Zhang Bin was a little worried when Li Weidong was about to make a phone call.
"That's not a good idea..."
He frowned and said, "No matter what, he's a leader in a government department. We're just a small business. If we call him directly to ask for a car, we might offend him, and then it won't be easy to do business in the future."
Business people always believe in making money through harmony. Even when dealing with ordinary people, they have to put on a smile, let alone when they are dealing with government leaders.
Asking for a car outright is tantamount to completely offending someone.
"What if they find a pretext to target us?!"
Zhang Bin couldn't help but sigh at the thought of the consequences.
The company has worked so hard to get to where it is now, and every step has been incredibly difficult. If it were to be ruined because of a car, it would be a huge loss.
He pulled Li Weidong away from making the phone call: "Let's just buy another one! It's only a few tens of thousands of yuan, it's not a big deal for us. When we bring your Audi back, if anyone comes to borrow it, we can just borrow that one that costs a few tens of thousands of yuan."
"This way, we don't have to worry about offending anyone, and we can even gain favor with the government, which will make our business go more smoothly in the future!"
Li Weidong sneered: "No need to worry about offending people?"
"Zhang Bin, have you ever heard this saying?"
"What did you say?"
"A small favor is appreciated, but a large favor breeds resentment!"
Li Weidong explained, "At first, they asked to borrow my car, and I lent it to them, which was a favor. But now different departments are taking turns borrowing my car, and none of them have been returned in the past two weeks."
"In those people's eyes, this car is already theirs. If I want it back now, and I throw another beat-up car worth tens of thousands of dollars at them, do you think they'll remember the favor or hold a grudge?"
Although a car costing tens of thousands of yuan is already quite impressive.
But with Audi setting a high bar, other cars seem different.
Zhang Bin was speechless for a moment: "This..."
"And, most importantly..."
Li Weidong slowly said, "That Audi was bought with my own money. It's mine, and it's only right that I take it back. Why should I have to consider other people's feelings?"
At this point, there are only two possible outcomes: either you swallow your anger and pretend you never bought that Audi.
Either we completely break off relations.
Li Weidong was not one to swallow his anger.
He pushed Zhang Bin's hand away and started making a phone call.
Ironically, even if he wanted to get his car back, he had to make several phone calls to find out which company it was currently with.
"The Industry and Commerce Bureau?"
After Li Weidong got the information, he immediately dialed the Industry and Commerce Bureau's number again.
The call was answered quickly, and a gentle voice came through: "Hello, may I ask who you are...?"
"I am Li Weidong, I am looking for your bureau chief's secretary."
Li Weidong introduced himself directly.
There was a moment of silence on the other end, and then someone else answered.
The secretary to the director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau was a woman in her early thirties, whose voice was very cold: "Mr. Li, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Is my car at your station right now?"
Li Weidong didn't bother beating around the bush and got straight to the point: "I need to use the car. Could you please have Secretary Wang return it before noon today? Thank you."
What he said made sense, but his tone was very forceful.
Secretary Wang laughed and said, "I'm sorry, our bureau also needs a car this afternoon, so I'll have to trouble Mr. Li to find another way."
Li Weidong sneered: "Secretary Wang, have you forgotten whose car this is? If I'm not mistaken, the owner is me."
"I need to ask someone else's permission to use my own car, even if I don't need it?"
Secretary Wang's tone also hardened: "Well, there's nothing I can do, Mr. Li. I don't need to explain our bureau chief's position, do I?"
Zhang Bin stood to the side, and upon hearing this, his face turned several shades green.
This is clearly an attempt to use power to oppress people!
Li Weidong said directly, "What is your bureau chief's status? Even if he were the Jade Emperor, he couldn't just forcibly take someone else's car, could he?"
Office of the Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Upon hearing Li Weidong's forceful words, Secretary Wang's expression immediately turned sour, and he instinctively looked at Director Sun Kuan beside him.
Sun Kuan initially appeared nonchalant, but upon hearing this, he let out a cold laugh.
He reached for the microphone and sneered, "Mr. Li, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say whatever you want!"
"What do you mean by forcibly occupying? I'm just borrowing it, aren't I?"
"What's wrong? You're a big boss, can't you even borrow a car? You can't be that stingy, can you?"
Upon hearing Sun Kuan's voice, Li Weidong said directly, "Director Sun, this has nothing to do with being stingy. It's said that if you borrow and return, it's easy to borrow again. There's no reason why I can't even use the car I bought myself."
He was too lazy to waste any more words, so he simply issued an ultimatum: "I'm putting my words here: return my car by noon today!"
From the moment I called to ask for the car, it was destined that things would fall apart.
Instead of saying nice things, it's better to be assertive.
Sun Kuan was also angered.
As the director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau, he held a high position for a long time and was always fawned over wherever he went.
When have I ever heard anything like that?!
He slammed his hand on the table: "What if I don't pay it back?"
Li Weidong said, word by word, "It's fine if you don't return it; then consider it a car rental."
"As for the car rental fee, I won't charge too much, just one thousand yuan a day. Director Sun, as a leader of the Industry and Commerce Bureau, wouldn't try to cheat me out of this little bit of money, would he?"
Zhang Bin was stunned.
A thousand a day?
They really dare to ask for that!
He gave a thumbs up.
Upon hearing this, Sun Kuan's face turned ashen: "Fine, fine, very fine! It's just a car, right? Here you go!"
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