Chapter 36 doesn't even need to be tested.
After making the phone call to her father, Li Xinfang's hands were still trembling for a long time.
The company was shut down, and all accounts, both public and private, were frozen.
The business partner was sentenced, the father went bankrupt, and was burdened with millions in debt...
But suddenly, things took a turn for the better?
Even the slightest glimmer of hope is better than having no hope at all and waiting to die.
Li Xinfang took a deep breath, tears clinging to her eyelashes, her pupils sparkling like stars: "Gu Ming, thank you!"
Gu Ming gave a simple, honest smile.
Li Xinfang should definitely thank Lin Sicheng the most. But he said no: "Dr. Li, if you want to thank someone, thank Gu Ming..."
"You take care of things at home first. Once things are almost settled, I'll treat him to a meal with you!"
If things are done well, how can a meal be enough?
"Okay!" Li Xinfang nodded emphatically, then recalled the scene with Guan Xingmin earlier, "Lin Sicheng, is he really only a senior in college?"
How could this be fake?
"Yes, he took the day off today."
If I was just a senior, how would I know those two people?
Have you met Secretary-General Hao and Director Guan?
Gu Ming thought about it seriously for a moment: "I don't remember. Maybe it's Grandpa's friend!"
impossible.
If they were friends of an elder, they wouldn't joke around with Lin Sicheng so casually, let alone put their arms around him and laugh and joke.
Li Xinfang was also certain that the two of them had an exceptionally good relationship with Lin Sicheng.
Just like Secretary-General Hao, it feels like he and Lin Sicheng are "buddies"?
There's also Director Guan: My father has racked his brains, and his hair has turned white from worry, but I still can't get through to him on the phone.
But just because he knew Lin Sicheng, Director Guan not only agreed to meet him, but even sent his father to his office.
This clearly means that things can be done...
I can't figure it out.
Actually, there's no need to think about it.
"Gu Ming, Lin Sicheng treats you very well!"
"Of course, we've been playing naked since we were little. How many times have I taken the blame for him, how many beatings have I taken for him? If you don't believe me, ask him someday: can he even count them all?"
Li Xinfang laughed out loud: "It was his suggestion that you change departments?"
Gu Ming paused for a moment, then nodded.
That wasn't a suggestion; that was instigation!
No one knows what that bastard said to Lao Gu, but on the second day after his grandfather was hospitalized, Lao Gu went to the hospital to find the leaders and got him transferred to the logistics department.
Now look what's happened: he was doing a great job as a medical examiner, and now he's been relegated to a menial job?
"Wan Ying, was it also him who stopped you from pursuing her?"
"What?!" Gu Ming shook his head vigorously. "I never even pursued her, okay?"
"It's okay, let's go after them!"
Gu Ming vehemently denied it: "I really never pursued her!"
Li Xinfang smiled.
The week before last, she was on the night shift and passed by the general affairs department when she overheard Gu Ming and Lin Sicheng arguing.
With hands-free calling, the sound was extremely loud.
"Gu Ming, in all my life, this is the first time I've ever seen someone give a girl a gift—a mahjong table?"
"They play all night long. Today they're touching cards, tomorrow they'll be touching hands, and a few days later, their hands will be touching under skirts..."
"Once you're married and have a baby, you'll be out working the night shift, and she'll be out playing cards... playing until midnight, then going to a cheap hotel with her card-playing buddies... tsk, she'll be having a blast, while your baby's just crying at home..."
It's no exaggeration to say that Gu Ming's face turned green at that moment.
From then on, Gu Ming would avoid Wan Ying whenever he saw her...
Despite her heavy heart, Li Xinfang couldn't help but laugh whenever she thought of Gu Ming's expression at the time.
...
*Smack!*
The lighter emitted a flame. Lin Sicheng shielded himself from the wind, while Guan Xingmin took a puff, and wisps of white smoke drifted out of his nostrils.
"Want one?"
"Not yet!"
Lin Sicheng shook his head, paused slightly, and asked, "Director Guan, what happened just now, is it... very troublesome?"
Guan Xingmin gave a half-smile: "What if it's troublesome?"
Lin Sicheng said decisively, "Then we won't do it!"
Haha~
Guan Xingmin paused for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Don't worry, even if Li Guojun doesn't offer any gifts, even if we don't run into his daughter today, this matter still has to be handled..."
The matter is quite complicated:
Li Xinfang's father partnered with someone to open a bronze handicraft company. Three months ago, his partner acted as an intermediary and sold a Kangxi-era imitation Xuande incense burner to a local antique company for four million.
A month later, the buyer discovered the item was not as described and reported it to the police. However, the seller had already fled, leaving the buyer with no choice but to seek help from a middleman who provided full guarantees.
According to the authentication center, the imitation Xuande incense burner is a modern handicraft, and the middleman has undoubtedly been in the business for more than ten years.
But he insisted that the item was absolutely genuine. Therefore, Li Guojun and his lawyer strongly requested that a higher-level, more authoritative authentication agency be involved.
Coincidentally, Li Guojun and Guan Xingmin were alumni of the China Academy of Art, so they asked him for help. However, Guan Xingmin was only the deputy director of the authentication center, not the deputy director of the department, so asking him was useless and he kept avoiding them.
"Re-certification shouldn't be against regulations, right?" Lin Sicheng asked, puzzled. "Then why is it allowed now?"
"Because of you!"
"What?"
"Because of that Song Dynasty Yaozhou kiln celadon inverted-flow pot belonging to the cultural relics company!"
Guan Xingmin exhaled a puff of smoke and mimicked the tone of a leader, "Machines, machines, all you do is rely on machines all day long... If machines were so useful, what would be the point of having you?"
Lin Sicheng was stunned: Just because of that teapot, a case involving nearly ten million yuan was overturned?
"Isn't that a bit... exaggerated?"
"Is that an exaggeration? Lin Sicheng, let me tell you: compared to this, this case is nothing at all..."
"Let me ask you again: Is the Shanghai Museum authoritative? Is the National Cultural Heritage Administration's Appraisal Center authoritative?"
"We went through all the most advanced instruments, and it looked absolutely genuine, but what was the result? Not only did the pot turn out to be a fake, it also turned out to be a source of radiation?"
"A radioactive source, this is a damn radioactive source... What would happen if it were put into a museum and publicly displayed?"
Guan Xingmin gestured wildly, becoming more and more excited as he spoke: "Boom...the sky has collapsed, okay?"
"So Lin Sicheng, do you know how many leaders were terrified and couldn't sleep at night because of the lingering fear?"
"How many units were subjected to severe reprimands and forced to work overtime night after night? Like us, the bureau chief personally convened a meeting, and the municipal bureau issued a document overnight: all cultural relic cases must be investigated retroactively for three years..."
"Those without a verdict will be postponed, and those with a verdict will be re-evaluated. If you don't have the ability, then you should submit an application as soon as possible. I'll personally go to Beijing to find experts for you bunch of good-for-nothings..."
Guan Xingmin shrugged: "These are the exact words of the department leader!"
Seeing Lin Sicheng's bewildered expression, Guan Xingmin sighed again: "No wonder the leaders were angry: Before Bai Hong (general manager of the municipal cultural relics company) went to Beijing and Shanghai, he took that pot to the provincial appraisal center..."
"Did you pass through the machine?"
"nonsense!"
Lin Sicheng stared wide-eyed and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say: Isn't this just like a huge black pot being shoved onto the heads of the public security system?
If he were the leader, he would get angry too...
Guan Xingmin sighed: "So, in the end, you'll definitely get some kind of reward, at the very least a certificate. But the case is still under investigation, and the disciplinary committee is still investigating, so don't worry!"
Lin Sicheng was definitely not in a hurry, because he had no idea that the nature of that pot would be so serious.
He thought for a moment: "Who will give it to me?"
"It's hard to say, but at the very least it has to be the Municipal Bureau or the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau!"
Guan Xingmin gave an ambiguous reply, then changed the subject: "You'll graduate next year, right? You can start your internship after the New Year. Have you decided where you want to go?"
Lin Sicheng had a bad feeling: "Not yet, but Grandpa wants me to pursue a master's degree!"
"What a waste of time. You can still study after you start working, right?" Guan Xingmin's eyes darted around. "I think our bureau is pretty good. Just based on that teapot, you don't even need to take the exam!"
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