Chapter 724: Chapter 723: What Kind of Bad Influence Is This?
Lin Nianhe hung up the phone and turned to see Lin Huai Zhou staring at her with a shocked face.
“Brother, why are you eavesdropping on other people’s phone calls?”
Lin Nianhe accused him first.
She seed so righteous that Lin Huai Zhou subconsciously apologized: “Uh… I didn’t an to…”
Lin Nianhe wrinkled her nose at him, and threatened fiercely, “You better not tell mom and dad.”
Lin Huai Zhou: “Ah, okay…”
Lin Nianhe marched out, flinging her arms, to find Wang Shui and Wen Lan.
Su Yuncheng followed beside her, showing her the way.
Lin Huai Zhou stood frozen for a long while before he rembered to chase after them.
He tugged at Su Yuncheng and gestured at him:
‘You’ve corrupted my sister!’
Su Yuncheng: “…?”
It’s just a phone call and a verbal warning, isn’t it?
How does that count as leading her astray?
Isn’t this approach gentle enough?
Su Yuncheng frowned.
It felt like the whole world misunderstood Lin Nianhe.
Lin Nianhe didn’t care about any misunderstanding; what she cared about more was—
“Sister Shui, reimburse 50 cents.”
Wang Shui was feeling sad, but upon hearing Lin Nianhe’s words, she didn’t even bother to ask and directly gave her wallet.
Lin Nianhe, self-reliant, took out 50 cents and put it in her pocket, saying nonchalantly, “I just called Director Zhai, told him you plan to promote the ‘Head Flower’ styles from the textile factory to dostic Cooperative Societies. Don’t contradict later.”
Wang Shui barely mustered up the energy to ask her, “How did this beco my suggestion?”
Lin Nianhe had been pondering over this matter for a day or two. She had discussed it with Wang Shui several tis before, but both of them felt that they should at least wait until this year’s Spring Trade Fair was over to see the situation and proceed. Therefore, they hadn’t brought it up with Factory Director Ji or Wong Xiao.
Lin Nianhe: “Oh, I told him you’ve been too upset by the Sun Family’s troubles to deal with this matter, so let him wait.”
Wang Shui gasped.
“So, this 50 cents…”
“Phone bill,” Lin Nianhe frowned, “Long-distance calls are really expensive.”
Wang Shui looked at Lin Nianhe, unsure what to say.
Without a doubt, after Lin Nianhe’s tattling call, Deputy Factory Director Sun definitely won’t have good days ahead.
Stirring up a powerful deputy factory director only cost 50 cents in phone fees.
And she’s even complaining about the expense!
Lin Nianhe suddenly smiled.
She patted Wang Shui on the shoulder.
“Sister Shui, if you are angry, then deal with him, vent however you want, don’t waste your emotions on such a person, he’s not worth it.”
Her tone was casual, but her eyes were particularly serious.
Wang Shui pursed her lips slightly and nodded.
“Right, I won’t think about it anymore.”
She said.
…
The weight of Lin Nianhe’s phone call was indeed substantial.
Zhai Huayuan hung up the phone and was annoyed for three minutes, then felt he couldn’t just suffer alone, so he directly called his secretary: “Has the beverage factory delivered this month’s goods yet?”
“Coming this afternoon,” the secretary replied. “It was supposed to be yesterday, but they said they were busy at work and moved it to today.”
“It’s not even five miles from the beverage factory to the Cooperative Society, and they’re that busy?” Zhai Huayuan glared, “Why wasn’t I inford about the delay?”
“Uh…” The secretary, seeing his mood, felt sothing was off today and said, “The people at the beverage factory said their Deputy Factory Director would speak to you.”
Normally, tasks like receiving goods wouldn’t be directly handled by Zhai Huayuan; otherwise, with several dozen or hundreds of items at the Cooperative Society, he would have nothing else to do daily.
Moreover, such half-day delivery delays were not uncommon, especially in winter, when sotis heavy snow blocked roads, and delays of ten days to half a month were normal.
Generally, the person in charge at the lower level would just deal with it. A sensible factory would have the Deputy Factory Director or Factory Director call Zhai Huayuan, and without that call, he normally wouldn’t even notice.
But if Zhai Huayuan really wanted to make an issue out of it, then it was a breach of contract by the beverage factory. Asking for compensation and holding them accountable was completely normal and reasonable.
Zhai Huayuan was already displeased with the beverage factory, how could he let them off easily?
He imdiately asked his secretary to bring over the delivery records from the beverage factory for the past year—12 deliveries, 11 delays, the shortest a half day, the longest six days.
And of these 11 delays, there wasn’t a single instance where they had called to explain.
Zhai Huayuan slamd the record sheet on the table, sneered, “It seems like the beverage factory doesn’t take our Cooperative Society seriously at all.”
Even the fool of a secretary could tell that the boss was gearing up to take action against the beverage factory, the most important thing now was to protect himself—
“Leader, they really said every ti it was a special circumstance and Deputy Factory Director Sun would explain to you personally, I really had no idea they’d dare lie to you!”
Zhai Huayuan waved his hand, signaling him not to worry.
After a mont of silence, Zhai Huayuan took out a phone book, found the beverage factory Factory Director’s number, and dialed it.
“Hello.”
“Hmm, this is Zhai Huayuan.”
“Oh, Director Zhai, what wind blows your call my way?”
The person on the other end was quite enthusiastic.
The Cooperative Society had always been the main sales channel for the beverage factory. As soft drinks cannot be sold at a high price, and if they were shipped out of town, the transport costs would be too high, barely covering the costs.
So, for Zhai Huayuan, the beverage factory Factory Director showed the enthusiasm of a groom in the bridal chamber.
Zhai Huayuan, however, was in no mood for pleasantries, and said bluntly: “I just checked the delivery receipts from the beverage factory for the past year, and you guys are quite sothing—12 deliveries delayed 11 tis, not even a fart of explanation, what, do you think the Cooperative Society is owned by you?”
The beverage factory Factory Director was dumbfounded.
He never expected Zhai Huayuan to be calling to accuse him.
“This, this…”
At this ti, of course, he must shift the bla.
Without any hesitation, the Factory Director sold out Deputy Factory Director Sun: “Director Zhai, all these sales matters are handled by Old Sun, how about I bring him over to explain to you in person? What do you think?”
“Piss off, your Deputy Factory Director Sun doesn’t even respect Peking University students, how dare I offend him?” Zhai Huayuan spoke sarcastically, “I daren’t ask him for an explanation, lest his lover also cos after and I wouldn’t be able to live with it.”
Factory Director: “…?”
These words clearly had an ulterior motive!
His eyes shifted quickly, almost bursting out laughing.
That guy, relying on his father-in-law’s connections, always snubbed him—now he had finally hit a snag!
Why not take this opportunity to do sothing, he thought, or he’d feel it was unjust for himself!
“Don’t worry, Director Zhai, I will investigate this thoroughly right now. By the end of work today—no, before the end of work today, I will definitely give you a satisfactory response!”
Zhai Huayuan’s anger eased slightly, he huffed in response: “Hmm, go and improve your managent. People have been sent all the way to Beijing.”
The Factory Director’s head buzzed.
He wanted to ask sothing, but the phone had already been hung up.
Holding the phone, the Factory Director pondered for a long ti but couldn’t figure out how such a trivial matter from the beverage factory had turned into such an embarrassnt in Beijing.
It couldn’t possibly be that their factory’s consistently low rankings had finally caught up with them, right?
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