Chapter 57: One Sentence Changes a Girl's Destiny

"The penalty for the teller Yang Yue is a bit severe," Fang Qingye stated his opinion.

"Severe? She caused a loud argument with a customer during work hours, causing extremely bad influence. If we don't fire her, why keep her?" Xia He retorted.

"This matter needs to be viewed in two aspects. The full story is clearly written in the materials; Yang Yue cannot be blamed entirely, as both sides share responsibility. You saw the quality of that Zhang Baoguo; he is simply scum. Frontline counter staff work very hard and still have to endure various grievances. I think you leaders should show understanding to your subordinates. We cannot let her, being a temporary worker, bear all the blame alone."

Xia He did not answer directly but looked at Fang Qingye.

"Are you familiar with that Yang Yue?"

"This has nothing to do with familiarity. I am basing this on my personal view, and besides, I am not familiar with her either."

Xia He fell silent for a moment, then said, "Alright then, Yang Yue will not be fired. Like the security guard, she will also have three months' wages deducted."

"That security guard should be fired, and that lobby manager should also have three months' wages deducted," Fang Qingye continued. "The business hall was in such chaos at the time, needing people to maintain order, yet that security guard ran off and disappeared. What use is he? And that lobby manager is also guilty of dereliction of duty."

Xia He nodded upon hearing this: "Then let it be so."

Yang Yue felt she had been incredibly unlucky recently. First her bag was stolen, then she broke up with her boyfriend, and now, she had even lost her job.

She had also seen the branch's handling opinion: due to arguing with a customer, she had seriously violated the bank's relevant regulations, causing extremely bad influence, and her labor contract had been terminated. She was told to collect three months' wages and leave immediately.

What could be done? Who made herself so unlucky? Yang Yue went to Director Luo to argue with reason, but it was useless. In the end, she could only return to pack up her personal belongings.

Who made her a temporary worker? Saying she was fired was just a matter of a leader saying one word.

Without a job, it meant no income. How would she get by in the future? Yang Yue felt extremely distressed in her heart.

Jing Chunling looked at Yang Yue sympathetically. She was the counter team leader, a veteran employee of the branch, having worked at the counter for ten years already, and understood the hardships of counter work very well.

Regarding this girl Yang Yue, she was very satisfied. Although she was a temporary worker, she worked seriously and steadily, diligently and conscientiously. She just didn't know what had happened recently that made her seem absent-minded while working and her temper become irritable. She had reminded her several times, but it seemed to have little effect, and then the incident happened.

"Yang Yue, don't lose heart. With your work ability, it would be easy to apply for a job at another bank," Jing Chunling comforted her.

Easier said than done.

Competition was so fierce now. She was only a secondary vocational school graduate. In an era where undergraduates and master's students were as common as dogs, could she find a job so easily? Yang Yue even thought about working as a hostess in a bar. Finding such a job based on her appearance wouldn't be difficult, but should she really "degenerate" like that?

However, Yang Yue knew the other person was just comforting her, so she forced herself to say, "Sister Jing, thank you for your concern."

Sigh... Jing Chunling sighed and didn't know what else to say. Seeing that the business hall was about to open, she gently patted Yang Yue's shoulder, turned around, and walked out.

Truly, human hearts are no longer ancient, and the world is cold. Except for Jing Chunling, not a single sister who was usually close to her came to comfort her. Yang Yue felt her mood depressed to the extreme, holding back her tears so they wouldn't fall.

Although the formal notice of dismissal hadn't arrived yet, Yang Yue began packing her personal belongings. She looked at the office with some reluctance, after all, she had spent a full three years there.

What about the future? Yang Yue felt lost.

Just at that moment, Jing Chunling came running back hurriedly and said excitedly to her, "Good news! You don't have to leave. The bank's disciplinary decision is coming down immediately; you will only have three months' wages deducted!"

"Ah? Is it true?" Yang Yue found it hard to believe.

"How could sister lie to you about something like this? The formal notice will arrive immediately. I heard it and hurried over to stop you and keep you here."

Really? Yang Yue immediately became happy, and the depression from just now vanished completely.

Jing Chunling spoke in a low voice again: "I heard the branch's handling opinion is heavier than what Director Luo submitted. Security guard Zhang Gang is fired, customer Manager Wang has three months' wages deducted, I have one month's wages deducted, and only your punishment has been lightened."

Ah? So heavy? Yang Yue was stunned. She, the one who started it all, was actually punished less severely, and she could even stay in the city!

"Yang Yue, now everyone at the branch is spreading rumors that Xia Hangzhang Xia is your relative," Jing Chunling said in a low voice.

"What? I know Xia Hangzhang Xia, but he doesn't know me," Yang Yue said.

"Oh... I see," Jing Chunling said thoughtfully, then added to Yang Yue, "Anyway, never make the same mistake as yesterday again."

"Sister Jing, rest assured, I will definitely work hard," Yang Yue hurriedly promised. How could she easily lose her job position after working so hard to get it back?

Perhaps Fang Qingye himself was not even clear that his single sentence had changed a girl's destiny.

Actually, life is just like this; the idea that destiny is in one's own hands is just an empty phrase.

Because we are all small people.

Xia He used the incident at Liulin Branch to launch a professional ethics education campaign within the bank, and Fang Qingye also followed along to study for a few days.

However, this matter did not seem to be completely over.

Today was Friday. Fang Qingye and Xia He went to play ball as usual, but he did not let Xia He pick him up at the community entrance again; instead, he drove his own car.

One must pay attention to the influence.

After playing ball at Yikangyuan, the two sat in the bar on the first floor to rest. Fang Qingye drank beer, Xia He drank a beverage, and the two talked about work matters again.

It is basically like this now.

At the workplace, work matters are sometimes harder to discuss. Xia He's office often had people, making conversation inconvenient. On the contrary, here, no one disturbed them.

"Xiao Fang, I want to move Yu Bingshan," Xia He said while drinking juice.

Fang Qingye knew Xia He had issues with Yu Bingshan.

Yu Bingshan was not very obedient; sometimes during meetings, he even went against Xia He. More importantly, that day when they went to the countryside together and encountered an emergency, he, an old hand in the bank with rich experience, actually stood behind doing nothing and watching the spectacle.

If Fang Qingye hadn't stopped Xia He in time, Xia He would probably have made a fool of himself right there on the spot.

Xia He naturally thought of this too; how could he not be angry in his heart?

However, the urgent task was handling the argument with the customer, so he paid no attention to Yu Bingshan.

Now that the matter at Liulin Branch was basically handled, he could free up his hands to deal with Yu Bingshan.

"Where are you planning to transfer him? To Liulin Branch?" Fang Qingye asked after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, isn't the branch lacking a director? It would be just right for him to go there," Xia He said.

Transferring the Chief of the Planning and Finance Section to become a branch director counts as a lateral transfer, after all, Yu Bingshan had not committed any serious errors, so he could not be demoted or even dismissed.

But transferring from the county town to work in a township thirty kilometers away was, in itself, a form of disguised punishment.

Moreover, the work at the branch was much harder to do than in the Planning and Finance Section. Just the annual task of attracting deposits was enough to crush a person.

"Let him go there and see for a while. If he does well, and all business indicators do not decline, then let him continue. If not, dismiss him directly!" Xia He said.

Fang Qingye did not answer, only asking, "What about Luo Lishun, the deputy director of the branch? There are rumors he is going to become the director."

"Transfer him back to the county town to serve as Deputy Chief of the Planning and Finance Section. The original Deputy Chief will be promoted to Chief."

Fang Qingye nodded.

Although Luo Lishun did not receive a promotion, being transferred to the county town was itself a reward.

"Senior sister, are you not very satisfied with these section chiefs, directors, and station masters among your subordinates?" Fang Qingye asked with a smile.