Chapter 14: Trouble Comes to the Door (I)

Su Han held the text script of the advertisement that had just been printed out for filming, and came to the door of Xiang Xuemei's office nervously. She knocked on the door, and it wasn't until she heard Xiang Xuemei say please come in inside, then she gently pushed the door open and walked in, standing respectfully in front of Xiang Xuemei's desk.

Xiang Xuemei didn't know who she was talking to on the phone, and she didn't shy away when she saw Su Han coming in, but just made a gesture towards the sofa and motioned for her to sit down first.

When Su Han turned around, he heard Xiang Xuemei ask the other party, and said Mr. Zhao, what are you talking about? Mr. Liu also knows about this? Because the mention of Mr. Liu naturally attracted Su Han's attention. But their subsequent conversations were only about the technical upgrade of the website, and the content never involved Mr. Liu.

Su Han walked to the sofa and sat down, and put the manuscript on the coffee table. Then sit upright, and wait quietly for Xiang Xuemei with his eyes down. After Xiang Xuemei finished calling, she poured a glass of water for Su Han when she came over, Su Han quickly got up and took it with both hands, and said thank you to Director Xiang repeatedly.

Xiang Xuemei smiled kindly, made a joke, and said Su Han, you are such a beautiful and gentle little girl, even I am tempted to see it, shouldn't you pour a glass of water?

Su Han blushed at what Xiang Xuemei said, and said to the director Look at what you said! Then he quickly changed the topic, gently pushed the manuscript on the coffee table in front of Xiang Xuemei, and said to the director, this is the first draft that has just been written, please take a look. Wait for you to give your comments after reading it, and I will revise it according to your wishes.

Xiang Xuemei picked up the manuscript and flipped a few pages, the expression on her face became serious, and she said Okay, I'll read it now. Su Han, you go back first, and I'll call you when I finish watching the horse.

Su Han said thank you, Director Xiang. With that, he got up and said goodbye, and then went back to the office.

Xiang Xuemei picked up Su Han's manuscript and read it carefully. But after a few lines, the phone she had on her desk rang. Xiang Xuemei hurriedly got up to pick it up, but it was the courier company. The courier said hello, I am a courier company, is it Ms. Xiang?

As soon as Xiang Xuemei heard it, she knew that it was Zhao Tiancheng's courier that had arrived, so she said that I am, may I ask who you are?

The courier said that you have an express mail, and I am at the gate of the newspaper office now, please come down and pick it up quickly, okay?

Say okay to Xuemei, please wait, I'll come down right away.

When Xiang Xuemei went out to pick up the express, she kept thinking about what Zhao Tiancheng sent her. In fact, when she received a call from Zhao Tiancheng before, Xiang Xuemei was somewhat surprised. Mr. Zhao told her that he sent her an express mail, please pay attention to the check.

Xiang Xuemei asked what kind of express it was, but Mr. Zhao smiled and didn't answer, only said that you will know when the time comes. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Mr. Zhao hinted that he also sent it to Mr. Liu. This aroused Xiang Xuemei's curiosity, and she didn't know what Mr. Zhao wanted to do.

Xiang Xuemei went downstairs and didn't walk out of the hall, but through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the foyer, she saw Mr. Liu walking back from the gate from a distance. Xiang Xuemei guessed that he might have just picked up the express, but when the two staggered, Mr. Liu didn't speak, just nodded to her and passed.

Xiang Xuemei went to the door to pick up the express, returned to the office and opened it, it turned out that she refused to accept the envelope when she was eating in the night rain in Bashan, Meiyuan, and then opened the envelope to see that it was a credit card.

Xiang Xuemei was a little alert and was thinking about what to do, but her phone rang and a text message came in. Xiang Xuemei opened it and took a look, but it was a set of numbers sent by Mr. Zhao. She immediately understood that this should be the password to that card.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiang Xuemei made a phone call to Mr. Zhao.

Mr. Zhao quickly picked it up, and asked Xiang Xuemei and said Mr. Xiang, the express mail was received?

Xiang Xuemei said that she received it, but I don't know what Mr. Zhao means?

Mr. Zhao said hey, it's just a small gift, and Director Xiang doesn't have to be so serious.

Xiang Xuemei said Mr. Zhao, I remember that Mr. Liu didn't make everything clear in front of you that day? Why do you still have to send it over?

Mr. Zhao laughed out loud and said that he was a good leader who was honest at a glance to the director! I also assure you that there is really no violation of the law when we give this small gift, it is just a normal exchange of courtesies, and we do this to all customers, without exception.

Xiang Xuemei heard him say this, and she was relieved for the time being. She thought maybe it was just like what Mr. Zhao said, not just a small shopping card. After hanging up, I didn't think much about it, and I took it seriously to see Su Han write the advertising text.

After Xiang Xuemei finished reading the draft, she immediately called Su Han and carefully explained her opinion. In general, Xiang Xuemei recognizes Su Han's book very much, although there are still some things that need to be changed.

Xiang Xuemei praised Su Han from the bottom of her heart, and then said Xiao Su, I really have to be impressed by you!

Su Han was very embarrassed by her, so she blushed and said Actually, it's not all my credit, I showed Director Gao after I wrote it, and he changed many places.

When Xiang Xuemei heard this, not only did she not look down on Su Han, but she appreciated her honesty, so she patted her shoulder lightly and said I said, no wonder there was some clever tone in it. But Su Han, I believe that your contribution should still be ranked first, right? What's so great about Gao Ming? Work hard, you may surpass him in the future!

Su Han's face turned even redder, and he lowered his head and didn't speak. Xiang Xuemei then talked about some specific revisions, Su Han nodded again and again when she listened, and took a pen to take a note and write it down carefully.

After Su Han left, Xiang Xuemei called Gao Ming again and praised Su Han. Xiang Xuemei said that she didn't expect Su Han's writing to be so good, and her writing skills were good, especially the gorgeous rhetoric and flying style, which was quite clever, so it was very suitable for writing advertising words and other things.

Gao Ming listened to her quietly for a long time, and finally only asked, saying to the director, I didn't understand, are you praising me or hurting me?

Xiang Xuemei was about to scold him, but Gao Ming had already hung up the phone. Xiang Xuemei looked at the time, it was almost time for lunch.

After going to the newspaper canteen for dinner, Xiang Xuemei took the card to a nearby bank. When I went to the ATM and entered the password, I was stunned on the spot. The account shows that there are a full 100,000 in the card!

Xiang Xuemei has been working as a reporter in Yangzhou Daily for many years, and she usually takes a small red envelope such as a car and horse fee and a meal fee, and it will only cost hundreds of yuan to die. Later, I became a small leader, and sometimes I went out to make a situation report or something, and I also got thousands of yuan in lecture fees. To put it further, as a new media director, eating and drinking is a common thing, but not to mention that I have never done such a thing as 100,000 cash at a time, I haven't even thought about it.

Xiang Xuemei was frightened by the money, and after returning to the office, she began to think about what to do with the money. Xiang Xuemei is a well-known strong woman in the newspaper, but her strength and boldness have always only reflected in her work, not in accepting bribes. 100,000 cash is not unattractive, but Xiang Xuemei didn't have the courage to quietly put it in her pocket, she was afraid that the money would be in her mind, so she would put herself in prison.

Xiang Xuemei thought about it, and finally decided to discuss with Mr. Liu. After all, he is also a party and a leader, and his level is higher than her, and he must have more methods than her.

Xiang Xuemei knocked on the door and just walked into Mr. Liu's office, Mr. Liu caught a glimpse of the envelope in her hand, and his eyes flashed with intense surprise and confusion, but he immediately regained his calm. Before Mr. Liu could get up and speak, Xiang Xuemei had already put the envelope on the table, and then gently pushed it in front of him with her hand. Mr. Liu looked at the envelope and then at Xiang Xuemei, and said Xuemei, what are you?

Xiang Xuemei breathed a long sigh of relief and said Mr. Liu, if I guessed correctly, you must have received this thing too.

When Mr. Liu heard this, the muscles on his face spasmed suddenly, and then he smiled awkwardly, saying that he seemed to have received an express mail, but I have a lot of things to do, and I haven't had time to open the package.

Xiang Xuemei heard Mr. Liu say this, and she didn't feel a little puzzled in her heart. But she also understands that the authority of the leader cannot be challenged, so she has to ignore this obvious lie. So he said, Mr. Zhao called today and said that he sent this to me, and then sent the password on his mobile phone, which is the set of numbers I wrote on the back. I went to the bank and checked, good guy, there are a whole hundred thousand in it!

Mr. Liu's face was full of surprise when he heard this, and he said, oh, what does he want to do with this Zhao Tiancheng?

Xiang Xuemei said that I don't know what he wants to do, but I thought about it, I don't dare to collect this money, so I handed it over to Mr. Liu, please decide to see how to deal with it!

Mr. Liu pondered for a long time before saying that this thing looks familiar, as if it was the two cards we returned to Mr. Zhao when we had dinner in the plum garden last time, right?

Xiang Xuemei said I think, maybe.

Mr. Liu said that Mr. Zhao looked good, but he didn't expect to do such a thing! In this way, Xuemei, you let me go here first, don't tell anyone in advance, otherwise even if we hand it over to the Commission for Discipline Inspection now, if anyone suspects that we have taken other benefits, the two of us can't say it clearly. You say, don't you?

Xiang Xuemei seriously thought about Mr. Liu's words, it was really not unreasonable, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.

Mr. Liu said again, I will wait for me to carefully understand the situation before deciding how to deal with it. After all, the two of us are now cooperative units, and the image of both parties will be affected in the event of an accident. Therefore, you must be aware of the seriousness of the problem, and you must not commit liberalism, even to your family, and you must not say a word!

Xiang Xuemei has long lost her strong woman at this moment, and she didn't dare to say anything except nodding vigorously.

Mr. Liu looked at Xuemei's little woman-like demeanor at the moment, which was temporarily relieved. Then you go back first, and remember, don't forget what I just said!

After Xiang Xuemei left, Mr. Liu took out the card he received from the drawer and put it together with the one he handed over to Xiang Xuemei. The difference in the amount between the two cards is doubled, his one is 200,000 yuan, and Xiang Xuemei's one is 100,000 yuan. Mr. Liu looked at the two credit cards silently, and his heart ached like a knife.

Before this, when Zhao Tiancheng called him, he also swore that Xiang Xuemei's side had already done it and there would be no problems. also hinted that this card is just to show his heart, and he will reward Mr. Liu when the project is completed. Now it seems that this matter is only not so optimistic.

So Mr. Liu scolded Zhao Tiancheng and Xiang Xuemei more than a thousand times in his heart.

Zhao Tiancheng is indeed a pig, and he can't do things at all. If a third person knows about this kind of thing, it is tantamount to letting the whole world know about it! Could it be that he doesn't understand such a simple truth?

And Xiang Xuemei is an out-and-out stupid X! You don't want what others give, just quietly return it to the surname Zhao, and you still pretend to have to hand it over to the leader! Isn't this sincere to give the leader a problem and make the leader disgusted? Then tell me, what exactly do you plan to let the leader do?

Xiang Xuemei came out of Mr. Liu's office and felt covered in cold sweat. The first thing she did when she returned to the office was to take out her mobile phone and copy the recording of her conversation with Mr. Liu to the computer. After thinking about it, I still felt that it was not safe, so I copied it to the USB flash drive and prepared to take it home for storage.

Out of consideration for Mr. Liu's character and those rumors, Xiang Xuemei didn't dare to trust this leader easily. At present, she can't and doesn't dare to offend him, so she doesn't want to bypass him and hand over the card to the Commission for Discipline Inspection. But Xiang Xuemei can get to today's position among the smart people, and she is by no means a fool, so she has already thought of a foolproof plan for self-preservation.

When Su Han walked out of Xiang Xuemei's office, she was in a very happy mood. She stood in the corridor waiting for the elevator to go upstairs, humming pop songs softly, and at the same time seriously pondering in her heart those revisions to Xuemei. As soon as the elevator door opened, Su Han hurriedly walked in, standing in the corner without squinting, just looking down at the manuscript in his hand. But she didn't notice the boy next to her who was about the same age as her, and when he saw her, he immediately showed a happy look.

The boy looked at Su Han intently for a moment, and then called softly, Su Han! Su Han raised his head to look at the boy, and felt that he seemed to be a little familiar, but he didn't remember who it was for a while.

Seeing Su Han's indifferent expression, the boy looked very disappointed, and hurriedly introduced himself, saying that I am Chen Zhicheng, we have been high school classmates for three years, why don't we know each other?

As soon as the boy said this, Su Han also remembered. There were many boys who chased Su Han in high school, but she didn't have Chen Zhicheng in her impression. Although they have been classmates for three years, they have not had any contact, and they don't even remember whether they have spoken to each other. At that time, Chen Zhicheng was just a very inconspicuous little boy, so he was not qualified to participate in that kind of luxurious love competition.

However, Chen Zhicheng that Su Han saw four years later has been completely reborn. He has grown a lot taller, and he is quite handsome, and with a brand-name dress, he seems to have become a handsome pot. In contrast, Su Han has not changed much except for his youth and beauty.

Su Han smiled at Chen Zhicheng and said I haven't seen you for four years, Chen Zhicheng, you have changed too much. If you don't introduce yourself, I really don't dare to recognize you.

Chen Zhicheng also smiled and said yes, although I haven't seen each other for four years, you haven't changed at all, and you are still so beautiful, so I recognized you at a glance. When Chen Zhicheng smiled, he showed a mouthful of neat white teeth, and he seemed to be very clean.

Su Han said a little embarrassed, look at what you said, how can I be as good as you say? Hey, just listening to your blind and poor, I forgot to ask you, why did you come to the newspaper?

Chen Zhicheng said, I came to you specifically, do you believe it or not?

Su Han didn't take it seriously when he heard this, so he smiled and said What are you kidding? Then tell me, what is the matter with you coming to me?

Chen Zhicheng didn't answer the question, but changed the topic, saying that I know you don't have contact with your classmates, and you didn't go to this year's class reunion.

Su Han said a little depressed, there is a natural reason why I don't go, I know that no one there says good things about me, and I don't want to explain when I meet people.

Chen Zhicheng saw her face change, and hurriedly declared, I have never said anything about you. I saw the video news on the Internet a few days ago, and I found out that you were in Yangzhou Daily.

Su Han looked at him suspiciously, and said Haven't you read our newspaper?

Chen Zhicheng said embarrassedly that I am very busy now, and I hardly read newspapers or watch TV.

Su Han was about to say something, but he heard the sound of the elevator, stopped on the fifth floor, and then automatically opened the door. Su Han said I'm sorry, I'm here, goodbye.

stepped out of the elevator, but found that Chen Zhicheng also followed out with a smile. Su Han was a little nervous and asked him, are you really here to find me?

Chen Zhicheng said seriously, of course it's true, I filled in your name on the guest list at the gate.

When Su Han heard him say this, he simply couldn't stand still. He lowered his face and asked very seriously, then let me ask you, what are you looking for me?

The fifth floor is the press department, and everyone who has passed by knows Su Han. Seeing her and a very handsome strange boy standing in the aisle chatting, she was more or less curious, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Su Han suddenly realized this, and he was a little embarrassed.

Chen Zhicheng's expression was very calm, completely ignoring the gossip of those people walking by. He opened the briefcase he carried with him, took out a delicate business card, held it to Su Han with both hands, and said Su Han, in fact, I have something very important to talk to you, can we talk in a different place?

Su Han looked at the time display on his mobile phone, it was almost time for lunch, thought about it, and said Then you wait for me for a while. Without waiting for him to answer, he turned around and entered the office.

Su Han put the manuscript in his hand, cleaned up the table, said hello to Zhang Qin again, and then hurried out. Seeing Chen Zhicheng standing by the window and looking around, he unceremoniously reprimanded him and said, "What are you looking at? Beware of the security guards arresting you as a bad person!"

Chen Zhicheng turned his head, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and said that it made you laugh, I haven't been here before, and it is fresh everywhere.

Su Han didn't ramble with him, just said to leave quickly, don't pestle here and let people see it as a joke.

Chen Zhicheng said where are we going?

Su Han said that there are many people in our office, and it is not convenient to speak, so let's go downstairs first.

The two went downstairs, and as soon as they got out of the elevator, Su Han threw down Chen Zhicheng and walked forward quickly. Chen Zhicheng caught up and wanted to walk side by side with her, but Su Han glared at him and said Don't get too close to me, okay? A few more steps forward, deliberately pulling away from him.

Chen Zhicheng was neither angry nor spoken, and followed Su Han out of the newspaper gate until he approached her and asked softly, where are we going?

Su Han almost didn't think about it, and replied, I don't know.

Chen Zhicheng took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, and said that it was time to have lunch now, or let's find a place to eat?

Su Han thought about it and thought that this idea was not bad, so he nodded in agreement, and said Well, find a place nearby, and I will treat you to a light meal?

Chen Zhicheng smiled and said, "Don't you want to stay away from the newspaper office? Let's go, I'll take you to a place to ensure that the price is cheap and good, and the food is not expensive."

Su Han heard him say this, and he didn't object. Chen Zhicheng led Su Han to a brand-new Toyota Camry not far away, stopped, took out the key, and opened the electronic lock.

Su Han looked at Chen Zhicheng in surprise and asked, your car?

Chen Zhicheng nodded and said that he had just bought it, less than a month.

Su Han said Chen Zhicheng, it seems that you are doing a good job!

Chen Zhicheng said, it's not too good, so it's okay. Then he opened the car door for Su Han, and made a very exaggerated gesture, saying Su Meinu, please get in the car.

The two got into the car, and Chen Zhicheng asked Su Han to fasten his seat belt, and then started. Su Han touched here and there, and waited for the freshness to pass, before asking Chen Zhicheng, which line of work are you doing now, making you so arrogant?

Chen Zhicheng looked back at her dissatisfied, and said You didn't look at my business card?

Su Han hurriedly flipped out his business card and looked at it, which read:

Chen Zhicheng, deputy general manager of Tianyu Technology Development Co., Ltd

Su Han smiled softly and said Deputy General Manager Chen, you are not a leather bag company, right?

Chen Zhicheng glared at her, and then briefly talked about his experience. Four years ago, Chen Zhicheng was admitted to a general university in another province to major in computer science, but dropped out after only two years of study, and has been following his cousin in the IT business. His cousin is much older than him, and he made a fortune making software a few years ago, and returned to Yangzhou to open his own company.

Su Han listened to Chen Zhicheng's experience and didn't know how to comment. So he simply shut up and didn't speak for a long time. Chen Zhicheng took the initiative to ask about Su Han's situation again, and Su Han also said a perfunctory word. Chen Zhicheng saw that she didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask anything more.

Su Han was in a daze, but he heard Chen Zhicheng say, Su Meinu, please get out of the car.

Su Han got out of the car first, and when he saw that the surrounding environment was very familiar, and then looked at the façade of the restaurant, the two golden characters of Meiyuan were very eye-catching. Su Han couldn't help but get nervous. A simple meal here is enough to eat half a month's salary.

Chen Zhicheng found a place to park the car and walked over in a dashing manner. As soon as Su Han saw that he was angry, he didn't fight, so he sneered and complained, is this what you said is cheap and delicious?

Chen Zhicheng just laughed dryly, saying I don't say that, will you come with me?

Su Han said, then you can eat it yourself, I can't afford to invite you, so I won't accompany you.

Chen Zhicheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop her, saying that he didn't say that you would invite me! Su Han, listen to me, I really have something to ask you, and it is a very important matter! Let me invite you for this meal, okay?

When Su Han heard him say this, he looked at his sincere expression again, and hesitated for a moment and didn't insist. The two entered the plum garden, but fortunately, there were not many guests during the day. So he directly found a place to sit in the corner of the hall, Chen Zhicheng ordered two cans of braised abalone, one lobster and three to eat, and a few vegetables. It cost more than 3,000 to report the bill, and Chen Zhicheng paid the bill with a credit card.

As soon as the waiter turned around after finishing the menu, Su Han called it too expensive, and Chen Zhicheng smiled faintly, saying Su Meinu, you will know what I beg you to do later, maybe you won't say that.

When Su Han heard this, he said, "Then I don't dare to eat your meal! Let's be honest, Chen Zhicheng, don't expect me to help you do anything important, I am only a small soldier in the newspaper office, and I am still a new soldier.

Chen Zhicheng said Su Han, don't talk to death first. I won't embarrass you, what I ask you to do must be something you can do, you can rest assured.

Su Han said, then you tell me now, or I won't be able to eat this meal.

Chen Zhicheng said that's good, I'll tell you a little bit about it first. Isn't your newspaper cooperating with Feixun Technology and asking them to help upgrade your website?

When Su Han heard this, he hurriedly corrected him, saying that what did he say about Feixun technology? Isn't it? It should be in cooperation with the Sunshine Group.

As soon as Chen Zhicheng heard this, he frowned and said Su Han didn't say you, and you don't care too much about the affairs of your newspaper!

Su Han was puzzled and said What's wrong with me?

Chen Zhicheng said that you don't know yet, right? Sunshine Group did not directly come forward to help the newspaper website do technical transformation, but entrusted it to Feixun Technology, but this company has already been acquired by He Fei, but the equity transfer procedures have not yet been completed......

Chen Zhicheng said this, Su Han didn't understand a word, so he said stop, stop, I didn't understand what you said, and I don't want to understand it! Just tell me simply, what do you want to do?

Chen Zhicheng smiled bitterly and said Okay, you really can't figure it out just by talking about this, so let's take a look at this first. Chen Zhicheng said, took out a brown paper document bag from his briefcase, opened it, took out a stack of forms from it, and put it in front of Su Han.

Su Han looked at the dense numbers on it, and felt even more dizzy. Push it aside and say, "Why are you getting more complicated? What's the use of showing me these numbers?"

Chen Zhicheng picked up those forms, flipped out a finger and showed it to her, saying that she could recognize these words?

Su Han took a closer look and only understood that it was a project procurement price list. So he asked Chen Zhicheng, isn't this just a price list for equipment purchases, and what is its use?

Chen Zhicheng laughed and said, "It's good if you understand it! Then let me tell you, it's too useful! Because this is the most important cost of upgrading your newspaper's website! In other words, it shows how much it costs to renovate the newspaper's technology!

When Su Han heard him say this, he lowered his head and looked at the numbers carefully, and then glanced up at Chen Zhicheng, his eyes full of suspicion. She didn't beat around the bush, but asked Chen Zhicheng directly, how did you get this thing? If I don't make it clear, how can I believe your words?

Chen Zhicheng said that I really can't tell you this, please forgive me. But Su Han, I dare to guarantee its authenticity with my life!

Su Han thought about it and didn't ask any more, just sighed and said that he really didn't expect it to cost so much money.

Chen Zhicheng smiled disdainfully, and said of course, but it was Feixun's procurement quotation, if Tianyu was allowed to do it, the project quotation of the same quality could be reduced by at least 20 percent, or even 30 percent.

Then he took out a stack of forms from his purse and put them in front of Su Han, and said Su Meinu, look, this is Tianyu's purchase quotation of the same standard.

Su Han said that even if what you say is true, what is the use of you telling me this?