CHAPTER 53

"It's causing trouble for the bureau!"

After hearing what Xu Fuhai said, Director Chen was stunned. He didn't expect that Xu Fuhai would take the initiative to clarify the problem without him saying anything. Such straightforwardness caught him off guard. However, after all, he had been a leader for a long time. After a moment of hesitation, he quickly adjusted himself. "Fuhai, this matter cannot be blamed on you. It was Zhou Haiguang's own work that was not up to standard and violated financial discipline. As a result, the special inspection team leader Bai Xiaojie found it out and directly handed it over to Ji W. You don't have to think too much."

Director Chen waved his hand and said, "No, Director, I asked Bai Xiaojie to focus on investigating Zhou Haiguang's case, and I also instructed President Li to hand it over to Ji W. Zhou Haiguang gave me this job, and if I don't do it, I will be the one to sign the inspection report in the future. This is too heavy a responsibility for me to bear."

Xu Fuhai said calmly. Listening to Xu Fuhai's words, even though Director Chen had experienced many storms, he was still shocked! It's not that no one has told him this guess, and he has been carefully verifying it, but what he didn't expect was that Xu Fuhai dared to say it in front of him! And when he said this, his attitude towards him was just like two equals communicating, and even his momentum was slightly higher than his! How could an ordinary employee without any position have such a temperament and mentality? He stared at Xu Fuhai, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said: "Fuhai, you are a little impulsive to do this. I heard that Zhou Haiguang had some unpleasantness with you before, but work is work, and personal grudges are personal grudges..." Xu Fuhai waved his hand and interrupted Director Chen's words with a gesture. This move caught Director Chen even more by surprise. He was interrupted when he was speaking in front of his subordinates? At this moment, Director Chen wanted to get angry, but years of cultivating his qi made him hold back. He wanted to hear what Xu Fuhai had to say. "Director Chen, I want to emphasize that there is no personal grudge between him and me. We are just talking about work. He is my superior, and I must complete the work he assigns me. However, in the process, we found problems and handled them according to the formal procedures. I don't think there is anything wrong with that."

After saying these words, he looked at Director Chen's increasingly ugly expression, smiled and said, "Of course, I know that it is a bit against the rules not to report this matter to the bureau in advance, but as I said, the procedure is fine, right?"

Director Chen was silent for a moment, then pointed at Xu Fuhai and said, "Old comrade, if you knew you should have informed the bureau in advance, why did you do this? We don't want to protect Zhou Haiguang, but you suddenly did this and put the unit in a passive position."

Listening to Director Chen's words, Xu Fuhai nodded and said, "Director, I am a straightforward person and I won't do those roundabout ways. I also know that my personality is not suitable for working in an institution. I just want to take this opportunity to talk to the bureau about something."

Xu Fuhai said, operating his mobile phone and sending a scanned image to the director's WeChat account. "This is a medical certificate I got from the top three hospitals in the capital. As you can see, after working for most of my life, my health is not as good as before. Don't worry, I'm not asking for a long-term sick leave. According to the regulations, I should be able to apply for early retirement in my situation. If there is no problem, please take some time to study it."

"Retire? You're not even 40 yet, and you want to retire now? If you retire after working for this long, your pension will be much less."

When Director Chen heard that Xu Fuhai was actually going to retire, he even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears! However, he quickly thought of the rumors in the unit that Xu Fuhai was rich, and also thought of the scene when he saw him leaving the unit in that luxury car a few days ago. "Fuhai, I'm older than you, and I haven't thought about retiring yet. You don't have the same idea as me."

Director Chen persuaded instinctively. Xu Fuhai smiled and was about to say something when Director Chen's phone suddenly rang on the desk opposite him. "Hello? What's wrong?"

Director Chen picked up the phone and gestured to Xu Fuhai to wait a moment. Xu Fuhai didn't care, nodded, took out his phone and started to check WeChat. As a result, he saw that Su Yiyi asked him to go to the yoga studio to exercise after get off work, and sent him a new exercise video she had taken. After clicking the "like" button and sending an "OK", Xu Fuhai continued to browse his phone happily. However, as he was browsing, Xu Fuhai slowed down because Director Chen, who was on the phone, sounded a little strange. "What? The hotel said they want to cancel? How can they do this? We signed the contract at that time! They are breaching the contract by doing this, and they have to pay liquidated damages!"

"The penalty has already been paid? What force majeure? They are simply being unreasonable!"

"Let me think of a solution? What can I do? There's less than a week left, where can I find a hotel? I told you to hold it in Fu City, but you didn't listen and insisted on holding the wedding in the capital. Now there's a problem! I can't do anything, you guys can handle it yourself!"

After hanging up the phone, Director Chen threw the phone directly onto the desk, looking annoyed. "Director Chen, what's wrong?"

Xu Fuhai asked curiously. "Hey! My kid is getting married soon, and his partner works in the capital, and they want to hold the wedding there. You said to hold it, but this hotel suddenly notified them that they were under inspection by the higher authorities and couldn't hold the wedding. Isn't this cheating? It's the peak season now, how can we find a new hotel at the last minute?"

Director Chen said in an annoyed mood. After he finished speaking, he himself was a little confused. Why did he talk to this young employee about these family matters? "Oh? The hotel you booked in the capital? Which one?"

Xu Fuhai asked curiously. "The Regent Hotel is in Haidian District, not far from the child's workplace."

Director Chen said casually. "Oh, when is the child's wedding?"

Xu Fuhai then asked, "It's this Sunday. Where can I find a place to go in the remaining few days?"

Director Chen spread his hands and said angrily, "Director Chen, wait a minute. I'll make a call."

Xu Fuhai said, took out his cell phone and called Jiang Wei directly. "Hello, boss, what can I do for you?"

Jiang Wei asked respectfully on the other end of the phone. "Please ask Liu Yumei if our hotel can still accommodate the wedding this Sunday?"

Xu Fuhai asked directly. "Boss, the hotel is hosting a total of three weddings this Sunday, but since our hotel's multi-functional banquet hall is still reserved, we should still be able to handle it. I just need to ask about the approximate scale."

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Wei reported the specific data without thinking. Xu Fuhai was very satisfied with the manager's professionalism, turned around and looked at Director Chen and asked, "How many tables do you need?"

When Director Chen saw Xu Fuhai making the phone call, the expression on his face was so wonderful! He was worrying about how to solve this matter, but he didn't expect that an ordinary employee actually had a connection with the Imperial Capital Hotel! Although he didn't know which hotel he contacted, it would be good as long as he could book it. Where else could he choose? Hearing Xu Fuhai asking how many tables he needed to book, Director Chen quickly said, "Not many, not many! More than 20 tables will be enough!"

"Well, we'll probably need more than 20 tables. Right, where should we arrange them? The sky garden on the top floor? Is that okay? I hope it doesn't rain. Is the weather okay? Okay then, you keep them for me first, and I'll have someone contact you when I need them. By the way, you did a good job, very careful, keep it up!"

After encouraging Jiang Wei for a few words, Xu Fuhai hung up the phone and turned to Director Chen and said, "Director, I have a hotel in the imperial capital, which happens to be near Haidian. They are in the same district, so it should not be too far from the hotel you mentioned. You can ask your nephew if he is willing to go to my place to handle it. If he does, I will ask them to give you an internal price directly."

Listening to Xu Fuhai's casual words, Director Chen's heart was immediately in turmoil! In the imperial capital... there is a hotel? What does that mean? Director Chen couldn't imagine it! Oh, it wouldn't be a small hotel with two or three rooms. Although the Regent Hotel that was booked before was not high-end, it was at least a four-star hotel. If it really changed to a small hotel, would the children be willing? "That... Fuhai, where is the hotel you booked in the imperial capital? How big is it?"

Director Chen asked curiously. "It's right over at China World Trade Center, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel China World Trade Center. There are several subway stations nearby, so the transportation is quite convenient."

Xu Fuhai said, quite satisfied with his memory. Jiang Wei had told him about that place several times, and he finally remembered it. "What? Ritz-Carlton?! Old Xu, you are kidding!"

Hearing Xu Fuhai say the name of the hotel, Director Chen could no longer remain calm and was so scared that he almost stood up from his chair! Even if he was not familiar with the hotel industry, he had heard of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, right? It was a five-star hotel chain with a global chain! Xu Fuhai actually said that he opened it? How rich must he be? No, to own a five-star hotel in a place like the imperial capital, it takes more than just money! Seeing Director Chen's look, Xu Fuhai smiled and directly sent him Jiang Wei's phone number and said, "Can this be a joke? Ask your sister-in-law to call this number directly and mention my name."

Seeing the call from Xu Fuhai, Director Chen was too surprised because his wife called again. "Push, push, push, push, I know you're pushing, aren't I going to contact you? A friend of mine just helped me contact a company, I'll send you the phone number, mention Xu Fuhai when you call, yes, you contact him first."

After hanging up the phone, Director Chen transferred the number Xu Fuhai sent to his wife, and continued chatting with Xu Fuhai. Not long after, the phone rang again. After answering the call, his wife's surprised voice came from the other end. "Old Chen, who is your friend? His connections are so powerful! He actually contacted the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and the sky garden on the top floor! And you don't know, that manager Jiang is very good, and the price he gave us is lower than you can imagine! It's only more than 30,000 yuan more expensive than the Regent, and that's a five-star hotel, five-star!! "

The wife on the other end of the phone was so excited that she was incoherent. Hearing his wife's extremely happy tone, Director Chen suddenly felt relieved and put on airs on the phone. "Okay, don't ask who it is. You won't know them even if you ask. Now that it's decided, let's do it quickly."

Director Chen ordered. "You don't even need to tell me that! By the way, Old Chen, you have to thank your friend. We owe him a big favor!"

On the other end of the phone, the old woman explained seriously. Director Chen nodded, and then looked at Xu Fuhai who looked relaxed on the other side, and actually felt a little bit of awe.