C1606 Preliminary Agreement
"Heh heh." The chief smiled and said, "Old Sun, alright, you are truly loyal. Come, let's have another drink. "Don't worry, I'll definitely do my best to help out with the registration. Now, those people in the department, especially the press department, I know where their weaknesses are. You just have to listen to me."
"Alright, then I'll leave this matter to the old fellow. Come, let's do it!" Sun Dongkai raised his glass happily.
A deal was made at the wine table.
From Sun Dongkai's point of view, it did not seem like he was just being selfish. After all, he was thinking about the development of the group. It was indeed difficult to get a newspaper number these days.
However, I also know that Sun Dongkai wanted to make a name for himself with the help of a new newspaper. Ever since he took over the top job in the corporation, he hasn't done much.
To the Commissioner, this seemed to be a half-private transaction, using his own authority to make use of the convenience of having his own personal car. Moreover, he only had his own right of use of this car, so it could be considered as a loan, and that was not a big deal. Now that Sun Dongkai took the initiative to ask, why not do it?
After dinner, he sent the guests away. Sun Dongkai said to me, "Yi, you can arrange for the Passat Key to be given to the director to drive away tomorrow."
I nodded and said, "Secretary Sun, isn't this inappropriate?"
Sun Dongkai laughed, "What's wrong with that? The Chief does things for us, we give him in return, this is a matter of course, these days, if there are no benefits, who would do things for you? If you have so many colleagues in the newspaper industry, why would they give it to you? We're just borrowing a car for the Commissioner to use, not giving it to him. We're not paying bribes, he's not taking bribes, just borrowing, borrowing, understand? "
I nodded. "Oh."
Sun Dongkai patted on my shoulder and said meaningfully: "Yi, you will gradually understand later on about government affairs. Although power is given by the people, the Party, and the organization, but the people who use the power of operation are all people, not gods. Since people have desires, they have needs, from top to bottom.
There are still many departments, links, and various levels of leadership that will need to be filled in the future. It is only because I have a good personal relationship with the Director that he would be willing to accept my good intentions. If it were someone else who isn't familiar with me, they would not even give you this face.
In the next moment, they wouldn't be able to easily get rid of the people from the Yanjing. Putting everything else aside, just treating them to a meal meant that they wouldn't be able to afford a meal for no more than 320,000 yuan. They wouldn't even be able to afford anything if the price was low. "With the current market price, if you want to get a newspaper published under your name, you can forget about getting any money without the operation of three million and five hundred thousand. Those big lords up there have a huge appetite."
Sun Dongkai's words seemed to make sense, so I didn't say anything more.
The next day, I personally handed the keys to the car to the director. Without any formalities, he drove away.
Actually, I wanted to ask the Commissioner to write a IOU, but after some thought, I decided against it.
I knew that if I did, the director would be embarrassed and annoyed, and maybe walk away, and Sun Dongkai would be furious.
Afterwards, I reported this matter to Qiu Tong. After I finished speaking, Qiu Tong remained silent for a long time with a pensive expression on her face.
If Qiu Tong didn't say anything, would it mean that she acknowledged this or what? I don't understand.
The next day, Qiu Tong called me into her office after work.
"Don't intentionally tell others about this car." Qiu Tong said.
I nodded, "Yes, I only told you that. As for whether Sun Dongkai told anyone else, I don't know."
"Where's Su Dingguo?" Qiu Tong said.
"I just asked him to pass the car keys to me, saying that this car's leader has his own special uses and arrangements. Su Dingguo will do it immediately without asking anything." "No," I said.
"Yes." Qiu Tong nodded. "Old Su is a smart man."
I said, "He may be aware of this, but it's quite common for people at the lower levels to borrow cars for their superiors these days, isn't it?
Qiu Tong laughed, "Yes, it is common. Everyone has their own plans and needs, so it is no longer surprising. However, although it is normal to see it, it is better not to make a big story out of it. Keep a low profile. "
I promised again.
Nowadays, even if we are doing official business, especially asking the higher authorities to do things, it is very difficult for us to not invite them to give us gifts. Especially for a corporation like us who is managed by an enterprise, it can be considered as half a state-owned enterprise. Qiu Tong added with a helpless expression, "If this publication is really going to work, it would be a great thing for our corporation. The corporation will grow even more powerful. It's just that I'm worried. "
"What are you worried about?" I said, "Worried of losing?"
Qiu Tong nodded. "The National Press and Publications Agency has strict control over newspaper numbers now. They usually don't give them back."
"The system is set by humans. If we don't try, how can we know if it will succeed or not?" "No," I said.
Qiu Tong laughed. "What you said makes sense. I hope it will succeed."
Qiu Tong seemed to be thinking about something as she said this, but I couldn't guess what she was thinking about.
On the afternoon of the third day, Zhang Mei came back. Her family's condition had improved a lot, and her mood had also improved a lot.
In the evening, Faang Aiguo, Zhang Mei and I ate together in the restaurant of the Pearl Bead Hotel where she stayed and opened a private room.
Zhang Mei seemed to be in a good mood, drinking with us one by one, everyone was laughing and talking.
During this time, Zhang Mei stood up to go to the bathroom. Faang Aiguo wanted to go with her, but Zhang Mei smiled and said, "Come on, don't make it look so ridiculous. You have to go to the bathroom with me. You're crazy!"
Faang Aiguo scratched his head in embarrassment and everyone laughed.
"Alright, I don't need any bodyguards to follow me to the washroom. If others see this, they will laugh themselves to death." Zhang Mei walked out with a smile.
Faang Aiguo smiled awkwardly and sat down.
After a long time, I didn't see Zhang Mei come back. I was a little worried, so I told Yang Xinhua to go out and take a look.
"Brother Yi, if Sister Zhang is still in the ladies' room, how am I supposed to go in and take a look?" Yang Xinhua said awkwardly.
"You fool, don't tell me you're looking for a waitress to take a look!" "No," I said.
"Heh heh." Yang Xinhua laughed and went out.
Everyone laughed again.
After a while, Yang Xinhua pushed open the door and stumbled in. His face was pale as he said, "Brother Yi, Sister Zhang, she …" She … She's gone! "
I jumped to my feet. "What did you say?"
Faang Aiguo and the others also stood up quickly.
"I … I just went out. "I took a look around the corridor, but didn't see Sister Zhang." Yang Xinhua stammered, "So I found a waitress and told her to go to the bathroom. Results... When she came out, she said there was no one inside. I don't believe it, I barged in, and in the end... There's really no one inside. "
Everyone's expressions changed. Everyone knew the importance of Zhang Mei. Everyone knew that the relationship between Zhang Mei and Lee Shun was not ordinary. Everyone knew that Zhang Mei's disappearance was not a trivial matter at such a critical moment.
"Damn it!" Faang Aiguo regretfully said: "I should have followed him out just now, how did I get careless?"
This was obviously not the time to be held accountable, and he couldn't blame Faang Aiguo. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen in such a place and under such circumstances? Who would have thought that there would be trouble at the bathroom in the dining room? Especially without any warning.
Also, even if it's weird, you still have to blame me first. At that time, I wasn't the only one that was careless.
I took out my cell phone and dialed Zhang Mei's number. Then my voice came from Zhang Mei's shoulder bag in the room. I went to open it. Her phone was in my bag.
My mind raced and I immediately made a decision. "Everyone split up and search. Xinhua will continue to search in the restaurant. Aiguo, bring them to the surroundings of the hotel."
Everyone immediately split up. I stood in the room for a moment, then took Zhang Mei's bag and directly went upstairs to the suite given to Zhang Mei.
Everything in the room was normal. There was no sign of anything abnormal.
I took out Zhang Mei's cell phone and looked at her phone records and text messages, but I couldn't find any valuable information. There were very few calls on her phone, and the contact names were all with family, as was the case with text messages. And the time was yesterday, not today.
Where did Zhang Mei go? How could she suddenly disappear? My heart was pounding, and I was thinking hard, and for a moment I couldn't think of anything.
It seemed that Zhang Mei didn't take the initiative to go to the bathroom to play missing. If it was, then she would have at least brought her phone with her even without her bag. Besides, there's no reason for her to want to get rid of us. We're her bodyguards, her friends, not her enemies.2
If that's not the case, then Zhang Mei disappeared on the spot. Two words flashed through my mind: Kidnapping!
If it really is kidnapping, then at least someone has been keeping an eye on us for a long time. They have been looking for the right opportunity and finally found the perfect opportunity for Zhang Mei to go to the bathroom without anyone following them. Kidnapping in such an environment and being surrounded by hotel staff was an extremely difficult task, especially since there were cameras in the hotel.
My heart leaped again at the thought of the camera, and my eyes lit up.
Then I thought, if it really is kidnapping, then the kidnapper must have thought that there was a camera in the hotel and must have thought of ways to avoid or deal with it.
Also, who would do this to Zhang Mei?
The first person I thought of was Wu De. Other than him, no one else in Hsinghai would do that.
Of course, there was also another possibility that Lee Shun was an opponent of Golden Triangle, but how could those bandits of Golden Triangle have painstakingly come here to kidnap Zhang Mei? If they wanted to deal with Lee Shun, they could do it on the way to Golden Triangle or the way to Hsinghai, and that would save more time and effort, so why would they bother coming here? Furthermore, the bandits of Golden Triangle were not familiar with this place, and choosing to do it here was clearly not a good idea.
Thus, the most likely target is Wu De. Only Wu De has the ability to track Zhang Mei's movements without her being detected by our people.
I secretly confirmed it, but I still went out to look for Faang Aiguo and the others with a fluke mentality.
I called Faang Aiguo and Yang Xinhua separately, but found nothing.
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