Chapter 44 Chen Jikang

When Wen Yue first heard Ye Tianhua's words through the broadcast, she thought that "change" only meant changing the time, and "wait" meant that Huang Dayong and others should wait for his notification.

But when the police received the information she gave and quickly changed their strategy, and arrested Huang Dayong and the other two but found no one in the building, she realized that "change" also meant changing the location.

She certainly knew the address of Huang Dayong and others after changing their hiding place, but after hesitating for a long time, she did not give the updated information to the police.

After the arrest failed, the police held a meeting on this failed operation.

Some people doubted the authenticity of the anonymous letter that Li Chengbang took out. They suspected that this was a deliberate trick by criminals against the police, and in fact, Ye Tianhua did not make a comeback.

Yes, Huang Dayong appeared around Lirong Department Store, but no one can be sure that he was scouting the area at that time. Maybe he has been hiding in Hong Kong in disguise for all these years?

Some people also believe that Ye Tianhua and others really wanted to rob the gold shop, but they regretted choosing to catch turtles in a jar. Now, not only did they not catch Ye Tianhua, but Huang Dayong and the other two are also missing. If they had known

this earlier, they might as well catch Huang Dayong and the other two first, at least it would be a credit.

At present, those who hold this idea have the upper hand in the police.

Wen Yue is very worried. If she reveals the whereabouts of Huang Dayong and the other two to the police, they may directly arrest them. If she

keeps Huang Dayong, she can also remotely monitor the movements of Ye Tianhua's gang in real time. Once he is arrested, this line will be completely cut off. No one knows what Ye Tianhua will do next.

So Huang Dayong cannot be arrested, at least not for the time being.

Wen Yue thought, letting the system continue to keep an eye on Huang Dayong, and she went back to her room to sleep.

Maybe because she was too nervous during the day, Wen Yue slept well that night, and was woken up by Yi Huai the next day.

After breakfast, she went to the company. As soon as she sat down in the office, she was called over by Liang Jiaming and asked about the situation in the Causeway Bay store yesterday.

Wen Yue was not surprised that Liang Jiaming knew about this. There is no wall that is impenetrable in the world. The police made such a big move yesterday, and it would be fine if the customers didn't know, but the department store employees involved could not have guessed it.

Unless Liang Jiaming did not plant his own people in various department stores, it would be impossible for him not to receive the news.

Facing his questions, Wen Yue did not feel guilty at all. He first explained the cause, then said that it was the police who requested confidentiality, and finally brought up Wen Rongsheng to indicate that he already knew.

Liang Jiaming had some complaints when listening to Wen Yue's previous explanation. Knowing that Wen Rongsheng knew and approved of Wen Yue's approach, he did not say anything and only asked worriedly: "Do you think this is really Ye Tianhua making a comeback this time? After knowing that they are exposed, will they take action again?"

"I think so, and I think they will take action again."

Liang Jiaming asked: "Then tell me, what should we do next?"

"Let the mall staff pay attention and be vigilant at all times. At the same time, wait for the police to say and cooperate with their actions."

"Cooperating with the police is easy, but letting the staff pay attention..." Liang Jiaming said thoughtfully, "It's easy for me to say it, but Mr. Chen... It may not be easy to convince him." Judging from

the surface meaning of these words, it seems that he is on the same front with Wen Yue, but in fact there is only one central idea: you guys can talk about it, and I will just sit on the sidelines.

But a higher position can bring death to a person. Wen Yue was really helpless after hearing this. Fortunately, she did not expect Liang Jiaming to do anything. As long as he did not go against her, she would be thankful.

So the two of them talked happily, at least more happily than talking with Chen Jikang.

Chen Jikang is 54 years old this year. He is one of the first people to follow Wen Rongsheng. He has a lot of experience and shares in the company. So he often acts like an elder in front of Wen Yue and speaks in a fatherly manner.

He called Wen Yue to his office and told her to pack up her things and go home to take care of her husband and children as soon as possible.

Wen Yue endured it twice, but she didn't want to endure it the third time, so she said, "Boss Chen, I'm very busy these days. If you don't have anything important to talk to me about, I'll go back, right?"

Chen Jikang's smile faded, and he nodded, "Okay, okay, let's talk about business. Why didn't you tell me that Ye Tianhua targeted Lai Wing Department Store in Causeway Bay?"

Wen Yue's answer was the same as when she was in Liang Jiaming's office.

But Chen Jikang was different from Liang Jiaming. The latter was appointed by Wen Rongsheng as general manager in order to control Chen Jikang, so Wen Rongsheng's words were very effective.

Chen Jikang thought he was a veteran, but in the end, Wen Rongsheng became the richest man. He worked so hard but only got such a small share, which was only the share of a subsidiary of Lirong Department Store. He was very resentful, otherwise he would not have colluded with the shareholders of the head office.

In addition, in the past few months, the Wen family has been frequently involved in scandals. One of Wen Rongsheng's sons was raised by someone else, and another son was infertile. Not only did Wen Rongsheng not give up his position, but he also sent his daughter to Lirong Department Store. What was he trying to do? Was he planning to hand over the family business to his daughter?

Thinking that a young girl would climb over his head in the future, Chen Jikang felt even more unhappy and thought it would be better to let someone else take the position.

With his own little plans, Chen Jikang was certainly not very obedient to Wen Rongsheng's orders.

Even in the group meeting, when it affected his own interests, Chen Jikang dared to slam the table and challenge Wen Rongsheng. Moreover, Wen Rongsheng did not show up this time, and everything was said by Wen Yue.

Chen Jikang slammed the table and shouted, "I ask you to find out where you are working now and who your direct supervisor is. It is a violation of the rules for you to go over my shoulder and tell Mr. Wen about such a big thing! Do you know that I am your direct supervisor? Mr. Wen knows it, do you think I won't dare to punish you if he knows it?"

Although Chen Jikang has a loud voice, Wen Yue is not a real rich girl. She was also a social animal before she traveled through time. When she heard it, her expression did not change at all. She just slid to the right with her chair calmly to avoid being sprayed by saliva.

After Chen Jikang finished scolding, Wen Yue asked calmly, "So, Mr. Chen, how are you going to deal with me now?"

This question really stumped Chen Jikang.

Deduct money? His father is the richest man, how can he care about the tens of thousands of yuan the company pays him every month?

Suspension? He was arranged by the big boss of the company to be plated with gold, so he really has no say in the matter of suspension, and the same goes for demotion.

Although he has some opinions about Wen Rongsheng, even if he makes a big fuss, he will consider the situation. If he really wants to do something, he has to do it secretly. If he really wants to deal with Wen Yue

, it means that he is not dealing with people. Wen Rongsheng is not easy to get along with. He can be tolerated until now because of his secretive behavior. If he really dares to make it clear, he might leave earlier.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Jikang said in a high-sounding manner: "Since nothing went wrong this time, I will not punish you, but! I don't want this kind of thing to happen a second time, do you understand?"

Wen Yue answered readily, "I understand."

After getting off the stairs, Chen Jikang continued to find fault and asked about the follow-up arrangements like Liang Jiaming.

Wen Yue did not hide her thoughts and told Chen Jikang what she thought. Chen Jikang raised his eyebrows when he heard it: "No, no, it's fine if we know about this internally, but can we keep the news secret after telling the mall staff? Affected by the previous fire incident, the customer flow of the Lai Wing Department Store in Causeway Bay has already dropped a lot. With Ye Tianhua coming, who would dare to visit our company's mall?"

He also remembered that a competitor had bought a press release saying that their company's department store did not comply with fire regulations, and added, "If companies like Bai Tai know about it, they might join forces with the media to discredit our company again."

"Mr. Chen, do you think that if we don't say anything, the matter can be kept secret?" Wen Yue said, "I remember that I asked Manager Hu to tell us not to leak the matter."

Chen Jikang thought that as the president of the company, it was normal for him to place spies in various shopping malls, but when he met Wen Yue's eyes, he did feel a little guilty. He coughed and said, "We are all family, it doesn't matter if they know, but it would be bad if outsiders knew about this."

"If more than three people know about something, it is no longer a secret. What happened yesterday, Mr. Chen and Mr. Liang can find out about it. How can you be sure that the merchants stationed in the mall can't find out?" Wen Yue said, "At this time, the more you hide it, the more guilty you appear. It's better to speak out and tell everyone that we, Lirong Department Store, will never back down on this matter. We will actively cooperate with the police for the interests of merchants and the safety of customers."

Chen Jikang wanted to continue to find fault, but his years of work experience told him that what Wen Yue said was indeed reasonable. His face couldn't help but look ugly, and he said, "But as far as I know, the police deployed the operation because they received an anonymous letter. As a result, they were busy for several days and didn't even see the shadow of the robber gang. Who knows whether the anonymous letter is true or false?"

"So?"

"In my opinion, this incident is a oolong. Who knows who wrote the anonymous letter? Is he fooling the police?" Chen Jikang said confidently, "My opinion is that if the police ask us to cooperate again, you should not agree. It's fine if they are being fooled, but we have to do business. We can't just do nothing every day and play with them, right? As for what happened yesterday..."

In fact, Chen Jikang felt that even if this was not a oolong, it had nothing to do with the mall. Robbery was a man-made disaster, and no matter how big the loss of the jewelry store was, it could not be blamed on the mall.

As long as they didn't say anything, the merchants would not know that the police had reminded them, and the customers would not know that they had already received the news, so they could play dumb and pretend that they knew nothing.

Even if something really goes wrong in the end, and they know everything and it's exposed, don't they still have the Crown Princess Wen Yue to take care of it?

No matter what the final result is, it's better than now because of a rumor that affects the flow of customers. These department stores in the Hong Kong area are the main source of income for Lirong. If they continue to be affected like this, the financial report at the end of the year will be very ugly!

This will affect him.

Thinking of this, Chen Jikang said, "Just say that we are cooperating with the police in security drills. The citizens don't know anything anyway, so they will definitely believe whatever we say?"

"I understand what you mean, Mr. Chen."

"If you understand..."

Before Chen Jikang finished speaking, he heard Wen Yue continue, "Mr. Chen's rules of conduct are that merchants are idiots and can be fooled, and customers are idiots and can be cheated. It is impossible to cooperate with the police. If you encounter robbers, you have to pretend to be dead. So who will take responsibility if something really happens?"

Without waiting for Chen Jikang to answer, Wen Yue asked herself and answered, "Oh, it turns out that I am the one who is being taken advantage of!"

Chen Jikang's thoughts were exposed, and his face turned pale and blue.

Wen Yue seemed not to notice and continued to taunt, "I now understand why the business of Lirong Department Store has been stagnant in recent years. With a leader like you, it is a miracle that Lirong has not closed down until now."

Chen Jikang could no longer bear it and slammed the table and shouted, "Wen Yue, don't think that I am afraid of you just because you are the boss's daughter! I can fire you based on what you said, do you believe it?"

"I believe it. Mr. Chen is so capable, why shouldn't I believe it?" Wen Yue stood up and made a gesture of invitation, "You can ask your assistant to draft a letter of resignation now, but before I receive the written document, I am still the deputy general manager of the Bay Area of ​​the R&F Department Store. Since the suggestions you gave me are not of any reference, I will decide what to do next." After

saying that, Wen Yue ignored Chen Jikang and turned away.

Back in the office, Wen Yue made two calls. The first one was to Huang Zhihao, asking him to contact media friends to go to the R&F Department Store Causeway Bay store, where she would hold a press conference.

The second one was to Manager Hu, telling her her plan and asking her to prepare the venue as soon as possible.

In fact, the matter of contacting the media does not need to be handed over to Huang Zhihao. Li Rong Department Store has a publicity department. They have the contact information of major media in Hong Kong. If you want to develop a press conference, just contact them.

But Wen Yue had just had a quarrel with Chen Jikang, so she did not dare to count on people inside the company. It would be better to use her own channels.

After the two phone calls, Wen Yue took her assistant and drove to Li Rong Department Store in Causeway Bay.

Liang Jiaming was well-informed. As soon as Wen Yue left the office, he knew about her quarrel with Chen Jikang. However, the content of the quarrel was not known until a quarter of an hour later. Many people heard Chen Jikang scolding Wen Yue in the office.

After listening to the assistant's report, Liang Jiaming felt happy, but also felt that Wen Yue was too reckless. After all, Chen Jikang was the head of the company, and it would be no good for her to confront him directly.

Even if Wen Rongsheng supported her, she would still suffer.

She is still too young.

...

Generally, companies will find a hotel and book a conference hall for development conferences, and then arrange the seats for each media properly, and give each person a bottle of water.

Water can be distributed because the weather is hot.

But Wen Yue felt that the previous ceremony could be omitted, and directly let Manager Hu set the venue in the square on the first floor of Lirong Department Store. The media can stand wherever they want, and whoever grabs the seat first will get it.

Merchants and passers-by were not asked to stop, and they formed a circle outside, waiting to watch the excitement.

After the press conference started, Wen Yue did not talk about anything else. She started with the anonymous letter that the police received a few days ago, and also explained the crimes that Ye Tianhua had committed in the past.

In fact, Wen Yue did not need to explain. Ye Tianhua last committed a crime ten years ago. Those who were a little older at the scene all had an impression of him. When they heard that he was back, they started talking about it. Wen Yue

raised her hand and pressed it down, signaling everyone to stop discussing and continued to talk about what happened yesterday. She

did not mention the specific process of the police deployment, but only said that they were preparing to catch the turtle in the jar yesterday, but the thief was too cunning. After realizing that something was wrong, he did not take any action and escaped successfully.

Once again, she explained the process of Ye Tianhua's past crimes. It can be basically summarized as "no rabbit, no eagle". He would not give up easily if he did not take away tens of millions of gold. So he is probably hiding somewhere, waiting for the next action.

She also said that someone told her that the best choice before everything is clear is silence. Merchants can do business normally if they don't know anything, and customers can travel with peace of mind if they don't know anything.

If a tragedy really happens, it is not caused by the mall. It is easy for them to pass the blame.

But she thinks that the most important thing for people to get along with each other is sincerity. She believes that the same is true between the mall, merchants and customers, so she decided to tell this matter.

After that, she said that in order for merchants to do business with peace of mind and for customers to be able to shop freely in the mall, she once again guaranteed that Lirong Department Store would never stand idly by.

Then she announced that Li Rong would give out a sum of money as a reward. If any citizen knew the whereabouts of Ye Tianhua and others, they could receive a reward ranging from 3,000 to 100,000, depending on the importance of the clue.

Finally, she said that everyone has the responsibility to protect the safety of Hong Kong. For the peace of their homeland, she hoped that everyone would not stand by and watch, but actively participate.

Oh, after saying all this, she also emphasized the competitors. Although Ye Tianhua's gang had previously targeted Li Rong Department Store, no one could say whether they would change their target after being exposed, so she reminded them to be careful.

The implication was, don't keep posting negative news about my family, because it's still uncertain who will be the unlucky one in the end!

It is also a reminder to the citizens. Don't think that you will be fine if you don't visit our store. Other shopping malls also have risks and dangers!

The main attack hurts the enemy by 1,000 and hurts yourself by 800. No one can have an easy time!

...

Wen Yue held a development press conference, and Liang Jiaming, Chen Jikang and others received the news.

The former was okay, just shaking his head and sighing that Wen Yue was too bold, but the latter was furious and launched another round of scolding in the office.

After scolding people, he calmed down and called Wen Rongsheng to complain.

Although Wen Rongsheng is a scumbag in private, his brain is not broken when it comes to serious matters. He can analyze the pros and cons of this matter as soon as he hears it.

The disadvantages are obvious, which are what Chen Jikang is worried about. Li Rong Department Store has already seen a decline in customer flow due to fire problems. If this happens again, I am afraid that customers will have to take a detour.

Moreover, if Ye Tianhua succeeds in taking away a large amount of gold, Wen Yue's current speech will become a joke, and competitors will definitely add insult to injury. Li Rong Department Store may face an image crisis.

It is a crisis, but it is also an opportunity. If Ye Tianhua does not show up, or if he shows up and is successfully arrested by the police, this press conference can well establish the image of Li Rong Department Store as a company that is brave enough to take responsibility and is not afraid of danger.

By then, Lirong Department Store will become the most reliable partner in the minds of merchants, customers will trust Lirong more, and Lirong's reputation will be greatly improved.

Therefore, after listening to Chen Jikang's words, Wen Rongsheng was not angry, but was a little surprised that Wen Yue had such courage.

However, thinking of the current Wen Yue who dared to expose anyone's news and forced the old fox Zheng Xingguo to pay millions of compensation, Wen Rongsheng was not surprised.

It's a pity that she is a daughter.

But... In his family's current situation, there seems to be no difference between sons and daughters.

Although he was satisfied in his heart, when he spoke, Wen Rongsheng agreed with Chen Jikang's words: "A Yue was indeed impulsive this time, but as a young person, how can you grow up without being impulsive and making mistakes? You are her uncle, so please be more tolerant of her. What? She pointed at your nose and scolded you in the office? This Wen Yue! It's too outrageous! I'll call her and scold her right away."

Having said this, he hung up the phone and sneered: "This Chen Jikang..." He is really careless!

After expressing his feelings, he called Wen Yue and directly talked about Chen Jikang complaining to him.

Wen Yue laughed angrily and asked, "Did he come to you to complain?"

"Old Chen has indeed become more conservative in recent years..."

"Don't insult the word conservative!" Wen Yue interrupted and simply repeated the previous conversation with Chen Jikang, "With such a leader, it is a miracle that Lirong Department Store has not closed down until now."

"He is indeed rude now, but he is a hero who has built this family business with me after all, so I have to give him some face."

"So, heroes have immunity in your place, so it doesn't matter even if he hollows out the company?"

Wen Rongsheng was very sensitive and asked, "Do you know something?"

"I do know something, but the evidence cannot be produced now," Wen Yue stated her purpose, "I want to confirm with you, if I get rid of Chen Jikang, can I get promoted?"

"What do you mean by promotion?"

Wen Yue walked to the French window, looked down at the busy street downstairs and said, "I want to be the president of Lirong Department Store."

Wen Rongsheng on the other end of the phone laughed: "It depends on how well you do things."

He didn't say what it was, and Wen Yue didn't ask, just said: "Okay, you wait."

...

Hong Kong media is very fast. Newspapers need to print and can't do that, but news can be interrupted. So this press conference didn't end until around eleven o'clock, and there were TV reports around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Then Wen Yue's melon-eating value began to move.

At first, there were only three melons and two dates, and the system prompts didn't make any noise. Wen Yue asked the system and didn't know there was any movement. But after five o'clock, the growth began to accelerate, and it started to rise wildly after dinner.

Before Wen Yue went to sleep, the growth of the melon value exceeded 600,000!

Although Wen Yue had long thought that Ye Tianhua's return to the underworld would earn her a lot of melon value, she always thought that the harvest of melon value would come after the gold robbery.

Before yesterday, she had prepared for the arrest of Ye Tianhua and others, and then let Dongjiang Newspaper write an exclusive report.

But Ye Tianhua didn't come yesterday, and the plan was forced to abort.

Wen Yue decided to hold this press conference today. The main purpose was indeed to remind merchants and citizens to pay attention, but at the same time, she was also calculating in her heart.

She felt that Ye Tianhua must be famous for being called the King of Thieves, and many people must be paying attention to him knowing that he was back. She had asked the system for evidence before, and disclosing this matter at this time might make a small profit.

Well, Wen Yue thought that a small win would be tens of thousands of melon value, maybe more than 100,000 if she was lucky?

But she didn't expect that Ye Tianhua's fame would be so great that he could still attract so much attention after retiring for ten years.

It's understandable when you think about it. Hong Kong citizens have always paid a lot of attention to criminal cases. The serial murder case instigated by the Zhong family received super high attention, allowing Wen Yue to earn more than 4 million melon value.

Although Ye Tianhua's main purpose was to rob gold, he had killed many people. Ten years ago, he kidnapped a little girl and brutally killed her, not to mention that passers-by were injured.

Before the disaster, who can guarantee that they will not be the next unlucky egg?

By the next morning rush hour, Wen Yue's melon-eating value from this melon had exceeded one million.

At the same time, the Lai Wing Department Store in Causeway Bay also ushered in a large number of customers after its opening.

Not only Lai Wing Department Store, but the entire Causeway Bay, except for the social animals who have no choice but to work here, no one dares to come. The usually bustling shopping mall has fallen into the embarrassment of having more sales staff than customers.

It wasn't just Causeway Bay. On that day, sales in gold shops across Hong Kong were sluggish. Ye Tianhua's gang was focused on grabbing gold. What if they really changed their target and the gold shop they targeted happened to be the one they visited?

Gold can be bought at any time, but life is only one, so of course they have to avoid them!

From the bosses and managers to the ordinary employees of each gold shop, everyone was worried. Some chose to close the shop and transfer the gold, while others thought that Ye Tianhua would definitely not dare to take action, so they continued to open the shop with a lucky mentality.

In short, in the next few days, Hong Kong was filled with a tense atmosphere.

But Hong Kong is a big city after all, with a fast pace of life and news that fades quickly. After a week of waiting for Ye Tianhua's gang to take action, everyone's tense mood gradually relaxed.

The most relaxed person was Chen Jikang, who laughed at Wen Yue in the company, saying that she was a young girl who had not experienced the ups and downs of life and was afraid of doing business. Instead of occupying a position in the company, she might as well go home early to take care of her husband and children.

At this time, Huang Dayong, who had been hiding for a long time, finally received a call from Ye Tianhua -

"Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, Causeway Bay, Lai Wing Department Store."