Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 943: Chapter 943: That Makes It Even More Interesting

"If it is, who was the employee that came into contact with him? And how did they directly catch Vice President Lu’s eye to personally follow up on this matter?" Zhao Dingli said.

"If it’s not, then it gets even more interesting." Zhao Dingli said.

"Check Vice President Lu as well, just in case." Zhao Dingli said.

"Yes." Rui Changhuai noted everything down one by one and then went out.

On the way back to the office, Vice President Lu and General Manager Wu felt a bit uneasy.

"General Manager Wu, is there an issue with our collaboration with Ruizhi? Why did the President suddenly hold up the contract?" Vice President Lu asked.

"I don’t know either. Previously, the President wasn’t aware of this, and usually, when we have a collaboration without any issues, he just signs off immediately." General Manager Wu said.

"If the President doesn’t mention it himself, how would anyone know?" General Manager Wu said.

He suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Vice President Lu: "Is there something I don’t know about in this matter?"

"To be honest, the President’s suspicion is reasonable. Is this small business really worth your personal involvement?" General Manager Wu asked.

"You’ve been tense ever since. Is there something in this collaboration with Ruizhi that you don’t dare let others know?" General Manager Wu asked.

"What nonsense are you talking about! How could there be such things?" Vice President Lu said, "It’s just a normal collaboration."

"Then why are you so nervous?" General Manager Wu asked again.

"I’m just afraid of making a mistake myself." Vice President Lu said, "I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong, but I’m worried there might be something I’m unaware of that doesn’t satisfy the President."

"Besides, it’s just an ordinary collaboration, what could be the problem?" Vice President Lu said.

"Yeah, it’s just an ordinary collaboration, why are you so nervous?" General Manager Wu said.

As the General Manager, how could he be fooled by just a few words from Vice President Lu?

He looked at Vice President Lu: "Did you receive any benefits?"

"General Manager Wu, with so many companies collaborating with Changlin, who wouldn’t offer us some benefits? But we all have our measures. Benefits are just benefits, we still have to see if the collaborating company meets the standard. We wouldn’t collaborate with a non-compliant company for a bit of benefit and cause trouble for our company."

"Don’t I know these limits?" Vice President Lu said.

"Even so, the President knows about these things to some extent, and as long as it doesn’t affect the company, he mostly turns a blind eye." General Manager Wu said, "But this kind of thing doesn’t stand up to scrutiny."

"Turning a blind eye and pretending not to know is one thing. But being found out with concrete evidence is entirely another." General Manager Wu said.

"If you’re really hiding something, you’d better clarify it with the President as soon as possible. If it’s found out, it won’t look good." General Manager Wu said.

As for helping Vice President Lu with anything?

General Manager Wu had no intention of that.

The two were just colleagues after all.

He almost took the fall for Vice President Lu just now.

General Manager Wu felt that being able to say so much was already quite collegial.

Vice President Lu walked away without a word.

Actually, if it were found out, apart from losing face, it wouldn’t really have much of an impact.

But it would be really embarrassing.

Back at the office, Vice President Lu told the secretary: "Get in touch with Zheng Xuelin from Ruizhi’s business department and inform him that the contract may need to be postponed. Our President might handle it personally, and it’s unclear how long it will be on hold."

"Yes." The secretary responded.

Just as Vice President Lu was about to enter the office, he stopped again: "If Zheng Xuelin asks to see me, just say I’m not here."

"Yes." The secretary nodded.

Vice President Lu went into the office, sat in the chair, leaned back against the chair, and felt a bit of a headache.

Meanwhile, the secretary contacted Zheng Xuelin.

Zheng Xuelin was in high spirits, just waiting for the contract to be sent over, even eager to sign it this afternoon.

On receiving the call from Vice President Lu’s secretary, Zheng Xuelin excitedly picked up.

Unexpectedly, he heard the secretary saying that the signing would have to be postponed.

Zheng Xuelin felt something was not right: "Why... how come?"

"Wasn’t everything going well before? Why is it suddenly on hold now?" Zheng Xuelin said.

He... he had already spoken about it.

Now the general manager was raring to go, just waiting to sign the contract.

And now he’s being told that the contract can’t be signed for now?

Even though it’s temporary, who knows how long ’temporary’ might last!

How could he explain this to the general manager!

"What did Vice President Lu say? What exactly is wrong with the contract?" Zheng Xuelin asked.

"I also don’t know the specifics. This is a decision made personally by our President, and the specific reason wasn’t mentioned." The secretary said.

"Vice President Lu has tried his best to fight for it, but in the end, the one who signs off is still our President." The secretary said.

"But, it’s only temporary, just a short wait." The secretary added.

"So when exactly will it be, is there a rough idea?" Zheng Xuelin asked again.

The secretary patiently said: "I’m not sure about this either, it still depends on our President’s decision. Without our President’s word, none of us as employees can give a definite answer."

"Do you have an estimate yourself? Although it’s your President’s decision, you should have some guesswork, right?" Zheng Xuelin further probed.

The secretary was getting a bit impatient with Zheng Xuelin’s questions.

"Mr. Zheng, how can I just tell you something random? Plus, I just learned about this myself and informed you immediately, I haven’t had the time to think much about it. Moreover, how could we randomly guess our President’s thoughts?"

"Besides, if the guess is wrong, and I tell you something that’s not accurate, and it turns out not to be the case, I can’t take that responsibility." The secretary said.

Seeing that there was nothing more to be obtained, Zheng Xuelin said: "Is Vice President Lu currently available?"

"Vice President Lu is currently out on business." The secretary said.

"In that case, when will Vice President Lu be back?" Zheng Xuelin asked again.

"I’m not sure about that either, Vice President Lu hasn’t told me about his next arrangements." The secretary said again.

"Alright, thank you." Zheng Xuelin hung up the phone, knowing the secretary was just brushing him off.

No matter if she truly didn’t know anything.

But at least the secretary surely knows Vice President Lu’s schedule, right?

Zheng Xuelin’s face darkened, feeling extremely frustrated.

After a while, he called Vice President Lu.

He had Vice President Lu’s mobile number.

But despite calling for a long time, no one answered.

And on Vice President Lu’s side, when the phone rang, he had set it to silent.