Chapter 37: Waiting for the Snake to Come Out of the Hole
After the show, Li Yan got in a taxi and, emboldened by the alcohol, called Lin Yao. Lin Yao answered, "Get lost! What's calling you?" "Go ahead and scold me, sister. It makes me feel better. I came to Chen Wenzhong purely to get more work. I need money, I need income, I need to pay off my debts, I need to live..." He was bobbing in and out of control, like he was tugging at a string, his eyes reddened. The light and shadows on the roadside receded, and he felt dazed and lost. The words "I need to live" stuck in Lin Yao's throat. Li Yan exhaled a breath of alcohol. "Don't worry, if you want to bid, I, Li Yan, will never do it." "It doesn't matter. Do whatever you want." "I have something to tell you." "Go ahead!" "Do you know Li Mingpeng?" It was Li Mingpeng again. Lin Yao was puzzled. "What's wrong with him?" "When Sister Wei and Shi Zhenglin were discussing KG, Li Mingpeng leaked the news to Chen Wenzhong, asking him to poach Shi Zhenglin to move to Shanghai. It must have been Chen Wenzhong who told Shi Zhenglin that Lin He had leaked the news." She wasn't surprised by a rival like Chen Wenzhong engaging in vicious competition, but she was quite shocked by Li Mingpeng's actions. After hanging up the phone, she sorted out the logic. Li Mingpeng first ruined Shi Zhenglin's chance at KG, then spread the news to make it impossible for him to stay at Shanemo, and then asked Chen Wenzhong to poach him to Shanghai, pushing him out of town? What a vicious man! In her mind, Li Mingpeng harmed Shi Zhenglin, and indirectly harmed Lin He. She wanted to settle both Li Mingpeng's and Shi Zhenglin's scores. She planned to wait until Li Huaigang's case was settled before trying to persuade Long Weihe to reconcile. Li Huaigang's case was successfully settled on Saturday, and Chen Yuantuo invited him and his wife to dinner. While Long Weihe handled the arrangements inside, Lin Yao and Qian Duoduo waited outside in the hotel parking lot. "When will Mom come out?" Qian Duoduo anxiously asked, having waited in the car for half an hour. "Just a little longer," Lin Yao checked the time. After a while, he saw someone coming out and tried to get out to find her, but Lin Yao stopped him. A few people helped Chen Yuantuo to the car first, and Long Weihe then helped Li Huaigang and his wife to theirs. She was left alone, watching the car drive away. Then she turned to look at the people in her car, pursing her lips and strolling slowly towards them. Qian Duoduo anxiously asked, "Mom, did you succeed?" "No," she said, pretending to be sad as she got in. Startled, Qian Duoduo looked over at Lin Yao, who had just assured him it would definitely work out. Lin Yao chuckled. Qian Duoduo blushed and threw himself into her arms, "You lied to me!" She hugged him, "It's done, it's done." Then she said to Lin Yao, "This Chen Yuantuo, once he recognizes someone, his methods of recruiting are so powerful that even the wife of the person has been captivated by him. In fact...
After the show, Li Yan got into a taxi and, emboldened by the alcohol, called Lin Yao.
Lin Yao answered, "Get lost! What's the call?"
"Sister, please scold me. It makes me feel better. I came to Chen Wenzhong purely to get more orders. I'm short of money. I need income, I need to pay off my debts, and I need to live..."
He was floating up and down as if pulling a string in the wine and the smell of alcohol, his eyes were red, the light and shadow on the roadside were receding, he was in a trance and confused.
The phrase "I need to make a living" felt like a thorn in Lin Yao's throat.
Li Yan exhaled the alcohol and said, "Don't worry, I, Li Yan, will never bid for anything you want to do."
"It doesn't matter. Do whatever you like."
"There's something I want to tell you."
"explain!"
"Do you know Li Mingpeng?"
It was Li Mingpeng again. Lin Yao was puzzled. "What's wrong with him?"
"When Sister Wei and Shi Zhenglin were discussing KG, Li Mingpeng spread the news to Chen Wenzhong, asking him to dig Shi Zhenglin out of Shanghai. It was probably Chen Wenzhong who spread the rumor to Shi Zhenglin that Lin He had spread the news."
She was not surprised that an opponent like Chen Wenzhong engaged in vicious competition, but she was quite shocked by what Li Mingpeng did.
After hanging up the phone, she sorted out the logic. Li Mingpeng first ruined Shi Zhenglin's chance at KG, then spread rumors to make it impossible for him to stay in Shanemo, and then asked Chen Wenzhong to poach him to Shanghai and force him out of town? This man is really vicious!
In her mind, Li Mingpeng harmed Shi Zhenglin, and indirectly, Lin He. She wanted to settle the score with both Li Mingpeng and Shi Zhenglin. She planned to wait until the Li Huaigang incident was resolved before trying to persuade Long Weihe to reconsider the matter.
Li Huaigang's matter was settled smoothly on Saturday, and Chen Yuantuo invited him and his wife to dinner together.
Long Weihe was threading the strings inside the venue, while Lin Yao took Qian Duoduo to wait in the hotel parking lot outside the venue.
"When will Mommy come out?"
Qian Duoduo waited in the car for half an hour and asked anxiously.
"Wait a little longer." Lin Yao looked at the time.
After waiting for a while, he saw someone coming out and wanted to get out of the car to find her, but was held back by Lin Yao.
Several people helped Chen Yuantuo get into the car first, and Long Weihe helped Li Huaigang and his wife get into the car. She was left alone, standing there watching the car drive away, then turned around to look at the people in her own car. She smiled and deliberately walked over slowly.
Qian Duoduo asked anxiously, "Mom, did you succeed?"
"No." She got in the car and pretended to be sad.
Qian Duoduo was stunned and went to see Lin Yao, who had just told him that it would definitely work.
Lin Yao chuckled.
Qian Duoduo threw himself into her arms with a red face, "You lied to me!"
She hugged him and said, "It's done, it's done." Then she said to Lin Yao, "This Chen Yuantuo, once he recognizes someone, he is very good at recruiting them. Even the wife of the man has been won over by him. But in fact, he took the opportunity to see through the man's family background. He is very clever. We had a very pleasant conversation and agreed on a time to arrive. Mrs. Li Huaigang said that if she needs someone, she can contact me. I have opened up another channel while securing one."
Lin Yao happily fastened his seatbelt and said, "Give me money to cash in my reward!"
“I want to buy toys!”
"purchase!"
"I want to buy Shi Shi a birthday present!"
"Shi Shi invited you to her birthday party?" Lin Yao asked.
Qian Duoduo ignored her and pulled Long Weihe's arm with his plaster-free hand, "Mom, I want to go. Please buy me a birthday present!"
"We have something to do that day, we'll have a chance to play together again later."
"don't want!"
Yesterday, Aunt Xu called Long Weihe, and Shi Shi found Qian Enming and told him that this Tuesday was her birthday and asked him to go to her house to play.
He agreed immediately. He hadn't been to kindergarten for a long time, and he was bored at home and eager to find someone to play with.
Long Weihe didn't want to get involved with Shi Zhenglin anymore and said she couldn't go that day because of something.
"What birthday present do you want? I'll buy it for you." Lin Yao started the car.
"I need to think about it."
She drove the car to the destination indicated by the navigation, let Long Weihe drive home, and got out of the car with her bag.
"Who are you meeting so late?"
"A potential big client. I'll tell you once it's confirmed. It might be a big order. You guys go back first. I'll take a taxi back after meeting someone."
The person she was talking about was Lin Yuxun. He contacted her today and asked if she had time to hang out.
He'd told her to grab a snake by its weakest point, and she'd followed his lead, patiently waiting for it to emerge. If he truly was Tongya's son, she didn't think his plan would be hasty. She wanted to do something that had a chance of success, not just plunge in and be buried with the "deposed crown prince."
She told him she had something important to attend to that evening, so they'd meet up another day. He said he'd be out of town the next day and wouldn't be back until school started, so he could wait until she was done and meet up later. She bet he'd been thinking about it for a while and had some further ideas.
She must seize the opportunity.
The address he sent her said was a club, but when she came in and looked around, she found it was a townhouse in a high-end residential area.
He met her at the door, dressed casually in white, "Thank you for running. It's late, and I can't think of a suitable place. It's quieter here."
"What kind of club is this?" She followed him in.
"A small private club."
When she entered, she saw that the entire first floor was connected, a mixture of literary and industrial styles. The game interface was still on the huge TV screen. Behind the long bar on one side was a row of drinks. On the other side were some decorative ornaments and abstract paintings that she couldn't understand. The whole row of bookshelves next to it looked like they were just for decoration. Against the glass curtain wall were some fitness equipment and a pool table. There was a corner that was a business negotiation area, as well as a tea room area and an open Western-style kitchen. It really looked like a leisure club.
"Our company rented a small club for us partners to relax and have fun, and we also bring some friends or partners here to discuss business," he explained.
"Aren't you unemployed?" she asked while walking around.
"It's almost like being unemployed. I make drones. I've set up a company with a few other people. The workload for the part I'm in charge of isn't very heavy right now."
He guessed that she had probably looked up his name online, and couldn't avoid the business information, so she took the initiative to peel off a layer for herself.
The snake began to come out of its hole. She nodded and smiled, then followed him around to the bar.
He pulled up a bar stool for her to sit down.
"What would you like to drink?"
"Water, thank you." She glanced upstairs. "Where are we going tomorrow? Traveling?"
"Going out to do some work."
He handed her a glass of room temperature water and turned to get some ice water for himself.
Someone suddenly opened the door, and two men stood at the door, staring at her, "Sorry to bother you! We forgot to take our things."
A man ran in and quickly grabbed a bag of information from the black leather sofa in the middle of the hall. He glanced at the two of them and smiled, "You guys keep chatting."
Lin Yuxun glared at them and said to her, "My two partners just played games together here to relax on the weekend."
He glanced at his watch. It was getting late, so he got straight to the point. "Are you willing to take up what we talked about last time?"
"A list? Your friend, in ancient times, would be planning the crown prince's ascension to the throne, something that must be kept strictly confidential. Does he trust me? Why don't we meet and talk?"
"Don't pretend, you should know that it's me who needs it." He smiled and threw the ice into his glass, speaking frankly.
"Ah? By yourself?" She pretended to be surprised.
He went to the bookshelf and took out a document and handed it to her. "I wrote a simple cooperation agreement. Take a look."
She took it. It was just one page with very simple content. She glanced at the key information: Party A was Lin Yuxun, and Party B was Lin Yao. Party B, as Party A's strategic partner, provided talent consulting services to Party A. The service fee was paid on a fixed monthly basis. The fee was crossed out and left blank. The contract period was six months.
The company name and specific service content are not mentioned, but there are a few liability restrictions.
Even if this paper were leaked, it wouldn't have any substantial information about who he was or what he wanted to do. He was still wary of her. She believed this paper was just a test version.
"What kind of collaboration is this?" She smiled and put the paper on the bar counter.
"I personally invite you to be a consulting consultant, or a strategic partner. Mr. Lin can try to change his thinking and develop some new headhunting services." He took a sip of ice water and watched her reaction.
She picked up the paper again and folded it in half. "My partner has to get involved. I can't do much work alone."
He continued, "Daily consulting fees are paid monthly. I didn't fill in the amount, so please fill it in."
He was so generous, letting her fill it in. He used the money as a temptation and a test, avoiding the question of another person entering the scene.
"You haven't given me a workload, so it's hard for me to gauge my investment. You're in the drone industry, so why would you want to collaborate with the medical aesthetics industry?"
She wanted to peel him off again.
"Sorry, I can't discuss this with you until we sign a cooperation agreement. Specific hiring requirements will be agreed upon in a separate contract. Based on your regular rate, this is just a daily consulting fee. How about starting with 50,000 per month? My consulting needs are always changing, and I can't estimate them yet. I'll adjust based on the situation later."
"I need time to discuss this with my partner." She circled back to her partner.
"I told you, it can only be you."
"I won't answer it alone."
"Really not answering?"
"I really can't answer it."
She took a gamble that he would compromise.
The two looked at each other in a silent game, waiting for the other to compromise.
He closed his eyes, weighed the paper on the table, and smiled, "It's not a big deal. I won't bother Mr. Lin anymore. I'll find another partner."
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