Immortality and Immortality: Liver Experience Begins in the Desert

Chapter 260 Falling into the trap
In the meeting hall of the Lu family, Jiang Qiong sat directly above the round table, holding a family meeting for the first time, looking very indifferent.

The people sitting on the left and right of him were all senior members of the family. They had different expressions on each other, either showing contempt, looking indifferent, or taking a nap with their eyes closed.

"It was the first time I held a family meeting. I didn't understand the process, so I went straight to the topic."

Jiang Qiong glanced at the fifth elder who was dozing off, his expression seemed dull, he tapped his fingers on the table and said in a loud voice:
"Fifth Elder, the first thing the family wants to discuss next is the Lu family's ore refining store that you manage!"

"Over the years, the store has been losing money, and the family has been supporting it year after year. How do you manage it?"

Jiang Qiong directly attacked and said in a bad tone:

"The family has entrusted you with the management of such an important store. Is this how you repay the family?"

He has no ability to manage a store and has no idea how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. He hired a bunch of lazy people to refine the ore. It is simply a shame for the family! "

Jiang Qiong's words were not polite at all and she started to curse directly.

Being scolded by Jiang Qiong, the fifth elder looked ugly and his expression flashed with anger.

He was an elder and had been working in the family for so many years. Naturally, he was very angry when he was scolded by a playboy.

"Oh, ore refining is not just a house game, any kid can get in on it."

The fifth elder responded directly: "There are so many ways to do this, I don't even bother to tell you about it, it's a waste of time."

"You just need to know that ore refining is related to the family's business, and necessary losses are necessary."

When Jiang Qiong heard this, she still cursed in a bad tone:
"Asshole, other families' ore refining shops have been making profits year after year, but in your hands they are losing money. You can't even find an excuse."

"I think you just don't have the ability. In this case, you don't need to take care of the family's ore refining shop. Let the fourth elder manage it."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the high-level officials changed slightly.

Most of the senior officials did not expect that Jiang Qiong's attitude would be so tough, not giving the Fifth Elder any face, and looking like he was determined to scare the monkeys.

A small number of senior executives received the news in advance with Lu Chuan and Jiang Qiong's advance notification, so they were not too surprised.

Especially the fourth elder, who looked indifferent on the surface, was actually very happy inside.

I wish Jiang Qiong would be more ruthless and hand over the family's ore refining shop to his hands.

And this fourth elder was Lu Qianer's grandfather.

"Family Master, what the Fifth Elder said just now is right. The family's ore refining shop involves a wide range of aspects and cannot be considered purely in terms of profitability."

A middle-aged man with a majestic face glanced at the inarticulate fifth elder and said:
"First of all, this shop can provide about a dozen positions and give some monks in the family a platform to display their skills. At the same time, the salary provided allows them to practice normally."

"It's a win-win situation."

"Secondly, our family owns several mines, which can mine a large amount of raw ore every year and need to be refined."

"The information on this part of the ore cannot be leaked, so it cannot be handed over to other forces for refining. Otherwise, the family's weapon refining industry and the ore sales industry will be affected."

Perhaps because he felt that Jiang Qiong didn’t know the ropes, the middle-aged man with a majestic face added:

"There are some spiritual weapons in the family that are extremely competitive in sales. Many forces want to imitate them, but they don't know the specific ore quotas and types."

"And once our family does not have its own ore refining shop and hands all the mined ores to other forces, it is likely that our ore types and mining quantities will be revealed."

"Our family also sells a large amount of refined ore every year. Once other forces know the specific data, they will be very passive in negotiating prices."

At the end, the middle-aged man with a majestic face said seriously:
"The most important thing is that ore refining is a marketable business."

"We have been losing money in the past ten years or so, but as long as one day the monks in the shop realize a certain skill, they may be able to occupy a place in this field."

These words made the fifth elder's eyes light up.

The middle-aged man with a majestic face said what he thought.

"I have said that the ore refining shop is not a simple job. If you don't understand, don't talk too much. It will take a long time to explain."

The fifth elder glanced at Jiang Qiong, full of contempt.

"Ha." Jiang Qiong said calmly: "Forty years ago, the family's ore refining shop was not controlled by the fifth elder, and it could earn the family a hundred spiritual stones every year."

"The number of ore refiners employed is eleven, three of them are in the late stage of Qi training realm and are all first-level high-grade ore refiners, and five are in the middle stage of Qi training realm and are also first-level middle-grade ore refiners. ”

"Although the remaining three are all in the early stages of Qi training and are only first-level low-grade ore refiners, they are all diligent in their work."

"This number is only six fewer than the shop currently in charge of the fifth elder. But the annual salary required is three times lower."

"What's interesting is that in the shop run by the fifth elder, there is only one first-level high-grade ore refiner, and there are only eight middle-grade ore refiners."

"The rest are low-grade ore refiners. How can such a staff bear such a high salary every year?"

Jiang Qiong stopped the senior executive who wanted to speak and continued:
"Since the fifth elder took over, the store's revenue has plummeted. The business orders of the store for the past forty years are all in the jade slips!"

"There is very little expenditure every year for ore refiners to hone their skills!"

"For decades, there are only so many types of ores that can be refined, and the rate of high-quality products has been declining year by year!"

“When it comes to high-value ore refining types, either you don’t know how to do it, or you can’t do it, or you don’t have enough means!”

"Where are the comprehensive mineral masters we trained? Where did the spent spiritual stones go?"

"If you don't hone your craftsmanship, and don't expand the types of products, if you just keep messing around like this, you won't be able to occupy a place in the field of minerals even if you give it another hundred or thousand years!"

Jiang Qiong said, throwing out pieces of jade slips, which recorded in detail the situation of the ore refining shop for decades.

For example, there are purchase records of various utensils, purchase records of technical jade slips, salary expenses, refining status of various ores, etc.

Among the items purchased, the main ones were ore refining equipment. Most of them were refining equipment for common ores such as black iron ore and gold jade ore, and a small part were refining equipment for high-grade ores.

But in another jade slip, there are detailed records of high-grade ore refining equipment. The information inside mainly states that these equipment have not been used and maintained for many years, and have suffered serious wear and tear.

Along with some pictures and detailed data, as well as photo beads recording the daily conditions of the shop.

The group of senior elders who watched were all silent.

There are two main reasons for their silence.

The first point: I didn’t expect Jiang Qiong to be so well-prepared. He had prepared all the jade slips piece by piece, and even the photo beads. The detailed data was placed in front of him, which was really inconsistent with the performance of a playboy.

Second point: The senior executives present are all smart people, and everyone is very aware of the gray income of various shops. It's just that the senior officials who followed the Fifth Elder's group really didn't expect that the Fifth Elder would go so far.

Although they were of the same group as the Fifth Elder, it was naturally impossible for them to pay close attention to other people's properties on weekdays. They just heard about the ore refining shops.

But I never thought it would be so unbearable. Judging from the content in the jade slip, it can be said that it is unscrupulously eating at the foundation of the family.

After reading through it, some senior officials from the Fifth Elder faction simply chose to shut up.

A few senior executives were silent, thinking about how to avoid the important issue and change the topic.

At this time, the senior officials of Lu Chuan's group spoke up to help Jiang Qiong and deliberately fanned the flames:
"Master, the cost of refining the ore is a bit high, but the fifth elder has been working very hard over the years, and has been privately investing his own money to purchase the technical jade slips."

"Look at the expenses in the jade slips, some of them were purchased for high-grade ore refining techniques and equipment."

Hearing this, Jiang Qiong laughed sarcastically and said, "Does he need to fund the purchase of jade slips privately? The resources in the shop are wasted and he buys a bunch of junk jade slips and then resells them?"

"The jade slips I bought cannot be obtained by the ore refiners who need them. Those who need to study hard and study hard don't care, and refuse to study hard, and then sell the jade slips."

"In this case, the fifth elder privately financed the purchase of the jade slips. What, did he finance the purchase of the jade slips from the shop monks?"

Jiang Qiong and the old woman's singing made the fifth elder look ugly.

"The head of the family can't say that. Whether it's the jade slips purchased by the shop or the jade slips purchased by the Fifth Elder privately, they are essentially all for the purpose of cultivating excellent refining ore masters."

"It's just that there were some problems with the distribution of the jade slips. This was purely a temporary oversight."

A senior executive who had a good relationship with the Fifth Elder said bravely: "After all, the Fifth Elder has been running shops for decades and is very familiar with this field."

"It's really inappropriate to change people rashly."

"For example, the handover between mines and shops may cause problems due to personnel changes."

The words were spoken softly, but they contained an underlying threat.

The meaning is very simple, that is, he is in charge of the ore mining in the mine. Once someone changes, he will not agree.

"The interests of the family cannot be eaten by rats."

Seeing another senior executive take the bait, Jiang Qiong said: "In the next six months, the ore refining store must make rectifications. If it still suffers losses, don't blame me for being unkind."

"When the time comes, the store will have to change people. As for the mine handover issue, this is simple. When the time comes, the managers in the mine will also change people."

As soon as Jiang Qiong finished speaking, the expressions of the senior officials from the Fifth Elders' faction changed slightly, and they were about to refuse.

However, before they could say anything, the senior management who kept pace with Jiang Qiong hurriedly spoke out and agreed one after another.

This group of senior executives had not said anything just now. They had discussed it privately in advance and deliberately gave Jiang Qiong a chance to show off.

After Jiang Qiong brought the topic to the right place, they spoke one by one to clarify the matter.

Originally, some senior centrists took a wait-and-see attitude before attending the meeting, although they were not optimistic about Jiang Qiong being the head of the family and doubted his ability.

But to be cautious, I didn’t directly choose to offend.

And as Jiang Qiong performed well at the meeting and used a series of words, he was going to take away the shop from the fifth elder.

This moment made the centrists change their views on Jiang Qiong.

Therefore, they chose to be neutral, not to help the Fifth Elder, but to sit on the sidelines and let Jiang Qiong and others determine the matter.

For the rest of the time, Jiang Qiong held family meetings normally, and the things discussed were normal.

The fifth elder's face always looked ugly.

To be honest, he handed over the shop to his legitimate son a long time ago, so he didn't know everything that happened in the shop in the past ten years.

Seeing Jiang Qiong uncovering all the scandals in the store, he was naturally furious and felt that he had lost face.

Therefore, during the family meeting, he took out the transmission talisman and scolded Lu Yu, without any politeness in his tone.

In the message, he warned Lu Yu that he must turn the store around in the next six months, even if he had to pay for it privately, he must make a profit on the books!
I received a message from my biological father.

Lu Yu didn't hesitate at all and quickly agreed.

Immediately afterwards, he sent a message to Manager Xue, scolding Manager Xue, and told him to turn the store around from losses to profits within the next six months.

After Manager Xue learned the specific details from Chuanyin, he couldn't help but look bitter.
Realize the critical situation.

Manager Xue had no choice but to take out a piece of communication notes and send messages to each customer, asking his grandfather to tell his grandmother to find business.

After a while, he took out Xie Lingfei's message and started discussions.

In the audio transmission, Manager Xue used his eloquence and kept boasting, giving a bunch of affordable prices.

Xie Lingfei has been waiting for a message from Manager Xue.

Seeing him take the bait, he smiled and agreed, claiming that the Lu family's ore refining shop was affordable and was interested in a several-year cooperation.

At the same time in the message, Xie Lingfei also said that he had some big business in his hands, and hoped that Manager Xue would pay attention to it next and prepare some refining utensils.

After receiving Xie Lingfei's reply, Manager Xue looked ecstatic.

After the discussion was over, Manager Xue turned around and walked to the furnace room of the shop. With a glance, most of the people were gone.

"Things looking for death!"

Taking out the photo beads, Manager Xue secretly recorded the scene here, then found He Ying and asked:
"Where are the others?"

He Ying considered that he was about to leave, and then said nonchalantly:
"They don't hide the fact that they have to refine the ore every day. They all went out to show off and deliberately resisted your decision."

Manager Xue's face suddenly turned cold, he nodded and said, "I understand."

After that, he took back the shadow bead and turned around to find Lu Yu.

There are too many sneaky people in the entire store. Manager Xue is not stupid. If he wants to turn losses into profits in the next six months, he must deal with them.

Now that the opportunity came, he took the photo beads directly to Lu Yu's residence.

(End of this chapter)