"President Guo, I... I know I was wrong."
The middle-aged man said, President Guo had already hit him, so even if he didnât know where he went wrong, he had to say he knew he was wrong; otherwise, what else could he say!
"The mall hires security guards to maintain order, not to give you power to act recklessly! This is a serious matter, but these security guardsâ behavior is no different from street thugs. If this delivery guy made a mistake, you should detain his vehicle according to the rules, just go ahead and do it; following the rules is acceptable, but to play with people and insult their dignity, what kind of conduct is that!
President Guo angrily said, "All will be dismissed!"
The middle-aged man quickly responded: "Yes, President Guo, youâre absolutely right, Iâll turn around and fire them all!"
President Guo snorted coldly and said, "And you, they are under your supervision, how do you usually train them?"
The middle-aged man trembled with fear, cold sweat running down: "Yes, itâs my lack of discipline, in the future I will definitely manage strictly, such a thing will never happen again."
President Guo coldly said, "No need, you can submit your resignation letter to the Company soon, I discussed it with President Chen and we think youâre not suitable for this management position."
"Ah?" The middle-aged man was shocked, falling to his knees, "Please no, President Guo, donât fire me, this is the best job Iâve ever found in my life, if I lose it, where can I find another? Besides, I just bought a car and have a loan to repay, President Guo, please have mercy, I know Iâm wrong, Iâll correct it in the future."
President Guo said, "Stop babbling, you donât even know what mistake youâve made, of all people to offend, you dare to offend Mr. Lin!"
President Guoâs words were quite straightforward, the reason for firing the middle-aged man was not because of any error in mall management, but because he offended someone he shouldnât have.
Lin Fan!
The middle-aged man was puzzled in his heart, really didnât know, who Lin Fan was, why he couldnât afford to offend him.
Forget it.
At this moment, the middle-aged man just wanted to keep his job, immediately kneeling to Lin Fan, tears and snot flowing: "Mr. Lin, Iâm wrong, I apologize to you, sorry, really sorry, Iâm truly damned, if I had known earlier, I wouldnât dare to offend you, please have mercy, let me go?"
President Guo watched coldly, but thought, this is right, if you want to keep your job, pleading with me is useless, you have to plead with Mr. Lin, if Mr. Lin is willing to forgive you, your job can naturally be saved.
Lin Fan smiled slightly and said, "You apologize to me just because you know now that I canât be offended, otherwise, how would you apologize to me?"
This was true; previously, the middle-aged man wanted to avenge past grievances, put Lin Fan on the blacklist of the mall, and had the security guards evict Lin Fan, the arrogant manner was utterly different from his current behavior.
"Are you still going to put me on the mall blacklist now, still going to have the security guards evict me?" Lin Fan asked.
The middle-aged man quickly laughed embarrassedly: "How could I, how could I, before it was all a misunderstanding, really sorry..."
Lin Fan said, "You did this because you wanted revenge, back then you had conflicts with me, you were fired because of me, this time you are abusing your authority as a manager here to take personal retaliation, if it werenât for my acquaintance with President Chen, you wouldnât even admit your mistake. So, you want me to have mercy? Sorry, I canât do that."
The middle-aged man, upon hearing this, collapsed to the ground, turning pale as if dead.
President Guo said, "Manager Wang, the matter is settled, quickly go back and prepare your resignation, if you refuse to resign voluntarily, Iâll fire you for abuse of authority, and I promise you wonât get any benefits!"
The middle-aged man was internally devastated, it seemed he truly couldnât keep his job this time.
President Guo no longer paid attention to the middle-aged man, walked up to the delivery guy, smiled and said, "Brother, Iâm very sorry for todayâs incident, on behalf of the mall, I officially apologize to you, we wonât detain your vehicle, you can drive away soon, and weâll cover all the compensation for the lost work hours, weâre truly sorry."
Such a dignified vice president unexpectedly apologizing so sincerely to a delivery guy!
The delivery guy was a bit embarrassed: "This... itâs okay, actually I was wrong too, I indeed violated the mallâs rules by parking recklessly."
President Guo immediately said, "Donât say that, this was due to our insufficient mall management planning, I promise you and your delivery brothers, weâll plan properly soon and try to provide convenience for you, such as opening more entrances for meal delivery."
Itâs a matter of personal interest, the delivery guy couldnât help but smile happily: "Thatâs good, if you really open more entrances, weâll cooperate fully with your work in the future, mutual understanding."
All right, the delivery guyâs side is resolved too.
President Guo then came to the young gate guard and said, "The rules are dead, people are alive, law enforcement must be strict, but sometimes we must consider kindness too, your violation of mall rules by letting the delivery guy in this time, we wonât pursue it, and the previous punishment by Manager Wang is cancelled."
The young gate guard was overjoyed: "Thank you, President Guo, thank you so much!"
President Guo handled the matters, then returned to Lin Fanâs side, bowed and said, "Mr. Lin, do you think this handling is okay? Are you satisfied, is there anything youâd like to add?"
Lin Fan smiled slightly: "The mall is yours, President Guo can handle it as you wish, no need to ask me, but if I must answer, Iâll say President Guo handled it well, I have no objections."
President Guo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally making Lin Fan satisfied; before coming, President Chen reminded him on the phone to make sure Lin Fan was satisfied and not to offend him.
This time, even if Lin Fan was wrong, they must say Lin Fan was right.
Because President Chen was going to discuss business dealings and cooperation with Lin Fan, to succeed in cooperation, they couldnât offend Lin Fan; otherwise, it might lead to a failed cooperation.
If the cooperation fails because of offending Lin Fan, President Guo couldnât bear the responsibility; as President Chenâs representative, he had to give President Chen a satisfactory account.
If President Chen came personally today, he probably wouldnât handle it better than President Guo.
Moreover, President Guo himself felt that Lin Fan was indeed right in this matter, it was his subordinates who were wrong, so he had to adopt a more humble attitude, not upsetting Mr. Lin.
Now Lin Fan expressed satisfaction, President Guo could finally breathe a sigh of relief and go back to report to President Chen.
The middle-aged man was very depressed because of Lin Fan; he lost his job again, just who was this Lin Fan that even President Guo had to curry favor with him?