Oh, This Is Such a Dilemma

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the Director's Office door.

"Come in."

Shen Qi's secretary, Old Liang, came in with a tablet, swiping his finger across the screen. "Director Shen, Alesok Pharmaceuticals in the United States would like to visit you on the 18th of this month. Should I accept?"

Shen Qi shook his head decisively. "No."

"Okay, understood." Secretary Liang crossed the American pharmaceutical company off the list on his tablet, then continued, "Beiwu Pharmaceuticals in Japan has sent a letter. They can visit you any day this month. Should I accept?"

Shen Qi shook his head again. "No."

Secretary Liang said, "GLK Pharmaceuticals in the UK would like to—"

Shen Qi cut him off. "The British and Americans have finished celebrating Christmas, and the Japanese have finished celebrating New Year's, but we haven't even had Chinese New Year yet. No meetings, no meetings at all. Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Why are these foreigners so annoying? Listen, Old Liang, once you finish work today, you can start your holiday tomorrow. We'll see each other after the New Year."

At the Shen Qi Research Center, it wasn't just Shen Qi who was busy. His secretary, Old Liang, was busy too. "Director Shen is still at his post. How could I dare leave?"

"Old Liang, you have to leave. The contact number I gave out is the landline in your secretary's office. If those foreign capitalists can't get hold of you, they won't be able to bother me either. So hurry up and take your holiday. Go home and celebrate the New Year with your wife and children. I'm begging you, all right?" Shen Qi's reasoning was perfectly clear: if his secretary disappeared, it was the same as disappearing himself.

Of course, Shen Qi knew where to