Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

143. The Competitive Bidding

 

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

 

Zhang Wei, of course, knew about T organization, but he didn’t expect that Li Qinghao, who was just 13 years old, would mention the organization.

Needless to say, Spy also knew about T organization. To be more exact, he knew more about T organization than Zhang Wei did. Therefore, he was very surprised to hear the name from a 13-year-old boy.

Zhang Wei and Spy exchanged a look and returned to their seats.

“The secret is…” Li Qinghao raised a meaningful smile on his lips. His young face seemed deep and mysterious. “T organization has been destroyed.”

What?!

Zhang Wei, who had quit his job as a policeman a long time ago, knew very little about T organization, but Spy knew it well. He had heard from a friend that T organization had been destroyed. Now that Li Qinghao suddenly mentioned it, his curiosity was aroused.

“The secret you want to tell us is more than that, am I right?” Spy spoke for the first time today.

Li Qinghao raised his eyebrows. He originally wanted to tell them that he had been injected with a kind of poison developed by T organization. But when he mentioned T organization, he sensed that they were very surprised. So he bit back the words he would like to have said, because he felt that the topic of T organization was enough to attract them. “You can hazard a guess.” Li Qinghao was a smart man. He neither admitted nor denied Spy’s guess.

He stood up and said, “I’m not an ambitious man. I just want… I just want to make our detective agency stronger so that no one dares to ignore us.” His smile disappeared. Mu Yinting had said that he was short on enthusiasm. Therefore, he decided to make a change and apply himself to his new job with great enthusiasm from now on.

“Oh?” Zhang Wei Li Qinghao glanced at Li Qinghao in surprise. For some unknown reason, he felt that his blood boiled with excitement when Li Qinghao made such a promise.

This boy said that he wanted to make the detective agency stronger so that no one dared to ignore them.

Spy looked at Li Qinghao with calm and fathomless eyes for a long while. As an outsider, Acker saw that the aloofness in Spy’s eyes cracked and a stream of light poured in.

“I have a new case. Are you guys interested in taking it?” asked Li Qinghao.

“What’s the case about?” Acker was always the first to speak.

Li Qinghao glanced at Zhang Wei and Spy, and then said, “I want you guys to inquire about a man named Han Ping. He lives at XXX Street. I expect you to pretend not to know me during the investigation, even when you meet me by chance. We can only communicate by phone or e-mail.”

Out of a policeman’s keen intuition, Zhang Wei asked, “That guy has something to do with you, doesn’t he?”

“Who knows.”

Spy stood up and left the meeting room first. Zhang Wei followed him out. Acker glanced at Li Qinghao and went out too. As for Mia, she kept staring blankly at Li Qinghao.

After working together for so long, they had a tacit understanding. So there was no need to divide up the work in detail. Sometimes people who had a tacit understanding, would develop a deep friendship. However, they didn’t realize it yet.

“Why do you look at me like that, Mia?” Li Qinghao crossed his legs gracefully and looked up at Xiaoman.

Mia’s face softened. She was young, but very experienced. She knew something from Li Qinghao’s words. “You are so charming, Hao. I like men of great charm.” Mia cast sheep’s eyes at Li Qinghao.

Li Qinghao raised his eyebrows and looked silently at her with a smile.

Although he was smiling, she felt herself coerced by some kind of invisible pressure. On the surface, he was much calmer and steadier than his peers, but Mia didn’t know that there was the soul of a mature man in his body.

At the Nancheng Group.

“Boss, according to your plan, we’ll choose a cooperation partner by way of competitive bidding. After the news was released, many manufacturers phoned and expressed their interest in bidding for the contract.” Yang Kai put a detailed profile of those manufacturers on the desk in front of Nancheng Lie.

Nancheng Lie skimmed those papers casually and said, “These are all big manufactures.”

“Small manufacturers are afraid of being looked down upon by Nancheng Group, so they dare not to compete with those big manufacturers,” Yang Kai explained.

“Tell them that we will be fair to them without distinction. What’s more, this time the contract is not for the highest bidder. They have to estimate the minimum production cost based on our demand.”

“What if they quote a very low price in a bid to build a relationship with Nancheng Group?” asked Yang Kai.

Nancheng Lie raised his head and fixed his eyes on Yang Kai without saying a word. Yang Kai realized that maybe he shouldn’t have asked such a question. “Sorry, I talk too much.”

“You are quite right. But do you think we can trust those manufacturers who quote a very, very low price? Can they guarantee the quality of products?” Nancheng Lie leaned back in his leather chair and pressed his temples with his forefingers. Without Xu by his side, he was in no mood to read these papers. There was a flash of desire in his eyes, as he recalled what had happened last night. He made up his mind to coax Xu into making love to him again tonight.

“I don’t know,” Yang Kai answered honestly.

“A spirit of adventure is required in business. But when I choose cooperation partners, I prefer honest ones to those who play up to me. Calculate the total production cost based on the quantity of products we need. Then sign the contract with the one who quotes a price closest to the total production cost we calculate.” Nancheng Lie waved his hand and continued, “If there is nothing else, you can go.”

“Okay.” Yang Kai was older than Nancheng Lie, but he was willing to work for Nancheng Lie. He knew that Nancheng Lie was a very good leader, although Nancheng looked like a playboy. On the surface, Nancheng Yunyu was still the president of Nancheng Group, but in fact, he gradually handed over power to Nancheng Lie. In other words, Nancheng Lie was the DE facto head of Nancheng Group.

Nancheng Group was a huge fortune. There were many people who had been waiting to see the three brothers fight for the family property. Nancheng Lie was the child that Mr. Nancheng had with his second wife. So, everyone was wondering if Nancheng Yunyu and Nancheng Yunsen would gang up on Nancheng Lie. What was more, Nancheng Lie openly declared that he was gay. Almost everyone was waiting for him to make a fool of himself.

However, they realized that they were very wrong when Nancheng Lie took over Nancheng Group. This man with a bright smile most of the time was not as useless as they thought.

Nancheng Lie, of course, was not at all useless. After all, he was brought up by Nancheng Yunyu.

Seeing that Yang Kai walked out, Nancheng Lie instantly took out his cell phone and called Li Qinghao. At the moment, he was smiling like a little fool, his face was full of happiness.

Yang Kai turned to close the door and happened to see the happy look on Nancheng Lie’s face. There was a flash of surprise in his eyes. He guessed that Nancheng Lie was on the phone with Han Mingxu.

As soon as Li Qinghao answered the phone, Nancheng Lie said in an affectionate tone of voice, “Xu.”

Li Qinghao was preparing to go to Nancheng Hospital when he received the call from Nancheng Lie. He said, “I’m just going to Nancheng Hospital. You can go straight home after work. Your second brother will drive me home.”

“What?!” Li Qinghao’s words hit Nancheng Lie like a thunderbolt. He was instantly on the alert. “Where are you now? Tell me, I’ll be right there.” Nancheng Lie knew very clearly that Nancheng Yunsen was black-hearted, although he was gentle on the surface. Considering that Nancheng Yunsen was his brother, he was embarrassed to expose Nancheng Yunsen’s true colors in front of Xu.

“Er?” Li Qinghao looked around and answered, “I’m walking on the street now. I estimate I should be at Nancheng Hospital in about 10 minutes.”

“I’ll be right there.”

“Don’t…” Before Li Qinghao could finish his sentence, Nancheng Lie hung up the phone. He heard a beep sound ring through the line.

Li Qinghao looked at the screen for a while. His smile deepened. He turned his cell phone over and over in his hand. He should have told a white lie, but he purposely made those remarks.

At the Nancheng Hospital.

“Mr. Nancheng is operating on a patient. He asked you to wait in his office.” Nancheng Yunsen’s assistant respectfully led Li Qinghao into the Hospital Administrator’s office.

“Alright, I’ll wait here. You can get back to work.” It was not the first time that Li Qinghao had been here. He had come here numerous times when he had lived as Han Mingxu. Recalling that Mu Yinting had advised him to treat people with enthusiasm, Li Qinghao asked, “By the way, are you my cousin’s new assistant?”

Unexpectedly, the beautiful assistant blushed. “Yes, I just started this job last week.”

Her reaction was a little odd.

But Li Qinghao didn’t pay any more attention to her. He would like to know who Nancheng Yunsen was operating on.

An hour later, the surgery was not over yet. But Nancheng Lie arrived at the hospital. Hearing the door open, Li Qinghao looked up to see Nancheng Lie standing in the doorway. He leaned against the door, gasping for breath. Li Qinghao blinked in surprise. “Wow, you get here so fast!”

Nancheng Lie grinned and ignored Li Qinghao’s sarcasm. “Are you waiting for me?”

Li Qinghao gave Nancheng Lie a dirty look and changed the subject, “I’m here to tell your second brother something about Lei Wen.”

“Lei Wen?” Nancheng Lie was surprised. “What happened to him?”

“Have a cup of tea first. Your brother is operating on his patient…”

“What happened to Lei Wen?” Nancheng Yunsen in a white gown pushed open the door from the outside and walked in. “I just operated on Lei Wen.”