A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 215: Random Points

Zhu Xiaoqi went to Liulu and called Duan Rong over.

When Duan Rong walked into the main hall in the backyard, he noticed that the atmosphere was not right. Xiao Zongting was sitting there with a unhappy look on his face.

Xiao Yu was also sitting on a throne below. When he saw Duan Rong come in, he just glanced at him and did not go into the house to avoid him this time.

When Xiao Zongting saw Duan Rong coming in, he raised his hand and pointed at the chair opposite Xiao Yu and said, "Sit down. I have something to tell you."

Duan Rong immediately sat over and glanced at Xiao Yu. He guessed that this matter must be related to Xiao Yu, which was why Xiao Yu was willing to sit across from him.

Xiao Zongting looked at Duan Rong and Xiao Yu, sighed, and said tiredly, "At the escort agency's year-end meeting today, the shopkeeper handed the auditing task over to you two."

"Check the accounts? Check what accounts?" Duan Rong was confused.

"Check the accounts of the escort agency's business from January to December this year at the accounting office." Xiao Zongting explained.

"Check the accounts in the accounting office?" Duan Rong asked in astonishment. He turned to look at Xiao Yu and asked, "Can you check the accounts?"

Xiao Yu glanced at Duan Rong with her beautiful eyes and said coldly, "No."

Duan Rong touched his nose and pondered to himself.

Checking accounts is an auditing job, which is highly professional. Even though the accounts in this world cannot be as precise and have as many items as the accounts of the highly developed industrial and commercial civilization in the previous life, not everyone is responsible for checking them.

Isn't Ruan Fengshan just making random comments?

Duan Rong complained in his heart, looked up at Xiao Zongting, and said, "Neither of us can check the accounts. How can we check this account?"

Xiao Zongting said with a dark face, "How should I know how to check? You two can do it on your own! Report to the backyard account office tomorrow morning, and report the results of the check to the shopkeeper five days later!"

After Xiao Zongting finished speaking, he picked up his pipe, put his hands behind his back, and limped to the yard to smoke.

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu sat in the hall, looking at each other.

Although Xiao Yu usually controlled Xiao Zongting and didn't let him smoke too much, she could see that Xiao Zongting was obviously very depressed, so she didn't say anything to stop him.

Duan Rong felt that this matter was a bit strange. Why did the tasks of mid-year inventory and year-end audit fall to Xiao Zongting?

Is Ruan Fengshan probably using Old Xiao as a gun?

In fact, Duan Rong guessed Ruan Fengshan's thoughts at once.

Ruan Fengshan's personal servant Zhou An was originally a very important figure in the escort agency. It can even be said that he was at a very critical point in the balance of power in the entire escort agency.

Because Zhou An was exercising Ruan Fengshan’s powers and responsibilities.

However, after Zhou An's death, Ruan Fengshan's responsibilities were vacant. He had a lot of things to do and often had no time to take care of the escort agency.

After much deliberation, Ruan Fengshan decided to temporarily hand over Zhou An's responsibilities and powers in the escort agency to Xiao Zongting.

Firstly, he admired Xiao Zongting's integrity, and secondly, he really had no one else to use. He treated Zhou An very well, but he still fed an ungrateful person who turned against his master.

Through Zhou An, Ruan Fengshan understood one thing: no matter how smart and capable the servant was, he could just leave the reception to him. The power and responsibility in the escort agency should never be delegated easily. Once a person has tasted the power, it is easy for him to become inflated and forget his identity, especially for people with a bad background. Once he gains power, he is easy to lose his mind.

In fact, Ruan Fengshan was fully aware of Xiao Zongting's situation, but what is there without difficulties? As the saying goes, it is better to die a fellow Taoist than to die a poor Taoist.

Xiao Zongting was indeed very depressed. He and Luan Jingfu were the ones who really didn't get along. Xu Shouxian had been the accountant at Yuanshun Escort Agency for decades, and they had worked together for half their lives. Luan Jingfu had only been there for a few years, but for some reason, Xu Shouxian had been getting closer and closer to Luan Jingfu in the past two years, and he was already worried.

After checking the inventory and the accounts, he became the person who was monitoring Xu Shouxian!
If Xu Shouxian doesn't completely side with Luan Jingfu, and instead goes along with him and opposes him in everything, how can he continue to be the chief instructor?
In the main room, Duan Rong and Xiao Yu discussed in detail some details of the account check. After a few words, Duan Rong could see that Xiao Yu was also a blank slate.

However, Xiao Yu seemed to be in a good mood and was eager to check the accounts.

Duan Rong shook his head secretly.

It seems that I can only watch the opera on foot tomorrow.

Duan Rong chatted with Xiao Yu for a few meaningless words, then said goodbye and left Xiao Zongting's courtyard and returned to Liulu.

The accounting office in the backyard, in the Dongjia room.

Usually, only Xu Shouxian and Li Jun were in the Dongjia room. But today, two of Xu Shouxian's confidants, Wang De'an and Zhu Shicheng, were also there.

The four of them met here to briefly discuss tomorrow's audit.

"Don't even mention the two little kids. Our accounts are so tight, who can find out?" Zhu Shicheng said, looking at Xu Shouxian with a flattering smile.

Xu Shouxian said: "Shicheng is right!"

As Xu Shouxian spoke, he glanced at Li Jun beside him and said, "The structure of our account was designed by Li Jun. It's like nesting dolls. To find out one account, you have to look through more than ten different entries in the account books. These entries also correspond to more than a dozen other entries. After two or three layers of nesting, let alone two dolls, even an old accountant like me would feel dizzy."

Wang Dean said with a smile: "Brother Li Jun is indeed a genius in calculation and planning. After doing the accounts for the past two years, I am really impressed by the structure of this account. Chief Accountant Xu is even more discerning and knows how to appoint the right people! Brother Li Jun is so young, and you dare to entrust such an important task to him. How can ordinary people have such courage?"

Xu Shouxian said, "Okay, stop flattering me. Let's talk about the specific arrangements for tomorrow."

When Wang De'an heard this, his face suddenly turned red.

Zhu Shicheng smiled and glanced at Wang De'an. Wang De'an was very honest, and the flattery was a little too obvious.

Xu Shouxian saw the expressions of both men. Zhu Shicheng didn't know that what Xu Shouxian valued was Wang De'an's honesty.

In the eyes of a controlling and suspicious leader, as long as you can complete the task assigned to you, the more honest and seemingly stupid you are, the more likely you are to be promoted and reused.

The next morning, Duan Rong went to Xiao Zongting's courtyard after breakfast, and then went to the accounting office in the backyard with Xiao Yu.

The two men walked into the hall of the accounting office in the backyard.

Xiao Yu was beautiful after all. As soon as she entered, the eyes of those apprentice accountants lit up immediately and they all looked at her.

At this moment, a young man stood up from a chair in the corner next to the hall door and said with a smile, "You two are here early."

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu immediately turned their heads to look at the man when they heard this. The man clasped his fists and said, "Follow me, both of you."

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu obviously didn't know this person. They rarely dealt with people in the accounting office. Duan Rong asked, "Where are you going?"

The man said, "General Manager Xu's account office has already made arrangements for the two of you to check the accounts. Deputy Accountant Wang De'an will be in touch with you. I will take you to see him now. If you need any cooperation, please feel free to ask him."

Duan Rong touched his nose. Although they were the ones checking the accounts and were personally appointed by the shopkeeper, he and Xiao Yu were only escorts, not even escort leaders.

Chief Accountant Xu really shouldn't have received the guests personally, and arranging for Deputy Chief Accountant Wang De'an to be the chief accountant was already a high standard and showed enough respect.

(End of this chapter)