At this moment…
The 33rd floor, the top floor of Jinye Hotel.
Inside the Chairman's office.
Liu Xuan, the General Manager of Jinye Hotel, was standing opposite a man in his thirties.
The man was seated in the Chairman's chair, leaning back, his feet propped directly on the desk.
This man was Ye Hong, the Chairman of Jinye Hotel and also its largest shareholder.
"Liu Xuan, has anything happened at the hotel recently?" Ye Hong asked.
He had come to Jiangnan Province for business and decided to drop by. This visit was unexpected; usually, he only came once or twice a year.
"Chairman Ye, everything at the hotel is going smoothly. Business volume is steadily increasing, up about twenty percent compared to the same period last year," Liu Xuan replied.
"Excellent, Liu Xuan, you've done very well. Your year-end bonus will be doubled, and hotel employees' bonuses will increase by fifty percent."
"Thank you, Chairman Ye!" Liu Xuan said respectfully, bowing.
"Alright, if there's nothing else to report, you can go back to work! I just stopped by for a quick look and will be leaving soon," Ye Hong said casually.
Liu Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Chairman Ye, there's something I need to report to you. Yesterday, a guest at the hotel applied for a membership card and directly topped it up with 100 million."
"Oh? In a personal name or a company name?" Ye Hong became interested.
"In a personal name. And yesterday, he spent 1.5 million on a single meal. He also said to prepare a single portion of the most premium food for him every day, and if he couldn't come, to just throw it away."
"Why does he sound like a nouveau riche? How old is he?"
"The material shows he's twenty-one, and he seems to be a student at Jiangnan University."
"Twenty-one? A student? Topping up 100 million for meals? Have you met this person?"
"Chairman Ye, I haven't. Manager Zhao Xuan, the lobby manager, handled him yesterday."
"Then call Zhao Xuan here."
"Yes, Chairman Ye!"
Liu Xuan immediately called on the intercom, "Manager Zhao, are you there? Please respond if you receive this!"
A moment later, a voice replied through the intercom, "General Manager Liu, Manager Zhao went out this morning and hasn't returned yet."
Liu Xuan secretly glanced at Ye Hong and said into the intercom, "Does anyone know what she went to do?"
"No idea, she didn't tell us!"
Liu Xuan stopped speaking and looked at Ye Hong, saying, "Chairman Ye, I'll call her right now."
Ye Hong said expressionlessly, "No need. We'll just wait here and see when she comes back. Liu Xuan, how do you manage things when someone is out of the hotel during working hours without even saying hello?"
"I'm sorry, Chairman Ye, it's my dereliction of duty. I will definitely strengthen management and thoroughly rectify the hotel," Liu Xuan replied cautiously.
At this moment, he was also somewhat annoyed. What was wrong with Zhao Xuan? She usually performed so well, why did she mess up at this critical moment, causing him to be reprimanded?
Neither of them spoke. Ye Hong was looking down, playing on his phone, while Liu Xuan stood there, not daring to move. He could only hope that Zhao Xuan would return quickly.
...
After the two returned to the hotel.
Lin Dong went directly to the private dining room.
Zhao Xuan headed straight for General Manager Liu Xuan's office. Someone at the front desk had already told her that General Manager Liu was looking for her.
After finding that the General Manager was not in his office, Zhao Xuan took out her intercom and called, "General Manager Liu, hello, this is Zhao Xuan. I'm currently outside your office. May I ask where you are?"
Liu Xuan's feet were getting a bit numb from standing in the Chairman's office when Zhao Xuan's voice finally came through the intercom.
So he replied, "Zhao Xuan, come to the Chairman's office."
Zhao Xuan was startled when Liu Xuan told her to go to the Chairman's office, and General Manager Liu's tone sounded a bit off.
For him to ask her to go to the Chairman's office, the Chairman must have arrived. This Chairman Ye was a mysterious figure. She had worked at the hotel for over three years and only saw him once a year at the annual meeting. Now, he suddenly wanted to see her, and she wasn't even at the hotel during working hours!
If this matter wasn't handled well, she might lose her job. She hadn't even secured Mr. Lin yet. If she lost her job, that would be a big problem.
Zhao Xuan rushed to the Chairman's office.
A few minutes later…
She arrived at the Chairman's office door.
"Knock… knock…"
Zhao Xuan knocked twice on the office door.
"Come in…" a steady voice came from inside.
Zhao Xuan pushed the door open and saw General Manager Liu Xuan standing, with Chairman Ye Hong sitting opposite him.
"Chairman Ye, General Manager Liu, hello, I'm Zhao Xuan," Zhao Xuan said, closing the door and walking over, trembling slightly.
After Zhao Xuan entered and introduced herself, Ye Hong observed her carefully. She was very beautiful, with a good figure, and her work attire highlighted the charm of a professional woman. He hadn't expected the hotel to have such an outstanding woman; being a lobby manager seemed a bit of a waste of her talent.
"Manager Zhao, leaving your post without permission during working hours, and not even saying hello, how did you get this position as lobby manager?" Ye Hong asked somewhat sternly.
Zhao Xuan became even more nervous when Ye Hong immediately questioned her. The aura emanating from these superiors made her feel overwhelmed, but she still explained, "I'm sorry, Chairman Ye, I left the hotel without permission this time to accompany a client."
"Accompany a client? Since when does our hotel require a lobby manager to accompany clients? Was it for the hotel's needs or because you personally wanted to attach yourself to these people?" Ye Hong said sharply.
He understood these women who wanted to climb the social ladder, achieving their goals at any cost. Clearly, he thought Zhao Xuan was one of them.
Initially, the moment he saw Zhao Xuan, he had a good impression of her. But when he heard her say she went to accompany a client, he immediately assumed Zhao Xuan was that kind of woman, because they often played that game—accompanying clients meant accompanying them for food, drinks, and even sex.
"Chairman Ye, you can punish me, you can fire me, but please don't insult me. Today, Mr. Lin wanted to buy a car, and he had driven one there, so he asked me to help drive the car back. Mr. Lin is also our hotel's VIP, which is why I went," Zhao Xuan said, somewhat angrily.
Zhao Xuan felt wronged. Ye Hong had completely seen her as a whore who could be bought with money, which she found unacceptable. At least her body was still clean.
She was already twenty-seven this year, and in this tempting society, it was not easy for a beautiful woman like her to resist temptation and persist to this point.
"Who is Mr. Lin?" Ye Hong asked.
"He should be the VIP who topped up 100 million yesterday," Liu Xuan replied this time.
"Where is he now?"
"Mr. Lin is currently dining in Private Room Three," Zhao Xuan replied this time.
"Let's go, we'll meet this VIP together and see if what Manager Zhao said is true."
Ye Hong finished speaking, stood up, and walked out of the office. Liu Xuan and Zhao Xuan quickly followed behind him.