Everyone in the room was silent for a moment before bursting into laughter. It was as if a drop of water had suddenly fallen into a pot of boiling oil.
Xu Piaohong's father, Xu Guiqi, said apologetically to Huo Shaoheng, "Chief, I've already taught her a lesson. She won't be so reckless again. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against her. "
"Oh? What happened? Piaohong, how dare you offend our Huo Shao? How dare you! "General Ji's wife, Mrs. Ji, teased," Shouldn't you drink three glasses as punishment? "She waved for someone to bring a glass of wine.
Xu Piaohong took it shyly and said to Huo Shaoheng, "Huo Shao, I'll drink then?"
Huo Shaoheng looked at her and shook his head, "I don't understand what Miss Xu means. I don't remember you offending me. I can't afford to apologize or drink as punishment. " He then looked at General Ji and his wife, "Mrs. Ji, General Ji, other than wishing you a happy New Year, I have something else to discuss with you. General Ji, I wonder if you have the time? "
"It's New Year's today, do you still have to work?" Mrs. Ji smiled sheepishly at General Ji. It was too much to have work on the first day of the Lunar New Year …
Although Gu Nianzhi didn't follow them, her eyes followed Huo Shaoheng.
Seeing that Mrs. Ji was unhappy with Huo Shaoheng, Gu Nianzhi had an idea. The glass of red wine in her hand suddenly fell with a loud clang, and everyone looked over.
The red wine had spilled all over her light pink dress and was particularly eye-catching.
Huo Shaoheng walked over and picked up her hand to inspect. "Are you okay? Did you get hurt? "
Gu Nianzhi shook her head and said apologetically, "No, I was too careless."
Huo Shaoheng brought her over to General Ji and Mrs. Ji and bowed slightly to them. "General Ji, Nianzhi has been too rash and has caused you trouble." He then turned to Mrs. Ji and said, "Auntie Ji, please take her to get changed."
Gu Nianzhi quickly said, "I have a set of clothes in the car. Just send someone to get it."
Huo Shaoheng made a call to his orderly, and the clothes were quickly delivered.
Mrs. Ji took Gu Nianzhi's hand and said, "Come with me, it's a pity this dress is Saint Laurent's new spring collection, right?"
Not only was it a new spring collection, but it was also custom-made for spring. It was also a limited edition worldwide, and there were only three pieces in total. Gu Nianzhi's dress had been specially modified according to her preferences, and it even had her name on the inside.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and said, "Auntie Ji, you have a good eye. It is indeed Saint Laurent's new model. My heart aches too, but I was careless. Who can I blame? Huo Shao will punish me with a 10-kilometer cross-country run when I get back … "
"Oh? He's so strict with you? "Mrs. Ji was amused." Will you really run? "
"It's true. I was punished like this when I made a mistake in the past. " Gu Nianzhi was very talkative and eloquent, so she quickly distracted Mrs. Ji's attention. Her casual flattery made Mrs. Ji smile.
Mrs. Ji was already so in love with Gu Nianzhi that she couldn't let go of her clothes.
She brought Gu Nianzhi around the house and introduced her to all the guests. She was even more attentive than her own daughter.
General Ji watched in shock as his wife and Gu Nianzhi "hit it off at first sight." He coughed a few times before smiling at Huo Shaoheng. "This Gu Nianzhi is really something. She's a lawyer after all. Look at her sweet mouth. She's able to coax your Auntie Ji to the skies. "
Huo Shaoheng's eyes revealed a slight smile, but it quickly disappeared. He looked at Gu Nianzhi and said, "We're very strict with her. She's just a little more polite than most girls."
Xu Piaohong didn't think there was anything wrong with his words.
She bit her lip as she stood beside her father, Xu Guiqi. She had gone from being the center of attention to being ignored by everyone. She seemed to have been forgotten.
Xu Piaohong looked at Mrs. Ji, who had been coaxed away by Gu Nianzhi, and then at General Ji, who was about to leave the living room to discuss business with Huo Shaoheng.
Xu Guiqi didn't dare to interrupt General Ji and Huo Shaoheng's conversation.
His status and military rank were much lower than those two.
It was all thanks to Mrs. Ji's respect for Xu Piaohong that she was able to speak to Huo Shaoheng and General Ji today. That was why she was able to personally apologize to Huo Shaoheng when he came to visit.
She didn't expect Huo Shaoheng to deny that there was anything wrong. It made it seem like the father and daughter were purposely trying to get close to him.
It was so embarrassing.
Xu Piaohong could only watch as Huo Shaoheng and General Ji left the living room and went to the study.
…
When they arrived at the study, General Ji sat behind the desk. He was no longer smiling. He placed his hands on the armrests of the chair and asked Huo Shaoheng, "What's so important that you have to say it now?"
"Because if I don't say it today, it might be too late tomorrow." Huo Shaoheng took a step forward and placed a flash drive on General Ji's desk. "It's like this. In the year-end report of our department's overseas members, it was mentioned that a relatively large domestic company had set up a branch in Italy. However, they didn't actually do business there. Instead, they were doing money laundering."
It was the Lunar New Year period, and many banks were closed. However, since the second day of the Lunar New Year, banks started to open one after another. Therefore, this matter was indeed urgent.
General Ji's eyes darkened. He didn't take the flash drive. He stared at Huo Shaoheng and said, "… This doesn't seem to be within your jurisdiction."
"I thought so at first." Huo Shaoheng nodded slightly and continued calmly, "We did a routine check on this company's headquarters in the country. In the end, we discovered that it had done a lot of business with the military. It was even a supplier for several military projects."
"What?!" General Ji was shocked. "You're saying that this company has connections with the military?!"
"There's no connection." Huo Shaoheng sighed. "But in the contracts it gave to the military, there were fraudulent quotes and shoddy products. To be precise, it used illegal methods to earn high profits in its transactions with the military. Now that it's facing an audit by the military, it's worried that it'll be found out. Therefore, it plans to transfer these profits to an overseas bank."
"Outrageous!" General Ji was furious. He hated black-hearted businessmen like this the most. "They even dared to embezzle money from the military's projects! I want to see who has the guts to do this! "
Huo Shaoheng was silent for a while. He lowered his voice and said, "This is the second thing I want to say."
"What is it? Do you know who did it? "General Ji stood up and said sternly," Is it someone from within our ranks?! "
Strictly speaking, suppliers for military projects had to go through the bidding process to obtain the project contract. However, there were definitely many people who used their connections.
Under the same bidding conditions, those with connections would definitely have a higher chance of winning. This was a tacit unspoken rule.
However, at the same time, if there was a problem with the supplier, the internal personnel who used their connections to vouch for the supplier would definitely be punished.
This could be considered as power and obligation complementing each other. They couldn't just take the benefits and not bear any obligations.
Huo Shaoheng nodded and smiled helplessly. "This company did use the military's connections, and it's related to my family."
"Your family?!" General Ji's expression turned even uglier. "Shaoheng, don't say it's you!"
"Of course it's not me. To be precise, it's not someone from my family, but it's related to my family. Because that person used my grandfather's name to help that company obtain the contract from the military logistics department. "Huo Shaoheng said calmly," She's my grandfather's head nurse, Zhang Feng. You know her too. "
"It's her?" General Ji had a strange expression on his face. "It's really her?"
"Yes, I've already obtained evidence of her transaction with that company," Huo Shaoheng said calmly without any emotion. "That company's CEO's son married Zhang Feng's niece, so the two families are in-laws. They wanted to be the supplier for the military project, but they didn't have the qualifications. Zhang Feng used my grandfather's name to negotiate with Deputy Director Liao of the military logistics department. "
"Old Liao?" General Ji was even more shocked. After a moment, he rubbed the back of his head and sighed. "It's not his fault. Old Liao is your grandfather's old subordinate. He was the one who groomed him. "
"Yes, that's why she was able to use my grandfather's name to get this done." Huo Shaoheng nodded. "But this has nothing to do with my family. My grandfather didn't know about this the whole time. I can't let the Huo family be humiliated because of this, so I asked General Ji to immediately order the bank to freeze all the company's assets using the reason that the military project was damaged. At the same time, send the military disciplinary department to investigate Zhang Feng. "
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This was the first watch. It was the last day of the month, and the third watch was asking for monthly votes and recommendation votes!
And today was Monday, so the recommendation list had been forgotten!
The second watch was 1 p.m. The third watch was 7 p.m.
Mwah!
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