The end of the year is approaching.
For the venture capital industry, the past year was clearly a turbulent year of blood and gore that will go down in history.
On the surface, the old case was cleared overnight. The internal staff of Qinrui Investment Bank were deeply involved in the case, and the management was almost wiped out. After the China Securities Regulatory Commission and other relevant agencies intervened in a thorough investigation of Qinrui, almost all the company's senior management was spared, and the system structure was shattered. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. Countless middle-level backbone elites were absorbed into other companies, and the one that benefited the most was Vio Capital, which was originally evenly matched with Qinrui.
In secret, countless people speculated about the role played by Vio Capital in the collapse of Qinrui Investment Bank, and characterized this case as a business war that lasted for several years...
In addition, there is another more popular saying:
According to people familiar with the matter, all of this was secretly planned by Qin Lou, the current chairman and general manager of Vio Capital, just to avenge his first love Song Shu and her mother who were unjustly killed.
To this end, he spent several years sleeping on straw and eating bitter food, and even risked the lives of some senior executives in the company's board of directors and his own aunt, in order to clear the injustice. His deep affection was so heartbreaking that anyone who saw or heard it cried.
—The favorite stories of gossip tabloids are "It's no wonder that a hero is attracted to a beautiful woman" and "A man is willing to risk his life for a beautiful woman": Judging from the strength and popularity of the various stories, the general public obviously prefers the last one.
Inside VIO Capital, where the rumor originated, all employees believed in the rumor, except for a few high-level executives who had something to hide.
Especially after Xu Jiajia, the former assistant secretary, was dismissed and resigned, and Qin Qing, who had just joined the company for less than two years and had no experience, suddenly became the right-hand man of An Xingyun, the special assistant to the general manager, rumors related to this rumor spread even more privately among the company's employees.
There is only half a month left until the end of the year. The year-end assessment is like a guillotine hanging over one's head. All departments are so busy that the only free time in the company is in the employee cafeteria.
A boring and depressing life is the first breeding ground for gossip.
At this time, at the outermost edge of the staff cafeteria, in the middle of the row with her back to the cafeteria entrance, a female employee curled her red nails and pouted her lips, "Tsk tsk, Assistant Xu is so miserable. I heard that she taught Qin Qing the most attentively. It can be said that she brought Qin Qing into the assistant team, but she didn't expect that in the end, she was blown away by someone's pillow talk."
Next to her, another female employee in the same department looked up and asked, "Could Xu Jiajia's resignation have nothing to do with Qin Qing? After all, the two of them worked together for a while, and it doesn't seem like there was any fundamental conflict between them?"
"How can it be unrelated?" Before the female employee with her fingernails curled up could reply, a male employee nearby sneered, "Both are pretty young girls. Except for them, all the assistant secretarial staff on the 22nd floor have been here for at least five years. They are the competition. If only one can stay, who do you think will stay?"
"It's so unfair. Assistant Xu is such a good person, but he was squeezed out just like that."
The female employee with red nails laughed contemptuously, "It can't be helped. Who can blame her parents for giving birth to a child who just happened to have a face that looks exactly like Mr. Qin's first love?"
"Is it exactly the same? Is this true?"
"Well, I also heard that they look alike... But just think about it. If they didn't look alike, why would President Qin dote on her so much? When he went on a business trip to Country E before, President Qin didn't bring any of his old assistants but only brought her. Doesn't this explain the problem?"
"Tsk, I'm really envious."
"Come on, what's there to envy about this? I think she's just glamorous on the surface. President Qin is using her as a stand-in, how good can he be to her?"
When Song Shu and Luan Qiaoqing walked side by side into the staff cafeteria, what accidentally slipped into his ears was the last sentence of the discussion among several people.
Song Shu and Luan Qiaoqing were originally discussing optimization measures for the year-end performance appraisal. After hearing this, they stopped at the same time.
Song Shu was the first to react. After she came to her senses, she blinked and reached out to pull to the side. Luan Qiaoqing, who was about to move, was pulled back to her original position by her.
"!" Luan Qiaoqing's face was already filled with anger. When she was pulled back, she turned around and looked at Song Shu, "They are so talkative—"
"It's just a reasonable guess." Song Shu's delicate face showed no emotion. "Besides, even if you can silence one person, can you silence everyone inside and outside the company?"
Luan Qiaoqing was so angry, "But we can't just let them say that, right?"
Song Shu thought about it, then raised her eyes nonchalantly. She pulled Luan Qiaoqing's wrist and walked towards the cafeteria window while calmly comforting her: "The pressure is high at the end of the year, so just let them vent their emotions. You've driven the growth of the company's KPI by yourself, so am I amazing?"
Luan Qiaoqing: “…”
Luan Qiaoqing was both angry and amused as she was dragged towards the cafeteria window by her careless elder sister.
However, if Luan Qiaoqing had a good and obedient personality, she wouldn't have caused so many troubles for Song Shu and Qin Lou since she was a child.
While Song Shu was not paying attention, Luan Qiaoqing found an excuse to get a drink, slipped into the cafeteria's security passage, took out her cell phone and called Qin Lou.
I called three times and was hung up on three times.
When I called for the fourth time, the voice on the phone simply said "The number you dialed is currently unavailable."
Luan Qiaoqing gritted her teeth: Judging from Qin Lou's past misdeeds, she reasonably suspected that she had been blacklisted.
"… It's just an accident that you were able to get away like this."
Luan Qiaoqing cursed the person with the phone number saved in her phone in her heart, while she frowned and thought about it.
After hesitating, she called Chu Xiangbin.
Without waiting for the other party to speak, Luan Qiaoqing interrupted: "Does my brother have any meetings today?"
Chu Xiangbin was silent for a few seconds, then asked with a smile: "Why, can't you contact him?"
“… Stop talking nonsense, just say it if you have guessed it.” Luan Qiaoqing raised her toes and kicked the corner unconsciously.
Chu Xiangbin was arrogant on the other side of the phone, "This is not the right attitude to use when talking to your superior, Minister Luan."
“… … ”
Luan Qiaoqing was almost furious.
Chu Xiangbin was right, he had indeed transformed himself into her immediate superior - Raymond Lam was on trial for an old case, and the position of deputy general manager at the head of three departments including the Human Resources Department was vacant, so this great contributor with outstanding historical performance was naturally promoted to the position of deputy general manager.
Now, according to her position, Luan Qiaoqing has to call him "Mr. Chu" when they meet.
Thinking of this, Luan Qiaoqing could not help but gnashing her teeth in anger. But after all, she had to ask for help, so after enduring for two seconds, she still reluctantly hummed twice: "... Uh-huh..."
"Minister Luan didn't eat?"
"!" Luan Qiaoqing gritted her teeth, "Mr. Chu."
Chu Xiangbin laughed happily on the other side of the phone, "That's right, Minister Luan."
"Stop wasting time... Tell me the answer right now."
"The Investment Decision Committee has its last year-end report meeting today. It started at 10 a.m. and probably hasn't finished yet. President Qin should be there."
Luan Qiaoqing frowned, "What time will he finish?"
"I'm not a god, so I can't tell the difference for you."
"… "
"Do you have something urgent to do with him?"
"Well, I guess so." Luan Qiaoqing stammered and said perfunctorily, "I called him, and he didn't answer, and he even blocked me."
"He's in a meeting. Isn't it basic etiquette not to answer the phone?"
"I have something to do."
Chu Xiangbin thought for two seconds and smiled, "I do have a way for you to contact him."
"What?" Luan Qiaoqing asked distrustfully, "Don't tell me to just barge into the meeting room - I'm not my sister. Qin Lou is even worse than you when he gets angry. The last time I did that, he almost threw me off the 22nd floor."
Chu Xiangbin laughed, "You also know who he has a special affection for? He didn't answer your call, so will he also not answer Qin Qing's call?"
"--Yes." Luan Qiaoqing's eyes lit up, "Sure, King Chu, I'll give you a box of King Hair Growth Liquid tomorrow as a token of my gratitude!"
After saying that, Luan Qiaoqing didn't give Chu Xiangbin a chance to "decline politely". She hung up the phone and turned around and ran away.
In the conference room next to the vice president's office on the 21st floor, Chu Xiangbin stared at his phone, which had returned to the home page, for two seconds and sneered.
"ungrateful."
After saying that, he turned and looked at his assistant team in the conference room, "Where were we just talking about? Let's continue."
The assistants held their foreheads and said, "..."
It’s basic etiquette not to answer the phone.
The staff cafeteria downstairs.
Luan Qiaoqing successfully borrowed Song Shu's phone on the grounds that "she had accidentally touched the lock screen of her phone and reached the upper limit of the number of incorrect unlocking times."
This time, after hiding in the safe passage and calling Qin Lou again, Luan Qiaoqing almost didn't hear the second ring before the call was connected.
A male voice came from the other side, changing from lazy to happy and surprised in a second—
"Clam shell?"
“… … ”
Although Luan Qiaoqing had a clear understanding that in Qin Lou's mind, Song Shu was different from everyone else, including herself, but such a huge difference in treatment still made her grit her teeth: "Fuck you, it's me, the one you just put on the blacklist!"
The voice on the other end returned to its lazy tone within a second, even with a hint of mockery and casual contempt after disappointment, "I'm in a meeting, can you please stop harassing me with phone calls?"
Luan Qiaoqing was so angry that she almost broke her teeth: "My phone number is a harassment call, but my sister's is not?"
Qin Lou sneered, "I don't mean anything else - except for the clam shells, you are all."
“… … ”
"Is it okay? If not, I'll hang up now."
"—My sister is being bullied, do you care?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone for three seconds. When he spoke again, his originally relaxed tone forced out a light and gloomy smile, "Who dares to bully her?"
Luan Qiaoqing was also frightened by the speed at which this madman changed his expression. After hesitating for two seconds, she finally spoke: "You'll know when you come down to the cafeteria."
"… "
The phone was suddenly hung up.
Thinking of that last laugh that sent chills down one's spine, Luan Qiaoqing walked out with lingering fear.
As she walked, she was wondering in her heart: Could she be doing something bad with good intentions? Qin Lou's intermittent madness was already scary enough, what if she made Song Shu angry again...
Luan Qiaoqing shuddered in her heart, and quickly became serious. She quickly deleted the "evidence" of her call to Qin Lou from the call log, and then quickly walked into the cafeteria.
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