Chapter 158 There is another hidden secret
This remark stunned everyone present, and the scene was extremely awkward! Li Baiwan forced a smile and said, "This Mr. Liu really loves to joke around!"
Tian Xin noticed that Li Baiwan's tone and expression were not right, so she quickly stood up to smooth things over: "Hey, Mr. Liu, you've been sitting here for a long time and you haven't even started eating. Come on, come on, sit down!"
She pulled Liu Xin to sit down and introduced the dishes on the table to him: "You are a worldly-wise person. We don't have anything special to offer. This steamed bowl is pretty good, please try it!"
She turned the steaming bowl in front of Liu Xin, smiled and signaled him with her eyes.
"Very good, very good!" Liu Xin gave Tian Xin face and sat down to eat a few bites of food, which resolved the awkwardness just now.
Li Baiwan's face was grim. After a few drinks with Liu Xin, she ignored him. He wanted to discuss the contract, but Liu Xin didn't respond after several attempts.
Seeing this, the two middle-aged men next to him toasted him a few times, and the others began to clink glasses, not trying to upset Liu Xin.
Liu Xin ignored the others and turned to talk to Tian Xin: "You just said that something happened to my brother. What's going on? What happened?"
"I had a car accident a while ago and I'm recuperating in the hospital now!"
Tian Xin put down her chopsticks, still thinking about what Liu Xin had just said. His sudden question brought her thoughts back to Zhang Shuai.
"Car accident? What happened?" Liu Xin put down his chopsticks, looking a little shocked.
Tian Xin sighed: "Two months ago, I was on a car trip. I didn't expect that there was a problem with the brakes. The car crashed on the mountain road and I almost died!"
"So serious? So what's going on now? Is there anything serious wrong with him?"
"There aren't any major problems, but I can't get out of bed yet. I have severe fractures all over my body, so it'll probably take some time to fully recover!"
"Oh!" Liu Xin frowned and replied, then turned around and asked, "Which hospital is it? I'll go check it out someday!"
Tian Xin texted him the address and sighed, "If I had let him stay with you in the ancient city, maybe he wouldn't have suffered this!"
"It's hard to say," Liu Xin laughed. "If we hadn't fought, he wouldn't have been fired. He'd probably still be working as a truck driver at our factory. Maybe I wouldn't even know him."
"That's true," Tian Xin agreed with a smile, then curiously asked him, "Hey, isn't your factory in Gucheng? Why are you in Huayuan County again?"
Liu Xin turned around, laughed, and shook his head.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean anything else, just asking casually."
After hearing what she said, Liu Xin turned around and smiled: "It's nothing, this is my dad's old nest, and I'm running the old town now. My dad couldn't let go of this place, so he came back and opened another one."
I see. No wonder Mr. Liu kept talking about his son. Today's situation is so awkward. I wonder if the contract can be signed smoothly?
But his attitude towards Zhang Shuai seems quite sincere.
"So are you here to inspect us on behalf of your father?" Tian Xin asked.
"I guess so!" Liu Xin poured himself a glass of wine and was about to pour another for Tian Xin. Tian Xin quickly stopped him: "No, no, no, I can't drink it, one glass!"
"One drink?" Liu Xin was amused: "Why did I remember you could drink a little?"
"No, you must have remembered it wrong!" Tian Xin put the wine glass aside guiltily. How could she drink when she hadn't done anything important yet?
The men at this table appeared to be at peace, but in reality, there was an undercurrent of tension. She had to stay awake in case things changed.
Seeing that she had no intention of drinking, Liu Xin did not force her. She poured her a glass of juice and said, "Sis, since you can't drink alcohol, then drink a glass of juice. Come on, toast to you!"
It was impossible not to drink this, so Tian Xin took the juice and clinked it with Liu Xin's glass: "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your honor! But you'd better not call me sister, I guess I'm not as old as you!"
"That's okay, I'll follow Big Brother and call you Boss, so it's not excessive for me to call you Sister."
Ah, I am speechless! Tian Xin sighed secretly: This businessman is really amazing!
She pretended to glance at him casually. Liu Xin seemed to be in a good mood. She hesitated for a few seconds and asked him cautiously: "Um, Mr. Liu..."
"Sister, don't call me that. It sounds strange. Just call me by my name!" Liu Xin poured her a glass of juice and said with a smile.
"Okay, Liu Xin, I'm going to say something I shouldn't say, please don't mind. I'm a straightforward person and I can't hide anything."
"It's okay, you say, sister!"
Tian Xin leaned closer to him, lowered her voice, and said seriously, "You just said we weren't being fair. Was it because of the high quote last year? Was there some misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstanding?" Liu Xin sneered: "Sister, it's not appropriate to talk about this here. I'll explain it to you after we finish eating." After that, he raised his glass and clinked glasses with Tian Xin again.
The dinner ended shortly after. Liu Xin didn't mention the contract at all, sulking Liu Shengli the entire time. Li Baiwan brought it up a few times, but was brushed off.
Guessing that there was no hope today, Li Baiwan said nothing more with a cold face.
After dinner, the two middle-aged men returned to the reception room with Liu Shengli and Li Baiwan. Tian Xin was assigned to accompany Liu Xin around the factory.
She brought up the issue from the dinner table again, and this time Liu Xin didn't evade the question: "Sister, let me tell you the truth. If I hadn't come back this time, and let my dad sign this contract without thinking, our factory probably wouldn't be able to survive!"
"How can you say that?" Tian Xin frowned and said, "Business is a two-way street. If the price isn't right, we can negotiate. How can you say that?"
"That's for others. Chief Liu, you have too many ulterior motives."
"What's the meaning?"
Liu Xin didn't answer directly, but instead asked her: "Sister, what is your role in this factory?"
Tian Xin didn't expect him to ask this, but she still told the truth: "I... I don't have much of a role, I'm just an outsider!"
"Outsider?" Liu Xin put his hands behind his back and smiled thoughtfully, "Given your relationship with Big Brother, I'll just tell you the truth!"
He paused, looking at the trucks coming in and out, and said, "Last year, when we just opened, your section chief gave my father several gifts in order to win orders from our factory, and he diligently ran back and forth to the factory many times.
But when we rejected other companies and were about to sign a contract with you, he suddenly raised the price, saying that the price of raw materials had risen and the factory was having difficulty in cash turnover, so he had no choice but to do so!
My father believed him at the time and decided to sign with him after hesitating for a few days. One reason was that the quality inspection of raw materials in your factory was very strict, and the other was that he wanted to give him face so that it would be easier to do things in the future!
Guess what happened?" Liu Xin paused and kept the audience in suspense.
"What's the matter?" Tian Xin asked.
Liu Xin sneered: "He made a shady contract with those bastards in our factory. He secretly sold it at a low price and a high price, and they took kickbacks from the profits."
"What? Is that true?" Tian Xin was shocked. "Doesn't that mean the deal didn't go through?"
"It really didn't work out, because—" Liu Xin paused, glanced at her, and spoke word by word, "I found out about it!"
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