Chapter 178: Irrefutable Reason
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Without Xie Guofu around, Xie Wenkai could fire someone without anyone’s consent! Madam Xie was afraid that Xie Wenkai would insist on doing things his own way, so she wanted to pressure Xie Wenkai using the executives present. She knew that Xie Wenkai’s actions were most likely instigated by Zhou Jingyun, which was why he suddenly came to resist her today. However, no matter what, Xie Wenkai would not offend the public, that was because it would be too disadvantageous for him when he takes over the company in the future. People would not trust him and would question him.
As Madam Xie said, sure enough, all the executives in the meeting room turned to look at Xie Wenkai. Their expressions were clearly not right. Madam Xie did not argue without reason. What Madam Xie said was right, Xie Wenkai’s words were very problematic. Xie Wenkai suppressed the various uneasiness and nervousness in his heart. Then, he looked at Madam Xie expressionlessly and continued, “Although the jewelry robbery case of the Six Blessings Corporation was solved on the same day, the negative impact is still growing. City Z is the headquarters of our Six Blessings Corporation,” Xie Wenkai said as he glanced at the executives present. “There are a total of five stores. Among them, the store located on the business street is not only the largest store in City Z, but also the largest store in the country! The store on the business street, be it the renovation, the surveillance facilities, or the security level, are the best and the most advanced. However, it was this store that was robbed! The jewelry and diamonds worth more than 20 million were snatched away by the robbers on the spot! Although we have already recovered them, the outside world has raised doubts about the internal affairs of the Six Blessings Corporation. They have questioned our security capabilities. Even our partners have sent letters and forced us to account for it numerous times over the past few days.”
Xie Wenkai paused for a moment and then continued, “It’s not our fault that the robbery happened. However, the lack of security measures and the inability to provide customers with a safe and reliable shopping environment is our responsibility. Why was it that only our jewelry store was robbed? Why weren’t the other jewelry stores robbed? Is it because our security isn’t strong enough? Is it because our security plans are flawed? We know that’s not the case. We’re good enough at this. Robberies are highly random incidents, but the public doesn’t know this about us. If the public doubts us, then wouldn’t customers come to our stores to buy jewelry less often because they are worried about their safety? Even if a robbery were a small probability event, no one would gamble on this possibility. Previously, our competitors had already led the public opinion after the incident, constantly creating a topic of conversation, attacking us, and saying that our company’s security was problematic. They said that our storefront was not safe and that was why we were targeted by the robbers. We have to make a response. The public was sensitive, and so were the shareholders. These days, our company’s stock price had already shown the problem. Our stock price has been falling by the day! In the past two days, the Six Blessings Corporation’s market value has been reduced by nearly one billion! Although the market value has rebounded in the past two days and has recovered by more than half by the time the market opened this morning, the impact has not been eliminated.”
The dozens of people in the meeting room were listening to Xie Wenkai and understood what Xie Wenkai was going to say. Madam Xie’s expression changed continuously. She had not expected Xie Wenkai to start with the robbery case. Now she understood that as long as the issue of security was emphasized, then someone in the security department must be responsible!
“Before Father boarded the plane, he warned me.” Xie Wenkai looked at Madam Xie again. “He said that he would leave all the follow-up and response to the robbery case to me. He told me that I must do it well and do it beautifully. Therefore, the head of the security department, Wang Xu, must be fired!” Xie Wenkai glanced at everyone again. He slowly said, “It’s not important whether or not Wang Xu is responsible. What’s important is to calm the public opinion and make our group’s stand on this issue clear! We must let the outside world understand the Six Blessings Corporation’s determination to reform the security issue and pull the stock price back up as soon as possible! Wang Xu may not be happy about this, but that’s fine. I’ll talk to him. If he wants to leave gracefully, then let him take the blame and resign. I’ll give him an additional compensation in private, but no matter what, he has to go!”
Xie Wenkai had finished speaking. In fact, everyone understood, including Xie Wenkai himself. The responsibility was not Wang Xu’s. It was just a random emergency. The security of the banks was even better than theirs, but it was not like the banks had not been robbed before.