Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

The factory was bustling with activity.

Xia He was a little anxious, but she couldn't help. All she could do was help change the labels on the shoes.

While she was working on two pairs, the skilled worker had already finished four pairs.

It gradually got dark.

Xia He and several workers went to get their dinner.

Walking down the street, she saw a picture of GG on the wall.

It's the brand of GG shoes that her parents manufacture for her. A model was wearing those shoes and smiling brightly.

Xia He stared at the GG photo, and suddenly a brilliant idea flashed in her mind.

She didn't even take her food; she ran back to the factory and found her parents, who were overseeing the production line: "Mom and Dad, I've got an idea!"

Xia Weidong didn't even look up: "What idea?"

Xia He, panting, said, "Didn't they want shoes? Why don't we just buy shoes from the market and make sure we have enough? We'll lose a little money that way, but at least we won't have to pay such a huge penalty for breach of contract!"

Xia Weidong paused.

Liu Yuping's eyes lit up.

Xia Weidong slapped his thigh: "That's it! Let's do it this way!"

He pulled out his phone: "I'll contact Lao Liu directly. He's been one of our long-time distributors, so he definitely has some stock!"

Liu Yuping also picked up the phone: "I'll ask Xiao Li how many they have left."

Xia He watched her parents busy at work, a smile appearing on her lips. Full of energy, she turned to continue helping to alter the shoes.

The phone calls went out one after another.

At four o'clock in the morning, the first truck arrived.

Five o'clock in the morning, the second one.

At six o'clock in the morning, the third vehicle.

As dawn broke, two thousand pairs of shoes were neatly stacked at the factory gate.

After Xia Weidong finished counting the items, he let out a long sigh of relief and turned to offer cigarettes to the employees of NaDuTong next to him: "Comrades, thank you for your help."

The NaDuTong employee accepted the cigarette with a smile and agreed, and the workers reloaded the truck.

Xia Weidong followed the car and personally escorted the car to that large company.

……

The man in the suit from yesterday stood at the entrance of the company warehouse, looking rather grim.

He examined them very carefully, turning each pair over and over to look at them.

Sole, upper, label, stitching.

I found a bunch of minor flaws—the threads were a bit long, and the packaging was a bit wrinkled.

Xia Weidong forced a smile and didn't utter a single word in rebuttal. In his mind, he had already cursed the guy a thousand times over.

After finding out all the faults, his smile was somewhat forced. He knew very well that these minor flaws were not enough to constitute quality issues. If he refused to accept the goods based on these faults, he wouldn't be able to get compensation under the contract even if he went to court; it would just be another round of wrangling...

Most importantly, this will affect how your superiors perceive you.

That person eventually signed and stamped the acceptance form.

Xia Weidong took the order and looked at the signature and official seal on it, finally feeling completely relieved.

He turned and left, his steps much lighter than when he came.

……

Back at the factory, Xia Weidong stood in the middle of the workshop and clapped his hands.

"Everyone!"

The workers stopped what they were doing and looked at him.

Xia Weidong cleared his throat: "The matter is resolved! The year-end bonus will still be paid! Overtime pay for this period will also be included!"

The workers were stunned for a moment. Some of them calculated that the overtime pay for these days was one-third more than in previous years!

"Long live Boss Xia!"

"Very good!"

"I'm so glad we can have a good New Year this year!"

The workers cheered.

Xia Weidong waved with a smile and returned to the office with Liu Yuping and Xia He.

The office door closed.

The cheers outside were cut off, and Liu Yuping's smile faded.

Xia He asked, "What's wrong, Mom? Isn't everything resolved?"

Xia Weidong sat in his boss's chair: "Your mother is worried about the money."

Liu Yuping glared at him: "If you give out this money, we'll have worked for nothing for most of the year."

Xia Weidong smiled and said, "We can only get more by giving. How can we develop in the future without the workers working hard? Besides..."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Of the distributors Dou Mei contacted, two of them are quite optimistic about our own brand and are still accepting our orders."

Liu Yuping sighed, "That's the only way to think about it."

Xia He smiled and hugged her: "Relax, Mom, we'll earn even more next year."

Liu Yuping patted her hand and discussed the next steps with her husband.

Xia He lost interest after only two seconds, got up and left: "I'm leaving first."

Her parents nodded and continued discussing the next steps.

……

Plant entrance.

Xia He took out her phone and dialed Cheng Mo's number.

beep-

connected.

"Little Taoist priest!"

"Um?"

Xia He said smugly, "The matter is resolved. You lost."

On the other end of the phone, Cheng Mo looked at Dou Mei, Shen Chong, and Gao Ning chatting and drinking tea in the villa across the street, and three question marks floated above his head.

"???"

"Has NaDuTong arrested the person?"

Xia He leaned against the wall, looking at the distant sky: "We haven't caught them yet, but Dou Mei and her gang have already escaped and won't be back anytime soon. The key is..."

She laughed: "My parents' factory problem is solved!"

Cheng Mo was taken aback.

The factory just has a bit more stock, right? At worst, Dou Mei leaves, the distributors won't buy it, they won't want the shoes, and the shoes will just sit there and fetch less money.

"What's wrong with the factory?"

Xia He began to explain: "Didn't I mention before that a large company wanted two thousand pairs of leather shoes as employee benefits? There's a problem with that contract. If my dad can't deliver the goods, he'll have to pay a huge penalty for breach of contract."

Cheng Mo's eyes turned slightly cold: "Is that so?"

Xia He nodded: "I suspect this is actually a series of schemes. Once the purchase contract is signed, the goods will definitely have to be disposed of after the purchaser is arrested."

"Dou Mei doesn't even need to do anything to the people in the company. As long as some people know that my parents have started to modify leather shoes, they can't help but be tempted by the profit they are in."

Cheng Mo quickly went through it in his mind.

When Xia He's parents have altered all the leather shoes, and the other company comes to order more, they definitely won't be able to deliver, and the factory might even go bankrupt.

No, it's not just bankruptcy.

Burdened with enormous debts, and further fueled by Gao Ning's emotional manipulation, Xia He's parents... are very likely to commit suicide.

When Xia He returned home, all she found were her parents' corpses.

At that time, Dou Mei stepped in to appease Xia He, and Xia He successfully became one of them.

Three madmen became four madmen.

What a vicious scheme!

This is practically pushing someone to their death.

On the other end of the phone, Xia He was still complaining, "Those guys are scumbags, they just scam people..."

After complaining for a while, her tone suddenly became cheerful again: "Hehe~ Little Taoist, you lost. You have to treat me to meals for a month, and they have to be cooked by you."

Cheng Mo joked, "This is a last-minute price increase. You didn't say I would cook for you personally."

"I don't care."

Cheng Mo chuckled: "Alright, you wait."

"Hehehe... Aww~" Xia He yawned, "I'm not talking to you anymore. I stayed up all night last night, I need to go back and catch up on my sleep."

"Okay, good morning and good night."

"What the heck..." Xia He muttered, and hung up the phone.

Cheng Mo put his phone back in his pocket, his eyes turning completely cold as he looked at the villa without a trace of emotion.

He didn't just happen to run into them; he had deduced the situation several times along the way before finally finding these three guys here.

Warm yellow light shone through the window.

Three figures were moving around inside.

Cheng Mo moved swiftly, like a sparrow, silently skimming over the wall and landing outside the second-floor window. He gently pushed open a crack and slipped inside.

……

In the room.

The three of them were drinking tea when they suddenly felt a bit cold.

Shen Chong wrapped his coat tighter around himself: "I told you we should install underfloor heating, but you just couldn't bear to spend that little bit of money."

Gao Ning's expression changed drastically: "It's not a temperature issue!"

boom!

Cheng Mo fell from the sky and landed on the marble floor, causing a large crack in the floor.

He straightened up, dusted himself off, and gave the three people in front of him a big smile: "Good morning, everyone."