He quickly answered the call, and Old Gao said to his phone, "Lawyer Tang, is there something you need?"
From the phone, Tang Fangjing's voice came through, "Director Gao, oh my, I apologize, there's something I need to tell you, I've had a bit of a schedule change..."
As Old Tang spoke, Old Gao's heart sank to rock bottom.
But the next sentence left Old Gao dumbstruck.
"About our lecture, do you think we could schedule it for this afternoon?"
"Wha... What? This afternoon?" Old Gao replied, completely baffled.
"Yes, this afternoon. It depends on your convenience. If it's not, we'll stick to the original date..."
"Of course, it's convenient. There is absolutely no problem on our end!" Director Gao stated decisively.
Just kidding, even if there were problems, they had to be treated as non-existent. Rescheduling to an earlier date, now that's what I call a pleasant surprise!