Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 892 Professionals are awesome

The next morning, after breakfast, Xiaowei drove Geng Hui to Rose Garden.

We found a place downstairs and bought some food for Gao Zhijun and the others, then carried it upstairs. Everyone ate without ceremony in the conference room, having stayed up all night and were indeed very hungry.

Geng Hui pointed to the next room: "What about them?"

Xiao Wei didn't even lift his eyelids: "I don't care, I won't die from missing a few meals."

A little after eight o'clock, the pedestrian group arrived, led by a smart and capable middle-aged woman. There were eleven of them. Xiao Wei couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many people in government agencies. And so many talented people."

After shaking hands and getting acquainted, Xiaowei asked, "Have you had breakfast yet? Why don't you eat first?"

The woman, named Molly, waved her hand and said, "No need, I've already eaten. Let's get started, the sooner we finish, the sooner we can close up shop."

The eleven people immediately divided up their tasks and began working.

Molly and two men were flipping through the ledgers, while eight people were checking the accounts. It was unclear how they categorized the ledgers; they would pick up a ledger, flip through a few pages, glance at it, and then toss it to someone. It seemed very casual and without any rules, but it certainly couldn't be that simple.

The ledgers were quickly sorted out. Molly looked at the explanation that Aunt Wang and Geng Hui had prepared yesterday and said, "You guys were able to find the problem in half a day. You're quite professional. Did you do this?" she asked Geng Hui.

As Xiaowei just mentioned, Geng Hui is the company's financial manager.

Geng Hui said, "It wasn't me, it was Aunt Wang. She didn't come today. I'm actually not a professional accountant."

Xiao Wei said, "My mother-in-law used to be the accountant at the cooperative." He was stunned for a moment. What a coincidence! The cooperative was the same as the current supply and marketing cooperative. So Aunt Wang was once a subordinate of Director Hu and his team, only many layers away from them.

Molly nodded, shaking the paper in her hand: "Professional accountant. No problem. You don't need to stay here with us anymore, go ahead and get busy. We'll have the results tomorrow, okay, Xiao Wang?"

A girl next to her flicked her bangs and said, "It's fine."

Xiao Wei asked, "They're still next door, what should we do?"

Molly said, "Notify the police and have them arrested. The amount involved is estimated to be ten or twenty million."

Xiao Wei's eyes widened. "You can estimate the number just by flipping through it once? Wow, that's impressive. Professionals are truly skilled. Awesome!"

Molly said, "This is what we do all year round. Your accounts are nothing. Which bank or enterprise isn't more complicated and has larger amounts of money than yours? We've gained experience. Compared to usual, your accounts are basically like they're not even bothered to hide anything to us. They're not professional at all."

Geng Hui said, "I do know that. I used to work at a bank. The accountants there could balance the accounts down to the last penny."

Molly nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, our biggest competitors are you commercial banks. It's a competition of who is more professional."

Xiao Wei said to Gao Zhijun, "Then let's notify the police and follow the normal procedures. After that, you can go back and rest."

Molly said, "Forget it, I'll do it. We've worked together a lot and we know each other well, so it won't be too much trouble." Xiao Wei didn't stand on ceremony either; this wasn't the time for politeness.

After arranging for Gao Zhijun and the others to go back and rest, I took my leave and went to take a walk around the trade city. I sat in Manager Zhang's office for a while and talked to him, explaining the future development direction and requirements.

For now, we're still operating under the old model. Xiaowei wants to wait until the new location is finalized before making any adjustments.

After leaving Manager Zhang's office, Xiao Wei entered the mall and walked downstairs, looking around as he went.

On the second-floor stairwell, An Jing was already at work, sitting with a security guard, checking the receipts of customers coming down. There was no other way; these checks would continue until the move, otherwise the inventory in the warehouse would be impossible to take stock of.

Xiao Wei went downstairs and outside after thinking about things. This place was next to the Zhongjie Cake Shop, which had already opened, and they were facing each other across the intersection.

Xiao Wei walked over without thinking.

The main entrance of this old building is on a corner, directly facing the center of the intersection. It seems that European architecture particularly favors this design, and it is indeed convenient, as the main entrance can be clearly seen from any angle.

Upon entering the first floor, the cake shop is on your left. The rich aroma of bread and cakes fills the air. There's a row of small tables where you can enjoy a slice of cake or bread, along with a hot fruit juice or milk. In the middle is a staircase, and around the staircase is the Liberty Shopping Mall.

The stalls weren't arranged like in a typical shopping mall, where they practically squeezed out every last bit of space to put in a couple more counters. Instead, the space was very spacious, with each stall having ample room to spare.

Xiaowei learned this from ZTE. Having visited many shopping malls, he felt ZTE was the most comfortable. After observing it, he felt that the main reason was that it was spacious, had rest areas, and if the environment was well-arranged, both customers and merchants would feel very comfortable.

This building has a single floor area of ​​over 2,000 square meters. Apart from some necessary columns and arches, the whole place is empty. Russian-style buildings are generally quite tall, and with the large chandeliers and spacious layout, the overall atmosphere here is subtly elevated.

Xiao Wei noticed something interesting in the corner behind the cake shop: two rice cookers and some small bowls for customers to cook instant noodles on the spot, with the option to add eggs and sausages. Business seemed pretty good; they were selling their own brand of instant noodles.

At that time, there were no cup-shaped instant noodles; they were all square blocks in plastic bags. There were no vegetable packets, only a seasoning packet, but Xiaowei's had an extra soup oil packet. (This refers to Zhang's mother's instant noodles.)

Xia Maosheng's older sister sells clothes here; her stall is at the top of the stairs, in a better location than his master Gazi's. Gazi's stall is on the side of the stairs.

Xiao Wei and Xia Yu exchanged a few words, then moved over to Ga Zi's house. Ga Zi wasn't there; Zhao Di was tending the stall alone, listening to music on a portable cassette player. These days, the portable cassette player was for cassette tapes, which used up batteries quickly; two regular batteries wouldn't last long.

Rechargeable batteries already existed in this era, but they were quite expensive; a single AA nickel-cadmium battery cost around twenty yuan, and the charger had to be bought separately. Xiaowei also saw a Tetris handheld game console in the counter. The young couple were truly living a good life these days.

Seeing Xiaowei approach, Zhaodi took off her headphones and stood up with a smile: "Why are you here? Looking for Ga Zi? He went to Nanta."

Xiao Wei asked, "How's business? Where are Xinghai and the others?" Xiao Wei knew that Liu Liu and Lina were in Taiyuan Street, but Xiao Hai and Si Wei's family hadn't moved here yet. He had been busy lately and hadn't had time to ask.

Zhao Di said, "Only Siwei and Xiaoqin came over. They're in Beixing. Lai Zixing and Hai Changyuan haven't come over yet. I don't know what's going on. I haven't been back for a while."

Xiao Wei asked, "Where do Siwei and Xiaoqin live?"

Zhao Di said, "I think they rented a place over there, but I didn't ask. How can I ask? Besides, they haven't been here for more than a few days. They said they'd come to see you with us once they were settled. Where did you go before they came, Ice City, right? You weren't home then."

(End of this chapter)