Chapter 44: Fear of What You Fear

The three arrived in front of the office door. Gu Bing was stunned: "I remember locking the door after work last night." Saying this, he pushed the door open, and then saw Seeing Jian Qiu holding a teacup, sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, looking at a magazine.

"How did you get in?" Gu Bing frowned.

Seeing Jian Qiu said without raising her head: "I had a key to your office."

"No!" Gu Bing was anxious. "How could you have a key to my office?"

"Had it made a long time ago, do you have an opinion?" Seeing Jian Qiu looked up at Gu Bing. "Hey, it's just a key to your office, is it worth having such a black face? At worst, I'll give the key back to you."

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "His face is black, not because you had a key to his office."

Seeing Jian Qiu was immediately interested: "Then why?"

"Sister Qiu, let me tell you." Jiang Yuyue sat beside Seeing Jian Qiu and told her what happened.

After yesterday's contact, Jiang Yuyue found that Seeing Jian Qiu wasn't as cold as she appeared, but rather easy to get along with, especially with this girl's familiar personality. In just one day, the two women became close.

Seeing Jian Qiu laughed loudly: "Actually, you should be happy. Don't have a black face, come on, smile."

Gu Bing said irritably: "I'm being stepped on again and again, and I should be happy?"

Seeing Jian Qiu said: "Before, you were a little transparent, and even the employees didn't take you seriously. But after today, who dares not take you as Secretary?"

Zhou Andong nodded: "Exactly, who dares not take a bean bun as dry food."

"What kind of metaphor is that." Gu Bing raised his foot to kick.

Zhou Andong laughed and dodged: "Come on, come on, let's continue playing, and win a few hundred more from you for the New Year."

"Play my ass!" Gu Bing said: "You didn't say let me go talk to Yan Guohai about life? I'm going now."

"What's the rush? Let the matter at the factory gate ferment, and when it reaches Yan Guohai's ears, the effect should be even better." Seeing Jian Qiu greeted, "Come on, where are the cards? I lost dozens yesterday, I have to win them back today."

At this time, Qu Hongqi was in Zhang Deyou's office, reporting what happened at the factory gate: "This matter has too much influence. Many employees saw it. If it's not handled, Gu Bing will definitely make a fuss."

Zhang Deyou's face was livid, and he said with hatred for iron not becoming steel: "It's really mud that can't support the wall. You too, knowing his character, yet letting him be on duty at the main gate alone, isn't this adding to the chaos?"

Qu Hongqi said: "I didn't expect him to reject Gu Bing's face, and even want to hit him."

Zhang Deyou sighed: "Let him go home and stay for a few days first. It won't be long before Gu Bing is transferred. After Gu Bing leaves, let him come back."

"Ah?" Qu Hongqi was stunned: "Gu Bing is going to be transferred?"

Zhang Deyou sneered: "If he continues to mess around like this, the factory will really be finished."

Qu Hongqi left excitedly, but he still had to write the self-criticism. As long as Gu Bing was the Secretary at the winery for one day, he was the big mountain pressing on his head, and he couldn't escape.

After ten o'clock, Old Li, the guard, sent today's newspaper.

The four didn't play anymore, found the newspaper, and couldn't wait to flip through it, but it didn't have the information they needed.

*Bang! * Gu Bing slapped the newspaper on the table. "Not today, then it's tomorrow."

The four played poker for almost a day. Around three o'clock, Qu Hongqi knocked on the door and entered. When he saw Zhou Andong, Seeing Jian Qiu, and Jiang Yuyue, his face became a bit ugly, and he really wanted to turn and leave. But reason told him that if he left now, he would regret it for a lifetime.

"Gu Shuji, this is my self-criticism." Qu Hongqi, with a cold face, placed the several sheets of letter paper filled with writing in front of Gu Bing.

Gu Bing took a look, grabbed it, and threw it on the ground: "What kind of stuff is this, go back and rewrite it."

Qu Hongqi's face suddenly turned red, and he clenched his fists, then took a deep breath, bent down to pick up the letter paper, and turned to leave.

Gu Bing snorted coldly: "Send it to my office at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Qu Hongqi paused, then walked out of the office, *bang*, slamming the door hard to vent the anger in his heart.

Zhou Andong looked at Gu Bing with surprise and gave a thumbs up: "You were finally smart for once."

Gu Bing chuckled: "Qu Hongqi isn't Yan Guohai. We can't win him over. If we don't take this opportunity to suppress him hard, I won't be able to sleep at night." Saying this, he stood up, "Time is almost up, I'm going to chat with Yan Guohai."

The sales phones in the Supply and Marketing Section were busy all morning, but there were fewer in the afternoon. By two o'clock, they had completely stopped.

Yan Guohai stood by the window, holding his enamel teacup, drinking tea one sip at a time, looking a bit restless.

"Gu Shuji is good!"

"Secretary, you're here."

"The Section Chief is in the office."

The movement outside made Yan Guohai jump. Before he could react, the office door opened, and he saw Gu Bing walking in with his hands behind his back, smiling.

"Secretary, why are you here." Yan Guohai hurriedly moved the chair behind the desk and placed it behind Gu Bing.

Gu Bing waved his hand: "No need to sit. I've been sitting for more than a year, it's better to move around."

Yan Guohai's heart jumped violently, a very bad thought popped up, but a smile piled up on his face: "Secretary, if you have something, just let someone notify me, I'll go to your office."

"It's nothing big, just came out for a walk, otherwise these bones would rust."

Gu Bing paced back and forth in Yan Guohai's office, looking left and right, which made Yan Guohai very uneasy. He always had a feeling that disaster was imminent. As time passed, the atmosphere became more and more oppressive, and sweat began to break out on Yan Guohai's forehead. After a while, feeling the heat was about right, Gu Bing said calmly.

"Yesterday, more than twenty individual merchants came to buy liquor. They went to the Supply and Marketing Section first. How did you answer them?"

Yan Guohai's head buzzed. When he heard about what happened at the factory gate, he knew that this Gu Shuji was probably not willing to be lonely, and even pressed down the head of the always strong Qu Hongqi.

So he had always been restless, afraid that Gu Bing would find trouble with him because of the sales of Jiangzhou Yugong Liquor. He didn't expect that what he feared would really come.

"Hmm?" Gu Bing looked at Yan Guohai. "Why aren't you speaking?"

Yan Guohai felt bitter in his heart. It was the Old Factory Director and Zhang Deyou who told him not to sell Jiangzhou Yugong Liquor, but could he say that? He had already offended Gu Bing. If he said it, and then offended the Old Factory Director and Zhang Deyou, he wouldn't be able to mix in the winery in the future.

Looking at Yan Guohai, who was worried and silent, Gu Bing curled his lips into a smile that was hard to detect: "If Comrade Zhou Andong hadn't run into those individual merchants and pulled them back, could you afford this huge loss? If your behavior was reported factory-wide, what the consequences would be, you should know very clearly in your heart." ===== CHAPTER 45 =====

Looking at the dejected and silent Yan Guohai, a faint, imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Gu Bing's mouth: "If Comrade Zhou Andong hadn't run into those individual merchants and brought them back, could you have borne this huge loss? If your actions were reported factory-wide, you should know very well what the consequences would be."