"Yes." Li Yan was a little surprised by Lao Bai's reaction, "She didn't tell you?"
Lao Bai shook his head and asked, "Xu always wants me to see it first before deciding, or has she already decided?"
"She said she would let you see it first, and then she would discuss it with you."
"Which room does Mr. Xu want me to see? I just looked upstairs and they are all locked."
"Oh, it's either upstairs or this floor." Li Yan said and pointed behind Lao Bai.
Lao Bai turned around and looked in the direction she pointed. After looking carefully for a long time, he realized that Li Yan was pointing to a door hidden in the shadows behind the security room.
Li Yan walked over, skillfully took out the key and opened the door.
Lao Bai followed her to the door and looked up. The rectangular room was empty. It was only 20 square meters at most. There were no partitions or furniture inside. Fortunately, the glass in the room was still intact and it was not too big. It smells like someone has used it before.
"Just this one?" Lao Bai turned around and asked.
"This one is the cheapest."
"Then did Mr. Xu tell you, if I think there is no problem, what should I do next?"
"Mr. Xu said that if you have no objection, it's best to negotiate the rent and sign the contract with the lessor as soon as possible, so that after the Lantern Festival, you can find someone to simply decorate and recruit people. She asked me to go to work after the holiday, but I don't have to work at the beginning. , you can also work when the business picks up later.”
Seeing Lao Bai's uncertain expression, Li Yan said again: "Mr. Bai, please take a look again. I'll leave first if I have something else to do. This is the room key. You can give it to me later..." Li Yan said and handed the key to Lao Bai.
"You take the key first. I will communicate with Mr. Xu first." Lao Bai paused for two seconds and suddenly asked, "There is another thing I want to ask you. Mr. Tang said before that he would send an accountant to investigate the domestic Lebai I saw you today about the account with German Lebai. Have you checked the account? Are there any questions? "
"No problem."
"Since there is no problem, did Mr. Tang or Mr. Xu tell you when Lebai's investment will be received?"
"The two presidents didn't say anything about this. You'd better ask them directly." Li Yan looked at Lao Bai without squirming or evading her eyes, and her tone was calm, and she looked like she really didn't know.
Hearing what the other party said and thinking about Xu Tongying's arrangements today, Lao Bai couldn't help but feel angry: Since there is no problem with the account, why can't the investment be paid back? It was Xu Tongying who found Mr. Tang and another investor. Shouldn't she help with the investment? Or has she already gotten some news?
And he didn't even see the investment money, so why did Xu Tongying rush to find an office space first? Shouldn't she talk to him first?
Besides, when everyone signed the investment agreement last year, he made a request: He didn't want to find an office right away, especially in BJ, where land is at a premium. Even outside the Fourth Ring Road, it's not cheap. The reason is very simple. The accountant can be outsourced to do the accounting. Xu Tongying handles Lebai's domestic business part-time (the same as Lebai's state before he got the investment). Sometimes the person who contacts Xu Tongying is Laobai himself, and sometimes it is the domestic company. business partners, but most of the time it is Lao Bai himself who coordinates business across time zones. When I met BJ in the morning, that is, at night in Germany, when Lao Bai was resting and Xu Tongying was busy, Lao Bai's friends would occasionally come to help, but when it came to important matters, everyone still tacitly waited until Germany morning to help. Lao Bai called. He thought it would be too late to find an (office) when he was too busy with business. He didn't expect that Xu Tongying would arrange the matter so quickly. He found it under the current tragic situation where all tours were cancelled. It's still such a broken building. Of course, he can't say that this building has no advantages at all. The biggest advantage is that although it belongs to the South Third Ring Road, it is close to the South Second Ring Road. But now that the business is gone and the location is of no use, what is Xu Tongying planning?
Lao Bai knew in his heart that Li Yan was right: he still had to ask Xu Tongying directly about this matter.
He remembered that Xu Tongying's company was in a commercial complex near Chaoyangmen. It was not far away by taxi, so he hurriedly broke up with Li Yan and took a taxi to kill him.
After leading the team back from watching the World Cup in Japan last year, Lao Bai briefly stayed in BJ. He knew that it was the evening rush hour in BJ and there was a traffic jam, so he could only take one step at a time. He made up his mind: if the traffic jam was really serious, he would just walk there. Unexpectedly, this road was extremely smooth, and even crossing the Jianguomen Bridge didn't take long. There were far fewer cars on the street than what he could see with the naked eye when he was at BJ last summer.
"I'm lucky today, there's not much traffic jam." Lao Bai looked at the light and shadow in the traffic and said with emotion, "There seem to be fewer cars (on the road)."
"Maybe it has something to do with the complete opening of Line 13," the driver replied while loudly cursing the car driver who suddenly merged from the side lane without turning on the lights as an "idiot". "The western section was opened last year, but now it seems like the east section is open." The subway is also open. The subway is cheap and there are no traffic jams. People will definitely be willing to (take that one). Besides, isn’t it the Chinese New Year soon? People have left, so there will definitely be fewer cars..."
Lao Bai knew that once BJ's brother's chatter was opened, he quickly stopped him with words: "I saw in the news that there is a strange cold or fever in the south that is quite scary. I heard that it also exists here, but I see this Whether there are cyclists or walkers on the street, there are still many people who don’t wear masks. Master, aren’t you worried about being infected if you don’t wear a mask?”
When the driver heard this, he immediately became energetic and pointed to the glove box: "I threw the masks issued by the company there. If you say you are not worried at all, you must be lying. Who doesn't have an older person and a younger person? What if it happens? What should I do? But illness is something very special. Hey, you can’t ignore it, and you can’t take it too seriously. I’ve always had a point of view: You don’t need to take a disease that’s too minor seriously, because it will get better on its own before you can cure it. . You don’t need to take a serious illness seriously, because it’s useless to take it seriously. Do you think this is true?”
Lao Bai and the driver chatted all the way and soon arrived at the destination. The driver reluctantly let him out of the car, and he reached the floor where Xu Tongying's company was located. The front desk was already off work at this time, and the security guard registered him and then politely invited him to the reception room.
I don't know whether it was because the heating in the living room was turned on enough or because he was feeling angry, but Lao Bai felt that the living room was like an oven. As soon as he put his down jacket and scarf aside, the door of the living room was pushed open, and a woman was furious. Stepped in.
I haven’t seen him for more than half a year. Xu Tongying is not much different from the last time we saw him. He still wears decent white-collar makeup, just the right lipstick, and a waist-cinching business suit. If there is any change, except that his hair is shorter than when we last saw him. Her face was dyed burgundy, but her face looked rather haggard, with looming dark circles under her eyes. It was probably because of the travel agency's large-scale cancellation of tours that she hadn't had much rest in the past few days.
"When did you arrive?" Xu Tongying took the initiative to say hello as he approached, "I've been too busy these two days. I also said I would find time to chat with you tomorrow."
"I arrived at noon, what's wrong with your voice?" Lao Bai was surprised by the hoarse voice of the other party. Xu Tongying's voice used to be as gentle as an oriole coming out of the valley, but now it sounds like an old bird.
"The meeting has been going on since the morning, and my throat can't hold it anymore." Xu Tongying changed the subject, "Have you met Li Yan?"
"Such a long meeting?" Lao Bai originally wanted to say a few words before getting down to business, but seeing that the other party looked like he was in a hurry, he simply got straight to the point, "I've met Accountant Li. I came here because I had something to do and I wanted to meet him in person. You talk."
He originally wanted to ask the other party directly, "Why do you still need to rent an office now that the group is gone?", but he immediately thought that there were many people here, and if others heard him, he might cause trouble for Xu Tongying.
Xu Tongying lowered his head and glanced at his watch, and suggested: "You haven't had dinner either, right? B1 just opened a Japanese noodle shop which is pretty good. It's cold and the noodles are warm. You go first, I'll be there soon." Get in the car Dumplings, get off the noodles, it can be regarded as catching the wind for you."
"Okay, see you soon."
The commercial complex where Xu Tongying's company is located is composed of a shopping mall and an office building. Lao Bai has traveled all over the world and seen the world. Looking at the decoration of the office building, you can tell that it is at least Grade B. The grade of the shopping mall is also not low, and the first floor is full of international Big-name beauty products, and international big-name clothing on the second floor. Taking the elevator to B1, Lao Bai found that there are many restaurants in B1, including Chinese and Western food, but from upstairs to downstairs, there are no exceptions. The door is empty.
Lao Bai originally thought that with the excellent location and popularity of this commercial complex, if not crowded with people waiting in line at night, at least there would be a lot of people, but he didn't expect that the business at night would be like this. , it seems that it is not just the tourism industry that has been affected.
There was only one girl sitting in the corner eating quietly in the noodle shop. Judging from her clothes, she seemed to be a white-collar worker working upstairs.
As soon as he entered the noodle shop, he faced the big TV on the wall. Lao Bai put down his backpack and took the menu handed over by the waiter. He quickly scanned the food descriptions on the menu and listened to the news about a certain person from the south. reports in some areas.
But what disappoints Lao Bai is that the news report did not last long, and the tone was as usual, cautious and optimistic: the situation in the north is currently controllable, only the coastal areas are slightly more serious, but relevant agencies have begun to pay close attention.
The reports passed quickly, and the next piece of news was an exclusive interview with the creative teams of several upcoming Lunar New Year blockbusters. All the actors are full of expectations for the upcoming blockbusters, and the box office estimates even surprised Lao Bai.
About ten minutes later, the girl in the corner had paid and left, but Xu Tongying had not yet appeared.
Lao Bai lowered his head and was about to take out his mobile phone from his bag when he heard a voice float into his ears.
"What are you looking for?"
When he raised his head, Xu Tongying had already sat down opposite him, and at the same time gently put the Kun bag in his hand on the chair next to him.
She looked really tired.
"What do you want to eat?" Lao Bai pushed the menu in front of Xu Tongying.
"You are a guest, please order. I will have a bowl of seafood noodles."
"It's better you do it. I don't know Japanese food, so I don't know which one is delicious." Lao Bai said politely.
"The old tour guide doesn't know how to order food? Who would believe it?" After Xu Tongying said it, he suddenly realized, "Oh, I remembered it. After the last World Cup, you told me that you felt like vomiting when you saw Japanese food. I'm sorry. I forgot, how about we change the place?"
"Just here. There are few people. It's easy to talk." The old man said with a smile.
"Sure, then I won't be polite to you, major shareholder." Xu Tongying smiled, raised his hand and said, "Waiter."
A waiter in Japanese clothes walked out of the bar holding an antique teapot and greeted as he walked: "What do you two want to order?"
"Want something to drink?" Xu Tongying asked nonchalantly.
Lao Bai took the kettle from the waiter and declined at the same time: "(I) have to communicate with the German side on business later, so I won't drink today."
"Two bowls of seafood noodles, wide noodles. One each of takoyaki, vegetable salad, and seaweed. A bottle of sake."
"Are you worried?" Seeing the waiter take the order, Lao Bai poured tea for Xu Tongying with a smile, and filled another cup for himself.
Xu Tongying picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put it down as if he was afraid of the heat: "You must be so anxious to see me because you have something to say, right? You were supposed to ask me questions, but after dinner I have to go back to continue the meeting, so this Let’s skip this part. I can probably guess what you want to ask, so I’ll say it first. If what I say is wrong, you can ask again.”
(End of chapter)
