Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 890 Never Forget Your Roots

Geng Hui said, "I just don't know how the supply and marketing cooperative and Changyun communicated. If they traded with us privately, it won't be recognized by the higher authorities. These people are prone to doing this kind of thing."

Xiao Wei said, "It's alright, they have an agreement. It's a state-owned enterprise; any changes to the representative, the dispatched personnel, or the shareholders must be promptly reported to the Hong Kong side in writing. We've already reported it."

Xiao Hong said, "So, is this a show of force from the Hong Kong people? Are they telling us they're in charge here?"

Chen Hui said, "Pretty much. I don't know what the supply and marketing cooperative did before, but I feel something's not right here. Did they just give the whole hotel to Hong Kong people?"

Xiao Wei said, "Why worry about so much? It's ours now, that's all that matters."

The door opened, and Director Hu walked in: "Chairman Zhang, General Manager Chen, what's wrong here?"

Xiao Wei turned to look at him and said, "I'm checking the accounts, but they're completely uncooperative, and the accounts are a mess. Don't you guys ever come to check the accounts before?"

Director Hu said, "I've checked a few times. There are specific people managing this area, so I can't interfere too much. Is there a problem?"

Xiao Wei shook his head and said, "I don't know. We'll see tomorrow or the day after. It's been so many years; we can't find out everything in one go."

Director Hu said, "It turns out that the person in charge of the work here is connected to the higher-ups. You understand. As long as things are going well, we can't be too picky. As long as the annual dividends arrive on time, that's fine. We haven't thought about it that much."

Chen Hui asked, "How much profit sharing did you receive over those four years?"

Director Hu thought for a moment and said, "We still have a few million, around three million, which is about what we expected. Actually, as you know, we mainly rely on the trade city. Back then, we considered it a success, and breaking even was a pretty good result. At the time, we were aiming for the top building on Zhongjie Street."

In that era, state-owned enterprises did not really consider profitability when investing or doing business. This included state-owned factories and mines. They were mostly driven by slogans, honor, or to please their leaders. This is why most of them collapsed as soon as they entered the market; they simply did not understand the market.

Xiao Wei said, "It's so late at night, and I'm sorry to have troubled you to come all this way. Actually, you didn't need to come. I just wanted to talk to you about this." Actually, he had acted impulsively out of anger earlier.

Director Hu asked, "Are there any problems at the trade city?"

Xiao Wei shook his head and said, "No, they were quite cooperative over there."

Director Hu nodded and said, "That's good. I've been worried about the morale issues over there. Logically, the cadres should go back to their units for reassignment, but as you know our situation here, we really can't make any arrangements. Is there anything we can do to help?"

Xiao Wei said, "Not yet, let's wait for the results. We've taken over now, and we'll handle the lawsuit ourselves. Don't worry, we won't involve you."

Chen Hui said, "Are the chairman and deputy manager still in your company? It might involve them, as well as the deputy finance manager."

Director Hu said, "The finance department is here; the other two went to the Commerce Bureau."

Xiao Wei said, "Alright, Director Hu, you should go back and rest. I was a bit impulsive just now, I'm sorry."

Director Hu smiled and said, "It's alright, young people can't be without temper. Well then, I'll go back now, you guys get back to work." Actually, if Xiao Wei hadn't been so angry that he said he wouldn't give him the money, he wouldn't have come over. When personal interests are involved, one always feels uneasy.

After escorting Director Hu to the elevator, Gao Zhijun and his men came out after a short wait.

After letting Director Hu into the elevator and saying goodbye, Xiao Wei said to Gao Zhijun after the elevator went down: "There's a problem with the accounts here. The Hong Kong people have taken a lot of money. The People's Bank of China will come to take over the audit tomorrow. We need to keep a close eye on these people and the ledgers tonight. They can't run away, they can't contact the outside world, and they can't make any phone calls."

Gao Zhijun nodded, and the group went upstairs. After looking around each room, Gao Zhijun began assigning tasks. Xiao Wei and the other finance staff, including Aunt Wang, didn't need to stay; they could go home. "The security department will have to work hard tonight."

Aunt Wang and Geng Hui, along with several accountants, categorized and resealed the ledgers. They then wrote a report on the findings of their investigation over the past half-day and handed it to Gao Zhijun. After that, everyone packed up and prepared to leave.

Aunt Wang stretched and said, "Oh dear, you said you weren't old, but you're really not good anymore. I feel like I'm covered in rust. Let's go, we have a ton of things to do back home. You guys should all behave yourselves this year and not cause any more trouble, we're already too busy to keep up."

Chen Hui said, "It's okay, I'll give you a back massage and leg massage when we get back." With so many projects, finance is indeed tiring. This place is too trivial, and you can't be careless.

We left this place to Gao Zhijun and the others. Xiao Wei and his group came out, Liu Huasheng, Li Xing, and Huang Laowu went back to their rooms, and the rest of us went downstairs back to Wanliu.

Everyone stuffed their things into Xia Maosheng's car, squeezed in, and Aunt Wang said, "Xia's little car is too small, it's not practical at all, it's just for show."

Xiao Wei said, "He likes it, I think this car is only good for women to drive."

Xiao Hong said, "It's alright, the car is small and quite convenient. Chen Xiao's car is just sitting there, isn't it? Now I drive it around every few days, and my classmates all think I'm some kind of super rich person who bought two of the same car."

Xiao Wei said, "In a few days, once the car showroom is finished, we'll put his car there, making use of it, and the Cadillac too."

Aunt Wang asked, "What if someone actually wants to buy it? Are you really going to sell it?"

Xiao Wei said, "Sell them. Those cars are all paid for and delivered in advance. It's fine. If someone wants to buy one, just place an order."

Xiao Hong said, "I feel we should go around and find some nice cars to sell. Just having Xiali, Dafa, and Changan cars is too cheap. I think the vans should be displayed separately from the cars."

Xiao Wei said, "Let's just make do for now. We can put the bread and the truck in one corner, but we can get a few nicer cars. I'll make a call and ask."

Aunt Wang reached out and patted Xiao Hong on the head: "Nothing's wrong, but you're already showing off. How come a bread truck is worth less? It's still worth tens of thousands! Let me tell you, Wang Xiao Hong, our family is just a small-time rural cadre family, and your husband's family are just farmers. You better watch your temper, or I'll beat you up if you push me too far."

Xiao Hong covered her head, pouted, and looked at Xiao Wei: "This old lady, she hit me."

Xiao Wei said, "What else do you want? Still want revenge? How about we leave this old lady by the roadside when we get to a secluded place and don't take her with us?" The two accountants listening nearby covered their mouths and laughed.

Aunt Wang said, "Remember what I said. Don't forget what you were like when you first came here. People can't forget their roots. As long as you don't forget your roots, things won't go too wrong."

(End of this chapter)