"Sir, who are you looking for?" Lin Yi had only taken a few steps when he was stopped by the building's security.
"Wait a minute, let me see," Lin Yi thought. Big cities are still decent, with security guards. But this one was just a show-off, not as powerful as Er Gouzi.
Er Gouzi was a playmate of Lin Yi's. Although he didn't know any martial arts, he could kill a cow with one punch. In Lin Yi's opinion, this security guard was even worse than a cow, not even as strong as one.
Lin Yi pulled another piece of paper from his pocket, read the words on it, and said, "I'm looking for Chu Pengzhan."
"Chu Pengzhan? Who is that? Why does that name sound so familiar?" The security guard was stunned and repeated it silently.
"Chairman!" The older security guard standing nearby reacted quickly, immediately realizing who Chu Pengzhan was. Startled, he quickly tugged at the guard's shirt and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense! If the captain hears, you'll get fired!"
"Ah!" The guard jumped at the older guard's words, his eyes widening in shock. He regretted his earlier outburst. Why was he babbling about nothing? Now he didn't even know the chairman. What was he still doing as a security guard? Who was he supposed to protect?
However, the guard took one look at Lin Yi's attire, his eyes darting, and his fear faded. No matter how he looked at him, Lin Yi didn't look like someone related to the chairman. One was the chairman of a Fortune 500 conglomerate, the other was a migrant worker from the countryside. They didn't seem to have any connection, right?
Could this kid be from some construction site, coming to complain to the chairman? Thinking of this, the security guard suddenly became alert. He had just seen a similar movie two days ago, called "You Owe Me One Hundred and Five Thousand Yuan," in which a migrant worker went to the chairman to ask for money.
Thinking of this, the security guard and the old one exchanged glances. Clearly, they were both thinking the same thing.
"Why are you looking for Chairman Chu?" The old one cleared his throat and stared at Lin Yi sternly, fearing he might do something drastic.
"It wasn't me who went to him, it was my husband who told me to go," Lin Yi said lazily. Lin Yi didn't care who his employer was in real life; they were all asking him for a favor.
"Huh? Your husband?" Hearing Lin Yi's words, the two security guards became even more suspicious. The migrant worker in the movie was asking for money on behalf of his brother; this kid was definitely asking for money on behalf of his father.
"Come on, forget about that nonsense. Just tell me which floor Chu Pengzhan is on. I'll go find him!" Lin Yi didn't have time for these two young security guards. He had better get to the real deal first.
"The chairman isn't here. You can leave..." The old security guard sized Lin Yi up again, confirming that he had absolutely no connection to the chairman. He then ordered him out.
Lin Yi didn't bother to waste time with them. He could see through their glances and guess what they were thinking. Wasn't it just because he looked down on me for my unrefined image? They looked down on me!
"Since he's not here, I'll go in and wait for him!" Lin Yi said, striding into the company.
"Wait, you can't go in!" The two security guards, surprised that Lin Yi would dare to barge in, hurriedly tried to stop him.
Just then, the elevator door to the first floor opened, and a middle-aged man, somewhat plump, and a middle-aged man, somewhat dark and thin, stepped out together.
"It's about time. Why hasn't Xiaoyi contacted me yet? Li Fu, why don't you just drive to the station to pick him up? You've already seen the photo, haven't you?" a somewhat sturdy middle-aged man instructed another dark, thin middle-aged man.
"Okay, Mr. Chen, I'll be right there," Li Fu said respectfully.
Before Li Fu could leave, Chu Pengzhan heard an argument at the company entrance. He frowned and said to Li Fu, "Go check what's going on first."
"What's going on?" Li Fu walked quickly toward the company entrance and saw two security guards blocking a young man from entering.
"Uncle Fu, this guy said he wanted to see the chairman and forced his way inside..." The security guard naturally recognized Li Fu. Although Li Fu didn't hold a specific administrative position in the company, he was one of the chairman's closest associates. If you had to say what his position was, it would be Chairman Chu's driver.
But everyone in the company knew that Li Fu was more than just a driver. Therefore, these security guards didn't even treat Li Fu as a driver, but rather respected him as a leader.
In many cases, Li Fu's words represented the chairman's opinion.
"You..." Li Fu looked at Lin Yi, his eyes wide, and asked in surprise, "Are you Lin Yi?"
"It's me." Lin Yi glanced at Li Fu and nodded. He had been keeping an eye on this person since Li Fu appeared. Intuitively, he knew this person wasn't Chu Pengzhan. As the chairman of a group, he naturally exuded a sense of authority, but this person didn't. Although serious and respected, a person's aura can't be altered.
"Hello!" Li Fu knew how much Chu Pengzhan valued the young man before him. So, once he confirmed Lin Yi's identity, he didn't dare to be inconsiderate and quickly extended his hand to shake Lin Yi's hand. "I'm Chairman Chu's secretary, Li Fu. The chairman was just asking me to pick you up at the train station, and I didn't expect you to be here already!"
"No problem, just consider it a way to get acquainted." Lin Yi smiled and shook Li Fu's hand. Lin Yi's personality was like that. If you respect me, I'll respect you back. Seeing Li Fu being so polite, Lin Yi felt a little embarrassed.
"The chairman is over there. Please follow me and let's go meet him," Li Fu gestured, then walked ahead to lead the way.
The two security guards stared at Lin Yi's back in amazement, their mouths hanging open in surprise.
"Is he really the chairman's guest?" the young security guard muttered in disbelief.
"Uncle Fu came to pick him up personally, so there must be nothing wrong with that!" The old security guard sighed. "We almost offended him. It's a good thing Uncle Fu got here just in time. If we had really kicked him out, we'd be in big trouble!"
As Li Fu approached, Lin Yi's attention shifted to another, slightly plump, middle-aged man not far away. If he was right, this was the man he wanted to see, Chu Pengzhan, the director of Pengzhan Group.
"Lin Yi, right?" As Lin Yi followed Li Fu over, Chu Pengzhan also strode over there and extended his right hand very kindly.