Chapter 2341
The He Family's Golden Brand
"...At that time, my mom was holding me, and I was holding my younger brother."
My father used a rope to hang himself from the frame of the tin roof.
I'm afraid the roof will be blown off, and then my family won't even have a place to stand.
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Throughout the year, I experience that kind of fear several times.
Later I...
Chairman Lou, I was wrong.
"I shouldn't have been so greedy and treacherous, and I shouldn't have used the power and position you gave me to seek personal gain for my family." Su Manyun said, tears streaming down her face.
She was really scared.
Having done so many things for personal gain, she was terrified that tomorrow her whole family would be neatly buried in those cement barrels in the bay of Hong Kong Island.
Lou Xiao'e slowly shook her head and said with a hint of disappointment, "What did you do wrong?"
"Huh?" Su Manyun really didn't understand what Lou Xiao'e meant.
After all, she has already admitted to abusing her position for personal gain.
"When I've made something of myself, I want my family to have a better life, and I even want to help them out in my career."
Although it makes me, as the boss, uncomfortable, that's what everyone's doing now.
I can't expect everyone around me to become a saint.
To be honest, as long as it doesn't harm the company's interests, I'll probably pretend I don't know.
“That’s not what you’re wrong about.” Lou Xiao’e said this calmly, but her disappointment had deepened considerably.
She never expected that Su Manyun had made such a huge mistake without even realizing it.
This was something I discovered beforehand, and Su Manyun wasn't that bold yet; she was just making small-scale noise, which didn't attract the attention of those above.
Otherwise, Lou Xiao'e would really consider killing her entire family.
“I…I…shouldn’t have used the company’s channels to ship things to the mainland?” Su Manyun wasn’t stupid; after a moment’s thought, she understood the meaning behind Lou Xiao’e’s words.
"It's wrong to smuggle things in secretly!" Lou Xiao'e added, also reminding Su Manyun of the importance of this matter.
“But, but, I’ve heard that many merchants in the South do that!” Su Manyun couldn’t help but explain.
If she infringed upon the interests of the He Group, she had no choice but to admit it.
But she genuinely felt wronged when told that she had smuggled this information in.
Just like how Xu Damao could see adult films in the south, many people involved in import and export trade are now engaging in smuggling activities.
The inspections aren't as sophisticated as they are in later times, so it's really difficult to detect if a container has cargo in the front and some contraband stuffed inside.
"It's their business if they do it."
My reputation, and the reputation of the Ho Group, are not so cheap.
If something goes wrong, it will damage the company's reputation.
Manyun, you should know that this is the reputation that my mother and I have built up over two generations and more than twenty years ago.
"You think that's not important?" Lou Xiao'e's voice became serious as she spoke, and she deliberately slowed down her pace.
It was incredibly oppressive.
Su Manyun felt her legs go weak and almost slid off the sofa.
Only then did she truly realize that she had made an unforgivable mistake.
She touched the He family, or rather, she touched what Lou Xiao'e cared about most.
That was the trust that Beijing had in Lou Xiao'e.
Su Manyun could already foresee the consequences, as long as what she did was leaked out even slightly.
If this gets into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, they will surely say that Lou Xiao'e has taken so many good things from the mainland over the past twenty years, and how much she has benefited from the country...
At that point, simply throwing Su Manyun out won't solve the problem.
Lou Xiao'e got up, walked to the desk, picked up something that looked like an account book, and threw it in front of Su Manyun.
He said coldly, "Take a look!"
You started doing it at the end of the year before last, and you and your brother probably earned more than 1.3 million.
Ha ha……
"Man Yun, I never imagined I was so cheap in your eyes." Su Manyun didn't even think to look at the accounts; her brother's company was in Hong Kong.
She believed that with Lou Xiao'e's abilities, she definitely had the capacity to obtain the account books.
She couldn't hold back any longer and knelt down on the reflective tiles, pleading, "Mr. Lou, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time."
I……
I……"
When asked how to make amends, she froze.
She really didn't know how to make up for Lou Xiao'e's losses in this matter.
If handing over the 1.3 million yuan could gain Lou Xiao'e's forgiveness, she would definitely be willing.
But Lou Xiao'e's words just now made it clear that she didn't care about money.
What she cares about is her reputation.
She wouldn't let three generations of the He family bear the stigma of being a ZS just for Su Manyun's sake.
Therefore, there is only one path left for Su Manyun.
She went back to the mainland and confessed to the authorities.
That would mean her entire life would be ruined.
But if she doesn't take that step, no matter what she does, she won't be able to satisfy Lou Xiao'e.
The Ho family's golden brand!
Lou Xiao'e is willing to give her life to ensure its cleanliness.
So even a nobody like Su Manyun couldn't figure out how to make a living.
So she could only remain silent and wait for Lou Xiao'e's judgment.
"...I will make up for the tax you missed."
From now on, you are not allowed to walk on that road in Tianjin.
You should hand over your work in Beijing; I'll arrange for someone to take your place.
I'll assume you resigned voluntarily.
Since you want to get into trade, go to that small town and do some thorough research, then seriously choose an industry to cultivate deeply.
Don't do anything risky.
..." Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but show a pained expression when she talked about the arrangements for Su Manyun.
While her arrangement gave Su Manyun a way out, it also completely severed their nearly twenty-year-long friendship.
But there was nothing we could do.
Although the mother and daughter started their business with He's Trading Company,
However, He's Trading is now just a branch business within the He Group.
If it weren't for maintaining the relationship with Beijing, she would have stopped doing business with Beijing long ago.
She had long ago moved to a small town in the south and switched to port-based trade.
To put it bluntly, even if she doesn't earn a single penny from the orders she sends to Beijing, she still has to find a way to make ends meet.
It wasn't for making money, but for the friendship with Beijing.
The Ho Group now employs tens of thousands of people directly and indirectly around the world.
Like Su Manyun, who is capable of handling things independently, she also has dozens of people under her command.
Each of them has a higher level of education and is more outstanding than Su Manyun.
Lou Xiao'e gave Su Manyun a chance to grow.
She truly hadn't expected Su Manyun to be so easily swayed.
He actually touched her forbidden zone.
Su Manyun really did something pretty stupid.
He Yuzhu had slept with a woman surnamed Chen before, and that was the reason he used.
The woman surnamed Chen is still digging potatoes on the frozen soil outside the Great Wall to this day!
As a result, Su Manyun learned nothing from her experience.
They brought it on themselves! (End of Chapter)