When the phone was connected, the person on the other end claimed to be Ning Haohan.
The call was from Ning Vastan’s private number. Alex didn’t think much about it and said with a smile, “Hello, Vice President Ning. I’ve heard a lot about you…”
“You’re welcome, President Cohen!”
On the other end, Ning Haohan replied, “Mr. Cohen, first of all, I have to apologize to you. Because I have a lot of work to do recently, and I still have some personal troubles, I’m basically in a state of closed-door training. The assistant rejected all the guests and invitations for me, which caused Mr. Cohen to be injured by accident. If I had known that Mr. Cohen was one of the people who asked me out, I wouldn’t have refused…”
“I see… It’s okay, Vice President Ning. I can imagine your situation. You go ahead with your work. I’ll visit you when you have free time.”
“Thank you for your understanding! Now that I know, I have to make up for it in time. To be honest, even if you don’t come to me, I’ll come to visit you when I’m free. Although we haven’t met, I’ve already heard of your fame! Mr. Cohen, do you think you have time at noon today? If you do, we can have lunch together.”
“Okay, I’ll be free at any time!”
“That’s a deal. But let’s talk about it first. I’ll apologize to you for this meal, and it’s up to me.”
“Vice President Ning, you’re too polite. You can count on anyone…”
Alex didn’t put on airs and agreed without hesitation. It was all Ning Haohan’s arrangement to have lunch together.
At 11:40 p.m., Alex arrived at the entrance of a All Plain Restaurant arranged by Ning Haohan on time and saw the man in black who had bumped into him at the elevator yesterday. Beside the man stood a man who was about the same age as him, wearing thick glasses.
When the man in the black bag saw Alex, he took the initiative to greet him and shook hands with Alex warmly. “Hello, President Cohen. Let’s officially get to know each other. I am the assistant of Vice President Ning, Tang Mingyu, whom you are looking for. The person next to me is Vice President Ning. A few hours ago, you talked on the phone.”
After the introduction, Tang Mingyu retreated to the side.
Then, Ning Haohan walked forward and shook hands with Alex. He looked up and down and sighed with shock. “I’ve long heard that Mr. Cohen is young and promising. I know you are a young man, but I didn’t expect you to be younger than I thought. You should be in your early twenties, right? At your age, it’s really rare for you to achieve such a big achievement. A real hero to be a young man!”
Alex was a bit embarrassed by the compliment. He waved his hand and replied, “Vice President Ning, you flatter me too much. I’m just an ordinary person, just that my luck is a bit better than ordinary people’s. However, Vice President Ning, I truly admire you. Not only is your outstanding working ability, but your character is also worth learning. Your achievements and influence are all made by yourself. To tell you the truth, ever since I learned of you through rumors, I’ve treated you as an example.”
“I just do my job by my nature. As for the rumors and the so-called influence, they are all fake… Mr. Cohen, don’t stand here. Please come in.”
“Okay, Vice President Ning and Assistant Tang, please lead the way!”
Alex led Big Ken to follow Ning Haohan and Tang Mingyu into a private room with the decoration style similar to the imperial palace. After ordering the dishes, they chatted for a while. When they were almost familiar with each other, Alex cut to the chase. “Vice president Ning, I heard that Grand Express Corporation has been in trouble recently. Mr. Xavier has been arrested. As the vice president, you are in seclusion to recuperate. Isn’t Grand Express Corporation in danger?”
Ning Haohan waved his hand and said, “It won’t collapse in a short time, but it’s hard to say how long I can last. Of course, this has nothing to do with me anymore.”
“Hiss… Vice President Ning, do you want to leave Grand Express Corporation?”
“I do intend to resign and retire to the countryside for retirement.”
“Vice President Ning, what’s going on?”
Alex was a little confused.
At first, Alex couldn’t figure it out. Now it was time for Grand Express Corporation to urgently need an ox man to take over, so Ning Haohan was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. However, in fact, he was abnormally cultivating in seclusion. More importantly, he even wanted to leave Grand Express Corporation.
“It’s not scientific!”
Alex realized that there must be something fishy about it and was ready to listen.
Ning Haohan rubbed his chin and hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking.
It turned out that Ning Haohan’s closed-door training and resignation plan were not on his own initiative. He was forced to accept it. After Gerald was arrested, he asked his brother-in-law, Liang Heng, to temporarily act as the general manager, to have full control over the group. He didn’t mention anything about Ning Haohan, as if he had forgotten the most powerful person in the group.
Everyone inside Grand Express Corporation knew that Gerald had been on guard against Ning Haohan, for fear that his position would be replaced. When he was in the group, he could still suppress him and try his best to transfer the credit to himself and his direct subordinates. Anyway, he didn’t give him a chance to be famous.
Now that he had gone in, in order to prevent Ning Haohan from taking the opportunity to get the management rights of the group, he decided without any vote from the board of directors and handed the group over to Liang Heng, who knew he was a useless idiot.
As for Liang Heng, he did everything, but did not do anything serious. He was afraid of everything, but he was not afraid of big things!
In the past, because Liang Heng and Ning Haohan were both vice directors of the same rank, they didn’t dare to openly insult Ning Haohan. Now that he had changed and became the top leader, the first thing he did after he took office was not to stabilize the situation, but to hold a high-level meeting. With the excuse that Ning Haohan was in poor health and in urgent need of rest, he handed over the joint management, which had been in charge of by Ning Haohan, to a trusted subordinate, and turned him into an idle position, almost directly fired.
It wasn’t that Liang Heng didn’t want to fire Ning Haohan, but he didn’t dare to do so out of helplessness.
This was also what Gerald had specially told him.
This was because Ning Haohan was the only person in the group who could stand up to Gerald. He had been in Grand Express Corporation for decades and had cultivated and attracted many followers. If he was directly expelled from Grand Express Corporation, he would make the group of people around him feel cold, and make Grand Express Corporation in danger worse. The consequences were unimaginable.
Although Alex was not a member of Grand Express Corporation, they had a general understanding of the situation inside Grand Express Corporation through a long talk with Ning Haohan. They also had a deeper understanding of Ning Haohan’s situation. It was very aggrieved. In short, they were not talented and depressed…
As the dishes were served one after another, Ning Haohan almost finished his words. He picked up his chopsticks and greeted Alex and Big Ken, “Have it. I personally like vegetarian dishes. I don’t know if you’re used to it. If you don’t like it, I’ll arrange another table according to your preferences.”
Alex waved his hand and said, “We don’t choose food. Others can eat, so can we. Besides… Vice President Ning, you must have guessed that I’m looking for you mainly not for free meals, but for something important to discuss with you. I think Vice President Ning must have heard of the grievances between me and the Xavier family, right?”
“Of course! Before Mr. Xavier was arrested, he mentioned you a lot. Every time he talked about you, he gnashed his teeth. I didn’t ask about it at all. He took the initiative to say your grievances. According to his intention, he wanted to raise your personal grievances to the level of the group and let everyone in the group deal with you together.”
“Haha, when Jared was still alive, he already said these words to me. If my guess is correct, Vice President Ning definitely didn’t agree. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have agreed to my agreement… Vice President Ning, we’ve already talked so much, it’s time to be honest. However, before we get down to business, I have a small question?”
“Oh?” Ning Haohan’s interest was immediately piqued. He raised his hand and adjusted his glasses, asking curiously, “President Cohen, please go ahead.”
Alex smiled and looked at Tang Mingyu, who had not spoken yet. “Assistant Tang, when we met at the elevator yesterday, you promised to help us contact Vice President Ning without knowing our identities. I don’t know why you made this decision.”
