"I asked you to not say anything, not do anything, just follow along. May I ask, Mr. Li Yan, you clearly agreed, so why are you causing trouble?" Zhang Yurong tried her best to keep calm.
Only Li Yan, due to his special status, could ignite her anger. If any other subordinate acted like this, she would have followed regulations and punished them directly, instead of wasting time talking. No, other subordinates wouldn't dare act so brazenly and recklessly.
Li Yan pulled out a cigarette. Seeing Zhang Yurong's cold gaze shoot over and the car window being closed, he refrained from lighting it, merely sniffed it by his nose. Casually, he responded, "You mentioned I'm your assistant, in name at least. Since I'm an assistant, I should play the role of an assistant. Seeing someone else scheming against you, of course I'd remind you. That's the good performance of a good employee, you should reward it."
"It is indeed a good performance!" Zhang Yurong sneered, "Your good performance is mocking the client's language habits and offending the client!"
"Really? I was just imitating his habits, that way we have a common language and better communication. As for 'Big this, Big that,' it's simply that it's easier, and I'm more confident with it. If I said something else incorrectly, wouldn't it embarrass you?" Li Yan toyed with the cigarette, looking quite innocent.
"May I ask, what makes you think they're scheming against me? Am I the president, or are you the president?" Zhang Yurong said irritably.
"Of course, you're the president, or else they're scheming against me."
"Reason!" Zhang Yurong, also provoked, found herself retorting. She knew that Mr. Xu was raising the price at the last minute, but Li Yan's rejection was too straightforward.
Li Yan got rid of the playful attitude, sneering, "Miss Zhang, don't you find it odd that Mr. Xu specially flew to S City to meet you, showing sincerity? They seemed quite busy earlier, but are they really that busy? Besides, are you affected by his attitude or by that phone call?"
His serious demeanor surprised Zhang Yurong, and his words stunned her further.
Phone call? What phone call?
"Although the details were discussed early on, as long as there's no contract signing, there can be changes. I'm sure your team anticipated this, and the board allowed some leeway. You don't want to give up this opportunity, but the terms offered by the other party seemed excessive, yet you're hesitating. The phone call's content made you think there might be other competitors involved through their head office's involvement! Coupled with Mr. Xu's special visit this time and rushing to sign the contract at midnight, you felt he was sincere, and that the changes were happening higher up in his company. So, you're considering whether to compromise slightly and grab the opportunity first."
Li Yan spelled it out one sentence at a time, turning Zhang Yurong's anger into shock. This guy, always idling, lazy, actually knows how to consider issues? And to analyze them?
"Hmph! So what? If you can predict the exact changes, it wouldn't be called a sudden change."
"If I were Mr. Xu, I would create a situation where you couldn't refuse, just like tonight. First, to show my sincerity; second, at midnight, unable to gather your entire team for careful discussion; third, giving you only a brief moment to consider, preventing you from discussing it or even deeply contemplating it, forcing you to make a hasty decision. And the phone call content is the catalyst. The content itself isn't important; as long as you don't know, you'll start doubting yourself, guessing in the direction of your doubts. That will push you to make more irrational decisions!"
"Are you suggesting that the phone call was purposely orchestrated by Mr. Xu? Including his assistant's words, all of it was done to deceive me?" Zhang Yurong had considered this possibility but felt Mr. Xu might not be that kind of person.
Li Yan opened the window, lit the cigarette, took a puff, and held the cigarette outside before he said, "Heh... seeing me frequent overseas, speaking with mixed foreign languages, thought I'm pretending to be a foreigner, not understanding strategies and tactics? Know yourself, know your enemy! I will first understand Miss Zhang's situation, hmm, besides Mandarin, you seem proficient in Beihai language and can grasp everyday phrases in Liguo language. Miss Zhang, pretty capable in languages, must be sensitive to foreign languages, right?
I, on the other hand, used this point, had someone speak in Xiluo language during a phone call. Of course, if you understand Xiluo language, I could switch to another country's language. The intention is to let you overhear a bit without knowing the content, then pass it on, I match my stance accordingly. No need for me to say anything, you've surely started guessing yourself. The short time doesn't allow you to calmly reflect. If you don't compromise, wouldn't that be strange? Haha!"
Listening to Li Yan narrate in Mr. Xu's tone, Zhang Yurong was again surprised, could it really be as he said? Hearing the last sentence, she frowned again; for the first time, this guy was serious, only to return to his annoying manner within minutes.
"The director of the Da Yun Country District of a prestigious multinational group, in your mouth, has become the shady boss of a fraudulent shell company!" Zhang Yurong, half skeptical, questioned.
"Hmph, same fraudulent tricks, running a shell company means their business is quite a bit bigger than the bus lottery scams or street scams targeting old ladies, isn't it? Just changing the method. Paradise Group's assets in the hundreds of billions, feeling substantial domestically, eager to expand overseas, if those multinational predators aren't conning you, who else would they con? Certainly not going after the domestic-focused, thousand-billion monopolistic enterprises?
To go further, Soros, Buffett, do they run industries? Are they righteous and conscientious businessmen?"
"Ridiculous!" Seeing Li Yan drift further off-topic, Zhang Yurong lightly furrowed her brows.
"Hey, isn't this all nonsense? How did you realize? Not simple at all." Li Yan pretended to be surprised, earning a roll of the eyes.
Taking another puff outside, Li Yan continued, "It's the same in commerce, those making big money become wealth heroes, and any means become tactics.
You're more acquainted with business than I am, for all these years, how many companies facing international markets got conned by multinational corporations or foreign partners? Everyone grits their teeth, swallows the pain, treats the lessons as tuition fees, processes them lightly. Slightly crafty ones, leveraging information asymmetry, package failed investments glamorously, deceive uninformed domestic investors, or profit off domestic consumers fascinated by foreign brands. Of course, Mr. Xu might not be as exaggerated as depicted, but if we can avoid paying tuition, why should we make significantly larger compromises?"
Li Yan finished speaking, opened the door, and stepped out of the car, "That's all, I'm tired."
It's been four months since they married, and for the first time, Zhang Yurong spoke so much to Li Yan, and witnessed him so serious and heard him say so much. It surprised her. Though some of his words were rather absurd, the idea he wanted to convey wasn't wrong. It got her thinking.
"How did you know it was Xiluo language? How did you know what the person said?" Zhang Yurong couldn't help leaning forward for another inquiry.
"There was a time I was obsessed with La Liga, learned from Xiluo websites. That person was simply muttering Xiluo language to himself for a while." Li Yan left without turning back.
Learning from La Liga websites? Zhang Yurong scoffed silently; bragging needs to be more realistic!
(Feeling off today, very tired yet couldn't sleep, read about a hundred pages later to just barely fall asleep, the alarm woke me for updates, then back to sleep. If I don't oversleep, there'll be another update after midnight, thank you for reading, if you could bookmark, vote, that would be even greater support.)
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