Chapter 968: A Fool Who Fails More Than He Succeeds

Lan Minghai was originally the deputy manager of Jinghua's procurement department. This guy was thirty-two or thirty-three years old and was a relative of a certain leader. His ability wasn't great, but his ambition was very big.

He had always wanted to squeeze out the manager, Cai Yunfeng, so he could be the manager. He was unscrupulous. Cai Yunfeng had also had enough, otherwise, Tang Lin wouldn't have been able to poach Cai Yunfeng to RT-Mart so easily.

After Cai Yunfeng arrived at RT-Mart, naturally, he brought the channels he had mastered with him.

It could be said that without Cai Yunfeng, RT-Mart definitely wouldn't have opened so smoothly.

Cai Yunfeng left, and Lan Minghai naturally took the position, serving as the procurement department manager.

There was no problem with him enjoying the shade of the tree planted by his predecessor, but it was a bit difficult for him to do technical work like pruning, fertilizing, and loosening the soil.

But this guy didn't have self-knowledge, thinking his ability was stronger than Cai Yunfeng's. Hearing the deputy general manager's words, he patted his chest with a slap.

"Please rest assured, leaders, I will definitely negotiate the prices down, and they will definitely be lower than RT-Mart's."

The deputy manager of the procurement department was named Wang Hui, twenty-four years old, tall, wearing a small professional suit, with short hair over her ears, looking very capable.

It was said that Wang Hui was also a relation-based hire, but she was parachuted down from the city, and even Gong Zhensheng was a bit confused about who was behind her.

Hearing Lan Minghai's guarantee, a look of mockery flashed in Wang Hui's eyes: "Leaders, RT-Mart's discount strength is so great, it's not just the discounts given by suppliers."

"At the opening, RT-Mart took out 3 million in subsidies. This Mid-Autumn Festival celebration, the discount strength is even greater than at the opening. I think the subsidy funds taken out this time definitely exceed 3 million."

Wang Hui's words made everyone silent, and even the deputy general manager's heart sank.

Yes, RT-Mart's event wasn't just the little discount given by suppliers; they had really taken out 3 million in subsidies.

Could Jinghua do it? Don't talk about 3 million; even 300,000, the leadership above might not agree.

At this moment, the door of the office was suddenly knocked, and Gong Zhensheng shouted: "Come in!"

A salesperson with a livid face pushed the door in: "Manager, that old man who bought the radio is back at the mall making trouble."

"What?"

The deputy general manager stood up abruptly: "Wasn't the radio repaired? Why is he back?"

"How would I know." The salesperson also looked very angry: "He's at the main entrance, blocking customers entering the mall, saying things like our mall has no credibility, the product quality is very poor, the service attitude is bad, and telling customers to go to RT-Mart."

"Damn it!" Lan Minghai stood up: "I'll go handle it. This old thing, if we don't pay attention to him, he really thinks our mall is a soft persimmon."

Watching Lan Minghai go out, Wang Hui frowned and wanted to say something, but the leaders had tacitly approved, so she closed her mouth again. But her heart was raised, and she had a premonition that something big was going to happen.

"Alright!" The deputy general manager said: "Manager Lan has gone to handle it, let's continue the discussion."

Discussing my ass, some people cursed in their hearts. Unless Jinghua was also willing to take out several million in subsidies, it would be useless to discuss until tomorrow.

Seeing no one making a sound, the deputy general manager looked at Wang Hui: "Little Wang, do you have any thoughts?"

Wang Hui said: "To compete with RT-Mart, Jinghua's only way out is to invest funds and carry out drastic reforms. Lower prices and improve service."

Gong Zhensheng smiled bitterly: "Everyone understands this truth, but it's easier said than done. Jinghua's business area isn't as large as RT-Mart's, but the decoration will take at least half a year of suspension."

"Think about it, the losses during the suspension period, plus the money for decoration and equipment replacement—10 million won't be enough, and the leadership above won't agree."

Wang Hui sighed: "I also know the leadership above won't agree, but we must strive for it. The times are progressing, and the competition among retail enterprises will become more and more intense in the future. If we don't reform, we will definitely be eliminated by the market."

"Bang!"

The door of the conference room was suddenly knocked open, and the salesperson rushed in with a pale face.

"Something... something big happened. Manager Lan hit that old man, and now the outside is surrounded by people, blocking our mall's main entrance."

"What?" Gong Zhensheng couldn't sit still anymore and ran out quickly.

Others also ran out behind him. Wang Hui followed behind, sighed, and cursed in a whisper.

"A fool who fails more than he succeeds."

Outside the mall's main entrance, the old man was lying on the ground, groaning, not knowing what he was saying.

Lan Minghai was also stunned. He had been very arrogant when he came out just now and scolded the old man.

The old man had lived to such an old age, could he take being scolded like a grandson by a young man?

Then he pushed Lan Minghai, and Lan Minghai's reaction was even bigger, slapping the old man in the face.

The result was that the old man was lying on the ground and couldn't get up. At this time, Lan Minghai also knew he had caused trouble.

"Move aside, move aside!"

Gong Zhensheng pushed through the crowd blocking the entrance, and then saw the scene before him, looking at Lan Minghai with a livid face.

"Grandpa, how are you?" Gong Zhensheng walked over quickly, wanting to help the old man up.

The old man groaned, slowly opened his closed eyes into a slit, and said very weakly: "My head hurts, I'm nauseous, I can't see anything in front of me."

At this time, the deputy general manager also came. Seeing this situation, he hurriedly ordered the people around him to call an ambulance.

"Everyone, don't watch, disperse."

A leader wanted to disperse the crowd, but no one paid attention to him.

This leader was very angry, but he was much smarter than Lan Minghai.

He knew that if he threw his weight around at this time, it would definitely arouse public anger, so he didn't say anything and retreated with a dark face.

Soon, the police arrived. After understanding the situation, the police also started to have a headache.

If this were another old man, he would definitely be taken away, then criticized, educated, and his family called.

But this old man wouldn't do. Because of the radio incident, it had caused too much of a stir, and the old man's reputation was also very large.

Look at the scene again, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. Listen to the discussions, everyone was scolding the mall and Lan Minghai.

If they took the old man away, it was hard to say what kind of stir it would cause.

In the end, they might all be covered in shit and scolded by the common people.

Several police officers discussed it and could only send the old man to the hospital first, then call his family and negotiate a solution with the mall.

………………

Capital Airport, Zhou Andong, Jian Qiu, Wu Hongkang, and Zhang Shenghui walked out of the airport.

There weren't many people outside; after all, in this era, those who could afford to fly were still a minority.

As soon as they came out, they saw a young man holding a sign with their names on it.

"There they are."

As soon as Wu Hongkang finished speaking, a girl wearing a professional lady's suit, with her hair in a bun and a very pretty face, walked over quickly.

This girl was named Cao Li, and she was a receptionist for the Entrepreneurs' Forum. As soon as Zhou Andong came out, she recognized him.

"Chairman Zhou, hello, my name is Cao Li, and I am a receptionist for the conference."