Chapter 2454

"I'm not talking to him this time. His father arranged for us to meet tonight, so I'm talking to that bastard's father! I don't believe that in front of his father, that bastard can do anything to me!" Jin Lulu finally described the negotiation tonight in more detail.

"Oh, so that's how it is?" Zhao Desan understood a little bit, then asked suspiciously, "Which big leader is that bastard's father?"

"Just come tonight and you'll see. I can't explain it clearly to you on the phone! Shangri-La Hotel, be there on time at seven o'clock tonight!" Jin Lulu dropped the specific negotiation location and hung up the phone, not giving Zhao Desan any room to think.

Listening to the 'beep beep beep' hang-up sound from the phone, Zhao Desan took the phone away from his ear while his mind began to fog up. He really wanted to know what kind of big shot that Sun Mao Mao's father was, that even the boss of the underground world in Linbei District, 'Golden Leopard', had to fear him. And 'Golden Leopard' was not just a big shot in Linbei District; even looking at the entire underground world of Xijing City, no gangster dared to be tough with this old gangster who ate from both black and white paths. If that was the case, Sun Mao Mao's father seemed to be a really tough character. Thinking that Sun Mao Mao was a guy who relied on his father, Zhao Desan wanted to meet him even more, to see how hard this bastard's backing really was!

Thinking and thinking, Zhao Desan became more and more confused. He didn't quite understand how Jin Lulu could get in touch with Sun Mao Mao's father. Does this girl also have some background? Otherwise, to negotiate with a twenty-year-old girl, Sun Mao Mao wouldn't need his father to show up, right? Besides, last time when Ma Ting asked 'Golden Leopard' to come out to negotiate, that bastard single-handedly settled 'Golden Leopard', such a tough nut. Now, negotiating with a girl like Jin Lulu, he actually had to use his father. Could it be that this girl really has some background? Thinking and thinking, Zhao Desan became more and more confused. The more confused he was, the more he wanted to meet Sun Mao Mao's backing and get to the bottom of it.

Deciding to go and be an eyewitness for Jin Lulu tonight, the promise to treat Tong Xiaoli to dinner tonight went down the drain. However, Tong Xiaoli was a colleague who lived and worked with him every day, and she was his assistant, so delaying the treat was fine. The key was to settle Jin Lulu's matter first. Firstly, Zhao Desan was afraid that if he didn't go tonight, in case that bastard played some tricks, Jin Lulu would definitely suffer a big loss. At least after he went, not to mention anything else, just going head-to-head, with his skills, he could hold on a bit, at least he could let Jin Lulu escape safely. Secondly, he really wanted to figure out Jin Lulu's identity and Sun Mao Mao's background. What kind of background do these people have? How come they are all so mysterious?

After returning to the office after the call, Zhao Desan glanced at Tong Xiaoli and saw that she was carefully summarizing the attendance sheet for this month. Zhao Desan took the attendance sheet from her and read it carefully. He saw that almost no one had violated the system he had set up this month. Occasionally, he found someone who was late, but it was because they had a high fever and were sick, which was why they were late.

"After summarizing the attendance sheet, send a copy to the Finance Department and let them deduct the fines from the wages according to the deduction system!" Zhao Desan finished checking the attendance sheet and handed it to Tong Xiaoli, instructing her.

"Yes." Tong Xiaoli nodded, suddenly thought of something, and asked suspiciously, "By the way, Director Liu, what are you going to do with the fines deducted from the wages by the Finance Department?"

After being suddenly asked this by Tong Xiaoli, Zhao Desan suddenly realized this problem. He glanced at Tong Xiaoli and began to think thoughtfully. In fact, this problem seemed small, but it was actually very big. If they just kept deducting fines like this, if the whereabouts of these funds were unknown, or if there was no clear explanation of their use, then people in the unit would gossip and guess wildly whether this money had been embezzled by him, the leader. Although as a government unit, everyone's wages were paid by the District Finance Bureau, due to the fact that the institutional settings and some system connections of many government units in Chanba District were not yet perfect, the District Finance Bureau would allocate the wages of the District Construction Committee to the Finance Department of the District Construction Committee in the form of a total amount, and then the finance department would pay it to the cards. As for how to dispose of these funds and what to use them for, reminded by Tong Xiaoli's question, Zhao Desan felt that this was really a matter that could not be underestimated. He pondered for a full five or six minutes and finally thought of a more feasible method, which was to use these deducted fines as bonuses to be issued to the advanced individuals evaluated democratically by the unit every month. This method could not only effectively put an end to innocent lateness and leaving early, but also stimulate the work enthusiasm of the unit's employees. It was a method that killed two birds with one stone and was perfect. So his eyes lit up, and he said to Tong Xiaoli, "Let the finance department list the deducted money separately, and issue it as a bonus to the advanced individuals selected by the unit every month. It will be implemented starting this month. Xiaoli, what do you think of this method?"

Tong Xiaoli's eyes also lit up, and she said, "That's right, Director Liu, this method is good. This can promote everyone's work enthusiasm and avoid some gossip caused by the fact that this money is not public."

Zhao Desan smiled smugly and said, "That's how I am. Alright, go and tell the finance department, let them draft an announcement and post it, so that everyone knows about this system."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Tong Xiaoli nodded, took the summarized attendance sheet, and walked straight out of the office.

Watching Tong Xiaoli walk out of the office, Zhao Desan lit a cigarette again and smoked it leisurely. Thinking of the good situation in the unit where everyone was competing with each other in work, Zhao Desan looked smug.

Throughout the afternoon, Zhao Desan's mind was only thinking about one thing, and that was to go and testify for Jin Lulu tonight.

Due to the experience of Wu Min's sudden arrival, Zhao Desan didn't dare to flirt and joke with Tong Xiaoli in the office too much. He just occasionally made a joke or two, and the rest of the time he sat quietly at his desk, each doing their own job. Before getting off work, just as Zhao Desan was thinking about what excuse to use to decline the promise to treat Tong Xiaoli to dinner tonight, Tong Xiaoli came to him. She stopped her work and said to Zhao Desan, "Director Liu, it's almost time to get off work. Where are you going to treat me to dinner?"

"Ah?" Zhao Desan opened his mouth wide, saw Tong Xiaoli suddenly raise her eyebrows and look at him suspiciously, and quickly pretended to be nonchalant and said, "What do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat... want to eat... hot pot!" Tong Xiaoli rolled her eyes and said excitedly.

"No problem." Zhao Desan pretended to agree readily.

Although he agreed verbally, Zhao Desan was thinking about what excuse to use to put off Tong Xiaoli. Half an hour later, Zhao Desan finally had a flash of inspiration, a sudden idea, and thought of a brilliant method. Taking advantage of Tong Xiaoli not paying attention, he quietly set an alarm on his phone to go off in five minutes. The alarm prompt was the ringtone of his own phone, "I Want to Have a Home". After setting the alarm, he quietly placed the phone on the table, then pretended to be buried in work, while counting every second in his heart, waiting for the ringtone to go off in five minutes.

"I want to have a home... a home with a warm embrace..." Five minutes later, as Zhao Desan expected, the phone alarm went off, playing his ringtone. To those who didn't know the truth, they would know that someone had called him.

Although the phone was ringing, Zhao Desan deliberately pretended to be fully immersed in his work and didn't hear the phone ringing.

Sure enough, Tong Xiaoli, who didn't know the truth, fell for it. Hearing Zhao Desan's phone ringing constantly and seeing him indifferent, as if he didn't hear it, she reminded him, "Director Liu, your phone is ringing."

"Ah?" Zhao Desan heard Tong Xiaoli talking to him, then raised his head and pretended to look at her suspiciously, then immediately realized and said "Oh", quickly picked up the phone, pretended to press it, put it to his ear, and then began to perform his superb acting skills. He saw his eyebrows knit, the expression on his face immediately became uneasy, he jumped up from the chair with a 'swoosh', raised his voice and said: "What?... Ah? My mother had a heart attack and was hospitalized? Okay, okay, okay, I'll go to the hospital right away! Okay, let the hospital save my mother first, okay, talk later!" After saying this, he hung up the phone, immediately took his coat from the back of the chair, and said urgently to Tong Xiaoli, who didn't know what had happened, with a panicked and uneasy face: "Xiaoli, my mother had a heart attack and was hospitalized. I'll treat you to dinner next time. I have to go to the hospital first." After saying this, he walked straight toward the outside of the office without saying another word.

Watching Zhao Desan walk out of the office in a panic, Tong Xiaoli's first reaction was that the big meal tonight was ruined again. Thinking that Zhao Desan had stood her up twice, she couldn't help but pout angrily and stomp her feet with a 'humph'. However, thinking that since his mother had a heart attack and was hospitalized, she should understand, so Tong Xiaoli wasn't too angry about being stood up by Zhao Desan twice.

After walking out of the office, Zhao Desan let out a long sigh. However, thinking of the lie he had just made up, even he himself felt a bit of a headache. His mother had passed away long ago. Using a deceased relative to lie made him feel full of self-reproach and guilt. But only by using this excuse could he gain Tong Xiaoli's trust, otherwise, if he kept standing people up like this, no one would feel happy.

Coming out of the office, because he thought of his mother and the innocence and worry-free days of his childhood, Zhao Desan suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart. Driving this eight-new Passat assigned to him by the unit, his thoughts were flying all the way, and the past was vivid in his mind.

When people are thinking about something, they often feel that time passes very quickly. Originally, it would take a full forty minutes to drive from the district to the Shangri-La Hotel in the city, but this time, Zhao Desan felt that time passed very quickly. Unknowingly, when he came back to his senses, he found that the Shangri-La Hotel was already right in front of him.

1345. Chapter 1328: Sun Changsheng?

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