"Stop making malicious assumptions! I would never do something so despicable!" Sun Shuyi jumped up and down in anger, looking at Director Yang with a wronged expression: "Director Yang, I admit I was wrong, and I accept the punishment. But her request is just too much. I only said a few words about her, and I didn't do anything to her. Why should I be transferred just because she says she wants to?"
"Shut up." Yang Xiu glanced at her coldly and said coldly, "Slander and rumors, ruining people's reputations. It's lucky that it was discovered early this time. If it had been discovered later, sending you to a training class would have been the least they could do! You should be grateful that you were just transferred out of the cafeteria. In any other company, you would be fired if this happened."
Upon hearing the words of expulsion, Sun Shuyi's face turned deathly pale. She bit her lip, not daring to say another word.
Seeing that Sun Shuyi had become obedient, Yang Xiu gestured for Fang Qiao to continue.
Fang Qiao nodded: "Secondly, my sister and I have suffered serious emotional and physical harm. Especially my sister, who was beaten by Sun Shuyi for trying to seek justice for me. A lot of her hair was pulled out, and her newly bought cloth was also ruined. I demand that Sun Shuyi write an apology letter of more than 500 words by hand, and read it aloud on the radio after work on Monday to clarify the rumors, restore my reputation, and compensate us for our emotional distress."
"Of course," Yang Xiu nodded in agreement. "How many do you want?"
Fang Qiao opened her mouth: "Fifty yuan."
Even though Sun Shuyi was mentally prepared to pay compensation, she was still taken aback by Fang Qiao's asking price.
"Fifty dollars? Are you kidding me?! That's two and a half months' salary! If I give it all to you, are you expecting me to starve for the next two and a half months?"
Yang Xiu also said, "Fifty yuan is a bit high, how about lowering it a bit?"
Fang Qiao pretended to be in a dilemma, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then I'll give you face, forty yuan, that's the lowest I can go."
Sun Shuyi was unwilling to accept this: "Forty yuan is two months' salary for me!"
She gritted her teeth and bargained, "Twenty yuan, that's the most I can offer!"
Twenty yuan was too little, Fang Qiao was not satisfied, and looked at Yang Xiu: "Director Yang, what do you think?"
Yang Xiu remained silent for a moment, thought it over carefully, and then said, "Comrade Fang Qiao, I think you shouldn't ask for forty yuan. I'll make a compromise and let's settle for thirty-five yuan, how about that?"
Before Fang Qiao could speak, Sun Shuyi spoke up in dissatisfaction: "Why is it thirty-five? Shouldn't the compromise be thirty yuan?"
Upon hearing Sun Shuyi's words, Li Dan quickly grabbed her sleeve and shook her head, saying, "Don't say anything more, thirty-five it is."
Since the one who paid was the boss, Sun Shuyi had no choice but to shut her mouth unwillingly.
Fang Qiao lowered her eyes, smiled, and nodded in agreement: "Thirty-five it is, I'll give you face."
The key to making a claim is to ask for an exorbitant price and then negotiate it down to the bottom. Start by raising the price high so that you can continue to bargain.
Fang Qiao's bottom line was actually 20 yuan, which was exactly Sun Shuyi's monthly salary. If she had revealed her bottom line from the beginning, and Sun Shuyi had negotiated it down further, it would have been good if she could have gotten 15 yuan in the end.
So getting thirty-five yuan now is a complete surprise, and Fang Qiao is already very satisfied.
"Then it's settled." Yang Xiu made the decision.
She turned to Sun Shuyi and said, "The factory's punishment for you will be posted on the bulletin board later. Please take a look at the details of your transfer. As for the compensation of thirty-five yuan, you should discuss with Comrade Fang Qiao whether to give it in cash or have the factory deduct it from your salary. If it's deducted, half of it will be deducted each month, along with Cheng Baidong's salary, until the thirty-five yuan is deducted."
“I’ll pay in cash,” Sun Shuyi said immediately.
Li Dan offered to pay the compensation for her, so of course she chose to give cash, since the deductions from her salary were all made from her own money! Who knows if Li Dan will actually make up the difference later!
"But I don't have that much money on hand right now, I have to go home and get it." I'll go back to Li Dan and ask her for it!
Yang Xiu said, "Go back and get it now, bring it back to me, and I will pass it on to Comrade Fang Qiao."
"Then I'll go back and get it."
Sun Shuyi pulled Li Dan away from Yang Xiu's office in a hurry.
Outside Yang Xiu's office, many of the onlookers had already dispersed, but a few women were still resting in the shade under the flowerbed outside the office building.
Seeing Sun Shuyi pulling Li Dan out, he immediately raised his voice and asked, "Little Sun, did you really make up the story about Fang Qiao hitting the child?"
"You, you're just stirring up trouble for no reason! Now you've got a beating!"
"Don't run away! Come and tell us, did Director Yang scold you?"
The more these people talked, the faster Sun Shuyi ran.
She pulled Li Dan to a secluded corner and held out her hand: "You promised to pay the compensation for me, here's thirty-five yuan."
"Shuyi, you misheard me. I said I would help you add some money if you don't have enough, not that I would pay for everything for you."
"You want to renege on your debt?" Sun Shuyi's face instantly darkened. "Sister Dan, I kept my promise and took all the blame myself without mentioning a word about you to Fang Qiao. If you're going to kick me while I'm down, then we'll go back to her right now and make things clear, so she can see what kind of wicked schemes you, this so-called good neighbor, are really up to!"
Sun Shuyi's words were full of threats.
Li Dan felt a little regretful.
I should have known better than to pursue Tian Tian. She's nice, but difficult to work with.
The little girl her family mentioned, although an orphan with no powerful relatives, didn't cause her so much trouble.
A moment of poor judgment led to his downfall and loss.
Her monthly salary was less than thirty-five yuan. Liu Dongliang's salary was high, but he only gave her about ten yuan a month for living expenses, which was barely enough for food and drink!
What's the point of a man being rich if he doesn't spend money on her?
Li Dan looked troubled: "Thirty-five yuan, I don't have enough money on hand."
Li Dan was truly reluctant to give away so much money at once.
"I don't care! You have to give me all thirty-five yuan today, or I'll expose you to Director Yang!" Sun Shuyi realized that Li Dan wasn't a reliable 'true' friend after all!
If we don't get those thirty-five yuan out of her hands this time, who knows where it will go next time!
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