Chapter 41
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"Who is this?"
The voice on the phone was a little strange, and the number was not in the address book, Lu Zhiqiao guessed that the other party should be an ordinary employee. Because the company is large, employees who are not direct subordinates or employees in a different department, seldom save each other's numbers, but some ordinary employees will unilaterally save the numbers of their superiors.
"I'm Li Lan from the Foreign Trade Division..." The young girl's voice sounded flustered.
Lu Zhiqiao frowned imperceptibly, took out a pair of leather short boots from the shoe cabinet, put them on then opened the door and went out: "What's the matter?"
There was a gust of draft in the corridor, and it was chilly. She had just returned from a warm island vacation, and she couldn't adapt for a while. She pulled up her skirt, pressed the elevator, and glanced at the opposite door inadvertently. Then a voice on the phone interrupted her thoughts.
"It's...the order with the African Tando company...the first shipment has arrived at the port of destination..."
The elevator slowly ascended to the ninth floor, and when the door was opened, Lu Zhiqiao was stunned, her face sank, and she said in a low voice, "Didn't I say not to ship until we receive the revised documents, haven't you received the notice?"
"I just saw the notification this morning..." The girl was about to cry.
"Where's Manager Chi?"
"I don't know. I called her but she didn't answer."
The elevator door was slowly closing again, Lu Zhiqiao hurriedly pressed it, walked in quickly, and pressed the first floor, "I will be at the company in twenty minutes."
Last year, they made an order worth 2 million US dollars with the African tando company. The shipment was originally stipulated in October, and the customer also sent a letter of credit as scheduled. However, during the audit, it was found that the denominated currency on the letter of credit did not match the original contract. At that time, the matter of changing the cooperative factory was not settled, and the goods were not ready for a while, so they had to delay for a few days and asked the customer to send a revision letter according to the contract, and then delayed the delivery in batches.
The customer sent a letter saying that it has been corrected and urged the shipment, but the revised documents has been delayed for two months and has not been sent.
Under such circumstances, it is definitely not possible to deliver the goods. At that time, Lu Zhiqiao was not in the company, and Chi Nian, the manager of the regional department, signed it first. After she made it up the next day, she asked Chi Nian to send a notification that the goods would not be shipped if they didn't receive the revised document.
On the last day of work before the year, Chi Nian personally reported to her, that the notification was disseminated.
The result is now——
There was a bit of traffic on the morning rush hour road, the car stopped at the intersection and waited for the red light, Lu Zhiqiao looked solemn, grabbed the steering wheel with one hand, took out the Bluetooth headset with the other, put it on, and called Chi Nian. The other party had an appointment with a client this morning, and she couldn't go to the company until at least eleven o'clock. She was shocked to hear the news.
"I have already sent a notice to wait for the revision, how could they arbitrarily..."
"Okay." Lu Zhiqiao interrupted softly, "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, I will go to the company first, and come over as soon as your matter is settled."
"Okay."
She hung up the phone, then the green light lit up.
When she arrived at the company, the four elevators were full. Lu Zhiqiao's face was calm and indifferent, but her heart was terrified. She took the VIP elevator at the side door and went up. As soon as she stepped into the department's office area, she heard the voice of lectures.
"You reported directly to a higher up? You bypassed two levels? Did you think that me and Manager Chi doy exist?"
"I……"
A man in his mid-twenties was furious. Just as the young female staff member was about to speak, she saw Lu Zhiqiao behind her and shouted, "Director Lu!"
The man froze for a moment, turned around quickly, and immediately changed his attitude, nodded and bowed: "Director."
Lu Zhiqiao nodded with a cold face, beckoned to the girl, and turned to walk to the office. Today is very unlucky, the assistant Xiao Wan is sick and took two days off. She has to make tea by herself, but she is not in the mood right now.
Li Lan followed her into the office and explained the whole process nervously
She just passed the probationary period in September last year, and she took a few small projects intermittently, and suddenly received a big order of two million US dollars, and she was overjoyed. First, it was delayed for a long time because of the change of factory, and then the customer repeatedly reminded her that the letter of credit had been amended, but she did not receive the notice, and she was anxious, thinking that the customer would definitely keep her promise, so she did not thought that much.
"I checked my mailbox many times before, and I really didn't receive any notification. I checked WeChat this morning and found that Manager Chi had sent it..."
"WeChat?" Lu Zhiqiao frowned.
Li Lan nodded sharply: "Well, the group in our department. But there are so many news, I haven't read it all the time, I just checked it this morning."
The company clearly stipulated that any work arrangements and notices must be communicated by email. Lu Zhiqiao clearly remembered that she had sent the email to Chi Nian and asked her to distribute it. She had repeatedly confirmed with her twice before the year ended. After all, the value of the first batch of goods is not a small amount. If something goes wrong, the loss will be huge.
Lu Zhiqiao had an urge to strangle Chi Nian to death.
The most urgent task is to solve the problem and find a way to remedy it. She asked Li Lan to go to the issuing bank, but the bank told her that the letter of credit had expired and refused to pay. This means that the only expectation can only be placed on the credit of the customer. If the other party fails to pay as promised, the company will suffer economic loss of at least US$500,000.
As a last resort, Lu Zhiqiao reported the incident to Shu Minxi. Although she was not responsible, she was scolded bloody.
After being scolded, she have to continue the meeting.
It was nearly eleven o'clock, and Chi Nian came back.
There was a cool and pleasant smell in the director's office. Lu Zhiqiao leaned back on the chair, rubbed her temples tiredly, raised her eyes and looked at the person opposite. She shouldn't get angry, and after a while she said calmly: "Manager Chi, this low-level mistake should not have happened to you."
At any rate, she is a middle-level manager. As soon as she entered the office, she was eager to shirk responsibility. She insisted that the people below deleted the email by mistake, but suddenly remembered that she had indeed forgotten to send the email, and only sent the WeChat group.
"I'm really sorry, Director, I..." Chi Nian frowned, keeping her head low.
Seeing her, Lu Zhiqiao remembered the night of the annual meeting, when Qi Yan suddenly appeared in the bathroom, which shocked her. This person is Qi Yan's friend, she doesn't know how good their relationship is, but being involved in this relationship will inevitably affect her judgment.
"It's about half a million dollars."
"Director..."
"If within half a month, the customer doesn't send a revised document or pay a single batch of payment, you and Li Lan will—" She gestured blankly, and before she could finish speaking, Chi Nian's face turned pale immediately, interrupted: "I will try my best to remedy it, please be rest assured."
Lu Zhiqiao didn't speak, but waved her hand to signal her to go out.
Encountering bad things at the beginning of the year means that the whole year will not be good. Although Lu Zhiqiao is not so superstitious, she is always restless in her heart, and her mood has been depressed these two days. Qi Yan visited her home every day, so she naturally found out that she was unhappy, but she didn't ask any questions, she didn't force her.
She thought it was because of work.
Qi Yan asked Chi Nian about it in passing, and was poured with bitterness, and she understood it roughly. It's a pity that she can't help much.
That morning, Lu Zhiqiao packed up and went out. As soon as she got down to the parking lot, she saw Qi Yan leaning against her car, as if waiting for her. As soon as she walked over, the woman raised her eyes and smiled: "Ms. Lu, your professional driver Yanyan will serve you."
Lu Zhiqiao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered the red sports car in front of the company building that night.
"I'll take you to work." Qi Yan leaned closer, grabbed her hand and wrapped it in her palm, her voice soft.
Long hair like a waterfall, exuding a quiet and indifferent fragrance, soft and warm palms, Lu Zhiqiao looked into her deep and gentle eyes, her heart twitched unconsciously, and she nodded for some reason.
From that day on, every morning, Qi Yan would show up on time to send Lu Zhiqiao to work, and then offer to pick her up from work.
In order to avoid arousing discussion, she drove Lu Zhiqiao's car.
Just be a driver.
In the afternoon of the Lantern Festival, Qi Yan prepared the ingredients early and went to the Xinbei Group building. There was still an hour before office hours end. She called Lu Zhiqiao, and was taken to the director's office by the girl at the front desk.
Lu Zhiqiao just came back from a meeting and was talking on the work phone. When she saw Qi Yan coming in, she ignored her, turned her back to face the window, and continued to talk.
She is wearing a gray and white stand-up collar slim fit short jacket, with slightly curly long hair hanging over her shoulders, her back is slender, her voice is gentle but powerful, her speech is neither fast nor slow, she is graceful, and she looks shrewd and capable.
Qi Yan stared blankly at her back, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.
Is this the Lu Zhiqiao she knew?
Is this Lu Zhiqiao who can blush in a few words, tremble all over when hugged, and become even softer with a kiss?
"Why are you early today?" At some point, Lu Zhiqiao had hung up the phone and stood in front of her with a warm tone.
Qi Yan regained consciousness, her mouth moved, and she was about to speak when there was a knock on the door behind her. She reacted quickly and immediately sat on the sofa next to her, picked up a magazine and flipped through it, pretending to be a visitor.
On the contrary, Lu Zhiqiao showed surprise in her eyes, looked towards the door, said something, went back to the desk and sat down.
The person who came in was Chi Nian.
She was holding the laptop in her hand. Due to the angle, she couldn't see the sofa area from the first look. When she entered the door, she looked towards Lu Zhiqiao and nodded with a smile: "Director." Then she turned the computer screen to Lu Zhiqiao, "Tando company has sent the revised documents, this is the soft copy, please take a look."
Hearing this familiar voice, Qi Yan was startled, and quietly turned her head to glance over. Sure enough, it was Chi Nian.
It's over.
She only thought about today's Lantern Festival, coming early to pick up Lu Zhiqiao from work, going to her own room for dinner and celebrating the festival. She forgot she was hiding their connection. Who knew that her momentary recklessness would make her bump into her friend coincidentally.
Qi Yan wasn't listening to what they were discussing, her heart was agitated, she lifted the pages of the magazine to cover her face, silently praying that Chi Nian would not see her.
But God is against her.
After reporting, Chi Nian turned around holding the computer, and saw a person sitting on the sofa at a glance, with long hair and long legs... She opened her eyes wide in surprise, looked at the person, and then looked sideways at Lu Zhiqiao.
Lu Zhiqiao raised her eyebrows calmly, and asked quietly, "Is there anything else?"
"...No, no more." Chi Nian laughed awkwardly, her eyes fell on Qi Yan again, and finally went out.
There was silence in the office.
Lu Zhiqiao looked at the person on the sofa, inexplicably felt it was funny, shook her head helplessly, ignored her, continued to approve the documents, answered two work calls halfway, went out for a while, and when she came back, Qi Yan was still sitting there without moving.
It was already dark, and the lights in the room were bright. Her eyelids were drooping, her long hair covered half of her side face, and she looked depressed.
"Your friend saw you." Lu Zhiqiao sighed.
Qi Yan hummed softly, suddenly grabbed Lu Zhiqiao's hand, raised her head, apology flashed in her gloomy eyes: "I've caused you trouble, I'll explain it to her properly."
"Have you asked her about me?"
"Absolutely not!"
Gossiping about the boss is taboo in the workplace, Qi Yan would not sell out a friend, especially when that friend just made trouble two days ago. Her eyes were sincere, but her heart was empty. After speaking, she grabbed Lu Zhiqiao's hand and kissed the back of it flatteringly: "Director Lu, it's time to get off work. Let's go home for the Lantern Festival."
Lu Zhiqiao stared at Qi Yan, and chuckled, "I can understand your feelings now."
"What?"
"I also don't want to be treated as someone who doesn't distinguish between public and private." She curled up her slender fingers, gently grabbed a strand of Qi Yan's hair, and sniffed it at the tip of her nose.
Smells good.
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"Who is this?"
The voice on the phone was a little strange, and the number was not in the address book, Lu Zhiqiao guessed that the other party should be an ordinary employee. Because the company is large, employees who are not direct subordinates or employees in a different department, seldom save each other's numbers, but some ordinary employees will unilaterally save the numbers of their superiors.
"I'm Li Lan from the Foreign Trade Division..." The young girl's voice sounded flustered.
Lu Zhiqiao frowned imperceptibly, took out a pair of leather short boots from the shoe cabinet, put them on then opened the door and went out: "What's the matter?"
There was a gust of draft in the corridor, and it was chilly. She had just returned from a warm island vacation, and she couldn't adapt for a while. She pulled up her skirt, pressed the elevator, and glanced at the opposite door inadvertently. Then a voice on the phone interrupted her thoughts.
"It's...the order with the African Tando company...the first shipment has arrived at the port of destination..."
The elevator slowly ascended to the ninth floor, and when the door was opened, Lu Zhiqiao was stunned, her face sank, and she said in a low voice, "Didn't I say not to ship until we receive the revised documents, haven't you received the notice?"
"I just saw the notification this morning..." The girl was about to cry.
"Where's Manager Chi?"
"I don't know. I called her but she didn't answer."
The elevator door was slowly closing again, Lu Zhiqiao hurriedly pressed it, walked in quickly, and pressed the first floor, "I will be at the company in twenty minutes."
Last year, they made an order worth 2 million US dollars with the African tando company. The shipment was originally stipulated in October, and the customer also sent a letter of credit as scheduled. However, during the audit, it was found that the denominated currency on the letter of credit did not match the original contract. At that time, the matter of changing the cooperative factory was not settled, and the goods were not ready for a while, so they had to delay for a few days and asked the customer to send a revision letter according to the contract, and then delayed the delivery in batches.
The customer sent a letter saying that it has been corrected and urged the shipment, but the revised documents has been delayed for two months and has not been sent.
Under such circumstances, it is definitely not possible to deliver the goods. At that time, Lu Zhiqiao was not in the company, and Chi Nian, the manager of the regional department, signed it first. After she made it up the next day, she asked Chi Nian to send a notification that the goods would not be shipped if they didn't receive the revised document.
On the last day of work before the year, Chi Nian personally reported to her, that the notification was disseminated.
The result is now——
There was a bit of traffic on the morning rush hour road, the car stopped at the intersection and waited for the red light, Lu Zhiqiao looked solemn, grabbed the steering wheel with one hand, took out the Bluetooth headset with the other, put it on, and called Chi Nian. The other party had an appointment with a client this morning, and she couldn't go to the company until at least eleven o'clock. She was shocked to hear the news.
"I have already sent a notice to wait for the revision, how could they arbitrarily..."
"Okay." Lu Zhiqiao interrupted softly, "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, I will go to the company first, and come over as soon as your matter is settled."
"Okay."
She hung up the phone, then the green light lit up.
When she arrived at the company, the four elevators were full. Lu Zhiqiao's face was calm and indifferent, but her heart was terrified. She took the VIP elevator at the side door and went up. As soon as she stepped into the department's office area, she heard the voice of lectures.
"You reported directly to a higher up? You bypassed two levels? Did you think that me and Manager Chi doy exist?"
"I……"
A man in his mid-twenties was furious. Just as the young female staff member was about to speak, she saw Lu Zhiqiao behind her and shouted, "Director Lu!"
The man froze for a moment, turned around quickly, and immediately changed his attitude, nodded and bowed: "Director."
Lu Zhiqiao nodded with a cold face, beckoned to the girl, and turned to walk to the office. Today is very unlucky, the assistant Xiao Wan is sick and took two days off. She has to make tea by herself, but she is not in the mood right now.
Li Lan followed her into the office and explained the whole process nervously
She just passed the probationary period in September last year, and she took a few small projects intermittently, and suddenly received a big order of two million US dollars, and she was overjoyed. First, it was delayed for a long time because of the change of factory, and then the customer repeatedly reminded her that the letter of credit had been amended, but she did not receive the notice, and she was anxious, thinking that the customer would definitely keep her promise, so she did not thought that much.
"I checked my mailbox many times before, and I really didn't receive any notification. I checked WeChat this morning and found that Manager Chi had sent it..."
"WeChat?" Lu Zhiqiao frowned.
Li Lan nodded sharply: "Well, the group in our department. But there are so many news, I haven't read it all the time, I just checked it this morning."
The company clearly stipulated that any work arrangements and notices must be communicated by email. Lu Zhiqiao clearly remembered that she had sent the email to Chi Nian and asked her to distribute it. She had repeatedly confirmed with her twice before the year ended. After all, the value of the first batch of goods is not a small amount. If something goes wrong, the loss will be huge.
Lu Zhiqiao had an urge to strangle Chi Nian to death.
The most urgent task is to solve the problem and find a way to remedy it. She asked Li Lan to go to the issuing bank, but the bank told her that the letter of credit had expired and refused to pay. This means that the only expectation can only be placed on the credit of the customer. If the other party fails to pay as promised, the company will suffer economic loss of at least US$500,000.
As a last resort, Lu Zhiqiao reported the incident to Shu Minxi. Although she was not responsible, she was scolded bloody.
After being scolded, she have to continue the meeting.
It was nearly eleven o'clock, and Chi Nian came back.
There was a cool and pleasant smell in the director's office. Lu Zhiqiao leaned back on the chair, rubbed her temples tiredly, raised her eyes and looked at the person opposite. She shouldn't get angry, and after a while she said calmly: "Manager Chi, this low-level mistake should not have happened to you."
At any rate, she is a middle-level manager. As soon as she entered the office, she was eager to shirk responsibility. She insisted that the people below deleted the email by mistake, but suddenly remembered that she had indeed forgotten to send the email, and only sent the WeChat group.
"I'm really sorry, Director, I..." Chi Nian frowned, keeping her head low.
Seeing her, Lu Zhiqiao remembered the night of the annual meeting, when Qi Yan suddenly appeared in the bathroom, which shocked her. This person is Qi Yan's friend, she doesn't know how good their relationship is, but being involved in this relationship will inevitably affect her judgment.
"It's about half a million dollars."
"Director..."
"If within half a month, the customer doesn't send a revised document or pay a single batch of payment, you and Li Lan will—" She gestured blankly, and before she could finish speaking, Chi Nian's face turned pale immediately, interrupted: "I will try my best to remedy it, please be rest assured."
Lu Zhiqiao didn't speak, but waved her hand to signal her to go out.
Encountering bad things at the beginning of the year means that the whole year will not be good. Although Lu Zhiqiao is not so superstitious, she is always restless in her heart, and her mood has been depressed these two days. Qi Yan visited her home every day, so she naturally found out that she was unhappy, but she didn't ask any questions, she didn't force her.
She thought it was because of work.
Qi Yan asked Chi Nian about it in passing, and was poured with bitterness, and she understood it roughly. It's a pity that she can't help much.
That morning, Lu Zhiqiao packed up and went out. As soon as she got down to the parking lot, she saw Qi Yan leaning against her car, as if waiting for her. As soon as she walked over, the woman raised her eyes and smiled: "Ms. Lu, your professional driver Yanyan will serve you."
Lu Zhiqiao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered the red sports car in front of the company building that night.
"I'll take you to work." Qi Yan leaned closer, grabbed her hand and wrapped it in her palm, her voice soft.
Long hair like a waterfall, exuding a quiet and indifferent fragrance, soft and warm palms, Lu Zhiqiao looked into her deep and gentle eyes, her heart twitched unconsciously, and she nodded for some reason.
From that day on, every morning, Qi Yan would show up on time to send Lu Zhiqiao to work, and then offer to pick her up from work.
In order to avoid arousing discussion, she drove Lu Zhiqiao's car.
Just be a driver.
In the afternoon of the Lantern Festival, Qi Yan prepared the ingredients early and went to the Xinbei Group building. There was still an hour before office hours end. She called Lu Zhiqiao, and was taken to the director's office by the girl at the front desk.
Lu Zhiqiao just came back from a meeting and was talking on the work phone. When she saw Qi Yan coming in, she ignored her, turned her back to face the window, and continued to talk.
She is wearing a gray and white stand-up collar slim fit short jacket, with slightly curly long hair hanging over her shoulders, her back is slender, her voice is gentle but powerful, her speech is neither fast nor slow, she is graceful, and she looks shrewd and capable.
Qi Yan stared blankly at her back, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.
Is this the Lu Zhiqiao she knew?
Is this Lu Zhiqiao who can blush in a few words, tremble all over when hugged, and become even softer with a kiss?
"Why are you early today?" At some point, Lu Zhiqiao had hung up the phone and stood in front of her with a warm tone.
Qi Yan regained consciousness, her mouth moved, and she was about to speak when there was a knock on the door behind her. She reacted quickly and immediately sat on the sofa next to her, picked up a magazine and flipped through it, pretending to be a visitor.
On the contrary, Lu Zhiqiao showed surprise in her eyes, looked towards the door, said something, went back to the desk and sat down.
The person who came in was Chi Nian.
She was holding the laptop in her hand. Due to the angle, she couldn't see the sofa area from the first look. When she entered the door, she looked towards Lu Zhiqiao and nodded with a smile: "Director." Then she turned the computer screen to Lu Zhiqiao, "Tando company has sent the revised documents, this is the soft copy, please take a look."
Hearing this familiar voice, Qi Yan was startled, and quietly turned her head to glance over. Sure enough, it was Chi Nian.
It's over.
She only thought about today's Lantern Festival, coming early to pick up Lu Zhiqiao from work, going to her own room for dinner and celebrating the festival. She forgot she was hiding their connection. Who knew that her momentary recklessness would make her bump into her friend coincidentally.
Qi Yan wasn't listening to what they were discussing, her heart was agitated, she lifted the pages of the magazine to cover her face, silently praying that Chi Nian would not see her.
But God is against her.
After reporting, Chi Nian turned around holding the computer, and saw a person sitting on the sofa at a glance, with long hair and long legs... She opened her eyes wide in surprise, looked at the person, and then looked sideways at Lu Zhiqiao.
Lu Zhiqiao raised her eyebrows calmly, and asked quietly, "Is there anything else?"
"...No, no more." Chi Nian laughed awkwardly, her eyes fell on Qi Yan again, and finally went out.
There was silence in the office.
Lu Zhiqiao looked at the person on the sofa, inexplicably felt it was funny, shook her head helplessly, ignored her, continued to approve the documents, answered two work calls halfway, went out for a while, and when she came back, Qi Yan was still sitting there without moving.
It was already dark, and the lights in the room were bright. Her eyelids were drooping, her long hair covered half of her side face, and she looked depressed.
"Your friend saw you." Lu Zhiqiao sighed.
Qi Yan hummed softly, suddenly grabbed Lu Zhiqiao's hand, raised her head, apology flashed in her gloomy eyes: "I've caused you trouble, I'll explain it to her properly."
"Have you asked her about me?"
"Absolutely not!"
Gossiping about the boss is taboo in the workplace, Qi Yan would not sell out a friend, especially when that friend just made trouble two days ago. Her eyes were sincere, but her heart was empty. After speaking, she grabbed Lu Zhiqiao's hand and kissed the back of it flatteringly: "Director Lu, it's time to get off work. Let's go home for the Lantern Festival."
Lu Zhiqiao stared at Qi Yan, and chuckled, "I can understand your feelings now."
"What?"
"I also don't want to be treated as someone who doesn't distinguish between public and private." She curled up her slender fingers, gently grabbed a strand of Qi Yan's hair, and sniffed it at the tip of her nose.
Smells good.
Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=3975255"Who is this?"The voice on the phone was a little strange, and the number was not in the address book, Lu Zhiqiao guessed that the other party should be an ordinary employee. Because the company is large, employees who are not direct subordinates or employees in a different department, seldom save each other's numbers, but some ordinary employees will unilaterally save the numbers of their superiors."I'm Li Lan from the Foreign Trade Division..." The young girl's voice sounded flustered.Lu Zhiqiao frowned imperceptibly, took out a pair of leather short boots from the shoe cabinet, put them on then opened the door and went out: "What's the matter?"There was a gust of draft in the corridor, and it was chilly. She had just returned from a warm island vacation, and she couldn't adapt for a while. She pulled up her skirt, pressed the elevator, and glanced at the opposite door inadvertently. Then a voice on the phone interrupted her thoughts."It's...the order with the African Tando company...the first shipment has arrived at the port of destination..."The elevator slowly ascended to the ninth floor, and when the door was opened, Lu Zhiqiao was stunned, her face sank, and she said in a low voice, "Didn't I say not to ship until we receive the revised documents, haven't you received the notice?""I just saw the notification this morning..." The girl was about to cry."Where's Manager Chi?""I don't know. I called her but she didn't answer."The elevator door was slowly closing again, Lu Zhiqiao hurriedly pressed it, walked in quickly, and pressed the first floor, "I will be at the company in twenty minutes."Last year, they made an order worth 2 million US dollars with the African tando company. The shipment was originally stipulated in October, and the customer also sent a letter of credit as scheduled. However, during the audit, it was found that the denominated currency on the letter of credit did not match the original contract. At that time, the matter of changing the cooperative factory was not settled, and the goods were not ready for a while, so they had to delay for a few days and asked the customer to send a revision letter according to the contract, and then delayed the delivery in batches.The customer sent a letter saying that it has been corrected and urged the shipment, but the revised documents has been delayed for two months and has not been sent.Under such circumstances, it is definitely not possible to deliver the goods. At that time, Lu Zhiqiao was not in the company, and Chi Nian, the manager of the regional department, signed it first. After she made it up the next day, she asked Chi Nian to send a notification that the goods would not be shipped if they didn't receive the revised document.On the last day of work before the year, Chi Nian personally reported to her, that the notification was disseminated.The result is nowThere was a bit of traffic on the morning rush hour road, the car stopped at the intersection and waited for the red light, Lu Zhiqiao looked solemn, grabbed the steering wheel with one hand, took out the Bluetooth headset with the other, put it on, and called Chi Nian. The other party had an appointment with a client this morning, and she couldn't go to the company until at least eleven o'clock. She was shocked to hear the news."I have already sent a notice to wait for the revision, how could they arbitrarily...""Okay." Lu Zhiqiao interrupted softly, "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, I will go to the company first, and come over as soon as your matter is settled.""Okay."She hung up the phone, then the green light lit up.When she arrived at the company, the four elevators were full. Lu Zhiqiao's face was calm and indifferent, but her heart was terrified. She took the VIP elevator at the side door and went up. As soon as she stepped into the department's office area, she heard the voice of lectures."You reported directly to a higher up? You bypassed two levels? Did you think that me and Manager Chi doy exist?""I"A man in his mid-twenties was furious. Just as the young female staff member was about to speak, she saw Lu Zhiqiao behind her and shouted, "Director Lu!"The man froze for a moment, turned around quickly, and immediately changed his attitude, nodded and bowed: "Director."Lu Zhiqiao nodded with a cold face, beckoned to the girl, and turned to walk to the office. Today is very unlucky, the assistant Xiao Wan is sick and took two days off. She has to make tea by herself, but she is not in the mood right now.Li Lan followed her into the office and explained the whole process nervouslyShe just passed the probationary period in September last year, and she took a few small projects intermittently, and suddenly received a big order of two million US dollars, and she was overjoyed. First, it was delayed for a long time because of the change of factory, and then the customer repeatedly reminded her that the letter of credit had been amended, but she did not receive the notice, and she was anxious, thinking that the customer would definitely keep her promise, so she did not thought that much."I checked my mailbox many times before, and I really didn't receive any notification. I checked WeChat this morning and found that Manager Chi had sent it...""WeChat?" Lu Zhiqiao frowned.Li Lan nodded sharply: "Well, the group in our department. But there are so many news, I haven't read it all the time, I just checked it this morning."The company clearly stipulated that any work arrangements and notices must be communicated by email. Lu Zhiqiao clearly remembered that she had sent the email to Chi Nian and asked her to distribute it. She had repeatedly confirmed with her twice before the year ended. After all, the value of the first batch of goods is not a small amount. If something goes wrong, the loss will be huge.Lu Zhiqiao had an urge to strangle Chi Nian to death.The most urgent task is to solve the problem and find a way to remedy it. She asked Li Lan to go to the issuing bank, but the bank told her that the letter of credit had expired and refused to pay. This means that the only expectation can only be placed on the credit of the customer. If the other party fails to pay as promised, the company will suffer economic loss of at least US$500,000.As a last resort, Lu Zhiqiao reported the incident to Shu Minxi. Although she was not responsible, she was scolded bloody.After being scolded, she have to continue the meeting.It was nearly eleven o'clock, and Chi Nian came back.There was a cool and pleasant smell in the director's office. Lu Zhiqiao leaned back on the chair, rubbed her temples tiredly, raised her eyes and looked at the person opposite. She shouldn't get angry, and after a while she said calmly: "Manager Chi, this low-level mistake should not have happened to you."At any rate, she is a middle-level manager. As soon as she entered the office, she was eager to shirk responsibility. She insisted that the people below deleted the email by mistake, but suddenly remembered that she had indeed forgotten to send the email, and only sent the WeChat group."I'm really sorry, Director, I..." Chi Nian frowned, keeping her head low.Seeing her, Lu Zhiqiao remembered the night of the annual meeting, when Qi Yan suddenly appeared in the bathroom, which shocked her. This person is Qi Yan's friend, she doesn't know how good their relationship is, but being involved in this relationship will inevitably affect her judgment."It's about half a million dollars.""Director...""If within half a month, the customer doesn't send a revised document or pay a single batch of payment, you and Li Lan will" She gestured blankly, and before she could finish speaking, Chi Nian's face turned pale immediately, interrupted: "I will try my best to remedy it, please be rest assured."Lu Zhiqiao didn't speak, but waved her hand to signal her to go out.Encountering bad things at the beginning of the year means that the whole year will not be good. Although Lu Zhiqiao is not so superstitious, she is always restless in her heart, and her mood has been depressed these two days. Qi Yan visited her home every day, so she naturally found out that she was unhappy, but she didn't ask any questions, she didn't force her.She thought it was because of work.Qi Yan asked Chi Nian about it in passing, and was poured with bitterness, and she understood it roughly. It's a pity that she can't help much.That morning, Lu Zhiqiao packed up and went out. As soon as she got down to the parking lot, she saw Qi Yan leaning against her car, as if waiting for her. As soon as she walked over, the woman raised her eyes and smiled: "Ms. Lu, your professional driver Yanyan will serve you."Lu Zhiqiao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered the red sports car in front of the company building that night."I'll take you to work." Qi Yan leaned closer, grabbed her hand and wrapped it in her palm, her voice soft.Long hair like a waterfall, exuding a quiet and indifferent fragrance, soft and warm palms, Lu Zhiqiao looked into her deep and gentle eyes, her heart twitched unconsciously, and she nodded for some reason.From that day on, every morning, Qi Yan would show up on time to send Lu Zhiqiao to work, and then offer to pick her up from work.In order to avoid arousing discussion, she drove Lu Zhiqiao's car.Just be a driver.In the afternoon of the Lantern Festival, Qi Yan prepared the ingredients early and went to the Xinbei Group building. There was still an hour before office hours end. She called Lu Zhiqiao, and was taken to the director's office by the girl at the front desk.Lu Zhiqiao just came back from a meeting and was talking on the work phone. When she saw Qi Yan coming in, she ignored her, turned her back to face the window, and continued to talk.She is wearing a gray and white stand-up collar slim fit short jacket, with slightly curly long hair hanging over her shoulders, her back is slender, her voice is gentle but powerful, her speech is neither fast nor slow, she is graceful, and she looks shrewd and capable.Qi Yan stared blankly at her back, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.Is this the Lu Zhiqiao she knew?Is this Lu Zhiqiao who can blush in a few words, tremble all over when hugged, and become even softer with a kiss?"Why are you early today?" At some point, Lu Zhiqiao had hung up the phone and stood in front of her with a warm tone.Qi Yan regained consciousness, her mouth moved, and she was about to speak when there was a knock on the door behind her. She reacted quickly and immediately sat on the sofa next to her, picked up a magazine and flipped through it, pretending to be a visitor.On the contrary, Lu Zhiqiao showed surprise in her eyes, looked towards the door, said something, went back to the desk and sat down.The person who came in was Chi Nian.She was holding the laptop in her hand. Due to the angle, she couldn't see the sofa area from the first look. When she entered the door, she looked towards Lu Zhiqiao and nodded with a smile: "Director." Then she turned the computer screen to Lu Zhiqiao, "Tando company has sent the revised documents, this is the soft copy, please take a look."Hearing this familiar voice, Qi Yan was startled, and quietly turned her head to glance over. Sure enough, it was Chi Nian.It's over.She only thought about today's Lantern Festival, coming early to pick up Lu Zhiqiao from work, going to her own room for dinner and celebrating the festival. She forgot she was hiding their connection. Who knew that her momentary recklessness would make her bump into her friend coincidentally.Qi Yan wasn't listening to what they were discussing, her heart was agitated, she lifted the pages of the magazine to cover her face, silently praying that Chi Nian would not see her.But God is against her.After reporting, Chi Nian turned around holding the computer, and saw a person sitting on the sofa at a glance, with long hair and long legs... She opened her eyes wide in surprise, looked at the person, and then looked sideways at Lu Zhiqiao.Lu Zhiqiao raised her eyebrows calmly, and asked quietly, "Is there anything else?""...No, no more." Chi Nian laughed awkwardly, her eyes fell on Qi Yan again, and finally went out.There was silence in the office.Lu Zhiqiao looked at the person on the sofa, inexplicably felt it was funny, shook her head helplessly, ignored her, continued to approve the documents, answered two work calls halfway, went out for a while, and when she came back, Qi Yan was still sitting there without moving.It was already dark, and the lights in the room were bright. Her eyelids were drooping, her long hair covered half of her side face, and she looked depressed."Your friend saw you." Lu Zhiqiao sighed.Qi Yan hummed softly, suddenly grabbed Lu Zhiqiao's hand, raised her head, apology flashed in her gloomy eyes: "I've caused you trouble, I'll explain it to her properly.""Have you asked her about me?""Absolutely not!"Gossiping about the boss is taboo in the workplace, Qi Yan would not sell out a friend, especially when that friend just made trouble two days ago. Her eyes were sincere, but her heart was empty. After speaking, she grabbed Lu Zhiqiao's hand and kissed the back of it flatteringly: "Director Lu, it's time to get off work. Let's go home for the Lantern Festival."Lu Zhiqiao stared at Qi Yan, and chuckled, "I can understand your feelings now.""What?""I also don't want to be treated as someone who doesn't distinguish between public and private." She curled up her slender fingers, gently grabbed a strand of Qi Yan's hair, and sniffed it at the tip of her nose.Smells good.
