He Wenlin genuinely believed that Tang Kai biscuits were selling well, which is why she sent Li Shulin to check and find out more. She thought that the factory might add this item when it moved to a new factory, as the factory currently only had three products, which was rather monotonous.
Now it seems things aren't that simple.
The more you try to hide it from He Wenlin, the more she wants to know!
And it's definitely related to her!
"Pretend to agree to them first, get some information out of them, and see what's really going on," He Wenlin said to Li Shulin. "They lied to me and even paid you to lie to me too. In the end, this matter will definitely still be related to me."
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, He Wenlin carefully recalled the scene of her phone call with Tang Kai that day. The first thing she noticed was that they had ordered much less stock...
Then, when the conversation turned to sales, he said the sales were 500. I questioned that, and he changed his story, saying that he also sold cookies, which were 4 yuan a pound and sold very well. When I asked him again, he said he had customers and hurriedly hung up.
He Wenlin isn't really a fifteen-year-old child. Once she realized there was a problem, she figured it out after a moment's thought.
If what I suspect is true, there must be a traitor among us!
Right now, He Wenlin is busy with the cake shop and will deal with this matter in a couple of days.
...
The cake shop was as busy as ever today; we were so busy we didn't even have time to drink water or go to the bathroom.
He Wenlin said that Yuan Ya and He Na should go and settle in with He Shan today and come to work tomorrow, but He Na was eager to make money, so she came to the cake shop with He Shan at noon.
She's here; it would be impolite for Yuan Ya not to come.
In the afternoon, two more people were available to work, which greatly relieved the pressure on He Wenlin's side.
This is a perfect replacement for He Wenlin and He's mother.
“Mom, there are two more people here today, so the pressure isn’t too great. I’ll go to the food factory this afternoon.” After saying that, He Wenlin said to He Shan, “Around five o’clock, when there are fewer customers, arrange for everyone to go to eat in batches.”
"Linlin, where are you going?" He Na asked.
"I'm going to the food factory. Thank you all for your hard work today. Feel free to call me anytime if you need anything."
After exchanging a few words, at 3:30 pm, Wei Hanqing came to deliver the goods, and He Wenlin went back to the food factory with him.
It was almost 4:30 when we arrived at the food factory.
He Wenlin asked Li Xiaojuan to produce the sales reports from March to the present.
To avoid alerting the enemy, He Wenlin requested sales reports from each customer.
Sales figures from supermarkets like Gongxiao Supermarket, Wankelai, and Lianhua Supermarket cannot be faked, so He Wenlin focused her investigation on the individual business owners.
On the report, only Tang Kai's data was very clear; the purchases of others did not fluctuate much, and no problems could be seen.
The report showed that two days after Tang Kai called him last time, he came to pick up thirty boxes of peach shortbread, fifty boxes of egg rolls, and two boxes of fried dough twists.
Because He Wenlin hadn't planned to stay here for long from the beginning, there were no surveillance cameras installed here; they were only installed at the new factory.
So much so that now that they know there's a problem, they can't produce any evidence.
Assuming Tang Kai's daily turnover is indeed 500, then based on the amount of goods he gets from here, there would be a shortfall of about 300 yuan per day, which translates to about 40 boxes of egg rolls per day.
Based on Tang Kai's previous purchase volume, the biggest discrepancy was in the purchase volume of egg rolls, so the problem likely lies with the egg rolls.
When we did the inventory at the end of May, there were no major anomalies in the data for either egg rolls or peach shortbread. If there were differences, they were within a controllable and reasonable range. So where exactly did the problem lie?
He Wenlin recalled that when she worked at Haoduoduo in her previous life, the fresh food department would take inventory every two weeks. When they couldn't deliver on their gross profit, they would falsify some items during the inventory to make up for it.
This is almost an open secret in the industry.
So, are the quantities of goods purchased by other individual business owners really... correct?
He Wenlin checked each original receipt again, and there were no problems or alterations. The quantity and amount were all as He Wenlin requested, written in capital letters as "One Two Three". So it was unlikely that she could change them. Each receipt also had the signature of the person who received the goods.
It's impossible to steal dozens of boxes of goods every day without anyone noticing; the target is so large, it's highly unlikely.
He Wenlin then looked at the record of the gifts sent out.
To reissue the free gifts to the customers, He's mother's signature was required, and the reason had to be clearly stated. He Wenlin glanced at it and found no problem.
Could I have guessed wrong? Did he not conspire with someone to steal goods from her and resell them?
Ring ring~
He Wenlin's mobile phone rang again, interrupting her thoughts.
It was a call from He's father: "Linlin, have you eaten?"
He Wenlin glanced at the time and realized it was almost seven o'clock.
"Not yet, Dad. Come pick me up at the food factory. We'll go to the cake shop and bring me something to eat."
"OK."
Forty minutes later, Mr. He brought a plate of fried noodles and a plate of prawns, all of which were deveined and deveined.
He Wenlin ate her meal in the simple office before going to the cake shop with her father.
When we arrived at the cake shop, it was already quite late, around 8:30 PM.
There weren't many people left in the store; He Shan, He Na, and others were tidying up the counters.
"Linlin, you're here!" He Na exclaimed excitedly. "Business is booming today!"
"Is it very hard work? Are you used to it?" He Wenlin asked her.
"It's alright, this job isn't difficult."
"Sister Yuan Ya, what about you? How do you feel?"
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