The lead-heavy summer heat wave seemed to be given life, and the wanton and intense light was full of desperate determination, like endless swords and lights that abused everything on the ground. It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the streets and alleys were almost empty, and even the cats and dogs that used to be in the shade of the trees did not know where to go.

Li Zhou sat in the conference room of the General Department Building, the sequelae of staying up late last night was that the stomach that had been vaguely aching before became more and more painful, and he didn't have time to pay more attention to the silent protest of the body organs, and habitually pressed the stomach a few times, as if doing so could relieve some pain, he said:

"What about the man?" seemed to feel a stomach ache that had worsened a little, and the displeasure in his heart had increased.

"According to what you said, I left him dry for a long time, and now I stay in the office next door, and I am not as noisy as before. ”

After waiting for how long Director Hu of the personnel department finished speaking, he looked up at Li Zhou's face again, hesitated slightly, and said:

"I said Director Li, I see that your face is a little pale, do you want to negotiate with Zhao Dahuai's stinky boy another day?"

"Maybe the weather is too hot, I can't help but have a lot of dreams at night, so I'll solve this matter today, after all, the chairman is still waiting for my reply." ”

Li Zhou said in a deep voice, pursed the corners of his mouth, pressed the thick discomfort back into his body, got up and pulled his tie, took a few deep breaths, and walked straight to the next door. Director Hu also stopped talking and followed.

Sitting next door is Zhao Dahuai, the husband of Zeng Hong, the former warehouse manager of the company's warehouse department. Zeng Hong was injured at work last month, and was identified as a second-class disability, and the company also compensated Zeng Hong 220,000 yuan at one time. But Zhao Dahuai himself has been dissatisfied with the amount of compensation, as soon as he opened his mouth to ask for 5 million compensation, after not getting a satisfactory answer, this is not yesterday to run to the door of Senzhi shoes company to make trouble, and the security guard pushed and shoved when it happened to be visited by the executive president of Yixin Manufacturing North China, not only lost face in front of outsiders, but also caused a lot of criticism. What's more, Li Zhou's understanding of the inside story shows that this matter is far from being as simple as imagined, so he has to come to solve it in person.

The scorching heat in July was already difficult, and the conference room that was only used for meetings on weekdays did not know if the air conditioner had not been used for a long time, and after opening for a long time, the whole room was filled with a peculiar smell and sweat, mixed with a strange peculiar smell, which made Li Zhou, who came in suddenly, smell almost nauseous. Zhao Dahuai, who looked fat-headed and big-eared, noticed that someone was coming in, looked at it fixedly, looked Li Zhou up and down a few times, and his eyes rolled straight away. Lao Hu looked at Zhao Dahuai with disgust and introduced him: "

"This is our company's administrative director, Director Li, don't look around, be respectful. ”

Li Zhou quietly looked at the scoundrel who was making trouble in front of him, and it was difficult to hide his contempt and disgust in the depths of his eyes, he was such a scoundrel ruffian who was waiting for death, he wanted to go crazy for money, and wanted to make a big profit from his wife's work-related injury, and the lion opened his mouth to ask for 5 million compensation, and he was made trouble when the boss of Yi Xin Manufacturing came to visit, and he happened to be bumped into, Li Zhou was full of suspicions, and decided to try it out according to the original plan, and after making up his mind, he looked directly at Zhao Dahuai, leaned on the back of the chair calmly, and was not in a hurry, slowly spread out the folder on the table, and knocked on the desktop consciously or unconsciously with his right hand, The sound of "tick, tick, tick......" continued, and he looked confident.

Zhao Dahuai, who was originally paralyzed into a ball of soft mud, was upset by the strange knocking sound, and was uncomfortable by Li Zhou's eyes, and was unwilling to be relieved by Li Zhou's aura, so he said to Li Zhou in a weird way:

"Oh, it turns out that I am still a director, I can't imagine that a little person like me Zhao Dahuai can still come to Director Lao, hehe"

As soon as Lao Hu heard his yin and yang strange tone, he didn't get angry, he was already severely criticized by his boss because of Zhao Dahuai's poor handling of the incident, and he didn't think that he would have to suffer from this grandson's bird anger, he was about to have a seizure on the spot, and suddenly, a hand reached out next to him and gently held him down. This hand is slender and white, with distinct knuckles, neatly built, and it was still tapping on the table not long ago, and it was the reminder of this just right hand that made Lao Hu's anger weaken a lot, and he didn't have to be angry about this kind of person. On the other hand, Li Zhou didn't seem to be affected by Zhao Dahuai's fierce performance at all, his expression was still the same, the corners of his mouth slowly showed a decent smile, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said:

"If I were you, I wouldn't sit on the ground and offer a huge price of 5 million now, but take your own 200,000 well. ”

"Ah! I want to buy out one of my mother-in-law's legs for only 200,000 yuan, and I don't inquire, your Zhao Ye's reputation on the road, I dare to make trouble once, I dare to come back a second time, see if the trouble is final, is your company's reputation or my Zhao Dahuai's ability to be big!" After speaking, he showed a cruel smile, tearing his face, he looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and gave full play to his arrogant and ruthless nature.

"Oh, is it?" Li Zhou dealt with it lightly, and raised the two photos taken out of the folder on his right hand without changing his face, and said:

"Look at the two photos, taken at your doorstep half an hour ago," Li Zhou looked down at the watch in his left hand, shook his head, and snapped the photo a few times with the middle finger and thumb of his left hand, and said:

"It should have been 10 minutes since I came in, that is, it was taken from your door 40 minutes ago, you take a closer look at the people in the photo, tsk, do you think you can still keep the 200,000 you got in the first place?"

"Smack!" Li Zhou threw the photo in front of Zhao Dahuai, calmly folded his arms, his eyes were shining, and he didn't let go of a trace of the expression on Zhao Dahuai's face.

Zhao Dahuai was caught off guard by these cold photos, he was busy with the photo and took a closer look, not to look at it, to see that Zhao Dahuai, who had just been proud, was like a balloon that had been poked by someone, and his hand holding the photo gradually became trembling, as if he had elderly Parkinson's (also known as tremor paralysis) in advance, just because he saw in the photo that his brothers who had been avoiding like snakes and scorpions were swaggering at the door of his house.

When Li Zhou saw his cowardice, he couldn't help but let out a sneer, as if he was stimulated by Li Zhou's sneer, Zhao Dahuai threw the photo away and yelled at him:

"Who knows if the photo is positive or fake, you dare to take a fake photo to scare Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is not your ......"

As soon as the words fell, Li Zhou chuckled and said:

"I'm a director, why bother to lie to you, don't believe it, No," Li Zhoununu said: "You can call your wife and ask if you want to." After speaking, he shrugged innocently, looking like Zhao Dahuai loved to believe it or not. Lao Hu on the side was puzzled by their appearance, and quietly acted as a background for Li Zhou to play wantonly.

"I want you to talk a lot, and who doesn't know how to call. Zhao Dahuai had a hard mouth, took out his mobile phone and called his wife Zeng Hong. I only heard Zeng Hong's cry on the other end of the microphone: "Da Huai, come back quickly, come back quickly..... Your brothers are slamming on the door early in the morning! Why don't I answer your phone, what can I do?"

"Cry, cry, cry, you useless dead mother-in-law, just TM knows that crying and mourning, Lao Tzu will come back immediately. ”

After hanging up the phone, he glanced at Li Zhou weakly, and then realized that the original big move was waiting for him here. Now is not the time to deal with him, it's too late, and I'm afraid that 200,000 yuan will fall into the hands of those brothers who are eyeing him, so in just two minutes, Zhao Dahuai, who was arrogant just now, grabbed his tail and fled the conference room in a hurry like a lost dog.

Li Zhou Zhao Dahuai was very satisfied with the result of leaving, nodded, completely relieved, and involuntarily clenched a note in the bag, Qi Yudong's handwriting on the note seemed to be soaked with sweat in the palm of his hand, Li Zhou seemed to be unaware, as if he was afraid that if the note was gone, the person would disappear, and he had been gone for more than ten years, and when he appeared again, there was only one note to prove his existence, and he was in a trance for a while. Director Hu, who didn't say a word on the side, picked up the photo on the ground, looked at the fierce men above, puzzled, and said:

"Director Li, you're really not simple, this Zhao Dahuai has been stalking me for a long time, even biting to death 5 million compensation and not letting go, why did he change his face as soon as this photo was taken out? Also, who is the person in this photo?"

After seeing Li Zhou's energetic and tired expression, he could only give up, gently pushed Li Zhou, and said with concern:

"Director Li, Director Li, are you okay? or I'll take you to the hospital. ”

"Oh, I'm fine, don't bother, it's just a moment of discomfort, I'll go first. Without waiting for Lao Hu to answer, Li Zhou, who was pushed awake by Lao Hu, withdrew from his contemplation and left in a hurry.

Outside the window, the summer cicada was playing tirelessly and loudly in his ears, beads of sweat the size of beans slipped down his sideburns, sweat faintly wet the collar, and even the stomach pain gradually aggravated because of the accelerated pace just now. Back in his seat, the miscellaneous documents and forms on the table were the remnants of last night's overtime, and he raised the teacup next to him and tasted it, which was already cold coffee. Li Zhou's helpless face showed a wry smile, as if he had taken off the heavy mask he had just faced, and his whole person was as tired as if he had been dehydrated. There is no ease in my heart, and I have solved a crisis, but there is not much to be proud of. took out the note, and the mottled handwriting could vaguely make out a line of words: "The three brothers Zhao Dahuai have complex backgrounds, so you can start from here." He stared straight at this line of words for a long time, and his heart was mixed.

Suddenly, the phone rang, looking at the unfamiliar phone number in the interface, Li Zhou had a hunch that this would be from him, and an urge to escape instantly surged into his heart, and then spit on himself viciously, gritted his teeth He pressed the call button, and a low and magnetic voice came out of the phone:

"Zhouzhou, I'm Qi Yudong, I'm waiting for you in the Lubi tea room opposite your company, if you have time, let's meet." ”