Gourmet Food Supplier Chapter 578
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Chapter 578
“Ta Ta Ta” . A succession of footsteps could be heard . As usual, Zheng Jiawei wore a white shirt with a lace collar and a sky-blue business suit with all the buttons buttoned up neatly . On the whole, he appeared attractive, capable and experienced .
Such a temperament definitely matched Zheng Jiawei .
“Hi, Mr . Zheng . I’m Zhou Xinsheng . I was the one who made this appointment with you . ” A man, who was dressed briskly in a business suit, walked to Zheng Jiawei in quick steps .
“Hi, Mr . Zhou . ” There were some gentleness and clearness in Zheng Jiawei’s voice . It sounded a little shrill, but was full of enthusiasm .
“Don’t be so courteous . Please sit here . ” Zhou Xinsheng turned his body hurriedly and started to lead the way .
“Sorry for bothering you . ” Zheng Jiawei nodded the head to express his gratitude .
“No, no bother . Our Manager Qin has been waiting for you inside and tea has been prepared . ” Zhou Xinsheng said that while leading the way .
“Thank you so much . ” Zheng Jiawei kept walking forward and meanwhile, didn’t stop the small talk .
“Dong Dong Dong . Manager Qin, Mr . Zheng is here . ” When they arrived at a door, Zhou Xinsheng went up first and knocked on the door .
“Come on in, please . ” There came a middle-aged man’s voice from inside .
“Zhi Ya” . Zhou Xinsheng opened the wooden door and then he let Zheng Jiawei into the room first .
“Hi, Manager Qin . Sorry to keep you waiting . ” Zheng Jiawei entered the door and smiled with an apologetic manner on his face .
“No, it was not very long . I know you are a busy man . ” It was a middle-aged man who was called Manager Qin . He had a plain look, but his eyes brimmed with strong vigor .
“We are just a small business . How can we compare to you, the general manager of Jingyun Company? You are much busier than us . ” Zheng Jiawei made small talk while he was getting seated .
Jingyun Company was a cultural and recreation company . With Zheng Jiawei’s network, he had already known why Manager Qin came for him, but he didn’t intend to talk about that first .
These obviously flattering words sounded very sincere and earnest when they were uttered by Zheng Jiawei .
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“Haw-haw . Little Zheng, you overestimated me . You are the best agent in our circle . ” Manager Qin smiled happily and meanwhile, he reached out his thumb and praised Zheng Jiawei .
“Manager Qin, you are too courteous . Why did you invite me here for?” As Zheng Jiawei was still concerned about his luggage, he didn’t go around in circles, but asked straightforwardly .
“Little Zheng is a direct person . Let me say it straight . I also went to the exchange of pointers meeting held in France last time . ” Manager Qin kept smiling and said .
“It seems you also like art . ” Zheng Jiawei didn’t ask anything more as if he weren’t interested in this subject .
“Of course . We, the Jingyun Company, have signed a fairly good newcomer recently and he wants to work with you, Little Zheng . ” Manager Qin said intimate words like ‘we’ or ‘Little Zheng’ whenever he talked with Zheng Jiawei .
“I’m sorry . People in this circle all know my situation . I’m afraid that I have to disappoint you . ” Zheng Jiawei refused flatly .
Too many people had been trying to headhunt him these few years, the movie stars, writers and every industry that required an agent or assistant . Almost all had tried to headhunt him like this and Zheng Jiawei was already been used to that .
“Little Zheng, I came to talk to you about this matter very sincerely . What do you think of this price?” Zheng Jiawei’s refusal came as no surprise, so he remained calm and just reached out his hand to make a gesture .
The price really astonished Zheng Jiawei . The maximum price that others had offered him was three times his current salary, but this Manager Qin offered him more than 5 times his current salary .
“Of course, there are also other benefits . For example, everything can be decided by you without interference . Every able person will also get the best and utmost career development in our Jingyun Company . No matter in networking or ability-wise, I think you are the best . ” Seeing Zheng Jiawei say nothing, Manager Qin became relieved halfway and then continued saying .
Actually, Manager Qin also used great efforts in this high-priced headhunting activity . Manager Qin, as it were, had never seen such a person like Zheng Jiawei, who had such a high ability but still dealt with things extremely mildly . And that just made people feel comfortable .
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“Thank you for your appraisal, Manager Qin . ” Zheng Jiawei first thanked GM Qin’s appraisal earnestly, but didn’t give an answer about the job-hopping .
“Don’t be courteous, Little Zheng . We will be colleagues in one company later . ” Manager Qin waved his hand smilingly and let Zheng Jiawei not take it to heart .
Zhou Xinsheng also chimed in continuously at the side, saying, “Yeah . Mr . Zheng’s capabilities can be seen by everyone . Everyone in our circle knows about that . “
Actually, the reason why Jingyun didn’t mind giving such a high price and preferential conditions to poach Zheng Jiawei was that Zheng Jiawei showed great working capabilities in the exchange of pointers meeting held in France .
Zheng Jiawei carried the burden of all the communication and arrangement work alone . The reason why Wu Hai could become the best young artist now, besides his paintings being truly excellent, was because of Zheng Jiawei’s contribution .
And that resulted in the scene today .
“Manager Qin, Mr . Zhou, you are too courteous . Thank you for your kindness . However, I’m afraid that I cannot agree . ” Zheng Jiawei smiled and said with an apologetic tone .
“Mr . Zheng, why don’t you think about it carefully?” Zhou Xinsheng got very surprised at first and then tried to persuade him .
“Yeah . Little Zheng, you can think about it carefully and discreetly . The remuneration and conditions provided by Jingyun are really not bad . ” Having fallen silent for a while, Manager Qin said now .
“Thank you for your kindness . But I think you know that I love Wu Lin . I love her very much . ” Speaking of Wu Lin, Zheng Jiawei revealed a smile that contained a lot of happiness .
Naturally, Manager Qin and Zhou Xinsheng knew that the Wu Lin referred to by Zheng Jiawei was Wu Hai’s younger sister . But so what? This was about career development and plenty of alluring money . Who could refuse these two aspects? What’s more, Zheng Jiawei’s capabilities were indeed underutilized while working for Wu Hai, at least for now .
“Of course . Little Zheng is really reputable in this circle for your integrity . But since you love her so much, she will presumably understand you . ” Manager Qin said affirmatively .
“And moreover, this matter is related to your future career development . ” Zhou Xinsheng said that right after Manager Qin .
“Yeah, she will indeed understand me, but I don’t want her to have the chance to understand me . Thank you, both of you . ” Zheng Jiawei nodded the head and then said affirmatively .
“Little Zheng, you won’t have such a good opportunity again if you miss this one . ” Manager Qin said with sincere words and earnest wishes .
“Thank you very much . ” Zheng Jiawei revealed a faint smile on the face, but didn’t intend to change his mind .
“Okay . I hope we can have a chance to cooperate next time . ” Manager Qin looked at the determined gaze of Zheng Jiawei and said that after he burst into laughter .
“I look forward to cooperating with you in the future . Thank you . ” Zheng Jiawei stood up said smilingly .
“Let’s have dinner together?” GM Qin turned to propose that .
“No, thank you . I have an appointment . ” Zheng Jiawei looked happy and sweet as if he had a date with his girlfriend .
“Okay . I won’t hold back the young people’s sweet time . Little Zhou, see Little Zheng out . ” Manager Qin burst into laughter and turned his head before saying to Zhou Xinsheng .
“Sorry for bothering you . ” Zheng Jiawei didn’t refuse that . He just let Zhou Xinsheng see him get into his own car and then drove away .
When he passed by the crossroads, Zheng Jiawei suddenly laughed out, “Lin Lin, I love you so much . “
The way Zheng Jiawei said that was soft and gentle .
That’s right . Zheng Jiawei knew that even if he chose Jingyun today, Wu Lin wouldn’t have an opinion and she would understand him . It was a necessity for further career development .
However, Zheng Jiawei didn’t want Wu Lin to try to understand that, not at all, even if the price was so alluring and surpassed his so much .
If others knew the matter that Zheng Jiawei turning down Jingyun, they would probably envy that Wu Hai had a younger sister, again .
After all, Wu Hai had such a dutiful agent because of his younger sister . . .
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