As an assassin, Lin Yi had to dabble in all sorts of things before he left the world, and these ancient numbers were no exception. The problem was that he only knew what they meant, but he had no idea what these unique accounts were.
"Vice President, I've secretly recorded down this account book over the years. All of Wei Zhaotong's high-selling and low-reporting business, filling his own pockets, all of them are recorded inside." Honest Chai explained carefully.
Jotting down this account book was practically the only proper business he had done in these past few years, and he had spent a great deal of energy and effort on it. If he hadn't been completely taken over by Wei Zhaotong and become an idle person, he really wouldn't have had the time to carefully investigate the other party's hands and feet in the dark.
After all, no matter how overbearing Wei Zhaotong was, these shady dealings couldn't be exposed to the light. If he didn't put in a lot of effort, outsiders wouldn't be able to detect it, much less record down reasonable and well-founded data. This was all honest Chai's various methods of secret investigation, the result of years of hard work.
"Then why can't I see it?" Lin Yi couldn't help but be suspicious. As far as he was concerned, the things recorded on the paper didn't match at all, and there was no logical order at all. Did it really record Wei Zhaotong's crimes?
"This ..." Honest Chai hesitated for a moment before deciding to reveal everything,""Vice President doesn't know this, but I used the number 18 misplacement accounting method, so outsiders would see that the order is messy and can't see any clues. I was forced to do this. If I didn't use this secret method, if this account book fell into Wei Zhaotong's hands, everything would be over."
"Number 18 misplacement accounting technique?" Lin Yi was still confused, but he felt that it was a different profession. The name made him think that it was some lost martial arts skill.
"That's right. The misplaced recording method is a very special way of recording accounts. The sequence is completely messed up, and there are 36 ways to do it in total. It was a special recording method created by the sages of the Chamber of Commerce in ancient times to ensure secrecy and safety. If you don't know which number is used for the misplaced recording method, even if this account book falls into someone else's hands, you can forget about finding out anything." Honest Chai explained.
"I see. I didn't expect you to be an expert in accounting." Lin Yi couldn't help but look at honest Chai in a higher light. The guy looked like a coward, but he was quite good at accounting. This misplacement of accounts was obviously a complicated and profound technique, and not even many managers of Chambers of Commerce could understand it.
"Vice President, you're too kind. I was forced to do this ..." Honest Chai smiled bitterly. This was a matter of life and death, especially when the other party was the old and cunning Wei Zhaotong. No matter how cautious he was, he couldn't be too careful.
"However, in this case, isn't it only you who can understand this account book? even if you give it to the other higher-ups in the headquarters, they may not be able to understand it, right?" Lin Yi said, troubled. The ledger was supposed to be used as evidence, after all, and it'd be unbelievable if no one could read it.
"It's a little difficult for all the higher-ups in the headquarters to understand this. However, as long as you tell them that it's the number 18 misplacement accounting method, many of them should be able to understand it. This is because many of them were promoted step by step from the branch manager and are also experts in accounting." Honest Chai speculated.
"That's good. " Lin Yi nodded. As long as the professionals could understand it, then it shouldn't be a problem."Make a copy of this account book. I'll write a letter to explain the matter and then send it out."
"Mail it out? Give it to the Nakajima headquarters?" Honest Chai's spirits were lifted, but he was still a little worried, "I've heard that Wei Zhaotong has a backer in Nakajima's headquarters. Unless Vice President brings the evidence of his crime and makes a trip there personally, I'm afraid that it'll be very difficult to achieve any effect with just a letter and this account book ..."
"You don't have to worry about this. I don't plan to send it directly to Nakajima, but to the North Island branch. The Vice President, Hong Zhong, is there now. He's an old friend of mine, and he won't be perfunctory about this matter." Lin Yi said with a smile.
As the Vice President, Hong Zhong had previously been jointly ostracized by the Nakajima headquarters. This incident was a perfect opportunity. As long as he used the vice president's name to start an investigation with the evidence, no one would be able to stop him from returning to Nakajima, especially those people behind Wei Zhaotong. Their weaknesses were in Hong Zhong's hands, so they certainly wouldn't dare to openly oppose it, or else they would be in trouble.
"Vice President Hong? That's great. I'll go and make a copy of the account book now. " Honest Chai was overjoyed. Unlike the honorary Vice President in front of him, Hong Zhong was the Vice President with real power. If he wanted to deal with Wei Zhaotong, the branch manager, the honorary Vice President would be suspected of overstepping his authority. However, the Vice President with real power could make no one find fault with him.
Moreover, Hong Zhong was the newly promoted Vice President and had been operating in the North Island branch. He didn't have any interactions with Wei Zhaotong, so he naturally didn't have to worry about him covering for Wei Zhaotong.
A moment later, honest Chai handed the accounts book he'd just copied to Lin Yi, along with the original copy. Lin Yi had also written a letter to Hong Zhong, and sent it to the Beidao branch as fast as possible through the Hong Chamber of Commerce's internal channels.
After all this, what Lin Yi had to do next was simple. While taking over the branch, he had to keep a close eye on Wei Zhaotong. The rest was to wait for Hong Zhong's response.
However, these things seemed simple, but they weren't easy to do. To Lin Yi, it wasn't hard to keep an eye on Wei Zhaotong. The difficult part was how he was going to manage the huge black arc branch on his own.
This was very different from when he was managing the heavenly elixir Pavilion in the middle Island. The heavenly elixir Pavilion was his newly opened elixir store. With Tian Gang and Xue Li's help, there were not many miscellaneous things to do. As long as he refined the elixir and put it out for sale, then someone would collect the money and record it.
But this Cheng Luo branch, even if it wasn't one of the largest branches in the Hong Chamber of Commerce-it was obviously a little inferior to the North Island branch, but it was still countless times bigger than Lin Yi's own heaven elixir Pavilion. There were more than a hundred staff in charge of all kinds of Affairs in the branch, and if one didn't have enough experience, they wouldn't be able to manage all of them.
After all, Lin Yi wasn't in the industry. Not only did he not have any management experience, but he was also an outsider when it came to business strategies. There were many things that he didn't understand. If he took over the branch, one of the possible results would be that the entire branch would be paralyzed and unable to operate. (To be continued.) "If you like this work, you're welcome to come to Qidian.com to give your recommendation and monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please read on M.Qidian.com.)
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