Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 401 Corporate Crisis
Yan Jiekuang devoted all his efforts to providing logistical support for the three high school students during the last few days of June. Finally, on July 2nd, the three of them finished their final exams and Yan Jiekuang was finally able to relax. For the sake of the three of them, Yan Jiekuang sent Xiaohai and Xixi to Yang Ruiping, and let them live with their grandmother for the next few days.

During this period, Yan Jiekuang also drafted the bidding management measures, and then discussed them with Ji Lian and Wang Qing. After reading them, the two had no objection to the management measures. Now, except for civil engineering projects, other sub-projects are basically outsourced, so the three of them reached a consensus and issued this management measure to various departments, requiring them to strictly implement it.

Yan Jiekuang raised the threshold for subcontracting, mainly to keep out shell companies, middlemen and some companies without strength. The management regulations clearly stated that a bid deposit must be paid before bidding. If the bid is successful, it will be directly converted into a performance bond after signing the contract.

After the company's affairs came to an end, Yan Jiekuang began to relax again. The children were also on vacation. Yan Jiekuang rarely took Dapang, Xiaopang and Shi Li out now, letting them arrange their own vacation. He only took Xiaohai and Xixi out for a stroll, and today they came to the teahouse again.

Recently, Yan Jiekuang has been going to the teahouse more and more, where he can hear all kinds of strange things about Nanluoguxiang.

The uncles and aunts here have new things to say every day, and Yan Jiekuang enjoys listening to them.

When they came to Yan Bugui's place, Xiaohai and Xixi went straight to the back garden of the west wing to play. They started to pick up their childhood hobby of fishing, fishing for the fish raised by Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui had told them many times, but it was of no use; the two children still did their own thing.

Yan Jiekuang was sitting in the teahouse. Jia Zhangshi hadn't been here for a long time, and many people were asking about her. Finally, Yang Ruiping told everyone that she had gone traveling with her grandson and his wife.

Liu Haizhong was still playing chess with Yan Bugui. Liu Haizhong was also saying, I didn't expect Jia Zhangshi to follow the fashion and go out traveling.

Yan Bugui was happy and said, "She, that's what others do. She can do whatever she wants. By the way, my family is also going to travel to East China in August this year."

"Didn't we go to your house last year?" Liu Haizhong asked in surprise.

"The third brother in our family said that while we are still in good health, he would take us around and travel once a year." Yan Bugui said with a bit of boasting.

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong felt a little uncomfortable, threw the chess pieces in his hand onto the chessboard, and said, "I'm not going to play anymore. I'm going home."

Liu Haizhong left angrily after he finished speaking. Yang Ruiping came over and asked, "What's wrong with Lao Liu? Why are you suddenly angry?"

Yan Bugui laughed and said, "It just made me angry."

"Why are you angry with him? He has a bad temper." Yang Ruiping said complainingly.

Yan Bugui did not say anything, but called to an old man, "Old Yang, come on, play the next round."

At this time, Yan Jiekuang was listening to Old Lady Wen from Cuihua Hutong telling the story of a fight between a young couple from Henan in their hutong, and he was listening with great interest.

When Yang Ruiping saw Yan Jiekuang's expression, he became furious and shouted, "Old Third, come home with me."

Yan Jiekuang held the teacup and reluctantly followed Yang Ruiping back to the west courtyard. Yang Ruiping took him directly to the pavilion in the back garden. Yan Jiekuang looked at the two children who were fishing seriously, chuckled and said, "Xiao Hai, Xixi, how much hatred do you two have against your grandfather's fish?"

Xixi was unhappy and said unhappily, "Who told you not to take us fishing? We wanted to go to Fangshan, but you wouldn't let us go."

Yan Jiekuang didn't say anything. He turned around and said to his mother, "Mom, what's the matter?"

"San'er, how confident are you? Your company has made so much money, is it all legal? There won't be any problems with you, will there?" Yang Ruiping asked.

Yan Jiekuang was very confused. His parents had never asked about his company before, so what happened today? He quickly asked, "Mom, did anyone tell you anything?"

Yang Ruiping said, "That's right. Like the melon seeds guy, wasn't he arrested for some problem in the end? What was the outcome? You have to pay attention to it. If it doesn't work, we can just quit."

"Mom, that matter has been resolved long ago. Besides, Kodak is a foreign-funded enterprise. What can they check about me? The company's management system is very complete. Not everyone can check it. You don't have to worry about this matter. Besides, Ji Lian is still here. But, Mom, who told you these things?" Yan Jiekuang said.

Yang Ruiping said: "Several people, all old ladies from the neighborhood, said that the real estate company Kodak has become so big that it must be problematic like the melon seeds. They said that such black-hearted companies should be reported."

When Yan Jiekuang heard this, he realized that someone was deliberately spreading rumors. If this spread throughout the city, the higher-ups might really come down to investigate. It would be fine if an impartial person came to investigate, but if someone with ulterior motives came to investigate, it would be troublesome.

Yan Jiekuang ignored his mother and ran directly to Yan Bugui's study, picked up the phone and called Ji Lian, saying that there would be a high-level meeting in the conference room in an hour, and asked Wang Qiang to be there. Yan Jiekuang hung up the phone, said hello to his mother, asked her to look after Xiaohai and Xixi, and he had something urgent to deal with, and Yan Jiekuang quickly ran to his car.

An hour later, Yan Jiekuang appeared in the conference room on the top floor on time. All the senior leaders except Jia Dang were present, but the deputy director of finance Kang Fang arrived.

Yan Jiekuang sat in the middle seat. Ji Lian's assistant poured him a cup of tea. Yan Jiekuang glanced around and said, "Today there is something special. Have you heard any rumors or comments about our company in society? If you have, please raise your hands."

Only Wang Xuan raised his hand, and Yan Jiekuang signaled him to put it down. Then, Yan Jiekuang recounted what happened in Nanluoguxiang today.

Yan Jiekuang paused after finishing his narration. Everyone was a little surprised, especially Wang Qing and Ji Lian. Yan Jiekuang said, "I don't know if there are such rumors in other places, so I called everyone here to discuss countermeasures."

Ji Lian said: "This matter is a bit troublesome. We have to investigate to see where this rumor is spreading and see if we can find a way to suppress this trend. Secondly, I believe our company is not afraid of investigation, but we must also make all preparations internally."

Wang Qing frowned and said, "I'm afraid that someone with ulterior motives did this on purpose. He wanted the higher-ups to investigate us, and then he used his connections to bribe the people who were doing the investigation to achieve his goal."

Yan Jiekuang nodded after listening, and then looked at the others. Wang Xuan seemed to be hesitant to speak, so Yan Jiekuang said, "Wang Xuan, don't hide it, just say it directly."

Wang Xuan said, "I've also heard similar rumors about my house, oh, right in front of the front door. At first I thought it was just gossip, but then I felt something was wrong. For ordinary people, our company can't possibly be a topic of conversation after dinner. If people on the street keep talking about a company they're not familiar with, then someone must be trying to stir up trouble."

Yan Jiekuang said, "No matter how this happened, we must do our best to stop the rumors. Director Wang of the security company, send people out. If there are not enough, transfer people from Shenzhen here. Do your best to find out the ins and outs of the matter. Don't be afraid to spend money. If it can be solved with money, it's not a problem."

Wang Qiang said: "I understand. I will try to find out as soon as possible."

Yan Jiekuang continued, "President Ji, I remember that our company doesn't have a public relations department, right?"

Ji Lian said: "No, if there is anything that requires external liaison, it is usually Jia Huaihua who handles it."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Set up a separate public relations department, transfer Jia Huaihua out, and let her be the head of the public relations department. Let her fully represent the company, build a team, and quickly establish contact with major newspapers, magazines, and TV stations to maintain good relationships."

Ji Lian and Jia Huaihua both nodded to indicate that they understood.

"General Manager Wang, if the rumors cannot be stopped, try your best to establish communication channels with the relevant departments. We must be the first to know if there is any movement above. What about the other two pieces of land? Have they been acquired?" Yan Jiekuang asked.

Wang Qing said: "We have discussed this in the early stage and there are basically no problems. Our company's materials have been submitted to the relevant departments."

Yan Jiekuang drummed his fingers on the table, and after a long while he said, "It looks like there will be changes. The storm is coming. Everyone, it will be very busy recently, but you must be careful in your busyness. Ask your subordinates to control their mouths as much as possible. That's it. Communicate at any time. The meeting is adjourned."

Yan Jiekuang took the car keys, stood up and walked out of the meeting room. After getting into the car at the parking lot, he did not start the car. Instead, he lit a cigarette for himself, opened the car window and started smoking.

Yan Jiekuang started the car and drove out of the parking lot only after he finished smoking a cigarette. As soon as Yan Jiekuang's car left, two people appeared in a corner. These two people had been staring at Yan Jiekuang's car.

As soon as the two men left, Wang Qiang came out from the side, waved to one of his men next to him, and the man followed them.

Yan Jiekuang returned to his father's side, said hello to his parents, called Xiaohai and Xixi, and went straight back to Yuer Hutong. In the days that followed, Yan Jiekuang never went out.

When Xiaohai and Xixi want to go out to play, they follow Shi Lei. Since Shi Lei went on vacation, he has taken over the task of taking care of the children. Dapang, Xiaopang and Shi Li don't bother their father.

Yan Jiekuang communicated with all parties in the company in his study every day. The results of Wang Qiang's investigation were also out. The people behind this matter were an old man named Wang and his son. The other people included Li Huaide, Jin Jing and Xu Damao. There was also a person who surprised Yan Jiekuang, that was his college roommate and older brother Zhang Weiqing.

If Yan Jiekuang remembered correctly, Zhang Weiqing's major was architectural design. But what worries Yan Jiekuang now is that this rumor has been flying all over the place, and now some rumors about Fangshan Farm have been spread.

Yan Jiekuang was thinking, how can he get out of this situation?

(End of this chapter)