Senior Brother Xinghe's promise to double everyone's benefits starting next month quickly spread throughout the meteorite iron mine.
When the news broke, the entire mine was filled with joy.
Both the stewards and the ordinary disciples were so excited that they almost jumped up upon hearing the news.
Everyone said that wherever Senior Brother Xinghe went, prosperity followed. They had only heard about it before, but this time, the prosperity had fallen right on their heads!
The benefits from the Grand Sky Sect's enterprises were already quite good, and now they were doubling without any warning. It's like the benefits were soaring to the sky!
Some people expressed doubt, wondering if this was just an empty promise.
But those who doubted were immediately scorned by others.
An empty promise? Have you ever seen Senior Brother Xinghe make empty promises?
When Senior Brother Xinghe said he would improve the miner disciples' benefits, what happened? Now miner disciples have become highly sought after.
Many prominent families are now dreaming of sending their disciples to the Grand Sky Sect to become miner disciples.Whenever Senior Brother Xinghe makes a promise, doesn't he always overdeliver?
When Senior Brother Xinghe says he will double the benefits, it will definitely be doubled to the maximum, without any deception!
How dare you question Senior Brother Xinghe's decision? What kind of people are you?
That night, a grand welcoming banquet was held at the meteorite iron mine to welcome Senior Brother Xinghe.
After the banquet, Xu Wei personally escorted Xinghe to the most luxurious residence in the mine. After making all the arrangements, Xu Wei did not go to rest but immediately convened a high-level meeting of all the stewards in the mine.
All the stewards of the meteorite iron mine attended the meeting.
The agenda of the meeting was very simple: how to deal with the account books.
Steward Li, who was usually responsible for falsifying accounts, immediately assured everyone, "Rest assured, with my skills, I will make sure the accounts are clear and flawless."
But as soon as Steward Li finished speaking, he noticed everyone looking at him as if he were an idiot.
"Old Li... you're not young anymore, how can you still be so naive?" Xu Wei said with a helpless expression.
The other stewards nodded in agreement.
Did Xinghe burn the account books because he couldn't understand them? Or because he thought you, Old Li, didn't know what was going on in our meteorite iron mine?
If Xinghe only burned the account books, it could be understood as letting everyone off the hook. But burning the books and then doubling everyone's benefits changes the meaning entirely.
Why double the benefits?
Because everyone is greedy? Because we are parasites?
No, it's because Xinghe wants to give everyone a chance to reform!
What does it mean to reform?
Submitting another set of falsified accounts is not reform, Old Li!
That's a path to destruction, don't you understand? If you want to die, don't drag everyone else down with you!
When Xinghe said to reorganize the accounts, he didn't mean to falsify them again. He meant to restore them to their normal state, which means we have to honestly return everything we took before. As long as we return it, Xinghe won't pursue the matter further.
He is even willing to give us double benefits.
The double benefits are because we work for the sect and have worked hard, not because we were greedy!
This time, Xinghe is using the same method. Even those affiliated sects understood it, so how can we not understand?
After hearing Xu Wei's words, both Steward Li and the other stewards who hadn't figured it out before broke out in cold sweats.
Fortunately, we have Xu Wei, who understands the situation.
We almost went down the wrong path.
Xinghe burning the account books meant burning the past. When he said to reorganize them, he meant for everyone to make up for the deficits and return what was taken.
And the final doubling of benefits was Xinghe telling everyone that the sect knows it's not easy for you, and the sect will provide what you need, so there's no need to take risks.
Returning everything taken before is hard to accept, but thinking about the doubled benefits, the stewards have already made their decision.
Why did we take before?
Because the expenses for socializing and other costs were too high, and sometimes the benefits couldn't keep up with the expenses, so we had no choice but to take risks.
But now, with doubled benefits, there won't be any issues with expenses exceeding income.
The double benefits can even allow everyone to live comfortably.
If we can live peacefully, who the hell wants to live in fear?
Xu Wei looked at all the stewards and said calmly, "I've said my piece. This is Xinghe giving you a chance, the only chance. Decide for yourselves."
Everyone understood Xu Wei's words. Xinghe wants to give you dignity, but if you don't want it, Xinghe can only help you maintain it.
"Deacon, I'm willing to return what I took before."
"I'm willing too..."
"With double benefits, we can live well without taking anything..."
"Yes, yes... I agree too."
"Deacon... my expenses were too high, and I've spent everything I took before. Please help me fill the gap first. With double benefits now, I can pay it back soon."
The meeting progressed smoothly. With the promise of double benefits, no one dared to act foolishly. Xu Wei also emphasized that from now on, everyone should retract their claws.
You used to complain about low benefits, but now with double benefits, if anyone dares to mess around, don't blame me, Xu Wei, for not giving you a way out.
The stewards all nodded in agreement with Xu Wei's words.
That night, led by Steward Li, everyone reorganized the account books, and all the stewards made up for the deficits. For those who couldn't immediately, Xu Wei covered them first.
So when Ma Liang stepped out of his room the next day, Xu Wei had already brought the account books to him.
"Ma Liang... we've reorganized the account books overnight. Please take the trouble to hand them over to Xinghe."
Ma Liang was stunned to see Xu Wei, who probably hadn't slept all night, but when he opened the account books, he was even more stunned!
What the hell is this? I looked at the account books yesterday, and the numbers weren't this high, were they?
How did they change so much overnight?
Soon, Ma Liang understood what had happened... because at the end of the account books, Xu Wei had attached a list detailing how much each steward had taken over the years and noted that they had all returned everything!
Seeing this, Ma Liang's mind almost exploded.
At this moment, Ma Liang finally understood... this was what Senior Brother Xinghe meant!
Yesterday, I kept wondering if Senior Brother Xinghe had gone mad.
Facing a group of corrupt people, not punishing them was one thing, perhaps for the stability of the meteorite iron mine, but not punishing them and giving them double benefits, what was that about?
But now Ma Liang knew...
Senior Brother Xinghe's move was a strategic retreat, defending by attacking, using stillness to counter movement, using softness to overcome hardness, and responding to change with constancy!
Burning the account books expressed Senior Brother Xinghe's dissatisfaction, not his intention to let them off. Asking them to reorganize the books was giving them a chance to reform.
As for the final doubling of benefits, it was to tell them that as long as they made the right choice, they could still receive rewards from the sect.
Yesterday, I questioned whether the double benefits would be too costly for the sect.
But today, seeing what they submitted, Ma Liang realized how brilliant Senior Brother Xinghe was.
Before, without double benefits, they seemed to take more, but now with double benefits, they not only returned everything but also had no reason or courage to continue taking.
Because Senior Brother Xinghe has given everyone a chance to reform, if they dare to mess around again, don't blame the Grand Sky Sect for severe punishment!
Senior Brother Xinghe is cutting off future troubles!
Ma Liang felt ashamed for being Senior Brother Xinghe's closest confidant.
I didn't even guess Senior Brother Xinghe's intentions at first!
I only thought about the sect's consumption due to double benefits, but if no one dares to randomly take resources after the benefits are doubled, the resource revenue might exceed the cost of doubling the benefits.
No wonder Senior Brother Xinghe previously asked me to announce the meteorite iron mine's situation. This was what Senior Brother Xinghe meant!
While marveling at Senior Brother Xinghe's increasingly profound strategies, Ma Liang quickly followed Senior Brother Xinghe's instructions and asked Xu Wei to announce the entire situation of the meteorite iron mine to all parts of the sect.
He also informed all the sect's enterprises that Senior Brother Xinghe had given them a tremendous opportunity, so they should not be ungrateful.
This opportunity comes only once.
Miss it, and you'll regret it for life!