The next morning, the city branch's boss and President Gao arrived at the hotel together. As soon as they entered the lobby, they saw the two people who had stayed there last night sitting in a corner of the lobby.
After seeing President Gao and others coming in, the two men quickly stood up and walked over here.
When they got closer, President Gao asked, "Aren't they coming down yet?"
One of them seemed to have not slept well. He yawned before speaking, "Not yet. I guess he drank too much last night and hasn't gotten up yet."
President Gao smiled and said, "Do you really think they've had too much to drink? These two are well-known in the provincial branch for their alcohol tolerance. Even though they drank quite a bit last night, it wasn't enough to keep them from getting out of bed."
When the man heard this, he quickly said, "I'll call their room right away."
The two of them turned and walked towards the information desk. President Gao turned to look at the boss and said, "They'll have breakfast here. We've prepared food for them. We'll send them back after they finish their meal."
The big boss nodded, then walked to the other side with an expressionless face.
As soon as they sat down, they saw the two people who were on the phone walking towards them hurriedly...
When the two men arrived, one of them leaned over to President Gao and whispered in his ear, "I called, and they don't seem to be in the room..."
President Gao was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Not in the room? What do you mean by not in the room?"
President Gao meant, if they weren't in the room, where had they gone? Did they go for a walk, or go to eat, or was there something else going on?
"I asked the front desk, and they said they didn't notice where they went. There were too many guests, and too many people coming in and out..."
Before he could finish, President Gao said impatiently, "Alright, stop talking. Director Ji, what the hell are you doing? The guests are gone, and you only found out now."
Director Ji was about to explain when President Gao pulled out his cell phone and said, "I'll call them."
After President Gao dialed the number, he waited patiently. However, he called Director Yang and Director Sun several times, but neither of them answered the phone.
President Gao felt a little strange and looked at the boss. The boss, who had been silent all this time, finally said, "Nothing will happen, right?"
This sentence reminded President Gao. He knew that there were young ladies in this big hotel. Could it be that the two men were entangled by the young ladies and couldn't leave?
But when I think about it, it doesn't make sense. When playing with a girl, we usually stay in our own rooms. We shouldn't be so tired that we don't even answer the phone.
President Gao looked at Director Ji and said, "Go and ask the waiter to open the door and take a look."
Director Ji said "yes" and was about to turn and leave when President Gao stopped him and said, "Go by yourself. Remember, whatever you see, pretend you didn't see it."
Director Ji was not stupid, so he quickly answered "yes" and left alone.
President Gao turned around and saw the man with Director Ji. He said unhappily, "Don't stand there anymore. Look around and see if they're wandering around here."
The man agreed and left quickly. At this time, the big boss said, "Lao Gao, where do you think they will go?"
President Gao had no idea where they would go so early in the morning, so he thought carefully about whether the two of them had mentioned any places they wanted to go when they were drinking last night.
But after thinking about it, President Gao shook his head and said to himself, "Impossible, impossible. Even if they want to go somewhere, they have to have our people accompany them."
Seeing that President Gao's answer was irrelevant, the boss asked again, "Old Gao, are they going to look for those who wrote the letter?"
This statement woke President Gao up from his dream and he felt that what the boss said was not impossible.
The two people from the provincial branch came here regarding the complaint letter. If they are not satisfied with the report given to them last night, they might actually go find the person who wrote the letter and find out the situation in person.
Thinking of this, President Gao suddenly complained, "Why are they still taking this so seriously? Is this kind of thing worth taking so seriously?"
The boss's face was already very grim. He had been busy until very late last night and had woken up very early this morning. He hadn't eaten, and the man was gone. He had been sitting here for more than half an hour. He was already quite annoyed.
"How about this, President Gao, you handle this matter here. I have an important meeting and can't wait any longer..."
Just like that, the big boss left. President Gao knew that he was leaving all the troubles on himself.
"Old sly guy!" President Gao cursed at the big boss's back and quickly started calling for help.
Following President Gao's telephone instructions, several people from the city branch went to the homes of the retirees who might have written letters of complaint to see if Director Yang and Director Sun had gone to them to find out the situation.
Last night, while drinking, Directors Sun and Yang had already revealed that the complaint letter was written by a retiree. Of course, they weren't shameless enough to tell President Gao and the others the name.
However, after discussing it with President Gao and his colleagues, they were able to roughly identify who would do such a thing. After all, there are only a few people who are willing to meddle in other people's affairs after retirement.
Just as President Gao put down the phone, Director Ji came back. He looked at President Gao and said, "President Gao, they haven't checked out yet. Their phones are in the room."
President Gao was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, the person is not in the room, but the cell phone is left in the room, what's going on?
Seeing that President Gao seemed to be at his wit's end, Director Ji said cautiously, "President Gao, how about... calling the police?"
"Call the police?" President Gao glared at him fiercely and said, "You're thinking of calling the police before you even figure out what's going on. Don't you think the situation isn't chaotic enough?"
Director Ji was covered in dust after being criticized. He wanted to hide but didn't dare to, and looked confused.
After saying a few words, President Gao suddenly realized that this was a hotel lobby with a lot of people coming and going, and it would be inappropriate to speak like that. So, he lowered his voice and said, "You guys stayed here last night. Didn't you notice anything unusual?"
Director Ji was afraid of being scolded again, so he told the truth and told President Gao that they had booked a room here yesterday.
President Gao was so angry that his liver hurt. He growled in a low voice: "I know you guys checked into a hotel. I want to ask if you noticed anything unusual."
Director Ji was really scared now. He and his colleagues thought the rooms on the eleventh floor were more expensive, so they wanted to save some money for the city branch and booked two rooms on the fifth floor.
Upon learning that they were staying on the fifth floor, President Gao was completely furious. He cursed them viciously in a low voice, "Don't you understand why I asked you to stay? When did the city branch ever need the money for your accommodation? When you shouldn't spend money and don't save money, you all act like you're all thinking about the company..."
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