Chapter 3058: No place to stand

Manager Chen on the phone is the current general manager of Jiqing Hall and also a figure who is held like the moon among the stars on the antique street.

When Zhou Liangyun served as the general manager of Jiqing Hall, Manager Chen was his deputy. His professional ability was average, but he was very smooth in dealing with people and had accumulated good connections on the antique street.

After Zhou Liangyun was fired by Song Wanting, Manager Chen temporarily filled the vacancy of general manager.

Song Wanting also knew that Manager Chen's professional ability couldn't handle this position, so her plan was to let Manager Chen fill in for a while, and then replace him when she found a more suitable candidate. So at that time, his position changed from deputy manager to acting general manager.

However, immediately after, Song Wanting's relationship with Ye Chen became closer and closer. Thanks to Ye Chen's help, her status and strength in the Song family rose like a rocket. She paid less and less attention to the business of Jiqing Hall.

Now, Song Wanting has become the head of the entire Song family and the helmsman of a family worth hundreds of billions of RMB. Small businesses like Jiqing Hall are naturally even more insignificant, so she didn't invest much energy in Jiqing Hall.

The main family didn't care much about this business, so Manager Chen slowly took off the hat of acting general manager and became the real general manager.

In the Jin Ling antique industry, Jiqing Hall is the well-deserved big brother, and Manager Chen is the person in charge here, so no one on the entire antique street doesn't give him some face.

At this time, Manager Chen had already forgotten the person who called, so he said directly: "Just say what you have to say."

The stall owner hurriedly said diligently: "Manager Chen, do you still remember Manager Zhou? It's the Manager Zhou of Jiqing Hall when you were deputy manager..."

Manager Chen asked subconsciously: "You mean Zhou Liangyun?"

The stall owner said without thinking: "Yes, yes, it's Zhou Liangyun. I called you because I wanted to tell you that Zhou Liangyun is back!"

Manager Chen asked: "Zhou Liangyun is back? Back where?"

The stall owner said: "Back to the antique street! I was just about to close the stall, and I saw him enter the antique street. Then I chatted with him for two sentences, and he told me he planned to open a shop in Jiqing Hall!"

"What?" Manager Chen's voice became vigilant. After a moment of silence, he asked: "Are you sure it's Zhou Liangyun himself?"

The stall owner patted his chest: "Absolutely authentic!"

Manager Chen muttered in surprise: "What is he doing back in Jin Ling suddenly? If he wants to open a shop, where can't he open one? Why come to Jin Ling?"

The stall owner immediately echoed: "Manager Chen, Zhou Liangyun is back this time, could it be that he wants to regain the position of manager of Jiqing Hall? I'll say something I shouldn't, everyone says that Jiqing Hall's business situation hasn't been very good for a while, and the recruitment website still has the recruitment information for general manager. Now that Zhou Liangyun is back suddenly, you must be careful..."

Manager Chen heard this, and his heart suddenly felt a bit worried.

Originally, the financial team of the Song Group had been suggesting that Song Wanting cut off Jiqing Hall and related antique businesses. After all, Jin Ling itself is not the center of national antique exchange, and it can't even be considered a hub. Jiqing Hall's business in this soil itself is very difficult to grow.

Moreover, Jiqing Hall's income situation is not optimistic.

After Manager Chen took over, although Jiqing Hall's business wasn't small, due to the lack of experience of the entire management team, for a while, Jiqing Hall was basically struggling on the break-even line.

In the eyes of the financial department of the Song Group, keeping this business line of Jiqing Hall not only has no room for profit, but it is very likely to enter a state of loss in the near future. Stopping this business now can also package and sell Jiqing Hall. Fixed assets plus brand value still have some profit. But once Jiqing Hall starts to lose money, its value will become lower and lower, and finally it may even return to zero.

Therefore, Jiqing Hall is like a house in the stage of falling housing prices. Selling it at any time is considered selling at the high point at that time, because if it stays in hand, its value will only get lower and lower.

However, Song Wanting has her own ideas about this business.

It doesn't matter if Jiqing Hall doesn't make money, and it doesn't matter if it loses some money. She just hopes that Jiqing Hall can be maintained, because this is the place where she and Ye Chen first met.

Moreover, even if Jiqing Hall loses money, the money it can lose is not even a drop in the bucket in Song Wanting's eyes. Keeping Jiqing Hall doesn't cost much.

Manager Chen's performance in the first few months after taking over was not ideal, and he was extra uneasy in his heart, fearing that Song Wanting would remove him. But after a long time, he found that it seemed Song Wanting didn't care about Jiqing Hall's performance. Although the profit was getting lower and lower, everything here was still the same, and no one came to hold him accountable or interfere with him.

Later, Manager Chen realized a truth: Song Wanting didn't seem to care whether Jiqing Hall made money or lost money. She might just simply want to keep the signboard of Jiqing Hall. It doesn't matter if it doesn't make money, and it doesn't matter if it loses some money.

Manager Chen didn't know that Song Wanting kept Jiqing Hall because of her feelings for Ye Chen.

He just one-sidedly thought that Song Wanting started from Jiqing Hall, so she might regard this place as her lucky place.

People who do business, especially big business, are a bit superstitious and metaphysical. They often have feelings for the place where they started.

Manager Chen, who determined this point, began to be carefree in Jiqing Hall.

Although Jiqing Hall's business is getting worse and worse, his days are exceptionally comfortable. In Jiqing Hall, he is a magistrate of a poor county far away from the emperor. Although the oil and water are not big, he wins in having great autonomy, and his days are quite comfortable.

Now that he suddenly heard that Zhou Liangyun was back, it immediately caused a strong sense of crisis in his heart.

Manager Chen worked under Zhou Liangyun for a while. He knew that Zhou Liangyun had great attainments in the antique field. He never looked at things wrongly, and he could see the true value at a glance. He could be called a fiery eye in the antique field.

If it weren't for the bottle incident that offended Song Wanting, Zhou Liangyun would definitely not have been kicked out of Jiqing Hall.

In fact, if Zhou Liangyun had a better attitude at that time, Song Wanting, out of love for talent, would definitely have kept him.

It's just that Zhou Liangyun had already completed the task Ye Changying gave him back then, so he had no intention of staying in Jin Ling. Therefore, in front of Song Wanting, he didn't show any repentance and even arrogantly threatened Song Wanting with resignation, which finally prompted Song Wanting to reluctantly fire him.

Therefore, Manager Chen was also very worried, fearing that this time Zhou Liangyun came back, he was thinking about his position as general manager.

So, he said to the stall owner: "You continue to help me keep an eye on Zhou Liangyun. If there is anything, tell me immediately. I definitely won't treat you badly in the future."

The stall owner immediately said: "Okay, Manager Chen, don't worry. If there is anything, I will notify you immediately!"

After hanging up the phone, Manager Chen immediately summoned several clerks of Jiqing Hall to his side.

These people were all his confidants he recruited and cultivated after taking over Jiqing Hall. During this period, Manager Chen had no progress in business, but he had fruitful results in personnel. Those who couldn't be obedient to him had already been replaced. The remaining few were in collusion with him in Jiqing Hall, and together they made a lot of rat warehouses, and took away a lot of money from Jiqing Hall's accounts in various names.

Their most common means was to buy high and sell low in the business of collecting antiques. Things that were worth fifty thousand, they raised funds to receive them, and then found a vest to bring them to the store. The store then decided by them to receive them at a price of seventy thousand. The difference naturally fell into their pockets;

And things that were received for ten thousand a few years ago, the market price clearly rose to twenty thousand, but they deliberately created some stains that could be repaired, and then sold them out as defective products for a few thousand. They called it recovering part of the loss, but the difference was also put into their own pockets.

Manager Chen's style was to share the rain and dew. The remaining employees all took money, and everyone naturally twisted into a rope.

At this moment, Manager Chen asked them to close the door first, and then summoned them to the manager's office. As soon as he came up, he said with a solemn face: "I just received news that Zhou Liangyun is back."

A group of employees were immediately surprised.

Among these employees, most were old employees before, and naturally knew Zhou Liangyun very well.

Although the others hadn't seen Zhou Liangyun, they had heard of some of his deeds more or less.

Hearing that Zhou Liangyun was back, everyone was curious, not knowing what he was doing back in Jin Ling suddenly.

Manager Chen said with a dark face: "Someone told me that Zhou Liangyun planned to open a shop on the antique street, but I think he shouldn't just want to open a shop. If one day he gets back in touch with Song Wanting and returns to Jiqing Hall to sit in my seat, we might be in big trouble!"

One of the employees hurriedly said: "Brother Chen, wasn't this surnamed Zhou fired because he offended President Song back then? How could President Song let him come back?"

Manager Chen said coldly: "You know shit. In the eyes of business people, there are only eternal interests, no eternal enemies! Zhou Liangyun has some wrist. Although he didn't work here for a long time, he collected a lot of good things for the store. Later, they were sold one after another, and the profit was at least tens of millions. But this year, so far, our book profit is less than one hundred thousand, almost just scratching the scalp of the cost. Although Song Wanting doesn't come to find trouble with us, this also means that Song Wanting doesn't take us seriously at all. Keeping us is just helping her watch the door of Jiqing Hall and not letting Jiqing Hall close down. Since Song Wanting can't have any feelings for us, then once there is a better candidate, why would she keep us?"

Everyone nodded repeatedly when they heard this.

Manager Chen added: "You guys, from now on, give me twelve points of spirit. Closely pay attention to every move of Zhou Liangyun on the antique street. This time, I must make him have no place to stand on the antique street!" ===== CHAPTER 3059 =====