Chapter 531: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 531: This Is a Difficult Choice

·

·

·

Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Liu Mei Qi was made to laugh in anger by Wang Erhai's words:

"Wang Erhai, is this what you call sincere management? Trading the victory of this bet at the cost of breaking industry rules—rather than sincere management, it's using any means necessary!"

Wang Erhai put on a stern face and defended himself:

"I'm just raising the commission for the salespeople under me. I didn't tell them to use underhanded methods to solicit customers, so how is that not sincere management?"

Liu Mei Qi laughed in anger again:

"Who knows if you're pretending or really this naive. You give them such high commissions that for the sake of profit, they'll definitely cook up all sorts of shady tricks behind the scenes!"

Wang Erhai said decisively:

"Impossible. I've emphasized the principle of sincere management. If they dare play tricks behind my back, they'll be severely punished once I find out!"

Liu Mei Qi sneered:

"Driven by profit, what isn't possible? The law of the country explicitly prohibits crime, yet how many people in this world break the law for profit!"

Wang Erhai trembled involuntarily. Actually, he felt a bit guilty himself. In recent days, the order volume of his team had surged, and the increase exceeded his expectations. The people under him might really be playing shady tricks behind his back.

However, without evidence, he could never admit it.

After all, this achievement was hard-won, and his self-esteem and competitiveness wouldn't let him lower his head to admit fault at this time. To lower his head and admit fault would mean actively admitting defeat.

"Stop saying so much nonsense. If you think I broke the rules, then produce evidence. Without evidence, don't come here and criticize me!"

Finally, Wang Erhai coldly said this sentence.

Liu Mei Qi was furious.

She stared at Wang Erhai with a face full of incredulity and sighed:

"I didn't expect you to be such a person, Wang Erhai. I misjudged you!"

After speaking, she turned around and left.

Just as she was about to walk out of the office door, she suddenly stopped, turned back, and said:

"You want evidence, right? I'll find it and give it to you!"

After Liu Mei Qi left, Wang Erhai's expression became extremely grave.

His mood was actually quite complicated. Now there were two choices before him: first, to take the initiative to investigate and correct mistakes in time, so as to avoid being talked about.

Second, to turn a blind eye and let things develop.

If he chose to take the initiative to investigate, it would definitely affect the upcoming order volume, and his team might lose this betting agreement because of it.

Second, if he chose to turn a blind eye, then following this trend, he was very likely to win this bet, but this might truly go against the core values of Shanhai Real Estate.

What should he do?

Wang Erhai was torn inside.

On one side was profit, on the other side was values.

Just then, someone walked into the office.

It was the salesperson Xiao Wu from the team.

"Manager Wang, I have something to tell you."

Wang Erhai looked up at Wu Gaofeng and noticed Xiao Wu was acting sneaky.

"Xiao Wu, instead of doing your sales work well, you come running to me to say something?"

Strangely enough, in recent days the order volume within the sales team surged, but among the eight salespeople, three salespeople's performance didn't improve much, and even one person's order volume dropped quite a bit.

And the one whose order volume dropped was Xiao Wu.

Because of this, Wang Erhai had specifically mentioned Xiao Wu at the early meeting this morning, telling him to work harder and not always be the tail of the class.

Xiao Wu said:

"Manager Wang, what I want to tell you is a big matter. You must not tell outsiders; this matter is from me telling you."

Wang Erhai was immediately stunned, sized up Xiao Wu from top to bottom, and then said:

"Rest assured. Whatever you say, I will keep it secret for you."

Xiao Wu then let down his guard, and like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, he told all the shady tricks of the other salespeople in the team.

"Manager Wang, the order volume of Zhang Qing and those five salespeople surged in the last two days, right? But do you know why only those five salespeople's order volume surged, while I and the other two salespeople didn't surge?"

"Why?" Wang Erhai's heart sank. He had already guessed one or two.

"It's because Manager Liu's sales team has only five salespeople. Those five salespeople on their side docked with our five salespeople on this side, made private arrangements, and pulled their order volume over to our side to close deals. That's also the reason why Manager Liu's team's order volume plummeted these past few days. Manager Wang, this operation obviously violates our principle of sincere management!"

Xiao Wu spoke the truth.

Wang Erhai's expression became extremely ugly.

He had just been hesitating whether to investigate, and now before he even acted, someone came to report it.

Xiao Wu thought that someone as sincere as Wang Erhai would definitely not indulge his subordinates in committing violations. After all, Wang Erhai had emphasized Shanhai Real Estate's business philosophy and core values countless times.

However, what Xiao Wu didn't expect was...

After pondering for a long time, Wang Erhai gave him an answer that was completely unexpected:

"Alright, I'll handle this matter. But don't spread it everywhere."

Seeing Wang Erhai's reaction was so calm, Xiao Wu was stunned:

"Manager Wang, you're not going to deal with them?"

Wang Erhai said impatiently:

"I said I'll handle it; you don't need to worry."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Wang Erhai realized his emotions were too exposed, so he quickly reined them in and explained in a polite tone:

"Xiao Wu, I'm doing this for your own good. Think about it—if you go around blabbing, they'll definitely know it was you who reported them. As the saying goes, cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. If they find out you reported them, do you think they'll let you off?"

Hearing this, Xiao Wu thought it made sense.

So he hurriedly said:

"General Manager Wang, you've thought this through so carefully. Thank you, General Manager Wang, for considering me so much."

After Xiao Wu left, Wang Erhai's expression turned extremely grave.

He took out a cigarette and smoked one after another.

Should he stick to his principles and protect his values, or turn a blind eye and secure victory?

This was a very difficult choice.

If he lost control of this branch company for the sake of so-called principles, what use would those principles be?

Most importantly, he simply couldn't explain himself to his older brother!

His older brother had asked him to develop the branch company in his hometown county town, not to sell the newly established branch company to someone else!

This was originally a gamble that could only be won, not lost!

After smoking his fifth cigarette, Wang Erhai finally made a decision.

His decision was to sit quietly in the office, close his eyes, and do nothing.

People, after all, will ultimately abandon so-called principles for the sake of benefit.

Because those previous principles were actually established to protect their own interests.