Chapter 825
Shooting yourself in the foot
Zhu Jiewen had just walked over when he saw Xu Bo'an arranging flower pots. Thinking Xu Bo'an was a service staff member of the hotel, he said to Xu Bo'an, "What a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into you again! What are you doing here?"
Xu Bo'an casually replied, "Oh, I'm here to help out. What about you?"
When Zhu Jiewen first met Xu Bo'an, Xu Bo'an was chatting with Su Jie. Seeing the two chatting happily, Zhu Jiewen mistakenly thought that Xu Bo'an was interested in Su Jie. Zhu Jiewen had been secretly in love with Su Jie for many years, and from that time on, he regarded Xu Bo'an as a thorn in his side. In order to show his strength in front of Su Jie, he bought two houses in one go.
The second time she met Xu Bo'an was when she went to the real estate registration center to complete the transfer of ownership for her family's old house. Xu Bo'an happened to be the buyer, so the two met again.
Zhu Jiewen saw Xu Bo'an for the third time just two days ago. Because of the demolition of their old house, his parents and a large group of people went to find the buyer to pay the money. Since the house had already been transferred, his parents were not in the right. Zhu Jiewen persuaded his parents to go home.
Zhu Jiewen sold his old house in order to buy a new one. At the time, he bought the new house entirely to show off his strength in front of Su Jie and outshine Xu Bo'an.
When Zhu Jiewen bought his new house, he was short of money and used the money from selling his old house to make the down payment. However, he never expected that his old house would be demolished shortly after he sold it.
Most importantly, the price was several times higher than what I was paying for it. If I hadn't sold my three old houses back then, the demolition compensation alone would have been enough to buy a new large apartment outright, without needing a loan.
But now I not only have to pay the mortgage on the new house, but I've also lost money on the old house. All things considered, I'm going to lose at least two million.
What Zhu Jiewen found most infuriating was that the person who bought his old house was Xu Bo'an. If Xu Bo'an hadn't made money from these old houses, Zhu Jiewen wouldn't have felt so bad. But Xu Bo'an made a lot of money from the old houses, which made Zhu Jiewen feel very uncomfortable.
When Zhu Jiewen bought the new house, he wanted to show off his strength in front of Xu Bo'an, but he didn't expect to lose a lot of money. This made Zhu Jiewen feel that Xu Bo'an had made him lose face and reputation, and his hostility towards Xu Bo'an increased even more.
Although Xu Bo'an made a lot of money from buying those old houses, ordinary people would still be quite timid about contacting such a wealthy person, even if they knew he had so much money.
But Zhu Jiewen was a worldly man; he had seen plenty of rich people, so it wasn't surprising to him.
Zhu Jiewen felt that Xu Bo'an was just lucky to make some money by reselling houses, and that Xu Bo'an himself did not have any special talents. He was not as prestigious as those bosses who did big business every day, nor was he his boss and could not control his life.
Therefore, Zhu Jiewen was not intimidated at all when facing Xu Bo'an. Moreover, when he heard that Xu Bo'an was there to help, he thought that Xu Bo'an was at most one of the hotel's hired managers in charge of the opening ceremony, a small fry with a bit of money but no social status.
As a top student from a large company, Zhu Jiewen's scholarly arrogance kicked in. He felt that even if Xu Bo'an had some money, Xu Bo'an's social status was definitely not comparable to his own, so Zhu Jiewen cared even less about him.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jiewen looked at Xu Bo'an and chuckled, saying, "Oh, so you're here to help out? I'm here to accompany the leaders to the opening ceremony!"
While Zhu Jiewen was speaking, without anyone noticing, he deliberately pushed a large flowerpot next to him toward the mirror, and then the mirror shattered with a very crisp sound.
At this moment, the people busy around them unconsciously turned their eyes in their direction. Then, Zhu Jiewen deliberately raised his voice to Xu Bo'an so that everyone could hear him, saying, "Hey, you're so careless when you're working!"
At this moment, a man with an extraordinary appearance walked over and said to Zhu Jiewen, "Xiao Zhu, what's going on?"
The person asking the question was Li Zhiqi, a senior leader at Zhu Jiewen's company. He was in the medical business and his business was quite successful. Although he wasn't among the top in Jiangcheng, his business was still very good.
The reason this middle-aged man named Li Zhiqi came here today to attend the hotel's opening ceremony is because he knows Lin Shan and was specially invited by Lin Shan to give the hotel a prestigious appearance.
It's quite a coincidence that the two met. Li Zhiqi and Lin Shan were classmates at the same school. They met at a business conference and got along very well, so they exchanged contact information.
Over the years, the two have kept in touch from time to time. If Li Zhiqi goes to Dongjiang, Lin Shan will arrange all the food and accommodation for him. If Lin Shan comes to Jiangcheng, Li Zhiqi will also treat him well. Over time, the relationship between Lin Shan and Li Zhiqi has become quite good.
Upon hearing his supervisor's question, Zhu Jiewen pointed at Xu Bo'an and said to his supervisor, "Chairman Li, it was this guy who was clumsy and broke it while working!"
Upon hearing Zhu Jiewen's words, Li Zhiqi assumed that Xu Bo'an was a worker hired by Lin Shan. He looked at Xu Bo'an and said rather rudely, "We hired you here to do a good job. How can you do a good job if you're so clumsy? The opening ceremony is about to begin, so hurry up and clean up all this stuff!"
Before Xu Bo'an could speak, Zhu Jiewen, who was standing to the side, said, "Chairman Li, today is the hotel's opening day. Breaking these things is very unlucky. If this happened anywhere else, his wages would definitely be docked!"
After hearing Zhu Jiewen's words, Chairman Li said to Xu Bo'an, "The opening ceremony is about to begin, and there's no time to argue with you about this. You'd better clean this place up quickly, or you won't get a single penny of your wages!"
After Li Zhiqi finished speaking, he turned to Zhu Jiewen and said, "You keep an eye on him here. If he doesn't do a good job, report to me, and I'll talk to Lao Lin about it! That way, he won't have to pay this money unnecessarily!"
Hearing his leader's instructions, Zhu Jiewen was very happy and said to Li Zhiqi, "Okay, Chairman Li, I will supervise him well as you instructed!"
Xu Bo'an's purchase of Zhu Jiewen's old house made Zhu Jiewen feel he had lost a large sum of money. The old house had already been transferred to Xu Bo'an, and Zhu Jiewen knew he couldn't get it back through normal procedures. Now that he finally had an opportunity, Zhu Jiewen wanted to make Xu Bo'an lose money in this way. Zhu Jiewen treated Xu Bo'an as just a worker there, which Xu Bo'an didn't care about, but he would never allow such underhanded tactics to cheat him.
To be honest, Xu Bo'an never expected that Zhu Wenjie would use such despicable means to harm him. Zhu Wenjie's actions truly proved the saying that academic qualifications can only filter out academic failures, but cannot filter out scumbags.
Since he's trying to use such underhanded tactics against me, then don't blame me for being impolite. Xu Bo'an sneered at Zhu Jiewen and said, "Oh, Zhu Jiewen, you're trying to pin your own actions on me. If you had accidentally broken this mirror, I wouldn't have blamed you. But you not only broke it intentionally, but you're also trying to frame me. That's going too far. I have no choice but to make you pay for it!"
Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, Zhu Jiewen said to Xu Bo'an, "It was clearly you who accidentally knocked and broke the flowerpot when you were moving it. You don't just deny it, you're also making false accusations. You have no manners at all!"
Xu Bo'an said to Zhu Jiewen, "Zhu Jiewen, don't think you can get away with what you've done. I have evidence! If you still insist on pinning it on me, you're just shooting yourself in the foot!"
Hearing their conversation, Li Zhiqi said to Xu Bo'an, "You look young, why won't you admit to something like this? It's just a broken mirror, just clean it up and go home to pay for it. Why are you shirking responsibility? Young man, you can't run a business like this in the long run!"
Xu Bo'an said, "Chairman Li, right? This mirror was broken by your subordinate. I have evidence!"
Zhu Jiewen said to Xu Bo'an, "Evidence? There hasn't even been time to install surveillance cameras here yet, where did you get your evidence? You're really good at spouting nonsense!"
Our Chairman Li is a good friend of the hotel owner, and his words represent the hotel owner's opinion. He didn't hold it against you; he just asked you to clean it up. I never expected you to be so ungrateful and even try to pin the blame on me. You really don't know what's good for you!
Just then, the group of young rich kids finished their work and came looking for Xu Bo'an. Seeing Xu Bo'an arguing with Zhu Jiewen, they walked over and said to Xu Bo'an, "Brother Xu, we've finished our work. What's going on here?"
Before Xu Bo'an could speak, Zhu Jiewen interrupted, saying to the rich kid, "Looks like you guys are Xu Bo'an's workers. Xu Bo'an broke this mirror while moving flowerpots, and the boss told him to clean it up, but he's blaming me! Honestly, you guys better help clean it up!"
The rich second-generation was completely baffled after hearing Zhu Jiewen's words. When they arrived, Brother Xu Bo'an said that this was his hotel, so why was this person saying that they were just employees who came to the hotel to help with the work?
Could there be some misunderstanding? But since it was Brother Xu Bo'an who broke it, and this hotel is owned by Brother Xu Bo'an, it's only right that I help clean it up.
Thinking of this, the rich second-generation bent down to pick up the broken glass on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Xu Bo'an said to the rich kid, "Wait a minute, whoever broke the mirror should clean it up. You don't need to!"
Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, the rich second-generation obediently stood up and looked at Xu Bo'an with a bewildered expression.
Zhu Jiewen said, "Xu Bo'an, how dare you say that? It seems you're planning to disobey orders?"
Another rich kid walked over and saw Zhu Jiewen being so rude to Xu Bo'an. He angrily pushed through the crowd, pointed at Zhu Jiewen, and said irritably, "Who are you? How dare you talk to my Brother Xu like that?"
Zhu Jiewen was stunned when he saw the rich second-generation who was speaking. Although the rich second-generation did not recognize him, Zhu Jiewen had memorized his appearance after only meeting him once, because the rich second-generation was Li Jiayin, the son of Li Zhiqi, the chairman of the company where Zhu Jiewen worked.
After hearing Li Jiayin's words, Zhu Jiewen looked at him with a very surprised expression and asked, "What did you call Xu Bo'an just now?"
Li Jiayin angrily rebuked Zhu Jiewen, "Xu Bo'an is my elder brother, so what?"
Zhu Jiewen said, "No, have you been deceived by Xu Bo'an? How could someone of your status be associated with Xu Bo'an?"
Li Jiayin was furious after hearing Zhu Jiewen's words. Xu Bo'an was an older brother he greatly admired, and this guy dared to call Xu Bo'an a liar! He was simply courting death. Li Jiayin glared at Zhu Jiewen and said angrily, "Watch your mouth! Who are you calling a liar? Who are you calling a liar?"
While they were talking, Li Jiayin kept moving closer to Xu Bo'an, acting arrogantly. Because Li Jiayin was his boss's son, Zhu Jiewen didn't dare to show any disrespect to her.
Li Zhiqi had just left after assigning tasks to Zhu Jiewen. Now, with the opening ceremony about to begin and seeing such a large crowd gathered, Li Zhiqi walked through the crowd and asked Zhu Jiewen, "Zhu Jiewen, what's going on? Why hasn't this matter been resolved yet?"
As soon as Li Zhiqi finished speaking, he saw that his son, Li Jiayin, was also there. At the same time, Li Jiayin also saw his father and said to him, "Dad, what are you doing here?"
Li Zhiqi said, "Of course I'm here to attend the hotel's opening ceremony! But what are you doing here instead of going back to work?"
Li Jiayin said, "Of course I'm here to support the hotel's opening!"
Li Zhiqi said, "You young punk, you don't know anything and you're here to support me? I haven't even settled the score with you for spending so much money on that old house last time."
Li Jiayin had secretly bought those old houses with Xu Bo'an behind her father Li Zhiqi's back. When her father found out, he scolded her severely. Therefore, ever since buying those houses, Li Jiayin has been avoiding her father as much as possible for fear of his reprimand. (End of Chapter)