Chapter 1711: Severe Punishment Without Leniency

Xu Hongxing has always been someone who clearly separates the personal from the professional, and she is extremely wary of bringing familial relationships into work.

Because in the early days of the company she founded, shareholders often brought all their distant relatives into the company, causing chaos.

It was through Xu Hongxing’s extensive restructuring efforts that the company slowly got on the right path.

Since that incident, he swore to himself that he would never let the relatives of the higher-ups manipulate the company.

Because once anything involves family ties, it becomes less straightforward.

Especially for listed companies like theirs, many people are keeping a close eye on them.

If they encounter any issues at any stage, these people would pounce like madmen.

Zhang Defa knows that what they do is in the household services industry.

In this business, reputation is more important than anything, and the company’s reputation is paramount.

He has been cautious all these years, trying his best to maintain the company’s reputation, not wanting the company to return to its state from many years ago.

He has founded Red Star Group for 20 years, and what storms hasn’t he weathered in these 20 years?

It is precisely because of these 20 years that he appreciates the hard-won success more.

In these 20 years, Xu Hongxing doesn’t know how much time he has spent working day in and day out.

He even sees everything the company has now as everything for him, and he absolutely cannot let the company be ruined in his hands.

Moreover, the company now has thousands of employees, each with their own family, with young children waiting to be fed; they need to support their family, they need to survive in society.

Xu Hongxing is a conscientious entrepreneur who understands the responsibility on his shoulders, knowing that everything he has is brought to him by thousands of employees.

What he can do is provide a stable position for employees and a company that shelters them from the storm.

The reason Xu Hongxing arranged for every new employee to undergo company training is to help them avoid making many detours.

After all, there are many household service companies out there that trick newcomers into paying training fees under the guise of household services.

These people are either recent graduates or people who have entered middle age.

They don’t have much money, and once deceived by these scammers, they quickly lose confidence in life.

Additionally, when Xu Hongxing was young, he went through similar situations, and he had long resolved to prevent such things from happening again.

This is the reason he has arranged for so many supervisors.

The responsibility of the supervisors is to prevent such incidents from occurring, providing many people with safe assurance.

The recruiting standards for their company are already very low; as long as there are no major criminal cases, one can basically join their company.

Moreover, once formally employed, there is essentially no difference in treatment compared to veteran employees.

Xu Hongxing is both angry and helpless at this moment, realizing that Zhang Defa has been with him for over ten years.

However, such an incident cannot be forgiven lightly, or else the rules he has set in the company would only become a laughing stock.

Xu Hongxing is even more certain that he must punish Zhang Defa severely for this matter.

He needs to warn everyone in the company — if they breach company rules, they will end up like Zhang Defa.

"Old Zhang, you’ve been with me for so many years, you should know my temperament. In this situation, I actually find it difficult. But since you’ve done such a thing, you should have this awareness. I won’t make it hard for you. Go to the personnel department and submit your resignation, and I will approve it immediately. I will let go of what you’ve done in the past, but from today onwards, there will be no Zhang Defa in Red Star Group."

This is already the best Xu Hongxing can do, considering Zhang Defa has been with him for so long.

At this point, Zhang Defa is filled with regret; he’s truly lost big over peanuts.

He has worked hard at Red Star Group for most of his life, but did not expect it would ultimately be ruined in his own hands.

Xu Ke turns a blind eye to everything that happened; it doesn’t concern him, and he has already achieved his goal.

For someone like Zhang Defa, this outcome is fairly lenient.

If it were Xu Ke, he definitely wouldn’t have let Zhang Defa off easily.

At the very least, he would have taken him to court to let the law punish the greedy person.

At this moment, Xu Hongxing slowly looks over at Xu Ke, as if asking whether Xu Ke is satisfied with this outcome.

"Mr. Xu, this is your family matter, and I shouldn’t get involved. I just happened to stumble upon this today, but under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t care. But Little Apple truly is a good girl, and I couldn’t bear to see her bullied like this, so I decided impulsively for her, please forgive me, Mr. Xu."

Upon hearing Xu Ke’s words, Xu Hongxing became anxious, thinking that Xu Ke was blaming him.

"Mr. Xu, I deeply apologize for what happened. If you still feel dissatisfied, I can intensify the punishment."

Xu Ke paused, then realized that Xu Hongxing had misunderstood him.

"Mr. Xu, you misunderstood. Actually, what I meant is that employees like this are present in every company. However, as managers, we do our best to eliminate the visible trash, and we have no way of addressing the unseen. I hope you would give more important roles to employees like Little Apple in the future, as they are the backbone of the company."

Xu Ke believes that Little Apple is an excellent girl, and having met her, he decided to help her.

After hearing Xu Ke’s words, Xu Hongxing understood as well.

"Little Apple, the position of director of the logistics department is now vacant in the company. I believe you can fulfill this role. Starting today, you are the director of the logistics department."

Little Apple is still immersed in shock; upon hearing Xu Hongxing’s words, he is too surprised to speak.

For his small mind, it’s overwhelming to accept so much information at once; today’s events are enough for him to recall for a lifetime.

Seeing Little Apple still standing blankly, Xu Ke gently nudges him with his hand.

"What are you standing around for? Hurry up and thank Mr. Xu."

Upon hearing Xu Ke’s reminder, Little Apple finally reacts.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. Thank you, Mr. Xu. I will certainly work hard in the future."

Little Apple feels like he’s dreaming; everything before him seems unreal.

Clearly, in the morning, he was just a supervisor whose job was on the verge of being lost, but unexpectedly by the afternoon, he had become the director of the logistics department.

Although he doesn’t yet know what kind of tasks the logistics department primarily handles, he knows it is part of the company’s senior management, with surely a very high salary.

He knows that what he has now is all thanks to Xu Ke.

It was precisely because he met Xu Ke today that his fate took such a turn.