Chapter 1207

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Huo Guoqiang thought that as long as he went to help Wang Erhai settle things with his wife, Wang Erhai would surely be endlessly grateful to him, and might even take the initiative to return to Liguo Mountain.

It was just a pity that he had still miscalculated.

Wang Erhai was indeed grateful for his action, but at the very bottom of his heart, he did not want to return to Liguo Mountain at all.

How does that saying go? A good horse doesn't eat grass it has already passed!

Most importantly, Wang Erhai had already made up his mind to achieve something big in agriculture, so why would he ever go back to his old line of work?

So the next morning, Wang Erhai called Huo Guoqiang.

"General Manager Huo, thank you for what you said to my wife yesterday; you count as having defused a bomb that could have exploded at any moment for me."

The corner of Huo Guoqiang's mouth curled up slightly:

"President Wang, no need for such politeness; after all, we are partners in Liguo Mountain. When do you plan to come back to work?"

Huo Guoqiang felt that asking Wang Erhai to return to work at this moment, Wang Erhai would absolutely not dare to refuse.

Unexpectedly, the reality turned out contrary to his expectations!

Wang Erhai's attitude was extremely clear:

"General Manager Huo, I truly don't want to go back to work at Liguo Mountain; I have more work on hand than I can finish."

As soon as these words came out, Huo Guoqiang's expression immediately turned ugly.

"I helped you with such a huge favor, and this is how you repay me?"

Huo Guoqiang couldn't help but ask this one sentence.

Wang Erhai didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Because he really didn't want to go back.

Huo Guoqiang spoke again:

"Not only did I help you defuse a bomb that could have exploded at any moment on your wife's side, I also re-hired your fellow townsman Liang Xinghua back into Liguo Mountain. Is this sincerity of mine still not enough to move you?"

Hearing this, Wang Erhai felt somewhat caught between laughter and tears:

"General Manager Huo, it seems you still don't understand some things. Do you know who poisoned my fish pond?"

Huo Guoqiang was stunned:

"Who?"

Wang Erhai's tone was flat:

"Liang Xinghua."

Huo Guoqiang immediately exclaimed in surprise:

"No way, you treated Liang Xinghua so well, why would he poison your fish pond? Is there some misunderstanding here?"

Wang Erhai just said:

"There is no misunderstanding. The police have already investigated and confirmed it was him who poisoned it. As for the reason, one can only say that for certain white-eyed wolves, a great kindness is just a great enmity."

Huo Guoqiang didn't want to delve into why Liang Xinghua would repay kindness with enmity toward Wang Erhai; recruiting Liang Xinghua back was merely a small move to win Wang Erhai back.

So now, hearing Wang Erhai put it this way, he immediately stated his position:

"I'll make Liang Xinghua scram right away. President Wang, you should still come back. Liguo Mountain cannot be without you; without you, it wouldn't be called Liguo Mountain anymore."

Wang Erhai knew that Huo Guoqiang had helped him, so he couldn't not return this favor to Huo Guoqiang.

So he said:

"How about this: I will transfer and sell 11% of the equity I hold to you. That way, you and Zhang Tianhe will be able to stand on the same starting line as Zhang Sheng and Wu Moli."

Currently, Huo Guoqiang holds 27% equity, Zhang Tianhe holds 10% equity. Adding the 11% equity Wang Erhai is transferring, they would have a total of 48% equity.

Zhang Sheng holds 21% equity, Wu Moli holds 27% equity. Added together, that is also 48% equity.

So Wang Erhai selling 11% of his equity to Huo Guoqiang would indeed allow Huo Guoqiang and Zhang Tianhe to stand on the same starting line as Zhang Sheng and Wu Moli.

However, for Huo Guoqiang, this was by no means a good thing.

With both sides' equity equal, if opinions diverged on key decisions, he would still be unable to push the project forward.

But he also knew that Wang Erhai taking the initiative to propose transferring 11% equity to him had already given him enough face.

He couldn't ask for more.

Otherwise, it would look too greedy and would only anger Wang Erhai.

It could be seen that Wang Erhai truly was unwilling to return.

So in the end, he sighed:

"Alright, alright. Since President Wang has already made up his mind, I won't force it. When do you plan to come over to handle the equity transfer?"

Wang Erhai just said:

"I can come over right now."

Huo Guoqiang remarked with emotion:

"You're still the same, efficient as ever! Losing you is truly our company's loss!"

Wang Erhai didn't say anything else, only said:

"General Manager Huo, then we'll meet at the company in a bit."

After hanging up Wang Erhai's call, Huo Guoqiang immediately called Huo Zhihui:

"Zhi Hui, have you recruited Liang Xinghua yet?"

Huo Zhihui answered honestly over the phone:

"Second Uncle, rest assured, I've handled it. He's already been hired and started work this morning. The salary offered is a monthly salary of ten thousand after the probation period. Is that enough sincerity?"

Huo Guoqiang nodded:

"That sincerity is indeed enough... Tomorrow just find some excuse and fire him. The probation period hasn't passed anyway, so no need to pay much compensation."

Hearing this, Huo Zhihui couldn't help but be stunned:

"No, Second Uncle, we just hired him, and now we're firing him right away. That's not too good, is it?"

Even Huo Zhihui felt this was going a bit too far.

Hired for just one day, fired the next day — isn't that playing with someone?

However, Huo Guoqiang said:

"This person has character issues. He's unacceptable."

Huo Zhihui was astonished:

"No, isn't he very honest and dutiful, working diligently? How does he have character issues?"

Huo Guoqiang spoke honestly:

"Wang Erhai's fish pond — he was the one who poisoned it."

Hearing this, Huo Zhihui was even more astonished.

He never expected that Liang Xinghua, this seemingly honest and dutiful middle-aged man, would actually do such a vicious thing!

Truth be told, in the business world he, Huo Zhihui, already considered his own methods ruthless and cruel enough, but poisoning someone's fish pond — that kind of unconscionable act — he definitely wouldn't do!

So he said nothing more, only nodded:

"Fine, then tomorrow I'll just find some reason and fire Liang Xinghua!"

Meanwhile, Liang Xinghua still knew nothing of these inside details.

He only knew that yesterday he suddenly received a call from Huo Zhihui, saying the company was short-handed and asking if he wanted to come back and interview. The offered salary was a monthly salary of ten thousand.

At the time, Liang Xinghua was doing daily-settlement moving work, earning just a hundred or so yuan a day. When he received this call, he was completely dumbfounded, feeling as if he were dreaming — unreal.

After all, previously he and Huo Zhihui had formed a grudge!

He never expected that now Huo Zhihui would actually take the initiative to invite him back to Liguo Mountain!

"General Manager Huo, you wouldn't be teasing me, would you?"

Liang Xinghua asked weakly.

But Huo Zhihui's tone was very firm:

"Of course not. Come to the company tomorrow, go through the interview process, then sign the contract!"

Liang Xinghua felt Huo Zhihui might be playing with him, but now he was at his wit's end and still had a daughter to raise, so even if he might be played, he had to go try!

So he came to Liguo Mountain this morning and went through the interview!

The result was that he actually discovered Huo Zhihui wasn't playing with him at all!

After completing the simple interview process, Huo Zhihui produced the labor contract and had him sign it!

He read that labor contract carefully several times. It clearly stated a monthly salary of ten thousand, and the probation period was only a short one week! It could be called full of sincerity!

And there were no contract traps at all. It seemed Liguo Mountain really wanted to rehire him!

He hurriedly signed the contract!

At that moment, he felt the clouds parting to reveal the sun — life was going to get better again!

He knew that with his ability, even without relying on Wang Erhai, he could still make something of himself!

And now, his return to Liguo Mountain was the best proof!