Director Hao's "Little Liu" is not that little anymore, Xiaobai calls her Auntie Liu. She's over 40 years old with a chubby face and seems to have entered menopause. When she sees managers like Xiang Li, she smiles very sweetly, just like a young girl, but as soon as she turns around and meets ordinary employees who come to ask for things, her expression changes immediately, and she has a very bad temper, as if others owe her money. This Ms. Liu is in a very bad mood today, don't know if she had a fight with her husband or what. When Xiaobai came in smiling and called her Auntie Liu, she didn't even lift an eyebrow, and asked indifferently: "Isn't this Xiaobai? Why are you back again?"

  "I'm here to withdraw money, there's still a principal of mine in the welfare fund for employees of the money house, I want to take it out."

  Liu Ayi: "Do you know how much it is?" As she spoke, Xiao Bai felt that she was very annoyed in her heart, didn't know why she was annoyed, anyway she was very irritable, as if Xiao Bai shouldn't have come to disturb her.

  Bai Shaofeng: "I've only had sex once, and that month my salary was deducted by 15 yuan."

  Liu Ayi: "You're here to make me happy? Just for 15 bucks you're bothering me?"

  "I'm here to take my own money, whether you're happy or not doesn't matter."

  Bai Shaofeng's words were straightforward, and Liu Ayi was taken aback. She raised her head to educate this young man for a couple of sentences. However, she thought again that he had already been fired by the money house three months ago, and she couldn't move him even if she wanted to. She gave Xiao Bai a white eye, very impatiently pulled out her own wallet from her bag, pinched out a 10-yuan note and a 5-yuan note, and casually placed them on the table: "This little money is not worth the trouble of handling, just consider it my bad luck to give it to you directly."

  It's also about spending money, but the feeling she gave to Xiaobai was completely different from that of Old Wang and Director Hao. Xiaobai finally got a bit angry, saying in a low voice: "Aunt Liu, put your banknotes away! I'm here to collect money, not to beg for food. I know you're annoyed, but please do what you should be doing."

  Liu Ayi's small eyes glared, the horizontal muscles on her face twitched as she was about to get angry, but suddenly became calm. At this time, a middle-aged man in a white shirt walked into the human resources department and said something to another person in the office. Although the man didn't look over here, Xiaobai felt Liu Ayi's emotions change suddenly, becoming more cautious, although she didn't look that way but her attention was all focused on that direction.

  She stood up and walked to a metal cabinet beside her, opened the door, took out a file folder, pulled out one page and said to Xiaobai: "Bai Shaofeng, there is indeed a record, in June, you paid 15 yuan. It's been three months now, the exact amount of principal and interest needs to be checked at the personal finance center. Go downstairs and print a delivery note, then go to the financial department to sign and confirm. The personal finance center is downstairs, turn right, take this page with the registration form."

  Xiaobai felt her mood change quickly, and there was a very self-centered expression in her emotions. Xiaobai didn't want to pursue which nerve of hers wasn't normal either, so she took the paper and went downstairs. The things downstairs were handled very smoothly, because the person sitting at the counter was a young man who was very familiar with Xiaobai, also a university graduate who had entered the bank with him - Xiao Zhang.

  Xiao Zhang saw Xiao Bai from afar and greeted him. After hearing Xiao Bai's intention, he helped him with the procedures very quickly and quietly said: "Right, no matter how much money it is, you should ask them for it. Even if it's just one cent cheaper, you can't let the bank take advantage of you. Xiao Bai, I really admire you! ... Hmm? Congratulations to you, the welfare fund earnings for these three months are not bad, your fifteen yuan became sixteen yuan and eighty cents, and you earned an extra one yuan and eighty cents. ... Don't rush, just wait."

  Xiao Zhang's last words were to a group of elderly men and women queuing up at the counter for business, Xiao Bai only then realized that he had not noticed earlier when he greeted Xiao Zhang and directly cut in front of the queue. Xiao Zhang quickly finished the formalities, handed over the registration form and delivery query sheet to him, and Xiao Bai said thank you again before going upstairs for the second time.

  This time he went to the finance department to handle the withdrawal procedures. The internal management of the finance department is relatively strict, and all transactions, regardless of size, must be approved by Director Li. Director Li was newly transferred to this money house for rectification, and he didn't know Xiaobai. After listening to Xiaobai's explanation for a long time, he finally understood his intention. He took the two slips handed over by Xiaobai and looked at them for a long time.

  Xiaobai sensed that Director Li was very happy, so happy that he was lost in thought, and even forgot about Xiaobai in front of him. Xiaobai could guess what he was thinking because this Director Li was newly transferred, and his original unit may not have had such an employee welfare fund. The principal of 15 yuan with a return of 1.8 yuan after three months is quite good! He must be thinking that now that he's also participating in this fund, how much dividend will he get in the future?

  Bai Shaoliu coughed and interrupted Director Li's train of thought, saying: "Director Li, I'm here to collect the money."

  Minister Li seemed a bit unhappy, his mind was still on the beauty of being interrupted by Xiaobai, he raised his head and started speaking in an official tone: "Xiaobai, you also know that the welfare fund investment and dividend distribution have a strict plan, all capital inflows and outflows need to be notified in advance. Otherwise, it will affect the configuration of investment varieties and positions, and ultimately affect the overall return..."

  "Sixteen pieces of eight, does it matter? Don't even have this little cash position? Won't need to sell any fund or stock?" Xiaobai interrupted Director Li again, he felt that Director Li wasn't intentionally doing so, it's just his speaking habit.

  Minister Li was taken aback for a moment, then reacted and smiled: "Is it 16.8 yuan? You're quite serious! ... Just take it directly from me, there's no need to go through these formalities." As he spoke, he also reached for his wallet.

  "Director Li, you're not the first person I've had to pay. I'm not here asking for money from you, I'm here asking for my own money."

  Director Li was somewhat impatient: "Xiaobai, you don't understand the internal regulations of Qianzhuang. Withdrawing funds from the foundation requires Xiaoli's signature. For this small matter to bother Xiaoli, it would seem that we are incapable of handling things, so don't make things difficult for me."

  Bai Shaoliu: "How can you say I'm making things difficult for you? It's the money shop that owes me money, not the other way around. Since they have rules, let's just follow them. If you don't go with me to find Xiang Li, I'll go myself, I know where his office is."

  Minister Li only then noticed Little White, his gaze had a scrutinizing meaning, and after another moment he said: "Don't be in a hurry, I'll first call the Xiangli room to see if Director Zhao has any guests." Then he picked up the internal phone on the desk, dialed a number, and spoke softly with a smile: "Hello, is this Director Zhao? This is Finance Old Li. There was an employee at Qianzhuang named Bai Shaoliu who came to apply for the return of his employee welfare fund principal... What? Uh-huh, uh-huh, I know."

  Director Li put down the phone and looked at Xiaobai with some surprise: "Zhao Xiangli knows about your matter, he wants you to go there yourself. ... This is a withdrawal application form, take it over and don't forget to get Xiangli's signature. Xiangli's office is opposite the original office, and the door has the branch manager's sign."

  Xiang Li: "How did 'xiang li' become 'fen hang'?"

  Minister Li: "This is an internal management improvement in accordance with international conventions. Not only will the branch manager be changed to a branch president, but even the money houses are preparing to change their name to banks. The signboards will be replaced soon... Hurry up and go, Zhao Xiangli is waiting for you."

  Xiao Bai took the list and went out, and indeed found an office with a sign that read "Branch Manager" in the corridor. He knocked on the door, and a voice inside called out "Come in!" As he pushed open the door, Bai Shaofeng was slightly surprised to see that the newly transferred Zhao Xiangli was the one sitting there, the same man he had seen earlier walking into the Human Resources department. Now he somewhat understood why Liu Ayi's work attitude had become so good - it was all for show in front of the leader.

  "Are you Xiao Bai? After today, you will be famous in our money house. All this fuss for 16 dollars and 80 cents! Please sit down!" Zhao Xiangli was very polite and courteous. He knew that putting on airs in front of Xiao Bai would be useless, as he was no longer his subordinate. Moreover, it wasn't worth making things difficult for him over such a small amount of money. These little whites also saw through this and couldn't help but think of an old saying - "Yan Wang is easy to see, but the little ghosts are hard to deal with."

  "Zhao Xiangli, sign this receipt for me. I think I can finally get back my 16.8 yuan."

  Zhao Xiang signed his name with a flourish, and said to Xiao Bai: "I know all about your process of asking for money today. People as straightforward as you are really rare. Maybe the money house's loss is that they lost a talent like you. Your personality is most suitable for working in the clearing department. For now, we can't make you an official employee, but you can start by signing a temporary contract and we'll figure out how to make it official later... what do you think of my proposal?"

  Bai Shaofeng's mind was racing with thoughts, and it was clear that Zhao Xiangli wanted him to return to the money shop to work. On the surface, it seemed like a good thing, but he had originally been a formal employee, and now he would have to become a temporary contract worker, which felt like a great favor. It was like when he came to retrieve his original sixteen dollars and eighty cents today, the process had been intentionally made difficult. He didn't want to accept this proposal, at least not immediately, because it would make him feel very uncomfortable.

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  Have you guys read "Xiao Yu"'s "Mediocre Doctor"? The author's new pen name "Zhang Junbao" has a new book "Super Teacher", please pay attention. Also, thank you to Xiao Bao brother for the recommendation!

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