Chapter 845: Scamming Two Truckloads of White Lime

Seeing Bai Zhihong looking at him with a face full of displeasure, Wang An said with a half-smile

"Director Bai, the fact that I'm sitting here proves that I can't be bothered to deal with you people. You'd better rein in that shitty attitude of yours. Once I'm done speaking, if you're still like this, I'll turn around and leave, and we can forget about chatting."

To be honest, Wang An hated people who put on airs with him, because such people easily made him angry, and anger easily affected his mood.

Mainly, when a person is in a bad mood, their brain isn't actually clear, and their judgment drops linearly.

And once that happens, it's easy to make mistakes. If the mistake is a bit too big and he can't fucking handle it in the end...

Holy shit! Wouldn't he end up behind bars?

He had already spent time behind bars before his rebirth; now that he had finally been reborn, he couldn't fucking end up behind bars again, could he?

Therefore, Wang An had to nip everything that made him feel bad in the bud.

Fortunately, as the director of the cement plant, Bai Zhihong was capable of understanding human speech and knew how to see the bigger picture. After Wang An finished speaking, Bai Zhihong took a deep breath.

Immediately following that, Bai Zhihong forced a sliver of a smile and said

"Fine, we'll do it your way, little brother."

It was clear that although he was stifled with rage, Bai Zhihong was also tired of haggling with Wang An. Mainly, if things actually developed the way Wang An suggested, Bai Zhihong would truly be losing more than he gained.

One must realize that no matter the time, there is never a shortage of people wanting to climb the ladder. Once one person goes down, there is absolutely a whole crowd of people eyeing that position.

However, after Bai Zhihong finished speaking, Wang An asked with a look of utter surprise

"I said? What did I say? I didn't say anything."

Truth be told, with Wang An acting this way—playing both sides—anyone who saw it would want to give him a slap in the face.

After Wang An spoke, Bai Zhihong's lips twitched several times. He took another deep breath and continued to force a smile

"Right, right, right, look at my memory. To express the cement plant's apologies, the plant won't charge for these 8 tons of white lime. I'll pay for it out of my own pocket, hahahaha..."

It had to be admitted that no one who could become a plant director was a simple character.

The way Bai Zhihong phrased this could absolutely be described as "beautiful."

Because this way, not only could he satisfy Wang An, but more importantly, even if the pricing issue actually leaked later, Bai Zhihong's current actions could be seen as making up for his faults.

Specifically, the words "pay out of my own pocket" carried the highest value, although Wang An was certain that Bai Zhihong would absolutely not do such a thing.

After hearing this, although Wang An didn't have a single kind word for him in his heart, he said with a beaming smile

"Director Bai, you are truly generous. You are absolutely a selfless, great director!"

Despite knowing that Wang An was talking complete bullshit, Bai Zhihong still put on an act of being very flattered and said

"Sigh, it can't be helped. When the subordinates do something wrong, I, as the director, must certainly take responsibility. At the very least, I must set a leading example!"

The employees present couldn't help but lower their heads upon hearing this.

However, from their expressions before they looked down, it wasn't hard to see that they were genuinely embarrassed to death by their director's words.

Hearing this, Wang An couldn't help but suck in his teeth.

He had to admit, if there were a "Who Has the Thickest Skin" competition, if the Bai Zhihong in front of him claimed to be second, even Wang An wouldn't dare call himself first.

This Bai Zhihong's skin was fucking too thick!

Fortunately, Wang An had achieved his goal, and there was really no need to keep arguing.

Thus, after pondering for a moment, Wang An said

"Alright then, let's do as Director Bai says."

Pausing for a moment, Wang An smiled and patted the accountant who was still sitting on the ground

"Get up, big brother. Director Bai has spoken. Please trouble yourself to write the slip for me."

As he spoke, Wang An proactively helped the accountant up.

Hearing this, the accountant immediately stood up from the ground and scurried off to write the slip for Wang An.

It was clear that after that beating, the accountant was truly terrified of Wang An.

Soon, the accountant finished the slip and greeted everyone with a smile. Wang An then led Wang Li out of the office.

At this moment, Wang An was like a completely different person from before; there was no trace of the domineering brute he had been.

It had to be said that as long as a person's needs are met, they will always be smiling.

Only after walking quite a distance from the office did Wang Li look at Wang An with admiration and say

"Fourth Brother, you're too badass. You straight-up extorted two truckloads of white lime from the cement plant. I saw that after the director was extorted by you, he actually seemed pretty happy."

Hearing this, Wang An gave Wang Li an annoyed glare and said

"I've realized you really don't know how to speak. How is that called 'extorting'? Come on, tell me, what exactly does the word 'extort' mean?"

Wang Li, who had been very excited, immediately dropped his smile upon hearing this. He scratched his head and said with a face full of confusion

"Then Fourth Brother, if you aren't 'extorting' them, what is this? They sold it at a high price, so shouldn't they just refund the extra money to you and be done with it? But then you asked them for nearly 7 more tons of white lime; isn't that extorting?"

It had to be admitted that people of this era were truly fucking honest. When dealing with the government or official entities, they always held the mindset that not losing money was already a win; if they did lose out, they just accepted it as bad luck.

Consequently, after hearing Wang Li's flawed logic, Wang An glared at him again.

Then, Wang An said

"This situation isn't called extorting; it's called compensation. Let me ask you, the prices are standardized, so why do they think they can sell at a high price just because they want to? And whose pockets did that extra money go into?"

Seeing Wang Li blinking blankly without speaking, Wang An continued

"Calculate it again. We just got our money back, but all those other people who bought cement didn't get their money back. If you add all that together, how huge of a sum would that be?"

"If me asking for two truckloads of white lime is called extorting, then what do you call their behavior?"

Seeing Wang Li's eyes gradually clear, just as Wang An was about to praise him, he heard Wang Li say something completely irrelevant

"Fourth Brother, about those two truckloads of white lime you extorted... they wouldn't be giving you the money they scammed from other people, would they?"

Hearing this, Wang An was instantly speechless.

Although what Wang Li said was indeed correct, was that what they were discussing right now? Mainly, why the hell couldn't he get over the word "extort"?

Coming to his senses, Wang An couldn't help but curse

"So I've been rambling for half a day, and you didn't fucking hear a word?"

(End of Chapter)