Chapter 1041

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"General Manager Huo, please give me another chance! I absolutely won't make the same mistake again!"

Liang Xinghua pleaded in an extremely humble tone.

He really needed this job too much right now.

If he lost this job, he would instantly be knocked back into his original hell.

How does that saying go:

If I had never seen the light, I could have endured the darkness.

In other words, if I had never possessed wealth, I could have endured poverty.

Liang Xinghua had now experienced a life earning twenty to thirty thousand a month; how could he possibly go back to being a mud worker earning three thousand a month?

However, faced with his pleading, Huo Guoqiang remained expressionless.

He was Huo Zhihui's Second Uncle, so he naturally knew the grievances between Huo Zhihui and Liang Xinghua, and understood in his heart that this was Huo Zhihui seizing on a pretext to strike at Liang Xinghua.

If Liang Xinghua performed flawlessly, he would naturally protect him; it was just a pity that Liang Xinghua had made too many mistakes — not only was his vision short-sighted, but his ability to improvise and adapt when handling crises was practically close to zero; how could such a person shoulder a major responsibility?

"This matter is decided. Begging me is useless. You made a mistake, you accept the punishment. We're all adults now; don't whimper and cry."

Huo Guoqiang calmly spoke this one sentence.

Seeing that pleading with Huo Guoqiang was useless, Liang Xinghua turned to beg Wang Erhai:

"Erhai, put in a good word for me. We're from the same village; you know my character!"

Wang Erhai couldn't bear it, so he said to Huo Guoqiang:

"General Manager Huo, how about we give Liang Xinghua another chance? He's an honest man; he definitely wouldn't two-time. That woman coming to the company to cause trouble wasn't something he could control."

But Huo Guoqiang said:

"He didn't see through that woman's character before getting involved with her — that shows his judgment is no good. How can someone with poor judgment be the company's top leader?"

Wang Erhai still wanted to continue speaking up for Liang Xinghua, but Huo Guoqiang said:

"General Manager Wang, don't say any more. The reason I called you in together was to fire him in front of you. Remember this: don't hire this kind of incapable connection-hire again. If they're capable I have no complaints, but if they're incapable and damage the company's image, they really cannot be used!"

Wang Erhai felt stifled; he hadn't expected Huo Guoqiang to criticize him along with Liang Xinghua.

Huo Guoqiang spoke again:

"Don't resent me either. It's not like I never gave Liang Xinghua a chance. I let him be the head of the Human Resources Subsidiary, putting him in charge of the whole Li Guoshan Human Resources operation. Overall he did an ordinary, mediocre job — no highlights at all. In other words, whoever you put in his position could achieve his level; he's too easily replaceable. Now that he's made a serious mistake, if we still keep him, how would the employees below look at it?"

Wang Erhai had nothing to say.

Because he knew Huo Guoqiang was right.

Given what had happened now, whether from a public or private standpoint, Huo Guoqiang having Liang Xinghua voluntarily resign and leave was completely without fault.

But after a moment of silence, Wang Erhai still continued to fight for Liang Xinghua:

"General Manager Huo, how about letting Liang Xinghua go back to being a supervisor? He was very strict at gatekeeping as a supervisor, had quite a few highlights, and counts as a talent in that area."

Liang Xinghua knew being head of the Human Resources Subsidiary was impossible now, so he also hurriedly begged:

"General Manager Huo, just let me go back to being a supervisor! I'll definitely work hard!"

Being a supervisor at Li Guoshan, though the salary wasn't as high as a Human Resources leader's, still had a monthly salary of eight thousand, plus the Five Insurances and One Fund — many times better than going outside to do mud work.

Huo Guoqiang considered for a moment, then agreed:

"Alright then. From now on you just honestly be a supervisor; don't go thinking about anything else!"

After all, this was Wang Erhai's fellow villager; he could deny Liang Xinghua face, but he still had to give Wang Erhai face.

Wang Erhai was his partner; the company's development still relied on Wang Erhai's hard work.

"Thank you, General Manager Huo!"

Liang Xinghua hurriedly expressed his thanks!

Huo Guoqiang then said:

"Later you go submit your resignation letter, then re-enter the Li Guoshan Supervisor Department."

The matter was settled just like that.

Liang Xinghua went from boss straight back to being a rank-and-file supervisor.

To say he had no complaints in his heart would be impossible.

After all, the salary differed by more than double.

But he couldn't ask for too much either.

On the way to the Supervisor Department, Wang Erhai said two sentences to Liang Xinghua:

"Xinghua Shu, when looking for women in the future, you need to take it easy. Not that I'm lecturing you, but if you really have physical needs, just go to a foot bath shop to vent; finding a wife isn't child's play. You've already stumbled twice on this; you absolutely cannot stumble a third time!"

Liang Xinghua was left with no ground to stand on from the scolding.

He had indeed stumbled twice with women — the first time was Lan Menglian, the second time was Zhong Liying.

One had a bad temper and belittled him as worthless.

One harbored ulterior motives, acted well on the surface, but actually wanted to send him to prison.

This made Liang Xinghua sigh inwardly:

Women — how can they be this terrifying?

So he said to Wang Erhai:

"Erhai, rest assured. From now on I will never marry again."

This was an honest truth spoken from the heart.

Two sincere efforts, both ended in bad results.

His enthusiasm for love had been completely exhausted; from now on he definitely would not marry again.

"Having this idea is a good thing, just fear that when the time comes a woman actively approaches you, and you'll abandon your principles all at once."

Wang Erhai said this.

He was very clear about how Liang Xinghua felt inside.

Someone like Liang Xinghua was very similar to his former self.

No ability, no special traits, not even handsome, so very inferior, very sensitive, very lacking in love.

As long as a woman slightly showed favor, he'd be moved to tears, thinking he'd met true love.

Wang Erhai had also undergone the trials of women like Zhang Xiaoyun, Liu Meiqi, Yao Xueqin, and only then gradually transformed, no longer as foolish as before.

Now when he looked for women, he only looked at one thing.

That was whether their character was good or not.

Figure and appearance were instead secondary.

Just like that, Liang Xinghua returned to the position of supervisor.

This news reached Huo Zhihui's ears, and Huo Zhihui was very dissatisfied.

He personally went to find Huo Guoqiang and poured out his dissatisfaction:

"Second Uncle, Liang Xinghua made such a big mistake, how could you still keep him inside the company?"

Huo Guoqiang said lightly:

"Hasn't he already been punished? Making him go from a general manager back to a low-level supervisor is already a big punishment for him. Leave a line when dealing with people, don't press them to the death."

Huo Zhihui was depressed:

"He made such a mistake, he should be kicked out of the company!"

Huo Guoqiang smiled:

"Zhi Hui, don't think I don't know your little thoughts. You still wanted to send Liang Xinghua to prison. That woman who made trouble was an employee of your labor company. You really went to great lengths, actually using a beauty trap on someone like Liang Xinghua. Is there any need?"

Huo Zhihui was stunned, somewhat surprised.

He never expected his Second Uncle actually knew the truth of the matter.

It can only be said that Huo Guoqiang being able to sit in his current position has its reasons.

At least his ability to obtain information was far stronger than ordinary people.

Huo Zhihui still wanted to quibble:

"Second Uncle, this isn't Liang Xinghua being this kind of person..."

Huo Guoqiang waved his hand:

"Don't explain. I'm not saying what you did was wrong. I just want to tell you to be more open-minded. Your move is good, but there's no need to use it on a small figure like Liang Xinghua. If you use it, use it on someone at Wang Erhai's level, or even higher, like Zhang Sheng. Do you understand what I mean?"

After hearing this, Huo Zhihui said nothing more:

"I understand, Second Uncle."

Huo Guoqiang said:

"Tomorrow I'll issue a notice to formally promote you as the head of Li Guoshan Human Resources Subsidiary. Don't compete with Liang Xinghua anymore. Competing with small figures like him only lowers your status."