Sun Xinyi had hired a full-time driver, a female veteran named Gao Xia.
With her driving, Yang Hao and Sun Xinyi sat in the back seat while the little secretary tactfully sat in the passenger seat, occasionally stealing glances at the two snuggled up in the back seat, quietly eating dog food.
“Yang, where are you taking us?”
Sun Xinyi asked curiously.
“Clyde Hotel.”
“To the hotel?”
Sun Xinyi looked at her man with puzzlement. Did their relationship still necessitate going to a hotel?
Besides, she was not quite in a convenient situation at the moment!
However, Sun Xinyi quickly realized she had overthought it; if Yang really wanted to do something else, he wouldn’t have brought Xu Yali along!
“Mr. Yang, are we going to collaborate with Clyde Hotel?”
Xu Yali asked curiously.
“Not collaborate! I’ve bought the hotel,” Yang Hao said.
Your next chapter awaits on empire
“Ah?”
“Bought it!!”
Xu Yali and Sun Xinyi were both shocked. They both knew Clyde Hotel, a famous five-star hotel in Jiangcheng.
Yet Yang Hao talked about buying it as if it was no different from buying vegetables at the market.
But both had seen Yang Hao’s financial capabilities before, and although they were surprised, it was consistent with his style of doing things.
Meanwhile, the driver Gao Xia was particularly shocked. Since taking this job, she had suspected that her beautiful boss was some sugar baby kept by someone, assuming it was some sleazy older man. But upon meeting him, she found that not only was he not unpleasant, he was quite handsome!
And now, she learned from the conversation that he had casually bought a five-star hotel!
This level of wealth was astonishing!
No wonder her young and beautiful boss was willing to maintain such a relationship with him. If she herself had her boss’s looks and figure, she probably couldn’t resist such temptation either.
Clyde Hotel.
Vice President’s Office.
Zhou Wenxiang walked in with Zhang Ying.
“President Liu, I’ve brought Zhang over!” Zhou Wenxiang wore a sycophantic smile on his face.
Liu Lu put down the document in his hand and then gestured for the two to sit down on the couch in the reception area, also instructing the secretary to pour them a glass of water.
“How exactly did Wei Facai harass you?”
Liu Lu didn’t beat around the bush. As soon as the two sat down, she asked.
“He touched me while helping to move the delivery and even asked me to go to a hotel to book a room…”
Zhang Ying responded softly. These were the lines she and Zhou Wenxiang had agreed on, but due to her guilt, she dared not look into Liu Lu’s eyes.
“Where did he touch you?”
Liu Lu pressed, examining Zhang Ying. Being in the hotel industry, she had seen all types of people and had a good sense of whether someone was telling the truth or lying. Zhang Ying, sitting across from her, was evasive and spoke feebly.
Such behavior often suggested two possibilities: either she was lying or she had been traumatized by workplace sexual harassment.
However, Liu Lu surmised that it was more likely the former, and when someone was lying, asking them to describe details could lead to inconsistencies.
“Zhang, you don’t need to be afraid, President Liu will surely be able to help you!”
“Tell President Liu everything you told me!!”
Seeing her teammate’s subpar performance, Zhou Wenxiang hurriedly gave her a signal with his eyes.
Liu Lu didn’t make a sound but merely glanced at Zhou Wenxiang. She understood him quite well; he was slick, an old hand at this, and as she had heard, quite lecherous too.
Following his prompt, Zhang Ying cleared her throat and raised her voice slightly, “The day before yesterday, when he was helping me move the packages, he first took the opportunity to touch my hand, then he wrapped his arm around my waist. I was so scared; I didn’t dare to move…”
“Later he said he would treat me to a big meal and asked if there was anything I liked so that he could give it to me.”
“Then he said he wanted to take me to a hotel, even mentioning that the rooms at our hotel were an option…”
Zhang Ying had practiced this speech several times and recited it rather fluently, but it gave the impression she was reciting textbook material.
“Uh-huh, I got it!”
“If this is true, I will definitely deal with it seriously!”
Liu Lu nodded her head and then said to Zhou Wenxiang, “Call Wei Facai over; I want to talk to him again!”
“Sure, President Liu!”
Zhou Wenxiang nodded his head and then gave Zhang Ying another signal, “Zhang, aren’t you going to thank President Liu for seeking justice for you right away!”
“Thank you, President Liu.”
Zhang Ying hastily bowed and thanked her.
“Alright, you can go out now!”
Liu Lu waved her hand dismissively; at this moment, she had already made a preliminary judgment. Although she didn’t know why Zhang Ying would fabricate lies to slander Wei Facai, the suspicion of her colluding with Zhou Wenxiang to corroborate their stories was too strong.
After waiting a while, Zhou Wenxiang brought Wei Facai into the office.
“President Liu, hello.”
Wei Facai greeted her, but he looked somewhat dejected because Zhou Wenxiang had told him on the way over that President Liu was very angry and was likely to handle the matter seriously.
He also said that President Liu was a woman herself and therefore would have zero tolerance for such incidents!
In short, after Zhou Wenxiang’s priming, Wei Facai had little hope of vindicating himself.
“Manager Zhou, you can leave first. I want to talk to Supervisor Wei alone.”
Seeing that Zhou Wenxiang showed no sign of leaving, Liu Lu gestured for him to go directly.
“Uh, alright.”
After agreeing, Zhou Wenxiang left, but not without “kindly” reminding, “Wei, be honest with President Liu. Even if you have to resign, I can still help write a letter of recommendation!”
Wei Facai nodded but said nothing.
“Sit down!”
Once Zhou Wenxiang had left, Liu Lu casually pointed to the sofa.
Wei Facai was alone with the curvaceous vice-president for the first time; he sat on the sofa, his hands uncertain of where to place them, showing a bit of restraint.
In fact, many men felt nervous when facing a beautiful woman, especially a straightforward person like Wei Facai.
“Supervisor Wei, if you’re this nervous, I might think you’re guilty!”
Liu Lu teased.
“President Liu, my conscience is clear!”
Wei Facai hurriedly shook his head in denial.
“So tell me how your conscience is clear?” Liu Lu promptly asked.
“I just helped Zhang Ying move some parcels; I did it out of kindness.”
“Who knew she would turn around and bite the hand that fed? I never harassed her!” Wei Facai asserted with conviction.
“She said you touched her and even said you wanted to take her to a hotel…”
“Bullshit!!”
“I never said that!!”
Wei Facai was emotionally agitated, his old face turned beet red. The feeling of being wrongfully accused was so infuriating that even the honest Wei Facai couldn’t suppress the anger inside him.
“Sorry, President Liu, I didn’t mean to target you.”
The flustered Wei Facai quickly apologized.
“No problem, take your time to talk, no need to get excited!”
Liu Lu personally poured a glass of water for Wei Facai: “Have some water before you continue.”
“Thank you, President Liu.”
After taking a sip of water, Wei Facai calmed down a bit before he continued: “Zhang Ying and I usually don’t have much to do with each other. It was just that day I helped her, then she took the initiative to chat with me, with meaningless small talk.”
“Now that I think about it, she must have been laying the groundwork for making an accusation!!”
Wei Facai had hardly slept last night, as he kept thinking about one question: why Zhang Ying would frame him!
But he couldn’t find an answer all night because there was hardly any interaction between him and Zhang Ying. It was a bolt from the blue!
“Did you offend anyone recently?” Liu Lu asked.
“I don’t think so.”
Wei Facai had actually thought about this question last night. He had almost reviewed everything that had happened since he joined the company and was sure he hadn’t offended anyone.
“Do you have any conflict with Manager Zhou?” Liu Lu asked again.
“No, not at all.”
Wei Facai shook his head. He had a bit of a people-pleasing personality, always amiable and willing to help when he could.
He had never had any conflicts with his immediate superior Zhou Wenxiang.
Liu Lu frowned slightly, murmuring to herself: That is a bit strange.
The two of them conspiring to accuse him couldn’t be without reason. President Liu’s initial thought was that Wei Facai might have offended one of the two, but it seems that this wasn’t the case.
If it wasn’t a false accusation, then Wei Facai’s acting was simply too explosive, practically on the level of a film emperor, and at the same time, Liu Lu would have to deny her own judgement.
Knock, knock, knock…
Just when the atmosphere was rather tense, someone knocked on the office door.
Come in!
President Liu answered and her secretary pushed open the office door and walked in: “President Liu, the new boss will be arriving soon.”
“Mr. Zhang is calling you downstairs to greet him!!”
“The new boss is coming now??”
President Liu was somewhat surprised. She had only heard the news this morning that the hotel seemed to have been sold, but it hadn’t been confirmed yet, so President Liu just listened to it as gossip.
After all, it was a multi-billion acquisition project; even if the owner really intended to sell the hotel, it couldn’t happen so quickly!
And now the new boss was about to arrive!!
“I’ll go down right away!”
“Manager Wei, come with me!”
President Liu stood up, straightened herself in the mirror, and then strode out of the office with her long legs.
Wei Facai, on the other hand, was completely bewildered.
The hotel was sold?
There’s a new boss??
He hadn’t heard a whisper of it, everything felt so sudden!
He silently followed behind Liu Lu, thinking to himself that since there was a new boss, perhaps his issue would be turned over a new leaf?
With this thought, he felt slightly better and quickly stepped up his pace to keep up with Liu Lu’s strides, while internally admiring: President Liu really has long legs!
With one step, Liu Lu covered one and a half of Wei Facai’s!
They took the elevator to the first floor where quite a number of department heads had already gathered in the lobby, all of them having just received the news, now speculating among themselves.
“I can’t believe the hotel has changed hands; this is too sudden. We never heard any rumors!”
“I wonder who the new boss is, whether there will be a large-scale layoff.”
“I guess the higher-ups will be affected, but we workers are most likely safe!”
“Exactly. No matter who the boss is, someone still has to do the work, right?”
“Mr. Zhang is here!”
“Mr. Zhang, what’s going on?”
“Mr. Zhang, has our hotel really been sold??”
Clyde Hotel’s General Manager Zhang Changjiang arrived in the lobby and was immediately surrounded by a group of executives.
“Chin up, everyone. Stop gossiping!”
“The new boss will be here any moment; asking these pointless questions now is of no use. Get ready to receive him!”
Zhang Changjiang ordered with a stern face and then moved beside Liu Lu, murmuring, “I only found out this morning that the hotel was sold, but don’t worry, Lu Lu, with Zhang here, you’ll definitely have a place!”
Zhang Changjiang had long lusted after Liu Lu’s beauty, but since she came from a good family background and wasn’t short of money, coupled with her outstanding abilities, she hardly paid any attention to the married Zhang Changjiang.
So, Liu Lu always treated Zhang Changjiang’s hints with cold indifference.
“Mr. Zhang, you better secure your own job first!”
Liu Lu replied indifferently. As the saying goes, ‘new kings bring new ministers,’ and in her view, Zhang Changjiang’s position as general manager was the most precarious.
Within the crowd, Zhou Wenxiang sidled up to Zhang Ying, whispering: “Didn’t expect the hotel to actually get a new owner; I’m afraid there’s going to be some personnel changes.”
“Can my brother’s matter still be handled?” Zhang Ying asked with some worry.
“Of course, it can. As long as I’m here, there’s no problem!”
Zhou Wenxiang started to promise the front desk girl all sorts of things again.
Right then, there was a commotion at the entrance of the hotel, and the new boss walked into the lobby with two beautiful women.
“Boss, I’m Zhang Changjiang, the General Manager of Clyde Hotel.”
“These two are Vice President Liu Lu, in charge of personnel, and Vice President Lu Jian, in charge of rooms and catering…”
Zhang Changjiang approached with warm enthusiasm, introduced himself first, then introduced several executives to Yang Hao.
In the crowd, Wei Facai tiptoed to get a better look, but when he saw the new boss, he was completely dumbfounded.
For a long while, he couldn’t help but let out a curse.
Fuck!!
This is the new boss??
MD!! Who the fuck dares to fire me now!!