Chapter 59 The Wind Rises
However, Han followed Gu Ningwei's instructions and took a stack of documents to Zhening Biology downstairs to ask Li Zhekai to sign.
When she walked into the company's lobby and saw the familiar scene, Han was dazed for a moment. She had not been to Zhening Bio for a long time.
When Liu Tongtong saw her, she smiled and greeted her, "Sister Han Que, why are you here?"
Han shook the folder in his arms and said with a smile, "I'm here to get Mr. Li's signature. Is he here?"
Liu Tongtong shook her head. "Mr. Li's child is about to take the college entrance examination this year. His family seems to be very busy. He doesn't come over until noon every day."
Han Que frowned, said "Oh," and waved her hand: "Then I'll come down later." She turned to go back, but Yu Xiaoli came in and put her arms around her neck from behind: "Sister Han Que, don't leave. You finally came here, you have to come and see us." She whispered in her ear: "Manager Chen Chunyi contacted me suddenly yesterday and said he wanted to continue the cooperation. I didn't know what to do, so I asked you."
Han nodded in understanding.
Han followed Yu Xiaoli to the sales office. Passing by the tea room, they heard a burst of laughter. Xiao Mei's laugh was particularly loud and clear. "Oh, you said she really thought she could marry into a wealthy family. Even if Gu Ningwei didn't marry He Lian, it wouldn't be her turn. She has always been smart, why did she suddenly lose her mind? It seems she is too greedy."
Someone also laughed and said, "Yeah, I've been dizzy from watching the trending searches these days. I originally thought that Mr. Gu was quite good to her, giving her a raise and a promotion. Who would have thought that he was just playing around? Han is really at a loss."
"What's she losing? She's very clear-headed. She's taking advantage of the fact that Gu Ningwei is still a little interested in her, so she's going to make as much money as she can. It won't be so easy for her to make money after Gu gets married." She gritted her teeth again and said, "She's just a gold digger. She was like that when Lao Gao was here. Everyone in our sales department knows her style."
The person who said this was Zhu Meimei from the sales department. She has been very angry recently.
She originally thought that Han Que had been transferred and the clients could be assigned to her, but she didn't expect Han Que to run to Jiang Jin and say that he was originally on secondment and would have to return to the sales department later. Yu Xiaoli would temporarily do general maintenance on the clients, and she would make time to communicate if there were important matters.
This is simply hoarding resources and treating the company's customers as her personal property, and Jiang Jin actually agreed to it.
Han stopped in her tracks, her brows furrowed. Yu Xiaoli tugged at her clothes and whispered, "Xiao Mei seems to have fallen ill lately. She keeps saying bad things about you in a sarcastic way. Boss Li is busy and not at the company lately, so Boss Jiang can't control her. Oh, by the way, she's been getting very close to Teacher Wang lately. She often comes to the R&D department and stays there for a long time, mumbling to herself. I've noticed that Teacher Wang usually has a stern face, but she smiles happily when she sees her."
Han pursed her lips and nodded. She quickened her pace, intending to pass quickly through the tea room door. Unexpectedly, Xiao Mei came out with a coffee cup in her hand, and the two almost bumped into each other head-on.
Xiao Mei's face was inevitably a little embarrassed, and she smiled awkwardly, "Hey, isn't this Han Que? How come you have time to come downstairs to guide the work?"
"Director Xiao, please don't make fun of me." Han smiled and said, "I'm just running errands for Mr. Gu. He has some documents that need to be signed by Mr. Li."
Xiao Mei said, "Oh, Mr. Li is not here. You can leave the file with me first and I will give it to him later." As she said that, she stretched out her hand to take the folder from Han Que's hand.
Han Que turned aside, still smiling politely, "Excuse me, Director Xiao, this is a confidential document. President Gu has instructed me to hand it to President Li personally and not to share it with anyone else." Han Que was holding the list of external R&D consultants and the funding plan that Gu Ningwei was planning to hire, and he was asking Xiao Mei to pass it on. She wasn't the kind of person who would dare disobey Gu Ningwei's orders.
Xiao Mei's face suddenly turned ugly. She always had the final say in Zhening Bio, and no employee had ever dared to contradict her in person. The last time Jiang Jin embarrassed her, she was so angry that she almost had a heart attack. But that was Jiang Jin, after all, he was the vice president and the son-in-law of the group boss. Who was this Han to her?
Xiao Mei sneered and said, "Oh, since it is a confidential document, I won't pass it on. Miss Han is Mr. Gu's personal secretary and knows Mr. Gu's secrets. Of course, it should be Miss Han who passes it on." She emphasized the word "personal" very clearly and deliberately changed Han Que's address.
Han smiled and said, "Thank you Director Xiao for the compliment. President Gu is indeed very confident in me." Then he took Yu Xiaoli and left.
Xiao Mei stood in the corridor for a long time before she gritted her teeth and cursed, "Shameless."
"I have no shame? I am morally corrupt?" Han opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"Yes, Xiao Mei called me to complain about you, and said she wanted to find Mr. Gu, but I stopped her." Director Pan looked at her, "You can't do that. Xiao Mei is a director, after all, and her position is higher than yours."
"She was the one who kept saying she wanted to take Mr. Gu's documents. If I don't give them to her, does that mean I'm shameless? You're still trying to turn the tables?" Han stood in front of Director Pan's desk, aggrievedly defending himself. "Mr. Gu specifically instructed that they could only be handed over to Mr. Li in person. He also told me to take them upstairs as soon as I signed. Of course, I couldn't give them to her."
Director Pan sighed and scolded her earnestly, as if scolding his own disobedient daughter: "Han Que, you know how chaotic things are right now. Those people working in the self-media are like rats, squeezing into every opportunity to get some explosive news. Those people at the Zhening Company downstairs already dislike you, and you provoke them. Why are you so impatient?"
Han, however, defended himself, "I didn't provoke them. I was just delivering documents to Mr. Li. It was official business."
"Then if Mr. Li is not here, just come back. Why do you have to stay there?"
"I..." Han was speechless. She didn't want to tell Director Pan because she still had to discuss client matters with Yu Xiaoli. After all, only Yu Xiaoli, Jiang Jin, and herself knew about these things. Even Gu Ningwei was not clear.
She always has to leave herself a way out. If one way doesn't work, she'll try two. She can't be left with nothing.
"In this extraordinary period, you'd better be careful about your impact and avoid conflicts with others." Director Pan waved his hand and asked Han Que to return to his workstation.
Han returned to his workstation, took out the documents signed by Li Zhekai, sorted them out, put them in the safe, and then fell into deep thought.
It was obvious that Gu Ningwei had decided to eliminate Mr. Wang's R&D department. However, the information she had recently discovered revealed that the patents for some core products actually belonged to Wang Jianan alone. This meant that, in theory, even if Chening Company produced and sold the products, it would still have to pay him.
Li Zhekai had always preferred to be a hands-off boss, which had indeed allowed him to take advantage of the situation. However, Gu Ningwei and Jiang Jin were not foolish. Everyone was still polite on the surface, and Wang Jianan appeared to be completely devoted to the company's products, leading the R&D team to work overtime every day to test new products.
But once the conflict escalates, the consequences will be very serious. In addition, Yu Xiaoli said that Xiao Mei has been very close to Wang Jianan recently, and has also brought along Zhu Meimei and a group of old employees from the sales department. It seems that there is something fishy here.
Han frowned and thought about it, then laughed at himself for meddling in other people's business.
In the cafe on the first floor of the Shangri-La Hotel, a bright yellow Chinese brocade screen, embroidered with a pattern of magpies climbing on plum trees, blocks the view of outsiders. A ray of sunlight faintly filters through the gaps in the silk, shining on the two people sitting opposite each other.
Xiao Mei specially wore a white silk suit and a white long skirt today. Her straight hair hung down on her shoulders and was specially clipped with a straightener. Her hair was black, shiny and smooth, and she looked capable and confident.
She wore a flat, professional smile on her face as she looked at the young man opposite her and politely declined, "Mr. Xie, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that the company has regulations and you can't just say anything. Please don't hurt me."
"How could I harm you? We all have professional regulations. If it really doesn't work, we can sign a confidentiality agreement." Xie Ming smiled. He picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.
"The confidentiality agreement is useless. Once your report is out, everyone can see that someone leaked the news. Then I will be charged with violating company regulations and leaking commercial secrets. I will lose my job, and where can I find you?" Xiao Mei smiled sweetly.
Xie Ming also smiled. "Director Xiao, if you really cared about this company rule, you wouldn't be meeting with me today. You know this rule is wrong. We were just discussing an employee's personal issues. How can you say you're leaking the company's trade secrets? This has nothing to do with the company's operations, right?"
Xiao Mei just smiled and said nothing.
Seeing she was still hesitant, Xie Ming tried a different approach to elicit more information. He began by asking about Zhening Bio's basic situation, its main products, sales performance, internal management, and its relationship with Chengguang Group. This information was readily available online and didn't touch Xiao Mei's bottom line. Gradually, she relaxed and began to engage in a lively conversation with Xie Ming.
Xie Mingye seemed to have given up on his own goals and switched to financial reporter mode. Finally, he casually asked, "Hey, if this is the biological supply company that Mr. Li founded many years ago, how is it connected to Chengguang Group? They seem completely unrelated, right?"
Xiao Mei also said casually, "Ah, that's what our young Mr. Gu likes. He likes the field of biology. Maybe it's because he likes people who study biology."
Xie Ming looked at her intently and smiled slightly.
On weekends, Han didn't have to work overtime. She got up early to go to the market to buy vegetables, preparing to buy some pork ribs to make soup.
Liu Suping has not been sleeping well recently and always wakes up at night. As soon as she wakes up, she pulls Han Que to talk about Han Yourong's past, which makes Han Que lose energy during the day.
She looked up some information on traditional Chinese medicine on the Internet, and bought some edible and medicinal herbs such as longan, red dates, wolfberry, jujube kernel, lotus seeds, lily, etc., and started Liu Suping's health regimen.
She walked along the vegetable market, passing by the farmers' vegetable stalls. The emerald green edamame, purple eggplant, and deep red amaranth were so juicy and attractive. However, Han thought, if she really wanted to study abroad, she could still tolerate fast food every day, but what about Liu Suping's Chinese stomach?
Her phone kept ringing. It was Zhou Wenwen, who asked immediately, "Han Que, what's going on? Your photos are all over the internet now, and how did the reporters find out about you and Gu Ningwei?"
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