When the phone lit up, a taxi happened to stop in front of her, Shi Jiaojiao sat in the back seat while answering, reported an address in the city to the driver, and then concentrated on coping with the phone, "Well, I have already been to your side, and it was received by one of your managers Tu." Shi Jiaojiao glanced at the driver who seemed to be looking at her from the rearview mirror, lowered her eyes to listen to the other side, and did not respond much, but responded with a few "um" and "oh" when necessary.

After the woman who claimed to be the head of the purchasing department finished speaking, Shi Jiaojiao paused for a second or two before replying: "Well, someone contacted me yesterday. What do you mean is that when the elders of our family booked the banquet before, there were some rare and expensive ingredients in the menu, and these were specially purchased from the production area according to the customer's needs, because we canceled the banquet, and these arrived ingredients were nowhere to be arranged, and we needed to digest them by ourselves, right? "Ugh...... That's pretty much it. ”

Shi Jiaojiao leaned back in her chair, smiled, and asked, "Why don't you deal with it when I cancel my reservation?" The original day of the banquet was yesterday, and now come to tell me about the arrival of the banquet ingredients and nowhere to arrange, if you are me, how will you reply? The other party seemed to have expected Shi Jiaojiao to say this, "Oh", and said: "This is indeed Manager Tu's mistake, and he himself has been punished by the company, so I came to communicate with you." ”

Shi Jiaojiao raised a hand, "The key is not here, I went to cancel the reservation a week in advance, and I also gave up the deposit, and the whole process was not operated by Manager Tu alone." Since your hotel has allowed the cancellation, I don't think you should give me such a call a day after the date. After all, your company is one of the best hotels in City A, and how to operate it naturally does not need us to be a guest. "......" the manager changed his breath and said sincerely, "You are right, we accept your criticism." However, the purchase of special ingredients has been confirmed with the elders again and again in advance, and once the order is placed, it cannot be reversed, and the old man knows and approves, you can ask them. ”

"I have understood this, I have also read the reservation list, it is clearly written on it, due to the cancellation of the customer, the deposit will not be returned. There are no other strings attached. Shi Jiaojiao said, and the other end smiled and said, "You see very carefully." But everything can only be solved through negotiation! We are not calling you to recover any losses, but also to negotiate with us. In fact, the reason why we have feedback so late is that we have done our best to help you digest some of the losses. For example, we can find ways to preserve mountain goods and dried products, but we don't have time to deal with the top fresh ingredients, such as Tsing Yi, and the needs of other guests are really rare, so we will trouble you. ”

Shi Jiaojiao licked her lips and asked, "Then what do you want me to do?" As soon as the words fell, the other party was obviously overjoyed and said, "That's it...... You need to pay a part of the fee, of course, the unit price of the corresponding ingredients, we will form a written bill to you. "Well, full price?" "Ah, yes, but that's just the part we can't use anymore, and it doesn't cost much, not even a hundredth of what you originally booked." Shi Jiaojiao didn't speak, she was actually settling the bill with the taxi driver, but she was so anxious that the other party asked, "Hey?" Hey, Miss Shi, are you still there? ”

The sound of running water can be heard around you, and on the black snow-patterned marble seat in front of the hotel, the fountain designed by flowing water is slowly flowing through the raised golden characters. Shi Jiaojiao looked at the magnificent hotel gate not far away, straightened up, and said leisurely to the phone: "I'm in your hotel lobby, let's meet to solve this problem." ”

The small silver spoon turned a few times in the black liquid, and the milky white immediately spread, and in a short time the whole cup became a warm and lovely milk coffee color. After stirring, the whirlpool was still turning, the spoon was placed on the white napkin, the slender fingers pinched the edge of the cup holder and pushed it gently, and the drink that exuded a strong fragrance was sent to Shi Jiaojiao first, she moved her eyelids, her mouth was unconsciously slightly tilted, the corners of her mouth were downward, and her face was obviously not good. Tang Jianyu couldn't help laughing and said, "Still angry?" Forget it, if you want to perform in the new workplace, it's just self-defeating. Be kind enough to teach her a lesson! ”

"I'm not her employment counselor, why should I suffer from her!" Shi Jiaojiao's eyebrows were twisted, "Didn't you hear how proud the little girl was on the phone, coaxing and scared, if the elderly really can't stand it, I'm afraid that boxes of expired seafood will be moved home!" Tang Jianyu pursed his lips and said, "Then my mother knows, and I want to praise you again." Shi Jiaojiao put down the cup and said angrily: "It's really annoying, I'm still arrogant when I see you!" When I said that since I paid the compensation you demanded, it was equivalent to me buying the materials that you couldn't arrange, and now take them down and let me take them away, she was dumbfounded again! ”

"You've already found a customer to take over, or you've negotiated with the supplier after you cancel." Tang Jianyu continued, "I turned my brain around and felt that it could be operated here, so I found you." Shi Jiaojiao disagreed with this approach and shook her head, "Such a short-sighted and greedy person must not be placed in the position of procurement." Seeing Shi Jiaojiao's serious face, Tang Jianyu reached out and gently poked her cheeks, "Okay, she has also learned a lesson, maybe it will get better!" ”

Shi Jiaojiao lifted her eyelids, stared at Tang Jianyu for a long time, rolled her eyes, tilted her head and took a bite of a small dessert and said, "Ignore her!" You're finally free, I've got to be happy! Tang Jianyu smiled half-narrowed and echoed: "That's it." Shi Jiaojiao twisted the fine slag on her fingertips, her face finally turned cloudy, and said: "But as soon as this matter is over, the sequelae caused by the cancellation of the wedding are gone, and it has finally come to an end!" Now there are no worries, you can concentrate on that. Tang Jianyu nodded with a complicated expression, Shi Jiaojiao was optimistic, and said: "I don't see any movement on the Internet, you have also gone home normally, is there any progress?" ”

Tang Jianyu looked at Shi Jiaojiaomu's stunned appearance, grinned, and said vaguely: "It's still being processed." "Oh......" Shi Jiaojiao retracted her gaze and nodded a little ignorantly, "Because I don't see any reaction from the media, and there is very little news on the Internet." Tang Jianyu slowly exhaled and said indifferently: "This is normal, the academic circle is far away from the public eye, not to mention mathematics, it is generally only influential in the industry." Therefore, this effect is only visible in the industry. ”

In fact, the situation is indeed not optimistic, and although the "plagiarism incident" has not yet made much movement in China, it is already expanding in the Western academic circles where the mathematician who accused Tang Jianyu is located. The other party knew that it could not produce conclusive evidence for this accusation, so it put a lot of energy into encircling and lobbying other scholars in the same industry, trying to build momentum and finally convict him with public opinion.

In Tang Jianyu's regard, evidence is the most direct and powerful way to counterattack, but he is powerless. The only way he screened out the leaked manuscript was himself, and he finally realized that the cute red-nosed old man was not as respectable as he imagined. They are by phone, and phone records can only prove that they have a connection; They have exchanged emails, the content of which is only a few words, and it can even prove that many of Tang Jianyu's inspirations came from his mentor; In the end, they met many times at international conferences, and it was also in this process that Tang Jianyu unreservedly revealed his research results.

The old man said that his favorite Chinese student is very likely to make an earth-shattering breakthrough in the topic of number theory. And he was getting older, his eyesight was getting worse, and he was eager to get a sneak peek. He asked Tang Jianyu to bring him the first draft on paper, and said reasonably, "My child, you know that we old guys hate computers, hate the Internet, and it will leak all secrets. Reading your manuscript in front of you is the best way to protect you. You can't even trust me. ”

It is never possible to guard against an elder whom you respect and trust. Unfortunately, the elderly's eyes are cloudy because they have seen everything, and the nails of the elders are so sharp after years. If he wants to capture a junior, he must be precise and swift, and the sharp claws go through the chest and hit the enthusiastic heart!

Tang Jianyu realized how simple and stupid he was at the moment he figured it out: this teacher had obviously been planning for a long time, and Tang Jianyu's ability to prove himself after the incident was within the scope of his design.

Shi Jiaojiao saw that Tang Jianyu's face turned slightly pale, perhaps to cheer him up, she suddenly straightened up, and said to Tang Jianyu with great determination in her voice: "There must be no problem!" This is not your predicament alone, I believe that all scholars who study mathematics, especially those who love pure mathematics, are your strong backing! Of course, I was the strongest. And at this moment, Tang Jianyu's heart was heavy, and he really couldn't squeeze out a smiling face to the lovely woman in front of him, so he could only barely raise the corners of his mouth, "Well, it's you, fortunately you're here." ”