County Town Chapter 39 Meeting

  In the county town of Gaoyang, there is a building that Yitian Xing is most familiar with, which is the county library. Over the years, the location of the library has been squeezed by the slowly expanding vegetable market along with economic development, and it has been slowly squeezed into a small alley behind a large group of residential buildings. The current county town library is built next to a public toilet, with an old and rustic exterior, and Yitian Xing would sigh every time he comes here.

  Yitian Xing had an amazing memory since he was a child, and he always remembered Mr. Wuliang's words "Good reading, no need to understand too much." Being smarter than others and not seeking to understand too much, he read books at a speed that was far faster than ordinary people, so it was natural that there would be no books left for him to read. As a result, the county library became his best destination for book hunting when he had nothing else to do.

  After coming many times, he was familiar with all the numbers in this museum. The county's finances were tight, and there was no extra money to support the library, so when Yitian Xing left the county, the library only had 600,000 books, less than 1,000 foreign language books, fortunately, there were more than 4,000 kinds of toolbooks, as for ancient thread-bound books, they were even fewer.

  Yitian Xing spent ten years reading books here, belonging to the typical "囫囵吞枣" style of reading. He stood between the dusty bookshelves, picking up and putting down one book after another, without feeling much wonder, but filling his brain with a jumbled mess of memories. He never knew whether what he remembered was useful or not, but today when he wanted to check accounts, the few books on corporate cost accounting and accounting principles that he had read suddenly floated into his mind, clear as day - knowledge is indeed power, indeed a benefit! He thought to himself - and in fact, these benefits would accompany him throughout his life, which was full of ups and downs.

  The account book used a very professional paper, which was thin and flat, making it difficult to turn. Just then, Yitian Xing disliked the bitter taste of the Tieguanyin tea and refused to drink it again. He dipped his ring finger into the golden tea water and gently flipped through the pages of the account book in front of him. The tip of his ring finger moved quickly and smoothly over the pages, just like Paul Gilbert's swift and elegant plucking of the guitar strings.

  He flipped through the pages faster and faster, and Yuan Ye and Xiao Xiao, who were sitting closest to him, stared blankly and found themselves hearing the rustling of the wind, but couldn't see any signs of the pages turning.

  At this abnormal speed, ordinary people can see a few numbers and basically participate in the Olympic 10-meter moving target shooting, and compete with Yang Ling for the championship next year. How can they find out the problem? So the gang leaders who were staring at him to check his account became more convinced that it was just a show, and started to relax and yawn.

  Yi Tianxing was able to clearly see the numbers on the account while driving at high speed, and he quickly calculated them in his mind. The more he calculated, the more he shook his head. After finishing the third book, he finally couldn't help but frown, thinking that this old man was really a careless emperor, leaving such a large family business to be embezzled by others. He turned to ask Yuan Ye: "Uncle Yuan, who usually takes care of the company's accounts?"

  "What? What's wrong?" Yuan Ye was startled.

  The bored gangsters in the conference room also perked up and listened intently.

  Yi Tian Xing faintly smiled: "Uncle Yuan shouldn't care about this matter, right?"

  Yuan's face turned red, and the dark-skinned handsome man actually showed a hint of embarrassment, saying: "This... I haven't read it..."

  Yi Tianxing smiled again and quickly stopped him from revealing his shortcomings, saying: "Director Yuan is the company's general manager, of course he won't bother with trivial matters like accounting. Which accounting firm did the company hire?"

  Yuan Ye was taken aback, and he really hadn't thought about hiring a law firm before. He looked puzzled and said, "Law firm? Pengfei Industrial and Trading has its own accountant, Lin sister, Lin sister, come here." He shouted loudly, and after a while, a middle-aged woman walked in from outside the conference room. The middle-aged woman had her hair tied up and an ordinary face. Seeing so many big shots in the conference room that she usually avoided, she looked a bit timid as she walked forward and said softly, "Mr. Yuan, what's going on?"

  Yuan Ye pointed at Yi Tianxing and introduced: "This is...". He was stunned for a moment, "...this is Director Yi of the company. There are some account-related issues that need to be asked of you."

  Lin sister's eyes slightly trembled, and she immediately lowered her head and asked: "Yi Dong, what's the matter?"

  Yitian glanced at the corner of his eye and saw that several people in the conference room had begun to tense up, suddenly understanding, smiling warmly and saying: "Sister Lin, how's your family's financial situation?"

  "Ever since I started working for this company, it's been okay." Lin sister was originally an accountant at a textile factory in the provincial city who had been laid off and was forced to find work due to her circumstances. She was also unlucky that after much difficulty, she finally found a company willing to hire her, but the company's background wasn't very clean.

  Yitianxing thought for a moment and frowned: "Are there any children at home?"

  Lin sister didn't know what this young Mr. Yi wanted to do, and looked at Yuan Ye helplessly before answering in a low voice: "There's a son, in his first year of high school."

  "High school already." Yi Tianxing sighed, thinking that she was only three or four years younger than himself. After a moment's consideration, he said: "Sister Lin, how many years have you had your accounting certificate?"

  "I graduated from Zhongcai University and was given it when I graduated." Lin sister said about the university she attended, a hint of radiance appeared on her face.

  Yi Tianxing smiled warmly and said: "Since you graduated from Zhongcai, you must remember the first lesson your teacher taught? It seems that all financial schools in our country teach the same content in their first lesson."

  Lin's face changed dramatically, her body began to shake, but she refused to speak. The people in the room who had a guilty conscience started to whisper to each other, while those with a clear conscience were curious and wondered what the first lesson of the finance school was about.

  "Don't cook the books." Yi Tianxing looked at her with a faint smile. "This is the most basic professional integrity for an accountant."

  He closed the account book in front of him and said to this person who was old enough to be his mother: "I believe your character, and I also believe that you have many helpless places. But in fact, you did wrong, which is an unchangeable fact, so please leave our company."

  His casual remark decided the fate of a finance staff member at Pengfei Industrial and Trading.

  Lin sister was taken aback, her eyes reddened, and she sobbed slightly: "Sorry, sorry, but my family is still counting on my monthly salary..." Yi Tianhang shook his head coldly, and Yuan Ye also vaguely guessed that this strange third young master had found something from the account, so he gave a signal to his subordinates, and someone led Lin sister out to settle accounts in the finance department.

  The gangsters who had been quietly listening at the bottom began to get restless, they didn't know what the accountant's departure meant, nor did they know if this was the arrival of a storm, the luxurious conference room in Flowing Gold Years Club fell into an eerie silence.

  It was unknown how long the silence lasted before Yi Tianxing finally spoke again.

  "Who is Qin Xianglin?"

  As soon as they heard the man's name, the people below all let out a soft cry of surprise. Even Yuan Ye, who had been sitting quietly beside Yi Tianxing, looked like he couldn't believe his ears.

  Yi Tianxing just smiled and looked at the people in the conference room. Finally, a thin and frail old man slowly stood up. Yuan Ye couldn't help but whisper to Yi Tianxing, "Director Yi, this is one of the company's elders, who has been with the old master since before liberation, his body is old, should we let him sit down?"

  Yitian smiled slightly and nodded to the old man to sit down, then picked up a ledger with two fingers and slowly got up from his chair, walked over to the old man's side, leaned forward and said: "Old Master Qin, let me show you something."

  Old Master Qin snorted and said, "You kids are always messing around with nonsense! If you have something to say, spit it out quickly, I'm still going to go drink tea!"

  Yi Tianxing rubbed his nose, opened the account book in front of him, and lightly pointed to several places on it with his index finger. Others couldn't see what he was pointing at, but they saw Qin's face change suddenly, and he turned his head to look at Yi Tianxing fiercely.

  Yitian Xing leaned in close to his ear, a faint smile on his face as he whispered: "The rent for the storefront on Desheng Street, I'll only take half back, and the remaining half can be considered your retirement fund."

  Mr. Qin's face was pale, and he choked back his words for half a day before speaking in a low voice: "Young Master Yi has given me enough face, I naturally know what to do, I'll be there the day after tomorrow." He then trembled as he stood up, cupped his hands together in respect towards Yi Tianxing, and bid farewell to everyone with a circular motion of his hand: "This old man will go take care of some things for Director Yi, you brothers stay here and take care of yourselves." Then he departed.

  Yi Tian Xing knew that the old man's embezzled money had been exposed by himself, and his face was somewhat unbearable. He didn't bother to care about him anymore, and slowly walked back to the red wooden desk, picked up another account book, and asked: "Who is Zhou Xiao Mei again?"

  A beautiful young woman with a slightly surprised expression stood up in the conference room.

  Yi Tianxing hadn't noticed this woman before, but now he didn't want to let her go again. He signaled for her to come over. The others in the conference room were still intimidated and suspicious from being tricked by Qin Lao's earlier move. Zhou Xiaomei, a beautiful woman, quickly swayed her hips and walked over, revealing an extremely flirtatious smile on her face. In a soft voice, she said: "Young Master Yi, what orders do you have for Xiaomei?"

  Yitian Xing glanced at her and thought to himself, "This woman really has some charm. Fortunately, she still has some sense of propriety and didn't bring the nightclub routine into the conference room. If she had sat on his lap, this audit would have been doomed." He chuckled and said, "Little Mei, I'll show you something too." Then, just like before, he turned sideways and handed her the account book to look at alone, pointing out a few places with his finger.

  Zhou Xiaomei was the leader of the provincial city's entertainment circle, with a mind as nimble as a swallow. She immediately knew why Old Master Qin had just retreated and, with a flicker of her eyes, coquettishly said: "Director Yi is truly wise, but recently the province has been cracking down on spiritual civilization construction, and everywhere is being tightly controlled, so business is too dull. The accounts for the wine and water that were purchased from the provincial government can't be settled, so I borrowed some public funds to pay them off. I guarantee that within two months at most, I will have a way to repay it."

  "It's not necessary to explain, two months is too long, I'll give you three days to settle this. E Tianxing spoke to her without the courtesy he showed to Old Man Qin, continuing coldly: "Also, don't think about making a move on those girls under your care. Before coming here, I also investigated and found out that the nightclubs around Sheng Shang and Jin Yang Plaza have always been managed by our company, but we never take a cut from the flesh trade under your control, just letting you collect the protection fees in the surrounding areas. If there's even a discrepancy in this cash account, I really doubt your ability to handle things."

  Zhou Xiaomei's face changed, knowing that this master was too clever, and she didn't dare to say more nonsense. She wasn't as thick-skinned as Qin Lao Yezi, so she could directly leave. She responded with a "yes" and retreated back to her own seat.

  Yi Tianxing suddenly smiled and looked at the crowd in the conference room, saying: "Are we coming one by one or is everyone coming on their own?"

  The gang leaders in the conference room looked at each other, knowing that if they were to settle accounts with this clever young master one by one, they would be slapped in the face; but if everyone acknowledged it now and settled accounts privately later, they could still save face. Thinking of the importance of saving face for these underworld figures, the gang leaders, although somewhat heartbroken about having their ill-gotten gains confiscated, forced themselves to say, "Director Yi, don't work too hard, let the subordinates handle these things, we guarantee that..."

  Yitian Xing smiled secretly in his heart. In fact, the time for checking accounts was so short that it was impossible to check everything, he just found out the loopholes in the two transactions of Qin Lao Yezi and Zhou Xiaomei, and then took them out as a dead chicken to scare the monkeys, unexpectedly really scared off a group of cowardly "bandits".

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  The calm but undercurrent-filled meeting finally came to an end, leaving only Yi Tianxing, Yuan Ye and Xiao Xiao in the conference room. Yuan Ye said with a hint of guilt: "I'm really sorry for not managing the company well, fortunately you're here, otherwise I don't know how I would face Old Master." Yi Tianxing knew that Yuan Ye was also good at fighting and scheming, if he were to manage the enterprise, it would be a disaster. He couldn't help but smile and comfort him with a few words, then asked Yuan Ye to invite a specialized accounting firm.

  "I won't be able to do these things." Yi Tianxing said sincerely: "Today, let me just open my eyes and see, I don't want to interfere with specific matters."

  Yuan Ye was taken aback.

  Before leaving, Yi Tianxing thought for a moment and instructed Yuan Ye: "You should know where that Lin sister lives, right? Send two hundred thousand yuan to her tonight."

  "Yes."