Chapter 968: Chapter 968: Forgive Me for Overstepping
"For our cooperation to continue, as long as we replace Zheng Xuelin, it will be fine," said President Lin.
Seeing that Rui Changhuai wanted to add something, President Lin proactively said, "And besides, Zheng Xuelin has nothing to do with this matter. We can pretend as if he never discussed this partnership."
Rui Changhuai smiled with satisfaction, "That’s exactly what I meant."
President Lin nodded and said, "That’s certainly not a problem."
For him, cooperation with Changlin is naturally more important.
As for the gains and losses of a small employee like Zheng Xuelin, it’s not within President Lin’s consideration.
Even though in the beginning, the possibility of cooperating with Changlin was brought by Zheng Xuelin, it doesn’t matter.
"That’s great," Rui Changhuai nodded with satisfaction.
Then President Lin said, "However, I still have a few questions. I hope Mr. Rui can help me clarify."
"Please ask," Rui Changhuai said.
"Zheng Xuelin will definitely not be responsible for this matter anymore, I can guarantee that," President Lin said, "I just want to know why Zheng Xuelin was replaced?"
"To my shame, Zheng Xuelin is an employee of our company, yet I am completely unaware of his misconducts and had to hear about them from your side," he said.
"However, I also think that after knowing, I can consider some future employment issues for Zheng Xuelin," President Lin added.
"You mentioned earlier that President Zhao places a high requirement on the character of the cooperating party. So, does it mean that Zheng Xuelin has issues regarding character?" President Lin asked.
"This also relates to our Changlin’s internal scandals, but I won’t hide it from you," Rui Changhuai said, somewhat embarrassed, "The reason Zheng Xuelin was able to secure this contract is because he accompanied our company’s Vice President Lu, and the two of them..."
Rui Changhuai chuckled awkwardly, "They have some kind of improper male-female relationship."
"As for Vice President Lu, our company is definitely going to take some action," Rui Changhuai said, "But as for Zheng Xuelin, it’s not our place to ask. However, our president greatly dislikes such people of low moral character."
"To secure a deal, he went to such lengths as to sell himself and even ruin someone else’s family. Our president disapproves of this very much. More critically, of all the companies, Rui Shi was actually the most suitable choice," Rui Changhuai continued.
"Even without Zheng Xuelin’s involvement, we would have ultimately chosen Rui Shi to cooperate with. This way, our cooperation would be upright, without any undesirable aspects involved," Rui Changhuai said.
"But because of Zheng Xuelin’s incident, if people find out, Rui Shi would be accused of using disgraceful means to win the competition. Similarly, Changlin would also be said to hand out contracts to whoever is willing to... haha, that would ruin Changlin’s reputation and cast doubt on our decision-making, along with many other negative impacts," Rui Changhuai said.
President Lin, hearing all this from Rui Changhuai, also realized these points.
Cold sweat nearly broke out on him immediately.
"Yes, yes, what you said makes so much sense." President Lin nodded fearfully, "Fortunately, President Zhao noticed something wrong in advance, otherwise, both our companies would have become a laughingstock."
"Indeed," Rui Changhuai nodded in agreement.
"So, our president’s intention is for you to replace the person responsible for our cooperation this time," Rui Changhuai said.
President Lin immediately said, "Then I’ll take personal charge."
"..." Rui Changhuai quickly said, "That’s really not necessary. If you personally take charge, when word gets out, it might arouse suspicion. If someone nosy investigates further... wouldn’t that bring us back to the original problem?"
"Then let the colleagues in the business department take charge," President Lin quickly understood.
Rui Changhuai didn’t want to state things too bluntly, so he said, "Why not let the manager of the business department recommend someone she trusts?"
To avoid any further mistakes, Rui Changhuai added, "The key is that they must be capable and of good character. We can’t just let anyone take advantage of such a significant cooperation, right?"
"My suggestion is to find a candidate who is favored by leadership—someone who can be entrusted with greater responsibilities in the future. After all, our cooperation may not be limited to just this one time. There will be many opportunities for continued cooperation in the future, so we must choose a person who is responsible and capable," Rui Changhuai said, with President Lin nodding continuously.
Rui Changhuai then said, "President Lin, forgive me for overstepping. This is originally your company’s matter, but as a mere assistant, I’ve interfered too much."
"No, no, not at all." President Lin quickly waved his hand, naturally wanting to flatter Rui Changhuai.
Rui Changhuai, pleased, thought to speak more favorably of President Lin’s company when speaking with Zhao Dingli.
President Lin had heard what Rui Changhuai said earlier—that there would be many opportunities for the two companies to cooperate in the future.
This cooperation isn’t the only instance.
If they could indeed maintain a long-term collaboration, then Rui Shi would greatly benefit!
"Everything you said is extremely logical." President Lin said sincerely, "Originally this situation came so suddenly, if it were up to me, I would need to think it through thoroughly myself."
"With what you said, I suddenly saw things much more clearly," President Lin said promptly.
If left to President Lin to think, he couldn’t not come to that conclusion.
If he really couldn’t think of even that, how could President Lin manage a large company as its general manager?
With such capabilities, even if he used some means to ascend to the position, he wouldn’t last long in it.
With an empty head, it wouldn’t be long before someone pulled him down.
But President Lin’s words weren’t just empty flattery for Rui Changhuai.
The sudden rush of these events indeed shocked President Lin, leaving him no time to think about anything else.
It was only once he calmed down that he could think of these things.
Nonetheless, President Lin still admired Rui Changhuai greatly.
No wonder he stood by Zhao Dingli’s side.
His reactions were quick; he thought of so much instantly.
Is it easy to work alongside Zhao Dingli?
Not at all.
Otherwise, why did Zhao Dingli go through so many assistants before Rui Changhuai?
It’s because the previous assistants didn’t have the ability to keep up with Zhao Dingli.
Only with Rui Changhuai did things truly stabilize.
He had stayed with Zhao Dingli for so many years.
In his mind, Rui Changhuai thought, he had said this much, there shouldn’t be any more mistakes, right?
According to his investigation, Manager Tang originally had a favorable opinion of Li Xiaoyun.
If Manager Tang was to select, he would most likely recommend Li Xiaoyun.
But since nothing was finally decided, Rui Changhuai still couldn’t rest easy.
Therefore, Rui Changhuai still didn’t take his leave.
Instead, he further said to President Lin, "President Lin, if possible, could I meet Manager Tang?"
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