Chapter 187: Why Are You The Only One So Disgusting?
So, Lu Qiaoge and Hu Ze quickly left the Finance Office.
But Lu Qiaoge stood at the doorway without leaving, and continued talking to Hu Ze: “…Didn’t I return to the office? I was just preparing to double-check it again. What if there was a mistake? The people in the Finance Office would be unhappy again.
When I went to get the ink, a fly landed on the number twenty banknote, so I used the fly swatter to swat the fly dead. Who would have thought it was a female fly, full of maggots in its belly…”
“Ugh ugh…”
Liu Jing couldn’t hold back anymore, covering her mouth as if she was about to vomit in disgust.
She glared hatefully at Lu Qiaoge, tears flowing down uncontrollably.
Lu Qiaoge ignored how others reacted, just sneering coldly: “I already gave you a chance, but you didn’t cherish it, so you can’t blame me!”
“There are so many people in the Finance Office, why are you the only one disgusted like this? Did you deliberately eat the banknote into your stomach to frame me? That way, there would be no evidence left, right?”
Everyone looked at Lu Qiaoge and Liu Jing who was covering her mouth.
What was there not to understand?
Liu Jing felt waves of nausea, and she had no choice but to cover her mouth and run out of the Finance Office. Judging by the direction, it should be the public toilet.
Accountant Shen slapped the table: “Lu Qiaoge, your Food Factory’s banknotes are either bird droppings or fly maggots. What do you mean by this? In the future, who in the Finance Office would dare to reconcile accounts with your banknotes.”
Inside and outside the room quieted down again.
Huang Juan gave Lu Qiaoge a look, signaling her not to conflict with Accountant Shen.
But she was also quite dissatisfied inside.
Earlier, when Liu Jing was jumping around, she didn’t criticize her at all, but now she was speaking up.
Although it was fine to side with people from her own office, if she could say more useful things on normal days, Liu Jing wouldn’t have had the courage to destroy the banknote.
From small to big, what if it was something more important that couldn’t be compensated?
Lu Qiaoge wasn’t annoyed nor did she argue back, but smiled faintly: “Accountant Shen, the bird dropping one was real, but it’s also a Chinese medicinal material called white lilac. Hu Ze had cleaned it up at the time, so even if accidentally eaten, it wouldn’t matter. But the fly maggots one I made up, don’t take it seriously!”
Accountant Shen: “…”
He had always known Lu Qiaoge was eloquent, and today he truly experienced it.
Accountant Shen had no choice but to soften his expression and said to Lu Qiaoge: “Director Hu just emphasized it too. Both of you have your own reasons, but there was no third person in the Finance Office at the time, so this matter can’t be proven. Maybe you lied, maybe Liu Jing lied. Director Hu is right. Fortunately, no irreparable loss was caused. Be careful in the future, especially since you are now the Acting Factory Director of the Food Factory. Your corn cakes are very popular, not to mention you have foreign trade orders. Be cautious with money matters from now on.”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t refute, smiled and agreed, and then this matter… was temporarily over.
But Liu Jing took sick leave.
So everyone had an idea of what really happened.
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Lu Qiaoge found Elder Sister Su and told her about her idea to exchange for grain. Elder Sister Su was shocked when she heard it.
Could it be operated like this?
If it could really be done, that would be great merit.
Of course, the premise was approval from the authorities.
Lu Qiaoge said: “Let’s go to the Foreign Trade Section first. I have Mr. Zhen Xi’s business card here with the phone number. We’ll contact Mr. Zhen Xi first.”
Elder Sister Su nodded without any hesitation: “Okay, I’ll tell the leader and we’ll go.”
Anyway, they were going to the Foreign Trade Section, and whether it succeeded or not was up to them to decide.
The district leaders told Su Hongmei to just go. It didn’t matter if it didn’t work out.
Unexpectedly, Director Zhou of the Reception Office in the Foreign Trade Section saw Lu Qiaoge arrive and welcomed her warmly, proactively asking what the matter was.
Lu Qiaoge explained her plan and also told Director Zhou that the application report had already been submitted, and there should be a reply in the next few days.
Director Zhou was shocked and didn’t hold back, directly telling Lu Qiaoge: “What a coincidence. Mr. Zhen Xi called yesterday saying a friend asked him if he could cooperate with us. I asked what kind of cooperation, and Mr. Zhen Xi said his friend runs a clothing company. He said clothing transactions should be the ones with the least controversy right now. But Mr. Zhen Xi is straightforward and directly told me that the other party’s clothing was all stockpiled and unsold goods. The garment factory is in Hong Kong and doesn’t want to go too far. They think our place is very backward and should be able to take their clothing. Mr. Zhen Xi said he was just acting as the middleman, and we could decide whether to take it or not.”
Lu Qiaoge and Elder Sister Su exchanged a glance.
Elder Sister Su said: “Qiao Ge, why don’t you call first to consult?”
So, Lu Qiaoge called Mr. Zhen Xi.
Now, making calls, especially this kind of call, required a specific place and specific personnel to accompany.
And there were no mobile phones yet; they were basically landlines, even in Hong Kong.
Director Zhou glanced at the business card, and it was the same one given to him.
Not only the company but also the residential one.
International long distance had been opened in Jiangcheng, but it wasn’t for civilian use yet. It couldn’t be made at the post office now, only in specific departments.
Like the Reception Office of the Foreign Trade Section.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhen Xi was really at the company.
After some pleasantries, Lu Qiaoge stated her purpose and plan.
Mr. Zhen Xi on the other end was quite surprised.
He said: “My friend didn’t think there would be a next time. He just wants to dispose of defective products. Some of the fabric has issues, and… there are old clothes too, but the price is very low. I’m just helping him ask. If you want them, I can call him now.”
Director Zhou and Elder Sister Su both frowned.
Old clothes, actually nothing wrong with that. Nowadays, clothes were passed from big to small. Many people specially added patches to the knees and buttocks when buying new pants, because those two places wore out fastest. Adding patches in advance could make them last a few more years.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t refuse outright. After all, the authorities hadn’t replied yet. If they didn’t agree, she could only wait two years to mention it again.
But this call was to understand the clothing market in Hong Kong.
She said: “Mr. Zhen, do you know about the clothing market in Hong Kong?”
Mr. Zhen Xi said: “I do.”
The Zhen Group mainly dealt in building materials, minerals, energy, etc. Clothing wasn’t the main business, but they had hypermarkets, which naturally sold clothing, high, middle, and low-end.
But those were all managed by big brother.
As for him, after being dragged to the mainland for a trip, the old master became cold toward him upon return.
He didn’t want to think about the reason, because thinking about it made him irritable and gave him unbearable headaches.
After wandering around here, he found his life compared to the people here was simply like paradise.
So, he was actually very calm now. He thought about it and told Lu Qiaoge about the clothing market in Hong Kong.
There were many clothing companies in Hong Kong, most exporting abroad.
So the competition was also very fierce.
After hearing about a few companies from Mr. Zhen Xi, Lu Qiaoge had an idea in her mind.
After thanking Mr. Zhen Xi, Lu Qiaoge hung up.
This call expense was quite high.
Now it was two-way billing, both sides had to pay…
