How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 330 I've been watching you for a long time

Li Lehua was completely stunned after hearing Zhang Wen's words.

Stinky tofu?
What kind of stinky tofu?

She's been out negotiating deals and attracting investment all day, so busy she hasn't even had time to eat. How could she possibly have time to send someone to deliver stinky tofu to someone else?

"Teacher Zhang, are you sure you're not mistaken? I've never sent anyone to deliver stinky tofu to you," Li Lehua said after regaining her composure.

She's the boss, why would she give gifts to her subordinates?

Even if they were to give gifts, it would be something like coffee or snacks as a reward for employees, not stinky tofu.

"Oh? It wasn't from General Manager Li? But I clearly saw the teachers from Jia Hua Training Center with the person who delivered the stinky tofu. Could it have been from Principal Zhou?"

Zhang Wen's voice was full of doubt, but it sounded more like sarcasm.

"?"

Li Lehua was startled, and her hand holding the phone trembled slightly. At that moment, she finally understood the unspoken meaning of the other person's words, and a bad premonition arose in her heart.

They were serving stinky tofu, and it spilled on the ground...

Is Zhou Maoquan up to something behind her back again?

Nima!

“Teacher Zhang, I know nothing about this. Please wait a moment, I will call Zhou Maoquan right now. If it really was him, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer,” Li Lehua said very seriously.

"No need for a reply. Since Mr. Li is unaware of this, I will go and properly thank Principal Zhou for thinking of me and sending someone to deliver stinky tofu to me so late," Zhang Wen said calmly.

His purpose in making this call was not to file a complaint, but simply to identify the mastermind behind it all and ensure that any subsequent retaliation would accurately target the right individuals and avoid harming others.

Since Zhou Maoquan is playing dirty tricks, he'll play along with him.

Of course, there was another purpose, which was to remind General Manager Li to prepare the other party mentally, so that they wouldn't come looking for trouble after Zhou Maoquan and Jia Hua got into trouble.

Li Lehua's expression froze, and her face turned extremely ugly.

She didn't think the other party could cause any trouble. Even if it was retaliation, Jia Hua and Tian Xi were fully capable of handling it.

What she was worried about was the Zhou family behind the other party.

If the eldest daughter of the Zhou family gets involved, not only will Jia Hua Art Examination be affected, but Tianxi Media will also be implicated.

"Teacher Zhang, please don't act rashly, I..."

"I'm not impulsive; I'm perfectly calm right now."

Zhang Wen interrupted his boss directly, then said with a smile, "It's getting late, so I won't disturb your rest any longer, Mr. Li. Goodbye."

After that, hang up the phone immediately.

"Teacher Zhang, hello, Teacher Zhang?"

"!!!"

Li Lehua stared at the phone that had already been hung up, her face flushed with anger, her temples throbbing, and her brows contorted with a ferocious rage about to erupt.

On the one hand, she felt she had lost face as the boss because she was threatened by her employees. On the other hand, she was angry that Zhou Maoquan was two-faced. She had warned him yesterday not to mess with Xingxiang Art Examination Training Center, but he caused her trouble the next day. Wasn't he disregarding her words?
This boss is a complete failure.

Li Lehua took a deep breath to calm herself down, then found Zhou Maoquan's phone number and dialed it.

At the same time, he thought to himself: Zhou Maoquan, it's best if you didn't send me the stinky tofu, or don't blame me for not remembering our past friendship.

"Crack!"

The phone is connected.

"Mr. Li, this is Zhou Maoquan. What are your orders?" A fawning voice came through the receiver.

"Zhou Maoquan, I'm asking you, did you send someone to Xingxiang to throw stinky tofu?" Li Lehua questioned in a deep voice.

Zhou Maoquan's heart tightened, cold sweat instantly soaked his back, and his eyes were filled with surprise and doubt.

How did the boss find out?
He only told the head of teaching, Zhu Zhengyan, about this, but it was Zhu Zhengyan who found the person who threw the stinky tofu, so it was definitely not Zhu Zhengyan who betrayed him.

Who would that be?
Could it be that the guy surnamed Zhang suspected him and then went to the boss to complain?

Hmm, that's possible!
"Mr. Li, what do you mean by splashing stinky tofu? I don't know anything about that." Zhou Maoquan tried his best to appear innocent and directly denied his boss's question.

Director Zhu didn't call him, which might mean the matter hadn't been exposed. Even if the person who threw the stinky tofu was caught, the investigation would only trace back to Director Zhu, and Director Zhu would never dare to betray him, otherwise he would have to leave Jiahua.

"You really don't know?" Li Lehua asked suspiciously, her brows furrowed.

“President Li, didn’t you tell me yesterday not to cause trouble for Xingxiang? How could I dare disobey your orders?” Zhou Maoquan said earnestly.

After hearing this, Li Lehua hesitated for a moment. Could it really not be Zhou Maoquan who did it?

One of these two people must be lying.

"Then tell me, why would Jia Hua's teacher be with the person who threw stinky tofu at Xiang Xingxiang?" Li Lehua asked.

Zhou Maoquan's body stiffened, as if he had been acupunctured, and he remained motionless, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes.

The person who threw the stinky tofu was hired by Director Zhu, so the teacher who was with these people must be Director Zhu himself.

Has Director Zhu been exposed?

This idiot!

Zhou Maoquan gritted his teeth. He had clearly warned the other party not to contact the person who threw the stinky tofu, and to delete the call log immediately after making the call, so as not to give anyone any leverage against them.

Now look what's happened, people have seen it directly.

They're utterly useless and more likely to cause trouble than achieve anything.

and many more!

Is the boss trying to scam him here?
"Mr. Li, who is this Mr. Jia Hua you mentioned? I'll call him to my office right now, and I'll give you a satisfactory answer," Zhou Maoquan said confidently.

On the surface, it's to give an explanation to the boss, but in reality, it's to find out the truth.

If the boss was really bluffing him, he wouldn't have needed to implicate Director Zhu.

Li Lehua was taken aback when she heard this. Why did these words sound so familiar? She seemed to have said the same thing to Teacher Zhang just now.

As for who the teacher was, she didn't ask at the time, so she didn't know.

When Zhou Maoquan heard that his boss didn't speak, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a smug smile appeared on his tense face.

I thought to myself: Boss, are you trying to scam me? I'm definitely not going to fall for it.

"Boss, who told you about throwing stinky tofu at Xingxiang? Is there some misunderstanding? Is it possible that Principal Zhang of Xingxiang has made too many enemies and is being retaliated against by others, and because I sent people to distribute flyers yesterday, they blame everything on me?" Zhou Maoquan asked.

Since the boss suspected him, he offered the boss another possibility.

"..."

Li Lehua raised an eyebrow; the situation Zhou Maoquan described was not impossible.

The prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain.

To be honest, she only heard Zhang's side of the story on the phone and didn't see any evidence, which is unfair to Zhou Maoquan. Perhaps Zhang was mistaken?

There's even another possibility: that the man surnamed Zhang wanted to sow discord between her and Zhou Maoquan, thereby affecting the normal operation of Jia Hua Yi Art Examination Training Center, since Xingxiang and Jia Hua are now competitors.

“I will verify this matter, and I hope what you said is true,” Li Lehua said, her tone softening somewhat.

“President Li, in all these years I’ve worked with you, when have you ever heard me send someone to throw stinky tofu at a competitor? Besides, what kind of company is Xingxiang? I never even considered them a competitor. What I did before was just to give them a taste of their own medicine,” Zhou Maoquan said.

Li Lehua recalled carefully that since Jia Hua was established, although there had been frictions with other training institutions, he had never heard of anything like throwing stinky tofu.

It seems it really was a misunderstanding.

"I see."

Li Lehua didn't say anything more and hung up the phone directly.

the other side.

Zhang Wen had already cleaned up the stinky tofu on the ground and washed it repeatedly with disinfectant until the unpleasant smell completely dissipated before he packed up his tools and left the training center.

However, he did not go directly back to Bai Lu's place. Instead, he took a detour via another route and stopped when he passed by Jia Hua Art Examination Training Center.

It was almost nine o'clock, and many lights were still on inside Jiahua.

As a long-established art exam training center in Beijing, even though it has lost some students, a large number of students still continue to study here.

Zhang Wen noticed a Mercedes-Benz E300 parked downstairs at Jia Hua Art Examination Center. If he remembered correctly, it belonged to Zhou Maoquan.

Since the car is here, the person must be here too.

Zhang Wen got out of the car and walked to the Mercedes-Benz. The bad luck charm works on people, but he didn't know if it would work on cars.

There's a saying that goes: Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

He summoned a talisman of bad luck from the Wenqu Pagoda and threw it at Zhou Maoquan's car.

The talisman of bad luck transformed into a beam of light, shot straight into the car, and then...

There's no after that.

Useless?
Zhang Wen sighed softly, but didn't feel any regret or frustration.

He still had more than a dozen bad luck charms on him, so losing one wouldn't matter.

Zhang Wen did not leave, but went directly into Jia Hua Art Examination Training Center.

When Xu Tingting, who was sitting at the front desk, saw the handsome man who came in from outside, her smile vanished instantly, replaced by nervousness and unease.

He was blacklisted by Jia Hua simply because of his face, and there was only one person on the blacklist.

To prevent the other party from inciting parents like last time, Xu Tingting immediately came out from behind the front desk, blocking their path with her body, her face full of vigilance.

"Principal Zhang, what brings you to Jia Hua? You're not here to promote Xingxiang again, are you?"

“No, I’m here to poach you,” Zhang Wen said seriously.

"what?"

Xu Tingting was stunned, completely speechless, unable to utter a single word of her sarcastic remarks.

In the past, other training institutions have tried to poach people from Jia Hua, but their targets were all the teachers here. She was just a receptionist at Jia Hua Art Examination Training Center, responsible for receiving students and parents. She wasn't a teaching teacher. Why would they poach her?
"How much is your monthly salary at Jiahua?" Zhang Wen asked.

"Seven thousand," Xu Tingting answered softly.

Her job wasn't difficult and the tasks were easy, so the salary wasn't high.

“I’ll add a thousand to your paycheck, eight thousand to work as a receptionist at my Xingxiang Art Exam Training Center, how about that?” Zhang Wen asked.

Xu Tingting unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Is it so direct?

A raise of 1,000 yuan isn't much, but getting a raise for her position is harder than producing the top student in the Beijing Film Academy's performance entrance exam. After all, there are far too many people who can do this job, and it doesn't even require much experience or skill.

"Are you serious?" Xu Tingting looked at the other person suspiciously, thinking that the other person might be joking.

"Of course I'm serious. Do I look like I'm joking with you?" Zhang Wen said with a serious expression.

Xu Tingting was hesitant for a moment.

She has been working at Jiahua for three years and is already familiar with the place and is quite adept at her job. If she goes to Xingxiang, what if she is ostracized and fired after working there for a few months?
Not worth the candle!

At this time, students finished class and a large number of students poured out of the elevators and stairwells.

Upon seeing this, Xu Tingting immediately said, "Principal Zhang, please go back first, let me think about it."

She neither agreed nor refused, deciding to discuss it with her boyfriend at home before making a decision.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news," Zhang Wen said after hearing this.

Xu Tingting quickly returned to the front desk, her professional smile returning to her face. However, when she saw Principal Xingxiang standing there, her smile froze for a moment. She was too embarrassed to shoo him away, since he might be her future boss, so she could only turn her head away and pretend she hadn't seen him.

When a vocal music teacher who was escorting students to the lobby saw the principal of Xingxiang Art Examination Training Center appear on his turf, he raised his eyebrows and walked directly toward him.

"Hey Zhang, this is Jia Hua. What are you doing here?"

“Teacher Jiang, I want to recruit you to my Xingxiang Art Examination Training Center,” Zhang Wen said.

what?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuanyi froze on the spot.

She considered countless reasons, such as studying, distributing flyers, and contacting the principal, but she never considered poaching someone.

Before the other person could speak, Zhang Wen continued sincerely, "Teacher Jiang, I've actually been watching you for a long time. Although you haven't been at Jia Hua for very long, your teaching level is widely recognized. Moreover, recently many students who transferred from Jia Hua to Xing Xiang have mentioned you. If you could come, it would be a great boost to Xing Xiang. I wonder how much your monthly salary is now? Don't worry, Teacher Jiang, as long as you come to Xing Xiang, your treatment will only be better than at Jia Hua."

Jiang Yuanyi's beautiful eyes sparkled as she listened to these heartfelt words, which deeply moved her.

Jia Hua has too many teachers, so she doesn't have a high profile here. Now that she's being valued so much, she's feeling quite emotional, especially with the promise of even better treatment.

As working people, isn't the purpose of going to work to earn money? Now that there's an opportunity to earn more money, who wouldn't be tempted?

“Teacher Jiang, I know this is very important to you. How about this, go back and think it over carefully. I’ll wait for your news.” Zhang Wen showed a kind and understanding look.

"Oh," Jiang Yuanyi responded, then turned and walked upstairs, feeling dizzy and almost bumping into students several times.

"It's you! What brings you here again?"

Another teacher recognized Zhang Wen, and the disgust on his face was undisguised.

"Teacher Wang, the real reason I came here today is to recruit you to Xingxiang..."

"I've been watching you for a long time. Although you haven't been with Jiahua for very long, your teaching ability is widely recognized..."

"If you could come, it would be a tremendous boost to Xingxiang's strength..."

"Think it over carefully..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)