Chapter 745: Zhang Shenghui's doubts

Zhang Shenghui came to the office in the morning and picked up the phone to call Wu Hongkang, but no one answered, and he didn't pay much attention.

He called again after 2:00 PM, and still no one answered. He called again before getting off work in the evening, and still no one answered.

At this time, he felt something was wrong. No matter whether Wu Hongkang saw Zhou Andong or not, he should have notified him at this time.

He sat there thinking for a while, and then called Wu Hongkang's pager.

Watching the sky outside getting dark, his stomach growling with hunger, Wu Hongkang still didn't return the call.

Zhang Shenghui looked at the time and left the office.

The next day, as soon as Zhang Shenghui arrived at the office, the first thing he did was pick up the phone, but Wu Hongkang's office still didn't answer.

After calling the pager, he waited until noon, and Wu Hongkang still didn't return. His expression gradually became serious.

After eating lunch, Zhang Shenghui sat in the office thinking about things. After 1:30 PM, he picked up the phone and called the Hongxing Winery supply and marketing section.

This time it was connected very quickly, and a woman's voice came: "Hello, this is the Hongxing Winery supply and marketing section."

Zhang Shenghui said in a deep voice: "I am Zhang Shenghui, general manager of Qin Chi. Why has no one answered the phone in your factory director's office, and why hasn't the pager been returned?"

The other party was very polite: "General Zhang Zong, hello, I don't know about this matter."

"I have an urgent matter to find Factory Director Wu." Zhang Shenghui said: "Can you ask someone to go to the factory office and ask?"

"Okay!" The other party agreed and then hung up the phone.

Zhang Shenghui frowned. He felt that Wu Hongkang was deliberately avoiding him. What exactly happened?

After half an hour, Zhang Shenghui called again, and the woman's voice came through the receiver.

"Hello, this is the Hongxing Winery supply and marketing section."

Zhang Shenghui took a deep breath: "I am Zhang Shenghui!"

"Hello, General Zhang Zong!" The other party said: "Yesterday morning, our factory director came to the factory for a look, and then went to see Chairman Zhou of the Yugong Group. He didn't come back last night, and he hasn't been seen this morning. No one knows where he went."

"Okay, thank you!"

Zhang Shenghui put down the phone. Now he could be sure that Wu Hongkang was deliberately avoiding him.

Zhang Shenghui stood up and paced back and forth in the office. Were Wu Hongkang and Zhou Andong plotting something?

Before, he and Wu Hongkang were inseparable, and they acted together on everything.

Now he had been abandoned, and he suddenly felt empty and very uncomfortable.

Mainly, he didn't know if Zhou Andong and Wu Hongkang were really plotting something, but excluded him.

Zhang Shenghui stopped, stood there thinking for a long time, and then picked up the phone and called the person in charge of Qin Chi's Beijing office.

"Liu Zhong, I am Zhang Shenghui. Zhou Andong, the chairman of the Yugong Group, his father is hospitalized in the Military General Hospital. You go buy some gifts and take me to visit."

A man's voice came through the receiver: "Going now?"

Zhang Shenghui said: "Going now, and..."

The two talked for more than ten minutes before Zhang Shenghui put down the phone.

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In Beijing, a man in his forties walked quickly out of the Qin Chi office and stood at the door with a worried face.

Going to the hospital to visit Zhou Andong's father, what gifts to buy? After all, they are not short of money. Too expensive or too cheap, neither is appropriate.

At this time, a girl in her twenties walked over: "Uncle Liu, what are you standing here for?"

"Just right, help me refer to it." Liu Zhong smiled, "I'm going to the hospital to visit the chairman of the Yugong Group, Zhou Andong's father. What gifts are better to buy?"

The girl pointed back: "Turn left at the intersection, go straight and pass another intersection, about thirty meters away, south of the road, there is a newly opened flower shop. Buy a bouquet of flowers and some imported fruit."

(In the early 1990s, China's annual flower production reached over 1.5 billion branches for the first time, and the annual consumption of flowers in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou exceeded 100 million branches. From the 1980s to the early 1990s, the number of flower shops in Shanghai increased from more than 100 to more than 1,000, and Beijing also increased from the original 30 to more than 100.)

Liu Zhong looked at the girl suspiciously: "Just buy a bouquet of flowers and some fruit?"

The girl asked strangely: "Are they short of money?"

"No!" Liu Zhong shook his head, "It's precisely because of this that I'm worried. Too expensive or too cheap, neither is appropriate."

"Uncle Liu!" The girl said with a smile: "Your idea is wrong. They are not short of anything, so the weight of the gift is not important. What is important is the intention.

If it were General Zhang Zong going personally, he wouldn't need to buy anything. His presence is actually a kind of intention, and Chairman Zhou definitely wouldn't pick on it. But you are not General Zhang Zong, so you must buy some gifts. Therefore, flowers and fruit are just right."

Liu Zhong thought for a while: "What you said really makes some sense."

The girl raised her head proudly: "How about it, do you want me to go with you?"

"Okay!" Liu Zhong walked away, "Let's go!"

The two bought flowers and a lot of fruit, took a taxi to the hospital, went upstairs, and knocked on the door of the ward.

A sound of running came from the ward, and then the door opened a crack with a creak.

The two were startled because they didn't see anyone, and then heard a childish voice.

"Who are you looking for!"

The two looked down and saw a chubby, very cute little girl, and then they put their hearts into their stomachs.

The girl squatted down: "Little friend, you are so cute!"

Old Four smiled and said: "Sister, you are also so pretty!"

"Ha!" The girl was praised by Old Four and beamed with joy, because such a small child would not lie, "We are looking for Chairman Zhou, is he here?"

Old Four blinked: "Chairman Zhou is not here!"

At this time, Yuan Liying's voice came from inside: "Old Four, who is it?"

Old Four turned back and shouted: "Looking for Chairman Zhou!"

Yuan Liying came out of the inner room and saw the girl and Liu Zhong, "You..."

"Hello!" Liu Zhong hurriedly said: "We are from the Beijing office of Qin Chi Liquor. Our General Zhang Zong couldn't contact Chairman Zhou, so he asked me to come and see."

Yuan Liying didn't know who General Zhang Zong was, but she knew Qin Chi, so she made way: "Don't stand outside, come in quickly."

Liu Zhong and the girl entered the ward, put down the flowers and fruit, and the girl asked: "Auntie, when will Chairman Zhou be back?"

Yuan Liying looked at the quartz clock hanging on the wall: "Our Dongzi is accompanying his sister to take the college entrance exam, and he will only come back after eating outside in the evening, around six or seven o'clock."

The girl's eyes turned: "Auntie, we have an urgent matter to find Chairman Zhou. Go to the exam venue to find him, do you know the address?"

"I know!" Yuan Liying told the girl the address of the exam venue.

The girl and Liu Zhong left, took a taxi, and headed straight for the exam venue. After arriving, the two saw at a glance that two cars were parked in front of a cold drink shop diagonally opposite the exam venue.

One was a Mercedes, one was an Audi 100, and then they glanced at the license plate. They didn't know whose the Mercedes was, but they knew the Audi 100, which was Wu Hongkang's car.

"They are really together!" Liu Zhong muttered, "Go, find a phone booth and call General Zhang Zong." ===== CHAPTER 746 =====