Chapter 357 That's Your Business

"If you have any difficulties, you can talk to me, you can talk to Banxia. We are brothers who have gone through thick and thin together. When have you ever been in trouble, have Banxia and I ever stood by and done nothing?"

Xiao Zhanyou didn't understand. "You said your mother was bedridden, and my wife and Banxia went to your house to treat her. They brought medicine and gave her acupuncture treatment for free. Before they left, they even left money for your family. It was Banxia who told me to give you priority in hiring. And you... repay kindness with enmity like this!"

The group of people lowered their heads even further.

The man's clenched fingers were slightly white, and his lips were almost pressed into a straight line.

He simply said, "...I'm sorry."

"I don't need your apologies! Do you know what this kind of behavior is called on the battlefield? It's called defection! If you need money, just tell me, do you think I won't give it to you?! Bastards!" Xiao Zhanyou's eyes turned red with anger.

They were all brothers who had fought in the same trench, and some of them had even served under him.

How can he possibly accept being betrayed by his comrades?!

"Old Xiao."

Sister-in-law Xiao arrived promptly after receiving the news. She glanced at the man in the lead, patted her husband, and said, "Alright, since they've decided to leave, even if you try every means to keep them here, you can't keep their hearts. Let them go."

Xiao Zhanyou closed his eyes.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." The man's voice was a little hoarse as he bowed his head in apology.

Sister Xiao raised her hand to stop them, saying, "People strive for higher positions and water flows downhill. We can't interfere with your choices, but people can leave, but customers can't be taken away. They belong to the company's resources."

"How can this be allowed?!"

"The other party is willing to offer us high salaries on the condition that they take away these big clients. Sister-in-law, aren't you putting us in a difficult position?"

"And I was just so touched..."

Sister-in-law Xiao looked up at the group of people who were speaking and smiled.

"What are you moved by? Moved by what Lao Xiao said? Did those words even matter? We, my wife and I, and Banxia have been completely honest and open with you, haven't we? Did it even matter? You still chose to betray us, didn't you? And you, you stole the client resources we developed and said we made things difficult for you. Don't you find that ridiculous?"

The two men's expressions changed, becoming somewhat unpleasant. They were about to say something when someone pulled them back.

“Sister-in-law, we must take these clients with us,” the leading man said.

Sister-in-law Xiao glanced at him and said, "Impossible."

The two stood facing each other, but the petite Xiao's sister-in-law was in no way inferior in terms of presence.

At this moment, Li Banxia also arrived after receiving the news. She glanced at the man and said to the couple, "There's no point in saying more. Let's call the police. They took away customer resources, which is embezzlement of company property and is illegal."

"What?"

The group panicked instantly and all looked at the man in the lead. A hint of panic flashed in the man's eyes as he clenched his fists and looked at Li Banxia.

“Banxia, ​​we’re all forced by circumstances. Platoon Leader Xiao and his men can continue making money whether they have these clients or not. If we can’t take these clients with us, they won’t be willing to pay us a high price. Our families are waiting for rice to cook and money to buy medicine…”

Li Banxia looked at him and said, "That's your business. Since you disregard the code of honor and human relationships, I can also be business-minded and disregard family ties to protect our rights with the law. Moreover, as far as I know, your sister-in-law and the others pay you quite well, with a base salary plus commission, so you earn several hundred yuan a month."

"They increased our guaranteed minimum by 50% on top of the original amount, and their commission is 30/70. We get 70% while they get 30%, so we can only get 60% here," the man said.

Li Banxia sneered, "You've been bought off with such paltry profits, really..."

She suppressed the word 'stupid' and raised her voice to Su Laosan, who had brought her there, "Laosan, call the police. Someone here is stealing company customer data."

"good."

Su Laosan immediately turned around and made a phone call.

The others made a couple of "hey" sounds, seemingly trying to call Su Laosan back.

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of Li Banxia, ​​the man turned around and went to find Xiao Zhanyou.

Xiao Zhanyou looked at him expressionlessly.

"Platoon leader..."

The man looked embarrassed and said with difficulty, "I'm sorry, we were forced into this situation. We can't earn money fast enough to keep up with how much our families spend, so we have no choice..."

"Platoon leader, please let us go. We all have wives, children, and elderly parents to support. We don't want to do this unless absolutely necessary."

Xiao Zhanyou looked at each soldier one by one. When he saw his own soldier, the soldier quickly lowered his head and dared not look him in the eye.

He waved his hand weakly, "You can go now."

"Old Xiao!"

Sister-in-law Xiao frowned, unwilling.

Banxia has already made her statement. If we let them go now, where will she put her face?!

"...You can leave, but you can't take the customers with you."

Xiao Zhanyou continued, looking up at the group, "You can come to their company and try to steal their clients, I'll play along. But you can't take resources from me; that's theft and illegal. You've all served your country, you're pillars of the nation, you shouldn't be detained for something like this..."

The group fell silent.

After a long pause, the man in the lead grunted, "We'll take it openly and honestly, platoon leader, you'd better watch out."

The others had different expressions, and some muttered something under their breath, only to be rebuffed by the man with a single sentence.

"Those who want to take customer resources with them should first go and talk to the police to see if they will allow them to take them."

The person muttering, "..."

When the police arrived, the two sides had already reached a settlement, and the officers gave them a few words of verbal reprimand before leaving.

The man left with a group of people.

Xiao Zhanyou watched their retreating figures, feeling deeply saddened.

Sister-in-law Xiao patted him.

"Let them go... With them gone, a lot of areas will be empty. The end of the year is the time when we need manpower. Lao Xiao, we don't have time to be sad. We need to recruit people quickly."

Xiao Zhanyou nodded and thanked Li Banxia.

Li Banxia shook her head, "Although customer resources can't be snatched away so easily, you should pay close attention to the customer resources they want to take away during this period, just in case they use underhanded tactics."

The couple exchanged a glance and nodded solemnly.

Li Banxia and Su Laosan rode their bikes back. Su Laosan said, "I get several thousand delivery orders from Uncle Xiao every month. I was thinking of talking to him and asking him to assign me a few more people. There are so many customers ordering goods at the end of the year, I can't spare the time to go to the countryside to collect the goods or deliver them. Oh, Mom, I'll borrow your shop's phone later. I called Erniu's village, and the aunt there said Erniu left the village a long time ago and they don't know where she went. She gave me her sister-in-law's phone number, but I was in a hurry to come out and haven't had a chance to call yet..."