Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

As the saying goes, "One can know the leopard from a spot, and know autumn from a falling leaf."

If a small issue like canteen embezzlement can cause Fang Xiuying such distress, one can only imagine how incompetent she is when managing things in the production workshop.

Of course, saying that might be too arbitrary.

It's also possible that Fang Xiuying managed the workshop very well, but was simply too lazy to manage the canteen, or felt it was unnecessary, which ultimately led to the current situation.

However, if a factory manager were to be rated out of 10, Wang An would still only be able to give Fang Xiuying a score of 5.

That's right, it's a score of 5. Fang Xiuying is completely unqualified as the factory director.

First, as the factory manager, she failed to identify the problem in a timely manner.

Wang An believed that the problem of the canteen skimping on employee meals had been going on for at least six months, or even a year, but she, as the factory manager, had never noticed it.

Second, after discovering the problem, there was a lot of noise but little action.

Because her attitude was clearly that of a teacher educating a student with problems, focusing primarily on education and believing that admitting mistakes and correcting them was enough.

To put it bluntly, she didn't even understand her own position or the role she played.

As the factory director, she actually had to consider the opinions of several insignificant people who pleaded for leniency for a corrupt official.

Furthermore, does Director Cai, who is nearly 50 years old, need someone in their 20s to teach her how to be a person?
Is there any educational value in educating adults who make mistakes, especially those they knowingly commit?

Third, as the factory director, she failed to distinguish between primary and secondary issues and was unable to weigh the pros and cons.

While seemingly powerful and influential figures who are actually of little use to the development of pharmaceutical factories and can be replaced at any time, they are willing to give leniency to these leaders, ignoring the infringement of the workers' rights.

For pharmaceutical factories today, only middle and lower-level leaders and workers are the backbone. As for deputy factory directors and directors, anyone can be one, and their presence or absence has little impact on the pharmaceutical factory.

Fourth, and most importantly, she has trouble distinguishing between the king and queen.

The main issue is that Wang An has already made his stance clear and provided a solution and handling method, but Fang Xiuying is still indecisive, showing excessive compassion, and even questioning Wang An's decision for the sake of these few parasites.

In conclusion, Wang An is indeed considering replacing the factory director.

However, the reason why Wang An could still give Fang Xiuying a score of 5 is because Fang Xiuying is also thinking about development. The research and development and production of medicine for treating sprains and bruises is the best proof of her.

However, in Wang An's view, merits are merits and demerits are demerits, and the two should not be confused.

You see, Wang An had come all this way with the intention of teaching Fang Xiuying some things, such as the ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness that a factory director must have, as well as the social niceties that must be discarded.

But Fang Xiuying, as the top leader of the pharmaceutical factory, when faced with corruption—a matter with extremely negative consequences that could easily lead other leaders to follow suit and plunge the entire factory into a huge crisis—actually thought of acting as a peacemaker and a pushover.

This is a joint-stock company, not a state-owned enterprise. We don't need those useless social niceties. If she continues to be the factory director like this, what good is she?

To put it bluntly, if you put a dog in the factory manager's position, wouldn't it be exactly the same?
After Wang An finished speaking, seeing Fang Xiuying's panicked and helpless appearance, his feeling of "a hopeless case" grew even stronger.

Therefore, Wang An, with a cold face and showing no mercy, asked:
"Tell me, are you still capable of being the factory manager? If not, I'll replace you immediately."

This was Wang An's final ultimatum. If Fang Xiuying dared to show even the slightest sign of grievance or refuse to address the issue, Wang An would replace her immediately, allowing her to simply collect her dividends. If she was unwilling to accept only dividends and dared to cause trouble that affected Wang An, he would completely kick her out, establish a new pharmaceutical factory, and not only would she not receive any dividends, but she would also be burdened with a huge debt.

These things were far too easy for Wang An, mainly because Wang An was not a good person to begin with; he was an expert at scheming and plotting against people.

Fang Xiuying immediately realized that Wang An was not joking.

If I say even one more word related to pleading or questioning, the result will be that I will be completely kicked out of the game, and never be able to come back.

Even having Fang Xiu'e's connection was useless, because Wang An was the kind of person who didn't buy into that at all.

This was undoubtedly very difficult for Fang Xiuying, who was used to being the factory director, used to being bossy, used to being on equal footing with the leaders of various departments, and even used to the leaders of various departments asking her to do things.

It's not just Fang Xiuying who would do this; anyone would.

The contrast between being fawned over and obeyed by everyone, having to listen to everyone in the pharmaceutical factory, and then being ignored and disregarded by everyone, is quite intense.

This is actually why many veteran cadres are unwilling to step down and make way for others. They say they are still capable and can continue to make contributions, but the truth is that they crave the spiritual pleasure that power brings and are unwilling to step down.

So, after Wang An finished speaking, only a moment later, Fang Xiuying completely reverted to her demeanor as a factory director, turning to Captain Suo with a cold expression and ordering:
"Captain Suo, do as shareholder Wang An says. Remember, the shareholders' orders are my orders."

At this moment, Fang Xiuying finally understood and realized the truth.

Anyway, any one of the shareholders of the pharmaceutical factory is better than her, and more importantly, they are all more suitable to be the factory manager. The key point is that she can't afford to offend any of them.

Therefore, when they express their opinions, just listen to them and be responsible for carrying them out.

Most importantly, these shareholders rarely interfere in the factory's affairs, and are unwilling to do so, unless it involves issues that the shareholders simply cannot stand by and do not approve of.

And often, such problems arise because one is wrong. Not only does one refuse to admit their mistake, but they also oppose it, which inevitably leads to a situation where no one can tolerate them.

Since the factory manager had spoken, Captain Suo naturally didn't dare to hesitate. After all, Fang Xiuying was the one who paid their wages. Captain Suo turned around, waved his hand, and said to his subordinates:

“Take all seven of these people away for questioning.”

Seven or eight fierce-looking security personnel, two of whom were holding Director Cai, and the rest grabbed one by one, walked out together.

At this time, the security guards or security personnel of all the major factories were registered with the industrial and commercial security authorities. They could handle the affairs of the factories on their own, and their power was simply boundless.

Seeing their former colleagues arrested like criminals, these office workers couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow.

However, no matter what they do, Wang An doesn't care at all. Whether they live or die, they're all just trash.

Everyone had been taken away. Wang An, oblivious to everything, picked up his chopsticks and called to Fang Xiuying:

"Sister Ying, let's eat! What are you looking at? It'll get cold soon."

Fang Xiuying twitched the corner of her mouth and said:
"Your face changes so quickly." (End of Chapter)