Unexpectedly, many of these people were blocking their own doorsteps, hoping to arrange jobs for their children or relatives' children.
"No, everyone, the families living in this alley are not necessarily rich or noble, but they are all respectable families. Why is it so difficult for you to arrange a job for your own child or your relative's child?"
"Mr. Shen, we're not saying that your company, no matter how much money it makes, is still a private enterprise. There shouldn't be any problem arranging someone there!"
"Exactly! We're doing you a favor by asking you to arrange someone, aren't we? How dare you put on airs like that!"
“Chen Xi’s family, we’re all neighbors, why don’t you arrange a job for him? You’re a big boss, you’re not short of money, arranging a job is just a matter of a word for you!”
"That's right, that's absolutely true. Shen Xi, you should know that we're all coming to see you out of respect. Otherwise, who would even remember who you are!"
"I would like to thank you all for giving me face, but I don't need this kind of face."
As for arranging jobs for your family members or deceased relatives, it's not up to me to decide, and even if it were, I wouldn't agree.
"What do you mean by this, Mr. Shen? Do you know that my father holds a very high position? Don't let your words today ruin your company's future."
"Since you've said that, I'm even less inclined to agree to let your family members or relatives work at my company."
Leaving aside your relatives, even just your family members, although I've been busy every day since I moved here, I still understand the situation of our neighborhood.
Your families are all laid-off workers, but don't you know why they were laid off?
I know the reasons why people are laid off, so I won't assign them jobs.
Furthermore, although I am a private business owner, as the boss, I have the right to decide who to hire and who not to hire. Therefore, I will not hire any of your family members or relatives.
I'm afraid that some people will say behind my back that I accepted bribes, and I don't want to hear such comments, so from the beginning I didn't want them to join my company.
"By the way, since you look down on private companies so much, why are you begging here so brazenly? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were here to collect a debt!"
"Shen Xi's family, you should know what the consequences are for offending our family!"
"That's right, our family isn't exactly a pushover either."
"You can do whatever you want. Without you, neither my businesses nor factories will stop operating because of you."
"Hmph! She's just a run-down private business owner, and a woman at that. Who knows what shady things she's been up to? Just you wait! If you dare offend our family, you'll regret it."
“That’s right. I heard she’s building a community in Xicheng. My aunt is in charge of that area. Just wait! I’ll let you build it. If I don’t let you tear it down, I’ll take your surname.”
"Exactly, what's so great about it? It's just a matter of raising a few coins."
But how could they have imagined this? After returning home, when her husband came back, she told him about the mistreatment she had suffered outside. To her surprise, her husband either slapped her or moved her to the study to sleep, demanding that she not go out whenever she wanted.
But they won't listen. When they see their men acting like this, they either point fingers and yell at them, or they start fighting, and some even run back to their parents' home crying to get help.
But when everyone knows that they are using their current official positions and status to threaten people, they are destined to lose, and lose completely.
After all, Li Mianmian wasn't someone to be trifled with. Before long, any household that acted arrogantly at the door was investigated.
There are many self-righteous people like them, but unfortunately, they just happened to run into a tough opponent.
Leaving aside whether they can solve the job problem, judging from their tone, it's highly unlikely.
Besides, after being neighbors for so many years, everyone knows what kind of people we are. Back then, we were worried that some people might try to interfere in our company's affairs because of their high official positions, so we had someone investigate us privately long ago.
This came in handy this time, and it's really not their fault; it's because they themselves were unclean to begin with.
Although no one has committed murder and the amount of embezzlement and bribery is not large, a warning and dismissal are still acceptable.
Even if the other party knows that you did it, so what? What's there to be afraid of?
"Mianmian, do you know? Several businesses in our area have been raided recently!"
"What's there to be so alarmed about? You're just bored and overthinking things!"
"What are you saying, you old fool? Mianmian and I were talking, why are you interrupting?"
"What's wrong with me interrupting? It's not like it's a secret that can't be told!"
"What kind of person are you! If I weren't so old, I wouldn't be giving in to you!"
"Who's giving way to whom here?"
"You'd better go find your old buddies and have some fun!"
"I'm not going, so what!"
"Mianmian, look at your dad, he's getting more and more infuriating! How can he be like this!"
"Mom, please don't take it to heart with Dad!"
"If I had lowered myself to his level, would he be living such a good life now?"
Watching them bicker like kids is actually quite nice, but sometimes they argue over the smallest things. Seeing they're about to start arguing again, I quickly ask:
"Mom, you just said that someone's family was investigated recently!"
"It's not just one family that got raided; there are probably seven or eight families in this area that have been raided!"
"So many? What happened?!"
"What else can they do? They're just dishonest, aren't they?"
"Dad, you know!"
"How could we not know? They've been in power for so long, they must have accepted gifts!"
"And what about you, Dad?"
"I'd like to accept it; do we really need that kind of thing?"
"We don't need any!"
"That's settled then. Besides, I'm not going to do something that would tarnish my reputation in my later years!"
"Then how do we deal with them when they go to work?"
"It's hard to say. The law isn't what it used to be. No matter how much they embezzle, they'll be executed. It depends on how much they took!"
"Too!"
"If you ask me, they should be shot. All they do is shirk their responsibilities!"
"Mom, how do you know they're not doing their jobs properly?"
"If this were used for serious work, it would have turned the kids into such bad people!"
"What's wrong, Mom? Do you know something, or did you see something?"
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