liu Xiaoyue’s moral quality.
He has many rooms, so he will give them to the poor so that they will get happy. However, in Huaxia, nowadays, many people work far away from home and have no fixed abode to live. The real estate is developed everywhere in the country. Although a lot of buildings have been built, most of them are vacant, and there are many cities with no people.
If the officials have such a good moral quality, the situation would probably be much better.
“Thanks, Mr. Li.”
“Just call me Li Yong.”
Seeing that Liu Xiaoyue gets back to work, Li Yong comes to her office and has a seat, pouring a cup of tea for himself. Then he starts his clairvoyant vision to check what’s happening in the whole company.
He looks at Liu Xiaoyue first, to find that although she is the top leader of the research and development department, she doesn’t put on airs. She is easy-going and works with the subordinates, getting on well with the workers.
She is not like the former director, whose presence in the research and development department would make the workers scared and nervous, with no courage to speak.
A good superior won’t make people nervous and scared.
Li Yong approves Liu Xiaoyue’s job and thinks that he didn’t misjudge. When he was at college, he had a crush on her because of her passion for studying and hard-working spirit.
Such a worker like Liu Xiaoyue would shine and brighten the sky at night wherever she is, and even Li Yong’s heart is affected by her. He sighs secretly, “This is a real talent.”
Then Li Yong looks at the other departments. He finds that Luo Qingmin’s meeting is over and most directors are holding a meeting in each department and going to decide who will be dismissed.
Some directors don’t hold a meeting and just write the name list as they like.
Most of the directors who hold a meeting show that they are helpless and tell the workers that this is the company’s decision, so they have to obey. Every department should dismiss the unnecessary workers, at least five of them.
All the workers would never think that they are unnecessary, even including those who have nothing to do all day long.
They are arguing in the small meeting rooms. In the end, somebody figures out a solution and they start to vote. Everybody selects the workers who don’t work hard, and the top five would be dismissed.
Li Yong doesn’t like the directors who dismiss workers as they like but admires those who vote. Although some people might hook up with each other and intentionally hurt somebody, it is relatively fair.
Only the director of the sales department deals with this matter easily. He doesn’t need to hold a meeting and just fires the five workers who have the worst sales performance.
After Li Yong checks every department, his eyes fall on the financial department at last.
There are not many workers in the financial department. If five of them are fired, they would work tiredly.
These people sit in the office and join hands. After they discuss, they decide to go against the company’s decision.
There are as many as tens or hundreds of workers in other departments, and it doesn’t matter if some of them are fired, but there are only twenty workers in the financial department. After five are dismissed, there will be only fifteen workers left. And the rest have to share the jobs of the five, and they would be much busier every day and work overtime sometimes, so none of them is willing to.
Their director, a middle-aged woman in her forties reports to Luo Qingmin about this matter. Luo Qingmin agrees with a smile before discussing with Li Yong.
Then the director tells all the workers in the financial department about the good news. They cheer and say that this is their victory. After talking happily for a while, they decide to go out at night to celebrate this victory and thank their director for letting all of them stay and giving them a chance to continue working here.
In fact, it’s the company that gives them the chance to work, but these people think it’s their director.
“We will spend money on dinner. Where can we get the money?”
“Didn’t we purchase some new computers yesterday? Add one on the list, so we will have money to eat.”
“Right. It happens that the expense account hasn’t been sent to President Han to sign.”
“Add two. Let’s eat something nice.”
“Great. Bravo.”
“Keep quiet. This is our secret. Don’t tell others. Don’t let President Han know.”
Hearing that, Li Yong gets up angrily and then walks to Luo Qingmin’s office.
He hasn’t expected that the financial department is so corrupt and they can write expense accounts at will. One or two computers don’t cost much, but what if they add others? What if they often add something on the list?
Li Yong has no objection as the financial department doesn’t fire workers and doesn’t mind when they go out for dinner to celebrate, but they want to spend the company’s money on celebration, and it’s not allowed.
They are the company’s parasites. If things go on like this, the financial department would be more and more corrupt and unruly.
So Li Yong comes to Luo Qingmin and says directly, “The financial department must fire five workers.”
Luo Qingmin looks terrible and comes to Li Yong. Grabbing his sleeve, she asks in a low voice, “Yong, do you know who Han Bingbing, the director of the financial department is?”
“Isn’t she a woman? Would she be a katoey?” Li Yong asks in reply.
“What katoey?” Luo Qingmin is unable either to laugh or to cry, “Yong, I tell you. Han Bingbing is not only a senior executive in the financial department but also Lu and Fei’s aunt. She is my sworn father’s cousin. You and I should call her aunt. Just now she came to me and said that there are few workers in the financial department. If some of them are fired, they would be too busy. I have agreed with her. Now you say that five of them must be dismissed. How would I explain to her? You are making things difficult for me.”
“Who told you to agree with her?” Li Yong asks expressionlessly.
“I... I have to consider Aunt’s dignity!” Luo Qingmin shakes Li Yong’s arm and continues in an intimate way, “Lu and Fei are polite to her at ordinary times. How dare I disrespect her?”
“Everybody talks about the human relationship. Are we going to keep our company?” Li Yong sighs helplessly.
“Yong, how can you say that? We don’t need to consider everybody’s dignity.”
Li Yong pats Luo Qingmin’s beautiful face and states seriously, “Five workers in the financial department must be fired. You deal with it.”
Luo Qingmin is frightened and doesn’t know what’s wrong with Li Yong today. He hurts her while patting her face and speaks in a scary tone, different from the man who is always smiling and flirtatious.
After a moment’s hesitation, Luo Qingmin finally picks up the phone helplessly and calls Han Bingbing unwillingly. She says in embarrassment, “Aunt, I am sorry. The financial department still needs to fire five workers. Please give me the name list as soon as possible. I have no choice. I am sorry. Please understand the company’s decision.”
Soon after Luo Qingmin hangs up, Han Bingbing rushes over aggressively. As soon as she enters the office, Han Bingbing questions in a rage, “Ms. Luo, what’s the matter with you? You have just agreed with me, but why do you change your mind? Do you know that you are changeable and make me difficult to handle things? I have told the workers that our financial department doesn’t need to reduce the staff. After hearing the news, they are going to celebrate, but you still tell us to cut down the number of workers. Whose decision is this?”
Luo Qingmin glances at Li Yong who is sitting on the sofa and drinking tea, and Han Bingbing understands immediately. So she looks at Li Yong and expresses furiously, “Li Yong, I am your aunt. Why do you tell our department to reduce the staff? We have few workers in the financial department and need to go off work late every day. If five workers are fired, we can’t finish our work. Even if we work overtime every day, we can’t make it.”
“Where are you going to celebrate?” Li Yong doesn’t answer but asks lazily.
“Go to KTV.” Han Bingbing hesitates for a while and then replies honestly.
“Who will pay the bill?” Li Yong continues to ask, like chatting.
“What does it have to do with you?” Han Bingbing gets alert.
“I hear that you will add two computers on the list, right? Did you often add things in the past? Was the dirty money shared by you or used to eat?” Li Yong asks several questions successively with a smile.
Han Bingbing is scared and doesn’t have time to think. She just denies in a hurry, “Add things on the list? It never happened. Mr. Li, don’t slander us. If you don’t believe me, you can investigate.”
“No need to investigate. Just dismiss five workers first and reorganize the financial department,” Li Yong orders indifferently, in a tone beyond question.
“Okay.” Han Bingbing grits her teeth and can do nothing but agree.
“Yong, you are awesome. Even Aunt is suppressed by you.” As soon as Han Bingbing leaves, Luo Qingmin comes to Li Yong and sits next to him, holding his arm. With her breasts close to him, she praises him with a big smile.
“It’s because I have found her fault. She really wants to add two computers on the list. I can’t imagine that she would do something like this. We take her as our aunt, but she doesn’t take us as family,”
Li Yong expresses seriously.
“How did you know?” Luo Qingmin asks in surprise.
“It’s none of your business. Anyway, I won’t lie to you.”
Li Yong wouldn’t say that he has seen it with his own eyes. Even if he says that, perhaps nobody would believe it because he has been sitting here all the time and didn’t go to the financial department. How could he have seen it?
“Yong, you are so handsome when you get mad. Let me massage your legs.” While speaking, Luo Qingmin puts her hands on Li Yong’s thighs and gently massages several times. Then she suddenly grabs his sensitive part.