Until the man's slender fingers typed three words on the screen: "Understood."
He finally snapped out of his daze and looked at Vice President Li, who was halfway through his speech, with some dissatisfaction.
"Why did you stop? Continue."
Vice President Li felt somewhat wronged, but dared not say much, and could only play the victim and finish expressing his opinion.
However, after the discussion ended, as the several vice presidents walked out of the vice president's office together, Vice President Li breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling as if he had finally expelled all the pent-up frustration from his chest.
Meanwhile, the younger Vice President Zhang seemed to know everything.
He patted Vice President Li on the shoulder and comforted him, saying, "Vice President Li, don't take it to heart. If we ever have a president's wife, you'll have a part in it."
Ningcheng is not far away; it only takes two hours by high-speed train.
Song Mai arrived in Ningcheng at 7:30 p.m.
Although the meeting place was quite far away, she didn't bring any paper documents, but she brought quite a lot of other things.
However, since all expenses for the business trip were reimbursed by the company, she didn't hesitate to haile a taxi at the exit and head directly to the meeting venue.
Logically speaking, she didn't need to go tonight. Her hotel was quite a distance from the conference venue. She could have just gotten up a little earlier tomorrow morning and gone there to print out the necessary paper documents in advance.
However, she is always meticulous and serious in her work, and she is unwilling to leave anything to the last step, mainly because she is worried that something unexpected might happen.
The meeting was held in a large hall in the suburbs, and everything had been set up.
When Song Mai arrived, he only saw the security personnel of the Great Hall of the People; there was no one else there.
She was able to enter smoothly after identifying herself to the security personnel.
Although the Great Hall of the People is far from the city center, requiring a two-hour drive, the environment is indeed very nice, quiet and luxurious.
Song Mai found the printer with almost no effort, but when she turned on the computer, inserted the USB drive, and opened the USB drive folder, there wasn't a single file inside.
"bass--"
In just one second, Song Mai broke out in a cold sweat.
how so!
Could it be that the USB drive wasn't loaded?
Thinking this, she waited a little longer.
No matter how long I waited before opening the folder again, there was still nothing inside. Not only were the files copied in this time gone, but all the previous files had also disappeared without a trace.
The USB drive looked as if it had never been used, like a brand new USB drive.
But how could that be possible!
She bought this USB drive a long time ago, and it has never malfunctioned or failed her in any important situation.
Moreover, Song Mai did check the file after copying it; she opened it several times to confirm that the file had indeed been copied.
How come there's nothing here now?
All the previous documents were gone, and she couldn't imagine what would happen to the other projects she was working on. After all, this meeting was the most urgent matter at hand.
She unplugged the USB drive and then plugged it back into the computer several times, but the USB drive remained empty.
Song Mai even suspected that there might be a problem with the computer that caused this situation, so she had to plead with the security personnel at the school gate to finally borrow a computer from the monitoring room.
But the result was the same regardless of which computer it was on.
No file!
Not a single one!
Under the dazzling lights of the Great Hall of the People, the woman examined the USB drive again and again, checking several times but finding nothing unusual about it.
She took great care of her USB drive, so even though she had it a long time ago, there were no signs of use.
Regardless, this matter must be resolved!
Since Fang Yu entrusted this important meeting to her, and she went to great lengths to come, Song Mai couldn't afford to let him down at this crucial moment.
She was extremely anxious. After pacing back and forth in the Great Hall of the People with the USB drive in her hand, she made a decision.
go back!
Although it's late now, it's not yet time for the meeting to start tomorrow morning, and there's still a long time before the meeting begins.
She still has time to prepare.
As long as it's not discovered just before the meeting starts, it's fine.
While comforting herself, Song Mai opened the ticketing app.
The company's computers cannot connect to the external network and can only be used on the internal network. This means that even if she contacted Fang Yu to admit her mistake, Fang Yu would be helpless and unable to send her those files.
Fortunately, the journey is only two hours, and with the time to get to the station, I should be able to turn back tomorrow morning.
But the hemp rope always breaks at its thinnest point; when bad luck strikes, even drinking cold water can cause problems.
Just when Song Mai thought she had come up with a solution, she suddenly discovered that the ticketing software showed that there were no more high-speed train tickets available for that time period, and there were no high-speed train numbers available either. All that was available were old-fashioned green trains, which would take six hours one way.
Adding the time it takes to get to the station, even if she wastes the entire night on the road, she simply won't be able to get back before the meeting starts tomorrow morning.
The newly ignited hope was dashed once again, which made Song Mai extremely anxious.
She rubbed her hands together, desperately trying to think of any possible solutions.
Although telling Fang Yu and being honest with him might help her resolve the situation, she still believes that he can do his best to help her.
For such an important meeting, Fang Yu would probably be willing to deliver the documents tonight.
However, this background is considered a major mistake on her part. Once she reveals it, she will be held responsible. At that point, forget about any bonus; it would be good enough if the company didn't punish her.
In desperation, Song Mai muttered to herself, "If only someone could bring me that stack of paper documents on my desk, there would be no electronic files..."
She slapped the back of her head, and finally thought of someone.
Chu Xing!
Song Mai didn't know why she thought of him at this moment. He had no car and no money, and probably couldn't help at all, but at this moment she actually pinned some hope on him.
She quickly dialed the man's number, feeling a surge of courage within her.
The call was answered shortly afterward.
Are you... home right now?
The man was doing something, but Song Mai could hear him typing away on a keyboard through the receiver.
He paused for two seconds before speaking: "Not here."
Song Mai asked again, "Are you busy?"
The man was always aloof and spoke very sparingly.
He simply hummed in agreement.
Song Mai's heart tightened; that glimmer of hope was on the verge of being extinguished.
"What's up?"
The man's voice was deep, and the only sounds on the other end of the phone, besides the sound of him typing on the keyboard, were Chu Xing's breathing.
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