What's that noise?" the director demanded, his face grim. "What's going on downstairs? Who's shouting like that?"
Whoosh...
An employee ran up, looking panicked, and said, "Manager... something's happened... you'd better go down and check it out."
Director: "What happened?"
Employee: "A large group of people came downstairs, demanding that we return their down payment..."
What?
The director's expression changed drastically as he went downstairs. At the same time, Yu Lin and Da Mei, the couple, also changed their expressions drastically as they went downstairs.
I just came downstairs.
They saw hundreds of people standing densely packed at the entrance of the headquarters, shouting:
"Give us back our down payment...we want our down payment back..."
"No wonder my case hasn't been completed after almost three months; it turns out you've already lost all my money..."
"I don't care! You have to give me the down payment today... or I'll sue You Real Estate for fraud..."
...
Director: ∑(O_O;)
Yu Lin, Da Mei: (=ﾟДﾟ=)δ(´д｀; )
...
Yu Lin: "What's going on...?"
Da Mei: "What's going on? Haven't you realized yet? The information looks very real... I told you... if we had just held on a little longer, maybe they would have given us the down payment... Now..."
...
broken!
The director's heart skipped a beat.
He also saw some posts about You Real Estate yesterday, but didn't pay much attention to them, just treating them as a bit of fun.
As the director, he was aware of the company's situation. Although he did indeed divert customers' down payments, only half of it was used to invest in projects. He didn't know whether the investment projects were profitable or not, but the other half was used for lending. That part of the business was very lucrative; they were involved in usury.
This is why Chen Yu, the CEO of You Real Estate, can afford to drive luxury cars and live in luxury homes thanks to his real estate business.
He was a little angry when he heard that someone wanted the down payment when he arrived today, but now he is a little panicked when he sees hundreds of people densely packed in front of him. This is basically half of their customer base. It will be difficult to deal with so many people causing trouble.
The supervisor whispered to the employee next to him, "Go! Call the people from the audit department! Tell them someone's causing trouble! Quickly..."
immediately.
He appeared loudly before the crowd of shouters:
"Everyone! Quiet...quiet..."
"Let's talk this out... let's talk this out... I'm the director of You Real Estate, I'll resolve whatever the issue is for you."
now.
Everyone shouted at him:
"We need the down payment!"
"Yes! Give us their down payment... Everyone says your CEO Chen has run off with the money... Give us back our hard-earned money..."
"My application has been pending for almost six months and it's still not finished. I was wondering why they kept telling me this wasn't up to standard and that wasn't up to standard. I thought it was really my problem, but it turns out it's because they're out of money..."
"Give us the money...give us the down payment..."
...
"Calm down! Calm down!"
The manager shouted, "Who told you all this? This is utter nonsense! How could You Real Estate run away? You Real Estate is the leading real estate agency in Songjiang... How could we possibly be short of your small down payment? We are a legitimate agency! We follow all the proper procedures... Don't believe that information online..."
"Those are all fake...rumors..."
"Don't believe it..."
.....
"How can we not believe it? The rumors online are so detailed... Since you haven't done anything with our down payment, why not just give us the money to keep for ourselves..."
"Giving the money to a bank for supervision is fine... but it can't be kept in your intermediary's hands..."
"We don't believe you. Let Mr. Chen come out... We want to see Mr. Chen..."
Director: "President Chen is sick...he's not at headquarters!"
Are you sick?
What a coincidence!
Someone shouted, "Don't believe him! What do you mean she's sick? She's either been sick earlier or later, I think she's just running away..."
These words were spoken.
The crowd, enraged, shouted loudly again.
The director desperately tried to explain, "I really didn't lie to you! Really? I even spoke with General Manager Chen on the phone yesterday! She's in Songjiang! How could she run away? Where would she run to..."
"Are they really going to abandon such a large company? Hundreds of stores, thousands of employees...?"
"Everything online is a rumor..."
"I swear your worries are unnecessary... really..."
.....
The crowd barely calmed down after the director's desperate explanation, but just then the inspection department arrived.
A group of vagrants, resembling local thugs, arrived and shouted at the hundreds of people causing trouble:
"What are you all doing...? Who dares to cause trouble here...? Do you even know where you are...?"
"Get out of the way... You're causing a disturbance here, do you know that?... I'm talking to you, step back..."
These thugs were quite intimidating, immediately intimidating most people. They were just ordinary folks, how could they not be afraid of these thugs?
Director: "Everyone, please disperse! It's really nothing... There's no point in you making a scene like this. In a couple of days, once our General Manager Chen recovers, I'll have her explain things to you personally... As for the down payment issue you mentioned, we'll report to General Manager Chen immediately and guarantee a satisfactory solution, ensuring you don't suffer any financial loss..."
"I promise..."
"Your continued causing trouble here won't achieve anything and will only harm our business. We have the right to sue you, and you'll need to compensate us..."
"We lose at least a million or two hundred thousand a day, and each of you will lose several thousand yuan."
Hearing his assurances and the threat of money, coupled with the intimidation from the inspection department personnel, many people suddenly hesitated, as they were reluctant to part with the several thousand yuan in compensation.
However! Someone in the crowd shouted again, "Don't believe them...it's fake...they just want to trick us...by the time we leave and come back, the entire You Real Estate complex will be deserted..."
"They're swindlers. Boss Chen has definitely run away... If we don't fight for it now, we won't have a single penny left..."
These words were spoken.
The once quiet crowd was ignited once again.
Thugs and hooligans are scary!
But losing everything is even more terrifying!
Besides, they have the numbers and the power now!
A large crowd shouted and even rushed into the headquarters, attracting a large number of onlookers nearby. The personnel of the inspection department were powerless to do anything about the situation.
In a short time.
The entire headquarters of You Real Estate was in complete chaos!
.....
at the same time.
Not only the headquarters of You Real Estate, but also the headquarters of Huiri and Daye Real Estate are facing the same situation...
The sky has fallen for real estate agencies in Songjiang!