Chapter 63 Talking

Wen Jiaxin’s recent situation is indeed not very good.

And until today, she still can’t figure out why things have turned out like this.

She clearly wanted to do a good job in selecting the charity fund. She also visited many charity funds during this period. After careful consideration, she decided to cooperate with Guangming Charity Foundation, which has the best reputation and the largest name.

She thinks that Guangming Charity Foundation has been established for more than 20 years and has never had any corruption problems. It should be very reliable among all the charity funds.

Besides, she is familiar with the Xu family. Although Xu Tianyang was not valued before and was not even on the family tree, Xu Changrong did not completely ignore him. He must be clear about the situation of the Xu family. Besides,

he told her before returning to Hong Kong that he would take over the charity fund after returning.

If there was something wrong with the Xu family's Guangming Charity Fund, Xu Tianyang would definitely not rush to jump into the fire pit, nor would he watch her step into the pit without saying a word, right?

So Wen Jiaxin chose the Xu family's Guangming Charity Fund, not only because she had looked at other charity funds and thought they were not good, but also because she trusted Xu Tianyang and felt that he would not cheat her.

The result!

Not only did the Guangming Charity Fund explode, but it exploded a big bomb!

Wen Jiaxin really couldn't figure it out. The scale of Xu's real estate was not small. Xu Changrong was one of the top five richest people in Hong Kong. He didn't look like a person who was short of money. Why would he cooperate with the trafficking gang to do such a heinous thing?

She couldn't figure it out either. Didn't Xu Tianyang like her?

Why did Guangming Charity Foundation have such a big problem? When she decided to cooperate with them, he didn't tell her a word. He watched her fall into the trap.

Xu Tianen was the same. He looked like a playboy who only knew how to spend money and drink. He seemed to like her very much during their contact. But when she asked him about the situation of the charity foundation, he was so serious and didn't say a word!

As a result, she was not prepared for the Guangming Charity Foundation to go wrong. After learning that the Xu family father and son were arrested, she was completely stunned and her face turned pale in an instant.

She felt that she might be finished!

The fact is indeed so.

Although Du Pengwei looked bad when he first learned about the situation, his mood was relatively calm. After receiving the statement prepared by the publicity department, he smiled and comforted her, saying that it was okay. As a newcomer, it was inevitable that mistakes would be made at work, and that they could be solved smoothly.

Who would have thought that after the statement was issued, public opinion did not improve, and the public's dissatisfaction became even more serious.

The problem was that she attended a charity sale with Xu Tianen some time ago. At that time, many newspapers speculated that they might be getting married. She and Xu Tianen had different ideas, but they both chose to acquiesce when faced with reporters' questioning.

Now that the Xu family is in trouble, those people think that the Wen family and the Xu family have a good relationship, and it is impossible for them not to know about the things they did, and even suspect that they are in cahoots with each other.

After seeing the relevant news, Wen Jiaxin was almost mad!

Who has a good relationship with Xu Tianen? She just saw that he was valued by Xu Changrong. As long as nothing unexpected happens in the future, inheriting the family business will be a sure thing. Marrying him is like adding wings to a tiger.

Xu Tianen himself has no ability. If she can inherit the Wen family in the future, she doesn’t have to worry about the people around her and outsiders joining forces to devour the Wen family and be eaten up.

Who would have thought that an accident would happen, the Guangming Charity Fund would collapse, and the Xu family would also collapse! She tried her best and ended up with nothing, and she also got into trouble!

If she had known this, she shouldn’t have endured the disgust and contacted Xu Tianen, let alone attended the charity sale with him. But knowing earlier is priceless. Even if she regrets it, she can’t change what has happened.

She was also very angry at these unscrupulous tabloids. If they hadn't reported it randomly, what would ordinary citizens know? If they hadn't fanned the flames after the Xu family got into trouble, how could ordinary citizens conclude that the Wen family and the Xu family were in cahoots just because she and Xu Tianen had met a few times?

Liang Yicong had deceived Wen Jiaqi into giving him a verbal guarantee before. After the incident was reported, didn't most people think that Wen Jiaqi was deceived?

Why couldn't she be deceived?

She really wanted to come forward and tell those newspapers that she was deceived, but every time she had the impulse, this thought was quickly suppressed by her.

In fact, the Xu family's affairs had little to do with the Wen family. The stock price drop was just the anger of ordinary citizens. When the results of the Guangming Charity Foundation's investigation came out, those people would calm down.

The Lirong Group is large in scale, has good efficiency, and its stock price has always been high. This drop is really nothing to them. Even the banks will not lose confidence in the Lirong Group because of this.

As long as they can hold on for a few days, the stock price will go up.

After a while, when she has accomplished a few things, people will forget that she chose the wrong fund. As for the fact that she and Xu Tianen had contact, it was even less of a matter. They just had a few meals together and didn't even confirm their relationship.

There are so many new things in Hong Kong. Not to mention the entertainment industry, there are also a lot of wonderful love, hatred and hatred in the rich circle. After a long time, who will remember their affairs?

But it is different to admit to the outside world that she was deceived and cheated.

If she was just Wen Rongsheng's daughter, it wouldn't matter if she was deceived by the wrong person, but she was competing for the inheritance. If she admitted that she was deceived, people would inevitably suspect that she was not up to the task.

Especially when her competitors were very good, once she admitted her shortcomings, she would always be inferior to Wen Yue in the eyes of shareholders and even her father.

On the contrary, if she didn't show up at this time, as long as she didn't make mistakes in the future, those shareholders might forget her mistakes, and even say lightly when they mentioned it: "Young people, it's inevitable to make mistakes when they just start working, and they will be fine after a period of experience. Isn't she very good now?"

After thinking about it, Wen Jiaxin decided not to show up for the interview.

Although she figured out what to do, Wen Jiaxin was still worried because her dad hadn't contacted her since the accident.

Before the Guangming Charity Foundation got into trouble, Wen Rongsheng went on a business trip to the mainland and hasn't come back yet, but Wen Jiaxin didn't think her dad didn't know the problems the company was facing, nor did she think he didn't know that the incident was caused by her.

But until today, she still hasn't received a call from Wen Rongsheng, whether it was to comfort her or to scold her.

Wen Jiaxin is not afraid of Wen Rongsheng scolding her.

She knows her dad, he is the kind of person who only expects you when he scolds you, just like Wen Jiadong, he has been scolded a lot before. But after the news of his loss of fertility was exposed, Wen Rongsheng never scolded him again, but chose to exile him to England and never care about him again.

Therefore, Wen Jiaxin felt that if Wen Rongsheng called her at this time and scolded her for disappointing him, she might feel more at ease.

After all, there is disappointment only when there is hope.

But no, her daddy never called her.

Wen Jiaxin was worried that this was the calm before the storm, so she hesitated whether to take the initiative to call.

But she couldn't help but feel lucky, thinking that maybe the storm would have passed before her daddy came back. In that case, it might be better if she didn't make this call.

However, the storm has not stopped, and the thunder and lightning have come.

Wen Yue attacked her!

She actually instigated the merchants stationed in Lirong Department Store to write a joint letter together, asking the group to handle this incident!

That would have been fine, but after seeing this, the shareholders of the other two companies under the Lirong Group also followed suit and began to write joint letters to the group, which was her daddy putting pressure on her.

And she was also pushed by everyone to stand in the limelight.

Wen Jiaxin felt even more anxious, and what was worse was that before she could think of a solution, she heard from Du Pengwei that her father was coming back.

...

Unlike Wen Jiaxin who learned from Du Pengwei that Wen Rongsheng was coming back, Wen Yue received a call from Wen Rongsheng a day in advance, asking her to go home for dinner the next night.

As soon as Wen Yue heard why he asked her to go back, she snorted and said, "Mr. Wen, I'm very busy. Now in Hong Kong, the people who want to have dinner with me can line up from Lo Wu to Stanley. Want

to have dinner with me? Just take a number and wait." Wen Rongsheng on the other end of the phone felt his blood boiling after hearing this, and said unhappily, "You are my daughter. Do I have to take a number if I want to have dinner with you?"

Wen Yue asked back righteously, "You also know that I am your daughter? Whenever there is a rotten stall, you ask me to have dinner with you. People who don't know would think you treat me as a sanitation worker, and my job is to clean up the mess for your other daughters!"

Wen Rongsheng choked and said, "I don't think so."

Wen Yue snorted coldly, "You don't think so, but you do it. Do you understand that a person's character is more important than his heart? Do you dare to say that you don't plan to let me give you advice?"

Wen Rongsheng did have such a plan.

In fact, it is not difficult to handle this matter. Just give the newspaper a warning, issue a statement saying that the innocent are innocent, welcome the police to investigate, and donate some money, and that's it.

As for whether the Wen family and the Xu family have a good relationship, and whether Wen Jiaxin and Xu Tianen are dating, there is no need for a special statement. The more you deny something, the more people think there is a problem. If you don't say anything and wait for the storm to pass, no one will care. What

worries Wen Rongsheng is whether he should let Wen Jiaxin leave the company in order to appease the company's shareholders.

He can't say that he has high hopes for Wen Jiaxin, but his expectations for her are indeed much higher than those for Wen Jiaqi. He hopes that she can become the backbone of the company.

But he didn't expect that the first thing Wen Jiaxin did after joining the company would cause a big scandal, and now there are quite a few shareholders who have opinions about her.

He deliberately did not contact Wen Jiaxin these few days, hoping that she would take the initiative to contact him, and preferably come up with a suitable solution to let him know that she can be trained.

If she can't think of it for the time being, it's okay if she can sincerely admit her mistakes, at least her attitude is correct.

However, the result disappointed him. Wen Jiaxin has not contacted him.

Wen Rongsheng knew that Wen Jiaxin had just graduated and had little work experience. It was normal for her to panic and not know what to do after making such a mistake.

After a few more years of experience and more things, she will always grow up.

But with Wen Yue's performance in front of him, Wen Rongsheng really couldn't fool himself with such words. Whether she is capable or not can be seen as soon as he starts.

Perhaps after a few years of experience, Wen Jiaxin will be able to grow into an excellent person, but no matter how excellent she is, it is estimated that it is difficult to compare with Wen Yue.

But he is only in his early sixties this year, and he is not too old to be unable to work. He wants to stay in this position for a few more years, and he does not want to decide on a successor now.

Moreover, Wen Yue is capable, but her personality is not stable. She is too sharp and easy to offend people.

Let's not talk about other things. Let's talk about the series of personnel reforms she implemented after becoming the acting president. The idea is good, but Wen Rongsheng thinks that he can slow down and wait until she has a stable position, or do it one by one.

But she didn't. She started to make reforms as soon as she came in, which caused complaints from the company. The shareholders were particularly dissatisfied because her reform measures were all aimed at related households, and those related households were inextricably linked to the shareholders.

If it weren't for the fact that Chen Jikang had just been fired and he was supporting her at the group headquarters, those shareholders would have rebelled and clamored to kick her out.

After the reform of Lirong Department Store produced results, the shareholders' complaints were reduced, but if Wen Yue insisted on doing things in this way, there would definitely be many conflicts in the future.

So although Wen Rongsheng was inclined to choose Wen Yue, he also wanted to put pressure on her so that she could temper her temper.

In this way, it would not be a good choice to let Wen Jiaxin leave the company now.

He only has a few children in total. Wen Jiadong is not mentioned. Wen Jiaqi is embarrassed. The heir can only choose between Wen Yue and Sanfang's two daughters.

Wen Jiayi is too young and has four years of college to go to. In addition, she has a weak personality and does not seem to be able to take on tasks. The only candidates are Wen Yue and Wen Jiaxin.

Letting Wen Jiaxin resign at this time is equivalent to that he has appointed Wen Yue as his heir. Will she still have any scruples when the time comes?

But it would not be wrong to say that Wen Rongsheng has no clue about how to solve the problem.

He has been in the business for so many years. If he can't even appease shareholders, he can't build such a big business from scratch. He just felt that Wen Yue didn't like to follow routines when doing things, but could bring surprises, so he wanted to hear her opinion.

Who would have thought that the girl would say that he treated her like a sanitation worker. Wen Rongsheng was so angry that he fell backwards, but he still asked patiently: "What do you want to go home?"

Wen Yue would definitely go to the Wen family. Such a good opportunity to watch a play, of course, would not be missed, but she said: "Sanitation workers are paid for sweeping the streets. You want me to clean up the shabby stalls for your other daughters. Isn't it inappropriate to not

give a penny?" Wen Rongsheng asked unhappily: "I didn't pay you?"

"You pay me, but I don't give you work? Look, Lirong Department Store has been thriving in recent months--" Wen Yue paused and said, "Oh, I forgot. Thanks to your precious daughter and you, the department store's stock is also in the red. Merchants are getting more and more dissatisfied, and the customer flow of various shopping malls continues to decline. I have worked hard for several months, and now it can be said that we have returned to the pre-liberation era. But we have to make it clear in advance that I can't take the blame. I will become a regular employee after serving as an agent for three months."

Wen Rongsheng's forehead was throbbing when he heard this: "I asked you to come home for dinner to discuss this matter."

"Talk about this matter? You plan to make me a regular employee in advance?"

"It depends on the situation. It depends on how the discussion goes."

Wen Yue snorted coldly: "You can talk about my becoming a regular employee, but forget about other things. I can't work two jobs for one salary. If you want me to give you advice, you can, but pay me first."

Wen Rongsheng said: "I'm your father."

"Brothers should settle accounts clearly." Wen Yue complained, "You are the richest man after all, can't you be more generous?" Wen

Rongsheng thought to himself, I give you millions every month, and you still say I'm not generous. He rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Okay, how much do you want?"

"Since we are father and daughter, I will give you a discount. How about five hundred thousand for half an hour?"

Wen Rongsheng faked a smile: "Your discount doesn't sound much cheaper."

Wen Yue said calmly: "How can it not be much cheaper? It's already half price. I only calculated the talking time and didn't include the meal time. If you are reluctant to pay, forget it. We can talk about my regularization during working hours..."

Wen Rongsheng really couldn't understand. His daughter used to be so stingy, but now she talks about money all the time. He almost didn't recognize the word after hearing it. He rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Okay, come over early tomorrow night."

"Five hundred thousand for half an hour?" Wen Yue asked for confirmation.

Wen Rongsheng said, "You won't pay a penny less!"

"Okay, I'll go home for dinner tomorrow."

...

Wen Yue agreed to go home for dinner, but didn't agree to go earlier, so the dinner started at seven o'clock again.

The people waiting for her didn't have any opinions, but the reasons for their lack of opinions were different. Wen Rongsheng had already prepared himself mentally and didn't feel surprised at all. Wen Jiaxin had just made a mistake and didn't dare to say a word. Wen Jiaqi was just waiting to watch the show (i.e. observe Wen Jiaxin's expression) and had no time to pay attention to others.

The same was true at the dinner table. Although Wen Rongsheng wanted to listen to Wen Yue's thoughts, he didn't plan to bring it up during dinner. Wen Jiaxin felt that she had made a mistake and just ate her meal.

Wen Jiaqi's eyes moved back and forth between Wen Rongsheng and Wen Jiaxin's faces, sometimes excited and sometimes dissatisfied.

He was excited because he noticed Wen Jiaxin's uneasiness and thought that she was about to get into trouble. He was dissatisfied that Wen Rongsheng had not made any trouble. He thought that when she made mistakes in other days, her father would not care about the circumstances and would scold her if he was unhappy. So why didn't he say anything today?

After enduring half the meal, Wen Jiaqi couldn't help it anymore and said, "Daddy, you just came back and you don't know the company's situation yet, right? The company's stock performance has not been very good these days."

Before Wen Rongsheng opened his mouth, Chen Baoqin frowned, "Just eat, why are you complaining? And what does this have to do with you?"

"Why not? Although I didn't join the company, I am also the daughter of the Wen family. The company's stock is all green, so I am worried, isn't it okay?" Wen Jiaqi finished her argument and muttered, "I'm kindly reminding Daddy, why are you yelling at me? It's not me who made the company turn green."

Chen Baoqin rolled her eyes in anger, thinking, if you were not my daughter, would I care whether you were walking into trouble or not?

She didn't understand. Even if Wen Jiaxin was in trouble, the biggest beneficiary would be Wen Yue. What was she, who was not valued and had no chance of getting the inheritance rights, doing here?

After hearing this, Wen Jiaxin finally couldn't play dead anymore. She knew that it was better to confess honestly than to wait for Wen Jiaqi to complain. She said with a sudden thought: "This matter is my fault. I didn't choose the right charity fund for the company, which led to the company being implicated. Daddy, I, I..."

Wen Jiaxin's voice gradually choked up, and she lowered her head and cried before she finished speaking.

Wen Jiaqi couldn't stand her pretending to be pitiful all the time, and sneered: "The company's stock is green, and the shareholders didn't cry, but you, the instigator, are the first to feel wronged."

Wen Jiaxin stopped crying.

Chen Baoqin glared at Wen Jiaqi again, who looked righteous and smug, looking back at her.

Wen Rongsheng sat at the head of the table, taking in the movements and expressions of the people below. He felt a headache, put down his chopsticks and said, "Ayue, come to the study after dinner."

"Oh." Wen Yue responded and continued to eat.

Wen Jiaqi's eyes instantly lit up like fire, and as soon as Wen Rongsheng left, she asked, "Why did Daddy ask you to go over there? Did he ask you how to deal with her?"

Speaking of her, Wen Jiaqi deliberately pouted at Wen Jiaxin.

The latter raised her hand to wipe away her tears when she saw Wen Rongsheng leave the restaurant. Hearing this, she just glanced at the two of them expressionlessly, lowered her head and continued to eat.

"I haven't been to the study yet, how do I know why Daddy is looking for me?" Wen Yue gave a panacea answer, put down her chopsticks and stood up to leave the table.

But the more she said this, the more Wen Jiaqi felt that Wen Rongsheng was looking for her for this matter, and deliberately asked Wen Jiaxin who was sitting opposite: "Tell me, if Daddy asked Wen Yue to go to the study, it was really to ask her opinion, would she take this opportunity to kick you out of the company?" Wen Jiaxin

didn't look up when she heard it, she just clenched her chopsticks and said: "Even if I was kicked out of the company, at least I have been in, unlike you, big sister, you don't even have the chance to enter the company."

"You!" Wen Jiaqi's defense was broken instantly, but she quickly remembered and sneered, "If you joined the company just to mess up your work and get kicked out in less than a month, then I'm glad I never joined the company."

Wen Jiaxin's face changed suddenly, and she looked up and glared at Wen Jiaqi, but in the end she didn't say anything harsh, just calmly put down her chopsticks, stood up and said, "I'm done eating too, second mother, eldest sister, you guys enjoy your meal."

After that, she stood up and left the restaurant.

Wen Jiaqi looked puzzled, turned around and asked Chen Baoqin, "Is she out of words?"

Chen Baoqin didn't want to say anything, just said, "Eat your meal!"

...

In the study, Wen Rongsheng didn't beat around the bush with Wen Yue, and asked directly: "What do you think should be done with the company's recent problems?"

Wen Yue stretched out her hand and said: "Give me the money first."

Wen Rongsheng didn't argue with Wen Yue, and directly rummaged through the drawer of the desk to take out the checkbook, and wrote a check for 500,000 yuan to Wen Yue: "Can you tell me now?"

After confirming that the check was filled out correctly, Wen Yue said: "There are many ways. The old-fashioned way is to hit the newspaper industry, conduct an internal self-examination, and donate some money, and then everything will be fine after the storm passes."

Wen Rongsheng, who had old-fashioned ideas, choked and asked after a while: "Since you think this method is old-fashioned, what about new methods?"

"I don't have any new ideas, but I can think of something damaging enough."

Wen Rongsheng looked surprised and made a gesture of listening attentively: "What do you mean by damaging tricks?"

"Divert the troublesome water to the east."

Without Wen Rongsheng asking, Wen Yue took the initiative to explain, "Because of the Guangming Charity Foundation, several newspapers have recently raised the issue of corruption in charity funds. The public has reacted strongly, but no charity fund has come forward to formally respond. Doesn't our family also have a charity fund? If there is no problem, we can be the first person to stand up and take the initiative to invite relevant departments to investigate."

Wen Rongsheng relaxed his body, leaned back in his chair, thought for a long time, and said, "If there is no problem with the inspection, the rumors that the outside world questioned our Wen family and Xu family and were in cahoots with each other will be self-defeating, and it can even help to establish the image of Lirong."

"That's right."

"But as the first charity foundation to come forward, it is inevitable that other foundations will bear grudges against us."

There are so many charity foundations in Hong Kong, and there must be more than one or two that are not problematic. Why don't they dare to respond? Aren't they worried about becoming the public enemy of the industry?

People die for money, and birds die for food. If they become the public enemy of the industry, who knows what those who spend money in the name of charity will do?

Wen Yue shrugged and said, "So I said this is a disadvantageous move. It depends on whether you dare to do it, Daddy."

Wen Rongsheng was not provoked, but said meaningfully, "You came up with this idea not only for Lirong's image, right?"

"But doing so is indeed good for Lirong's image, isn't it?" Wen Yue did not deny it, and continued, "Daddy, you may think that you are a good person and you can have a clear conscience because you actually spent money on charity. But can you really do it with a clear conscience? You clearly know that there are so many problems in this industry, but you have never thought about changing. You even watched those people take advantage of others' kindness to make money. Do you think you can really gain merit in this way?"

These words were certainly moral kidnapping, but Wen Yue did not feel any guilt at all for kidnapping Wen Rongsheng.

Although other newspapers followed suit and did special reports after the Dongjiang Entertainment News pointed the sword at the entire industry, and Hong Kong citizens also attached great importance to this matter and demanded a thorough investigation of the industry.

But so far, the government departments have not responded, and the charity foundations in the industry have remained silent. Some of them are not clean themselves, and some are small in scale. It is a small matter that no one cares about speaking out, and it is easy to retaliate. The

scale of the Wen family's charity fund is not large, and it does not accept donations from ordinary people. Its popularity cannot be compared with the Guangming Charity Foundation, which has already exploded, but with the title of the richest man, its appeal is much stronger than most small and medium-sized charity foundations.

And Wen Rongsheng can become the richest man. He must have offended a lot of people along the way. Too many lice don't itch, and too many debts don't worry. It doesn't matter if he has more enemies. Anyway, he has many bodyguards, and the revenge of ordinary people can't reach him.

Wen Rongsheng is certainly not someone who is easily PUA, but the more people do unpleasant things, the more they care about superficial reputation and merit.

And from a utilitarian point of view, Wen Yue's idea is a bit lossy and risky, but if it is handled properly, it can completely turn the image crisis encountered by Lirong Group into a new opportunity.

Wen Rongsheng has already made up his mind, but he did not show it on his face. He looked at the check on the table and said, "It was obviously me who paid you to give me advice, but in the end I ended up doing things for you. Shouldn't you return the 500,000 yuan to me?"

"You are the richest man, why are you still saving this 500,000?" Wen Yue quickly picked up the check, "And what do you mean by helping me? Isn't it good for your reputation if you get things done? Can't the image crisis of Lirong Group be resolved? I am the one who has nothing, okay?"

Wen Rongsheng nodded and asked, "Yes, you have nothing, why do you have to think so much about the common expenses of the charity industry?"

Wen Yue boasted calmly, "Because I am kind-hearted, is that okay?"

In fact, Wen Yue never thought that she was a good person. She would not give money to beggars on the street, and would not take the initiative to feed stray cats and dogs.

She also knew that there were many cats in charity funds, and even got a lot of evidence in the process of meeting with the heads of those funds, but she had never thought of going against the entire industry alone.

In fact, she was the one who watched coldly but did nothing.

However, she did not think that she was a bad person. She would not take the initiative to harm others under the constraints of her moral sense.

When there is an opportunity, she is also willing to contribute to changing the chronic diseases of the charity industry, although she is hiding in the back and using the power of others.

Wen Rongsheng was moved. As a father, he hoped that his children would be good children, but he had to admit that in terms of character, the other children were indeed not as good as Wen Yue.

After thinking for a long time, Wen Rongsheng said: "I will consider solving this crisis from the perspective of charity funds. Then the next question is, do you think it is necessary for me to transfer Wen Jiaxin out of the company in order to appease shareholders?"

"I think so."