Chapter 12: Mr. Lu is in trouble

When he signed just now, Lu Jie didn’t realize it, but now that the phone call came, he realized that he was in trouble.

In the eyes of the company boss, if his subordinates were taken to have a chat, he must find out what happened to them. Otherwise, who would be willing to keep such people in the company? Lu Jie couldn't tell the conversation with Lin Qianjun. Otherwise, you signed the confidentiality agreement and then leaked all the information. Do you really think that the agreement is a waste of paper? He could only answer, "Mr. Song, they asked not to disclose the content of the conversation. Can you understand this? I can only say that today's conversation has nothing to do with the company's business. I am also cooperating with the investigation. It's not that I have committed any crime. Otherwise, I would not have come out so soon!"

"Apart from the confidentiality agreement, what else is there?" Mr. Song felt exhausted. If you were to say that the economic investigation was a check on the origins, it was normal. Who in this line of work didn't have some violations? But what about drinking tea? "They also took my passport and asked me to stay in China recently. But don't worry, they also said that they would return my passport to me after the investigation is clear!" Lu Jie didn't want to talk about this, but he had to, because according to the company's plan, he had to go to the United States next week to discuss a business.

"Then you won't be able to go to the United States next week?" Sure enough, Mr. Song's first reaction was also this.

"Yes, I can't go to this negotiation! I plan to discuss with Mr. Smith to see if we can change the time, or invite him to come to China for the talks! He also said before that he wanted to come and see our company!" Lu Jie said cautiously.

"I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to suddenly change the time that has already been scheduled. And when do you want to change it to? You probably don't know when they will return your passport to you, right?"

Mr. Song was silent for a moment and then said, "It doesn't seem appropriate to invite them to Beijing. After all, you just had tea. What if they have misunderstandings? What if they also go to chat with Mr. Smith? Should we still do this business?"

Lu Jie was speechless, because what Mr. Song said was right. For a person who had just had tea, it was inappropriate for him to come into contact with foreigners right away.

"How about this, you come to the company right away and give all the information about this business to Lao Gu, and have him go to the United States to talk to Mr. Smith on your behalf! Don't worry, this isn't to hand over your project to Lao Gu. Isn't this a special situation? Let him help you for a few days first, and when you get your passport back, you will still be responsible for the subsequent connection!"

Mr. Song spoke in a very calm tone, but Lu Jie's mood hit rock bottom, because he was the one who fought with Lao Gu for this project in the first place, and he had to put in a lot of effort to get it. He had worked hard to complete the preliminary work, and now he was about to reap the fruits of his labor, but he had to temporarily hand it over to Lao Gu, which he certainly didn't want to do.

It is easy to hand over a project, but it is difficult to take it back. Who wants to spit out something that has already been in their mouth? When Lu Jie thought of the high bonus commission that this project could bring, he felt a pang in his heart.

But he couldn't refuse. Mr. Song was the boss of the company, and his reasons were impeccable. Now that you can't go abroad, can't you just let someone else take your place? Refusing was impossible, so Lu Jie could only make a final struggle, "Old Gu hasn't paid attention to this project for a while, so it's better to let Xiao Xiang go?"

Xiao Xiang is his deputy, so the project is still his.

"What's Xiao Xiang's level? How can he talk to Mr. Smith? Their identities are not equal! Come to the company quickly, let's hold a meeting to settle this matter!" The boss didn't give him the chance at all and hung up the phone after saying that.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jie prepared to go out with a gloomy face. When he reached the door, he remembered that the Land Rover was still downstairs of the company. He could only take out his mobile phone and start calling an online taxi.

"What's going on?" Xie Meilan asked cautiously.

"Go back to the company!"

"Should I go too?"

"You decide!" Lu Jie was so annoyed that he didn't have the heart to care about her!

He regretted it right after he said it. Now was not the time to get angry. He still had to rely on her for something big in the future. So he quickly went forward and hugged Xie Meilan, who was terrified. "Meilan, I mean you were frightened. If you haven't recovered yet, you can rest at home, or go to the beauty salon downstairs for a SPA. If you want to go to work, that's fine. I've already called a car!"

If it were usual, Xie Meilan would definitely like to go to the beauty salon downstairs, where she could maintain her looks and listen to compliments from the staff. How comfortable that would be!

Now she didn’t dare to do that, and quickly took Lu Jie’s arm, “I’ll go to the company with you!”

"Well, you have signed the confidentiality agreement, right? It's easy to tell anyone who asks, otherwise it will be troublesome!" Lu Jie reminded them. At this time, the online car-hailing car was about to arrive, and the two of them hurried downstairs. Xie Meilan didn't even have time to change her clothes.

When he arrived at the company, although Lu Jie gave various reasons, he still failed to convince Mr. Song, so he could only temporarily hand over this important project to Lao Gu. The same went for Xie Meilan, who was temporarily kicked out of the project team.

She was originally brought in by Lu Jie. Now Lu Jie was temporarily excluded. Her ability was not outstanding and she also had the trouble of drinking tea, so naturally he would not let her stay.

"Lao Lu, don't worry about leaving this project to me! I promise to do my best to sign a contract with Mr. Smith as soon as possible! Once you have finished dealing with things on your side, the project will still be yours!" Lao Gu said with a smile, holding Lu Jie's hand.

Lu Jie didn't believe this. Old Gu had always been a Pixiu. How could he possibly vomit out what had gone into his stomach?

But now, no matter how depressed he was, he had no choice but to hand over his work to Lao Gu obediently.

Not only did Xie Meilan lose this project, but the leader of another small project team also called her over. After a long conversation, the leader finally said the same thing: he felt that her current situation was no longer suitable for her to stay in the project team.

Now Xie Meilan has lost the opportunity to earn bonuses and commissions. If she doesn't find a new project as soon as possible, she will probably have to live on the basic salary as usual this year.

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Lu Jie also faced new problems. The financial circle has always been a place where the powerful take advantage of the weak. Now that he is in trouble, there will definitely be people who will take advantage of his misfortune. For example, those senior executives who don't usually get along with him have already started spreading the news.

Soon, several institutions that cooperated with their company all knew that Lu Jie was invited to have tea.

They immediately called Mr. Song and said, "Mr. Song, our project is at a critical stage. Shouldn't we be more cautious and try to eliminate all adverse factors that may affect the progress of the project?"

What is an unfavorable factor? Mr. Song understood it immediately and he decisively chose to sacrifice Lu Jie.

(End of this chapter)