Chapter 1031: Worlds Apart
With these methods, she temporarily kept the shopkeepers in check.
Ultimately, however, this was no long-term solution. Tang Yuerong hoped to coax the older generation of managers out of retirement to work for her temporarily.
These retired managers had fought alongside her father to build the Tang Family Trading Firm. Their methods and talents were impeccable, but very few were still alive.
Of the original twelve managers, only seven remained.
Tang Yuerong visited them one by one, but only one agreed.
The rest, without exception, refused.
"Miss, please forgive this old man. I am in my twilight years, and these old bones can no longer take the strain. I beg your pardon."
"We are all old. The spirit is willing, but our strength fails us."
"To speak frankly, Miss, I hope you will not blame me. I toiled for most of my life and weathered endless deception in the world of commerce. I finally managed to wash my hands of it all, and now I only seek a peaceful old age..."