Chapter 350

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Because of this small matter of unilaterally approving Xie Xuewen and He Jiayi's resignation applications, Wang Erhai gradually developed some resentment towards Wang Dashan.

In fact, the subtle change in the brothers' relationship did not start from this one matter.

There were many things before, slowly accumulating, that led to the current situation.

And this small matter now is merely a tipping point.

Although Wang Erhai said many words defending his big brother in front of Zhang Xiaoyun, that afternoon Wang Erhai still came before Wang Dashan and voiced his suggestion.

When he spoke, he carried a displeased mood:

"Big Brother, Xie Xuewen and He Jiayi's resignations have caused no small discussion among the employees. When you approved their resignations, did you not think of the negative impact here?"

Not waiting for Wang Dashan to answer, Wang Erhai complained further:

"How come you're always like this, acting on impulse, without any long-term consideration at all!"

Hearing this, Wang Dashan's brows furrowed slightly, then he replied in a bad tone:

"They were dead set on leaving. If I didn't approve, what else could I do? Am I supposed to proactively give them a raise? You know the company's financial situation as well as I do — we can barely pay salaries now. If we give them a raise, wouldn't that just make us die even faster?"

Wang Dashan was considering the problem from another angle; actually, he wasn't wrong either.

The company's condition is poor right now; if employees want to leave, let them leave quickly. They're leaving voluntarily, so the company doesn't have to pay extra compensation. For the company, this can cut expenses — it's not a bad thing at all.

The problem is he didn't discuss it with Wang Erhai.

"Then you should have come and discussed it with me before deciding. You didn't give me a heads-up and just decided directly — what am I in the company then?"

Wang Erhai couldn't swallow his anger; his tone grew increasingly impatient.

Wang Dashan said:

"I thought this trivial matter didn't need discussion with you. Weren't you just out finding cooperation channels? I was afraid of disturbing your negotiations with the channel side..." After explaining a bit, Wang Dashan proactively apologized: "Second Brother, I admit not discussing with you was my fault. But you don't have to make a mountain out of a molehill. This really is just a very small matter. We have many difficulties to solve now; there's no need to quarrel over such a trifle."

Hearing this, Wang Erhai also felt it made sense.

The company indeed faces many difficulties now; he indeed had no need to quarrel with Wang Dashan over this small matter.

Besides, what use is quarreling?

Now Xie Xuewen and He Jiayi's resignation applications have already been approved. Water spilled cannot be gathered back.

"How did it go on the cooperation channel side?"

Seeing Wang Erhai's resentment fading, Wang Dashan asked this sentence.

This is the top priority right now.

The company has already lost Xu Mingxin this profit channel and urgently needs to find other channels to make money; otherwise it can only keep operating at a loss and eventually end up bankrupt.

"That side is unwilling to cooperate with us."

Wang Erhai replied dejectedly.

This is also one of the important reasons why his mood was so irritable today.

These past few days he ran business outside, hitting walls everywhere. The company side kept having incidents, plus Zhang Xiaoyun complained nonstop in his ear. Swap anyone in and they couldn't have a good mood.

"How could that be? We actively offered concessions. Why are they still unwilling to cooperate? Was it that you didn't give them enough respect and sincerity during negotiations?"

Wang Dashan, face full of puzzlement, murmured the question.

Hearing these words, Wang Erhai became unhappy again.

"Are you trying to blame this on me?" Wang Erhai darkened his face and said coldly: "They stated clearly. Our Shanhai Real Estate previously reconciled with Xu Mingxin and poached Anjia Real Estate's clients, doing things that violate industry rules. They're unwilling to cooperate with us, afraid we'll stab them in the back!"

Wang Erhai laid out the real reason directly.

These words sound very ugly, but they are the honest truth.

No one wants to be friends with a person who has no bottom line.

Running a company is the same. No company is willing to cooperate with a company that has no bottom line.

Especially when your bottom-line-less company still can't bring them much benefit.

If you were a giant corporation, they might choose to bow and compromise and cooperate with you out of awe of your deterrence.

But you're a tiny sesame-mung bean company, and you don't follow rules. Naturally they won't even glance at you.

Even if they might be unclean in business too, even unclean peers aren't too willing to deal with unclean people.

This is the law by which this society operates.

Hearing Wang Erhai's words, Wang Dashan had no way to complain further.

He just kept smoking cigarettes.

At this time Wang Erhai said again:

"The matter between us and Anjia Real Estate blew up too big. Everyone in the industry knows. On the way back, I even got a call from Hesheng Property's Sales Department. The people there told me they won't sell their houses for our Shanhai Real Estate anymore. In the coming days, we'll probably keep receiving such calls one after another. Big Brother, our Shanhai Real Estate has probably actually been blacklisted by the real estate industry..."

Wang Erhai's face was full of dejection.

Wang Dashan was struck as if by lightning, finding it difficult to accept this fact.

He had naively thought before that as long as he kept the shell of Shanhai Real Estate, he'd have a chance to regroup.

After all, the ancestors have a saying: "With green hills remaining, one need not fear lack of firewood."

But reality gave him a ruthless blow. Keeping this "green hill" may not provide "firewood"; instead it may become a burden.

However Wang Dashan still said:

"Second Brother, don't worry. The cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there. We'll definitely find a way out, walk out of this predicament!"

Wang Erhai gave a bitter smile, couldn't help but question:

"Now even the housing source channels are gone, you tell me, what other way out is there?"

Wang Dashan didn't know, but he still firmly believed that as long as he gritted his teeth and persisted, as long as he didn't easily give up, he would definitely be able to achieve final victory.

Wang Erhai couldn't help but complain again:

"Initially I told you to sell Shanhai Real Estate, but you insisted on not selling, now it's good, not only did you lose all the money, but there's also a high possibility you can't continue operating, clearly you could have taken the money and left, why did you have to insist on fighting to the bitter end? What exactly is the purpose of fighting to the bitter end?"

Wang Dashan couldn't give him an answer to Wang Erhai's questions.

In his inner heart, he actually also didn't know what the meaning of fighting to the bitter end was.

Perhaps, it was merely for the sake of contending for that one breath of pride.

Initially Ou Jiajie made that phone call to him, the words he said were like pissing on top of his head, too insulting, he really couldn't endure it any longer, that's why he cursed Ou Jiajie thoroughly, choosing to tough it out to the end.

As they say "Buddha contends for one stick of incense, a person contends for one breath of pride", Wang Dashan simply couldn't swallow that breath of pride, he just wanted to prove to Ou Jiajie that he isn't easy to bully! He won't accept Ou Jiajie's insulting offer!

"Second Brother, don't be impatient, give me some time, believe me, I definitely can lead Shanhai Real Estate out of this predicament!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly comforted Wang Erhai, his gaze became determined.

In his inner heart, an incomparably persistent faith was supporting him.

Allowing him to still firmly believe he could tide over the crisis even though he hadn't yet found a method to solve the problem.

This groundless confidence is Wang Dashan's strength, and also Wang Dashan's shortcoming.

As for whether Wang Dashan can truly lead Shanhai Real Estate out of the predicament?

That is not known.

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