Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 944: Chapter 944: I’m Not Satisfied

So despite the ringing lasting for a long time, Vice President Lu’s side remained calm and quiet.

Helpless, unable to contact Vice President Lu, the general manager was called over.

Called to ask him how the contract matter was going.

Zheng Xuelin could only brace himself and explain the situation: "President Lin, over at Changlin, for some unknown reason, their president has delayed the contract."

President Lin’s first reaction was: "Are they planning to sign with someone else?"

Zheng Xuelin thought to himself that he actually forgot to ask such an important question.

But if he said he forgot now, wouldn’t that be equivalent to telling President Lin he was incompetent?

Forgetting to ask such an important thing.

So, Zheng Xuelin said, "I asked, but the other party wouldn’t say anything. It was Vice President Lu’s secretary who contacted me, and I can’t reach Vice President Lu anymore."

"The secretary said Vice President Lu went out for business dealings and doesn’t know when he’ll return. I also asked why the contract was held back, but she couldn’t say. She doesn’t know their president’s thoughts either."

"In short, it’s a case of not knowing anything; whether it’s real ignorance or pretense." Zheng Xuelin said.

"President Lin, do you suspect Changlin has another partner?" Zheng Xuelin asked.

"My initial reaction was indeed like that," President Lin said, "but then felt it seemed unlikely. Changlin is such a large company, others are always eager to collaborate with them. They don’t care about small gains."

"What kind of interest offered by any company would cause Changlin’s president to personally halt the contract and delay cooperation?" President Lin said.

"For them, as long as the cooperating company doesn’t have issues, it actually doesn’t matter who they work with." President Lin said.

"President Lin, could it be... is there a problem on Vice President Lu’s side?" Zheng Xuelin said.

"Why do you think so?" President Lin asked.

"It’s like this, in this cooperation, my relationship with Vice President Lu is quite good. This cooperation was also decided by Vice President Lu. Although she is a vice president, such cooperation is not a big deal for Changlin."

"If Vice President Lu decided, their General Manager Wu wouldn’t disrespect Vice President Lu over such a small thing." Zheng Xuelin said.

"That’s right." President Lin nodded.

If it were him, it would be the same.

"So, since this matter was decided by Vice President Lu, it should naturally pass at their president." Zheng Xuelin said.

"Unless... unless something went wrong on Vice President Lu’s side in the company, or she made some mistake, causing all her business dealings and decisions to be suspended." Zheng Xuelin said.

He didn’t care whether what he said was right or not; anyway, the blame needed to be pushed to Vice President Lu first.

It couldn’t be him who made the mistake!

President Lin thought about it and said: "You don’t need to worry; I’ll handle it."

President Lin hung up the phone and tried using his connections to find out what’s wrong within Changlin Company.

Asking around, it turned out there was no issue within Changlin.

Nor did anything seem wrong with Vice President Lu.

Right now, all they could do was wait.

Zheng Xuelin was particularly quiet that afternoon and did not mention anything related to the contract.

Colleagues didn’t notice anything unusual.

They just thought it might be a critical time, and Zheng Xuelin was lowering his profile for fear Li Xiaoyun might cause trouble.

***

Meanwhile, the organizers of the International Cooking Competition held a meeting to discuss how to handle Zhuang Mingyan, and finally came to a conclusion.

Lucas fulfilled his promise to Zhao Gushen.

With the fastest speed, a resolution was produced by the next day.

But the result was not satisfactory to Zhao Gushen.

On this side, the organizers of the International Cooking Competition used their official Weibo in Hua Country to announce the resolution regarding Zhuang Mingyan.

Just like what the colleague told Zhuang Mingyan previously.

Only asking Zhuang Mingyan to apologize while transferring her to a less important position where she couldn’t affect the competition.

Zhuang Mingyan also posted a written apology on Weibo, which seemed very sincere.

Though netizens weren’t too satisfied with this result.

Due to the organizers’ prompt response and quick resolution.

It seemed that netizens’ opinions were considered, which showed great respect for them.

And there was indeed handling of Zhuang Mingyan’s situation; it wasn’t ignored.

Therefore, although not completely satisfied, the netizens’ anger was somewhat appeased, and they no longer pursued the matter.

As for Zhuang Mingyan’s apology, most netizens felt it was superficial and still disliked her.

Many netizens voiced strong opinions under Zhuang Mingyan’s Weibo.

Expressing that Hua Country does not welcome her.

However, while netizens might have let it go, Zhao Gushen was far from satisfied.

Lucas personally called Zhao Gushen upon announcing the result.

Because last time Zhao Gushen called him himself, making Lucas understand how important the matter was to Zhao Gushen.

As a result, Lucas showed similar importance to the matter.

"Mr. Zhao, our company has published the resolution regarding Zhuang Mingyan on Weibo," Lucas said.

"I saw it," Zhao Gushen said.

In fact, he was currently using a computer screen to view the announcement from the International Cooking Competition’s organizers about the handling of Zhuang Mingyan, as well as her apology article.

Zhao Gushen said, "However, I am not satisfied with the result."

"What?" Lucas clearly didn’t expect it, "Mr. Zhao, I believe this resolution has fully demonstrated our sincerity."

"Zhuang Mingyan will no longer hold any positions of real power and has apologized for her actions. Mr. Zhao, is there anything you’re not satisfied with?" Lucas said.

"I thought you would at least dismiss Zhuang Mingyan and cancel her position in the International Chef Association." Zhao Gushen said.

"This..." Lucas sounded a bit embarrassed, "Mr. Zhao, isn’t that too severe?"

"Severe? She messed with our Changping Cooking Competition. Ignored our competition rules, interfered with our competition’s fairness and impartiality. The competition is over, and the results are irreversible." Zhao Gushen said.

"Do you think the only one whose rights were infringed upon was Ye Fei? There were also our staff’s consistent efforts, the fair competition image and reputation we’ve maintained for years at Changping Competition. And other competitors who seriously participated and sought fairness."

"But now, it’s all ruined by Zhuang Mingyan. She wrecked the entire competition, and now it’s just being transferred from her original position, and a simple apology, passed over?"