Courtyard Houses: Starting with the principle of hard work paying off

Chapter 183 The best way to resolve conflicts is to resolve people.

"Director, did that Li Hongbing badmouth me to you? What happened at the tavern yesterday was a misunderstanding. I can explain it. He's slandering me! I was just..."

When Li Hongbing and Director Li went to the backyard, Fan Jinyou had a bad feeling, and it turned out he was right.

As soon as Director Li returned, he called him out and dismissed him from his position as general manager. Fan Jinyou didn't need to think much; he knew that Li Hongbing must have been complaining behind his back, using the incident at the tavern the previous night to tarnish his image.

"Such a thing happened? Master Li didn't tell me any of this."

Before he could even mention it, Fan Jinyou had already brought it up himself, which made Director Li's expression somewhat unpleasant. He immediately criticized him with a stern face: "However, Fan Jinyou, as a state cadre, you always represent the image of the country. You must have a proper and friendly attitude towards the masses."

At the same time, serving the people transcends time and place. Your actions were highly problematic, and your ideological awareness needs improvement. Go back today, reflect deeply on your actions, write a self-criticism, and hand it in to me tomorrow.

Having witnessed Fan Jinyou's actions, and in order to avoid causing further trouble and incurring Li Hongbing's wrath, Director Li clearly did not intend to reveal Li Hongbing's protest against Fan Jinyou, and pretended to have just learned about it.

Fan Jinyou was stunned after hearing what Director Li said.

Did Li Hongbing not file a complaint?

This means that he just got himself into trouble.

For a moment, Fan Jinyou, who had thought this way, felt immense regret.

"Director, I..."

Fan Jinyou's gaze fell on Director Li, and he knew that the other party was in a bad mood, but he still asked with a forced smile, "Director, can you tell me why I was dismissed as the general manager?"

Since it wasn't because of what happened last night, Fan Jinyou was even more confused.

Anyway, I've already been scolded and have to write a self-criticism.

Even if I'm going to die, I want to die knowing why.

"Think about it yourself, what were you saying to Manager Chen inside just now?"

The matter should have ended there once Fan Jinyou was dismissed as the company's general manager.

He was warned to stay away from the silk shop and not to provoke Li Hongbing and Chen Xueru. Director Li did not intend to investigate the matter further.

After all, Fan Jinyou was a cadre of the street office and his subordinate. Moreover, it was originally his idea to make Fan Jinyou the general manager of the silk shop. Now that he has changed his mind, it is somewhat unreasonable.

However, Fan Jinyou himself was still unconvinced, which made Director Li's gaze darken.

"I...Director, I didn't say anything!"

Fan Jinyou felt a pang of guilt, but he stubbornly maintained his composure.

What he just said was deliberately framed as capitalists and remnants of the old regime, an attempt to set a trap for Chen Xueru and seize any leverage against her. However, Chen Xueru didn't fall for it at all.

He may have had ulterior motives, but he couldn't admit to having such thoughts in front of Director Li.

“Fan Jinyou, now is a critical moment for the city’s public-private partnership. I don’t care what your little schemes are, take them back.”

“Mr. Chen was the first business owner in our neighborhood to respond to the policy, so we should give him more help and support instead of creating anxiety and making trouble for no reason.”

"What were you trying to do by talking about capitalists and remnants of the old regime?"

"What's wrong with opening a silk shop? Manager Chen hasn't violated any policies; it's permitted by the state."

“In the past, this silk shop also sold affordable cotton cloth, which was quite popular with the public. However, due to policy changes, the private ownership of cotton cloth was taken back, and the shop had no choice but to specialize in silk.”

"The joint venture is about to take place, and Manager Chen and Master Li are cooperating very well. What are you up to by saying these things at this time? What if Manager Chen changes his mind and wants to withdraw from the joint venture? If this gets out, it will affect the overall plan of the joint venture. Can you take responsibility for that?"

"Fan Jinyou, if you can't figure out what mistake you made, then go home. You don't need to come to the neighborhood office anymore. We'll talk about it when you've figured it out."

"..."

If Fan Jinyou had just admitted his mistake, given me some criticism, and made him reflect on his actions and write a self-criticism, then that would have been the end of it.

But Fan Jinyou actually tried to outsmart him, treating his superior like a fool, which infuriated Director Li.

"I...Director, I was wrong. I was just confused for a moment and accidentally said something I shouldn't have. I didn't mean anything by it, I..."

Fan Jinyou was stunned to discover that the reason was actually this.

"Alright, take two days off, go home and reflect on your actions. Come back to me when you've figured things out."

Waving his hand to stop Fan Jinyou from continuing, Director Li warned, "But you must remember, from today onwards, you are no longer the general manager of this silk shop, and you have absolutely no connection with it. From now on, you are not allowed to interfere in anything related to the silk shop."

After sending Fan Jinyou away, Director Li selected another cadre from the street office to serve as the general manager of the silk shop, and repeatedly instructed him not to make the same mistake as Fan Jinyou.

Because it was the first public-private partnership in the neighborhood, it received increased support in terms of both valuation and policy backing.

After the public-private partnership and buyout contracts were signed, the district organized a propaganda team that afternoon, bringing banners and plaques with great fanfare, and held a grand unveiling ceremony for the silk shop, handing over the keys to the public manager.

Even though she had made the decision long ago, Chen Xueru still felt a little sad when the moment came and she handed over the key.

The valuation of the silk shop was not low, but after all, it was an industry passed down through generations of the Chen family.

Two days later.

The street and neighborhood committees organized a mobilization meeting for public-private partnerships among the street's merchants. Xu Huizhen stood up on the spot to respond, and the tavern became the second public-private partnership shop in the street after Chen Xueru's silk shop.

Surprisingly, the person in charge of the tavern's management was Fan Jinyou.

The silk shop shook off the villain, but the tavern wasn't so lucky, suffering the same fate as in the original story. Some things are probably still going to happen.

as predicted.

Fan Jinyou, who took over as the general manager of the tavern, quickly started making trouble. On the first day, Fan Jinyou made sweeping changes and hired Accountant Liu, Cashier Kong, Chef Ma, and waitress He Yumei. What Xu Huizhen could have done by herself, she managed to create four employees. She also cleaned up the adjacent room and turned the tavern into a restaurant.

The next night.

Li Hongbing finished get off work at Fengzeyuan and came to the silk shop to pick up Chen Xueru to go home together, only to find that Xu Huizhen was also there.

"This Fan Jinyou has gone too far. Isn't this just reckless?"

“My Hongbing is right. Fan Jinyou is no good person. Luckily, we didn’t make him the general manager of our silk shop, or I would have been just as unlucky as you.”

"I guess it was that night, Huizhen, that you also offended Fan Jinyou, and he deliberately retaliated."

"Who is this person? They even said you have remnants of bourgeois exploitative ideology and want you to undergo reform. Isn't this just blatantly looking for trouble? The other day when the silk shop was jointly owned by the public and private sectors, Fan Jinyou also tried to trick me into revealing information. Luckily, I was careful and didn't fall for his trick."

"No, we can't let him act recklessly like this. Tomorrow I'll go with you to the subdistrict office to talk to Director Li and report the situation so that Fan Jinyou can be removed from his post."

"..."

Before even entering the room, Li Hongbing, who was outside, heard Chen Xueru's indignant voice.

Upon seeing Li Hongbing enter, Chen Xueru immediately stepped forward and took his arm, and couldn't help but say, "Hongbing, this Fan Jinyou..."

"I overheard a bit of what you were saying outside the door and have a general understanding of the situation."

Having already seen through the situation, Li Hongbing told Chen Xueru not to say anything more, then looked at Xu Huizhen and asked, "Huizhen, do you want to replace Fan Jinyou, the company manager?"

“I did have this idea, but today I went to Aunt Qian at the neighborhood committee and made this request, and even wanted to withdraw from the public-private partnership. But Aunt Qian not only did not agree, but also criticized me and told me that Fan Jinyou was personally assigned by Director Li of the street office and could not be touched.”

As Xu Huizhen spoke, she couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved.

This tavern was a business left by her father-in-law. Xu Hui really wanted to run it well, but not only did it become a public-private partnership, she also encountered a public manager like Fan Jinyou.

Seeing Fan Jinyou causing such a ruckus and messing around in the tavern, Xu Huizhen truly had no words to express her suffering.

“Hongbing, why don’t you take some time to talk to Director Li and ask him to remove Fan Jinyou from his position as the general manager, so he can stop harming Huizhen and the tavern?”

If it were anyone else, Chen Xueru would definitely not have asked so easily, but Xu Huizhen was her good friend.

Hearing Chen Xueru speak, Xu Huizhen couldn't help but look over expectantly.

Xu Huizhen originally came to vent to Chen Xueru and share her frustrations of the past two days. However, she heard that Director Li had initially arranged for Fan Jinyou to be the general manager of the silk shop, but Li Hongbing raised objections and replaced him.

Knowing about this, Xu Huizhen was obviously curious about how Li Hongbing had done it or how he had communicated with Director Li.

Xu Huizhen was hesitant to ask Li Hongbing to help her and the tavern, but she wanted to learn from him and ask for his advice to see if it could be applied to the tavern.

"It won't be so easy to remove Fan Jinyou from his position as general manager now."

Chen Xueru is a sentimental person, and Li Hongbing was not surprised at all that she took the initiative to speak up for Xu Huizhen. However, seeing the expectant look in Chen Xueru's eyes, Li Hongbing shook his head.

Previously, for the sake of their own silk shop, they had already asked Director Li to remove Fan Jinyou once. It would be somewhat inappropriate to make such a request again now.

Even with Gu Jianliang's connection, these repeated actions would obviously make Director Li lose face and feel uncomfortable.

The public-private partnership of businesses within the jurisdiction, including small bars, is now the work and task of the subdistrict office. Li Hongbing is neither a cadre nor Director Li's superior. If he repeatedly interferes in the work of the subdistrict office, it will be highly taboo.

Moreover.

Even if Li Hongbing intervened on Xu Huizhen's behalf and went to see Director Li, out of respect for him and Gu Jianliang, even if Fan Jinyou's actions were inappropriate, he would most likely only receive criticism and education, and wouldn't go directly to the point of being dismissed.

Director Li's direct appointment of a street office cadre as the official manager of the tavern shows that he attaches great importance to it.

Even if Fan Jinyou went too far during the joint venture, he still represented the subdistrict office and could not be dismissed so easily. Otherwise, where would the subdistrict office's face and authority be?

only.

Even if it was out of good intentions, Xu Huizhen's active participation in the public-private partnership this time was largely due to Li Hongbing's reminder. In such a situation, especially one involving the despicable Fan Jinyou, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

"Do you want Fan Jinyou to leave the tavern completely, or do you just want him to calm down and stop running the tavern recklessly?"

Li Hongbing looked at Xu Huizhen and asked directly.

"It would be best if Fan Jinyou could leave. Otherwise, even if he calms down for a while, he'll probably cause trouble again soon, which will be troublesome again. But this matter..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Huizhen directly expressed her true thoughts. However, as Li Hongbing himself had just said, it wouldn't be easy to remove Fan Jinyou, the company's general manager, so she hesitated.

"The public-private partnership in the tavern has only been going on for two days. Even if Fan Jinyou is giving orders blindly and making mistakes, it hasn't had any real consequences yet. It's not easy to get Director Li to remove Fan Jinyou as the public manager directly."

Knowing Xu Hui's real worries, Li Hongbing explained and then said, "I can give you a solution that will solve the problem once and for all, but you'll have to endure some hardship for the next period of time."

Even if Li Hongbing hadn't said anything, given the normal course of the story, if Fan Jinyou continued to cause trouble, it wouldn't be long before the conflict between him and Xu Huizhen escalated and intensified. When the higher-ups found out, Fan Jinyou would definitely be fired.

However, the same result can result in two completely different experiences depending on whether the process is proactive or reactive.

Li Hongbing could even use this incident to his advantage, and take this opportunity to completely bring down Fan Jinyou.

Fan Jinyou is an extremely wicked fellow, and he's also incredibly troublesome. Li Hongbing doesn't want to waste his future thoughts and energy dealing with Fan Jinyou.

"As long as I can get rid of Fan Jinyou, it's nothing for me to suffer a little grievance."

Upon hearing Li Hongbing's words, Xu Huizhen knew that he had a solution and was very confident of success, so she immediately expressed her support.

"The reason why Fan Jinyou can't be 'invited' away in the current situation is simply because there are conflicts, but the conflicts are not big enough. And the best way to resolve conflicts is to amplify and intensify them..."

(End of this chapter)