[Oh dear! You've gone too far, host!]
[I finally got into the company, and now I'm about to be fired. It seems like all the opportunities I worked so hard to get to spend time with Huo Yeshuo are gone.]
The system kept talking in a cheeky, obnoxious tone.
[That's why I said from the beginning that to win over Huo Yeshuo, we have to take it slow and steady, starting with small things and gradually melting his heart.]
Lin Zhenzhen entered the elevator and went up.
She sat at her workstation, under the harsh white light, raised her scissor-like hand, and snapped a picture of the reflective glass beside her.
[Shut up, you idiot.]
The system is always very perceptive. It sensed the coldness in Lin Zhenzhen's tone and immediately became as quiet as a chicken, not daring to utter a sound.
It silently watched as Lin Zhenzhen uploaded the photo she had just taken to Weibo, added the tag "Haicheng," and captioned it: "Life is bitter, but it's okay, I'll add some sweetness to my life."
What is this? It's so cheesy, so corny, so nauseating.
But this吐槽 system only dared to think about it in its mind, and dared not say it out loud.
Lin Zhenzhen did not immediately click "publish". Instead, she saved the edited content to the drafts folder, opened her phone's contacts, found Luo Meng's number, and dialed it.
After a long beeping sound, there was finally a response from the other end.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Director Luo." The moment she spoke, Lin Zhenzhen pressed the record button. "This is Lingzhen."
The system in her brain shuddered at her hoarse voice. Although she knew she was faking it, she couldn't help but raise her head to confirm it repeatedly.
Lin Zhenzhen remained expressionless, with a hint of indifferent smile playing on her lips. The black ballpoint pen twirled between her fingers at lightning speed, becoming a blur.
Look, this is a common skill among top students: twirling a pen while solving problems!
Luo Meng seemed startled by her voice, and after a moment's hesitation, she asked, "Lingzhen? What do you want by calling me?"
"Director Luo, I've completed one-third of the work you assigned me, but now..." She paused, her breathing noticeably becoming heavier.
"I'm not feeling well right now and want to go home to rest. I'll finish the rest of the paperwork when I come back tomorrow, is that alright?"
Towards the end, Lin Zhenzhen's voice sounded like it was being squeezed out from between her teeth; even when pieced together, it was difficult to form a complete sentence.
She was clearly having trouble breathing.
Luo Meng remained silent.
Lin Zhenzhen deliberately exaggerated her situation.
As long as Luo Meng has a shred of conscience, or even if she doesn't have a conscience at all, and it's just to avoid the risk of her employees getting into trouble.
She should have spoken to her seriously and told her to go to the hospital immediately, instead of staying at the company and continuing to work this meaningless and inexplicable overtime.
Lin Zhenzhen believed she had been merciful enough, giving Luo Meng ample room to choose. Unfortunately, Luo Meng didn't seem to appreciate it.
"No, I don't care about your current situation. Here, work is everything. If you can't handle this workload, you're free to leave."
Luo Meng stopped, and a soft laugh seemed to come from the other end of the receiver: "But you don't need to come to work tomorrow either."
"……I see."
Lin Zhenzhen hung up the phone, her fingers paused, and the ballpoint pen that had been spinning rapidly landed steadily on the table with a crisp sound.
[Pig, help me exchange some items using my contribution points.]
[Exchange?] The system thought it had misheard, after all, Lin Zhenzhen's attitude of refusing to spend money was so firm before, and she even closed the store.
Lin Zhenzhen raised her eyes somewhat impatiently: "Can we change it?"
[Yes, yes, yes! Host, what do you want to buy?]
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1 a.m., Kangkong Pharmaceutical's underground parking garage.
"Yes, that's right, the car is broken and won't start. The reason is unknown. It's okay, we can come back to deal with it tomorrow."
After hanging up the phone, Huo Yeshuo turned and went upstairs.
In the lead-up to the new project, the original supplier was embroiled in a scandal and could no longer continue the partnership.
The overseas suppliers they contacted again, knowing they were now in a weak position, directly raised their cost prices by five percentage points.
If we really go by this price, we won't be able to meet the original budget, and the entire group's cash flow will be strained.
Huo Qiu contacted him through his assistant this afternoon, reiterating his intention to cooperate on financing.
He originally intended to hang up the phone, but after thinking for a few seconds, he replied.
"Why is Mr. Huo, instead of focusing on the industrial sector, getting involved in the biopharmaceutical industry?"
"Every profession is like a mountain. I advise you, Mr. Huo, to hold onto your hard-earned money carefully, lest you lose both your wife and your army."
Huo Yeshuo knew that every word he said would be relayed back to Huo Qiu's ears.
If he could make that man feel embarrassed and angry for even a moment, he would have achieved his goal.
The lobby was deserted in the early hours of the morning. The main lights were off, and the door to the security guard's duty room was ajar, letting out a few specks of light.
Huo Yeshuo kept his eyes straight ahead, his brain like a high-speed precision calculator, repeatedly verifying and then overturning the plans discussed at today's meeting.
To stay absolutely alert, he has already drunk three cups of black coffee today, totaling 1200 ml.
An hour earlier, my stomach had been aching slightly, and after taking two painkillers, the situation did not improve.
Huo Yeshuo paused for a moment, then decided to temporarily adjust his diet plan.
He turned around and walked to the vending machine, selected his items, and scanned the codes.
With a muffled thud, Huo Yeshuo bent down and picked up the can of cola that was emitting cold air.
But in the next second, his movements froze.
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