After a day of shopping in Yuncheng, Li Qi left Tian Hangnan, Zhang Chuang and Xiao Man at the inn in the evening, and went to a manor with Chun Sanniang.
When we passed by, the door was already crowded with people. Everyone was dressed in rich clothes, and there were many followers behind them. It was obvious that they must be the helmsmen and hall masters from various places.
Song Longping and the others had obviously been there for a while. When they saw Li Qi and Chun Sanniang arriving, they hurriedly greeted them.
"Helmsman." Song Longping said with a flattering look on his face.
Li Qi glanced at him lightly, nodded and asked Chun Sanniang: "Sanniang, what should we say if we go in now?"
"It's almost time, let's go in now." Chun Sanniang said.
Li Qi nodded and led everyone into the manor. This manor can be said to be both luxurious and spacious.
The patio was at least as big as four basketball courts. After walking through the patio and entering the main hall, it was already full of people.
From a glance, this main hall can accommodate at least several hundred people.
Moreover, each table is filled with various exquisite snacks and drinks, and there is a small stage in the middle, which is obviously used for performing some kind of show.
"Where should we sit?" Li Qi asked, looking at the tables filling the hall.
Chun Sanniang pointed to a corner not far away and said, "That's the table for our Sunan branch."
"So biased?" Li Qi was a little surprised.
This location is almost close to the door, and it's in a corner. Let alone watching the stage performance, you may not be able to hear what anyone is saying.
Song Longping smiled awkwardly and said: "Our Sunan branch has been at the bottom in the past few years, so the position..."
"Are you embarrassed to say it?" Li Qi sneered and said, "If I were you, I would be embarrassed to say it."
Song Longping was ridiculed by Li Qi and did not dare to talk back, so he could only laugh along with him.
After arriving at the seat and sitting down, people came in one after another.
Li Qi paid attention to the tables near the stage. As soon as he sat down, many people came up to say hello, which was quite lively.
On the other hand, I have been sitting here for most of the time, and I haven't seen anyone come over to say hello.
But Li Qi didn't care. Anyway, he was picked as the helmsman, and it didn't matter whether he did it or not.
After almost half an hour, there was a voice: "The chief helmsman has arrived!"
Soon everyone became quiet, and everyone looked towards the door.
I saw a middle-aged man walking in with a few entourages. This middle-aged man looked to be in his forties. He was dressed in silk clothes, had a goatee, was slightly chubby, and had a smile on his face.
Gives people a amiable feeling.
"Is this the chief helmsman?" Li Qi asked.
Chun Sanniang nodded: "Yes."
The chief rudder of the Heroes Association is named Shi Lezhan. Li Qi has heard this name many times before, and he is also someone who often interacts with him.
After all, so much of his money is stored in his Baidu Cabinet Shop.
Shi Lezhan cupped his fists and greeted everyone casually, then sat down at the main table.
Then he said something to the attendant beside him, and the attendant notified the butler to serve the food.
The maids came up one by one with exquisite dishes. Naturally, they focused on the main table first, and then the other tables.
By the time we got to Li Qi's side, everyone at the main table had almost eaten.
The butler stood on the stage and said in a loud voice: "The chief helmsman said that everyone has worked hard in the past year. He asked me to greet you..."
As soon as the words fell, the people below said one after another.
"It's not hard work!"
"Thank you for your hard work, chief helmsman!"
Li Qi found that the people at the tables closer to the main table shouted more energetically, while the people further away from the main table did not talk much.
For example, at my table, no one even farts.
"Next, please report the situation of the past year from each branch." The steward said.
Hearing this, Li Qi glanced at Chun Sanniang and Song Longping and asked: "What situation are you reporting?"
Both of them looked unhappy, Song Longping looked embarrassed, and Chun Sanniang didn't know what to say.
"You guys are talking, what should I say when I go up later?" Li Qi was speechless.
Chun Sanniang said: "Master, you just need to go up and show your face later..."
"Needless to say anything else? Didn't you say you have to report the situation?"
Chun Sanniang said: "Master, you will see what other people say in a while, and then you will say what you want..."
Li Qi nodded: "Okay."
The first person who came up first announced his family name, and then said how much money his branch had contributed this year, and then some.
There was a roar of cheers below, and every time someone came down, others would come up to greet them and congratulate them.
After listening to the so-called reports from several people, Li Qi roughly understood.
Any kind of report is nonsense. It is nothing more than going up and saying how much money the sub-rudder contributed to the chief helm.
The so-called surrender refers to the money that each sub-rudder must hand over to the general helm every year.
In the words of Li Qi's time, it was KPI. The more submissions, the more prestigious the branch was.
The first few people who came up started asking for hundreds of thousands taels, but then the style changed.
The people at the back no longer mentioned the specific amount of their contributions, but instead went up and said, "This year, the contribution amount has been completed."
Going to the back, the person who came up said, "The share payment has not been completed this year."
Moreover, those who said they had not completed their contributions all lowered their heads when they came on stage, as if they had made some big mistake, as if they were shameless in public.
Li Qi glanced at Chun Sanniang and Song Longping: "I just need to go up and say that I haven't completed the payment in a while?"
Chun Sanniang looked embarrassed and said nothing, while Song Longping nodded: "Yes."
Grandma, how dare you go up there and make yourself look embarrassed?
"You still have the nerve to speak? As the second-in-command of the Sunan branch, why don't you come up?"
"How can this be done? I am just a hall master..." Song Longping said with a smile.
"You're just a hall master now? I saw you weren't very impressive when you were in Su City?" Li Qi said without any politeness.
He knew very well that these guys were asking for something from him this time. If he didn't take the opportunity to scold them at this time, they would definitely get slapped in the face again in the future.
A maid came to Li Qi's table and said: "Su Nan Branch, please come on stage..."
Song Longping and the others looked at Li Qi, with smiles on their faces.
Li Qi looked indifferent. He was here anyway, and he couldn't hide even if he wanted to. Instead of doing this, he might as well be more generous.
Li Qi stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked toward the middle of the hall with long strides.
After arriving on the stage, he did not lower his head like those before, but looked around the crowd with his head high and said: "I'm the Sunan branch captain Li Qi, our branch did not complete the quota this year!"