Chapter 34: Sister Has Come

Actually, I just had Shi Yong look into it to verify whether this news is true.

Since they dare to buy it, they aren't afraid of what others say.

I can't do anything now,

Everything will wait until I return to the company to speak; I will properly straighten out the Group Company.

Years of laxness have caused internal management chaos at the company; why has this situation arisen?

It's all my responsibility,

I trusted Xiao Hua too much,

Moreover, I myself live in a kind of vanity, thinking I have grasped everything of the Group Company.

In fact, I have grasped nothing; I have no financial or personnel authority.

If not for the car accident, I would have no way to know the true situation of the Group Company.

At this moment I said to Shi Yong: 'This matter, no one should mention it; I just need to know. Shi Yong, go back first; after I leave the hospital, we'll talk again at the Group Company.'

The company needs to be thoroughly rectified.

Right now, you're at the company; through observation, let's see how many idle people our group actually has.

Shi Yong then lifted his head, his eyes not moving, and counted on his fingers one by one,

After calculating for a while, Shi Yong said: 'Brother, I roughly figured that within our Group Company alone, we can directly reduce more than 300 people.'

'What needs to be cut by so many?' I asked in disbelief.

'Brother, you don't know how many idle people our company actually has; some departments have dozens of idle people who just collect salaries and don't come to work, all getting in through connections.'

Many entered under your banner,

'Brother, our company really has big problems.'

After I finished listening to Shi Yong speak,

I fell silent for a while; I haven't arranged for anyone to enter the company these past years, and I can't figure out what kind of people are entering the company under my banner.

Shi Yong took out a cigarette and placed it in my mouth.

I said to Shi Yong: 'Shi Yong, close the door; in a moment Nurse Lin will see me smoking and will complain about me again.'

'Ah, it's just a little nurse; what are you afraid of? Worst case, we'll just change nurses—we have plenty of money.' Shi Yong said loudly.

'All right, Shi Yong, we have plenty of money; we're already in this state, yet you still have the nerve to say that.' I scolded Shi Yong.

Shi Yong then said nothing more.

Shi Yong is good in this regard: whenever I loudly criticize him, he unconditionally accepts it.

After Shi Yong and I finished smoking,

I instructed Shi Yong: 'When you return to the company, don't go making any rash changes as a new official. Everything will wait until I return; what you need to do now is to thoroughly survey the Group Company to see how many people need to be dealt with.'

Shi Yong nodded,

'Okay, Brother, I'll go back and do a discreet survey first, then report back.'

After saying that, Shi Yong threw a pack of White General cigarettes at me and left.

I took a puff of cigarette, thinking about what Shi Yong just said: if a company keeps over 300 idle workers, what a huge expense that is.

One person earning 5000 yuan a month means a monthly expense of 1.5 million.

And yearly?

Some things you don't realize until you calculate them, and then they shock you.

This is only within the Group Company; what about the other subsidiaries? It's easy to imagine they're all in chaos—with such group management, how could it not lose money?

It seems the company's collapse is actually a good thing; in fact, from another angle it warns me that the internal situation of the company is already extremely serious.

I strive to be discharged from the hospital within a week,

Then I will hurry back to the company to begin a thorough overhaul; only then can the Group Company get back on track.

I had just finished a cigarette and was about to lie down for a while,

Just then, my older sister pushed the door open and came in,

My older sister is much more beautiful than before, and she has dressed up; with her made-up eyebrows and powder, she hardly looks like someone nearing fifty.

Indeed, no longer needing to toil in the mountains, and she no longer worries about money.

Such a life is essentially stress‑free, so a person's appearance can undergo a big change.

My older sister saw me and said: 'Er Hai, I heard from the nurse that you can walk now—how wonderful!'

I then showed my older sister my injured leg,

'Sister, it's true—this leg can now get off the bed.'

My older sister said: 'Er Hai, how is Zhou Wei?'

I said: 'He hasn't woken up yet; he's still in the ICU.'

'Ah, I never expected you two to have a car accident. Er Hai, Zhou Wei's fate is just like that—there's nothing we can do.'

'You're still young; with your current status, you won't have trouble finding a younger woman.'

'So let Zhou Wei go; don't grieve over it.' My older sister said while looking at me.

I never expected my older sister to say such a thing; hearing her say that made me very angry.

'Sister, what kind of talk is this? I, Zhaoerhai, am not heartless and unrighteous; Zhou Wei is my wife, and I will definitely wake her up.'

'You're just stubborn; spending that much money, even if she wakes up she'd still be a vegetative—what could she do?'

'Back then you treated Qiao Jie so well—what happened to that? Er Hai, I'm not saying this about you, but Qiao Jie brought a big entourage; how could you let them become company leaders?'

'I heard about this and got really angry; what kind of person is Qiao Jie, you don't know? That entourage isn't any good either.'

'Er Hai, only those closest to you can help you.'

My older sister has always been prejudiced against Qiao Jie, and over these years she has never let go of it.

So letting Da Jun be the leader of the Group Company, my older sister naturally had opinions.

I looked at my older sister, knowing there was hidden meaning in her words, and I asked her, "Who is the person closest to me?"

"Xixi, your niece is about to graduate from university; let her come to your Group Company as Vice President—it's absolutely fine."

Xiao Hua as General Manager, you as the person in charge, Xixi joining later—then this company will have no outsiders, and our money won't be made by outsiders. My older sister said this naturally.

After hearing my older sister's words, I couldn't be bothered to argue with her,

I just said, "I asked Xixi; she wants to go back to Beishan to be a teacher, and she also asked me to persuade you not to meddle in her affairs."

After hearing me finish, my older sister angrily said, "This Xixi infuriates me, just like her father—she's good for nothing."

She refuses to join her uncle's big enterprise, insisting on being a teacher instead.

Er Hai, I've come to you about this: you must persuade Xixi to work at your company. A teacher's monthly salary is pittance compared to what you earn at the Group Company, plus yearly dividends.

I heard Xiao Hua's wife bought a car worth several million just from her dividend income.

I don't demand that Xixi earn several million a year; following you, earning several hundred thousand a year is fine.

Working at your Group Company makes finding a partner easy, since everyone there is college graduates. With your background, Xixi, those young people still pursue her fervently. My older sister muttered beside me.

Listening to my older sister's nagging, I wanted to sleep.

I remember that before, my older sister wasn't particularly money-loving in Beishan, but after moving to the county seat she changed, becoming more greedy for money and more powerful.

She looks down on any rural folk, though she herself came from a mountain village and ought to sympathize with mountain people.

Actually, not so—my older sister doesn't sympathize with them; repeatedly in the county seat, while buying vegetables, she has quarrels with rural old farmers, which is just her deliberately bullying them.

I could only say to my older sister, "Sis, Xixi is already grown; stop meddling—let her do what she wants."

At that moment, my older sister pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket,

"Er Hai, put Xixi's matter aside for now. I have a few people who want to join your Group Company—please arrange it. These people are from Lanling County, relatives of the older brothers and sisters I dance in the square with. I originally went to Xiao Hua, but Xiao Hua said he's no longer the head of the household, so for any matter I must come to you."

Older sister has already agreed to it for them; you must consent.