Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 942: Chapter 942: Zhao Dingli Gets Paranoid

"Ruish is a beverage brand with main products including sparkling drinks, concocted cocktails, juices, and fruit wines. It has decent brand awareness," General Manager Wu said. "This is a company recommended by Vice President Lu."

"We’ve also conducted market research, and this brand is quite well-known among young people, which aligns with the positioning of our restaurants."

Changlin, of course, will not only sell the Ruish brand.

There are also other brands.

It’s just about allowing Ruish brand beverages to appear on their restaurant menus.

Zhao Dingli is also aware that now many brands are competing for a spot on their restaurant menus.

And a huge key to success is fostering good relationships with some of the company’s decision makers.

This isn’t about fair competition.

It’s all about the strategies from all sides.

As for the private matters of those decision makers within the company, as long as it’s not overboard, he generally doesn’t intervene.

And as long as the brand meets the quality standards, it doesn’t really matter to him which one is used.

"Recommended by Vice President Lu?" Zhao Dingli asked.

"Yes." General Manager Wu felt something was off about Zhao Dingli’s question but dared not let Vice President Lu take the blame.

Zhao Dingli had no other intentions; he just immediately thought of Li Xiaoyun.

He asked, "Who in the opposing company is responsible for this cooperation?"

General Manager Wu also didn’t expect Zhao Dingli to inquire in such detail this time.

Sweat trickled slightly on General Manager Wu’s forehead.

Indeed, he couldn’t answer Zhao Dingli’s question.

"This... this is handled by Vice President Lu; perhaps we should call Vice President Lu up?" General Manager Wu suggested.

Zhao Dingli shot a cold glance at General Manager Wu and said in a cold voice, "Then why not give your General Manager position to Vice President Lu as well?"

"This was due to my insufficient follow-up," General Manager Wu immediately stated.

Zhao Dingli directly instructed Assistant Rui Changhuai, "Call Vice President Lu up here."

"Yes." Rui Changhuai acknowledged and then left the office.

Using the internal phone line, he notified Vice President Lu.

Before long, Vice President Lu came up.

Vice President Lu is a professional woman in her forties.

It’s evident she pays great attention to maintaining her facial appearance and figure.

At this age, she can still maintain a slender figure.

Yet, no matter how finely she maintains her face, the traces of time are still evident.

It’s clear she is no longer young.

Her skin isn’t so full, and despite foundation covering the pores on either side of her nose, it couldn’t hide the roughness.

"Assistant Rui." Vice President Lu came over with some nervousness, "Did the president call me due to a problem? Is there an issue with the contract or with Ruish?"

She was aware of General Manager Wu originally approaching Zhao Dingli for a signature.

Yet soon after, she was also called up by Rui Changhuai.

Vice President Lu suspected it must be related to the collaboration with Ruish.

She didn’t know what the issue was.

"It’s nothing," Rui Changhuai said. "The president just wants to understand more about matters related to Ruish."

As for the specifics, even Rui Changhuai wasn’t sure.

However, on Sunday, he did receive a call from Zhao Dingli.

Instructing him to learn about Ruish.

Rui Changhuai thought, could it be that at the time, Zhao Dingli already knew about the collaboration between Vice President Lu and Ruish?

In that case, the president is indeed very impressive.

Unfathomable!

Because Zhao Dingli didn’t want to cause Li Xiaoyun any trouble, he hadn’t directly told Rui Changhuai to inquire about Li Xiaoyun’s situation in the company.

He only subtly hinted about it.

Thus, naturally, Rui Changhuai didn’t know that the reason Zhao Dingli was so concerned and thoroughly investigating Ruish Company was all due to Li Xiaoyun.

However, even if Rui Changhuai knew, he couldn’t possibly tell Vice President Lu.

"Vice President Lu, please come in." Rui Changhuai said.

He knocked twice on Zhao Dingli’s office door.

Then he opened the door.

Brought Vice President Lu inside.

"President." Vice President Lu greeted as she entered.

"I heard from General Manager Wu that you’ve been leading the cooperation with Ruish?" Zhao Dingli asked.

"Yes." Vice President Lu nodded.

Zhao Dingli raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn’t realize that cooperation with such a small company like Ruish requires you, a Vice President, to handle it personally."

"Where are the business department employees?" Zhao Dingli inquired.

"Since I make the final decisions, I’m aware of the follow-ups on this matter," Vice President Lu replied.

She dared to grant Zheng Xuelin the opportunity because she also had justifiable reasons on Changlin’s side.

Zhao Dingli nodded, choosing not to pursue the issue for now.

He asked Vice President Lu again, "Who is responsible for this on Ruish’s side?"

Vice President Lu thought, you just said this little matter shouldn’t require my personal follow-up, but now you must thoroughly question even this little thing?

Yet, everyone in the company is well aware of Zhao Dingli’s capabilities.

Although Vice President Lu internally complained, she was also anxious.

Worried whether Zhao Dingli knew something.

Vice President Lu replied, "It’s Ruish’s general manager personally leading this, accompanied by a business department employee."

"The business department employee? Which one?" Zhao Dingli probed further.

Vice President Lu thought, these questions are too detailed.

She said, "It’s an employee named Zheng Xuelin."

"Only him?" Zhao Dingli asked.

"Yes." Vice President Lu nodded.

"If this situation were reversed and our company only sent a business department employee, it might be understandable. But for Ruish, this is an especially important opportunity, and they only dispatched one employee?"

Immediately, Zhao Dingli delved into conspiracy theories.

Could it be that Li Xiaoyun is being ostracized or bullied in the company?

Was it initially many people responsible for this?

But eventually, Li Xiaoyun’s merits were stolen by someone?

After running through his conspiracies, Zhao Dingli asked again, "Was it the Ruish general manager personally negotiating from the start?"

Vice President Lu didn’t dare to lie to Zhao Dingli and could only truthfully reply, "No, it started with Zheng Xuelin handling it."

Zhao Dingli nodded, "Place the contract on hold; you all can leave now."

"President, is there an issue with the contract, or is Ruish the problem?" Vice President Lu asked nervously.

Originally, it seemed like just a trivial matter.

How did it suddenly become problematic with Zhao Dingli?

"It’s nothing," Zhao Dingli stated. "You all can leave first."

Since Zhao Dingli didn’t speak further, Vice President Lu didn’t dare to ask any more and had no choice but to leave with General Manager Wu.

Rui Changhuai remained in Zhao Dingli’s office.

Zhao Dingli tapped his fingers on the table, telling Rui Changhuai, "Look into Vice President Lu."

"I’ve got a feeling there might be something amiss," Zhao Dingli said, "Did an ordinary employee from Ruish first contact someone in our business department?"