Zhou Ming frowned deeply, his face so wrinkled it seemed to drip water.
"Chairman?" the deputy general manager asked timidly.
"She needs to be dealt with. Freeze her bank card," Zhou Ming said in a deep voice. "Ignore her, hurry up and drive. Don't keep the client waiting."
The deputy general manager nodded and then drove to the destination.
"Sorry, sorry." As soon as they arrived at the star-rated hotel, Zhou Ming smiled, his anger from before completely gone. "There was a traffic jam on the way, I was late, so I'll punish myself with three drinks."
Although Zhou Ming is the chairman of a listed company, he still has to put on a smiling face when entertaining clients and even punish himself by drinking alcohol as an apology.
The fake boss lives a life of extravagance and debauchery; the real boss socializes until late at night and gets completely drunk.
After drinking three cups of wine, Zhou Ming's gaze immediately fell on the young man in front of him. Knowing the ways of the world, he knew at a glance that the young man was the central figure of the entire drinking party, someone the clients treated with deference.
"This is Mr. Chu, one of our company's most important friends," the client manager introduced the young man.
The client's general manager was puzzled.
This man named Chu Fang is the chairman's best friend and was personally received by him. His status and identity are quite distinguished. So why did Mr. Chu specifically request to attend tonight's banquet?
Why is that?
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ming became more cautious: "Hello, my name is Zhou Ming."
"Chu Fang." Chu Fang shook hands with the other person, then glanced behind him. "Eh? Why isn't your daughter here?"
He had used up a lot of his connections and resources to set up this scheme, specifically to lure Zhou Yahan into a trap.
Since Zhou Yahan won't listen to soft tactics, she'll have to resort to hard ones.
"Quickly, call Miss San and tell her a client wants to see her," Zhou Ming immediately said to the general manager at the back.
Chu Fang said, "It's not the Second Miss, but Zhou Yahan. I have long admired her and wanted to meet her today."
He had checked the Zhou family records. Zhou Ming had four children, two boys and two girls, with Zhou Yahan being the third.
Zhou Ming already had a guess in his mind.
Her third daughter was beautiful and attracted many wealthy young men, and the man in front of her was probably one of them.
He breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, then things are much easier. As long as we can handle Chu Fang, we'll secure the project."
Then I called Zhou Yahan, but she didn't answer. I tried calling several times, but none of the calls went through.
As a father, Zhou Ming felt embarrassed and gave an awkward smile: "My Hanhan rarely uses a mobile phone and prefers face-to-face communication, so it's difficult for her to answer the phone."
"How about this, Young Master Chu, I'll give you Hanhan's phone number, and I'll have her take good care of you."
Chu Fang remained silent: "... ..."
So he had set up a trap, just waiting for Zhou Yahan to take the bait, but the fish got away on its own.
So all his efforts tonight were for nothing?
"Never mind," Chu Fang shook his head. "You guys eat, I'm leaving now."
Seeing that the person in question hadn't arrived, he lost the desire to stay and left.
Watching the figure leave, Zhou Ming hesitated and asked, "What's that?"
The client's general manager stood up with a serious expression and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, our company's cooperation with your company ends here. We are deeply sorry for the trouble caused to your company."
After saying that, the client's general manager and several subordinates left, completely ignoring Zhou Ming's questions.
As the group walked out of the hotel, one of the subordinates asked, "General Manager, has this project just fallen through like that?"
“Yes.” The general manager nodded. “Mr. Chu is not satisfied, so we have no choice but to terminate the cooperation.”
Another subordinate said incredulously, "But this project was something we worked so hard to get done, costing us a lot of money and keeping us up countless nights. How can we just terminate it like this?!"
This project has required a tremendous amount of effort, which these subordinates find difficult to accept.
"So what do you want?" The general manager turned around. "Cooperate with Zhou Ming's company? That would be going against Mr. Chu, who is a distinguished guest personally received by the chairman and is demanding that we cooperate with him unconditionally."
"Mr. Chu doesn't want to cooperate, but you still want to cooperate?"
The first subordinate said, "But, but we completed this project. How will Mr. Chu decide whether or not to cooperate?"
“This project belongs to the company, and the company can do whatever it wants.” The general manager patted his subordinate on the shoulder. “You should know one thing clearly: we can’t offend Mr. Chu, we can only offend Zhou Ming.”
"If anyone is to blame, it's Zhou Ming. He offended Mr. Chu, which is his fault, not Mr. Chu's. That's normal business logic."
"Survival of the fittest!"
... ...
In the star-rated hotel, Zhou Ming, the company's general manager, felt the oppressive atmosphere was suffocating.
As Zhou Ming's subordinate, he knew that Zhou Ming was extremely angry at this moment.
Zhou Ming took a sip of his drink and said with the calm before a volcanic eruption, "Call Zhou Yahan right now and get out here to explain why all this happened."
Obviously, the success of the project depended on whether Chu Fang agreed, and Chu Fang had also made contact with his third daughter.
This project involves hundreds of millions of dollars and is crucial to the company's future development.
Zhou Ming would not allow anyone to sabotage the project. Even if his own daughter offended Chu Fang, he would force her to kowtow and apologize to Chu Fang.
... ...
Chu Fang was speechless.
He set up the scheme, but the person in charge didn't show up. Wasn't all his efforts wasted?
As soon as she returned to the Tanhua residential area, she saw Zhong Tingyue walking out with two pets. She asked in confusion, "Hey? Weren't you dealing with Zhou Yahan?"
"She didn't come." Chu Fang said, linking arms with Ms. Zhong.
The two strolled along the street, enjoying the feeling of the gentle breeze.
"What happened?"
"How would I know? I didn't see your enemy anywhere when I got there."
Chu Fang rested his head on Zhong Tingyue's shoulder and walked slowly, saying, "I've spent all my connections and resources, and I haven't accomplished anything."
Zhong Tingyue's bright eyes sparkled: "Then what do you want to do?"
"Drag!"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Tingyue gently pinched her fiancé, her mouth never uttering a serious word.
I don't know where I learned that.
"It's alright." Chu Fang waved his hand. "Although he didn't directly punish Zhou Yahan, he will naturally come to apologize in a few days."
“I’ve looked into that project. It’s very important to his father’s company. If it succeeds, the company can reach a new level. Therefore, his father would never let the project fall through.”
Zhong Tingyue asked, "Is that project also important to your friend's company? Maybe we should just forget about it?"
She didn't want Chu Fang to owe her friend too much because of her own affairs.
"Forget it? My friend wouldn't agree." Chu Fang shook his head. "He'd rather end the cooperation."
Why?
"Because he owes me a favor; I'm the one who helped him win over his wife."
Zhong Tingyue: "???"
"The matter is very simple. He liked a woman but was too shy to approach her. I helped him get her contact information and gave him advice on how to win her over. In the end, the two became husband and wife. It was all thanks to me."
"So how did you come up with the plan?"
"First, be shameless; second, persist in being shameless; third, absolutely persist in being shameless."
Zhong Tingyue smiled and shook her head.
She fits the image of a fiancé.
The two walked and talked along the street.
Suddenly, Chu Fang noticed that Zhong Tingyue's brows were slightly furrowed. Following the direction of his gaze, he saw Zhou Yahan, who had stood him up that night, sitting on a chair by the river, drinking wine and seemingly quite drunk.
Zhong Tingyue handed him the pet leash and said, "I'll go take a look."
Chu Fang, being a curious person, wanted to know why the usually confident Zhou Yahan was drowning her sorrows in alcohol: "I want to see too."
"no!"
Chu Fang silently thought to himself, "I'll draw a circle and curse you."
The streetlights dispelled the darkness, and Zhong Tingyue approached, saying, "Zhou Yahan."
... ...
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