The Fourth Financial Crisis

While Yang Lu was "paying the price" to Tian Beixi, the Qingyun Sect, which was not far from the Wuliang Mountains and was dominated by monks from the Transcendental Sect, also held a seemingly inconspicuous but far-reaching event. Sect financial meeting.

Compared with the previous financial meeting held by the Shanying Sect, the atmosphere of the current meeting held by the Qingyun Sect was even more serious. The elders summoned by Xia Qingyang, the head of the Qingyun Sect, all had solemn expressions, as if they were attending the meeting. It's not a financial meeting, but a memorial service for the head of the family.

In particular, Elder Huang Huaicai, the leader of the Duzhi Hall who was in charge of the Qingyun Sect's finances, always had a gloomy face, and like a god of plague, no one dared to approach him.

Ever since he heard that his sect leader suddenly held a high-level meeting without communicating with him beforehand, Elder Huang had already realized that he might be in big trouble this time, so he just waited expressionlessly outside the sect's meeting hall. , waiting for Sect Leader Xia to announce the official start of the meeting, and then accept the torture from his fellow sect members.

When the elders attending the meeting were almost all present, the voice of Head Xia Qingyang also came from the meeting hall:

"It's almost time, let's start!"

After hearing this, all the elders looked at each other and saw the seriousness in their eyes, and then filed in.

Just as the elders entered the sect's meeting hall, Elder Huang deliberately slowed down everyone and stopped the direct disciple of Head Xia who was responsible for convening the meeting at the door. He asked in a low voice: "Head Xia suddenly summoned everyone to a meeting this time. What do you want to do?"

Being stared at by Elder Huang's stern eyes, the direct disciple of Head Xia hesitated for a long time, and then reluctantly replied: "Elder Huang, Head Xia didn't intentionally fail to inform you. Because of the financial deficit, the old man has suffered a lot of injuries recently. The pressure is also great. Today’s financial meeting is held in the hope of quelling everyone’s doubts. In my opinion, if we can get through it this time, we can try our best to get through it and just give everyone an explanation first. We can deal with specific issues slowly in the future. Slowly think of a solution, it's best not to point the finger directly at Head Xia himself..."

Don't you point the finger at Head Xia?

Wouldn't that just let him, the financial leader of the sect, take the blame?

Noticing the unkind look in Elder Huang's eyes, Head Xia's direct disciple smiled bitterly and said: "There must be a road to the mountain. If Elder Huang can consider the overall situation, Head Xia will not treat you badly!"

When Elder Huang heard this, his expression suddenly became uncertain.

However, he did not give a clear answer in the end, but silently followed the other elders into the meeting hall.

After everyone had arrived, Xia Qingyang, the head of the Qingyun Sect, who was sitting at the top of the head, casually picked up a document at hand, shook it, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone can come here for a meeting today. The sect is currently facing The predicament must be very clear. According to the data I have, last year, the Qingyun Sect had a total income of 3.24 million yuan in spiritual stone coins, a total expenditure of 27.88 million yuan in spiritual stone coins, and a total deficit of 24.64 million yuan in spiritual stone coins. Now we Not to mention paying the disciple’s monthly salary, I’m afraid it will be difficult to pay off the loan interest from various banks!”

As soon as these words came out, everyone unanimously turned their attention to Elder Huang who was standing at the end of the team.

Elder Huang also knew that he could not pass this level no matter what, so he took a step forward and responded: "Three feet of ice does not freeze in a day. It took hundreds of years for Qingyun Sect's finances to improve." It has deteriorated to this point today..."

Xia Qingyang said calmly: "Everyone says that Elder Huang manages money well, and everyone is waiting for Elder Huang to think of a solution!"

Huang Huaicai coughed lightly and said slowly: "The so-called financial management is nothing more than two methods of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. In the past few hundred years, our Qingyun Sect has expanded three feet within the jurisdiction, and even the 'Mortal Single Tax' It’s all on the head of a three-year-old child, so I really can’t dig out any more tax sources. As for saving money... I would rather waive my salary and work together to overcome the difficulties. However, Head Xia persuaded the Qingyun Sect’s 18,000 disciples Not receiving monthly salary is not something I, the elder of the Duzhi Hall, can have the final say about!"

The elders of Duzhitang cannot do this, and the subtext actually means that the leader should be responsible for this matter!

Seeing that Huang Huaicai disregarded the political rules of the sect and dared to blame himself, especially this method of freeing himself from salary and using retreat as a means to advance, it was extremely vicious. It was equivalent to putting himself, the leader, on the fire, so Xia Qingyang could not bear it. He couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although the Qingyun Sect was so poor that it was almost impossible to open the pot, Head Xia knew very well that the senior leaders of the sect in front of him and the cultivation families behind them were all extremely wealthy. Even if Huang Huacai and the others did not receive a monthly salary, they would still be rich. It will not affect their own private property income, but if those grassroots disciples do not receive monthly salary, I am afraid it will be difficult to purchase even the most basic cultivation resources.

We can’t let all the disciples go out to work!

Because of this, Huang Huaicai seemed to be sacrificing his small family for everyone, but in Xia Qingyang's view, this was clearly a deliberate attempt to avoid important matters and divert conflicts.

So Xia Qingyang knocked on the armrest of his seat and immediately refuted: "The monthly salary system is the foundation for the sect's survival. The monthly salary we owe our disciples for several months is already the limit. How can we just refuse to pay? If we can't even pay the monthly salary, What’s the point of this sect’s existence?”

Seeing that Head Xia continued to exert pressure, Huang Huaicai said helplessly: "With the current financial situation of Qingyun Sect, if the monthly salary of disciples is not reduced by more than 70%, it will be impossible to substantially reverse the situation!"

Before Head Xia opened his mouth this time, an elder from Head Xia's direct line jumped out and questioned: "70%? Are you kidding! Only the disciples of Qingyun Sect can afford to buy a house without eating or drinking for decades. Qi San, if the monthly salary is reduced by another 70%, will ordinary Qingyun Sect disciples be able to advance to the middle stage of Qi Refining?"

No wonder this person had such a big reaction.

When the Shanying Sect cut the monthly salary of its disciples by 20%, public opinion in Tianshu City was in an uproar, and even forced the leader Chen Ming to consider selling Ye Chen, who had been training for more than 20 years, to the Haiya Sect, although Ye Chen was also among them. The reason is no longer under Chen Ming's control, but it can also be seen how much resistance he faces in reducing his disciple's monthly salary.

As the leader of the resurgence of the sect, Chen Ming's status in the Shanying Sect is much higher than Xia Qingyang's status in the Qingyun Sect. Even Chen Ming can't push things away, let alone Xia Qingyang?

Huang Huaicai first proposed that everyone should not receive monthly salary to overcome the difficulties together, and then proposed to cut the monthly salary of all disciples by 70%. In the eyes of other senior officials of Qingyun Sect, this was clearly a rogue act and had no intention of seriously solving the problem.

However, Huang Huaicai had no choice but to continue to retort: ​​"How can the path of cultivation be completely supported by the sect? Elder Ma, I heard that your family has many double cultivation furnaces, all of which are female disciples of the Qingyun Sect who came from poor backgrounds. , I think this is also a kind of financial aid to ordinary disciples, it is simply a blessing!"

"you……!"

Hearing that Huang Huaicai exposed his scandal in public, Elder Ma, who had just opened his mouth to refute, suddenly turned the color of pig liver. He did not expect that Huang Huaicai would dare to tell such a scandal in public.

Although it has become an unspoken rule for the senior leaders of various sects to accept young disciples who have just passed the Immortal Ascension Conference but do not have enough financial resources as furnace cauldrons. Even the Haiya Sect has come forward in the name of the sect to train those disciples who have no prospects for cultivation. He is a professional, but putting unspoken rules on the table is a humiliation in itself.

Seeing that his colleagues, who were hypocrites, kept saying "I want it, I want it, and I want it," but they didn't want to take any responsibility and just criticized him from the moral high ground, Huang Huaicai was completely willing to give up.

Elder Ma was just about to angrily rebuke this kind of disrespectful behavior, but Huang Huaicai did not give him this chance and continued: "In recent years, there are not a few disciples who secretly work part-time outside the sect. Since open source is not enough, There is no way to reduce expenditures, and you still want me to solve the problem. In my opinion, it is better to legalize the external part-time jobs held by the disciples of the sect and let everyone make their own money. In this way, the monthly salary of the disciples can be significantly reduced in an open and honest manner. Reduce the financial burden of the sect.”

Hearing this proposal, Xia Qingyang stood up on the spot and sternly refuted: "This is nonsense! If all of us Qingyun Sect disciples take on private work openly, who will provide the most basic public services to Qingyun City? If Qingyun Sect disciples The management of Yuncheng is in chaos, leading to a large-scale humanitarian disaster. None of us, the top leaders of Qingyun Sect, can escape, and we will all go crazy in the end!"

Seeing the leader getting angry, all the elders lowered their heads.

However, although these people's expressions are respectful, most of them are somewhat disapproving in their hearts. After all, the judgment rules of Kyushu Tiandao are still very intelligent. Even if they are obsessed, they must pay attention to the order of first come, first served.

If, as Head Xia said, a humanitarian disaster occurs in the Qingyun City area in the future, the first unlucky ones will definitely be Head Xia and Huang Huacai, the two culprits.

In this case, why are they worried about Head Xia?

From the perspective of this group of senior leaders of the cultivation sect who "dead fellow Taoists but not poor Taoists", Head Xia will definitely not sit still and wait for death. Even if we take ten thousand steps back, even if Head Xia really goes crazy, it will still be too late for everyone to think of a solution by then!

Seeing that everyone was pretending to be deaf and dumb here, Head Xia had no choice but to point the finger at Huang Huaicai again: "Elder Huang, if Qingyun Sect is really in trouble because of financial problems, do you think you, the elder of the Du branch, can run away? ?”

After being continuously bombarded by his boss, Huang Huai became angry:

I'm just a soft persimmon when it comes to co-writing, right?

So he finally made up his mind, raised his voice significantly, and answered loudly: "Qingyun Sect's financial problems have been persistent. Is it Huang's fault? For hundreds of years, Qingyun Sect's finances have been overspending year after year. What is the end of this money?" Where did the money go? Don’t the master and the elders have any clues in their minds?”

"Huang Huacai, what do you mean?"

Hearing someone questioning himself, Huang Huaicai laughed loudly and said: "If you hadn't been greedy for so much money from the sect, wouldn't you all have practiced to the foundation-building stage by drinking the northwest wind? We are all elders of Qingyun Sect, and no one needs to pretend. Foreign guests, if you have the ability, please take off your storage bag now and let the boss see how much private money you have saved!"

As soon as the map cannon was fired, public opinion in the meeting hall was in an uproar:

"Nonsense, we all make money based on our skills!"

"It is our family's responsibility to pass on the inheritance. Our family's ancestors also achieved the century-old accumulation through hard work. Why should we lose to those ordinary cultivators who only have spiritual roots!"

"The Cultivation Chamber of Commerce run by our family is a famous thousand-year-old store in Qingyun City. It earns hard-earned money. Elder Huang, please don't spit on others!"

When Huang Huaicai saw the poor show of these guys, he just sneered in his heart, but he did not refute. After all, no matter how much he refuted, he could not wake up the people who were pretending to sleep.

So Huang Huai turned directly to Head Xia and said loudly: "Head Xia! The current plan is for all the elders to take out their own wealth and help the sect's finances to tide over the difficulties first. Otherwise, you will confiscate my house. We can’t even close this big hole!”

As expected, another elder immediately jumped out and threatened: "Oh? Do you really think we dare not raid your home?"

Huang Huaicai glanced at this person and thought to himself that you have finally seen each other, but instead a smile appeared on his face, and he laughed and said: "The matter is now over, it's useless for you to push me anymore, I already have a long life." Not much, even if you go crazy, you will admit it! And to tell you the truth, I, Huang Huaicai, have been in charge of the sect's finances for more than thirty years, and I have indeed taken a lot of money that I shouldn't have taken, but I'm afraid none of you have taken less than me! These days, I have transferred all my assets to outlying islands, and my family has been arranged by the Haiya Chamber of Commerce to take refuge at sea, so I have no intention of leaving here alive! Don’t think that by forcing me to a dead end, the sect’s finances will improve, you guys A selfish guy, no one can escape in the end!"

As the financial person in charge of Qingyun Sect, Huang Huaicai has been a scapegoat for more than 20 years. Now that he has been forced to a dead end, he can no longer care about so much. This desperate venting can be regarded as a reflection of his many years. of resentment.

But after Elder Huang smashed the jar and smashed it, others didn't know what to say about him. After all, this guy wasn't even afraid of death. How could he still be scolded by everyone?

Finally, it was Head Xia who took the initiative to break the silence.

If the first person responsible for the financial collapse of the sect is Huang Huaicai, then the second person responsible is undoubtedly himself. After Huang Huaicai used this trick to break the jar, the pressure came to Xia Qingyang, because the head of Xia did not have him This kind of awareness of seeing death as home.

More importantly, Huang Huaicai's scolding can be regarded as the scolding of the head of Xia. If Qingyun Sect's subordinates were not full of such insects, how could things develop to this point?

After thinking about the words for a while, Xia Qingyang took the initiative to comfort him: "Elder Huang, just giving up on yourself is not the answer. I am convening everyone to have a meeting, not to let anyone take responsibility, but to solve the problem..."

After hearing Xia Qingyang's shameless remarks, Huang Huaicai not only didn't get angry, but also breathed a long sigh of relief:

His trick was to survive death and live again, it was done!

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Huang Huaicai pretended that he had not made that violent comment just now, bowed his hands respectfully and said: "Master, whatever you say, I will do it!"

Xia Qingyang said one word at a time: "Elder Huang, does our huge Qingyun Sect have no assets to sell off? As long as we can temporarily overcome the difficulties and don't become the first sect to cause trouble, I can find Master Lin Jianxing again. Please help me think of a way..."