criminal mentality

Chapter 164 White Collar Life
Within a few days, Yuan Yuan received a notification that the first batch of red wines had arrived, and asked her to take someone to the airport customs to wait. If the quality of the wines passed the spot check, they would be taken back to the company's wine cellar.

After all, this is the first time dealing with the other company, so one cannot be too cautious.And just looking at the price of this bottle of wine, how dare Yuan Yuan be careless. If the first time she received the goods and brought back defective products, she believed that this would be the job with the shortest time she worked.

Yuan Yuan was on the verge of a formidable enemy, she took her secretary Liu Dongyue and the three clerks assigned to her, Gillian, Xiao Wang, and A Fei who had met twice before, and all her subordinates wanted to rush to the airport.But she was entangled by Qin Pengxiu who rushed over to help her after hearing the news. One didn't want to be followed, and the other decided to go anyway. The result of the compromise was that Yuan Yuan and Qin Pengxiu shared a car, and the remaining four were left alone. A Fei drove and took a company-issued Volkswagen to the direction of the airport.

Not long after, the flight they were waiting for landed smoothly. After passing the inspection, a tall man with blond hair and blue eyes walked straight towards the pick-up board in their hands.The 1.8-meter-tall foreigner looked arrogant, ignored Yuan Yuan's friendly hand, and said in blunt Chinese, "Hurry up, I'm still catching the next flight home."

Yuan Yuan's affection for the foreigner and the company he represented dropped to the lowest in her heart, she withdrew her hand in embarrassment, and silently followed the foreigner to the place where the wine was stored.This small storage room was temporarily rented from the airport, but the temperature inside really made Yuan Yuan unflattered. Although it is winter in L City, due to its southerly latitude, the daytime temperature can still reach over 20 The temperature in this storage room has no windows, and the room is very stuffy, and the twenty boxes of red wine that Hong Tong bought are closely arranged together.

All Hongtong people present could not help but frown. Since they are engaged in the red wine import business and have rented the wine cellar in advance, how could the people present not know that the best storage temperature for red wine is within 12 to 18 degrees? What about fixed value?The temperature in this storage room is at least 25 degrees.Red wine is delicate and sensitive, especially the purchase price of this batch is 1000 yuan a bottle, which can be regarded as mid-to-high-end red wine. Compared with the dozens of yuan a bottle sold on the street, they pay more attention to taste. The customers are targeted at the affluent crowd. What kind of wine have these people never drank?Once a slight mistake is discovered by the customer and the product is returned, Hongtong's just-started high-end wine agency may not be able to go far.

The foreigners standing aside waited for a long time but did not see that the group of Chinese wanted to test the wine, and finally urged them impatiently: "Please hurry up, you have no sense of time, my plane has to come Doing business with you is such a hassle."

Ah Fei's face sank when he heard the gringo's words, and he pinched his fingers and rattled. He just wanted to take a step forward to teach him how to respect people when he was stopped by the sharp-eyed Yuan Yuan. The unsatisfactory storage environment is only one aspect that affects the quality of wine.Let's test whether this batch of wine has deteriorated or not.

Instruct Ah Fei to randomly move out a box from the middle. The box is completely packed, unsealed, fetched wine, opened the bottle, and sobered up. After an hour, Yuan Yuan poured out some wine, stopped when the glass was one-third full, and tilted the glass slightly , Seeing that there is no precipitation at the bottom of the cup, the company bought all new wine this time, and the new wine itself should not have precipitation.Gently turning the wine glass counterclockwise to let the aroma of the red wine radiate naturally, Yuan Yuan lowered her head to the mouth of the glass and took a sip of the aroma of the wine, and then took another sip into her mouth.Well, green and difficult to drink, with a slight taste of blackcurrant, this bottle is authentic Latour Nouveau.The tasting value of the new Latour wine ordered by the company this time is far less than its collection value. In recent years, there have been more and more rich people in China, collectors are even more knowledgeable, and red wine collection has become a popular trend in recent years. As a new hobby, the company seized this opportunity and won the agency right of red wine. This batch of wine is their vanguard in the domestic market.To be cautious, Yuan Yuan signaled A Fei to take another box of wine from the bottom. After all, a bottle of thousands of yuan was the first time they had to deal with each other.

The foreigner Jim, who was silent for a long time, saw that the other party had inspected a bottle and wanted to take out a box from the bottom. He couldn't help being anxious. The one with the X mark means that the wine in it was secretly replaced by George.Some time ago, George lost a lot of money in gambling and owed a lot of money to the underground bank. This time when he received the delivery task, he thought of an idea. He secretly replaced the original two boxes of wine with some inferior wine and sold them for money. Pay off the bill.Originally, George thought that based on his years of experience in dealing with people, it would be no problem to get away with it, but he didn't want the plan to keep up with the changes. The day before his departure, George accidentally sprained his foot while going out for a run, and it was impossible to walk in a short time.He was also afraid that after explaining to the winery, the winery would send other people to deliver the goods, and the truth he carefully concealed might be exposed, so Jim was temporarily arrested.But what role is Jim?He is good at eating, drinking and having fun, and he is smart when dealing with people, please, what are you kidding?That's why he pretended to be like [-] million, with his nostrils popping into the sky, trying to bluff the other party.Seeing that A Fei had moved away the other boxes that were pressed on it, Jim became anxious, and asked with bad evidence: "What do you mean? Is there something wrong with the bottle of wine just now? Now we need to re-inspect, my plane is not Waiting for no one!" Yuan Yuan tried her best to pull out a friendly smile: "The bottle of wine just now is fine, we just want to confirm that everything else is fine." "Since the bottle just now is fine, the rest of you Go back and inspect slowly, I’m still in a hurry, so let’s go first, this batch of goods will be handed over to you, please sign on the form, so I can take it back to the business, you Chinese are really troublesome!” Angrily, Jim stuffed the list into Xiao Wang who was closest to him.

Yuan Yuan felt that the last perfunctory smile on her face was about to fade away. What happened to this winery?The place where the top red wine is produced actually has such unreasonable employees. After all, it is a custom in the red wine market to inspect when receiving the goods, and the buyer has the final say on how many bottles to inspect.This foreigner didn't take them seriously.Yuan Yuan sneered: "Hehe, since you are in a hurry, please take this batch of wine back home. They say that the wine is like a person. With employees like you in your winery, the wine must not be much better. This box is unsealed. We will keep the rest, please bring back the rest, we will tell Mr. Hong what happened here when we go back, and please go back and tell your winery, goodbye."

After Yuan Yuan finished speaking, she signaled A Fei to pick up the wine in Kaifeng, and the group was about to leave.Jim was really in a hurry now, and hurried up to stop them, apologizing to them, but still asking them to take away all the wine.The words were not speculative, and in the end Yuan Yuan and her party ignored Jim and drove away.How Jim called his brother with a sad face, and how George went to the winery to tell the truth, and was finally fired, has nothing to do with Yuan Yuan and others.

Such a problem occurred when receiving the goods for the first time. Yuan Yuan felt embarrassed to face Hong Xiaofei. Although she didn't think she had done anything wrong, no matter what, what happened today will bring new problems to the partners when they deal with each other next time. A lot of difficulties.The first thing she did when she got back to the company was that Yuan Yuan went directly to the manager's office to call Hong Xiaofei and explain the situation. Although Hong Xiaofei probably had a better source of information, she should act as if she didn't know anything.After all, no leader wants to see that his subordinates know that a nail has been buried around him.

As soon as she arrived at the door of the manager's office, Yuan Yuan was stopped by Xiaoling: "I'm sorry, Director Yuan, Manager Hong is meeting with customers and I don't see anyone. Director Yuan should come back later." Meeting guests?Who will it be?Business partner or drug dealer?
Yuan Yuan nodded to express her understanding, then turned and left.Raising her wrist to look at her watch, it was already eleven o'clock at noon, Yuan Yuan went downstairs to buy some food, and slipped into the opposite office building while there were no suspicious people around.Went up to the tenth floor and found a decoration company, pretended to be a customer and looked around. Yuan Yuan found the most suitable angle to see Hong Xiaofei's office opposite. There were three people in the office including Hong Xiaofei, two men and one woman, sitting in the office separately. On both sides of the table, because the distance was not too close, Yuan Yuan couldn't see the faces of the two of them clearly. She could only see that one of them had yellow hair and the other was bald. Suits are very different.These two must not belong to the company.Yuan Yuan got up and left after seeing the two handing a suitcase to Hong Xiaofei. She hurried downstairs, and within 5 minutes of returning to the street, her cell phone rang, and after picking it up, she heard Hong Xiaofei on the phone The head asked: "Director Yuan, what do you need from me? How about the shipment today? Where are you now? Why is there no one in the office?" Yuan Yuan said the answer she had thought about earlier: "That winery sent to deliver The attitude of the person who delivered the goods is very problematic. Judging by his appearance, there may be something wrong with that batch of goods. I came back without receiving the goods. I wanted to explain the situation to you, but at that time Xiaoling told me that you had customers, and I thought about it. Go, just sneak down to buy something to eat, I didn’t have time to eat breakfast, I’m really hungry.” At the end, Yuan Yuan was a little embarrassed.Hong Xiaofei chuckled on the other end of the phone: "Hehe, you worked hard to earn money for the company and didn't eat breakfast. As a leader, I have to thank you. How about this? You wait for me downstairs, and I'll go down and treat you to a meal together. I haven't said anything about your coming to the company." After speaking, Yuan Yuan could not refuse and hung up the phone.After a while, Hong Xiaofei's figure appeared at the door of the building. She looked around, and Yuan Yuan hurriedly stretched out her hand to indicate her position.

At the western-style steakhouse opposite, Yuan Yuan held the knife and fork in a somewhat awkward manner, looked at Hong Xiaofei secretly, imitated her posture and cut the steak clumsily, obviously, her clumsiness pleased Hong Xiaofei, she put down the knife and fork, picked up the wine glass , asking casually: "Do you know where Qin Pengxiu has gone? I don't seem to have seen him today."

(End of this chapter)