How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 229: No tact?

Zhang Wen’s refusal made Li Lehua stand still. The joy on his face disappeared without a trace, replaced by deep doubt.

why?
Why reject her? She's the boss of the company.

You know, other employees, even big stars, will try every means to please her and strive for opportunities to perform in front of her.

But the young man in front of me is an exception.

Could it be that he wanted to attract her attention in this way?
Xu Qingyu, standing by, was sweating profusely. To avoid Mr. Li's anger, he quickly reached out to support Zhang Wen and said with concern, "Teacher Zhang, what are you talking about? Are you drunk and confused?" Then he turned to look at Mr. Li and explained, "Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang must have drunk too much just now and is now drunk. I'll take him away right away."

"Director, I'm not drunk. I only weigh one and a half pounds. That's nothing." Zhang Wen said after hearing this.

"..."

Xu Qingyu shuddered and was speechless.

She has already moved the stairs to her feet, but the other party still refuses to come down. Is he trying to piss her off to death?

"Teacher Zhang, I admit that you have successfully attracted my attention." Li Lehua said.

"?" Zhang Wen looked up and down at the general manager's face, wondering if this woman had seen too many domineering CEOs, otherwise how could she say such a thing?

"You just had a drinking contest with Wu Ziming, wasn't it just to let me know how much you can drink? Now the winner is decided, and I have made my choice. What are you still unhappy about?" Li Lehua asked back.

"Mr. Li, you may have misunderstood. I said I would quit. I drank just now simply because I was annoyed with that person, that's all." Zhang Wen explained, shattering the other party's self-righteous fantasy.

"Teacher Zhang, you must know when to stop in everything. If you continue to be stubborn, you will go too far." Li Lehua said in a deep voice, while insisting on his guess.

Seeing her boss's anger, Xu Qingyu immediately said, "Boss Li, don't be angry. I'll talk to Teacher Zhang." Then she grabbed Zhang Wen's arm, pulled him aside, and pleaded, "Teacher Zhang, if you agree to go to the drinking party with Boss Li, won't Boss Li give you three days off? I'll add two more, for a total of five days. How about that?"

After hearing this, Zhang Wen narrowed his eyes slightly. Three days of vacation was a bit too little, but if it was a five-day vacation, he could give Director Xu some face. After all, since he joined the training department, the other party has always taken good care of him, and also given him full trust and countless conveniences.

He is not an ungrateful person, so he can give him this face.

"Director, since you've spoken, okay, I'll listen to you." Zhang Wen looked reluctant.

Xu Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief, a smile on his face. He then pulled Zhang Wen back to Mr. Li's desk and said, "Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang has agreed."

The expression on Li Lehua's face was no longer so serious, but he still felt a little unhappy in his heart.

Could it be that in Teacher Zhang's mind, the words of her as a boss carry less weight than those of a director?

Hey!
Li Lehua sighed secretly. Facing such an employee who was not short of money, she really had no way to deal with it.

"It's almost time, come with me."

After Li Lehua finished speaking, she picked up her bag, put on her coat, and walked out. However, when she passed the young man, she suddenly stopped and stared at him without blinking.

Zhang Wen was full of questions. Was he mesmerized by his good looks?

Li Lehua stood there for more than ten seconds, and seeing that the young man was indifferent, he couldn't help but frown.

She is now carrying a bag and a coat. If anyone has any sense, shouldn't they take them and hold them for her?

Li Lehua waited for more than ten seconds, and seeing that the other party still did not move, his face immediately turned cold, he glanced at him fiercely, and then walked out the door.

Zhang Wen was confused by that last look.

He had already agreed to attend the drinking party, but you still gave him a side eye. Wasn't that giving him face?

There is an old saying: Living with the king is like living with a tiger.

It seems that this is absolutely true.

Xu Qingyu gently pushed Zhang Wen, signaling him to hurry up and catch up, as they would have to take the elevator later and he shouldn't keep the boss waiting.

Zhang Wen quickly caught up with his boss and entered the elevator reserved for the general manager.

The elevator slowly descended and finally stopped steadily on the underground floor.

Li Lehua came to his Audi A8. The driver opened the back door swiftly and held the door frame with his hand.

Just as she was about to get in the car, she saw a black and gold Maybach parked opposite the A8. Thinking of what the young man had said, she turned around curiously and asked, "What business is your family in?"

In her opinion, if the other person is so young and can drive such a luxury car, if he is not a celebrity, he must be a rich second-generation.

"My family?" Zhang Wen didn't know what his parents did, but he thought of his great-grandfather and said, "Education."

Li Lehua nodded and got in the car.

No wonder he works in the training department, it turns out he comes from a family of educators.

With a "bang", the driver closed the car door, then walked around the front of the car to the driver's seat, opened the door and got in.

Zhang Wen, who hadn't gotten in yet, glanced at the driver in surprise. "Why did you close the door? Didn't you see there was someone else here?" "How could he be a driver with such eyesight?"

He grabbed the handle and pulled open the car door that had just closed.

"Crack!"

He was about to get in the car, but he saw Mr. Li sitting near the door, and the foot he had just raised fell down again.

Li Lehua turned to look at the person who opened the car door, frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Mr. Li, didn't you want to take me to the drinking party?" Zhang Wen asked doubtfully. This woman's memory was too bad. She forgot about him while taking the elevator?
"..."

Li Lehua understood that the other party was planning to sit in the back row with her.

An ordinary employee wants to sit with her? This is too rude!

"Go to the passenger seat." Li Lehua said unhappily.

She suddenly remembered a sentence she had seen online: When your leader picks up food, you turn the table; when your leader opens the door, you get in the car; when your leader speaks, you speak first…

She couldn't help but worry, wondering if the other party would turn the table around later...

"I'm not going." Zhang Wen refused.

"what?"

Li Lehua was completely stunned.

This was the second time the other party rejected her. It felt like she was slapped in the face again. In a trance, she even forgot who was the boss.

Is this person here to work, or to clean up the workplace?

"Why?" Li Lehua asked.

She could understand refusing to attend a drinking party, but she couldn't understand refusing to sit in the passenger seat.

"Mr. Li, the co-pilot seat is the most dangerous seat. As the old saying goes: A gentleman does not stand under a wall. You should understand." Zhang Wen said seriously.

Unless the driver wears stockings, he still prefers to sit in the back seat.

The corners of Li Lehua's mouth twitched involuntarily, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute.

"Mr. Li, please move in." Zhang Wen reminded.

"There is a handrail, you can't run, just go up from the other side." Li Lehua said while rubbing his temples with his hands. He hadn't started drinking yet, but he already felt a headache.

Zhang Wen took a look at the back of the A8. It was indeed a two-seat layout, with a center armrest separating the two seats, like two independent cockpits. He had no choice but to close the door and walk around to the other side.

"Snapped!"

As the door closed, the car slowly drove out of the parking space.

Li Lehua simply closed his eyes, pretending to ignore it, and silently thought about how to convince Mr. Wang from Qiyi Video.

It was the rush hour after get off work, and the road was quite congested. Cars kept stopping and starting, and their speed was even slower than the delivery guy's electric car.

Zhang Wen looked at the scenery outside the car window and suddenly remembered that he had not told Bai Lu about attending the drinking party, so he quickly took out his mobile phone from his pocket and sent a WeChat message to the other party, briefly explaining the situation here to avoid making the other party anxious.

"Shh!"

There was an extra message in the dialog box, which was Bai Lu’s reply.

Although the message only had three words, it made Zhang Wen's heart surge with emotion.

'I'm waiting for you!'

Some scenes from this morning unconsciously emerged in Zhang Wen's mind, and the corners of his mouth stretched from ear to ear.

It’s great to have a girlfriend.

Having a celebrity girlfriend is even better.

He thought about it, then entered the content in the dialog box.

"I must deal with everyone at the table as quickly as possible and rush home when the sign language class is over." After typing, click Send.

"Shh!"

Bai Lu quickly replied to the message, this time without a single word, but a photo.

The photo shows a set of black sexy one-piece underwear. Although it is just a picture on the outer packaging, it can't help but make people imagine something else.

Zhang Wen swallowed unconsciously, made a drooling emoticon, and wished he could open the window and fly over immediately.

"Shh!"

Here's another photo of a few pink shopping bags. Although you can't see what's inside, it's not difficult to guess what's inside from the series of letters on the surface of the bags.

Victoria's Secret.

Zhang Wen took a deep breath, what a little devil!

"..."

Zhang Wen was chatting excitedly with Bai Lu and didn't notice that Li Lehua beside him had frowned deeply at some point.

Tonight's drinking party is very important to Li Lehua. He was already a little worried, and when he heard the "swish", "swish", and "swish" sounds next to him, he became even more annoyed.

Is this person here to help her or to torture her?

She really wanted to ask the other party to turn off his phone, but considering that he would need to drink later, she finally gritted her teeth and decided to endure it.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

Of course, if this person can't make Mr. Wang drink to his heart's content at tonight's drinking party, she will definitely not let him off easily when she comes back.

At the very least, you will be fined to clean the toilet for a month.

"Shhhhh!"

"Shhhhh!"

After forty minutes of slow driving, the car finally stopped outside a hotel.

Li Lehua couldn't wait to push the door and get out of the car. Without the "swish" sound in his ears, he felt his whole brain was much more relaxed.

She was about to walk into the hotel when she suddenly thought of something and turned back to the young man who was still grinning at his phone screen and said, "Silence your phone before entering the private room. No playing with your phone once you're in the room."

"clear."

Zhang Wen reluctantly replied to Bai Lu on WeChat, "See you tonight," and then put his phone in his pocket.

After seeing this, Li Lehua's expression was not as serious as before. He then looked at the man carefully again. After making sure that the man was not drunk, he walked into the hotel with peace of mind.

Zhang Wen followed the boss to the private room. There was no one else inside except the waiter. He thought it was the boss who came to treat them, so he came early.

Li Lehua ordered the dishes for tonight and asked the kitchen to prepare them first. This way, the time to serve the dishes could be shortened after the invited guests arrived.

Zhang Wen waited boredly for half an hour, and the real person finally arrived.

"Mr. Li, I'm not late, am I?"

"No, Mr. Wang, you came just in time."

Zhang Wen looked at the man shaking hands with the boss. The man looked to be around fifty years old, about the same age as the boss, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, short hair, and looked very energetic.

Behind the other person was a man in his thirties or forties. He was not tall, had a 3:7 hairstyle, and wore rimless glasses. He looked gentle, but his triangular eyes gave people a feeling that he was very scheming.

"Mr. Li, why are there bad guys around today?" Wang Huaiyuan asked, looking at the young man standing behind Li Lehua with interest.

Today was not the first time Li Lehua had come to see him, and it was not this young man who had accompanied Li Lehua on previous occasions.

"His name is Zhang Wen. He is an employee of my company. I recently recruited him to be my assistant. You are capable, young man." Li Lehua explained.

"Mr. Li brought his new assistant here today. Doesn't he plan to drink with me? You know me. If I want to talk about cooperation, I'll drink first. After I'm satisfied, we can talk about cooperation." Wang Huaiyuan said with narrowed eyes.

Because she didn’t drink enough the last few times, they didn’t even discuss cooperation. Could it be that this woman has given up on herself?
"Drink, of course." Li Lehua said quickly, "Don't underestimate my assistant. This young man is not only capable, but also a drinker. You'll see in a moment."

"Oh? Really?" Wang Huaiyuan turned to look at the man behind him and said, "Assistant Zheng, it looks like you have an opponent tonight."

"Assistant Zhang, nice to meet you." The man said as he extended his hand.

"Assistant Zheng, it's the same for you. I hope everyone can enjoy drinking tonight." Zhang Wen said with a smile, while extending his hand.

When the two hands were clasped together, Zhang Wen could clearly feel that the other party was exerting great force, as if intending to show his power.

I have to say that the opponent's grip is indeed very strong. If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely suffer a loss if caught off guard, but he is different. This little grip strength is no different from that of a baby to him.

If it was a competitor, he would definitely shake hands with him, or even make him feel the pain of a broken bone, but considering that tonight was to discuss cooperation, he finally gave up the idea.

Not only that, he also deliberately pulled back his trembling hands, acting like a weak chicken, just to satisfy the other party's emotional value.

Sure enough, a hint of pride flashed in Zheng Guangqiao's eyes, and he quickly let go of his hand.

Wang Huaiyuan glanced at his assistant and the smile on his face became even more pronounced.

"Mr. Li, I hope we can have a chance to discuss cooperation tonight."

"..."

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(End of this chapter)