Chapter 233: Punishment and private gifts

'Comrade policeman, you've made a mistake. It was them, An Guo Securities. It was Sun Manager, the one you arrested, who was trading stocks for the valet, not me!'

Xiaohu looked at the handcuffs on his wrists in disbelief and explained to the police officer that he was completely confused at this point, his mind a blank. He simply didn't understand the situation. Didn't the police call be about catching people who trade stocks on behalf of others? Why are the handcuffs now on his own hands?

'You haven't read the latest regulations on the securities market issued by the municipal government, have you? Stock trading on behalf of others is a serious disruption of the securities market, and both parties involved in stock trading on behalf of others are subject to administrative penalties. You are the party requesting stock trading on behalf of others, so please come with us.'

After hearing the words of the police officer, Manager Sun over there immediately shouted happily, 'That's right, police comrade, he should be arrested as well. It was this guy who deliberately asked me to trade stocks on his behalf, and then deliberately came over to find trouble. Such an asshole definitely cannot be let off!'

'Don't worry, our police station will not wrong a single good person, and we will not let go of any suspect who has broken the law,' the police officer said.

Xiao Hu immediately became anxious when he heard the police officer say this, and blurted out, 'Comrade policeman, that's not true. I haven't broken the law. Jiang Chunhua asked me to do it!'

As soon as he said this, Xiaohu immediately shut up, but it was too late, everyone had focused their attention on him, and the police immediately turned to him and asked, 'You just said that someone instructed you to speculate in the stock market for them? As long as you can testify against someone, your punishment can be reduced as appropriate.'

Facing so many cameras, Xiaohu also understood that he could not hide anymore. Coupled with what the police had said, he gritted his teeth and said, 'Comrade policeman, it was that Jiang Chunhua over there who instructed me to speculate in the stock market for him!'

With Xiaohu's words, everyone's attention shifted back to Jiang Chunhua, who immediately said, 'You're slandering me. I don't even know you, so why are you saying it was me?'

'Why isn't it you? It was you who gave me 10,000 yuan to come here and deliberately find the account manager here to speculate for you,' Xiaohu said. He had now made up his mind, so he dared to say anything, 'The economic situation of my family is clear to you police officers if you check. If he hadn't given me the money, I would have had to sell the family home to come up with 10,000 yuan!'

'You're full of shit! I didn't have any!' Jiang Chunhua was still arguing, "Comrade policeman, you mustn't listen to his nonsense, it's all lies!'

But the police officer ignored him and continued to ask Xiaohu, "Comrade, did he tell you why he did it?'

'He said he was just trying to discredit this Anguo Securities Company and cause trouble for it,' Xiaohu said.

'No, that's not what happened. I don't know anything about it. I didn't order it at all. He's just slandering me. He's just being arrested and randomly accusing people in the hope of reducing his own guilt. It has nothing to do with me. Comrade policeman, you have to believe me!'

Jiang Chunhua desperately tried to explain, but no one was listening to him at this point. The police took him away in handcuffs. Even the people who had been cheering with him just now were all pointing at him. The reporters on the scene all aimed their cameras at Jiang Chunhua one after the other, wanting to record this very dramatic moment.

'Comrade police officer, thank you very much for promptly responding to the call and helping me take away these people who are disrupting the order,' Zhou Ming said to the police officer.

The police officer saluted Zhou Ming and left with a word of 'serving the people', and then took Jiang Chunhua, Xiaohu and Manager Sun away from An Guo Securities Company.

After they had all left, Zhou Ming stepped forward and said to the media and all the onlookers, 'As you can see, today was a farce they directed themselves, so please don't take it to heart. Our An Guo Securities Company is currently the only certified securities company, and everyone who wants to open an account can come to us, and we will have the most professional account managers here to guide you in stock trading.'

After saying this, Zhou Ming paused for a moment and then continued, 'However, please be aware that it is illegal to trade stocks on behalf of others, and you will be arrested. Our account managers can only provide advice, but the final decision still needs to be made by you.'

In response to Zhou Ming's speech, everyone raised their hands and applauded. Zhou Ming then told Li Hong to settle all the reporters.

Li Hong understood that Zhou Ming was doing this because he didn't want today's events reported, even if they had finally won. After all, some things, whether right or wrong, will affect reputation if they get out, not to mention that their manager Sun had indeed been taken away for stock trading on behalf of clients.

So Li Hong immediately took a few secretarial staff and ushered the reporters to sit on one side, while Zhou Ming said a few more words to everyone, telling them to think carefully before opening an account, that there were risks in the stock market and they should be cautious when entering the market, and then he took Li Yang and the others back to the meeting room.

Back in the meeting room, Li Yang took the lead in applauding Zhou Ming. He applauded while happily saying, 'Teacher, you are amazing, a few words were enough to turn the situation around and send them all to the police station!'

Li Yang was really excited. He still remembered at the beginning, Jiang Chunhua and Xiaohu had constantly manipulated the situation by making accusations and slanders, and even all the onlookers had stood on their side, opposing An Guo Securities Company regardless of right and wrong. He was so angry that he stepped forward to explain, but Jiang Chunhua instead escalated even further, slandering him for distorting the facts.

At that moment, Li Yang really felt very aggrieved and desperate. He felt that Jiang Chunhua had gone to great lengths to set this up, just waiting for him to jump in. No matter how hard he struggled, he was always within the boundaries that Jiang had set. It wasn't until Zhou Ming stepped forward that he was able to send Jiang Chunhua and Xiaohu, the two people he hated so much that he wanted to bite their teeth in, to the police station with just a few simple words.

Originally, Li Yang admired Zhou Ming very much, thinking that his teacher was extraordinary and could always work miracles. But now he realised that he still didn't know enough about his teacher.

Zhou Ming motioned for everyone to be quiet and then said, 'If I were you, I wouldn't be happy at this time, because I don't think today's events are worth being happy about. Instead, we should reflect on them.'

'Why?' Zhou Ming asked himself, "Perhaps what you see is that Jiang Chunhua deliberately came to find fault with us, and he even used his brain to deliberately attract our attention by coming out himself, and then let Xiaohu engage in stock trading on behalf of customers. It was a trick of his to divert attention from the real issue. But what I see are the problems within ourselves.'

Zhou Ming deliberately looked around and deliberately asked them in return, "Isn't that so? Think about it. If it weren't for our internal management problems, if we weren't so lax in our requirements for account managers, and if each of our account managers had strictly followed the company's rules and regulations, how could there have been any stock trading on behalf of clients?'

At the sound of Zhou Ming's words, everyone lowered their heads, because Zhou Ming had hit the nail on the head, and they felt extremely ashamed. Zhou Ming then said, 'The account managers are under the management of the lobby, and Li Yang, you are the lobby manager, so you must bear the leadership responsibility for this matter.'

Named by Zhou Ming, Li Yang immediately stood up and said, 'Teacher, I'm very sorry. I haven't done my job properly. I didn't discover in time that there was such a customer manager in my team, which has led to today's situation. I'm willing to be punished.'

Zhou Ming was very satisfied with Li Yang's attitude. He nodded and said, 'Manager Li, your attitude in admitting your mistake is very good. Then, according to the company's disciplinary regulations, your punishment can be reduced at your discretion. How about this: starting today and until the end of your internship, all of your wages for working here will be deducted, and your bonus will be halved.'

Hearing this punishment, everyone took a cold breath. The reason was that Li Yang's punishment was not because his salary was deducted. In fact, Li Yang was only interning here, and his salary was not high. However, it was very painful to deduct his bonus, which was tens of thousands of dollars! In some poor places, it was the income of most of their lives. Now Zhou Ming said that the bonus would be deducted.

However, Li Yang himself did not have any objections. He just bowed deeply to Zhou Ming and didn't say anything more.

I'm afraid it's that Li Yang, the student, doesn't know how much this bonus is. I'm afraid he, the student, has no concept of so much money, right?

Many people thought this in their minds, but no one really said anything, because although Li Yang was young, he really was capable, otherwise he would not have been selected for the finance class. During his time at An Guo Securities, he had also impressed everyone.

After the meeting, Zhou Ming asked everyone to leave first, leaving Li Yang in the meeting room. Zhou Ming asked him, 'Today I deducted your salary and half of your bonus. You must have strong opinions, right?'

Li Yang shook his head and said, 'Teacher, I don't have any complaints. I originally only came here to intern, and I didn't expect to get paid much. Not to mention that now something like this has happened. Not only did I not help you, but because I didn't do my job properly, I caused you such a big problem. You still gave me half of my bonus. I'm already very grateful.'

Zhou Ming smiled and gave Su Han, who was sitting next to him, a wink. Su Han understood and took 50,000 yuan from her bag and gave it to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming took the money and put it in front of Li Yang. Li Yang wanted to refuse, but heard Zhou Ming say, 'This is for you. In front of everyone, I had to deduct your salary and bonus. That was for the system. Now I'm giving you this money for your fairness. I'm giving it to you personally. As long as you continue to work hard in the future, you must prevent the recurrence of such incidents.'

Li Yang was so touched by Zhou Ming that he took the money. He stood up and bowed deeply to Zhou Ming, saying, 'Thank you, teacher. I promise you with my life that this will never happen again!'