CH 222

Xie Wenzhi put down his phone, a little surprised by President Feng's request. He had thought that President Feng's attention should be on the previous part. After suppressing the doubts in his heart, he called Wang Cheng to him and handed him a note.

"Zhou Cheng, go to the data room on the sixty-ninth floor and retrieve the information recorded there, President Feng wants to read it.”

"Yes." Wang Cheng took the note and looked at it. He was a little surprised; it turned out to be Zhou Lin’s business. Could something have been decided after reading his report?

It should be impossible. On the sixty-ninth floor, a female colleague led him to the person in the negative management data room. Before him was a male colleague named Zhao Yang, who was almost two years older than Wang Cheng. His eyes were a little bit small and his face looked obscene, like a gangster who would steal chickens and dogs. Wouldn't it be a problem for such a person to manage the data room?

[T/N: steal chickens and dogs = a thief.]

"Zhao Yang, Assistant Xie asked him to get some information," the female staff member said.

Zhao Yang's gaze fell on the work card on Wang Cheng's chest. It was the same as everyone's work card. On it was his profile and name, as well as the name of the company. It was a very common errand, but he still refused to open the data room with a firm attitude.

"Without Manager Zhou's consent, no one can enter or leave the data room at will."

"Which Manager Zhou?" Wang Cheng turned his head.

The female colleague said: "It's Zhou Lin, Manager Zhou."

Wang Cheng looked at Zhao Yang, who was acting arrogant and contemptuous, with a smile, and said, "You mean, President Feng also needs the permission of Manager Zhou to enter, right? Okay, I see, I will call President Feng now and ask him to report to Manager Zhou."

Zhao Yang did not expect that he would bring out President Feng. However, what would happen if he brought out President Feng? The Zhou Group’s name was Zhou, not Feng. He didn’t believe that President Feng could still climb onto Manager Zhou's head. He didn’t think that he had just done such a stupid thing, and watched Wang Cheng report the situation.

The female colleague beside him looked stupid.

Manager Zhou was only in charge of a department, but President Feng managed everyone in the Zhou Group. One didn’t need to ask who had the most authority.

After she reacted, the female colleague did not remind Zhao Yang of her thoughts at all. Someone like Zhao Yang who was airborne without any capacity, had long caused uncomfort to those in the company.

When he heard about it, Xie Wenzhi thought he had heard it wrong. He asked Wang Cheng to say it again. After getting the same answer, he wiped his face and directly passed the matter to President Feng. He didn’t even know that it was the chairman who really wanted the information!

After listening to Xie Wenzhi's words, Feng Yifan put down the phone. His mature face didn't show any irritation - instead, he laughed. It seemed that the chairman's decision to let Zhou Cheng enter the company was extremely correct. He was pleasantly surprised in the morning, and now there was another bigger surprise.

There were more than a few people like Zhao Yang who had entered the Zhou Group by going through the back door. This was a phenomenon that many companies could not avoid once they began. Especially for companies with complex internal forces like Zhou Group, its situation was even more complicated. In all honesty, the chairman had wanted to pull out these cavities that eroded the company a long time ago, but there had been no perfect time.

Feng Yifan immediately came to the chairman's office.

Zhou Shichang thought he had already obtained the information, but he saw him empty-handed. After Feng Yifan stepped forward and said a few words, Zhou Shichang's expression immediately became very ugly.

"He’s really opposing him!"

"Chairman, I think this is a good opportunity," Feng Yifan said with a smile.

Zhou Shichang's stern expression only lasted for a few seconds, then he smiled when he heard what he said. "You tell Xie Wenzhi to contact Chengcheng."

"Yes, chairman."

This afternoon, a major incident occurred in the company. Two male colleagues had a big fight in the office lobby on the sixty-ninth floor. Zhou Lin had left a half hour earlier and was not in the company now. As a result, the matter became a big deal. The employees who understood the cause and effect all sighed, and it soon became the talk of everyone.

"It is the first time I am seeing such arrogance in going through the back door like this. A department manager versus a president who controls the company's life and death, and he feels that the president has to report to the manager for a copy of the information. Oh, my god, have I transcended? Could someone pinch me to see if I am dreaming?"

"You aren’t dreaming, nor have you transcended. Our company does have such a strange flower. Doesn't this strange flower often say that he is a relative of Manager Zhao? In my opinion, his eight achievements is that Zhou Group belongs to Manager Zhou, so he doesn’t take President Feng seriously at all."

[T/N: eight achievements = eight achievements of Buddhism (I don’t get what they’re saying).]

"Have you noticed that the handsome guy who came down to help President Feng get the information is our chairman's grandson? Where did Zhao Yang get such courage from, does he not know that Zhou Shao is also the chairman's grandson?"

"How could I not know? Who in the company doesn't know Zhou Shao, now? Who else is called Zhou Cheng? Zhao Yang’s eight achievements is that Zhou Shao is Zhao Shao’s competitor, so he doesn’t need to give Zhou Shao face. Anyway, Manager Zhou and Manager Zhao are backing him. No zuo, no die, ah!"

[T/N: no zuo, no die = you won’t die if you don’t seek death (seek death as in make trouble).]

"I can't wait to see how Zhao Yang will die now. Since he joined the company, he hasn't done anything, only letting us do things. He really thinks he is Lafayette." Many of them there had experienced Zhao Yang, and those who were angry would talk more unscrupulously.

"I heard that the chairman was very angry about this." Everyone exchanged glances, until a male colleague said ‘go to work’ and they scattered.

After Zhou Lin learned about this incident, she almost ran back to the company. Her assistant had already told her the detailed process, and also urgently said that the person who Zhao Yang had offended was the chairman. She called Zhao Jiansheng on the way there. Before she could begin to scold others, Zhao Jiansheng told her that the matter was serious.

After returning to the company, Zhou Lin first called Zhao Yang to the office, and gave him a slap without saying anything. Zhao Yang still felt aggrieved. When he saw Zhao Jiansheng walk in, he complained, but was slapped again. Both sides of his face were flushed.

"You are fired, pack your things and go back home."

Zhao Yang's eyes widened in disbelief, "Uncle..."

"Uncle, uncle. You’ve caused harm to my parents, now you should scram as far as you can go, don't let me see you again," Zhao Chenlin cursed unceremoniously. The news in the company was now spreading, and even he knew that this big event was not good. However, Zhao Yang still only thought of himself, what a waste. Zhao Yang didn't dare to offend them, but thought that after returning home, he must tell his parents that it was obviously not his fault. He had kindly helped them, but his kindness was not rewarded.

"Parents, what should we do now?" Zhao Chenlin asked worriedly.

Zhou Lin took a deep breath. What else could she do? She would immediately send up the information her father wanted, and make up for the mistake. For the other things, she would find another opportunity to go up and apologize to her father. In short, she wanted to minimize the impact of the incident.

"This matter now seems to have something to do with only him, but if Father investigates it, our cronies may also suffer."

"Chenlin, you personally send the information to your grandfather, and be more sincere. Retreat if you can, try to cut off our relationship with Zhao Yang," Zhao Jiansheng warned Zhao Chenlin.

Zhao Chenlin nodded, "I see, Father, I will go now."

After exiting, Zhao Chenlin found the female colleague who took Wang Cheng to see Zhao Yang and asked her what information Wang Cheng was looking for at the time. The female colleague happened to have seen the piece of paper, so she told him. Zhao Chenlin was stunned. Why was his grandfather looking at the business that his mother was in charge of?

Feeling a little uneasy, Zhao Chenlin immediately told his parents about it.

Zhou Lin was also a little skeptical. "Here, you first take out the data with the bad income and problems. If your grandfather finds out and asks, just say that the information was not correctly put together, and you don’t know where it is. Anyway, Zhao Yang is done for, so it’s okay to pin this on his head."

After Zhao Chenlin left, Zhao Jiansheng took a breath and said worriedly, "Isn’t this not so good? We have already annoyed Father, and we originally wanted Chenlin to please Father. If this kind of omission occurs again, Father might become more angry."

"Do you want Father to know that the Yazhi that Chenlin was responsible for has been corrupted by him, and acknowledge that he is not meant for business?" Zhou Lin was also helpless, what could she do if her son was not good?

Zhao Jiansheng stopped talking after hearing this.

On the other hand, Zhao Chenlin took the information and said some nice words according to his parents' instructions. However, his grandpa didn’t respond at all, and ordered him to leave. After that, he waited nervously for news, but his grandpa didn’t ask him to come and hand over the information. Thinking that the crisis was over, Zhao Chenlin felt a lot lighter.

In the evening, the Zhou house.

Zhou Lin and Zhao Jiansheng looked at each other. They wanted to go up to see their father in the afternoon, but Secretary Li told them that their father didn’t want to see anyone now, so they had no choice but to leave. They thought that they had no chance to see him at the company, but they could always see him at home. However, at dinner time, they were blocked by their father's sentence ‘speak less while eating’. Now there was only this opportunity left, and she could no longer miss it.

"Father..." Zhou Shichang swept over his pair of stern eyes, and Zhou Lin fell silent.

"If you want to talk about the company, there is no need. I have let people find out what happened. After all these years, it is time for the company to undergo a rectification." Hearing this, Zhou Lin and Zhao Jiansheng were shocked. It must be serious. Since it couldn’t be stopped, they could only tell the people below to stay safe during this time.

Zhao Chenlin’s ugly face became more obvious. He was recently told that he should help earnestly and not just give empty talk. He really understood the company, and because of this, knew his parents’ efforts in the company. If the company really was to be rectified, it would definitely affect the layout of his parents in the company. All of this was Zhou Cheng's fault.

Wang Cheng suddenly felt a malicious gaze. When he turned his head, he saw Zhao Chenlin's unabashed hostility. Did this guy think that this was all his own fault?

In fact, he had only learned about his grandfather’s plan after the fact. Although he had played an important role in the whole thing, he was innocent yet implicated. However, this grievance must be settled, so Wang Cheng immediately returned a provocative look.

Zhao Chenlin was furious.

His emotions were too obvious, and Zhou Shichang was the first to notice, immediately snorting coldly.

Zhao Chenlin suddenly reacted. Seeing his grandfather's unhappy expression, and seeing that he knew what he had done, his face turned pale. He immediately lowered his head.

"Chengcheng, come upstairs with Grandpa." Zhou Shichang got up.

Wang Cheng supported him, and the two left like this.

Only the Zhou Lin family of three was left in the living room. Her face was so dark that ink could drip out. Zhou Lin glared at her son desperately and cursed in a low voice, "Why are you so uncontrollable?"

Zhao Chenlin lowered his head and said nothing.

"It's no use cursing now. We still need to think about how to get through these next difficulties." Once the news of the rectification spread, the senior executives involved in the company would definitely complain about them husband and wife. After all, this matter was caused by Zhao Yang, and Zhao Yang was a relative of the Zhao family. At that moment, Zhao Jiansheng's cell phone rang. When he took out his phone and saw the contact name, he frowned.

"Who is calling?" Zhou Lin asked.

"It's my sister-in-law."

Zhou Lin snorted coldly, and cut off the call after grabbing the phone. "Don't bother. They definitely want to beg for Zhao Yang. I’m telling you, no one should pay attention to them in the future." When her voice fell, the phone rang again, another call from the sister-in-law of the Zhao family. Zhou Lin directly shut the phone down this time. As a result, this person really persevered and called her phone directly. Zhou Lin was so angry she laughed. Zhao Jiansheng and his son did not dare to speak, and Zhao Jiansheng even complained about Zhao Yang [?].

Zhou Lin blocked the number of the Zhao family's sister-in-law, and then sent a text message to the Zhao family's eldest brother's cell phone, telling him that if he dared to call and harass their family again, he would have to face the consequences.

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