Instead, he took the topic in a roundabout way.
"Um... Old Chen, I borrowed your car during the Chinese New Year... Is it ok for you to drive it?"
"It's quite useful~ Uh... Wait!" Chen Zixuan answered Lao Wu's question subconsciously. When he finished speaking, his face suddenly froze, as if he suddenly remembered something. He immediately held his chin with his right hand and fell into a brief contemplation. "It seems that there is something wrong with the chassis suspension when I drive recently... When I get on the highway, the wheels always want to go to the right... It's to the extent that someone is trying to steal the steering wheel from me..."
As he spoke, the man named Chen, who was in deep thought, unconsciously moved his head, which was originally looking at the desk in front of him, towards Lao Wu who was standing in front of him and asked him the question, and suspicion gradually appeared in his eyes.
"I remember...I seem to have lent my car to..."
"Don't talk nonsense if it's none of my business! I just drove your car to my future father-in-law's house! I didn't use your car to do anything inhumane!"
Before Chen Zixuan could finish his words, Lao Wu, who had already been sweating profusely, quickly expressed his innocence to Chen Zixuan...
I never thought that there are some things in this world that the more you emphasize them, the more difficult it is to explain...
Fortunately, Lao Wu and Chen Zixuan have been good brothers for many years! They have known each other since they were thirteen or fourteen years old, and it has been almost ten years until now. In addition, last year, he was still in the household registration of the black household Heizi Miss, whose household registration was as black as her name. At that time, he was poor and penniless, and taking out 5,000 yuan was like cutting a piece of meat from him. Chen Zixuan lent a hand.
Therefore, this somewhat deliberate explanation did not arouse Chen Zixuan's further suspicion.
"Then it seems that it has fallen into disrepair. After all, it has been almost four years since my uncle bought this car. Three years new, three years old, and three years of repairs. Really. They also said that Korean products are good. Now it's good. The suspension has problems after only three years. It seems that I need to be more determined to support domestic products to stimulate domestic demand in the future... Speaking of which, Lao Wu, let's not talk about this. What exactly did you come to see me about today? Did you come to my office just to talk to me about the car problem? You know, I am very busy recently. I have to call employees to a meeting that is very important to the company!"
After taking a relatively brief moment to complain about the quality issues of imported cars, Chen Zixuan looked at the mechanical watch on his left wrist that he had only started to wear this year. It was a watch that Miss Heizi bought for him in Japan when she was traveling in Japan.
Because of lack of time, he immediately forced the conversation between him and Lao Wu back to the main topic.
And facing Chen Zixuan's look of 'If you don't tell me the purpose of your visit as quickly as possible, I'll leave', Lao Wu, who knew that if he didn't tell him the purpose of his visit, he might miss the best opportunity to make things clear with Chen Zixuan, couldn't help but be stunned in front of his long-time friend.
Then he stretched out his right hand and scratched his head, and spoke intermittently to Chen Zixuan, who was sitting in the office chair in front of him and looking at him with raised eyebrows, with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Um... that... Actually, I came to you today... to borrow some money from you..."
"Borrow money?"
After hearing Lao Wu's purpose of coming to see him, Chen Zixuan's eyebrows raised even higher.
"Why did you borrow the money?"
"Open...open a noodle shop..." Lao Wu continued to answer in a intermittent voice.
"Opening a noodle shop? Are you opening one for someone else? If that's the case, then I won't lend you the money. We are brothers and we can talk openly. I trust you, but if you borrow money from me for someone else, I can't trust you." As long as it's someone he's familiar with, Chen Zixuan will be more straightforward when talking, so he didn't refuse in front of Lao Wu because he didn't want to lend money.
That makes sense. Lao Wu is a regular soldier! He is a genuine civil servant. You should know that civil servants are not allowed to do business privately according to the law!
So the reason why he opened a noodle shop sounded like complete nonsense to Chen Zixuan!
As for his wife Xu Mengmeng?
Haha, with such a big gym! The fitness equipment in the gym alone can be sold for millions!
Yes! That’s right! Millions! You have to know that imported fitness equipment, a treadmill made in the United States alone can cost over 200,000!
"So tell me the truth~Why do you want to borrow money?"
"It really is a noodle shop, Lao Chen... and it is really opened by me..."
"...Aren't you a cop? Can you get a business license and a food business permit? Besides, isn't your wife very rich? If you want to open a noodle shop, won't she send you the money in minutes?"
"To be honest... I don't want to use her money before we get married... If I use her money, wouldn't it make me look like a loser? As for the police job you mentioned... I've already quit..."
“Quit…Quit?!”
This time, it was Chen Zixuan who was stunned...
Chapter 359: Can you say something auspicious?
"Quit...quit?"
"Ah... quit..."
"No! Why would you quit such a good job?!"
After the initial surprise, Chen Zixuan came to his senses and immediately turned to Lao Wu, who seemed a little dejected after talking about his resignation, and asked him about the doubts in his heart.
Facing Chen Zixuan's question, Lao Wu, whose brows looked extremely gloomy, couldn't help but lower his head slightly, and cast his gloomy gaze on the ground between him and Chen Zixuan.
"It's hard to put it into words..."
"You...did you make a mistake and get fired?" Looking at Lao Wu's miserable appearance, Chen Zixuan, whose brows were already wrinkled with confusion, made his own guess in a slightly tentative tone.
And when he heard Chen Zixuan's question again with a tone of speculation and uncertainty.
Old Five, with a dim look on his face, simply shook his head.
"No...I quit on my own..."
"Then why did you quit your job?"
"...About a case. Don't ask what it is. The details have been classified as confidential by the Municipal Public Security Bureau."
"...Okay I won't ask anymore."
After hearing what Wang Cheng said, Chen Zixuan, who had originally attached great importance to Lao Wu's resignation, immediately shut his mouth wisely.
Chen Zixuan knew that Hong Kong journalists had no right to get involved in things the government wanted to conceal. Besides, he was not a journalist. He was just a small manager of a small or medium-sized transportation company.
Although everyone has a love of gossip hidden deep in their personality, generally speaking, any smart guy knows that in this society, there are some things you should know, but you cannot force yourself to know things you shouldn't know.
Even if you know it, you can’t post it on Weibo!
Otherwise, maybe some strange uncles who look very kind but have very fierce voices will come to check your water meter one day! Or they may come to your home on behalf of the community service center to send you warmth or something, so that you can experience the care that you should receive as a legal citizen~
"How much do you want to borrow?" Since he could no longer continue chatting with Lao Wu about his resignation, Chen Zixuan once again changed the subject to the matter of Lao Wu borrowing money from him to open that noodle shop.
After all, no matter how much Lao Wu was unwilling to tell him the truth about his resignation, he and Lao Wu had been good friends for many years, right? With this relationship, he would not have the heart to refuse the other party as long as the loan was within his means.
"I don't have much savings after working for a few years. If I want to buy a store within the first ring road of the city, I'm probably still short of 100,000 yuan."
"One hundred thousand? Is that just a small amount of money?" Chen Zixuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing Lao Wu say in a somewhat implicit way the amount he wanted to borrow from him.
To be honest, if it was a year ago, let alone borrowing 100,000 yuan! Even borrowing a few thousand yuan would be a lot for Chen Zixuan!
But now it's different, because his uncle left him a small portion of the shares when he left the company, plus this guy now has three four-axle trucks running in the company, and an income of 30,000 yuan a month seems very easy
So when this guy heard Lao Wu say that he only wanted to borrow 100,000 yuan from him, he said it so easily! He even unintentionally despised Lao Wu for only wanting to borrow 100,000 yuan from him.
Of course, this last bit of contempt for Chen Zixuan was unintentional. After all, he was not the kind of person who looked down on others. The reason why he said this was completely an instinctive reaction of the body without thinking.
However, the answer given by his body instinctively made Lao Wu, who was standing in front of him with an embarrassed look on his face and trying to borrow money from him, couldn't help but twitch his eyes the next moment.
[...What's with this déjà vu feeling of a rich guy?! He was looking down on me just now! He was definitely looking down on me for not having money, right?! When did this guy start to learn to squeeze others?! Could it be that! Having money really allows you to do whatever you want?!]
At this moment, looking at the dog owner in front of him with his eyes twitching constantly, Lao Wu felt like a thousand horses were galloping through his heart. He even wanted to take advantage of the skills he had acquired over many years as a policeman to strangle the other party to death in a very short time!
However, considering that if he strangled this rich guy to death, the 100,000 yuan he wanted to borrow to open the noodle shop would be gone, so in the end, Lao Wu, who really wanted to act impulsively towards this bastard who was richer than him, had to forcefully suppress the impulse in his heart...
"If you have anything to say, tell me now! I have to go talk to someone about the transfer of the storefront this afternoon!" [If you don't tell me quickly, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back and strangle you to death in your office!]
As an ordinary person, Chen Zixuan naturally had no idea of the psychological activities of the newly unemployed Lao Wu. However, even if he didn't know that Lao Wu standing in front of him already had the idea of strangling him to death because of his hatred of the rich, he suddenly changed his previous awkward look in front of him, and his tone suddenly became strong in front of him.
Still, the man named Chen, who had no idea that he was lucky enough to have a brush with death, couldn't help but feel suspicious.
But even though he was suspicious in his heart, he didn't say anything to Lao Wu who suddenly changed his attitude towards him...
"Well... one last question, Old Five~"
"Go ahead and ask." Seeing Chen Zixuan asking him all these messed up questions, Lao Wu, who still had the urge to strangle the other person to death out of hatred for the rich, began to feel a little impatient.
I thought to myself that I was just familiar with you and was in trouble so I came to you to borrow some money. But you not only mocked me for borrowing so little, but also asked me questions like a curious baby!
Do you f*cking think I'm the kid's educational book "One Hundred Thousand Whys" published by Beijing Normal University Press ten years ago? !
However, considering that he was asking for money... and Chen Zixuan also said that the question he was asking now was the 'last one', Lao Wu, whose patience had been completely worn out by Chen Zixuan's barrage of questions, finally chose to endure the so-called 'last one' from the other party.
"Um...are the noodles you make edible? Don't tell me that your noodle shop is closed down when you can't sell them?"
"..."
"Old Five? Hey! I'm asking you! Why aren't you talking?"
"...I haven't opened my shop yet...Can you say something auspicious to me?"
Chapter 360: Meeting! Be serious!
After agreeing with Lao Wu about the loan, Chen Zixuan did not directly follow Lao Wu to the bank near the company to transfer the money to Lao Wu because he had to call a meeting of the company's employees soon.
Instead, he just left Lao Wu like a dried noodle in the company's reception room for the time being, and he took a folder and called almost all the employees in the company to rush into the meeting room.
Then he quickly sat down with all the staff who had entered the conference room with him.
Of course, Wang Cheng, who was late for work during this period, arrived at the company's conference room on time and took his seat. He was not absent because of his personal issues.
It’s no wonder, ever since he and Meng Yuanxi established their relationship and decided to be a qualified gay, after returning from Japan, this guy’s face has been glowing all day long, as if he has become very active in doing everything. The only bad thing is that he has been late often recently.
After asking this guy, I found out that in the past few months after the Chinese New Year, this guy would run to Meng Yuanxi almost every afternoon after get off work. The girl had already applied for leave of absence and was hospitalized, waiting for her surgery appointment. He tried to improve her favorability!
And they call it cultivating feelings with the little Lolita~
However, according to unreliable information provided by a man named Chen who wishes to remain anonymous, this guy seems to have learned the true gender of Meng Yuanxi.
Otherwise, how could there be such a proactive and over-the-top attitude towards life, like winning the first prize in the Mark Six lottery!
You know, in the past few months, no matter it was raining or how late he got off work, this guy went to the hospital on time almost every day! He even didn't watch the new episodes of his favorite anime! And for the first time, he took the initiative to ask Chen Zixuan for a raise!
Judging from these behaviors, if he still doesn’t know the true gender of little Loli Meng Yuanxi, the character “Wang” in his name “Lao Wang” should be written upside down!
As for asking for a raise ~ ha ~ you can tell with your gut that this guy really has the idea of saving money and waiting for a few years until the Meng family's little loli becomes legal and then getting married.
You have to know that Meng Yuanxi's situation is not comparable to that of ordinary girls. Once Wang Cheng really marries her, the pressure of future life will really fall entirely on old Wang!
Is it okay not to save more money now while you are still young? !
"I believe that everyone here is familiar with me, and even those who are not familiar with me have become familiar with me~"
Having said that, Chen Zixuan glanced intentionally or unintentionally at Zhou Yaxue, who was sitting next to him and taking notes on a laptop computer. Then he continued to speak to the people sitting around a conference table with him.
"Since we are all familiar with each other, let's not beat around the bush. I'm not the kind of person like my uncle who likes to speak in official language all the time, so let's just say whatever we want to say." Having said that, Chen Zixuan once again thought about the speech he had prepared for the meeting.
"Society is constantly progressing, and the company also needs to keep pace with the progress of society and continue to grow and develop. I have been in the company for almost three years, from being a colleague to the current position of general manager."
At this point, Chen Zixuan, who was originally talking about serious matters to everyone in front of him with a serious face, couldn't help but laugh.
"Of course~ My position as general manager is definitely somewhat watered~ After all, I am a relative~ So, how many of you despise me from the bottom of your heart? Raise your hands so that I can write your names in my little notebook and find an opportunity to deduct your salary~"
"Puchi~ Mr. Chen, stop teasing me!" "That's right, Mr. Chen~ We all know that you are a relative, no need to explain~" "Comrade Manager, can't you be more serious during the meeting?"
This joke made everyone present couldn't help laughing. They all complained about Chen Zixuan's self-knowledge. However, the person who said this also knew that he was so young, and if the company president was not his uncle, he would definitely not be able to take the position of general manager. Among these people who were laughing and complaining about him, there must be a few who were dissatisfied with him.
To put it bluntly, the reason he joked was to liven up the atmosphere. Otherwise, if he, who had risen to the top through connections, acted like a leader and made the whole meeting extremely depressing, it would probably not be long before he could no longer work in this company run by his uncle...
"Okay, okay! Be serious! Since you all asked me to, I won't joke anymore next time~" Seeing that his purpose of livening up the atmosphere had been achieved, Chen Zixuan hurriedly smiled at everyone present and said that he would hold the meeting well next time. However, at the same time, he secretly winked at Wang Cheng, who had not yet caught his breath, and asked him to cooperate with him in the next meeting.
To be honest, it's not easy for her to be a general manager who got promoted through connections. She has to use a crosstalk-like tone every time she attends a meeting.
He is the funny one. Wang Cheng, who is an absolute close friend of Lao Chen, is the supporting one.
So, as usual in the meeting, after secretly seeing Wang Cheng give him a look, Chen Zixuan immediately cleared his throat in front of everyone present.
"Ahem, I just said that the company needs to develop, but has the company developed in the three years I have been here?"
Having said that, Chen Zixuan paused again. He looked around at all the employees in the conference room and acted as if he wanted to hear their opinions.
But it was obvious that most of the company employees present were old hands who had worked in the society for many years. Many of them were younger than him, and some were even much older than him. Naturally, they could tell that he was definitely not seeking their views and opinions.
But Chen Zixuan himself, as a leader of everyone, needs such a formality of asking!
The answer had actually already been prepared in his mind. So, after Chen Zixuan asked this question to everyone present, no one among the staff stood up to answer his question.
"No, right? No, right? Does it mean that the company has reached a bottleneck? I think this question can be said to be yes or no. Why is it said that it is because the control of the company has been in the hands of my uncle over the years, and all of us sitting here just obey his orders. Putting aside the fact that he is my elder, to be frank, my uncle is almost fifty years old. He joined the army because he could not go to school. After retiring, he came to this steel market with 20,000 yuan and relied on the recommendation of a friend to drive a truck for someone. He had to rely on connections and buy gifts for a monthly salary of several thousand yuan. He started this company step by step and built it to this point. He succeeded, but he was doubtful about his success. The limitation of his vision caused by his age made him dare not try something new that should adapt to the development of modern society. He still relied on his old practice of inviting people to drink and eat, and doing everything himself to attract business from people at the wine table. Is this practice outdated? In fact, it is not outdated, but at the same time, it is too inefficient..."
"What about Mr. Chen? What should we do next?" An employee suddenly raised his hand and interrupted Chen Zixuan.
Faced with the employee's sudden interruption, Chen Zixuan was not angry, nor did he directly answer the employee who asked the question.
He just turned his eyes to Wang Cheng, who was hiding under the conference table with his phone in hand, chatting privately with Meng Yuanxi, a little loli who was still hospitalized. As I said before, Wang Cheng was just making fun of him~
What about Wang Cheng, who was holding his phone and flirting with Lolita? He was distracted by Meng Yuanxi's message during the meeting and seemed unable to react for a while. When Chen Zixuan had already turned his eyes to him, he was still looking down at his phone...
"Hey! Lao Wang, stop playing with your phone during a meeting! Regarding the question Xiao Zhou just raised, what do you think we should do next for the development of the company?"
"...selling asses regardless of race."
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