Now with chapter 7: h.e.l.lo Boss~
Until the spies tipped him off, Chen Zheng had never believed that Ai Da would dare to go against the whole industry.
Gu Yanzhi was wily. But this if he used this method, he would offend the whole industry- it wasn’t his usual sleek style.
It made him afraid of getting a taste of this tiger.
Chen Zheng suspected that Gu Yanzhi had someone had behind him.
Incidentally, Ai Da’s chairman had meant to pick the new CEO from one of his sons.
Chen Zheng was anxious to know his new opponent. This scandal had hit them so hard, would he not take the opportunity?
But the guys didn’t know who it was.
So he thought of Lin Qian.
For one thing, she was such a smart kid. Although she had just come to Ai Da, but she might have picked up some clues. Second, Ai Da was now crumbling, it was improbable that she was not called to help.
……
Lin Qian: “Chen Zong ah, you’re speaking so, so I don’t really know what to say. Ah! They told me to go to a meeting, but I was too embarra.s.sed to go ah … …”
Finger slipped on the screen, and then she just hung up.
Other end of the telephone, Chen Zheng heard a “beep-beep-“. With a hiss, he threw his cell phone on the table.
Lin Qian turned around and then paused for a moment.
She had a feeling, between Ai Da and Si Meiqi, there would soon be a difficult battle.
But this was the business world right?
She looked pale and raised her head.
In the rush of the crowd, her first sight was of Li Zhicheng. He stood there, hands in his pockets, seemingly looking in her direction. Alone, the formal coat he wore looking pretty good, pretty clean and smart. If she put his picture on the internet, he would definitely go viral as the most handsome security guard.
Lin Qian smiled at him, then went ahead and turned into the office.
——
The launch was going very well.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, Gu Yanzhi in a crisp, black suit, sat in the middle of the podium.
The audience, full of journalists, held camera after camera, holding their breaths and waiting for him to speak. Lin Qian sat at the wings of the conference hall, feeling her heart gently lift.
In the spotlight, with a smiling expression he gave the room a once over all around, and then started speaking:
“Recently when the news went around that the ‘AD509 ladies handbag-test measured pollutants of concern ‘, Ai Da group made the following declarations and commitments:
We have detected sources-the fabric is provided by European companies. Ai Da suspended its cooperation with them and had instigated legal proceedings;
Second, no matter how the outcome of litigation, when customers buy products from Ai Da, Ai Da will be responsible till the end. So we’ve decided: there’ll be a total recall of the batch of products, while giving customers a full refund. Ai Da alone will bear all losses.”
The first question came from the Lin City Journal: “h.e.l.lo Gu Zong. As far as I know, all of the high-end luggage companies were involved the pollution incident. However we have seen a case of collective silence throughout the industry, why is Ai Da the first to speak out?”
Gu Yanzhi laughed: “For Ai Da, what’s important is not the actions of others, but whether it fulfills the commitment to consumers. We were the first to come out, but I believe, certainly not the last. ”
Sitting in the wings, Lin Qian was slightly stunned.
Not even journalists were prepared… …
The dignified sounding question-and-answer session, but had suddenly become a messy matter of one-upping the compet.i.tion.
She looked up at the podium of Gu Yanzhi-he was seeming really negative here.
The second question: “Ai Da operating performance for the last few years has not been satisfactory. This immense loss, will the group be in trouble? ”
This time, Gu Yanzhi didn’t answer immediately, but hesitated for a moment.
“It is really difficult.” He looks heavy, overcast, and replied, “But we will not take this as a justification for shirking its responsibilities.”
……
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After the press conference ended, Gu Yanzhi walked to the back, first thing he did was to confirm with his secretary whether the reporters’ red envelopes were in place. After being answered in the affirmative, and feeling high-spirited, found a deserted corner to call Li Zhicheng.
Just at the start of the press conference, he also saw Li Zhicheng appear in the doorway, but after that he didn’t know where he went.
He was quickly connected.
Gu Yanzhi: “Are you satisfied with it, Boss?”
“Ok.” His voice was neither rapid nor slow.
Gu Yanzhi laughed: “I’ve just dropped a blockbuster, you said you would take over so now I can relax. I’m going to go grab a bite, where are you going?”
“I’m driving back to the group. ”
——
Lin Qian, alongside her colleagues, was cleaning up the venue, while brooming she checked the news on her phone.
Conference results were even better than she expected.
Previously, the hot top three news, were “carcinogen scandal,” “Xin Baori CEO Ning Weikai on the Fortune magazine cover story” as well as “Xin Baori and Si Meiqi compete for big orders”.
And now, “Ai Da News Conference,” already ranked third, and the search volume and popularity continued to rise.
Everyone was excited, Lin Qian as well.
Several of Lin Qian’s younger colleagues left, and she was left to handle the venue and the parking lot.
After going back and forth several times, she just walked back to the car park by the lift, where Li Zhicheng was coming out from the inside.
It was the first night he “stared” at her, the first time after the two close encounters.
He turned right, clearly saw her, but cold face, simply bypa.s.sed her, going on.
Lin Qian, was in the middle of doing back-breaking work, but whose heart was nevertheless happy. She immediately called: “Ai, don’t go!”
He stopped for a moment.
Lin Qian was asking for his help, naturally her tone was full of of respect: “Li Zhicheng, Ai Da’s venue has so many things still not done. Could you please send a few people to help? ”
Li Zhicheng raised his eyes and looked at her eyes with a piercing gaze.
Lin Qian clapped her hands together: “Thanks!”
Li Zhicheng: “… … Hmm.”
Lin Qian went on her way, Li Zhicheng also went on into the parking lot, sat in a Hummer.
Start the car, he simultaneously pulled out his cellphone and called Gu Yanzhi.
Gu Yanzhi was at a conference, talking to the heads of several media, suddenly got a call from him, and was also a bit surprised: “What?”
“You should send a few people to the Working Group.”
——
Lin Qian did not expect she would be this late.
Working group was on buses, driving home to Ai Da group, and it was already dark. Particularly cold winter night, few pedestrians on the road. A group of people got out of the car, all carrying stuff.
Lin Qian who was responsible for inventorying items, thus was the last to get off, others had gone. She just took a few steps alone, then suddenly felt something was wrong.
And then suddenly heard a “boom” sound.
To her surprise, this was followed by “boom”, “bang”, “bang” number of sounds. It made her panic. She hurriedly crouched to the ground holding her head. Then she hurriedly looked up to see a number of stones being pelted at her side of the bus, as well as the company’s gate.
Lin Qian was trying to find a place to hide when she heard m.u.f.fled “thud”, feeling her ankle get viciously hit with something, and then going numb.
After the numbness, intense pain came right away.
It all happened so fast, the two security guards at the gate were dumbfounded, started striding towards her.
She waited shortly thereafter only to hear a few sharp heavy engines of several heavy-duty motorcycle come out from under the shade of the dark, running away like the wind, the security guards chasing too late.
“Ai Da is trying to swindle the consumers!”
“Never forgiving Ai Da’s soppy apology! ”
Nearby, lot of people shouted, and then there was a vague smashing sound and noise.
Lin Qian instead of being scared, felt her right ankle in pain. She looked down saw faint bruises and that she had already started bleeding.
A security guard holding Lin Qian stood up and said, “You guys ok! d.a.m.n, where did those rogues slip off to!” Another guard was also outraged: “What’s going on with these people! Group has apologized and announced to bear the loss, and also to improve!”
Lin Qian tried to bear the pain and said: “They are not ordinary people.”
Although a few days ago, when the scandal broke, many consumer groups and affiliated stores were also angry, but intuition tells her that today is certainly different.
A security guard said: “I’ll call the police!”
Lin Qian stopped him: “Don’t call the police! First speak with the boss.”
She was afraid that on tomorrow’s news, it would be: consumers refuse to accept Ai Da’s apology, had physical altercations between staff and consumers etc.
Their good news would maybe turn into an even bigger scandal.
——
Five minutes later.
Lin Qian supported by a security guard, walked slowly toward the Group’s infirmary.
Gu Yanzhi was just now on the phone, and sure enough, as she expected, Gu Yanzhi after a moment’s hesitation, asked whether there was no other people and property damage, then he said, encouraging her, “keep a low profile, not to alarm anybody”.
Just walk a few steps, you see a Hummer come from the adjacent sidewalk. Lin Qian at first didn’t care until the Hummer pulled ahead, and someone got out of the car.
Black raincoat, shoes, long legs.
Li Zhicheng turns around, clearly saw her.
Lin Qian also looked at him.
He drove … … a Hummer.
He only paused for a moment, then started striding towards them.
His sudden appearance, Lin Qian was not surprised. Was he is not a Security Manager? Presumably security guards reported to him (in fact, it was reported by Gu Yanzhi).
And when he came up to them, Lin Qian said: “I’ll be fine. Give your attention to the reinforcement of perimeter defense tonight. ”
Li Zhicheng, the clear lines of his face in the night were like a quiet sculpture. He gave her a once-over, his gaze soon arrived downward and landed on her feet.
Then he suddenly bent down.
Lin Qian felt her ankle held tightly, he took it. Looking from her point of view, he looked down at her foot injury, looking calm and focused, fingers warm and holding her ankle with moderate intensity.
Although Lin Qian was by now used to his personality of cool expression and warm heart, at this moment, as he examined her ankle, she nevertheless felt moved. Of course, to see him staring at her feet, her face became slightly red, and she turned to side and said: “You go first, thank you, ah, now your manager’s here, it’s fine.”
Security guard’s expressions seemed surprised, but he was also responsible as the gate guard, said nothing and nodding, hurriedly left.
Thinking that he was a soldier, he would certainly understand physical wounds—he would know everything. Lin Qian let him keep looking. After a moment, he stood up, speaking like clear heavy water: “Didn’t break your bones.”
Lin Qian was rea.s.sured, smiled at him, just wanted to say thank you, and saw that he was already turning and striding straight away.
Lin Qian moment was shocked: “Ah, how can you leave me in here? Help me to the infirmary! Come back! ”
Raw cold night, the lights would create long vague figures.
Lin Qian held onto Li Zhicheng arm, slowly walked forward infirmary buildings.
All without a word.
After a while, Lin Qian couldn’t resist saying: “Don’t look at me with such a face, I’m only asking for help. I got a work-related injury, you are in charge of our security, it is something within your areas of responsibility. ”
Li Zhicheng glanced at her, did not speak, eyes dark. Lin Qian looked carefully, and noticed that while his face was beautiful and slim, his eyebrows were tall and straight, giving a sense of severeness. So when he stared at you, it gave you feeling that was… …. Reserved and hard to distinguish.
“Lin Qian, when did I say that-” he suddenly said, “I am a Security Manager?”
Lin Qian, stared blankly, stumped for words.
But he did not speak anymore, and helped her walk.
Lin Qian looked up sideways at his face.
Of course she knew he and Gu Yanzhi’s relationships were close, otherwise he wouldn’t have access Gu Yanzhi’s office, and he took the cla.s.sified doc.u.ments. Since it is not the Security Manager, she thought, there she thought of an alternate position.
Maybe Gu Yanzhi’s a.s.sistant. Or maybe Gu Yanzhi would arrange a position in another department?
But she saw him wandering about everywhere, what could be his job ah? … …
“Oh … … So what is your position?” Lin Qian asked.
There was a pause in his footsteps, and he looked towards the ground.
Lin Qian followed his gaze and looked, and saw that there were snow puddles everywhere, for a large area. Her life was being made even more difficult.
“What to do?” She asked, temporarily putting the matter of his ident.i.ty to one side.
Li Zhicheng facing away from her and squatted: “Get on.”
Lin Qian was slightly surprised by his act, after all this was pretty intimate physical contact. But after thinking a little about it, she could immediately explain why–he is a soldier, when natural disasters like floods happened, he surely carried countless victims on his back. So naturally he would piggyback her.
Still cannot help but sigh once again, these soldiers wherever they are, are practical and easy to use ah.
She was not bashful, and climbed on rapidly. But who would have thought that she’d barely grab hold of his shoulder before becoming aware abruptly how high she had suddenly risen, and how low the ground was, his one step striding over a whole puddle. Lin Qian initially gave a quiet cry of alarm, but soon after smiled.
“Scary ah you!” Lin Qian patted him on the shoulder, “You’re waiting on the wounded so much ah?”
“First idea I had.”
Lin Qian immediately stopped talking as they came in front of some more puddles.
After he took a few steps, Lin Qian’s phone rang, it was Lin Mochen.
Even separated by vast oceans, Lin Mochen’s voice was still strong: “I saw the news.”
Lin Qian suddenly laughed: “Good.”
Lin Mochen smiled and said: “I’ve got the information.”
Lin Qian’s heart suddenly jumped. She subconsciously looked at Li Zhicheng, he seemed to be unable to hear the phone’s voice, still firmly paying attention to the road.
“Tell me.” Her voice became grave.
Lin Mochen: “Your new boss is Ai Da Chairman’s second son, very special. He is a veteran, named Li Zhicheng. ”
Lin Qian held the phone without speaking, and looking down at the calm man carrying her, her temples suddenly started to pound.
Ehehe so how did you like the first part of the reveal?
Also, notice how the first idea that springs to Li Zhicheng’s mind is to give her a piggyback ride. *cough* not even slightly lecherous at all *cough* Dude drives a hummer even out of the military… dude’s in love with the military.
Also, Lin Qian’s adorable forthrightness… lady wants something, she asks for it- even if ends up being a piggyback ride from her mysterious boss XD How do you think she’s gonna react to her big bro’s intel?