Chapter 87: The Dumb Secretary

“We will not renew the contract with Meiyang. Chairman, you also didn’t agree to cooperate with them before this.” Gu Chu looked at Mr. Gu.

Mr. Gu frowned.

Uncle Li looked at the father and daughter, puzzled, he asked, “Isn’t there no other way now? It’s fine if you don’t renew the contract with Meiyang, but it’s fine to extend the current contract with them, right? We need another six months to look for a new partner.”

Seeing that Gu Chu was completely unmoved, he continued, “It’s going to be winter soon, and it’s the peak season for hotels with hot springs. If there are no hot spring machines at this time, it means that the hot spring project will be shut down. How much will the loss be? It might even affect the Gu Corporation’s stock price. Have you considered all of this?”

Gu Chu pursed his lips. “It’s not that I don’t want to renew the contract, but Meiyang probably doesn’t want to either.”

Uncle Li didn’t quite understand. Meiyang had worked with the Gu Corporation for five years, and the profits had always been 30% to 70% . They had always been on good terms, and there were no problems until now.

At the beginning of the year, Gu Chu suddenly suggested that they no longer want work together, because she said this:

“Gu Corporation has already opened up the hot spring market. We no longer need the support of Meiyang. We can buy a large number of hot spring machines and take all the profits. It’s much more cost-effective than giving Meiyang 30% of it every year.”

He was only moved by these words.

Now that things had happened so suddenly, why did she still insist on doing it? She even said that Meiyang did not agree to renew the contract? They had ended the contract peacefully with Meiyang, and they had been friends for so many years. He did not believe that they would have a problem with extending it by half a year.

Uncle Li even suspected that the reason Gu Chu said this was because she was embarrassed.

At that time, she was the one who insisted on terminating the contract with Meiyang. Then, Hurricane Manufacturing breached their contract. Because of pride, she firmly opposed renewing the contract with Meiyang.

Gu Wan also came to the company today. She opened the door a little and eavesdropped on the conversation between the three.

Coincidentally, Mr. Gu’s secretary passed by and saw Gu Wan leaning against the door frame with a furtive look. He paused for a moment and was about to call out to her when Gu Wan turned around and made a shush gesture.

She walked away from the door with her walking stick and said with a smile, “I’m here to deliver the documents, but my dad and Chuchu are talking, so I don’t want to disturb them.”

“You can hand the documents to me. I’ll hand them to the chairman.”

Gu Wan said, “No need. I still have some things to report in person. I’ll wait for them to finish talking.”

Then, she walked away and returned to the Department of Commerce.

She was the deputy director of the Department of Commerce, so she could come and go as she pleased.

Gu Wan saw Gu Chu’s secretary. She had not been idle during this period of time. She had gotten a lot of information through small favors about this secretary of Gu Chu’s. Everyone said that she was simple-minded.

To put it bluntly, she was stupid.

The secretary got up from her desk and caught a glimpse of someone holding a walking stick. She looked familiar. Her body was swaying as if she was about to fall.

She quickly ran over and held her. “Be careful.”

Gu Wan’s face relaxed when she was held by her. “Thank you.”

The secretary quickly said, “You’re welcome. Are you going back to the office? Do you need me to help you?”

Gu Wan’s eyes flashed. She did not expect the secretary to come to her. “Sure, sorry to trouble you.”

“It’s okay.” The secretary helped her.

She limped and said with some shame, “Actually, my leg is no longer a big problem. It’s just that sometimes I can’t exert strength, so I almost fell down just now.”

The secretary did not think too much about it. “You could stay in a wheelchair and asked your assistant to help. Otherwise, you could fall.”

“Mmm, I’ll do that.” After Gu Wan sat down, she took out a box of eye cream samples from her drawer and gave it to her.

She said, “I see that you have dark circles under your eyes recently. Have you been very tired these few days? This brand of eye cream is not bad. Coincidentally, I brought a sample today. You can try it.”

The secretary was stunned and quickly rejected shyly, “I can’t accept it. I’ll remember the brand and buy it myself.”

“This is a niche brand. It’s not easy to find,” Gu Wan stuffed it into her hand and said in a very amiable tone, “Just take it as a thank you gift for helping me. Moreover, this is only a small sample. It’s not worth much. Don’t feel bad.”

When she said this, it would not be nice of her to reject it.