Chapter 25: Discussing The Follow-up
The two arrived at the main entrance all the way, and Su Yu Rou was sitting in the car idly dozing off.
She happened to be the head of marketing department, and Liu Jun had always been handling the marketing department’s work as well, so the husband-and-wife team coordinated quite well.
Liu Jun also saved on a driver this way, and at wine parties, he could rely on Su Yu Rou’s identity as a lady to help block some drinks.
It was truly a match made in heaven.
Once in the car, Su Yu Rou turned her head and saw the newcomers, then started the car while stretching and asked: “All good?”
“What could have happened? If that scumbag dares to report to the police, he’ll be the one who can’t get away with it. He ran off after dealing with his injury.”
Liu Jun didn’t take it to heart at all, his face full of disdain.
Su Yu Rou patted her chest, still feeling lingering fear when recalling the moment Liu Jun suddenly smashed the wine bottle, and turned to glare at him.
“Don’t be so impulsive next time, you scared me to death just now.”
“Third brother’s wife, drive! This dog food is so sweet it’s cloying!”
Fan Ren rubbed his forehead. Ever since Su Yu Rou was brought into the company by Liu Jun, the two were fine inside the company, at least maintaining some distance on the surface.
But every time after work, he had to hitch a ride home and would occasionally get stuffed full of dog food by the two.
Otherwise, why would he go take the driving test?
Looking at Liu Jun beside him, he was grinning widely with a silly smile like a total idiot.
“Annoying, General Manager Fan always teases us.”
Fan Ren quickly covered his ears. Tomorrow he would drive himself to and from work!
The car started up, and bursts of laughter occasionally came from inside, as if nothing had happened tonight.
Back at the residence, Fan Ren didn’t rush to wash up and pulled Liu Jun to sit down at the teacup table on the first floor.
“I’ll brew some tea for you two.”
Seeing the situation, Su Yu Rou clearly knew the two had something to discuss, so she immediately took the kettle and went to the kitchen.
“Here!”
Fan Ren lit a cigarette for himself and Liu Jun.
He couldn’t help but inwardly mock himself; now that he had money, he wasn’t even restraining his smoking habit much.
“General Manager Zhang and Ma Wei dining together today probably isn’t simple behind the scenes.”
He sorted out his thoughts, his face shrouded in cigarette smoke, making his expression hard to see.
Liu Jun nodded. If he couldn’t see through these things, he wouldn’t have directly smashed Ma Wei in front of General Manager Zhang today.
How could there be such a coincidence in the world? A scumbag like Ma Wei inviting a greedy and lecherous person like General Manager Zhang to dinner and eagerly sending women to him.
If there wasn’t some shady dealings between them, no fool would believe it.
At this time, Su Yu Rou quietly walked over and poured tea for the two, said nothing extra, and then withdrew.
Fan Ren enviously glanced at Liu Jun. What dog shit luck, to accidentally meet this sensible and reasonable woman through such a clichéd hero saving the beauty scenario.
Liu Jun smugly held his head high.
“How about it? Envious, huh!”
Fan Ren laughed and cursed, “Fools have fool’s luck.” Then he brought the topic back.
In his view, with Ma Wei stepping out, Ma Gaosheng’s shadow must be behind it.
He had dealt with Ma Gaosheng once and knew he was no simple character, able to endure losses and bide his time.
It must be noted that currently, the leading enterprises in wireless charging had all tacitly ceded the Linhai market, a fact that Fan Ren and Liu Jun were well aware of.
Over this period, aside from some price issues with business partners, Xinghai’s wireless charging business had been secured with little pressure.
Don’t think Liu Jun was busy; in most cases, a drinking session could directly serve as a celebratory banquet.
The current situation was that most individual charging pile businesses in Linhai and surrounding areas had been taken over by Xinghai.
But when it came to large parking lots, General Manager Zhang was the key figure.
Most industries have their circles.
Coincidentally, in the Linhai area, General Manager Zhang was one of the main persons in the circle with considerable right to speak.
If cooperation with General Manager Zhang could be reached, then foreseeably, the Linhai chessboard would come alive.
Before this, Liu Jun had already reached a cooperation intention with General Manager Zhang’s side, just one step away from truly signing the contract.
However, at this critical moment, the Ma family father and son jumped out to sabotage, and it definitely wasn’t just simply to disgust Xinghai.
Fan Ren couldn’t help but think of a question.
Did Deli Electric Power Headquarters know about this?
But he immediately felt helpless. Even if they knew, what could be done? Could you forbid people from treating friends to dinner?
It had to be said that Fan Ren was indeed disgusted by this move.
Liu Jun listened while his brows furrowed.
Fan Ren gently clinked his teacup against Liu Jun’s and continued: “I can’t see much in other aspects for now. But foreseeably, these clients in large parking lots on the Linhai side will be hard to win over.”
As his words fell, the living room suddenly fell into brief silence.
A series of conflicted expressions flashed across Liu Jun’s face, then with some desperation he said: “If worst comes to worst, I’ll go home. The old man at home has some connections accumulated over the years.”
“Get lost, I know you better than that?”
Fan Ren laughed and cursed.
Over all these years since graduation, Liu Jun hadn’t even gone home, pouring all his energy into Xinghai’s business.
Fan Ren knew exactly what he was thinking.
Since the family had given him the successor title, the guy was holding a grudge, determined to make Xinghai surpass the Liu Family.
Then let his father see if the initial choice was right.
Pretty chuunibyou, right?
But he was only 23! Why couldn’t he be chuunibyou!
“I’m telling you this now with no other meaning, don’t rush—let me finish!”
Fan Ren stopped Liu Jun’s prepared retort and continued: “I have a clear plan for Xinghai’s development. To say something bold without fear of you laughing, high-voltage wireless charging technology is just a stepping stone I use to train company backbone personnel. Otherwise, why would I hire so many research personnel for no reason?”
Liu Jun gaped at Fan Ren calmly saying these words and couldn’t help but say: “Second brother, can we not get arrogant? At a time like this, no need to act cool in front of your own brother, right?”
“Get lost.”
“You’ve known me for so many years—when have you ever seen me do something without confidence?”
“Xu Min…”
Fan Ren stood up and glared hatefully at Liu Jun before heading upstairs. This damn day couldn’t be discussed anymore.
At the hospital.
Xu Min woke up not long after Fan Ren and the others left, and in a daze all the way, she was pulled by Zeng Yingying into a taxi and returned to the shared apartment.
Liu Xinyue distressingly rubbed Xu Min’s head while incredulously looking at Zeng Yingying.
“What? You said Ma Wei he…”
Fan Ren had instructed her before leaving to try not to mention him. Zeng Yingying considered it and selectively recounted the events of the evening.
After speaking, looking at Xu Min again, her eyes were now filled with fear.
She only remembered drinking two glasses of baijiu: one at Ma Wei’s request to toast General Manager Zhang, and the other returned by General Manager Zhang.
After that, her memory became all fuzzy, vaguely remembering someone coming to hug her and trying to undress her.
“No… it can’t be, did you see wrong, Zeng Yingying?”
Hearing Liu Xinyue say this, Zeng Yingying was too lazy to respond. At a time like this, would she joke about this matter?
Her gaze fixed on Xu Min—she was the person involved. Only she knew the more specific details.
Xu Min racked her brain trying to recall those unclear images: Ma Wei, General Manager Zhang, the wooden sliding door she knocked over when she unexpectedly fell.
She vaguely remembered a few familiar faces too.
But at this moment, she couldn’t recall who they were.
“Say something!”
Zeng Yingying couldn’t hold back. If they hadn’t all been there today, Xu Min would probably be ready to jump off a building by now.
Surely at this point, she wasn’t still thinking of Ma Wei’s good side, right?
“Why are you yelling so loud? You scared Minmin.”
Liu Xinyue distressingly hugged the frightened Xu Min and angrily glared at Zeng Yingying.
“It’s okay, see, it’s all fine now. Minmin, don’t be afraid, think slowly, no rush. We can’t casually slander people. I still think Ma Wei isn’t that kind of person.”
As she spoke, her eyes glanced at Zeng Yingying opposite.
Seeing Xu Min like this and Liu Xinyue still defending Ma Wei, Zeng Yingying suddenly lost her temper for some reason.
“Right, why were you there tonight?”
Zeng Yingying irritably replied: “Company gathering.”
After saying that, she stomped angrily toward the room.
