Chapter 214 Year-end Conference
The next day, Duan Rong went to Wild Boar Mountain, took out six silver bills with a face value of ten thousand from the cave, and returned to give them to Ximen Kankan.

That evening, after Ximen Yong had finished his dinner, he sat in the flower hall drinking tea when Ximen Kankan walked in timidly from outside the door.

When Ximen Yong saw Ximen Kankan coming in, he raised his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"

In the past six months, Ximen Yong not only began to urge Ximen Kankan to practice martial arts again, but also let him get involved in business matters, which made Ximen Kankan quite anxious and he became even more afraid of Ximen Yong as his father.

Ximen Kankan said, "Brother Duan Rong, he is also interested in participating in the selection of Taiyi Sect's registered disciples. It's almost the end of the year, and when you signed up for me, you also signed him up!"

As Ximen Kankan said this, he placed the six silver notes worth ten thousand taels in his hand on the table.

Ximen Yong was startled when he heard this, his eyes flickering.

Half a year ago, Duan Rong's strength in Black Tiger Hill had at least reached the small success level of the Inner Breath Realm. Plus, after another half a year of training, he did have a chance to participate in the selection of Taiyi Sect's registered disciples.

Ximen Yong glanced at the banknotes on the table and asked, "Is this the banknote your elder brother Duan gave you?"

"Yes, the total is sixty thousand taels."

Ximen Yong picked up the banknote and immediately wanted Ximen Kankan to return it to Duan Rong. After all, he had received such a great favor from Duan Rong, so how could he still accept his money for signing him up?

But Ximen Yong thought again. He and Duan Rong had never revealed the matter on Heihugang. If he returned everything to Duan Rong without any explanation, it would be as if he was refusing.

Ximen Yong thought for a moment and left three silver notes, saying, "Brother Duan has a good relationship with our family, so just leave 30,000 taels as the sect head fee. The recommendation letter from the gentry can be processed together with yours, and there is no need to spend extra money. The 30,000 taels will be returned to your brother Duan. Tell him not to worry about the registration, I will definitely take care of it for him!"

Ximen Kankan blinked his eyes, slightly surprised. He absolutely did not believe what his father said, that the gentry's recommendation letter could be processed together with his own without any extra money. He knew very well the temper of those old guys who would take advantage of others.

However, Ximen Kankan still walked over and took the remaining three silver bills on the table. He returned them to Duan Rong at Liulu that day and repeated to Duan Rong what his father had instructed him to do.

Duan Rong touched his nose and put the three banknotes into his sleeves. From Ximen Yong's later reaction, Duan Rong had already seen that Ximen Yong had recognized him as the man on Black Tiger Hill for some reason.

He only charged 30,000 taels as a per capita fee as a token of gratitude for his help at Heihugang.

Duan Rong couldn't help but sigh that there must be a reason why Ximen Yong was able to make the Ximen family's business so big.

Afterwards, Duan Rong gave Ximen Kankan a pornographic painting he had drawn a few days ago. After seeing it, Ximen Kankan left in great joy.

Just when Ximen Kankan came to Liulu to find Duan Rong, the gathering hall in the backyard of Yuanshun Escort Agency was full of people. The original two rows of armchairs were no longer able to accommodate everyone, so many more chairs were added at the back.

By the end of the year, the escort agency had no business left.

The leaders of the six escort teams rarely gathered together, and they all sat in the Juyi Hall.

Xiao Zongting and Luan Jingfu were naturally there too.

On the accounting side, not only the chief accountant Xu Shouxian was present, but his two trusted confidants Wang De'an and Zhu Shicheng were also sitting in the back as observers.

In addition, the leaders of the guards and the managers of each courtyard were also present.

It is not easy to have so many people gathered together!

This is the annual end-of-year meeting of Yuanshun Escort Agency, where they take stock of the year’s gains and losses and make plans for the coming year.

The meeting had been going on for more than an hour, and almost everything that needed to be discussed had been discussed. Ruan Fengshan, who was sitting on a tall, wide chair, had a look of fatigue and impatience on his face.

He had listened carefully to the speeches of these managers, both big and small, and occasionally raised some questions and sought some people's opinions.

Seeing that the conference was coming to an end, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After this meeting, and a few days of free time, it was basically time to buy New Year's goods and prepare for the New Year. Ruan Fengshan picked up a cup of ginseng tea, took a sip, and glanced at everyone.

In fact, there was something very important on his mind that had not been discussed.

It's about the year-end audit.

In previous years, Zhou An was responsible for the mid-year inventory and year-end audit, which was equivalent to exercising his authority and responsibilities on his behalf.

But after Zhou An's death, there was no one around Ruan Fengshan who could replace Zhou An.

Moreover, by the end of the year, he was already overwhelmed by the things going on over there, and he did not have the energy to personally check the accounts of the escort agency's business.

However, he had already thought about this matter and felt that it should be handed over to Xiao Zongting.

What needs to be checked are Xu Shouxian's accounts, which are all related to the escort agency's business. It is not appropriate for the chief Luan Jingfu and the six escort leaders to get involved.

Only Xiao Zongting, the chief instructor, has almost no overlap with the escort agency's business, and is the right candidate with no conflicts of interest.

Moreover, the middle-aged Xiao Zongting did a good job in inventorying the warehouse and discovered quite a few problems.

Ruan Fengshan suddenly looked at Xu Shouxian and said, "Mr. Xu, have you sorted out all the accounts for this year?"

Xu Shouxian said: "The last month's has been sorted out two days ago."

Ruan Fengshan nodded, then turned to look at Xiao Zongting and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao, I think you will have to take on the responsibility of checking the accounts. You should take it up!"

When Xu Shouxian heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he looked at Xiao Zongting meaningfully.

Xiao Zongting naturally noticed Xu Shouxian's look. Ever since some problems had arisen during the mid-year inventory, Xu Shouxian had been making things difficult for him over the past six months.

Xiao Zongting smiled bitterly and said, "Boss, I'm already this old, and I'm just a warrior. I can barely do rough work like inventorying the warehouse, but how can I check the accounts?"

"That's fine." Ruan Fengshan heard Xiao Zongting's evasiveness and said, "Xu Shouxian's accounts are always detailed and clear. Just check according to the accounts. If you don't understand something, just ask them and ask them to explain the source."

Xiao Zongting said, "Boss, my eyesight is a little blurry now. How can I read all those densely packed accounts?"

As Xiao Zongting spoke, he actually let out a long sigh.

Ruan Fengshan naturally knew that Xiao Zongting was pretending to be pitiful. His eyes were venomous. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then let's do this. Let Xiao Yu and Duan Rong investigate for you. Duan Rong was just given a commendation two months ago, so he should also help. Xiao Yu is quite bold and careful, I think they are just the right people for this job."

"Mr. Xu, Accountant, what do you think?" Ruan Fengshan suddenly looked at Xu Shouxian and asked with a smile.

Xu Shouxian was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "The general personally selected by the shopkeeper is naturally suitable."

"Then it's settled." Ruan Fengshan said, "General Manager Xu, they are the juniors, so you must fully cooperate when they check the accounts. Don't cause any unpleasantness, which will make everyone look bad."

Xu Shouxian's heart trembled. Ruan Fengshan was obviously warning him. He immediately smiled awkwardly and said, "Boss, don't worry. I really hope to find some problems so that I can urge my subordinates to make corrections and improvements."

"That's good." Ruan Fengshan nodded, then looked at Xiao Zongting and said, "Xiao Lai, please explain this matter to them."

Xiao Zongting could only respond in silence. He knew in his heart that Ruan Fengshan was telling him that he had to shoulder this responsibility and could not shirk it.

After the meeting, Xiao Zongting returned to the courtyard with a gloomy face, and called Zhu Xiaoqi, asking her to call Duan Rong over.

(End of this chapter)

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