Chapter 100 I Might Have to Go Firs (1/2)

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Jiang Xianbang made a fortune out of digging the ancient graves and reselling antiques. It was considered that he reached the pinnacle of his career now. Only Jiang Xianbang himself knew what a price he had paid and how many people he had offended in the path of thorns. And he was also clear that if he stood higher, there were more people hoping that he would fall down. Especially when his backer lost power, those opponents who had been trampled underfoot would gather to attack him. Even those he had not offended would take the chance to hit him when he was down, for the sake of interests.

Therefore, Jiang Xianbang had to train his successor. Firstly, as he said, since he spent his whole life building his own business empire, there would be someone to inherit it. Secondly, there were some people, who followed him and rose all the way to the top. He was unwilling to embroil them in his trouble after he fell.

It was a pity that Jiang Xianbang had been out of luck and had not met a young man who deserved his special training. He did not see the light at the end of the tunnel until Qin Sheng emerged. Qin Sheng had some advantages. First, Jiang Xianbang had an acquaintance with Qin Sheng's grandfather. Second, Qin Sheng had a calm disposition and was able to conduct himself with propriety. Sometimes, he was decisive and heartless. For example, he killed Zhou Wenwu, which meant his comprehensive strength was not bad. Finally, as a bigwig in Jiang Xianbang's eyes, Elder Qin could help his grandson grow into an excellent young man. How could he not pave the way for his grandson?

However, Jiang Xianbang was not anxious to start training Qin Sheng because he wanted to respect Qin Sheng's choice and let him gradually integrate with his social circle. Moreover, he needed to test Qin Sheng's abilities. After all, everyone might misjudge others. Hence, he offered this exercise to Qin Sheng. Especially, this affair was more complicated and related to the gray area. Whether Qin Sheng would fix it or not would depend on his own abilities.

After that, Jiang Xianbang left Shangshan Ruoshui. As for the small thing that happened today, it meant nothing to him. Little Zheng was a small partner, so Jiang Xianbang only needed to give face to him and the conflict between them would be settled.

Xu Lancheng called all the management into the office and announced that Qin Sheng would be suspended for a week and his salary of one month would be deducted. He also comforted Qin Sheng and said that Qin Sheng had good intentions and did this for artists in Shangshan Ruoshui, but he was a bit impulsive.

The result disappointed Wang Haichao, who thought Qin Sheng would get fired and did not expect that he received a one-week suspension and lost a month's salary. However, it was the big boss's decision. No matter how dissatisfied Wang Haichao was, he would not be able to change the result. Anyway, Wang Haichao was overjoyed at it because he thought this event suppressed the high-profile Qin Sheng so that he would not dare to do anything at will in Shangshan Ruoshui.

As she heard what Xu Lancheng said, Ms. An had guessed that Qin Sheng had a special relationship with the big boss. The appearance of the big boss and the final result confirmed her guess.

Receiving the one-week suspension, Qin Sheng came to the changing room to change his clothes and was about to leave. All the staff members in Shangshan Ruoshui had already learned about the punishment decision. Lyu Yuan came to find Qin Sheng with Tang Wan and Song Siyu. As the party of the matter, Tang Wan had not received any punishment, which made Tang Wan guiltier.

”Manager Qin, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I let you be wronged,” Tang Wan said, her eyes filling with tears.

Qin Sheng shook his head and replied with a wry smile, ”It's not a big deal. Why are you crying like this? I haven't been fired. It's just a one-week suspension. That's good. I've been a bit tired lately. I can take this opportunity to have a good rest.”

”Manager Qin, you will be my idol in the future.” Song Siyu was a good talker and flattered Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng quipped, ”Your idol has been suspended. You dare not follow suit.”

Lyu Yuan walked over and patted Qin Sheng's shoulder, saying, ”Buddy, I haven't misjudged you. You're braver than me. If I were you, I would definitely not dare to do it. Now I think you are more suitable than me to be a manager. At least you deal with that problem from our standpoint.”

”People should consider the situation and know what they should do and what they should not. No matter who got involved in this matter, I'll help them. If things happened again, I'll make the same decision. I can lose my job but have to hold my bottom line,” Qin Sheng said flatly.

Waiting for him to get dressed, Lyu Yuan, Tang Wan, and Song Siyu walked Qin Sheng out. Qin Sheng said with a smile, ”You should keep a low profile during my one-week suspension. If Wang Haichao causes you any trouble, you can ask Deputy General Manager Chang for help.”

Then Qin Sheng walked away when the trio was still confused about what he meant.

It was already five o'clock. Qin Sheng suddenly remembered that he had promised to have hot pot with Lin Su today. He was too busy to check his text message just now. As expected, taking out his phone, he found Lin Su had sent him a text message: when and where.

The three words swept his bad mood away. He quickly dialed Lin Su's number. It was not long before the phone was connected. Qin Sheng half-joked, ”The strong woman, don't you work overtime today?”

”It seems that you want to owe me this hot pot forever?” Lin Su, who had just finished the meeting, chuckled and said. Qin Sheng had not replied to her text message and she thought he should be busy, so Lin Su did not take it seriously.

Qin Sheng continued to tease Lin Su. ”I thought that you casually said it yesterday. I heard from my university roommate that he had been asking you out for half a month and you had been ignoring him. If he knew that you and I would eat hot pot, I wonder whether he would hate me.”

”Well, then I will continue to work,” Lin Su said coldly.

Hearing this, Qin Sheng immediately said in a serious tone, ”Okay, it's my fault. I will find the place first and go there to wait for you. I will text you and tell you my location.”

Hanging up the phone, Qin Sheng immediately used the phone to search the Web for some tasty hot pots in Chengdu and Chongqing. Finally, he chose Xiaolongkan Hot Pot, which was located at the intersection of Huaihai East Road and Tibet South Road, at most 20 minutes away from Poly Plaza. It was relatively convenient for Lin Su.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he did not expect to see a long line in front of the door. It was a good thing that he came earlier and there were only more than 20 consumers before him, so Qin Sheng was waiting in line for Lin Su.

When he was standing in line, Qin Sheng took a call from Hangzhou. It was the man who was in charge of contacting him. The man over the phone said in a low voice, ”Mr. Qin, I am Zhao Quan. Mr. Jiang asked me to contact you. I want to know when you will arrive in Hangzhou and I can go to pick you up.”

”I have something to do now, and I haven't bought a ticket yet. I will tell you later when it's settled,” Qin Sheng said in a thoughtful tone because the man's voice was extremely cold and chilled him.