Chapter Ninety-Eight: Back to the Pot
Towards evening, Edward rushed to the office area in a rage, and tried his best to suppress his angry voice, "Everyone who has participated in the Yueli project, come to my office immediately." β
The people who were targeted by him all stood up a little dazed, glanced at each other, and then trembled and followed Edward towards his office, Qing Huan followed behind Nina, and listened to her whispering: "I don't know where Yueli's project touched Edward's mold, it's such a big battle, I'm just making a plan, and I'm going to be involved......?"
I heard her babble all the way to the door of Edward's office, and then all the whispered conversations were still, and everyone knocked on the door and went in one after another.
"Merlin offered Yueli an offer of 35 percent more than TUMI, and as far as I know, they have already had the first round of negotiations, and the intention of cooperation on both sides is very high, so I wonder why Merlin's offer is only 35 percent higher than TUMI's offer? Can anyone give me a reasonable explanation?"
The people present all glanced at the people around them tentatively, but no one dared to say anything, Edward's meaning was very clear, someone leaked TUMI's offer, and this person was among them, at this time, no matter who stood up and said the first sentence, it would be easier to arouse Edward's suspicion and cause unnecessary trouble for himself.
"Well, you don't admit it, do you?" I ask you this way, which of you have been in contact with Morgan's people these days?" asked Edward gritting his teeth and glaring coldly at the group of people in front of him.
Qing Huan's heart suddenly jumped, although she didn't understand why Edward would suddenly pull on Morgan's people, but obviously this was not a good omen. A chill ran down her spine, and she was a little entangled in whether to tell her about the fact that she had only seen Frank yesterday, and if she didn't say it, would she be found out?
Just as she was engaged in a fierce protest in her heart, Nina suddenly stood up, "Edward, I know someone who has seen Morgan these days. β
Qing Huan suddenly felt cold all over, could it be that she saw that she and Frank went out to eat?
"Who?" said Edward, sitting behind his desk.
Qing Huan gritted her teeth, hesitating to stand up and admit it herself, lest it would be too embarrassing to be picked out.
"Molly, I know she's been dating one of Morgan's analysts lately, and I saw them last time I stopped by the restaurant. Nina spoke with certainty.
After Qing Huan heard this name, a string of question marks suddenly popped up in her mind, and she couldn't help but look at the person named Molly that Nina said, she knew this person, Molly was in the M&A department, and Yueli was also involved in this project.
Molly, like Nina, was an intern last year, but Nina stayed in the position of an analyst, while Molly was assigned to the front desk with excellent communication skills, the work content is not as tedious and hard as an analyst, and every time you follow up a project, you will be paid a considerable amount, so in less than a year, as two people who entered the company at the same time, the difference is already very obvious.
Once when Nina saw Molly walking in front of her with a new Chanel bag, she said to Qing Huan very harshly, "I don't know what she's proud of, isn't she just relying on that skin? If she hadn't slept with so many people in the company, would she have such good resources and connections? I think as long as there is a man in the company, I have slept with her, right?"
At that time, Qing Huan was startled, "You mean Edward is also ......"
"Edward isn't that bold, is she? Nina pursed her lips, "Besides, if she could sleep with Edward, she wouldn't be in this position just today." β
Since then, Qing Huan has had some impressions of Molly, and knows that there is some mismatch between Nina and her, but she didn't expect that Nina hated her to the point of exposing her on such an occasion.
"Alright, you guys go out first, Molly stays. Edward sat behind his desk with his hands folded and said lightly.
The rest of the group seemed relieved, gave Molly a sympathetic look, and then left Edward's office one after another.
Qing Huan hesitated, but chose to leave behind them, and when she passed in front of Molly, she saw that her face was as pale as a blank piece of paper.
Half an hour later, Molly ran out of Edward's office crying, then returned to her place to start packing, and finally packed her personal belongings into cardboard boxes and left the company under the watchful eye of the security guards.
Qing Huan looked at Molly who left the company like a wandering corpse, and then glanced at Nina, who was also staring at Molly, there was an undisguised schadenfreude in her eyes, and a disgusting expression on her face.
Qing Huan retracted his gaze and stared stupidly at a pot of aquatic plants on the desk, unable to describe the complicated feelings in his heart now, some stuffy, some blocked, and even some sense of luck and shame that he had escaped. Now, if she didn't know that Molly was actually taking the blame for her, she would really be stupid.
Regarding the TUMI offer, she talked to Frank at dinner yesterday, and judging by Edward's attitude today, Merlin must have entrusted Morgan to talk to Yueli about the acquisition, and the offer given there happened to overwhelm the small part of TUMI, thinking with her toes, and knowing that they must have understood TUMI's offer, so they could set such a good price.
So from the beginning to the end, Frank was using her, he didn't want to help himself at all, he just used himself to test the water and see if he could successfully knock on the door of TUMI's acquisition of Yueli. Qing Huan was so angry that her fingers trembled when she thought of this, but she was helpless, everything was what she was willing to do as he said, and even some details about the TUMI plan were also said by herself, and Frank did not force her.
Qing Huan bit her lip vigorously and forced herself to calm down, but the tears still fell a little uncontrollably.
In the evening, Edward convened an emergency meeting to contact Yueli's president at all costs to fight for another chance to negotiate, and TUMI also expressed his willingness to make concessions after hearing about Merlin's matter, so the only chance to save now is to let Yueli return to the negotiating table.
It's a pity that Yueli seems to be dissatisfied with TUMI's repeated price reductions before, Qinghuan and their side contacted the president of Yueli for a few days, but they were all blocked by the secretary, He Shijun seems to have made up his mind not to cooperate with TUMI anymore, and directly closed the door and disappeared. Although Edward was disappointed with such a result, he had no choice but to slowly accept the end of failure.
On Friday evening, Su Jing asked Qinghuan to eat out together, and opened a home restaurant not far from the apartment, which tasted very good, and there were many Chinese who came to patronize, and after a long time in a foreign land, it was rare to be able to eat a meal with a bit of hometown taste, so as long as it was an authentic Chinese restaurant, business was always very prosperous.
Qing Huan was a little distracted during the meal, Su Jing picked up vegetables for her, and asked with concern: "What's wrong, is it uncomfortable?"
"No, it's just a little tired lately. Qing Huan smiled and said.
"It's been a few days since you lost your soul, and I don't believe you're just tired. Su Jing rolled her eyes, "Has there been anything unpleasant recently?"
Qing Huan didn't speak, just stuffy his head and picked up the rice.
"There are some things that you are bored in your heart, but in fact, it is only you who are wronged, maybe you say it, and listening to others analyze this matter from another perspective will make you feel a lot more comfortable?" Su Jing scooped a bowl of soup and drank it slowly.
Qing Huan stopped moving, sighed deeply, and told Su Jing what happened in the company two days ago.
"I think Molly may not be able to understand when she leaves, she obviously doesn't have much intersection with Nina, why can Nina's jealousy of herself reach such a point, if Molly leaves the company with such a reputation, it is estimated that she will not be able to mix in this circle in the future, right? She stared at the tablecloth in front of her and said softly, "As for me, I knew that Molly happened to help me take the blame, but I didn't dare to say a word, and I could only watch her leave with the charge of leaking company documents." β
Su Jing looked at Qing Huan's lonely face, but took a deep breath and said, "Then what do you think you need to do to feel comfortable in your heart? Go and tell Edward, in fact, you accidentally leaked the documents to a competitor? and then he asked you to roll up and leave, and even reserved the right to sue you, you will be at ease? You can stop sitting here and blame yourself? Gu Qinghuan, don't be so naΓ―ve, okay?" What person who has a little ambition to make a name for himself doesn't just stick a knife in himself and wade into this icy muddy water, and then walk towards his destination step by step? Not a little ruthless, you think you can easily get ashore? Now you have to blame yourself for drowning because someone pushed you in the back, and you are lucky not to fall into the water, and the person next to you falls into the water because of the wave you caused?"
Qing Huan looked at her blankly, not knowing what to say.
"If you don't even have this ruthlessness and courage, and you hope to impress the world and the people you meet with your truth, kindness and beauty, then what kind of Wall Street are you going to go directly to teach kindergarten. Su Jing slowly wiped her mouth with a tissue, "Don't expect to hear anything from me that you are also a victim and an innocent comfort, we are not that way, this time you are lucky and escaped a catastrophe, then you should happily thank God, and then what should you do, don't make a useless set of sadness here." β
Qing Huan was silent for a while, and then took a deep breath, but the exit was: "Let's go pick out a dress for your party tomorrow......"
Su Jing glanced at her, and then the corners of her lips curled, "Okay." β