Recently, the reporter of Shandong Business Daily And leopard news network received a complaint from Ms. Li, a citizen of Tai'an, that in May this year, she and her husband Mr. Ma became the station manager of a distribution grid station in Jinan by the community group buying company Xingsheng Preferred, but in August they were inexplicably dismissed, and the 150,000 yuan of cooperative construction fees paid in the early stage were difficult to recover. Xingsheng Preferred said that there was no refund, and that 100,000 yuan of it was "abducted by taking advantage of his position" for Mr. Wen, the former head of the Shandong region, while Mr. Wen came up with evidence that most of the construction fees had been transferred to the company's account. For a time, the refund incident of Xingsheng Preferred fell into the "Rashomon" of many parties with different opinions.
Lu A001 grid station (photo provided by the interviewee)
The site contractor pays 150,000 yuan for construction
According to public information, the enterprise affiliated to Xingsheng Preferred is Hunan Xingsheng Preferred E-commerce Co., Ltd., which operates community group buying through "pre-sale + self-pickup", and distributes in various cities through the three-level logistics system of "central warehouse - grid station - store". It is understood that Ms. Li and Mr. Ma were once the webmasters of a grid station in Jinan, "Lu A001", responsible for delivering goods to various pick-up points.
Ms. Li told reporters that when talking about cooperation, Mr. Wen, the person in charge of the Shandong region, was responsible for docking, and he said that the station manager's salary plus sorting salary could earn about 20,000 yuan per month, but it was necessary to invest 150,000 yuan in cooperative construction fees, which was equivalent to settling the cost of the company's early construction site, and then the cost of selling waste paper skins at the grid station could be used to offset the arrears of 150,000 yuan. "If you don't do it one day, apply in advance according to the process, and the company will arrange for someone else to take over, and then return the 150,000."
With Mr. Wen's commitment, after an interview with Mr. Zhang, the relevant leader of the company, Mr. and Mrs. Ma decided to join the Xingsheng Preferred Lu A001 Grid Station.
At the time of payment, due to mr. Ma's account limit, 50,000 yuan was transferred to the public account of Xingsheng Preferred Company, and 100,000 yuan was transferred to Mr. Wen through WeChat and other channels. At that time, the two sides also signed a written document as proof of the transfer of fees. When the certificate was signed, there was also a ms. Chen, the head of internal affairs of the grid station, as a witness. The handover certificate reads, "Mr. Ma personally contributed 150,000 yuan to repay the company's loan and appointed as the director of the Lu A001 grid station."
According to Mr. Ma, this grid station covers an area of nearly 1,000 square meters, with a total of 10 drivers and 5 sorters, serving 600 to 700 stores around. In the process of operation, Mr. and Mrs. Ma advanced 15,000 yuan to the company for construction costs, a total investment of 165,000 yuan, although the income was not as high as originally promised, but each month can also earn about 10,000 yuan, in line with the idea of more work and more, the couple worked as the station manager for more than two months.
Due to internal contradictions in the site, he was inexplicably dismissed by the headquarters
However, in the process of operation, Mr. Ma encountered internal contradictions among employees. "In July, a driver found something to beat up the sorter, and when the conflict intensified, many employees went on strike, and the grid station was unsustainable for a while."
When the mediation was fruitless, Mr. Ma reported to the company, hoping that the company could send staff to coordinate and resolve the conflict in order to continue to operate the grid station. However, after the company headquarters sent two staff members to participate in the mediation, the couple was kicked out of the Lu A001 sorting difference group on August 14.
A headquarters manager announced in the WeChat group: "@Everyone, in view of the poor management of the webmaster of Station 1 and the attitude of doing things contrary to the company's culture, the following decision is hereby made." Withdraw from the treatment today! Wages are settled until August 17. Mr. Ma and his wife disagreed with such a decision, saying that they had invested a total of 165,000 yuan, and even if he was dismissed from the company, he would have to pay it back.
As for the specific reasons for the dismissal of Mr. and Mrs. Ma, Xingsheng Preferred said that Mr. Ma took the initiative to terminate the cooperation, not the dismissal of the company.
At the same time, Mr. Wen, who recruited Mr. and Mrs. Ma two months ago, was also suspended by the company due to irregularities, and Mr. Zhang, the relevant leader of Xingsheng Preferred who was responsible for interviewing Mr. Ma, took over the position of head of the Shandong region.
Since then, Mr. and Mrs. Ma have come to Jinan several times to negotiate a refund, and they told reporters that Mr. Wen has always said that the money should be refunded, but he has left his post, and Mr. Zhang, the current head of the Shandong region, does not agree to the refund. Mr. Ma believes that Mr. Wen recruited him as the grid station manager on behalf of the company, and the 150,000 yuan should be repaid by Xingsheng Preferred Company.
Xingsheng Preferred had doubts with the former person in charge about the money
For the reasons for the difficulty of refund, the reporter consulted the staff of the public relations department of Xingsheng Preferred, and the other party explained that of the 150,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan was paid directly to the company's construction fee, which was the cost of the company's early construction grid station investment, which should be borne by the station manager, which is equivalent to repaying the company's advance, which belongs to the investment money, and there are clear provisions in the agreement signed by the two parties, and the investor is responsible for the profit and loss in the follow-up operation process.
However, Mr. Ma said that he had not signed such an agreement, and had never heard of the detailed distinction of the function of the 150,000 yuan, and the reporter asked the Xingsheng preferred party whether it could provide the agreement documents, and the other party did not respond to the question.
The staff member went on to explain that there were still 100,000 yuan for private transfers, which were basically embezzled by Mr. Wen, and the company was collecting materials to prepare to sue Mr. Wen. Mr. Zhang, the current head of the Shandong region, also said that Mr. Wen took advantage of his position to carry out pit abduction.
For this statement, the reporter asked Mr. Wen for confirmation, Mr. Wen was very angry, said that the gray income during his tenure has been refunded, the 150,000 yuan is the company let him collect the grid station construction fee advance from the new station manager, and the 100,000 yuan handled has been transferred to the company account or staff account. In order to prove his statement, Mr. Wen also showed the reporter part of the screenshot of the transfer, confirming that at least 83,000 yuan had been transferred to the company or related personnel, and some of the transfer notes were "Lu A001 grid station repayment".
After the reporter informed Xingsheng Preferred that Mr. Wen had transferred the money to the company, the other party replied: "That was originally the money that Mr. Wen owed to the company due to false accounts, and the company did not know the specific source of the money when it was received." As a former webmaster, Mr. Wen privately signed an agreement of 150,000 yuan with Mr. Ma, which was actually a pit trick for Mr. Ma to help him repay the loan. ”
Mr. Wen said that as the director of Shandong Grid Station, all grid stations in Shandong are under his jurisdiction, but he has not been appointed as the station manager, and it is also his work to collect the company's pre-construction fee from the new station manager. "The company advanced the money I helped the company to get back, now the station manager is not dry, according to the company should return the money to him, but the company does not want to return, there is no evidence to say that I pit abduction." Mr. Wen also added that he and several other regional leaders also paid 70,000 yuan in rent for the site, and they have not been able to return it.
In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Ma also raised a suspicious point, if the construction fee of 150,000 yuan was mr. Wen's mouth, why did Ms. Chen, the head of internal affairs who witnessed the signing of the agreement at that time, and Mr. Zhang, the leader who clearly knew the 150,000 yuan, not raise questions? Why did Mr. Zhang avoid talking about interviewing Mr. Ma?
In response, the company replied that Ms. Chen was not a witness sent by the company and has now left her job. Although Mr. Zhang interviewed Mr. Ma, he was not aware of the amount of Mr. Ma's investment.
The grid station is currently operated by the company
The investment money was delayed in receiving back, and Mr. Ma came up with a plan. "If I can find a new webmaster who is willing to take over and hand over the 150,000 yuan investment to the company, can't the company return my 150,000 yuan?" However, the scheme was not approved by the company, which called the grid station a partnership and prohibited individual contracting.
The reporter consulted Xingsheng Preferred on the current operating conditions of the grid station, and the other party replied that the company is currently operating the grid station, so there is no new partnership station manager to join in paying the construction fee. At the same time, the staff of the public relations department of Xingsheng Preferred also said that Mr. Ma voluntarily withdrew, and he could find someone else to take over the grid station, and the successor would pay the investment money to Mr. Ma.
The two sides once again contradict each other, can Mr. Ma, who has left his job, recruit the next webmaster on behalf of the company? In this regard, the public relations department staff said that Mr. Ma can find someone to take over the grid station, but the company will evaluate whether he can be qualified as a webmaster.
Does the company have any clear provisions on the amount of construction fees paid by the station manager? In this regard, Xingsheng Preferred said that the construction fee varies according to the situation, but there is no positive response to how much money Mr. Ma should pay under normal circumstances.
So, what is the nature of this 150,000 yuan, should it be returned, and who should return it? Zhen Enyang, a lawyer at Shandong Qianshun Law Firm, said in an interview with the media: "This fact (repayment of the loan) does not exist, which is equivalent to lending 150,000 yuan to the company, which is a loan, and the company should return the money to Mr. Ma."
"Now that all parties feel that they are justified, let's go through the legal process, and if the company needs to take responsibility, it will definitely bear it." Xingsheng preferred to say.
Shandong Business Daily And Speed Leopard News Network reporter Sun Jie Li Yuxin
