Chapter 212 The Lamb
"No, this Jixia Manor is certainly not my shop."
Xie Chengzhi waved his hand: "If I had such a large shop, why would I extend my reach into my own home?"
He said this with a mocking and joking expression, as if he were talking about something interesting.
Seeing this, Xie Jingyuan finally couldn't help but raise his fist and smash it hard into Xie Chengzhi's face.
He used all his strength in that punch, and Xie Chengzhi immediately coughed up blood from his mouth and nose, and staggered away a long distance.
Xie Jingyuan rarely interfered in family affairs in the past, firstly because he was of a lower generation and younger. Secondly, his mother did indeed favor him, so he had no right to criticize his eldest brother's cowardice or his second brother's resentment.
But he simply couldn't tolerate Xie Chengzhi selling out his own business.
Xie Chengzhi didn't expect Xie Jingyuan to treat him like this. Perhaps he was stunned by the blow, and he sat on the ground for a long time without being able to react.
Yun Zheng stepped forward, extended his hand and said, "Thank you, Third Master. What's between you and Second Master is a matter between you brothers, but I'm here today to handle some serious business."
"I know this kind of thing is painful for anyone, but since it has already happened, we might as well let nature take its course."
He slightly turned to the side, making way for the officials behind him.
"Third Master, I have no intention of getting involved in the Xie family's affairs. How about we expedite the handover of the craftsmen's long-term contracts with them?"
As soon as Yun Zheng finished speaking, Xie Chengzhi got up from the ground and wiped the blood from his mouth and nose.
"Third brother, I never expected that you would also be unable to bear seeing me do well?"
Xie Chengzhi's eyes were bloodshot as he angrily said, "Since the Xie family wasn't handed over to you, what difference does it make whether it falls into the hands of the eldest son's family or in my hands?"
"It's surnamed Xie under Xie Boyu's name, but under my name, Xie Chengzhi's name, how come it's changed?"
Xie Jingyuan kept his head down, still clutching the transfer agreement signed between Xie Chengzhi and Yun Zheng in his hand.
After a long silence, his eyes reddened slightly, and he raised his hand, holding up the contract, and said, "Second brother, I'll ask you one more time, is Jixia Manor your shop?"
"no……"
Xie Jingyuan said, "Then how come you say the Xie family craftsmen are still in your hands? How come you say the business still belongs to the Xie family?"
Xie Chengzhi scoffed, "Of course I have my own methods."
"Oh."
Xie Jingyuan looked down at the contract and suddenly felt extremely remorseful.
He gripped the document tightly, leaving marks on it, and after a long while, he finally relaxed, flipped his hand, and handed the document back to Yun Zheng.
Shen Yuanzhu and Xie Qi stood at the entrance of Yujintang. Upon seeing this, they frowned and said, "There is a problem with this transfer contract."
Xie Qi raised an eyebrow: "What's the problem?"
Shen Yuanzhu said, "Regardless of what private agreements Xie Chengzhi had with that Hui... and Yun Zheng, the Xie family's craftsmen have indeed been transferred to Jixia Manor. And Jixia Manor..."
Suppressing her dissatisfaction, Shen Yuanzhu pursed her lips, unwilling to say another word.
She had dealt with the manager of Jixia Manor before, and he was a man who didn't play by the rules.
At that time, Jixia Manor ate the goods she had taken from the Ye family without any reason, and then turned around and asked Xiecui Workshop to recommend him for the competition.
Acting so recklessly, without any regard for rules or morality, she didn't believe that Jixia Manor would honestly cooperate with Xie Chengzhi.
Shen Yuanzhu lowered her eyes and shook her head inwardly.
The fact that the Prince's Mansion took Xie's brocade to participate in the competition shows that Yun Zheng does not have the skills to support a shop.
During this period, Luo Qing also told her that Jixia Manor had rejected many orders to buy brocade, which showed that what they lacked was craftsmen and weaving and dyeing techniques.
So Xie Chengzhi...
Ninety-nine percent of the time, they were set up and have become lambs to the slaughter.
What happened to Jixia Village?
Xie Qi turned to look at Chen Yuanzhu, his eyes sparkling.
After the cloth-sample competition at the Prince's Mansion, Jixia Manor gained some fame, so it wasn't surprising that Yuanzhu had heard of it.
Xie Qi also hoped to hear praise for Jixia Manor from Yuanzhu.
He stared at Shen Yuanzhu with his eyes open, and Shen Yuanzhu asked, "Jixia Manor?"
"Really? How about Jixia Manor?"
Shen Yuanzhu smiled faintly: "Not so much."
"..."
Xie Qi wanted to ask more questions, but then Xie Jingyuan said, "Boss Yun, what kind of cooperation did you and my second brother discuss in private?"
Yun Zheng looked at Xie Jingyuan with admiration in his eyes.
Surprisingly, there are still some members of the Xie family who aren't confused.
Yun Zheng glanced at Xie Qi unconsciously, and seeing him nod slightly, he said, "I opened a shop with the second master of the Xie family."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingyuan sneered, "Boss Yun, what a clever plan."
"Thank you for the praise, Third Master. I also owe this opportunity to Second Master."
After finishing speaking, Yun Zheng squeezed the contract in his hand and said, "I wonder if Third Master could make the decision to transfer the long-term contract between the Xie family craftsmen and them?"
Xie Jingyuan was silent for a moment, then walked to Xie Boyu's side and helped him up.
"Big brother..."
Xie Boyu held Xie Jingyuan's hand, tears streaming down her face, and said, "Jingyuan, we can't hand this over. If we do, our Xie family will lose its backbone."
Shen Yuanzhu looked at Yun Zheng, then at Xie Boyu, and finally sighed.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Yuanzhu said, "It's nothing, just a little sad."
Xie Qi thought she was just soft-hearted, and worried that Yuanzhu would think he was too ruthless after she found out he was the owner of Jixia Manor. So he explained, "The business world is like a battlefield, and you can't expect others to be kind and soft-hearted."
"With the Xie family gone, even without Jixia Manor, other shops will come and take over. The Xie family was defeated by its own people."
"I know."
Shen Yuanzhu nodded, completely agreeing with Xie Qi's statement.
She merely sighed, feeling she had some connection with the Xie family, never expecting to witness their grand buildings rise before her eyes, and now...
I saw it with my own eyes; in the future, only ruins will remain.
It remains to be seen how the Xie family will turn the tide in this round, or even if they can turn the tide at all.
Xie Jingyuan looked at Xie Boyu, who was hunched over and seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant, and felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.
He suddenly wondered whether his years of not competing or fighting had been the right or wrong thing to do.
Xie Jingyuan patted Xie Boyu's hand, then turned to Yun Zheng and said, "Boss Yun, give us two days. You can come and pick them up in two days."
After saying that, he turned to Xie Boyu and said, "Brother, there's no other way. Let's give them the long-term contract."
If a contract bearing the company's seal and written in black and white is not acknowledged, the losses will only be greater.
At this point, all we can do is try to minimize the Xie family's losses.
People may leave, but all the technology, down to the smallest detail, must be left behind.
If they were to let them go rashly, the Xie family would find it difficult to recover.
Xie Boyu was completely at a loss. Hua Nanzhi hated Xie Boyu for never listening to her. Now that he had caught himself in his own trap, she had nothing more to say.
Seeing that the eldest son's family was disheartened, Xie Jingyuan said, "Xu Chuan, go and get the contracts of the craftsmen in the house and give them to Manager Yun."
"Third Uncle..."
"Go ahead, what's the point of delaying for a little while?"
Xie Xuchuan looked at his father and mother, then at Shen Yuanzhu who was still standing in the corner, and finally couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat. He turned and left.
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