The people in the room were quiet for a moment, and soon started laughing again, just like a drop of water suddenly falling from a hot but calm oil pan, and the oil immediately splashed.
Xu Piaohong's father, Xu Guiqi, then said very apologetically to Huo Shaoheng: "Chief, I taught her a lesson, and she will never be so reckless again. Please have a lot of money and don't argue with her."
"Oh? What happened? Piao Hong, you actually offended our Mr. Huo? How courageous you are!" Admiral Ji's wife, Mrs. Ji, joked, "Should I be punished with three drinks?" She waved to the orderer. have a glass of wine
Xu Piaohong took it shyly and said to Huo Shaoheng, "Master Huo, shall I drink it?"
Huo Shaoheng looked at her, shook his head and said, "I don't understand what Miss Xu means. I don't remember you ever offending me. I can't afford the apology or the fine." As he said that, he looked at Admiral Ji and Admiral Ji beside him. His wife, "Mrs. Ji, General Ji, besides wishing you a happy New Year, I also have something to say today. General Ji, I wonder if you are free?"
"It's the New Year today, do you still have to work?" Mrs. Ji glanced at Admiral Ji with a smile. She had something to do on the first day of the new year, so this was too much...
Although Gu Nianzhi did not follow him, his eyes kept following Huo Shaoheng's figure.
Seeing that Mrs. Ji was dissatisfied with Huo Shaoheng, Gu Nianzhi suddenly became wise. The red wine he was holding suddenly fell down. There was a loud bang and everyone looked over.
The red wine spilled all over her pale pink skirt, making it particularly eye-catching.
Huo Shaoheng turned around and walked over, took her hand and looked up and down, "Are you okay? Are there any injuries?"
Gu Nianzhi shook his head and said sheepishly, "No, I was too careless."
Huo Shaoheng took her to General Ji and Mrs. Ji and bowed slightly to them: "General Ji, I'm thinking irritably that I'm causing trouble for you." Then he turned to Mrs. Ji and said: "Aunt Ji, please excuse me. Take her to change clothes."
Gu Nianzhi said hurriedly: "I have a set of clothes in the car. Just ask someone to pick them up."
Huo Shaoheng called his orderly, and soon the clothes were delivered.
Mrs. Ji walked down the slope, took Gu Nianzhi's hand and said, "Come with me quickly, it's a pity that this skirt is the new spring model of Saint Laurent, right?"
Not only is it a spring new style, but it is also a spring custom-made new style. It is also sold in limited quantities worldwide. There are only three pieces in total, and Gu Nianzhi's piece has been specially modified according to her preferences, and there is a mark with her name on the inside of the clothes.
Gu Nianzhi said with a smile: "Aunt Ji has really good eyesight. It is indeed the new model of Yves Saint Laurent. I feel sorry for her, but I was not careful. Who can blame me? Master Huo will definitely punish me by running a ten-kilometer cross-country run when I go back... "
"Oh? Is he so strict with you?" Mrs. Ji was amused, "Can you really run away?"
"It's true. I made mistakes before and this is how I was punished." Gu Nianzhi was very talkative and eloquent. She quickly distracted Mrs. Ji's attention, and her inadvertent flattery made Mrs. Ji smile.
It was only time to change a set of clothes, but Mrs. Ji was already so fond of Gu Nianzhi that she couldn't let go.
She took her around the house and introduced all the guests who came today to her, even more devotedly than to her own daughter.
Admiral Ji was dumbfounded as his wife and Gu Nianzhi "hit it off". He snarled several times before smiling at Huo Shaoheng and saying: "... This Gu Nianzhi is really amazing. He is indeed a lawyer. Look at that sweet mouth. Your Aunt Ji has coaxed her to heaven."
A faint smile appeared in Huo Shaoheng's eyes, but it quickly dissipated. He glanced at her calmly and said, "We are very strict with her, so she is more polite than ordinary girls."
When Xu Piaohong heard these words, something seemed wrong...
She bit her lip and stood next to her father Xu Guiqi. From the hot spot that attracted everyone's attention to the deserted situation now, it seemed that she had been forgotten by everyone.
Looking at Mrs. Ji who was coaxed away by Gu Nianzhi, and then at Admiral Ji who was about to leave the living room after discussing business with Huo Shaoheng, Xu Piaohong was a little anxious and gently pushed her father.
How dare Xu Guiqi disturb the conversation between General Ji and Huo Shaoheng
His status and military position were much inferior to those two.
I was able to talk to Huo Shaoheng and Admiral Ji today, thanks to Mrs. Ji's special regard for Xu Piaohong, and she was able to apologize to Huo Shaoheng in person when he came to pay his New Year greetings.
But I didn't expect Huo Shaoheng to deny any unpleasantness, making it seem like the father and daughter were deliberately looking for trouble to have a relationship with him.
It was incredibly embarrassing.
Xu Piaohong could only watch as Huo Shaoheng and Admiral Ji left the living room and went to the study.
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Arriving at the study, Admiral Ji sat behind the desk. He no longer smiled. He put his hands on the armrests of the chair and said to Huo Shaoheng, "Is there anything particularly important that you want to talk about now?"
"Because if we don't say it today, it might be too late tomorrow." Huo Shaoheng stepped forward and put a flash drive on Admiral Ji's desk, "That's right, in the year-end report of our department's overseas members, it was mentioned that a relatively large domestic company Companies have set up branches in Italy, but they are not really doing business, but are laundering money."
It is now the Spring Festival, and many bank businesses have been suspended. However, since the second day of the Lunar New Year, banks have been opening one after another, so this matter is indeed urgent.
Admiral Ji's eyes were heavy and he did not take the flash drive. He stared at Huo Shaoheng and said, "... This doesn't seem to be within your scope of authority."
"I thought so at first." Huo Shaoheng nodded slightly and continued calmly: "We checked the company's domestic headquarters as usual, and found that it has done a lot of business with the military, and was even once a member of the military. Supplier for several projects.”
"What?!" Admiral Ji was very surprised, "You mean this company has connections with the military?!"
"There is no connection." Huo Shaoheng sighed, "But in its contracts for military projects, it has cheated on quotations and shoddy goods. To be precise, it has used illegal methods in its transactions with the military. It earns high profits through various means, and now it is facing an audit by the military. It is worried that it will be found out, so it plans to transfer these profits to foreign banks."
"This is unreasonable!" General Ji was furious. He hated such black-hearted businessmen the most. "They even dare to embezzle money from military projects! I want to see who has the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard!"
Huo Shaoheng was silent for a while, then lowered his voice and said, "This is the second thing I want to say."
"What happened? Do you know who did it?" Admiral Ji stood up with a very stern voice: "Is it someone from within us?!"
Strictly speaking, suppliers for military projects must go through a bidding process before they can get project contracts, but there must be many people with connections.
Under the same bidding conditions, people with connections will definitely have a greater chance. This is an unspoken and unspoken rule.
But similarly, once there is a problem with a supplier, the insiders who use their connections to guarantee others will definitely be punished jointly and severally.
This can be regarded as rights and obligations complementing each other. It is impossible to only get benefits without assuming any obligations.
Huo Shaoheng nodded, with a helpless smile on his face: "This company has indeed taken the path of the military, and it is related to our family."
"Your family?!" Admiral Ji's face became even more ugly, "Shao Heng, don't say it's you!"
"Of course it's not me. To be precise, he's not from our family, but it has something to do with our family. Because that person was using my grandfather's name to help the company get the contract from the Military Logistics Department." Huo Shaoheng He said calmly, "She is my grandfather's head nurse Zhang Feng. You also recognize her."
"Is it her?" A strange look appeared on Admiral Ji's face, "Is it really her?"
"Well, I have obtained evidence of her transaction with that company." Huo Shaoheng said calmly, without any emotion, "The son of the company boss married Zhang Feng's niece, and the two families are related by marriage. They want to contract military projects As a supplier, but not qualified enough, Zhang Feng came forward and negotiated terms with Deputy Minister Liao of the Military Logistics Department under the banner of my grandfather."
"Old Liao?" Admiral Ji was even more stunned. He touched the back of his head for a while and sighed, "I don't blame him either. Old Liao is your grandfather's old subordinate and was promoted by him."
"Yes, that's why she was able to accomplish this under the banner of my grandfather." Huo Shaoheng nodded, "But this matter has nothing to do with our family. My grandfather didn't know about it from beginning to end. I We cannot allow our Huo family to be humiliated by this incident, so I asked General Ji to immediately order the bank to freeze all the assets of the company on the grounds that the military project was damaged, and at the same time send the military discipline inspection department to investigate Zhang Feng."
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This is the first update. It’s the last day of the month, so I’m asking for monthly votes and recommendation votes!
And today is Monday, so I forgot the recommendation list!
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(To be continued.)