Chapter 808
An unexpected surprise
It's only natural that Li Dehou reacted so strongly to Xu Bo'an's reminder.
After all, this was the first time the two had met, and they didn't know each other well. To be told something unlucky like that someone might encounter misfortune for no reason would make anyone feel uncomfortable.
When Zhai Qingshan heard that the jewelry tycoon wanted to kick Xu Bo'an out, he was caught in the middle and didn't know what to do.
Li Dehou was a distinguished guest whom he had invited, and he had even helped his career in the past, so he certainly couldn't go against him.
However, Xu Bo'an had saved Zhai Xiaofei's life before and was his family's benefactor, so of course he couldn't drive him away.
He wasn't spouting such nonsense when he met Xu Bo'an before, so what's wrong with him today? He actually cursed someone in front of so many people, who would be happy to hear that!
At this moment, Zhai Qingshan was actually somewhat dissatisfied with Xu Bo'an. The reason he invited him in was because he thought Xu Bo'an was a capable person who could help him out, but he never expected that Xu Bo'an would smash up his factory in just a short time.
The most crucial point is that before Xu Bo'an even came in, Zhai Qingshan praised Xu Bo'an to the skies in front of these people, almost extolling him to the heavens. Wasn't Xu Bo'an slapping himself in the face by doing this?
Therefore, Zhai Qingshan did not express his opinion when he heard that Li Dehou wanted to drive Xu Bo'an away.
Xu Bo'an, you also sensed Zhai Qingshan's dilemma, and at the same time, you noticed the disappointment Zhai Qingshan felt towards you.
However, Zhai Xiaofei, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. After all, he was now Xu Bo'an's loyal little fan. He mustered up his courage and said to Li Dehou, "How can you be like this? My brother kindly reminded you, but you treat him like this. You really don't know what's good for you!"
Li Dehou was furious to hear Zhai Xiaofei, a junior, speak to him like that. He said, "How old are you? You haven't even grown your hair yet, and you dare to criticize me?"
Then, looking at Zhai Qingshan with a huff and a glare, he said, "Old Zhai, is this the good son you raised? He has absolutely no manners!"
Zhai Qingshan hurriedly apologized to Li Dehou, saying, "Old Li, I'm really sorry. I'll definitely teach this kid a lesson later!"
Zhai Xiaofei said, "Hmph, so what if I'm young? At least I can tell right from wrong, unlike you who's so old and can't even tell right from wrong before making baseless accusations against others!"
Before Li Dehou could even speak, Zhai Qingshan quickly shouted at Zhai Xiaofei, "You little brat, apologize to your Uncle Li right now!"
Just then, Xu Bo'an's phone rang. He took out his phone and saw that it was Lin Kangtai calling. He remembered that before coming to the hotel, he had only sent Lin Kangtai the hotel's exact location on WeChat, but had not told him the specific room where he would be eating. He figured that Lin Kangtai was calling him now because he had already arrived at the hotel.
Since he no longer needed to stay with Zhai Qingshan, Xu Bo'an turned and walked towards the door of the private room.
Before leaving, he said to Li Dehou, "Mr. Li, you don't need to be so agitated. I believe you will thank me in the future!"
Seeing Xu Bo'an leave, Zhai Xiaofei followed him out eagerly.
As Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei were about to walk out the door, they could still hear Li Dehou's cursing voice: "Shut up and curse people, I'll thank you my ass!"
Of course, Zhai Xiaofei also heard Li Dehou cursing and muttering, and casually muttered, "He's dead!"
Then he turned around and prepared to go back to argue with Li Dehou, but Xu Bo'an pulled him back.
After the two reached the door, Zhai Xiaofei looked at Xu Bo'an with a puzzled expression and said, "No, Brother Xu, why are you pulling me? He insulted you like that, aren't you angry?"
Xu Bo'an said, "Of course I'm angry! But not as angry as you think!"
Zhai Xiaofei asked in confusion, "Since you're angry, why don't you yell back? How can you put up with this?"
Xu Bo'an said calmly to Zhai Xiaofei, "Because there's absolutely no need for that. I reminded him out of good intentions, and it's normal that he doesn't understand now. There's no point in me arguing with him. He'll realize how important my reminder was when he runs into trouble in a few days!"
After hearing Xu Bo'an's words, Zhai Xiaofei said to him with some doubt, "Oh right, brother, I don't really understand why you suddenly reminded him of this kind of thing. Do you have some kind of magical precognitive ability that only protagonists in novels have?"
Xu Bo'an smiled and said to Zhai Xiaofei, "Since you're sure my warning to Li Dehou was true or false, why did you speak up for me just now? Aren't you afraid that your dad will scold you when you get home for talking back to him like that?"
Zhai Xiaofei patted his chest with a strong sense of loyalty and said to Xu Bo'an, "You gave me a second life. You are closer to me than my own older brother. Of course I have to side with you. Besides, you are so amazing, I think what you said must be true!"
After listening to Zhai Xiaofei's words, Xu Bo'an couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. He hadn't expected that he held such an important place in Zhai Xiaofei's heart. It could be said that Zhai Xiaofei now trusted him completely and unconditionally.
Because Zhai Xiaofei dared to speak rudely to the big boss in order to help him, it showed that he had complete trust in Zhai Xiaofei, which made Xu Bo'an quite moved.
Xu Bo'an did not answer Zhai Xiaofei's question directly, but smiled and said to Zhai Xiaofei, "Alright, let's leave it at that. We'll have a result in a few days. Right now, our priority is to find another place to eat!"
Zhai Xiaofei said to Xu Bo'an, "That old man disturbed your mood, so I'll find another place to eat."
Xu Bo'an said, "No need for that trouble. Do you have any other private rooms? If so, we can just eat here. Otherwise, it'll be a waste of time to choose again!"
Zhai Xiaofei said, "Of course there is, but I'm afraid if we eat here and run into that old bastard Li Dehou again, it will affect your mood, brother!"
Xu Bo'an smiled and said to Zhai Xiaofei, "You're overthinking it, it's not that serious at all!"
Zhai Xiaofei said, "Alright, in that case, we'll arrange another private room!"
Xu Bo'an said, "Alright, don't make the same mistake again this time!" Zhai Xiaofei scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said to Xu Bo'an, "I know, big brother!"
This time, after Zhai Xiaofei made a call to the hotel manager, he quickly arranged a private room for them, which was downstairs from the room where Zhai Qingshan and his group were. Zhai Xiaofei then led Xu Bo'an downstairs.
After arriving at the private room, Xu Bo'an called Lin Kangtai back to explain the exact location of their private room.
Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei then sat down.
Inside Zhai Qingshan's private room, after Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei left, Li Dehou was still very angry. Zhai Qingshan said many nice things to Li Dehou and comforted him for a long time before he calmed down a little.
Afterwards, Li Dehou kept complaining about Xu Bo'an. Because he held a grudge against Xu Bo'an, he advised all the big shots present not to buy Xu Bo'an's hangover relief products in the future. He also vowed that he would definitely teach Xu Bo'an a lesson and ruin his pharmaceutical factory to see how arrogant he could be.
Even Zhai Qingshan would occasionally say a few bad things about Xu Bo'an.
Xu Bo'an's actions this time greatly surprised Zhai Qingshan, completely overturning his previous good impression of Xu Bo'an!
In short, no real business was discussed in the private room where Zhai Qingshan was afterwards; instead, there was a barrage of insults directed at Xu Bo'an.
Xu Bo'an, however, was completely unaffected by what had just happened, because he knew that within five days, Li Dehou would definitely feel guilty about what he had done to him today.
As Lin Kangtai entered the private room, Xu Bo'an looked at Zhai Xiaofei and introduced him to Lin Kangtai: "Old Lin, this is Zhai Xiaofei, the son of Zhai Qingshan of the Zhai Group!"
He then looked at Lin Kangtai and introduced him to Xu Bo'an: "This is Lin Kangtai, the vice chairman of Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory!"
When Lin Kangtai heard Xu Bo'an say that the person in front of him was Zhai Qingshan's son, Lin Kangtai was shocked. Zhai Qingshan was the richest man in Dongjiang City and the president of the Chamber of Commerce. He was extremely famous in Dongjiang City and was someone that many people looked up to.
Today, Lin Kangtai was thrilled to actually see his son. Although Lin Kangtai was also a businessman, he had the honor of meeting Zhai Qingshan at a meeting when Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory was at its peak. However, after the pharmaceutical factory declined, he was no longer qualified to attend such large-scale meetings.
Therefore, in Lin Kangtai's mind, Zhai Qingshan was someone he could never reach. Although the person in front of him was not Zhai Qingshan himself, Lin Kangtai was still quite excited to meet the son of such an important figure as Zhai Qingshan.
After exchanging warm greetings, the two began chatting and eating.
After several rounds of drinks and dishes, Xu Bo'an talked to Lin Kangtai about providing welfare housing for the employees of Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory.
Xu Bo'an spoke first to Lin Kangtai, saying, "Old Lin, the reason I called you here today is to talk to you about employee welfare housing. You're already very busy managing the company's affairs. I just happened to run into Xiao Fei, and after learning that the properties near our Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory belong to the Zhai Group, I took the opportunity to discuss this matter with Zhai Xiaofei."
We initially agreed on a plan: to give away apartments of approximately 140 square meters each to all senior leaders, high-level talents, and those who have made significant contributions to the company, free of charge.
The company's ordinary employees can purchase housing on their own, but the housing price is 20% of the average market price after Zhai Xiaofei has given us, and the company and ordinary employees contribute half of the cost, which means we subsidize half of the price for the employees!
However, this is just an initial idea. If you have any additions, please feel free to share them. We will then combine our feedback and compile it into a document to distribute to the employees.
Lin Kangtai has learned his lesson this time. Although he still has some grievances, he no longer expresses his thoughts directly like he did on the phone yesterday. After all, Xu Bo'an owns 90% of the company's shares and is the real person in charge. Normally, he can make decisions on his own about things that Xu Bo'an doesn't interfere with, but since Xu Bo'an has intervened, he has to do as Xu Bo'an instructs.
Lin Kangtai roughly estimated in his mind that although the company would have to spend a lot of money on this employee welfare housing project, the partner was a leading company like the Zhai Group, which would also be an opportunity to increase the company's visibility.
Since he couldn't refute his leader's opinion and could still get a little benefit, Lin Kangtai could only go home and digest his grievances on his own, no matter how much he resented it. After careful consideration, Lin Kangtai said to Xu Bo'an, "Okay, Mr. Xu, I will listen to you. I will draft the document according to your instructions and distribute it to the employees."
Xu Bo'an said to Lin Kangtai, "Okay, since you agree to this, then after you've made the statistical tables, just talk to Zhai Xiaofei about it!"
Lin Kangtai nodded and said, "Okay!"
Since everyone had to go to work in the afternoon, the group chatted for a while longer before leaving the private room after finishing their meal.
Because Xu Bo'an still had to go to Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory, he said goodbye to Zhai Xiaofei and drove with Lin Kangtai towards the factory, one after the other.
After arriving at Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory, since it wasn't yet time for the afternoon shift, Xu Bo'an and Lin Kangtai went back to Lin Kangtai's office together.
At this moment, only Xu Bo'an and Lin Kangtai were in the office. Xu Bo'an handed a key to Lin Kangtai and said, "Old Lin, you take this key!"
After taking the key, Lin Kangtai asked, "Mr. Xu, where is this key from?"
Xu Bo'an said, "Oh, it's like this. This is a house I bought in my own name, and I'm giving it to you! I'll send you the exact location information of the house in a bit!"
After saying that, Xu Bo'an took out his phone to send Lin Kangtai the location of the villa he was going to give him.
Lin Kangtai was stunned when he heard Xu Bo'an's words. He was completely bewildered by Xu Bo'an's sudden move. Yesterday, Xu Bo'an had only told him about giving out employee benefits, but he hadn't revealed that he was going to give him a house!
While Lin Kangtai was hesitating, Xu Bo'an had already sent Lin Kangtai the information on the villa's exact location.
Xu Bo'an then said to Lin Kangtai, "Old Lin, I've sent the house information to your phone. As for the later processing of the property certificate, you can handle it yourself, or you can just give the documents to Zhai Xiaofei and he'll take care of it for you!"
While Lin Kangtai was still in a daze, he mechanically opened his phone after hearing Xu Bo'an say that, and then saw that the address of the house was a villa in the Central Courtyard!
Lin Kangtai was even more shocked after seeing the message than when he first heard that Xu Bo'an was going to give him a house. This surprise was too unexpected! (End of Chapter)