Chapter 1650 The Treacherous Ancestor
The day after Li Ye dealt with Zhang Chaoxian, Yu Xiufen called.
"Li Ye, Zhang Chaoxian came to see you, right?"
Li Ye asked, quite puzzled, "Senior Sister, Zhang Chaoxian just left, how did you know so soon after? When did you learn such amazing foresight?"
"Tch, how could I have that ability? He's the one who told me. He probably drank a little too much last night, and he called me for ten minutes, rambling on and on, implying that I, Yu Xiufen, look down on people, while you, Li Ye, are the kind-hearted one."
Li Ye chuckled and said, "Me, a kind-hearted person? Senior sister, do you think that's possible? He said the teacher introduced him to me, so I only received him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered talking to him."
"He's just using someone else's name to make a big deal out of nothing. The teacher is fed up with him; why would she want to bother you again? Since he came back from overseas, I've found that he doesn't tell the truth at all, and he's incredibly stingy—he's practically a miser."
Yu Xiufen said with a hint of disdain, "You have no idea, these past few days Zhang Chaoxian has been asking all of us acquaintances to introduce him to a suitable partner."
The problem is that he just came out of the hospital, and everyone knows that his liver is not very good. We told the girl the truth, and she was very worried. No matter how much money you have, you can't do without good health!
And it's not like we didn't help him find someone, but he still wanted to sign a prenuptial agreement. You know, girls from our country aren't without temper; good girls would back down as soon as they heard that.
As for those girls who quickly signed the papers just to go abroad, Zhang Chaoxian thought their motives were impure. Isn't that obvious? A young woman in her twenties dating a forty-year-old man—do you think her motives are pure?
Yu Xiufen became increasingly angry as she spoke: "We had already discussed it and decided not to argue with him anymore, but just now he called each of us one by one, saying that he was about to find the best partner, and that she was tall, had a good figure, was educated, and was good-looking."
My goodness! When I heard him say that, I simply couldn't believe such a good thing could happen. Is this some kind of matchmaking contest or a beauty pageant for the emperor? Where does he get such confidence? Could he have been scammed?
He didn't encounter a scammer; he just encountered me!
Li Ye couldn't help but chuckle to himself, because when Zhang Chaoxian came to Li Ye that day, it was Li Ye who listed these "screening criteria" for him, and then Lu Zhizhang was unknowingly led astray.
[Shouldn't the figure be decent? Shouldn't the looks be passable? Shouldn't the education level be acceptable?]
[Yes, yes, Li Ye, you're right. I've worked so hard for so many years, I can't just settle for some country girl for the rest of my life.]
Is this Li Ye's fault?
Of course they don't complain. This is a normal reaction for proud and ambitious people in the dating market, especially those from ordinary families who have achieved a certain level of success through their own efforts.
Because they will infinitely elevate the value of their "hard work" and deliberately downplay the benefits of family.
What I possess must be valued at a premium; what I lack must be worthless.
"By the way, Li Ye, if you really want to act as a matchmaker for Zhang Chaoxian, you need to do it as soon as possible. He should have more than a week of vacation left, and he'll be going back to the Lighthouse after his vacation. For someone like him, work at the Lighthouse is paramount; he won't waste a single day on the mainland."
"Wouldn't that be better? I'm very busy here. If he leaves in a few days, it'll save me the trouble."
"You're right, don't go looking for trouble."
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Yu Xiufen chatted with Li Yue on the phone for a long time before finally hanging up, satisfied.
Actually, this kind-hearted senior sister called Li Ye today for only one purpose—to persuade Li Ye not to introduce Zhang Chaoxian to a potential partner.
Li Ye didn't want to in the first place, but those two hit it off immediately, didn't they?
Besides, Li Ye is extremely busy right now, how could he have time to help Zhang Chaoxian settle down?
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Li Ye has been incredibly busy lately. Since the simultaneous launch of the Jingcheng Heavy Truck and Jingcheng Hongguang models from the first factory, they've generated a huge buzz in the market. With supply falling short of demand, there's an urgent need to expand production capacity. They're short of equipment, workers, raw materials—everything is lacking.
Moreover, the product's explosive popularity also attracted the jealousy and envy of many people. Various incidents occurred one after another, and everyone was busy and overwhelmed. Li Ye had to play the role of a firefighter every day.
Moreover, it was one thing for outsiders to cause trouble, but for "one of their own" to join in the chaos made Li Ye even more furious.
On Monday morning, not long after Li Ye arrived at his office, he heard Zhuo Minglan and Zhou Ziqing arguing outside.
Zhuo Minglan said arrogantly, "I need to see Deputy General Manager Li. This document is an important instruction issued by the head office, and I must deliver it to him personally."
As Li Ye's assistant, Zhou Ziqing naturally knew that Li Ye disliked Zhuo Minglan, so she politely declined, saying, "President Li is very busy. You can leave it here, and I will give it to him when she is done."
Zhuo Minglan immediately retorted angrily, "I've already said, this document is extremely important. You're just General Manager Li's assistant, what right do you have to stop me? Or is it that Deputy General Manager Li is refusing to follow the instructions of the head office?"
These days, Zhuo Minglan has been using the company's name to come to Li Ye's place to "convey instructions," acting quite like an imperial envoy.
But in fact, Li Ye had long been fed up with her and Shang Bin's behavior.
After Shang Bin went to the head office, he offered advice to Yi Mingzhao, the general manager of the head office, and obtained the "guidance authority" to guide Jingnan Group to acquire Southwest Heavy Truck. Then Zhuo Minglan felt that he had "someone above him" and gave Li Ye all sorts of orders, as if he felt that Shang Bin's power had been transferred to him.
The problem is that Shang Bin only has the "guidance authority," not the command authority. Li Ye completely ignores him. Even when Yi Mingzhao calls to urge him, Li Ye just gives a perfunctory response.
Unfortunately, Zhuo Minglan was oblivious to the situation and always took trivial matters as important.
Zhou Ziqing, however, was far more sophisticated than Zhuo Minglan. She immediately retorted calmly, "I'm the assistant, so what are you? According to regulations, which department should the head office's instructions be sent to? The liaison office? Why don't you call your section chief over and ask?"
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Zhuo Minglan got a little stuck.
She is currently a clerk in the liaison office, which sounds like she has the responsibility of external liaison. However, the problem is that according to the regulations of Jingnan Group, all kinds of notices and instructions from the head office are received by the group office. Zhuo Minglan and Shang Bin are skirting the rules. If you really investigate, it is not in accordance with the rules at all.
So after a moment of silence, Zhuo Minglan revealed her true colors: "There's no need for our section chief to come over. I think it would be better to have Deputy General Manager Shang come instead."
Zhou Ziqing smiled gently and said, "Of course, we would be very happy if Deputy General Manager Shang could come and provide guidance."
Zhuo Minglan: "."
Will Shang Bin come directly to Li Ye?
Forget it! It's nothing for Zhuo Minglan to suffer a setback with Li Ye, but if Shang Bin suffers a setback, it will affect his position in the head office.
Therefore, Shang Bin and Li Ye are currently adopting a "no meeting" strategy, simply accumulating various reasons and leverage, and will eventually bring it up in front of Yi Mingzhao to make a decision.
While Li Ye appeared to be on the defensive, he was actually employing underhanded tactics.
For example, before the Spring Festival, Jingnan Group arranged a physical examination for office staff to check their "sub-health" conditions. They forced Zhuo Minglan to undergo the examination and obtained her specific pregnancy date.
In addition, Li Ye also asked a private investigator overseas to send some "good stuff" to Shang Bin's wife, Zong Lidan.
However, Zong Lidan has not responded at all, seemingly not caring about Shang Bin who is still in China. There has been no result after so long.
Do people who go abroad become cold-hearted?
However, on Tuesday, the office director, Shan Shengwen, mysteriously approached Li Ye.
"Mr. Li, I suddenly received a call from Zong Lidan this morning. She actually returned to China a long time ago."
Li Ye immediately perked up: "You've already returned to China? What happened?"
Shan Shengwen said, "I didn't know at first, but I suddenly received a call from her this morning. At first, she was very vague, then she said she was going to get a divorce from Shang Bin in a while, and then she said she was going to help connect multinational companies in mainland China with overseas companies to discuss investment."
But just before she hung up, she suddenly asked me about Zhuo Minglan. After I explained the situation to her, she suddenly said she wanted to come to Beijing to see Zhuo Minglan. That's when I realized she had actually already returned.
Although Shan Shengwen did not know what kind of underhanded tricks Li Ye had used, he had provided Li Ye with Zong Lidan's name, the time he went abroad, and his approximate address in the lighthouse.
Because Shan Shengwen wanted to make things difficult for Zhuo Minglan and get rid of this troublesome person as soon as possible, Li Ye said it wasn't necessary, saying that Zhuo Minglan herself wouldn't stay for more than a few days. Then he went to Shan Shengwen to find out about Shang Bin's wife's situation.
At the time, Shan Shengwen was somewhat skeptical, always feeling that Li Ye was being unrealistic. Zong Lidan was in the lighthouse thousands of miles away, and after she went out, she almost lost contact with the mainland. What could Li Ye do to her?
Only today did Shan Shengwen realize that Li Ye was "all-powerful" and had actually brought Zhuo Minglan's nemesis to the rescue.
Li Ye curled the corners of his lips and said with a smile, "So how did you respond to her? Did you secretly act as a matchmaker for her and Zhuo Minglan, letting them meet privately?"
Shan Shengwen slowly shook his head: "I didn't agree to act as a matchmaker for them. I only told Zong Lidan about Zhuo Minglan's medical examination results and her husband Lu Junyi's workplace. As for what happens afterward, it has nothing to do with our Jingnan Group."
"Huh?"
Li Ye said in surprise, "Old Dan, I suddenly realize you're quite cunning!"
Shan Shengwen's cheeks twitched twice, and he finally managed to force out an awkward smile.
[Me, insidious? If I, Shan Shengwen, am insidious, then Deputy General Manager Li, you are the ancestor of insidiousness.]
I didn't sleep well last night, and it was already very late when I drove back today. I'm exhausted, so I only wrote this much. I should be back to normal by tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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