Manager Chen couldn't figure it out. When he left the warehouse, he had changed the password, so how did someone manage to leave the warehouse? There was no way they could have cracked such a sophisticated password system...
But if there was no one there, then what about the recorded audio in the warehouse? Could there really be a bug in the warehouse?
Did the warehouse manager betray them?!
"Hening, go and bring the warehouse manager here," Qingyan's words made the three people present even more anxious.
The onlookers outside the office were all shocked. Could even the warehouse manager be involved?!
Oh my, how did the company's management become such a mess?!
No wonder the company hasn't made any progress in a year!
It turns out there are so many parasites, sucking the company dry...
The warehouse manager appeared to be in her early twenties, wearing large black-framed glasses, looking gentle and quiet, not at all like someone who would conspire with others.
When summoned by Hening, she knew the truth couldn't be concealed any longer. Her voice trembled, with a touch of crying, as she weakly called out, "General Qing... Qingyan."
Even though she was older than Qingyan, she still felt intimidated by Qingyan's presence and dared not meet her gaze.
Qingyan looked at the four people before her, her slender fingers tapping lightly on the table, intermittently, "Oh, right, there's one more missing. Go and fetch the head of the procurement department."
The onlookers outside were truly shocked, even the head of the procurement department was involved...
Are there any decent people left in this management?
Once everyone had gathered, Qingyan spoke nonchalantly, "Now that we're all here, tell me how you all collaborated."
"General Qing..." Manager Chen was already frightened and at a loss for words.
The head of the procurement department hastily said, "General Qing, I have nothing to do with all this..."
"General Qing, I know nothing," the warehouse manager also defended herself through clenched teeth.
The team leader from Line 4 knew it was pointless to argue now that things had come this far, so he simply lowered his head and remained silent.
"Well, since no one is talking..." Qingyan wasn't in a hurry either, her lazy gaze falling upon the people before her. "Then I'll have to make my own guesses."
The group fell into an uneasy silence.
"I've reviewed the company's procurement orders, and the purchase prices for each fabric are similar to the market prices. However, those in the industry know that if you establish long-term partnerships with fabric suppliers, the prices can be negotiated down."
"For example, a regular 100-meter long cotton fabric typically costs around 1,300 yuan. If we establish a long-term partnership, we could bring the price down to 800 yuan."
"But the head of the procurement department has been purchasing at a price of 1,500 yuan. Logically, with a fabric length of 100 meters, we should be able to produce at least seventy to eighty pieces. However, during the inventory check, we only found twenty to thirty pieces remaining."
"Miss Qing, you're not aware..." Before Qing Yan could finish, the head of the procurement department hurriedly explained, "The design department consists of young people who incorporate numerous elements into their new designs. It's complicated and troublesome, resulting in considerable fabric wastage... It's mainly due to the production process, not a personal issue on my part."
"But if the piece-rate workers on the production line actually produced seventy to eighty new items and only twenty to thirty were recorded in the inventory, how could they agree to that? Their wages are based on piece-rate calculations."
The difference between seventy to eighty pieces and twenty to thirty pieces is approximately fifty pieces!
"Well, what if those extra fifty pieces were sold to other places, and the profit was shared among everyone?" Qing Yan casually remarked, "What if your agreement with the fabric supplier was 800 yuan per 100 meters, but it was recorded as 1,500 yuan?"
"Miss Qing! You can't make unfounded accusations. My loyalty to the company is unquestionable..."
Qing Yan lightly tapped her slender fingers on the computer and then turned the screen towards him.
"You have partnered with three fabric suppliers, and they transfer money to your personal account at different times each month. If it's not kickbacks, can you explain the reason for this?"
The head of the procurement department never expected her to uncover this. He was utterly stunned, how could she know about that?
"There are issues with the procurement amount, procurement quantity, and procurement quality..." Qing Yan's gaze fell upon the quiet and demure girl in front of her. "There are problems with the inventory and the outgoing stock... Now, it's your turn to explain."
The warehouse manager was terrified and stuttered, "Miss Qing, I... I didn't..."
"I restored the company's surveillance footage and checked the surveillance at nearby courier stations."
Qingyan's slender fingers lightly tapped the keyboard, and numerous surveillance screens appeared on the computer screen, densely packed and catching everyone's attention.
"The records show that you've taken the goods from the warehouse to nearby delivery points over three hundred times. You have multiple phone numbers, and the real-name authentication matches your name. You've sent out over three hundred packages in total."
"Qing, I... I..." Faced with the irrefutable evidence captured on the surveillance footage, the warehouse manager's face drained of color, and he felt a chilling sensation throughout his body.
"After you finished work yesterday, you took the packages to the delivery point. They hadn't been sent out yet. The recipient's information was on them. He Ning called the recipient, and she said she placed the order on a website called 'Dawn Fashion Authentic Purchasing.'"
"I found this store as well. It has been in existence for eleven months, which means that in the second month of our company's opening, you opened an online store and started selling the company's products there."
"You did all of this without the company's consent or authorization."
"For customers who ordered a small quantity, you sent the packages after work. For those who ordered a large quantity, you shipped directly from the warehouse, arranging for the delivery person to pick them up. The number of times the delivery person came to our office alone exceeds two hundred."
"Each item was sold for a hundred or two hundred less than the market price..."
The warehouse manager was so frightened that his whole body weakened, unable to stand properly, trembling uncontrollably.
Qingyan's gaze shifted to the other three individuals, and she spoke with conviction and determination, "Not only did you take the company's high-quality products and sell them, but you also secretly produced low-quality clothes with inferior fabric, attached the company's labels to them, and sold them elsewhere, tarnishing the company's reputation! Am I right?"
The five people never expected her to uncover everything to this extent. It was no longer just her speculation!
The evidence was as solid as a mountain, presented right in front of them!
The five individuals paled in fear, sweat forming on their foreheads, unsure of how to explain everything.
"Before I call the police, do any of you have something to say?" Qingyan's gaze swept over each of them, waiting for their response.
Unable to bear the pressure, Wang Bang, the leader of Line Four, broke down first, confessing, "It was Hu Zong who forced us to do this. Either we worked with him or we had to leave. We had no choice!"
"Yeah!" The leader of Line Five also spoke up, "We owed too much money, and we made a foolish mistake in the heat of the moment..."