Outside the chairman's office, Yinghai Group.
Secretary Don was earnestly playing on her phone.
Her fingers flew across the screen as she typed, smiling or pursing her lips from time to time. After several minutes, she finally checked the time and put down her phone.
She rose and carefully pushed open the office door. Peeking inside, she saw Zhao Xiankun holding a teacup by the window, admiring the view. She immediately went in, deliberately making her footsteps heavier so Zhao Xiankun would hear her.
Secretary Don walked up behind Zhao Xiankun and spoke softly. "Chairman."
Zhao Xiankun grunted, and only then did Secretary Don continue. "Wang Yan's Teachings said Tian Ke's manager gave the audit team a carton of Harmony Under Heaven cigarettes worth one thousand yuan as hospitality. He accepted the cigarettes and said there was no difference between a hundred-yuan carton and a thousand-yuan carton—they were both cigarettes, both given by Tian Ke to entertain the audit team.
"But since it was worth a thousand yuan, he asked me to report it to you. He also said that he would report anything he accepted from now on. This time, he was giving the chairman a heads-up; after this, he would report everything to the Audit Department."
Zhao Xiankun's impression of Wang Yan was truly profound. After all, the man had opened by talking about class solidification and narrowing paths for advancement, and it had stuck with him. Zhao Xiankun had even genuinely been pondering those issues these past few days. Then there had also been those rumors involving Secretary Don, which he had asked about. The whole messy affair was both ridiculous and exasperating.
Hearing that Wang Yan was stirring things up again, Zhao Xiankun frowned. "Then why report it? Couldn't he just refuse to take it?"
"Yes,