Self-reliance

"...What?" Ji Qin couldn't get used to Zhou Zui's serious look.

"You want to drive me away that much?"

Ji Qin was surprised that Zhou Zui discovered this.

"From that regulatory assessment to the subsequent personality test, you transferred me to manage a famous watch store. Then you seem to have changed your strategy, persuading me to invest in agriculture in other provinces, and then asking me if I want to lead a branch company. Today In the evening, I found a group of beauties of all kinds, and they couldn’t wait to come over and ask me if I liked it. What’s the next step?”

"...You think too much."

"You're not good at lying at all."

Ji Qin is indeed not good at lying, because he doesn't feel the need for it.He has always been straightforward, and he will not pretend to be himself or say some lies to cater to others.

"I don't understand." Zhou Zui said again, "What did I do wrong, you want to drive me away?"

"..."

"Although you said that you are not allowed to mention it again, you must say it now...I know you regret what happened that night, but you clearly said that neither of us is a child. It's nothing like a one-night stand. It happened, don't let it affect us, you and I won't talk about it in the future. I obeyed obediently, and didn't dare to go against your wishes. But then you secretly wanted to drive me away, which is the same as What you're saying is exactly the opposite."

"..."

Ji Qin knew that he was right, but he really didn't want to see Zhou Zui, he wanted to completely forget what happened at that time.

So Ji Qin settled down, and finally thought of something: "Because although you didn't say it clearly, you often reminded me intentionally or unintentionally."

At first, Ji Qin thought that Zhou Zui was going to argue that he didn't have it, and those words and words were all said and written casually, but Zhou Zui showed a particularly sad expression: "I'm just making trouble."

"……what?"

"Because I think it's a happy night, but you are afraid to avoid it, which makes me feel very hurt."

"...What?" Ji Qin almost suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

"You keep trying to deny..."

"..."

"But you are obviously very happy. When I kissed your place..."

"To shut up!"

"Oh……"

Thinking of what Zhou Zui had done to him, Ji Qin had some strange feelings in his heart.

In fact, he didn't think he was humiliated, and he was sure that Zhou Zui didn't think so either. This was not much different from a one-night stand between a man and a woman, and it wasn't that the above one took much advantage.

And, although he was not sober at the time, he seemed quite comfortable.

But he still hated it—the unexpected and the unplanned.

This person in front of him made him feel very dangerous.

Over there Zhou Zui lowered his eyes: "I was wrong about this matter, I won't bring it up again from now on, just pretend it didn't happen, but I won't forget it."

Seeing him like that, Ji Qin almost blurted out the word "forget it". Fortunately, even if he stopped himself, he didn't do something ridiculous just now.

……

——After this day, Ji Qin had no idea what to do with Zhou Zui.

None of Jimeng's three tricks worked, but he managed to dodge quickly and immediately went to Africa to deal with business.

Then something happened that made it too late for Ji Qin to take care of Zhou Zui.

——The African branch was questioned for paying bribes.

The previous transaction of hundreds of millions of RMB was investigated by a certain national anti-corruption committee, involving multiple crimes, and several Chinese representatives were involved and arrested by the authorities.This does not include Ji Meng, because the bribery occurred in the months when Ji Meng left his job, but he was still asked to assist in the investigation, and the other party clearly stated that Ji Meng was not a suspect, but only accepted for questioning.The several Chinese representatives who were taken away were more dangerous. The company planned to apply for parole, but the lawyer said it was difficult to be approved, although there were precedents in the past where high bail was charged and passports were confiscated.

I don't know how those reporters learned about it, but there were a lot of news in newspapers and on the Internet, and it was very detailed.

It happened in a takeover by the government of a certain country.For this purchase, the government of the country needs to pay a down payment to the Jiqin Company, and the rest will be filled by the loans granted by Beijing to the government of the country. An additional condition of these loans is that the recipients of all expenses must They are all Chinese companies, that is to say, the loan to the government of the country can only be used for cooperation with Chinese companies.The MACC found that the loans were swiftly transferred within weeks to another account linked to a dubious local consulting firm.Ji Qin's company signed a valuable contract with him, and Ji Qin's company paid the company tens of millions of RMB in exchange for some "consulting services" provided by the other party.The Anti-Corruption Commission believes that this company is just a shell that is used to pay bribes.Ji Qin's company has already made an "agreement" with the local officials. After the event is completed, a large sum of money will be used as a "reward", and the source of the money is the loans, which will be transferred through this consulting company.Local officials registered this shell company through someone else. After receiving the subscription fee paid by the government with a loan from Beijing, Jiqin transferred part of the money into the consulting company's account as "repayment" .

The authorities publicly stated that it was strange that Jiqin's company could repeatedly beat its Indian counterparts and get orders, so it attracted their attention.Because Chinese companies have almost lost all the competition with Indian companies recently, because the monthly salary of local Chinese engineers is about 2000 US dollars, while the salary of Indian engineers is only a fraction of that of Chinese engineers, so the asking price of the project is naturally very high. Low, very competitive, and think that this kind of thing is complicated, and it is very likely that multiple companies will be involved.

Ji Qin's company has publicly stated that the problem is "very serious" and that the company is "waiting for the judgment of the local court."

Ji Qin was furious again.

I don't know who is doing such tricks?

Some African countries have made great efforts to investigate and deal with corruption in the past two years. Before the incident of their own company was discovered, several Chinese companies were also investigated for similar incidents, and there were still some people in the company who dared to go up against the wind and secretly manipulate bribery.Now it is so strict, there should be political reasons in it.Because some time ago, some people were worried about the large-scale construction of Chinese enterprises on the African continent, and some even thought that this was a disguised plunder of rich resources and objective wealth.Now, several companies have fallen one after another, perhaps because of this consideration, they want to slow down the pace of expansion of Chinese companies and exert invisible pressure.

It will take some time for the verdict to come out, and Ji Qin feels that the other party will never show mercy.

The most likely verdict is likely to be a hefty fine and a ban from bidding for the next few years.A huge fine is tantamount to giving back what has already been obtained.Bidding is prohibited, that is to say, there will be no new income, and the things that Ji Meng has worked so hard to receive before and after will probably be cleaned up by those idiots.

——Ji Qin feels that many people in the company seem to think that this incident is their own fault, and the purpose of revealing the incident is to get Ji Meng away, and even put him in prison, because of overseas business expansion It is Ji Meng who is in charge. If the person who reported the bribery does not know the exact time of the bribery, they may think that Ji Meng has nothing to do with it and will definitely be involved... If Ji Meng is really involved, let alone the vice president , It is a luxury to be able to get out of the body.A few days ago, the amendment to the criminal law just added the content on overseas bribery. Even if you escape from a certain country in Africa, you may not be able to escape from your own country.

It seems that many people think that Ji Qin hates Ji Meng so much that he wants to kick him out at all costs.Ji Qin didn't know where their speculation came from. After thinking about it, it was probably because he wanted to expel Ji Meng last time, but he was defeated in an anticlimactic defeat. So they thought that Yi Jiqin's character must be unsatisfactory. The purpose is unstoppable.According to common sense, Ji Qin would not be able to lose the company and several other high-level executives just to get rid of Ji Meng, but Ji Qin, all the "common senses" in the world are difficult to apply to him. It's like doing whatever you want, and it's not like you haven't done a lose-lose thing, harming others and yourself, and even hurting the enemy by eight hundred and oneself harming one thousand.

Ji Qin knew that even Ji Meng was so skeptical.

However, he will not explain to them.

——As a result, Zhou Zui picked up any pot that was not open.

"I heard that many people think that you are playing tricks on this matter..." Zhou Zui laughed.

"Humph."

"Many people have speculated... Overseas business has been so successful during this period of time, so you are jealous when you look at it. People in the company have long thought that Ji Meng is actually more suitable for managing the company, because his personality is very easy to get close to, and you think he is joking with his subordinates. It's self-defeating or even treasonous. The peers have also shown their favor for Ji Meng, but you disdain to hang out with those upstarts, in addition to the government, the media... You hate hypocrisy and arrogance, but Ji Meng can handle it with ease. Now I see Ji Meng doing better and better with the method you least like... Ji Meng's overseas business is booming, but your domestic business is not growing. The gap is getting bigger and bigger, and Ji Meng is getting more and more proud, so You can't bear it at all... Overseas is the foundation of Jimon, you have to beat it to pieces, so that he has nothing to mess with."

"Humph."

"It's sort of like that." Zhou Zui still smiled.

Ji Qin squinted at Zhou Zui.

"Aren't you angry?"

But Ji Qin asked back: "How can you be sure it's made up?"

"Of course."

Zhou Zui said, "You definitely don't know about the bribery."

"Oh?"

"Because you feel that you are at the top of the universe." Zhou Zui said, "Government officials and others are like ants in front of him, and they will never want to please others, let alone groveling, even the government You probably don't pay attention to it yourself..."

"..."

"As for voluntarily revealing the matter of offering bribes to force Ji Meng away..." Zhou Zui sighed suddenly, "If you know how to stab people in the back like this instead of always cursing people face to face, your popularity will not be so bad..."

"..."

Ji Qin looked at Zhou Zui.

In the end, the only one who believed in him was this guy?