While Lu Yiwei was absent-mindedly admiring this environment, a woman in a tuxedo walked over with a folder in her hand and asked elegantly, "Hello, sir. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Lu Yiwei came back to his senses and glanced upstairs. "Oh, is Director Li here?"
The woman said calmly, "I'm sorry. Director Li has gone out."
Lu Yiwei was a little disappointed. "When will Director Li be back?"
The woman smiled. "I don't know. As subordinates, we don't know Director Li's time. But I suggest you come back tomorrow. She definitely won't be coming today."
Lu Yiwei didn't give up. "Then can you give Director Li a call? I have something urgent to talk to her about. "
The woman still smiled. "I'm sorry. We only arrange time for customers who have an appointment. If you don't have an appointment, there's nothing I can do."
After all, there were rules and regulations in the company. Lu Yiwei understood them. He walked out of the company with disappointment. After thinking for a long time in the car, he felt that something was wrong. So he got out of the car again and walked into the company.
It was still that woman. Lu Yiwei walked to the front of the stage and said, "Sorry to disturb you. It's me again. I have something urgent to talk to Director Li about. Can you tell her or you can call her and I'll talk to her directly?"
The woman shook her head. "I'm sorry, sir. I can't help you."
Lu Yiwei was a little annoyed. He said directly, "Then tell me where Director Li is. I'll go find her directly."
The woman still smiled and didn't answer.
Lu Yiwei came up and sat on the sofa. "Alright. Since this won't do and that won't do, I'll wait here. Is that okay?"
Unknowingly, it was already noon. The company's employees took their lunch boxes and went to the cafeteria to eat. Lu Yiwei was also hungry, and his stomach was growling. Li Chunni definitely wouldn't come at noon. He could go out to eat. But to be safe, he had to continue waiting with an empty stomach.
The company profile on the table had been flipped through several times, but in order to kill time, Lu Yiwei picked it up again and read it carefully. Established in March 2000 with a registered capital of 20 million Yuan, Baitai Tianneng Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in import and export trade, including chemical products, mechanical and electrical equipment, hardware tools, energy raw materials, etc. The company's service scope is as many as dozens of countries, all over the world, welcome knowledgeable people to sincerely cooperate! Below, there were renderings and business flow charts of the company. At the back, there was a personal photo of Li Chunni sitting at her desk and a photo of the opening ceremony of the company. The attentive Lu Yiwei scanned through the people in the photo and found the president of the Hongtai Group, Yang Tongyao, the deputy governor, Qiu Yuanhang, the secretary-general of the Provincial Party Committee, Luo Zhongyuan, and the deputy director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Xu Caimao. Such a luxurious lineup was enough to show that this company's background was not ordinary. Lu Yiwei couldn't help but look at Li Chunni in a new light.
The so-called international trading company sounded grand, but to put it bluntly, it was a second-hand dealer. The people in this line of business took advantage of the Chinese's mentality of worshiping foreign things and always felt that the moon in foreign countries was rounder than the moon in China. Unrealistically, they spent a lot of money to purchase equipment from abroad. In fact, domestic equipment could completely meet the actual needs, unless there was some high-end equipment, there was no need for it.
Just like the Shuyang Coal Mine purchase of imported shearers from Germany some time ago. The equipment was purchased, but if one didn't know how to use it, it was still a piece of scrap metal! Even if it could be used, the complex coal seam structure of Nanyang County was completely unsuitable for large scale coal mining equipment. On the contrary, domestic small scale coal mining equipment could completely meet the needs of coal mining.
After talking about imports, let's talk about exports. China had the world's largest population, coupled with the rapid development of reform and opening up, the demand for energy was very huge. Even if the entire Xijiang Province was producing coal at full capacity, the coastal cities would not be able to meet the demand. Why did they have to go abroad? Not only did they have to pay huge tariffs, but they also had to go through strict inspections.
However, for China, which had just opened up, many laws and regulations were not perfect, and some people took advantage of this key point to seize a large amount of money, and international trade emerged. Some were even originally domestic, but after stopping at foreign ports, they returned to China and became imported goods. The lack of a system and imperfect laws allowed "some people" who knew how to speculate and monopolize to get rich first through another way.
And Li Chunni's import and export trading company was also suspected of taking advantage of the loopholes in the national laws, but it was in the vacuum of the law, and there was no effective supervision. Naturally, it could get a piece of this huge cake. However, why did such a company turn around and invest in a mining company? This puzzled Lu Yiwei no matter how hard he thought about it. Could it be that this company was a shell company? Thinking of this, Lu Yiwei was a little scared.
No matter what, Baikang Company was backed by the Hongtai Group. It was strong, and it walked the path of the upper class. Even if it was a shell company, it was not a simple company.
The employees who had eaten came back one after another. Everyone seemed to regard Lu Yiwei as invisible, and they didn't care about him. They sat at their desks, talking and laughing. This made Lu Yiwei feel the indifference of the people in the city.
The hour hand pointed to two in the afternoon. Lu Yiwei was a little flustered from hunger, but there was still no sign of Li Chunni. It seemed like what the woman said was true. She would not be coming today. Lu Yiwei put the company's brochure on the coffee table and got up in disappointment, ready to leave.
At this moment, a series of "da da" sounds of leather shoes came from the company's hall. The employees who were chatting enthusiastically just now immediately returned to their seats and pretended to work seriously. Lu Yiwei deduced that it should be their Director Li who had arrived.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, Li Chunni gracefully appeared in the hall. Her eyes didn't even look over, but went straight to the staircase. Her temperament and makeup made her look like a strong woman.
Lu Yiwei stood there, not knowing whether he should stop her or continue to wait.
Li Chunni seemed to have noticed that there was someone in the hall who didn't belong to the company. She inadvertently glanced back and saw Lu Yiwei standing there like a wooden stake. Her beautiful face suddenly turned pale, and she held the railing and stared at him. She never thought that Lu Yiwei would take the initiative to look for her.
After a moment of silence, Li Chunni anxiously walked down the stairs and quickly walked to Lu Yiwei and asked, "When did you come?"
Lu Yiwei smiled awkwardly and spread his hands. "I came in the morning, but I couldn't see you …"
Li Chunni looked at the clock on the wall and said in surprise, "That means you have been waiting for me for more than five hours?"
Lu Yiwei only smiled and didn't answer.
Li Chunni suddenly became furious. She walked to the front desk and angrily asked the woman who had just received Lu Yiwei, "This gentleman is looking for me. Why didn't you call me?"
The woman trembled in fear and said timidly, "Manager Li … this gentleman … he doesn't have an appointment … so …"
"When you go to the finance department to settle the bill, pack up and leave!" Li Chunni shouted loudly, and the staff who were working in the office dared not to breathe loudly.
The woman's tears instantly flowed out. Seeing this, Lu Yiwei walked forward and said, "Manager Li, it's not her fault. I was the one who stubbornly wanted to wait for you. Please don't let her lose her job because of me. I will feel uneasy if that happens."
With Lu Yiwei's plea, Li Chunni's eyes softened a lot, but she still didn't put down her attitude. "Seeing that you have a good performance, I won't pursue this matter with you, but I can't let you off so easily. This month's bonus will be deducted." After that, she said to Lu Yiwei, "Come, follow me upstairs!"
Li Chunni was completely different from the weak Li Chunni when she was in university. Now, she had become strong and arbitrary. She looked like a strong woman, which made people feel strange.
When they arrived at the general manager's office on the second floor, Li Chunni immediately put down her strong attitude and asked with concern, "Have you eaten?"
Lu Yiwei lied, "I have."
"Nonsense! You have eaten breakfast, right? "Li Chunni saw through Lu Yiwei's lie at a glance. After that, she pressed the phone on the desk. "Come to my office."
After a while, a capable woman walked in and nodded slightly to Lu Yiwei. She walked to the front of the office and said, "Manager Li, what can I do for you?"
Li Chunni changed her attitude again and said, "Go and buy a few dishes and a bowl of zhajiang noodles."
"Okay, I'll go now!" The woman was much more straightforward than the woman at the front desk and was about to go out.
"Come back!" Li Chunni called again. The woman stopped and Li Chunni said, "Remember, order a plate of stir-fried eggplant with twice cooked pork."
"Okay." After that, the woman walked out.
Li Chunni's last addition warmed Lu Yiwei's heart. After so many years, Li Chunni still remembered that she liked this dish.
Back in her university days, Li Chunni was still a quiet and slovenly little girl. But Lu Yiwei, with his talent, had already made a name for himself and became an influential person in Xijiang University.
When a person is famous, there will be a lot of trouble, and it was the same in university. Lu Yiwei was sunny, handsome, and talented. Soon, he won many pursuers. Some girls were quite bold and directly blocked the door of Lu Yiwei's dormitory to openly woo him. Some girls were reserved, writing love letters one after another and passing them to Lu Yiwei. Some girls were reserved and expressed their love through the mouths of the people around Lu Yiwei. With so many pursuers, other boys were envious and even jealous.
There was no lack of beautiful women among the pursuers. One of them was recognized as the prettiest girl in the department. Her pursuers could probably line up all the way to the university gate. But even so, Lu Yiwei did not get carried away because so many girls were pursuing him. What was surprising was that he rejected all these pursuers one by one.
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