Chapter 1236 - 1236: Dropping the Ball at a Critical Moment

"Honey, don't rush back too quickly. I can wait for you here by myself, just go ahead and take care of your business."

Zhang Yuxi said obediently.

But after walking some distance away, he heard Li Tian's envious voice over the phone: "Your girlfriend really treats you well, unlike mine, who hasn't contacted me for a long time."

Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Isn't it because you aren't contacting her? You said you wanted to achieve something this time, to prove you have business acumen."

"I say you don't really need to do this. You'll inherit your dad's business in the future and easily become the real boss of a holding company, isn't that good?"

"There's no need to learn all these things; you weren't that diligent in school. What's the use of learning them now?"

After hearing this, the other side's nitpicker, Peipei, chimed in with a few words: "Don't talk nonsense, I've made up my mind this time, and it's been hard to follow you. What if I don't make it with you?"

"I won't be able to face my dad, nor deal with my girlfriend. She'll definitely laugh at me for being incompetent."

"I'm not like Li Bai."

Lin Feng nodded, knowing that his childhood friend really wanted to make an effort this time, so he stopped making sarcastic remarks.

"Then give it your all."

"By the way, remember the topic crossed over earlier? I told you that Xiao Chen is missing, you should go find him."

"If you don't look for him, who knows where he might be? We can't just watch someone disappear and do nothing."

Although it was his first time dealing with company matters, he had a good impression of the company's employees,

because every researcher was quite respectful to him as the boss.

Lin Feng shook his head. After hearing so many heartfelt words from him, Lin Feng thought his friend was truly naive.

In the past, although his childhood friend was a wealthy heir who idled away his time and engaged in various antics, he really had no experience with workplace matters.

"I say, why don't you ever think with a different mindset? Look at the business friends your dad brought home, didn't they all praise you for being obedient and clever from a young age?"

"They were just currying favor with your dad. Now that you're in the lab, aren't those people just flattering you with less pleasant words?"

"I say, just listen and let it go. Why take it seriously? Is it necessary?"

Hearing this, Li Tian briefly fell into a state of self-closing.

After a while, he shook his head and said, "No, I don't believe what you're saying. You're tricking me, aren't you?"

"How can you say such things? I admit that my dad's friends and partners were purposefully saying nice things to my dad,"

"to please me, but today when I went to that lab, they were courteous but not flattering, and this is a discernible morality."

"And those researchers, there's no way they would be so vulgar."

Lin Feng almost burst into laughter, his childhood friend was really pure to the core.

If this person took over a company directly now, who knows what kind of mess it would become.

Different people would be flattering him every day. As his good friend, Lin Feng had to remind him.

"You don't know what I've seen after so many years in the company, of course, I've encountered all sorts of sycophants. You still think it's the same old ways."

"Those tricks your dad used to bring home are long outdated, their methods have changed, it's a regime change, understand?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go to your dad's company now and see what they say about you."

Hearing this, Li Tian fell into a complete state of self-closing, and after a while, he slowly came around: "Wait, Lin Feng, weren't we just discussing Xiao Chen's situation earlier? How did it come back to me?"

"Okay, I admit I'm not the sharpest, but there's no need to keep saying it, you're making me lose face."

The two, after all, have been good friends for many years, brothers since childhood, so their relationship and emotions aren't something ordinary friends can compare to.

Lin Feng said many face-losing words.

Even if it was in front of him, the other party wouldn't really get angry.

Because their relationship is solid.

However, after Xiao Chen's disappearancе, Lin Feng couldn't help but start to feel worried,

he calmed down and then said to the other: "I think Xiao Chen must have his own things to deal with, his supervisor in the lab once told me."

"Once a week or every half month, he will suddenly need to take leave. Generally, he doesn't ask for leave when the lab is very busy, but leaves during relatively relaxed times."

"Sometimes when he's not there, everyone has to temporarily reassign someone to replace his position."

Hearing this, Li Tian nodded somewhat understandingly but still confusedly asked Lin Feng: "Then why don't you just replace him in the lab?"

"You know this project we're doing is very important, and there's going to be a press conference soon. If he drops the ball at this time, won't it affect our pace?"

This concerns his own reputation.

It's at the moment when he wants to prove his capabilities to others, so he doesn't want anyone to bring failure to this project.

Lin Feng could understand his concerns as well.

Lin Feng furrowed his brow and said: "We did think about this idea at first, but we later learned that this guy has a sister."

"She has had a serious illness since childhood and has been transferred between hospitals constantly. And he runs out of money exactly when our projects begin, so basically, he's been involved in every project."

"It's not about pity, his skills are quite good. Except for occasionally dropping the ball, there hasn't been any issue."

"So I guess this time he might just be gone for a day before he comes back, don't worry too much."