Chapter: 6299

He just thought that Song Wan Ting started from Jieqing Hall and possibly regarded this place as her own good luck.

In business, especially for those who do big business, there are some superstitions and mysticism. They often have emotional attachments to their starting grounds.

Having recognized this point, Chen Manager began to feel carefree at Jieqing Hall.

Although Jieqing Hall's business was getting worse, his days were spent quite comfortably. At Jieqing Hall, he was like a poor county magistrate with great autonomy, although the oil and water may not be plentiful, his days passed with ease.

Currently, he suddenly heard that Zhou Liangyuan has returned, which instantly gave him a strong sense of crisis awareness.

Chen Manager had worked under Zhou Liangyuan for some time and knew that Zhou was very knowledgeable in the antique domain, never missing anything and able to tell the true value at first glance, renowned as the "fire eyes" of the antique domain.

If it weren't because of that bottle incident that offended Song Wan Ting, Zhou Liangyuan would not have been driven out of Jieqing Hall.

In fact, if Zhou had a good attitude that time, Song Wan Ting's love and care would surely keep him back.

But by then, Zhou had already completed the task entrusted to him by Ye Changning, so he didn't have the heart to stay in Jinling, and in front of Song Wan Ting, he didn't show any remorseful expression and even threatened to resign to coerce Song Wan Ting, ultimately causing her to reluctantly dismiss him.

So Chen Manager was very anxious inside, fearing that this time Zhou Liangyuan's return was plotting against his position as general manager.

Therefore, he told the street vendor: "You keep an eye on Zhou Liangyuan for me. If anything happens, tell me first thing. I won't let you down in the future."

The street vendor immediately said: "Okay, Chen Manager, don't worry. If anything happens, I'll notify you first thing!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Manager immediately called together several of his trusted associates who had been cultivated by him after taking over Jieqing Hall.

These people were all those he had taken under his wing and nurtured since taking over Jieqing Hall, with no progress in business but rich rewards in personnel affairs. He had replaced anyone who couldn't listen to orders, leaving only these few individuals and himself to work together in secret, making off with a lot of money from Jieqing Hall's accounts by various means.

They most commonly used means was to buy low and sell high in the antique business. Originally, an item worth 500,000 yuan would be purchased by several people on behalf of others, only to be resold at a price of 700,000 yuan, with the difference falling into their pockets.

As for items that had been sold for 10,000 yuan years ago and were now valued at 20,000 yuan, they would intentionally create some defects and then sell them as second-hand goods at a price of several thousand yuan. They would claim to have recovered part of the loss, but in reality, the difference also went into their pockets.

Manager Chen's style was to spread it evenly among his subordinates, leaving each person with money, which naturally led to everyone becoming inseparable.

At this moment, Manager Chen instructed them to close the store and then gathered them in his office. As soon as they arrived, he looked grave and said, "I just received a message that Zhou Liangyuan has returned."

The employees were taken aback by the sudden news.

Among these employees, most of whom were old staff members, were well-acquainted with Zhou Liangyuan's situation.

A few people had not met Zhou Liangyuan before but had heard some stories about him.

Upon hearing that Zhou Liangyuan was back, everyone became curious and wondered what he would be doing in Jining.

Manager Chen looked grave and said, "Someone told me that Zhou Liangyuan plans to open a shop on Antique Street, but I think it's not just a simple matter of opening a store. If he hooks up with Song Wanying again and comes back to take my place at Jieqing Hall, we might be in trouble!"

One employee hastily said, "Manager Chen, didn't Zhou Liangyuan originally offend Song General and get fired? How is it possible for him to come back now?"

Manager Chen spoke coldly, "You understand nothing. People in business only care about eternal profits, not eternal enemies! Zhou Liangyuan has some skills. Although his time at work was short, he brought in a lot of good stuff to the store and later made a profit of at least several million yuan. However, from January this year up until now, our accounting shows that we only have less than 10,000 yuan in profits, barely breaking even, considering costs. Song Wanying might not bother us, but it also means she doesn't take us seriously and is only keeping us around to manage the gate of Jieqing Hall so that it won't close down or stop operating. Since Song Wanying can't possibly have any feelings towards us, why would she keep us around?" JrNovels.com