Chapter 961: 956. The Scapegoat (Please Subscribe and Vote)

Liu Lu listened quietly as Tang Jing finished speaking, without saying a word.

"I have already finished discussing the specifics with them, and the letters of intent have been signed," Tang Jing said.

She still possessed that much authority; sometimes, she could even make direct decisions on many matters without needing Liu Lu's nod.

This was also because Liu Lu had previously had absolutely no time to manage the hospital.

Moreover, in the past, Liu Lu had lacked the ability to control the hospital.

Liu Lu did not dwell on this matter, only asking, "Manager Tang, you also bought shares in these franchise stores, didn't you?"

Tang Jing's expression shifted slightly; she really had bought shares, as she naturally did not want to miss out on such a good opportunity to make money.

Tang Jing looked into Liu Lu's calm eyes and ultimately did not refute it, only saying, "I did buy shares, but that has nothing to do with the decisions I made. The decisions I made are entirely in line with the development of Meilu Beauty Hospital.

Furthermore, they have not harmed the company's interests; I can guarantee that."

Liu Lu nodded and said, "I still trust Manager Tang on this point."

Indeed, when Liu Lu had no intention of expanding operations, the decisions Tang Jing made had not harmed the company's interests at all.

"I asked you, President Liu, many times before, and you didn't want to expand the company's scale in the near term.

What I did was, first, to expand the company's influence at this current time, and second, for some time in the future, if you, President Liu, ever have the idea to expand, then this influence will turn into substantial help.

We might even gain the help of these partners, and we would enter a stage of rapid development in the future," Tang Jing explained.

Liu Lu said nothing; this point was indeed correct.

Everything Tang Jing had done, on the surface, had no problems at all; she was a very responsible company manager.

Even if she had bought shares in the franchise stores, which was slightly against the rules, it was not a major issue.

However, Liu Lu simply asked, "Can you guarantee that these franchise stores of theirs really won't have any problems?

Do you know which aspect I am asking about?"

Tang Jing nodded and said, "I understand, but as I told you before, all of their medical supplies must be purchased from us."

"As for the level of some of the doctors, I have also made some agreements with them, and those are written in the contracts."

Tang Jing had done quite well in this regard.

Liu Lu nodded: "I believe what you said, and I don't blame you for buying shares in the franchise stores."

Now Tang Jing was truly confused; if these things were all fine, then what was the reason for Liu Lu's visit this time?

Although Tang Jing felt a bit guilty, as this could be considered using the company to make money for herself.

But all in all, Tang Jing still had a clear conscience.

Of course, the main reason was that Zhang Ran was pressing down from above, and the relationship between Liu Lu and Zhang Ran was too close—she was a daughter-in-law, not some distant relative.

Zhang Ran would think of Meilu Beauty Hospital from time to time; last time, for instance, as soon as people like Sun Lin made some small moves, Zhang Ran found out.

Therefore, Tang Jing was still very careful in this regard.

If she were really that kind of distant relative, Tang Jing probably wouldn't have been so careful.

"Take a look at these documents." Liu Lu handed over a file from her side.

Tang Jing took it with some confusion, then looked through it, and her expression immediately changed.

Liu Lu said softly, "These are the five beauty hospitals for which you signed letters of intent. Look at their recent medical equipment data and the personnel they have hired."

Although the formal contracts had not yet been signed, the letters of intent were already in place, and with Tang Jing herself having bought shares, there were basically no issues left.

So these five were also preparing quite rapidly.

From the data, it could be seen that in the last few days, these five had begun purchasing medical equipment in large quantities and had also started poaching people and hiring medical staff everywhere.

This was actually already quite problematic; the medical staff was one thing, at least on the surface it seemed fine.

After all, when a new hospital opens, it certainly needs a large number of hands.

But regarding the medical equipment, that was where the problem lay.

According to the agreement, these items had to be purchased from Meilu Hospital; in terms of price, Meilu didn't actually make much, leaving them plenty of profit margin.

Therefore, logically speaking, they had no need to purchase medical equipment in large quantities from elsewhere.

But what was going on now?

Tang Jing recalled the negotiations, when the partners said that at the beginning, they might only purchase a small amount of medical supplies.

After all, no one knew how the actual business would go, so they needed to be a bit cautious.

Tang Jing agreed with this point, and she also had confidence that, relying on Meilu's reputation, it would attract a large number of customers.

At that time, the orders would certainly come in.

But now it seemed that was not the case at all; they had no intention of purchasing in large quantities from Meilu.

After all, if they purchased from Meilu, they might make one hundred yuan per customer, but if they didn't use medical supplies from Meilu, they could make one thousand yuan!

With such a gap, who wouldn't be tempted?

Then there was the medical staff; on the surface, there were no problems, but in this document, the issues with these medical personnel were far too great.

Many were actually just college graduates who had just finished school, and not from well-known medical undergraduate programs; some were even from universities Tang Jing had never heard of.

A few were indeed veteran beauty doctors, poached from Europe and America or South Korea.

But the resumes here were not very clean; basically, all of them had medical malpractice incidents, and some had even caused deaths.

This made Tang Jing feel a chill in her heart as she read it!

She was not a fool; when she saw these things, she understood.

No wonder these people wanted her to buy shares, promised so many benefits, and guaranteed that everything would follow her arrangements.

It turned out it was all to make her a scapegoat!

One could imagine that if any problems arose, Zhang Ran would certainly notice, and she would be the target for Zhang Ran to vent his anger.

The reason Tang Jing had made such a decision before was, first, because it was indeed very profitable and she had been tempted by the benefits, and second, because of her dissatisfaction with Liu Lu.

She really wanted to achieve something, but Liu Lu had never had any ambition, which made her very uncomfortable.

That is why she agreed, thinking that once she had the capital, she could completely strike out on her own, but she truly had not expected things to turn out like this.