Chapter Two Hand in Hand

  This is exactly where Lin Zixian has a headache. He understands the rules and knows that the boss of such a large company is not someone who can be seen by anyone who wants to see him.

  He just called the old man to get Qiao An Tian's contact number, so as not to bother, but the old man's phone is turned off, probably playing mahjong all night and forgot to charge.

  "Of course, it was an appointment, he made the appointment with me." Lin Zixian said calmly, in fact, for him, it was indeed Qiao An Tian who took the initiative to find him, although she was looking for his master.

  Hearing that there was an appointment and it was the chairman who made the appointment, the receptionist immediately became solemn and respectfully asked: "May I ask your surname, sir?"

  "Forest, forest of twin trees." Lin Zixian smiled and said.

  "Excuse me, sir, please wait a moment while I verify this." The receptionist checked the appointment list again, but couldn't find anyone with the surname Lin. However, seeing Lin Zixian's calm demeanor, she quickly picked up the phone and dialed a number. After connecting, she nervously said: "Assistant Ning, this is the front desk customer service. There's a Mr. Lin here who claims to have an appointment with the chairman... Ah! Yes, it's a surname Lin, a young man... Not?" She stared blankly at Lin Zixian, her face filled with panic as she nodded and said: "I understand."

  She slammed down the phone and the receptionist got angry. The man in front of her had made her endure a scolding for nothing, so she directly called security.

  The outcome was predictable, Lin Zi was forced out by security guards while standing idle beside his horse.

  Lin Zixian, standing outside the headquarters building of Ming Hua Group, did not leave, but instead took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, which was exactly the one he remembered when he saw the customer service lady dialing earlier.

  After the phone was connected, Lin Zi coldly said: "Is this Assistant Ning?"

  "Who are you?" A puzzled woman's voice came from the other side.

  "I'm the Lin guy who was just kicked out by security, tell Qiao An Tian that the person he asked for help has arrived, I'll only wait downstairs for 10 minutes, if he's late, don't let him look for a Lin again in the future." Lin Zi Xian didn't wait for the other party to ask clearly and directly hung up the phone, took out a cigarette and lit it, starting to count down.

  He's not joking, ten minutes are up, and that's the end of it. Even if you offer him a luxurious sedan chair, he won't budge. He thinks he's not someone who can be easily invited to do something. His self-worth is very high, and if it weren't for giving face to the old man, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to come and look for trouble.

  In the company building, a beautiful woman in standard professional attire was stunned by the busy tone coming from the phone, hung up the phone, picked up her pen and bowed down to write, but still felt somewhat uneasy, finally wrote down the number displayed on the landline caller ID, took a file folder, and left the office.

  He arrived at the chairman's office and knocked on the door. A thick male voice came from inside: "Come in!"

  In the luxurious and spacious office, a slightly stout middle-aged man sat behind his desk looking at a report. Assistant Ning walked in with a file and placed it on the table, saying: "Chairman, here is a document that requires your signature."

  The middle-aged man was Qiao An Tian, the chairman of the Ming Hua Group. He temporarily put down the report in his hand and flipped through the documents to be signed, only to find that they were not urgent matters. At this time, the assistant would not normally bring a document that was not important to disturb him when he was busy, but would usually wait until he was free. His eyebrows moved slightly as he stared at the document without moving, asking: "Is there anything?"

  "Just now, a Mr. Lin called and said you asked him to come over to help with something. I checked the appointment schedule, but there was no such person, so I turned him down. However, he seemed somewhat unhappy and said he would wait for 10 minutes downstairs, after which he would leave. I'm worried that it might be a private appointment arranged by the chairman, so I came over to ask."

  "Lin... came to help..." Qiao An Tian's mind turned around, slightly furrowing his brow: "Could it be him?" He immediately took out his private phone and dialed a number.

  He indeed encountered some trouble, as he offended another company due to business matters. If it were normal business competition, there wouldn't be a problem; someone who can do business so big must know people in both the white and black societies, at worst they would just lose money to avoid disaster.

  The key is that this company has a very dark background, and it's not just ordinary darkness, but extremely strong in the country. As a result, it was offended by its own general manager, who didn't know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth, and was a woman. He also found some higher-ups to mediate, but as soon as they heard about the other party's background, they didn't dare to provoke them and refused.

  Now people have made a ruthless remark, wanting the Minghua Group to spit out what they have eaten, not to mention that they also want 10% of the shares of the Minghua Group, and set a deadline for reply within ten days. If there is no response at that time, they will not be polite.

  This is a naked threat. If Joanne Tian can run the company to this point, she's not someone to be trifled with. If anyone threatens her like this and she has to give up shares of the company, then wouldn't anyone who wants to take a bite be able to? Is there a wolf in this world that can be fed to satisfaction?

  He naturally wouldn't agree, this mouth can't be opened, but he's not afraid of people playing openly, what he's afraid of is people playing dirty tricks. When the time comes and they make a move against him, he won't even have evidence to follow legal procedures, so immediately he brought in large numbers of bodyguards from domestic security companies.

  Later, he remembered a phone number his father had left him before he died two years ago, saying that if he ever encountered any threats to his life or property, he could find this person named Lin Bao. Unfortunately, the old man didn't finish what he was saying when he was dying, and he couldn't figure out who Lin Bao was or where he came from.

  Thinking that having one more way out would mean one more guarantee, he tried to dial the phone number and got in touch with a man named Lin Bao, telling him about his troubles. As a result, the other party just said they knew and hung up on him without giving him any face.

  Now there is a person with the surname Lin who has come to the door, and it's unclear whether he is that person or not, he needs verification.

  Ning's assistant let out a slight sigh of relief. It seemed that the chairman had indeed privately scheduled an appointment with someone surnamed Lin, but why didn't he contact the chairman directly after arriving?

  Qiao An Tian's phone rang with a shutdown prompt, and he was stunned for a moment. He held the phone in contemplation for a while before saying in a deep voice, "You personally invite that person up, don't be rude."

  He faintly felt that the person who revealed himself when his father was dying should not be ordinary.

  "Yes, Chairman." Assistant Ning quickly left, given only ten minutes, no time to delay.

  The headquarters building of Ming Hua Group, Lin Ziyuan had already lit his second cigarette outside, occasionally glancing at the time on his phone, with only three minutes left, but the other party hadn't even made a call. He was considering whether it was still necessary to wait when he saw a elegant woman in a professional suit walking out quickly in high heels, looking around as if searching for someone.

  Beauty! Lin Zile's eyes lit up, wondering if she was looking for him, but the other person's gaze stopped on him several times with a puzzled expression, seemingly not looking for him. She picked up her phone and dialed a number, slightly tilted, Lin Zile's broken phone 'dinged'.

  The eyes of the two finally met, and they were both stunned.

  She glanced at the phone in her opponent's hand and found it was an outdated Nokia straight-board mobile phone, which matched her impression of a mobile phone many years ago. She wondered if the phone in her opponent's hand was still black and white screen. Moreover, her opponent's clothes were not high-end enough, and the person looked out of place. Was this really the person appointed by the chairman?

  She hung up the phone, and the ringing on Lin Zi's hand also stopped.

  She hastily walked over and looked up and down at Lin Zilei, somewhat puzzled: "Are you Mr. Lin?"

  Lin Zi raised his mobile phone and glanced at the time, saying coldly: "There's still one minute left."

  As soon as he said this, Assistant Ning finally confirmed the other's identity and hurriedly stretched out one hand: "Hello! Mr. Lin, I am the assistant to the chairman, Ning Lan. The chairman asked me to come down and pick you up."

  Lin Zi Xian originally didn't want to shake hands with the other party, but he was soft-hearted and couldn't resist the beauty's smiling face. He lazily grasped the other person's hand, only to discover that it felt great, and he became addicted, refusing to let go!

  Ning Lan tried to pull her hand back, but found that the other party was holding it with a moderate grip, and she couldn't pull it back no matter what. Her face changed slightly as she said: "Mr. Lin, what are you doing?"

  "Don't worry! I'm not trying to be rude, it's just that there are quite a few people in this building who look down on others, and I'm afraid if we go in, we'll be chased out again. I think it's safer if we hold hands." Lin Zixian said seriously.

  Ning Lan tried to pull away a few more times, but still couldn't shake him off. She forced an awkward smile on her face and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Lin. It was just a misunderstanding last time. This time I'll lead the way, no one will stop you."

  "Is that so? Losing face once is enough, if I lose it a second time, I'll have no face to show anyone. Better be more cautious!" Lin Zixian approached with a smiling face, sniffing the high-end perfume on the other person's body, and said in a low voice: "I'm someone who must repay debts, you had me kicked out last time, I need to get back this face. Either we hold hands and go see Qiao An Tian together, or you go back alone to see him, think it through yourself, I don't like forcing people."

  Ning Lan didn't expect to run into a rascal, and she was both angry and annoyed. However, she couldn't refuse him, so she put on a professional smile and extended her other hand towards the building: "Mr. Lin, please!"

  Lin Zi readily agreed and the two of them walked hand in hand into the building.

  As Ning Lan walked through the grand hall, he didn't even glance sideways, but the staff inside were all staring with wide eyes and faces full of incredulity. Wasn't this the guy who was kicked out by security earlier? How did he come back? And to make matters worse, he was holding hands with the CEO's assistant in broad daylight! It turned out that Assistant Ning had rushed out earlier just to find him, which made the employees who followed company rules feel utterly disheartened...

  Those two front desk customer service girls were even more stunned, Lin Zixian didn't have any intention of blaming them at all, and instead smiled and nodded towards the two of them, as if saying "You see? I really did have an appointment."

  After the two entered the elevator, the elevator door closed and Lin Zi slowly let go of his hand. Ning Lan looked at him, thinking he really wanted to hold hands with her to meet the chairman, and was still thinking about how to explain it to the chairman afterwards, but unexpectedly he let go...