sinovels Chapter 31 "The Runaway Rabbit"
Chapter 31 "The Runaway Rabbit"
"Xiao Zhen, can you forgive Big Brother?"
Lin Zhen ran back to his room next door in one breath, leaning his back against the door panel, panting rapidly.
That night, Lin Zhen suffered from insomnia and fell asleep very late.
Early the next morning, in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, Lin Zhen and Li Zhenbai sat face to face and had breakfast.
He was burying his head in eating, when a crab roe bun was put on his plate, Lin Zhen quickly looked up at the other person, said "thank you", then immediately lowered his head, becoming a little too focused on eating.
"Did you feel it last night?" Li Zhenbai asked suddenly, his voice was low and dangerous.
Lin Zhen was startled, his hair almost stood on end, and a piece of sausage rice noodle in his chopsticks fell back to the plate with a snap, splashing some soup, but luckily it didn't get on his clothes.
He was inexplicably panicked, put down his chopsticks reluctantly and calmly, and when he wanted to wipe the table with a tissue, he found that the tissue box was next to Li Zhenbai's hand, almost clinging to the back of his hand. Lin Zhen bit his lip, left his seat slightly, and stretched out his hand. Enough tissues in the tissue box.
Unexpectedly, just when his hand was about to touch the tissue, Li Zhenbai suddenly reached out to grab the water glass, seemingly unintentionally, and the back of his hand happened to touch the tissue box, and the box happened to be pushed inward by seven or eight centimeters.
Lin Zhen glanced at Li Zhenbai, and found that the other party was drinking water with his eyes downcast, holding a water glass in his hand, not paying attention to him.So, he gritted his teeth, leaned forward even more, and stretched his hands longer to reach the tissue box.
At the same time, Li Zhenbai just put down the cup, and the cup made a light thud when it touched the table. His hand just placed in front of the tissue box, and Lin Zhen grabbed his hand.
"Uh..." Lin Zhen's scalp was numb for a moment, he quickly withdrew his hand, sat back on his seat, and apologized quickly in a low voice: "I'm sorry..."
Two paper towels were brought to him by a big hand with well-defined bones. Lin Zhen took them awkwardly. While wiping the table mechanically, he heard Li Zhenbai's deep voice on the opposite side speak again: "So, you really felt it."
This time, Li Zhenbai used an affirmative sentence.
Lin Zhenxin couldn't hide the panic in his heart, and the heat on his face rose instantly. He didn't look in the mirror, so he knew that he must be blushing.
He wanted to speak, but his mind went blank, he didn't know what to say, his lips trembled slightly, and he almost looked at Li Zhenbai with a pleading look.
Li Zhenbai's face was expressionless, but he stared at him with deep eyes, his eyes were almost focused on Lin Zhen's face like a searchlight, not letting go of any subtle expressions, that was almost greedy.
After a long time, he lowered his eyes reluctantly, parted his thin lips slightly, and said, "Luo Fan is perfunctory me."
"Ah?" The topic suddenly turned to work, and Lin Zhen didn't keep up with his thoughts. It was rare for him to be so out of state.
Li Zhenbai didn't seem to notice his situation, and continued, "During drinking last night, Luo Fan repeatedly admitted his mistakes to me, but he almost didn't mention Feng Da who was mainly responsible." When he said this, he frowned slightly, "This Feng Da is an old employee of the D city branch. He was dispatched from the group head office together with Luo Fan. Later, Luo Fan became the general manager and Feng Da became the sales director. The two have worked together for many years. It's always been good, but this time he didn't take advantage of the wine to plead with me, which is very abnormal."
Only then did Lin Zhen suddenly realize that Li Zhenbai was asking him just now if he felt anything strange about Luo Fan last night.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his tense expression instantly relaxed, his rationality quickly returned, and his thoughts quickly shifted to work.
Lin Zhen thought for a while, and slowly said: "This time, the branch in City D suddenly lost the customer with the largest business volume for many years of cooperation. In order to improve performance, he personally negotiated with the person in charge of the customer, and transferred a small part of the procurement plan to his brother-in-law's company.
Unexpectedly, the competing company took this as a breakthrough and squeezed into the customer's procurement list. It didn't take long to win the bid in the customer's new year's bidding with the same configuration and a lower price, and obtained the customer's purchase intention, which led to ENERGY The company lost this high-quality sales channel, and the long-term cooperative relationship with the other party was destroyed. "
His brows gradually wrinkled, and he looked at Li Zhenbai, "This is not quite right..." He thought about it and said, "Before I came here, I studied the information of this client, Rongfeng Company almost monopolized the taxi industry in City D, On the way from the airport to here, I noticed that almost all the taxis running on the road bear the logo of Rongfeng, and most of the models are still ENERGY's fast L3.
Although this car is already a relatively old model, it is famous for its stable performance, durability and fuel efficiency. It is not only used by Rongfeng, but also in the taxi industry and even driving schools all over the country. The recent improvement of the performance of this car by the R&D Department of the Group will make the performance of this car more optimized. "
"Rongfeng is a very formal large-scale private enterprise. A large number of vehicles purchased before have entered the phase-out period. They are very cautious in the selection of partners. The purchase list is all well-known group companies in the country. Brother-in-law Feng Da's The company can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized enterprise in the industry.
It is incomparable with ENERGY in terms of popularity, technical capabilities, and consumer trust, and its final winning bid price is just a little bit lower than ENERGY's quotation.
But as far as models of this level are concerned, such small and medium-sized enterprises are, on the one hand, far behind us in terms of the cost arrangement and progress level of technology research and development; It is almost impossible for ENERGY, which has the absolute right to speak, to have a lower or even equal cost, and to make money, you have to add a premium to the cost price..."
Lin Zhen's eyes darkened, and he raised his head to look at Li Zhenbai, "Luo Fan...or maybe the whole D city branch is deliberately deceiving, things here are definitely not that simple!"
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An hour later, in the meeting room of the ENERGY branch in City D, Li Zhenbai sat at the main seat, with a gloomy face and cold eyes.
Luo Fan sat in the second seat, his dark face was full of anxiety, and in the room with the low-temperature air conditioner turned on, he kept wiping away his sweat.
Lin Zhen put a thick stack of materials in front of him, "Mr. Luo, this is the bidding document I transferred from the sales department at that time..." He took out another form from the folder, "This is the official website The models and corresponding technical parameters of the Dingtai Automobile Company that actually won the bid this time can be found on the Internet.”
Luo Fan looked up at the form, and the sweat on his forehead was dripping even more.
Lin Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "Mr. Luo, could you please explain why the technical parameters of the products used by Dingtai Automobile Company for bidding are almost exactly the same as the technically modified parameters provided by ENERGY for customers?"
Luo Fan sighed heavily and remained silent.
Lin Zhen bent down, stared at him sternly, and said in a low voice: "Boss Luo, Feng Da has been in the company for so many years, and he has a good relationship with everyone. You intend to hide it for him. But, he thought about you doing this. Will there be any consequences?"
Luo Fan froze, and Lin Zhen said: "Bid rigging is a crime, and it also involves the infringement of trade secrets. The amount involved in this order is huge. ENERGY will never let it go like this. In the end, someone will go to jail !"
Luo Fan's eyes widened, and the eyeballs rolled back and forth in the sockets, obviously extremely flustered, Lin Zhen pressed the last straw on him: "Things have progressed to this point, you are no longer safe, do you still want to protect him? ? Mr. Li will definitely not keep people who are obsessed with deceiving him and continue to work in the company. Not only will you be forced to give up all your hard work in the D city branch for so many years, but even your employees will be implicated. Have you ever thought about them?"
Luo Fan raised his head to look at Lin Zhen, then turned his head to look at the first Li Zhenbai who was staring at him without anger and prestige, finally broke down emotionally, covered his face and began to cry, a middle-aged man cried like a sad child: "Old Feng His daughter married a foreigner in the UK and hasn't returned to China for many years, Mr. Feng said to earn more money, retire early and immigrate to England to find his daughter."
"The salary level of ENERGY is already very high. He is obsessed with ghosts and anxious to make quick money. As soon as the bidding results came out, I felt that something was wrong. I checked and found him. He regretted it at that time." , took the initiative to hand over the materials and information of contacting Ding Tai, we know this is a crime, and we don’t want him to end up in jail, so we plan to help him hide part of it, just dismiss it.”
Luo Fan stood up, walked in front of Li Zhenbai, and bowed deeply: "We all did something wrong, and we are willing to accept the corresponding punishment."
……
That night, in the open bar attached to the first floor of the hotel, female singers sat on bar stools on the stage and sang jazz with a lazy voice.
Lin Zhen brought two glasses of cocktails from the bar, gave one to Li Zhenbai who was waiting at the booth, and took one for himself. The two met eyes, clinked glasses tacitly, and each took a sip.
Lin Zhen sat down, the expression on his face was not relaxed and comfortable after finishing the matter, but a kind of faint heaviness that seemed to be absent.
Li Zhen held the wine glass with his knuckles, and gently shook the clear liquid inside, but his eyes were on Lin Zhen.
"Uncomfortable? Do you think the punishment for Feng Da and Luo Fan is too severe?" Li Zhenbai asked in a deep voice.
Lin Zhen shook his head: "Your decision is right. Feng Da has violated the law, and going to jail is the price he should pay. However, Luo Fan tried to cover up Feng Da and almost dragged the whole company into danger. He did this Although it is a matter of emphasizing love and righteousness, the interests of the company and all employees will be lost by acting rashly, so I think it is appropriate to deal with his dismissal."
"It's just..." Lin Zhen shook his head lightly, didn't continue talking, just quietly looked at a certain point on the table.
Li Zhenbai is not as tall and straight as usual, but leans lazily on the back of the chair. The cup is placed on the glass table top. He turns it with his fingers casually, watching the bottom of the cup leave a circle of water on it, and the ceiling of the bar flickers. The flickering light on his face was reflected by the bright light ball, and the lines of his originally handsome but cold face seemed much softer.
"Sense and emotion..." Li Zhenbai stared at Lin Zhen and sighed, "It's always difficult to have both."
Hearing this, Lin Zhen looked up, and at that moment he thought he saw something in Li Zhenbai's gaze.
But it was only a short time between the flickering of the lights, and when he looked again, Li Zhenbai's eyes had returned to normal.
Lin Zhen lowered his eyes and stopped exploring.
Li Zhenbai raised his glass, signaling him to drink, Lin Zhen raised his head and drank the remaining half of the glass in one go.
When he put down the glass, he found that Li Zhenbai's eyes were on his lips, Lin Zhen subconsciously reached out and wiped away the remaining wine on his lips.
He heard Li Zhenbai on the opposite side seem to make a "tsk", but he wasn't sure if he really heard it.
Although he didn't drink much, he still felt a little drunk.
Lin Zhen rubbed his forehead and said, "It's getting late, it's time to go back and rest."
However, Li Zhenbai had no intention of leaving, and sat firmly in the chair.
Lin Zhen raised his head to look at him, and met the other's dark eyes, Lin Zhen was startled for a moment, and when he wanted to look away naturally, Li Zhenbai suddenly smiled at him.
Lin Zhen has seen him smile politely or friendly countless times in business situations, but he has never seen this kind of smile today.
Li Zhenbai is 32 years old this year. He is tall, mature and handsome. He holds the wealth and family authority that countless people yearn for. He is a person who is respected but kept at a distance.
At this time, he smiled like a prodigal son in a martial arts movie, with a contradictory sense of recklessness and compromise with something.
Lin Zhen suspected that Li Zhenbai drank too much again, he was a little uneasy because he didn't want to go through the embarrassing thing like yesterday again.
Fortunately, Li Zhenbai drank enough last night, so he doesn't remember anything, so we can see each other again today as usual.
"Let's go..."
While Lin Zhen was thinking wildly, Li Zhenbai suddenly stood up and walked out of the bar first.
Lin Zhen hurriedly got up and followed him. When he walked through the dimly lit corridor attached to the bar, he could already see the light from the elevator in front of him.
When approaching the exit, Li Zhenbai stopped and waited for Lin Zhen to come over. When the two walked side by side to the elevator, Li Zhenbai leaned slightly, approached Lin Zhen's ear, and said "Sorry".
Lin Zhen stopped and looked at him, not understanding what he meant.
Li Zhenbai also stopped, turned around to face him, looked at his serious face and said: "I drank too much last night."
Lin Zhen's head suddenly buzzed, and he looked at him with a shocked gaze, and heard Li Zhenbai say in a deep voice: "I didn't intend to offend you, it's just a natural physiological reaction."
Lin Zhen already felt that his brain was about to burst, but the other party hadn't finished speaking.
Li Zhenbai looked down at Lin Zhen, and called his name with a very sincere expression, "Xiao Zhen..." Then he took a step forward, and whispered very close, "Excuse me, brother?"
Lin Zhen looked at him almost in horror, and said in a trembling voice, "You...you..."
He stepped back a few steps, clenched his teeth, and popped out one word after another, "Please respect yourself!"
After finishing speaking, Lin Zhen turned around and ran to the elevator. Before Li Zhenbai came over, he hurriedly pressed the button, and the moment the elevator opened, he got in. Then, facing Li Zhenbai's gaze, he quickly pressed the door closing button to put him in the elevator. He shut the door and went upstairs by himself.
Returning to the room in a hurry, Lin Zhen found out that Li Zhenbai's room card was still with him, and he let him hold it in the bar just now.
Lin Zhen hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, locked the door of the room, turned off the mobile phone, and unplugged the fixed line in the room. After a quick wash, he lay down and went to sleep.
Let Li Zhenbai figure out a solution by himself, let him alone!