Chapter 245 The domineering CEO Xia falls in love with me. Xia Zhining led her team members into the spacious and luxurious private room with high spirits.
Throughout the entire ordeal, no one noticed Zhou Wei, who stood in the corner, pale-faced and like a background figure.
"Zhou Wei, what are you looking at!"
Zhou Wei's new boss pulled her back to reality with a command.
He glanced at the private room where Xia Zhining was.
"Hey, isn't that your former boss, Xia Zhining?"
Zhou Wei's boss seemed to have discovered something interesting.
He said in a tone that was half teasing and half pressuring, "Since we're all old acquaintances, why don't you go and talk to Xia Zhining and ask her to give us the private room?"
Zhou Wei's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
Her lips trembled, but she hadn't yet come up with an excuse to refuse.
No, no, no!
At this moment, the investor who had been making things difficult for the two hurriedly waved his hand to stop them.
The investor's tone even carried a hint of fear: "No! Don't go looking for trouble!"
He lowered his voice, his previous arrogance long gone: "President Xia's Anning vaccine has received support from a major national project; it's been officially approved!"
"They're having a victory celebration banquet today, and we're going to rush in and try to grab a private room? Wouldn't that be like walking into a trap?"
"I don't want to be resented by this future academic star."
As he spoke, he even glanced at Zhou Wei and her boss with disdain.
It was as if they were being blamed for coming up with a bad idea.
"Alright, alright, let's just find somewhere to sit. This meal... it doesn't matter where we eat it."
Zhou Wei's voice suddenly rose, cracking as she exclaimed, "Xia Zhining's project... has secured a major national science and technology project?!"
"The news is absolutely true!" That investor had extremely good inside information.
When Xia Zhining was mentioned, the arrogant expression on his face had turned into admiration and regret.
"It was just finalized this afternoon, and the press release and announcement will be issued tonight!"
"Xia Zhining is probably the youngest project chief since this project was established! She's truly a force to be reckoned with!"
"It's a pity that their project doesn't need external investment."
As the investor spoke, he turned to look at Zhou Wei, his attitude becoming even more unceremonious.
"Tsk, I heard... you came from President Xia's team? What, were you laid off because you weren't good enough?"
Before Zhou Wei could defend herself, he made his own judgment, his words as sharp as knives:
"No wonder. I haven't heard of any outstanding academic achievements from you. Instead, you're busy here trying to attract investment and attending dinner parties."
"It seems that I really can't get anywhere in academia, so I can only do this kind of peripheral work."
These words not only tore away Zhou Wei's fig leaf.
She was also humiliated along with her clueless boss.
The investor glanced at the two men with disdain:
"One was eliminated, and the other was clueless, actually trying to disrupt the national special project team's celebration banquet."
"It's beneath me to work with people like you. I think we should just forget about this investment."
After saying that, he turned and left without looking back.
Zhou Wei's boss panicked immediately, disregarding his pride, and hurriedly chased after her to try and salvage the situation.
The leader hurriedly chased after her to explain, leaving Zhou Wei frozen in place.
Zhou Wei stared intently at the closed door of the private room, as if she could hear the laughter and merriment coming from inside, and finally broke down completely.
If only she hadn't harbored such grand ambitions in the first place...
He didn't flaunt his connections with a few investors within the team...
Shouldn't she have had a place among the people raising their glasses in celebration in the private room right now?
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