Chapter 15 How about Being the Office Director?

When they returned from the big city, it was already close to noon the next day.

Jack first parked the car near the sub-branch, and then Lucy got out of the car and walked towards the sub-branch unhurriedly.

Jack looked at her slender back in the car and saw her small backpack slapping against her waist and hips. He thought that Lucy was quite charming at this moment.

This woman is really nice! But then, Jack scolded himself in his heart. What's so nice about her? She's just like my own elder sister.

After driving away those inappropriate thoughts in his heart, Jack shifted gears and stepped on the gas smoothly. The Audi sped off in another direction—

The place Jack was going to was his colleague Tom's home. This Tom had been sent to the provincial branch of the bank to work as a "laborer" and hadn't been home for more than three months.

Last night, Jack stayed in the big city. He saw that the hotel arranged for him by David was very close to the provincial branch of G&S Commercial Bank, and he thought that there might be people from their sub-branch who were sent here to work as "laborers".

So, Jack went to the provincial branch. When he got there and asked around, it turned out that Tom from their sub-branch was indeed there.

Previously, Jack had a good relationship with Tom. They were of similar age and had joined the bank around the same time. They could be considered "friends".

So, Jack called him out, and the two of them had another drink.

Tom was also single. The work that was originally on a three-month rotation, Tom volunteered to stay at the provincial branch for half a year. His move was praised by the people in the unit as "loyal".

But Jack thought that Tom didn't do this just because he was a single man with no family to worry about, and it wasn't just out of loyalty.

Sure enough, when the two of them were drinking, Tom said that he was having a great time in the big city. If Jack hadn't come to have a drink with him, he would have gone out to play with a group of wealthy young men.

He also told Jack that he was doing well at the provincial branch now and had made a few friends, and he told Jack to ask him for help if he had anything.

Looking at his happy and contented look, Jack thought that it was originally a tough job, but for Tom, it had become a good one. Indeed, it all depends on how you handle things.

Looking at his proud appearance, Jack smiled and said, "Sorry, I've delayed you from having fun."

Tom shook his head and said with a drunken look, "You've got the wrong idea. It's them who are having fun. I'm just accompanying them."

Jack smiled and didn't say anything. He understood in his heart that Tom had great ambitions and was eyeing positions like director and president.

Of course, having ambitions is a good thing. But Tom's way of doing things, accompanying others to eat, drink, and play, was really something that Jack couldn't do.

Tom insisted on paying for the meal and said that he had an account at this restaurant. After drinking, the two of them staggered towards the hotel where Jack was staying.

Walking under the bright streetlights, Tom put his arm around Jack's shoulder and said sincerely, "Jack, you're really a great guy. I've been here for more than three months, and no one has come to see me. You're the only one who's so kind, such a good friend, and so loyal..."

Friendship is priceless. The next day, Jack took a big bag of Tom's dirty clothes that hadn't been washed for three months, picked up Lucy from David's place, and then headed back.

When he arrived at Tom's home, Jack gave the bag of dirty clothes to Tom's mother and said, "Tom is doing well in the big city. He's even gained some weight. Tell Tom's father not to worry."

Tom's mother looked at the pile of dirty clothes, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Finally, she managed to say, "This little rascal still thinks of us."

Jack comforted Tom's mother a few more words and wanted to hurry back to the sub-branch. But Tom's mother grabbed him and insisted that he stay for a meal before leaving.

Jack refused, saying that he had something to do at the unit and would come to visit another day. Tom's mother had no choice but to let go, but she still looked reluctant.

Seeing her like this, Jack guessed that she had something to say and asked her if there was anything else.

Tom's mother said, "I heard that you took the lead in trading stocks?"

Jack was taken aback when he heard this. He thought, When did this rumor spread? And it even reached this old lady's ears.

Seeing Jack's stunned expression, Tom's mother said embarrassedly, "I heard it from my old man. Don't take it to heart. I'm just asking—"

Jack smiled and said simply, "What's there to ask? Just buy some stocks."

Tom's mother was taken aback, but seeing that Jack wasn't joking, she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll buy, buy, buy—"

After saying goodbye to Tom's mother, Jack drove back to the sub-branch. On the way, Jack thought about it again and again and found this matter quite ridiculous.

It wasn't strange that Tom's mother knew about this because her husband, that is, Tom's father, worked at the city branch and was still the deputy director of the credit department.

The things he said and his encouragement for others to trade stocks had actually spread to the city branch. Thinking of this, Jack smiled and cursed, "Damn it, good things about making money spread far and wide!"

The first thing Jack did when he returned to the sub-branch was to find President Gao's personal driver and hand over the Audi to him.

As for the envelope containing five hundred dollars, Jack gave it to him without taking a single cent. He also gave him the toll receipts for the expressway for this round trip.

The man looked at the money in the envelope and then at Jack, seemingly not understanding what he meant.

Jack smiled and said, "You're the driver. Take it and get it reimbursed."

The man still looked puzzled and complained, "I know about the reimbursement. But the money in the envelope is all there. After I get it reimbursed, I still have to give you the money back. Isn't this like taking off your pants to fart and causing trouble for me?"

Jack knew what he meant. He meant that if Jack had used the money in the envelope and then given him the receipts, as long as the receipts matched the amount of money, it would be fine, and it would save him the trouble of giving the money back to Jack after the reimbursement.

Jack smiled and said, "How can me 'taking off my pants to fart' cause trouble for you? If there's trouble, it's you who will get the reimbursement and keep the money. I'm just asking if you want this 'trouble'?"

The man suddenly understood, and then he hesitated and said, "This money was spent by you. How can I take it?"

Jack waved his hand, motioning for him to come closer, and then whispered, "I'm not a full-time driver. It's not appropriate for me to get the expressway tolls reimbursed. Besides, my trip to the big city was a personal matter, so I really shouldn't get it reimbursed. These receipts are useless to me. You find an opportunity to get them reimbursed and don't waste them."

Jack spoke plausibly. The man hesitated and said, "Then I'll keep them?"

Jack waved his hand, encouraging him with a smile on his face. The man then smiled and put away the receipts.

Finally, he also said mysteriously, "President Gao has been saying that you're doing well recently."

Jack said, "Thank you," and then turned around and left.

Jack naturally knew the little tricks of this driver. Getting more than a hundred dollars for free in exchange for his so-called "leaking of information", Jack thought it was worth it.

And what Jack wanted him to do was to let Harold, who had the power to sign for reimbursements, know about his trip to the big city.

Was he scheming? He really was.

Jack thought that since he now had a real elder sister, he should give her a meeting gift.

How about being the office director? The real one.