Chapter 12 The Plea For Return
Li Shu chuckled heartily. "So, Shen Gongzi, you want to dismiss Wang Jie but dismiss me instead?"
"Yes, leave! And take that thing you brought with you, leave together! Go now!" Shen Tianlin declared.
Li Shu sneered and turned to depart.
As Shen Tianlin treated Hua Mei Huacheng Company like his own personal dictatorship, there was nothing more to be said. It was time to change the manager of this branch of Huacheng!
Just as Li Shu was about to leave, he was halted by Shui Lihua.
Having heard the commotion, Shui Lihua approached to listen. Now that Li Shu was planning to depart, she intervened.
Only she understood the significance of Li Shu. Shen Qihao had always sought to please Li Shu, even going as far as allowing him to sit at the head table during the wedding. If Li Shu was dismissed, it could spell trouble for everyone below.
"Shen Gongzi, you cannot dismiss Li Shu, he is..."
Shui Lihua was about to explain Li Shu's background to Shen Tianlin, but she was cut off.
"Manager Shui, know your place! I am now the acting general manager of Hua Mei Company, you have no authority to demand anything from me. Since you brought in Li Shu, you are also responsible for any issues he may have!"
"I..."
Shui Lihua attempted to explain, but saw Li Shu shaking his head at her.
"Sister Shui, do not plead for me. If Shen Gongzi wants me to leave, I will. As long as he does not regret it!"
"I regret it, hahaha, what a joke, do I truly regret it? Li Shu, do you think you are important?" Shen Tianlin laughed heartily.
Li Shu did not even glance back as he exited the Huamei Building.
Lu Yi accompanied Li Shu, looking disheartened.
"Li Shu, have we gone too far? It is not easy to secure a position at Huamei, can we just walk away like this? What will we do in the future?"
But Li Shu's expression showed no signs of dejection, only a smile.
"You are laughing, but we have lost our jobs again!"
Li Shu shook his head with a smile, "Do not worry! Shen Tianlin will beg for me to return on his knees!"
"You are insane, absolutely insane! Did you not see how pleased Shen Tianlin was just now? He would rather destroy you completely than beg for you to return on his knees. Dream on!"
Li Shu did not bother to explain.
"How about we make a wager?"
"Sure, what is the wager? I am definitely going to win." Lu Yi said.
"Let us wager a year's worth of socks! The loser has to wash the other person's socks for a year!" Li Shu proposed.
The thought of the smell of each other's socks made Lu Yi want to retch. But this was a sure win situation, so he agreed to the wager.
"Deal! It is settled, no backing out. How long will the wager last?" Lu Yi inquired.
"Three days!" Li Shu stated confidently, "If after three days, Shen Tianlin does not come begging on his knees, I will wash your socks for a year!"
"It is a deal!"
Initially, Li Shu had considered contacting his father or Uncle Yu Qing, informing them of the situation and causing trouble for the Shen family to have the manager at Huamei replaced. However, he had a change of heart.
Since he was operating at the grassroots level, he needed to showcase his abilities. He wanted to handle the affairs of Huacheng based on his own merit.
Let the Shen family enjoy their freedom for a while.
Even if he did not reach out to the higher-ups, when Shen Qihao returned, he would beg for him to come back. Li Shu only needed to return to his residence and await Shen Qihao's return.
Excellent, there was ample time now to purchase a house first.
There is no need to purchase a house in Lishui Jingyuan, Li Shu decided to buy two second-hand houses in the Xiu Ge Building in the center of Huacheng and settled down first.
On the Huamei side, Li Shu was driven away, leaving everyone else happy. Shen Tianlin appointed Yin Rong as the sales manager, and Yin Rong was ecstatic, feeling like jumping three feet high.
Shen Tianlin also felt relieved, expressing his anger, "How dare you challenge me! Look at yourself before criticizing me. You are just a waste, what right do you have to challenge me!"
Shen Qihao was in a meeting at the Northwest Branch. Huamei has a total of seven regional branches in Daxia, each overseeing several subsidiary companies.
The Northwest Branch has twelve subsidiary companies, with the Huacheng branch being one of them.
The general manager of the Northwest Branch is named Yao Shimei. She gathered the department managers and subsidiary company leaders of the branch to prepare for an inspection from the headquarters.
The head of the Li family is not doing well. According to the news from above, the position of chairman of Huamei will be taken over by his son, Li Yingjie.
Li Yingjie is not very familiar with the company's situation. His first plan is to visit the subsidiary branches to familiarize himself with the situation.
The first step of the new chairman's inspection was to choose the Northwest branch.
"In a month, Chairman Li Yingjie will come to our branch, and it is possible that he will visit each of your subsidiaries for inspection. I hope you can handle the mess below well, so that the chairman's first fire won't burn our branch!" Yao Shimei said.
For each subsidiary, this was a huge deal. No one dared to be careless.
After the meeting, Shen Qihao hurried back to Huacheng without stopping. Whether it was finances or management below, everything needed to be sorted out properly now.
As soon as he arrived at the company, Shen Qihao looked for Li Shu.
"Ask Li Shu to come to my office."
Shen Qihao knew nothing about this Chairman Li Yingjie. Li Shu, who came from above, might know something.
"General Manager, Li Shu left the company yesterday," Secretary Xiao He said.
"Oh? Where did he go? When will he be back?" Shen Qihao still didn't care.
"He might not come back," Xiao He said.
"What's going on?" Shen Qihao finally felt that something was wrong.
"General Manager, you may not know yet, but Li Shu was absent from work yesterday and was fired by the young master."
"What!"
Shen Qihao slammed the table.
"Outrageous!"
The new chairman was about to inspect the work, and it was the time to use Li Shu. But now, he heard about this.
Li Shu's background was still unclear, but just based on the surname Li, one couldn't help but think of the Li family at headquarters. If Li Shu was from the Li family, then the entire Huacheng branch would be in big trouble.
"Quick, call him back. No, I'll personally call Li Shu."
Calling over, there was a busy tone. Li Shu did not answer the phone.
Shen Qihao's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Li Shu is doing this on purpose!"
Shen Qihao felt a little flustered.
"Xiao He, what exactly is going on?"
Xiao He explained what had happened.
When Shen Qihao heard that Li Shu was going to fire Shen Tianlin's younger brother-in-law, and then had Shen Tianlin fired in return, he was both angry and annoyed.
Why did his precious son have to offend Li Shu of all people? Was Li Shu someone he could afford to offend?
"Where is Shen Tianlin?" Shen Qihao asked.
"He's in the office."
"Tell him to come see me. No, I'll go myself!"
Shen Qihao's anger had reached an infinite height. He wondered how he had raised such a son.