Chapter 288: Billions of Connections
In this way, time began to pass bit by bit, but what was confusing was that during the half-hour waiting time, the front desk waiter who said he would help them find their luggage never showed up again.
Not long after, a lobby manager named Bian Qiang came over after hearing the news and said he would help them deal with the matter.
After a lot of talking, everyone finally understood what Manager Bian wanted to express. His meaning was very simple. He did not admit that the number of stored luggage was fifteen. Instead, he said with certainty that they only stored thirteen pieces.
Because the receipt did not clearly state the amount of luggage, only the storage amount.
"I'm really sorry that this has affected everyone's mood. Can we refund the storage fee?"
Can I? Yes, your mother.
Everyone in Room 208 was laughing. The two pieces of luggage were worth nearly 30,000 yuan. You can just return 300 yuan and pretend nothing happened? "Manager Bian, if there were really only 13 pieces of luggage we checked in, why did you return the money to us? Your words are a bit contradictory, aren't they?"
Wei Lanlan found the key point directly and retorted him with just one sentence.
Manager Bian's face changed. He thought to himself that they were all young and looked like stupid and innocent college students. He didn't expect that they would not fall into any traps. This really caught him off guard.
How could he know that working under a boss as bad as Jiang Qin, a pit like this was really too low-end for them.
"Whether you agree to refund or not, we only received thirteen pieces of luggage."
Sunai couldn't help but frown: "Where's the waiter just now? He has already confirmed that there are fifteen pieces, and he said he would help us find them."
"Excuse me, miss. We have more than fifty waiters here. Do you know his name? I'll call him over right away."
“…”
Wei Lanlan was stunned after hearing this, and immediately understood that the waiter entered the employee passage for the second time to hide, in order to pretend that he was not there so that the manager would deny that they had stored fifteen pieces of luggage.
"The waiter's name is Zhao Jiale."
Jiang Qin, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "Jia means festival, Le means happiness."
The manager was stunned for a moment. He had never expected that they could actually say Zhao Jiale's name. He was speechless for a long time before he spoke: "Um... Actually, I'm also new here recently. I don't know all the waiters yet. Do you know his employee number? I'll use the intercom to call him for you."
Jiang Qin laughed: "Who would remember the work number of a hotel front desk? Besides, if we remember the work number, can we check our luggage?"
"It should be possible, sir, but it will be troublesome if you can't remember your employee number, because we have a lot of temporary workers who come here for short-term part-time work during the summer vacation."
"Since you said that, I have no choice but to remember that his employee number is AC050031. Go ahead and call him."
Lobby manager: “…”
After a while, Manager Bian spoke on the intercom and the disappeared waiter reappeared, but he said that he was not the one who contacted when the luggage was stored, so he knew nothing.
In fact, what he said was true, because the hotel has a morning and afternoon shift system, and the waiter who helped store the luggage in the morning was indeed not him.
"Since you don't know how many pieces of luggage you have, what are you looking for?"
The waiter named Zhao Jiale lowered his head and said, "I just went to the storage room and looked around. I didn't confirm that there were fifteen pieces of luggage."
Jiang Qin was getting annoyed: "Stop talking and check the surveillance. I'm getting annoyed."
"Our surveillance..."
"Is your surveillance broken?" Jiang Qin stood up and snatched the intercom from him. "Then call the police first and see what happens. It's your choice."
Manager Bian pursed his lips and said, "Please go this way, my dear guests. I will take you there."
So, everyone in Room 208 followed Manager Bian to the monitoring room, checked the surveillance footage from this morning, and finally confirmed that there were indeed fifteen pieces of luggage.
Manager Bian's face looked a little ugly. He didn't expect that the picture could be taken so clearly. Jiang Qin didn't want to say anything more and directly asked Wei Lanlan to call the police.
After the police arrived, the manager surnamed Bian's attitude was obviously much better. He admitted that the hotel's work was not done properly and said that he would definitely help them find the luggage, but they said they could not guarantee when they would find it.
"We have a lot of things to do next, so we don't have time to wait for you to find it. Since the luggage was lost by your hotel, we will compensate you according to the original price first. After the luggage is found, we will return the money to you."
Jiang Qinqiao raised his fingers and made the number three, indicating the amount the hotel needed to pay.
What he wanted was definitely not the 30,000 yuan, but he knew that if he didn't keep the money in his hands, it would be difficult for them to seriously help find the luggage, and by then he really didn't know when it would take.
"Pay first? That's definitely not allowed. We haven't even checked whether you have these things in your bag. We can't really pay you 30,000 just because you said so, right?"
Manager Bian looked at the police officer sitting next to him and said, "We will cooperate with the police to actively search for him later, but no hotel has the rule of paying compensation first."
Jiang Qin thought for a moment and said, "Manager Bian, where do you think I'm from based on my accent? If you're right, I'll go back and wait."
"It should be further north, right?"
"Damn it, you know I'm from another place and you want to delay time, right? And every time I call to ask, you say you're looking for me?" Jiang Qin slammed the table.
Manager Bian: “…”
The police officer sitting on the sofa also spoke at this time: "Sir, don't worry, we will also actively investigate and help you find your luggage as quickly as possible."
"There is very important information in our computer, and we must retrieve it today. This is the hotel's negligence, and we should not bear the consequences."
"But it takes time to find something, and we can't be sure whether it was stolen or left somewhere."
In short, after negotiating for an entire afternoon, the hotel still refused to pay compensation first. Jiang Qin refused to agree no matter what, because he knew that as long as they left Shanghai, the hotel would find various ways to shirk responsibility.
If it was taken away by an internal employee, then no matter how powerful the police are, they may not be able to find it. He has seen too many such things. The main thing is to make a big thing small and a small thing nothing. In the end, the only one who suffers is you.
But this time it definitely won’t work because it’s Suna’s computer.
You know, the upgrade of Zhihu all depends on Sunai and his project team. If the computer cannot be found in two or three months, or is completely lost, a lot of the previous work will be in vain.
Seeing that the negotiation failed, Manager Bian had no choice but to call the general manager over.
The general manager of this hotel is named Qiu. He has a tough attitude. He first expressed his willingness to cooperate in the search, but then said it was impossible to pay compensation in advance.
"We will definitely help you find your luggage, but we can't pay you in advance. We didn't open the boxes to check the contents at the time, and we can't confirm the value of the items. Please don't make trouble for now, and just wait for the result."
His unreasonable words made everyone in Room 208 furious: "What do you mean by unreasonable? We paid the storage fee!"
Manager Qiu remained calm and said, "I'm sorry for the slip of the tongue, but that's the truth. If we find the luggage later, we will notify you as soon as possible. That's all for today."
His tone was both soft and hard, as if he didn't care at all, and his attitude was quite dignified.
Jiang Qin laughed and thought to himself, what the hell is this pretending? He really thinks he is a stupid college student and he even sings with both the black and red faces.
But outsiders have no choice. First, they have no connections, and second, they have no time to wait. They simply cannot afford to waste time. Even if they are angry, they still have to compromise in the end.
So the two of them argued with each other, and neither of them was willing to give in, until a soft voice suddenly came from the frozen air, and the conversation was suddenly interrupted.
"Hello, Auntie."
"I, I came to Shanghai to play, but I didn't mean to hide it from you. Also, my luggage was lost."
“…”
When Feng Nanshu said the name of the hotel, he found that everyone turned to look at him, so he hugged Jiang Qin's arm tightly, his expression became more and more cold, but his voice became smaller and smaller.
Seeing this, the police officers, managers, general managers, and staff watching in the hall couldn't help but look at the little girl, but no one cared, just treating it as a small episode, and continued to remain silent.
Since the negotiation fails, let's just keep wasting time. Some of the people are tourists, and some are locals. It's obvious who can afford to waste time and who can't.
It is impossible to pay compensation first. Even if the luggage is really lost, they will only pay ten times the storage fee.
The insurance premium for fifteen pieces of luggage is 300 yuan, and the insurance premium for the two pieces of luggage is 40 yuan. Even if the compensation is ten times, it is only 400 yuan, plus the storage fee of 300 yuan, the total is only 700 yuan.
As for thirty thousand? Don't even think about it.
Manager Qiu has been in charge of the hotel for his boss for many years and has dealt with all kinds of difficult issues. He knows that many guests will be very angry when they are dissatisfied, but in the end they are powerless and can only compromise.
He is very confident.
But what happened next was far beyond all of their expectations.
About half an hour later, three police cars suddenly drove up to the hotel. Leading the team was a middle-aged man in plain clothes, followed by several police officers, who walked over with steady steps.
Seeing this scene, the two police officers responsible for mediating the dispute immediately stood up and saluted.
"Captain Chen, why are you here?"
"Didn't you say your luggage was lost? Tell me what happened first. What happened?"
"?"
The police officer was stunned, thinking that they hadn't reported the situation yet, how could the captain know so quickly? Manager Qiu, who had a cold face, couldn't help but sit up straight, with a look of surprise in his eyes, as if he couldn't understand it.
However, before the two police officers could speak, there was another roar of engines coming from the hotel entrance. Then, three black cars stopped steadily, and three men in suits and ties ran breathlessly into the brightly lit lobby and also gathered here.
Manager Qiu stood up immediately when he saw these three people, not for any other reason, but because the people who came were the big boss and two shareholders of their hotel.
But since he started working in this hotel, he seemed to have never seen his boss with such a nervous expression.
"Boss, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Sun, why are you three here?"
"Where's your luggage?" The hotel owner looked at him with a gloomy look.
Manager Qiu was stunned for a moment: "What...what luggage?"
"Where is the luggage that the Feng family lost in our hotel? Such a big thing happened, and you are sitting here so calmly. Don't you know how to go and look for the luggage?!"
“…”
(End of this chapter)
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