Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Part 2
It was already nine o'clock in the evening when we arrived at Tsushima Port. Due to the collision between two cargo ships when entering and leaving the port, the port facilities were also damaged. The port terminal has been blocked for repairs. The person in charge of the transportation company has also arrived at the scene, and the legal team is in communication.
Seeing Lu Jin get out of the car, the port manager Shi Haoqiang hurried forward and said, "Mr. Lu."
"Um."
The last time Shi Haoqiang met Lu Jinzhi was five years ago. Lu Jinzhi came alone to inspect the logistics industry chain of the port. At that time, there were a few foolish people who did not take the fledgling Mr. Lu seriously and were fired on the spot by Lu Jinzhi without blinking an eye, even though they were senior executives of the port.
He was promoted because of this.
After not seeing each other for five years, Lu Jinzhi has become more mature than before. He seems not as cold as before, but his eyes and actions reveal a more frightening understanding and thoroughness.
Shi Haoqiang didn't dare delay and immediately handed over a few sheets of paper. "The primary responsibility lies with the captain of the foreign ship entering the port, who made an operational error. The damage to our facilities is estimated at 270 million. The other ship, owned by a domestic shipping company, managed to evade the impact, but a small portion of its containers were crushed. We're currently assessing the damage. Both sides are arguing fiercely, arguing that the other is equally responsible. Their responsible persons will be here soon."
Although it is a foreign ship, if it frequently conducts foreign trade, it will also have its own person in charge in the country.
It would be fine if they were all domestic ships, but the main thing is that there are also foreign ships.
There is a dispute between the two sides, and Lu Jinzhi needs to show up.
Lu Jinzhi took the papers, read through the contents, and then handed them to Qiao Wu beside him: "Process."
Qiao Wu knew what he meant.
In fact, it is a very simple thing to show up, and there is no need to do anything, but she has never been exposed to this kind of work in the port, and it was all just talk before, so I brought her here to take a look.
Shi Haoqiang had only held online meetings in the past, but most of the time he communicated with Secretary Xu, a lady who looked unfamiliar.
Moreover, even though she stood very close to Mr. Lu, her demeanor did not diminish at all.
You have to know that Mr. Lu is different from ordinary CEOs with a big belly. His face and figure have always been the hot topics of financial magazines besides his assets. It is rare to find someone who can match him.
Could this be the boss lady? Mr. Lu is getting old.
Shi Haoqiang immediately perked up his nerves: "Who is this?"
"Qiao Wu." Lu Jinzhi glanced to the side, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly smiled, "Mr. Qiao."
Qiao Wu, who was reading the information: "..."
The company's lawsuit has not been settled yet.
She raised her eyes to glance at Lu Jinzhi, and seeing the smile in his eyes she knew he was joking, but this was obviously not the time for jokes, so he really regarded her as the future President Qiao, and even though he knew she wanted to leave in the future, he was unreserved towards her at work.
She accepted the title calmly and extended her hand to the person in charge: "Hello."
"Hello, Mr. Qiao." Seeing the clean, slender hands, Shi Haoqiang subconsciously wiped them at his side before extending them. "My name is Shi Haoqiang, and I'm currently the general manager of logistics at Jindao Port."
He quickly released his hand and followed the two men to see the damaged scene.
Then I heard Mr. Lu say to Mr. Qiao.
"Qin Tianrui can't become your connection and resource, but you can become your own connection and resource."
Qin Tianrui?
Very famous, seems to be the younger brother of President Qin.
"So you brought me here?"
"I don't want to hold you back." Lu Jinzhi smiled, "But Kunpeng also needs wings to fly."
Qiao Wu raised the information in his hand and said, "I'm not that ignorant. I've written it all down. Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me." Lu Jinzhi suddenly asked, "They reported me for having no target?"
Qiao Wu answered for him: "Your goal now should be to talk to them properly."
"The road ahead is long and difficult."
Qiao Wu laughed: "Are you really cooperating?"
I cooperate, but sometimes I get so stupid that I can't control myself.
"Change it." Lu Jinzhi turned around and looked at her, "I'll help you fly one foot, one zhang, ten zhang, and there will be rewards for each interval."
"What reward?"
Qiao Wu couldn't think of why Lu Jinzhi needed him. He was very rational, so he didn't need the emotional comfort of the others.
"I think about the goal, shouldn't you think about the reward?"
That's not a reward, that's a thank you gift.
It was reasonable and Qiao Wu had no way to refuse.
"good."
Shi Haoqiang, who was walking behind the two of them, felt that his presence was very low. People would not talk behind his back, so he could hear everything clearly.
So now Mr. Lu wants to be a stepping stone for Mr. Qiao, and he is willing to do it. Not only does he not want others to thank him, he also asks for a reward?
What kind of approach is this?
Just like when he was pursuing his wife, asking for nothing, just giving?
When you think about it this way, it seems reasonable, pure love warrior.
Shi Haoqiang suddenly felt that he saw through everything.
Just as he took a quick look around the dock, someone came up from behind and said, "Mr. Lu, the heads of the two transportation companies are here. They are..."
Shi Haoqiang: "That's it."
"They arrived right at the same time," the man said, "and started arguing right away."
After all, he was still at his own dock, so Lu Jinzhi turned around and walked back the way he came.
Before I walked far, I saw two people facing each other at a parking lot not far away. One of them was obviously a foreigner, and should be the head of the transportation company to which the foreign ship belonged.
The two people were arguing with each other in English face to face. Maybe they felt that English affected their performance, so the person in charge from China mixed Chinese and English, quoted classics and used many jargons. His firepower was quite fierce. Anyway, the person opposite him couldn't understand him.
Qiao Wu's ears were numb from the noise.
Shi Haoqiang walked over and started coughing frantically to make his presence felt: "Cough cough cough!"
The two people who were arguing happily turned their heads together.
One of them was very young, not dressed too formally, and looked somewhat mixed-race. His eyes widened: "Lu Jinzhi? Damn, why can't I hide from you anywhere!"
At this moment, Qiao Wu deeply felt that Lu Jinzhi had a little misunderstanding of him.
He may have a lot of resources, but as for his connections... it's hard to say.
This person is obviously the same as Qin Lian and keeps his distance from Lu Jinzhi.
But Qiao Wu had no impression of this person and had never seen him in his memory.
She recalled the relationships she had obtained with various people, and it seemed that this transportation company did not have such a young person in charge.
The other foreigner, who had clearly recognized Lu Jinzhi's identity, stepped forward and said, "Both parties are responsible for the accident. We alone cannot compensate for the damage to the dock. If they hadn't blocked the waterway, we wouldn't have crashed into the dock."
"Why can't you all pay for it?" The half-blood rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, hands on his hips. "It's your fault. You didn't sail the boat properly! Not only do you have to compensate the dock, but you have to compensate my boat too! And make up for the lost cargo!"
"Why are you so rude? You want to fight with me?! It turns out that your character is very poor."
"Try to tell me another piece of nonsense?"
Qiao Wu stood beside Lu Jinzhi the whole time. Since he didn't know these two people, he didn't speak rashly.
When the time comes, just leave the determination of liability to the lawyer.
But she didn't expect that both of them had such hot tempers and started fighting without saying a word.
She was standing very close to the foreigner, so the moment he raised his hand, she immediately reached out to block his forearm, and then pulled him back.
The man himself was not standing very steadily, and was pushed back several steps before he could steady himself. He looked at the tall and thin woman in disbelief.
Qiao Wu said coldly, "Sir, our country is a society ruled by law, and private fighting is not allowed."
The half-blood hadn't expected anyone to take action, and it was the most unlikely person. He nodded in agreement, "That's right!"
Qiao Wu glanced at him and said, "Please be mindful of your words and actions."
The mixed-blood choked and was about to speak when he heard a cold voice: "Chen Yan."
He felt a sudden chill on the back of his neck, and when he turned around he met Lu Jinzhi's emotionless black eyes.
Chen Yan was sent abroad by his father since he was a child, and then thrown into Lu Jinzhi's new company to study, and he survived under him for two years.
After finally waiting for Lu Jinzhi to return to China, he ran away quickly. I didn't expect to meet him again when he came back.
Why would a CEO like him come to the dock in the middle of the night to watch people quarreling?
But even after working in Lu Jinzhi's company for two years, Chen Yan rarely saw Lu Jinzhi with this expression.
This guy is scary enough when he smiles, but I didn't expect he's even scarier when he doesn't smile.
"I'm telling the truth." Chen Yan was no longer so impulsive. He turned around and glanced at Qiao Wu, and only then noticed the other's face.
hiss!
He immediately pulled down his sleeves, changed his arrogant expression, and stepped forward with open arms: "Thank you, beautiful sister."
Qiao Wu: “?”
It was new; it was rare for her to hear someone call her sister.
"My handsome face was almost beaten." Shen Yan said as he was about to hug her.
Before Qiao Wu could move away, he heard a bang.
Chen Yan was hit on the head by the helmet.
"Damn it!" Chen Yan immediately retracted his hands and hugged his head, looking at the culprit, "Lu Jinzhi, my brain is very valuable!"
Lu Jinzhi took the helmet off Shi Haoqiang's head and handed it back to him, motioning him to call someone over. He said calmly, "In terms of the two names, they are just words."
"You fucking..."
Fearing that a fight would break out again, Shi Haoqiang quickly brought a group of people to surround them.
"I'll only be here for five minutes." Lu Jinzhi walked up to the foreigner, his eyes scanning his forearm, pausing for a few seconds at a certain spot. Then, he raised his dark eyes and continued in English, "Either talk nicely, or I'll clear the area for you and you throw the other person into the sea."
Foreigner: “?”
Why did he feel that this meant, I will have someone throw you into the sea.
The man who was so angry that he wanted to attack just now was now stared at by those eyes. He felt a chill coming out of his head and subconsciously hid his hands behind his back.
Soon the captain reported the losses of each family.
Qiao Wu handed the information in his hand to Lu Jinzhi: "Do you want this too?"
"Hmm." Lu Jinzhi took it but did not hand it to the lawyer. Instead, he glanced back and asked, "Determination of liability?"
The lawyer nodded. "Based on the surveillance footage from both ships, as well as the tower and positioning data, the foreign vessel is fully responsible."
Lu Jinzhi smiled and looked at the person in charge from the foreign shipping company. He then turned to the lawyer and said, "A rough estimate of the dock's losses is 300 million. Is that clear?"
Shi Haoqiang appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was in turmoil.
Pure love indeed.
In that year of pure love, if someone touched his sweetheart, it would be 30 million!
Several lawyers nodded firmly: "Understood."
The damage to the dock had already been estimated long ago, and the maximum was 270 million.
But since Mr. Lu said 300 million, then it is 300 million.
You can add more.
But Mr. Lu suddenly asked for an additional 30 million. Did this person offend him?
"Did you hear me? It's all my fault." Chen Yan had been with Lu Jinzhi for two years after all, and he was a bit of a bully. He put his hands on his hips and said, "We have to compensate for our losses together, or I'll sue you to death!"
His boat is relatively small and the loss is not great. He came here mainly because he was worried that the other party would shirk responsibility for the port.
But if Lu Jinzhi were here, it would be easy.
"Let me borrow your lawyer too."
Lu Jinzhi was too lazy to talk to him any more. He said five minutes was five minutes, not even a second longer. He turned to look at Qiao Wu and said, "Let's go."
"Hey, hey, hey!" Shen Yan knew that since he didn't refuse, he agreed, so he quickly gave the lawyer a few words and turned around to catch up, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
He rushed to the car and took out his phone: "Pretty sister, add me on WeChat and introduce myself. My name is Chen Yan. Thank you for helping me today. I'll treat you to a meal. Any time..."
"Close the window."
Lu Jinzhi, who was sitting on the other side, interrupted him with a cold voice.
The driver hurriedly closed all the windows.
Chen Yan's hand holding the phone was almost pinched, and he was so scared that he quickly pulled it back, and his face was covered with car exhaust fumes.
"Fuck." He looked at the car's back as it drove away, "Why are you still so annoying!"
Shi Haoqiang, who had seen through everything, looked at him with the eyes of a warrior: "Didn't you notice that Mr. Lu and Mr. Qiao have a close relationship?"
"No." Chen Yan shook his head as a matter of course, "He was only two stations away, and he didn't say much."
"Wait a minute, Mr. Qiao?" Chen Yan asked, "Do you know that sister?"
"I heard from Mr. Lu that his name is Qiao Wu."
Chen Yan immediately took out his mobile phone to search, and within three seconds he was able to find out the general information.
That's right! Chairman, I'm just friends with Lu Jinzhi!
It's obvious that his relationship with Lu Xuan and the others is closer than Lu Jinzhi seems to be!
He said that it was impossible for a female creature to appear around Lu Jinzhi, and if she did appear, she would just be a work partner. Having been with Lu Jinzhi for two years, he knew him too well!
Never mind, I’ll definitely be able to add it next time!
He really liked the cool look of the sister just now, and she was so pretty.
She is actually the chairman of the board, and you can tell at first glance that she is very charming and strong!
If he brought home a girlfriend like this, his father would be grinning from ear to ear.
Chen Yan happily put his phone away and walked back to the foreigner, but he didn't want to talk to this uncultured person anymore. He asked the Lu lawyers next to him: "How is it? Is the negotiation done?"
The lawyers looked at him strangely: “Mr. Shen, Mr. Lu did not ask us to assist you.”
Chen Yan: “?”
"He didn't refuse just now!"
"Yes." The lawyers nodded politely, "But we just received the news notification."
As he spoke, he raised his cell phone.
Lu Jinzhi’s avatar was prominently displayed at the top.
Chen Yan: “…”
The next second, he received a WeChat message on his phone.
The venomous and difficult-to-please shrew said: "No."
Shen Yan sent a 60-second voice accusation, but it showed that he was blocked by the other party.
Depend on!
On the other side, Qiao Wu was a little curious: "That Mr. Shen seems to be very familiar with you."
Lu Jinzhi only has her as a friend, so she also hopes that Lu Jinzhi can make more friends, but Lu Jinzhi's way of getting along with others seems very strange.
Even someone like Qin Lian is like an enemy and a friend to him.
This is also the case with Chen Yan.
"Not familiar." Lu Jinzhi put away his phone.
Just blacklisted.
"He worked with me abroad," he said calmly. "He grew up abroad and doesn't know much about normal social distance between people."
"It's not bad, actually." Qiao Wu said pertinently, "I've been abroad for two years and have always respected other people's social etiquette."
"You don't have to be disrespectful." Lu Jinzhi's voice became even weaker. "He's not being polite, he's being presumptuous."
That was indeed a bit too enthusiastic. Hearing that he was not very happy to mention Qiao Wu, he did not refute it and changed the subject: "Didn't you say that the damage was estimated at 270 million?"
She was also surprised just now, but she thought that speaking out would affect her work as a lawyer, so she spoke up now.
“The price has gone up.”
"Um?"
Noticing that he had an unusually cold expression today, Qiao Wu asked softly, "What's wrong?"
It was dark in the car at night, and Lu Jinzhi could no longer see her hand, but in his mind he could still clearly picture Qiao Wu reaching out without hesitation to stop someone.
Even though he knew that her choice at that time was correct, he still couldn't agree with it.
No matter how many fighting skills she had learned, she was still extremely thin compared to that man.
He didn't think she was weak, but he just felt it was irritating, and at that moment he was filled with anger.
If the man had not retreated far away, he didn't know what he would do next. This was the first time he made an unknown judgment about his own behavior.
And 30 million is far from enough to balance the scales in his heart.
His balance was so crooked that he couldn't grasp any pattern.
There were too many questions piling up, but Lu Jinzhi couldn't find the answers.
He was trying to find a breakthrough for himself, but still failed, so he had to suppress his impatience with himself.
He looked away: "Your safety is more important than the safety of others."
Qiao Wu was stunned as he never expected this to be the reason.
Then he smiled knowingly and said, "Because I am privileged?"
Lu Jinzhi's expression was unusually frozen, but it wasn't clear in the dim light. He asked thoughtfully, "Lu Ning?"
His mouth is like a blowgun, everything comes out.
"Um."
Qiao Wu thought it was normal because everyone in the Lu family was her privilege. For example, she was very angry when Lu Yingchi was cut off by Qin Tianrui.
So it is understandable to protect someone's shortcomings, and she gladly accepted it.
"You are my privilege, too," she said.
Lu Jinzhi didn't answer, but just laughed softly.
At this time, Lu Ning, who had returned to the Lu residence, had finished writing her weekly diary, and this time she wanted to show it to Qiao Wu first.
She took a photo and sent it to Qiao Wu.
"Check the weekly diary~"
Qiao Wu happened to be in the car, so he clicked on it and took a look. The title was "My Weekend".
"I spent my weekends at Jingshui Villa, with my retired CEO grandfather, my retired housekeeper grandfather, my second uncle who is a working CEO, my third uncle who is not a famous actor, my fourth uncle who is a rebellious horse breeder and his horse princess, and Qiao Wu.
Speaking of Qiao Wu, she's my housekeeper. She's very pretty, even prettier than a celebrity, with big eyes and black hair. She's very capable and can do anything...
…
This is Qiao Wu. (crossed out)
That’s my weekend.”
Qiao Wu: “…”
She covered her face and took a deep breath.
Lu Ning, who had been waiting for a long time without any reply, calculated that the time was almost up and couldn't wait to send a message to ask.
But she first received a call from the driver who was responsible for picking her up.
"Miss," the driver said gently, "Mr. Lu has instructed that you won't be allowed to use the car tomorrow. Your four-wheeled vehicle has been pushed to your door, and the ten yuan fund is downstairs. Please remember to get up early tomorrow."
Lu Ning: ???
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