Jiang Shuya had just returned to the store and was lying on her bed in the staff dormitory on the third floor, lost in thought, when she suddenly heard a commotion downstairs. She lifted her tired body and was about to go down to take a look when she heard someone coming upstairs.
"Xiaoya, a huge five-tiered cake has been delivered. They say it's your birthday today, and it was delivered by a staff member from the Luyuan Hotel."
Zhang Xiaohui, panting, rubbed her ankle and sat down opposite Jiang Shuya, looking at her with a beaming smile.
Jiang Shuya turned around, sat up in bed, and leaned against the edge; "The staff member brought it and left."
Zhang Xiaohui nodded:
"They're cutting the cake right now, do you want to go down and take a look?"
Jiang Shuya's expression was indifferent;
"Let them eat it; it's a waste to throw it away."
Meiyuan Villa
Lin Moxiao received a call from her grandmother's private doctor as soon as she left the hotel. She rushed to Plum Garden, thinking that something had happened to her grandmother's condition. As soon as she entered her grandmother's bedroom, she was scolded.
It turns out that the company had informed Ms. Liang that the mistakes made by the middle-level managers who were recently dismissed by Lin Moxiao were actually insignificant to the company's interests. The most important thing was that those people controlled a large amount of business resources.
"Tell me your reasons for firing them. Clearly, your reasons don't hold water in the company, otherwise you wouldn't have brought it up with me."
Ms. Liang leaned against the bed, coughed a few times, and looked at him sharply.
"Grandma, if I don't fire them, I can't proceed with my next steps. They're in the way. Every time I bring up the transformation of Yunshang Garment at the board meeting, they're all in the same boat, doing everything they can to obstruct it."
There was no kindness or respect shown to new employees; what I saw in them was arrogance and laxity.
In terms of ability, I think they're just senior and experienced. We're a new-era apparel company, leading the fashion trend, but we haven't kept up with the times in our thinking. Because of their positions, new employees face significant obstacles when starting their work.
Lin Moxiao looked completely calm, not believing he had done anything wrong. He went to his grandmother's side and massaged her shoulders.
Ms. Liang forced a sigh:
"They've all been with us for many years, and I really can't bear to do it."
What you've done now has both advantages and disadvantages for the company's development. Assistant Zhou told me that you're becoming more and more capable of handling things independently in the company.
However, we can't neglect employee welfare. You're still young and don't know how unpredictable people can be. You could reassign those sales managers, transfer them out of the company to become salespeople; they have a large customer base.
Speaking of Assistant Zhou, she is now General Manager Zhou. She worked as Ms. Liang's secretary in her early years. Zhou Yunhua is the sister-in-law of the Gao family, the second largest shareholder of Yunshang Garment. She has been in the company for many years due to her connections and is also an outstanding talent carefully cultivated by Ms. Liang.
Since Ms. Liang fell ill, she has been granted a lot of power, and she is in charge of operating the company's three major brands. For a time, she was at the height of her power.
She arranged for her family connections and relatives to occupy important positions in the company, but it was obvious to anyone with eyes to see that Yunshang's core business was becoming increasingly weak and had been incurring losses for several consecutive years.
After Lin Moxiao joined the company, he tried to change the status quo. Those who fawned over President Zhou all day long were gradually dismantled by him.
"Grandma, if we let them run the business as you suggested, Yunshang Garment has been losing money for the past two years. Do you think they have the confidence to turn this situation around?"
I've talked to them, and none of them are willing. They only follow General Manager Zhou's lead. I will never use such people; they can't be trusted.
Grandma, you're just like my mom, too kind. You're always thinking of others. Don't forget the shares that were diluted by the other two companies; I'm going to help you get them all back.
All I can say is that you've personally fed a wolf, and this wolf is hiding too well; we haven't been able to find any evidence against her yet. Don't worry, I'm working on it.
After Lin Moxiao finished speaking, he continued to massage his grandmother's temples. His pressure was just right, and his acupressure was very precise. Before long, his grandmother happily drifted off to sleep.
He gently pulled out the cushion behind his grandmother, laid her down slowly, covered her with a blanket, and went outside.
He went upstairs to his study, tugged at his collar, sat on the sofa, opened his phone, and stared wistfully at the photo of her and him.
There wasn't a trace of a smile on her beautiful, ethereal face. Her gaze was calm as he held her in his arms. Her eyes, red from crying, were pitiful to behold, stirring his heart. Looking at the photograph, he murmured:
"Shuya, what do I have to do for you to forgive me?"
At that moment, he was completely unaware that someone had sat down next to him. An old man with white hair saw him staring at the photo in a daze, so he leaned closer to take a closer look. It was a girl with a beautiful and delicate appearance. The old man chuckled twice and patted Lin Moxiao on the shoulder.
"You're looking so intently, do you have someone you like? Can I get a look too?"
Lin Moxiao forced a smile and handed the phone to him. The old man squinted, looked at it for a while, frowned, and asked with a puzzled expression:
"I think I've seen this girl before, just a short while ago."
Lin Moxiao was instinctively startled: "Was it in the Plum Garden? Yes, that's right, she's been to the Plum Garden before, I brought her here."
The old man shook his head, trying to recall. Lin Moxiao suddenly remembered that her grandmother had been sent to the nursing home that day, and her grandfather hadn't been at Plum Garden at all. So she turned to him and asked, "Where did you see her before?"
Grandpa stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked to the window, and pointed to the octagonal pavilion with its prominent roof not far from the backyard:
There she was, lying alone in the octagonal pavilion, soaked to the bone and covered in wounds, especially her legs, which were covered in large red patches, probably from insect bites in the woods.
She seemed to have stayed all night. When I spoke to her, she was very polite but also very courteous, and unwilling to accept my help.
Her shoes were broken, and I have no idea how she got down the mountain. This is the only place to stay here; I must be getting senile, asking her if she lived nearby.
Hearing this, Lin Moxiao's eyes widened in disbelief. He had always known that she had called him many times that day, but he hadn't received any calls from her since he went to the training base. Since she had come to Plum Garden, why didn't she come in to find him?
Based on the timeline, she was alone in the octagonal pavilion the night before, and he was in the plum garden at the time. Why didn't she come in to wait for him?
Even if he didn't answer the phone, if he knew she was coming to see him, he would go out of his way to bring her in, and he would never abandon her at the door.
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