Chapter 20: More Than Just an Explanation!
On the way to the company, Lu Chengze's face looked frighteningly dark.
Special Assistant Lin has never put down the phone since he received the call.
Wu Yue, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was shaking as he gripped the steering wheel. He kept mumbling, "How dare he?"
"How dare he?"
Liu Yaozong was a problem student who was persuaded to drop out of a fake college. If his sister hadn't saved Lu Chengze, he would never have been able to enter the door of the Lu Group in his life.
How dare he pass off inferior products as genuine ones and tamper with the cooperation between Lu and Li?
You know, Lu's two largest partners now are Jian's and Li's.
Now that things have gotten so serious, even if the cooperation with the Li family can be stabilized, the reputation of the Lu family will be ruined!
The tens of millions of yuan in price difference he coveted destroyed the foundation of the Lu family!
Once again, no one answered the phone that Assistant Lin called until it hung up automatically.
He was usually calm, but this was a rare moment of sullenness. When he spoke to Lu Chengze, his tone was stiff, "Boss Lu, no one answered Boss Li's call."
In recent years, the cooperation projects between Lu and Li have always been negotiated by Miss Jian. The Li and Jian families have been friends for many years and have never made things difficult for them in this regard.
This is the first time that I didn’t answer the phone.
Special Assistant Lin frowned when he remembered that President Lu missed the engagement party because of Liu Yiyi.
There were problems with the materials in the past six months, but they chose to explode at this time. Mr. Li might have the intention of venting his anger on Jian Yao.
At first, he did not agree to let the Liu siblings join the company, but President Lu insisted on his own way and supported the two to take over the position despite public opinion.
Now, not only is the marriage between the Jian family and the Lu family in jeopardy, but even the company's projects are in trouble.
He didn't understand. Mr. Lu was obviously a smart man, so why did he seem to lose his mind every time he encountered something related to Liu Yiyi?
Thinking of the Liu brothers and sisters, who were just a pair of useless people, Special Assistant Lin closed his eyes, feeling an unprecedented sense of powerlessness in his heart.
As Lu Chengze listened to Wu Yue's whispers, his heart beat uncontrollably, almost bursting out of his chest.
The words of objection when Liu Yaozong was first appointed as the warehouse manager are still ringing in my ears.
"Chengze, Liu Yaozong's ability is simply not enough to be a warehouse manager. If you want to train him, you can let him start from the basics."
"Boss Lu, Liu Yaozong's education level is barely good enough to be employed as a security guard in our company. It may be inappropriate for you to promote him to such a high position."
Even Wu Yue, who never refuted him, rarely raised objections.
"Brother Lu, are you crazy? He was expelled from school because of stealing. Letting him manage the warehouse is like putting a mouse in a rice jar."
What did he say then?
He felt that Jian Yao brought her personal emotions into work because she disliked Liu Yiyi.
I feel that Assistant Director Lin is too rigid and that he judges people by their academic qualifications, which is rather biased.
As for the so-called theft that Wu Yue mentioned, it was just a watch worth tens of thousands of dollars from his roommate.
He wouldn't even look at a watch of this price. In his opinion, it's not even stealing.
He said that if anything went wrong he would take responsibility.
He was arrogant and thought that with Liu Yaozong's ability, he could handle it even if something went wrong.
Lu Chengze clenched his fingers, digging his well-trimmed nails into the flesh, but his face showed no expression at all, as if he felt no pain at all.
The car braked suddenly and stopped in front of the gate of Lu's company. Lu Chengze and Wu Yue got out first.
When Assistant Lin got out of the car, his trouser legs touched the black velvet gift box.
Those were the jewelry that Lu Chengze had originally picked for Jian Yao, but now he was asking him to deliver them to Liu Yiyi.
Special Assistant Lin wanted to ignore it and was about to close the door when he suddenly paused and reached out to take it out again.
When I passed by the front desk, I gave the gift box and address to one of the girls at the front desk and asked her to deliver the item over.
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Lu's top floor.
The assistant came in for the third time with warm coffee, her eyes red, as if she was about to cry in the next second.
"Secretary Wang, have a cup of coffee."
President Lu and Special Assistant Lin had not returned yet, and Miss Jian was not around either, so she had no choice but to entertain them.
Secretary Wang, dressed in a smart business suit, sat upright on the sofa. He glanced at the mechanical clock on the wall and his tone was not very good.
"Is coffee free in your company? Or is Mr. Lu too big a figure for a small secretary like me to see?"
The trembling assistant's eyes were moistened, and she said, "President Lu is on his way. Please wait a moment."
Secretary Wang was also furious, and was even more upset when he saw the young assistant crying.
"Don't cry, if someone sees you they will think I've bullied you."
No one knows how Lu Chengze climbed to the position of president. What kind of people are recruited in the president's office?
There is a girl named Liu Yiyi, who works as a secretary. She has a headache and fever every day and takes sick leave. She even needs to be accompanied by the president himself.
Here is a weak assistant who can only pour coffee and make a lot of noise with just a few words.
The young assistant was frightened by her words and hiccuped. He looked at her with red eyes and forced himself to hold back the tears.
"S-sorry."
When Lu Chengze came in, he happened to see this scene. He looked at Secretary Wang unkindly and said to the young assistant who was about to cry, "You go down first."
Wait for the assistant to go out and close the office door.
Lu Chengze sat down opposite Secretary Wang, picked up the contract on the table and looked through it, and said in a cold voice.
"I will give Li an explanation for this matter."
Secretary Wang raised his eyebrows and looked at him. His eyes scanned him and finally fell on the dark gray under his eyes. A mocking smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"Confess?"
"Li wants more than just an explanation!"
Secretary Wang's wanton look made Lu Chengze's already irritable mood even more irritated.
His fingers that were flipping through the contract paused, and he asked with a half-smile, "So, Secretary Wang, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Secretary Wang smiled politely, "The cooperation is terminated. Lu will compensate Li for his losses, apologize publicly, and pay the penalty for breach of contract."
Lu Chengze lowered his eyes and looked at the documents in his hand. "If I'm not mistaken, the Li family hasn't used any of these things yet, right?"
He closed the document and looked up at Secretary Wang's delicate face. "Why don't we compromise?"
"Li will keep this batch of materials, and we will return half of the money they paid. This way, Li can save money, and we don't have to pull the goods back and forth. It's a win-win cooperation."
"Ha!" Secretary Wang sneered and raised his hands to applaud, "President Lu really has a good plan."
She said in a sinister tone, "Then Mr. Lu, why don't you guess why we haven't used the goods for half a year?"
It’s not that it’s useless!
Lee's has always been on the high-end route, and all materials are carefully selected.
Using inferior products to pass them off as high-end goods for customers is tantamount to seeking one's own death.
Secretary Wang's pretty face was gloomy. "My suggestion just now is the only solution. Mr. Lu still has three days, so why not think about it carefully?"
She snatched the document from Lu Chengze's hand and said, "In three days, if Li doesn't see Lu's sincerity, we'll see you in court!"