Chapter 258: The Leader's Phone Call
"Hello... Leader."
As soon as Zhao Bin started to speak, a serious and low voice came through the phone: "Zhao Bin, where are you?"
"Huh?"
Zhao Bin was taken aback, not expecting the other party to ask for his location right away. He was momentarily stunned, and his heartbeat accelerated a bit.
"I asked where you are now."
The serious voice on the phone repeated the question. Zhao Bin quickly glanced around and came up with a quick excuse: "Uh, I just got home. It's my mom's birthday, so I left work early today."
"You left work early, did you finish your tasks?"
"Tasks?" Zhao Bin frowned: "What tasks? I've completed all my work."
"Did you finish approving the filing applications at the administrative window?"
"Filing applications?" Zhao Bin instinctively replied: "Leader, that's not my responsibility."
"You know that the approval of filing applications at the window is not your responsibility?"
The voice on the phone turned stern: "Then why has an application submitted three days ago been stuck with you, and you haven't approved it for them?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Bin's expression changed instantly, and he suddenly glanced at Qian Xin beside him.
Qian Xin couldn't hear the voice on the other end of the phone, but he looked at Zhao Bin in confusion, full of bewilderment.
Seeing Zhao Bin not speaking, the person on the phone seemed uninterested in hearing his explanation and directly ordered: "Since the unit has divided the work, don't meddle in tasks that aren't your responsibility. Especially matters related to this crew, all must be done according to the rules, understood?"
"I..."
Upon hearing the mention of the crew, Zhao Bin's expression changed again. His facial muscles twitched several times, but he remained silent.
"Did you understand? If you understand, you can stay in your position. If you don't, I'll replace you. Did you understand?!"
"I understand, I understand."
Faced with the other party's strong stance, Zhao Bin was startled and completely gave up on explaining. He quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "Leader, don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen again."
Once he finished speaking, there was no reply from the other end, and the call was abruptly ended.
Zhao Bin put down his phone with a grim expression, his face alternating between pale and flushed.
Those around him noticed something was wrong, especially Qian Xin, who sensed it might have something to do with his affairs and immediately asked softly: "Brother Bin, what happened?"
Looking at the confused face of the other party, Zhao Bin took several heavy breaths before gritting his teeth and saying: "Don't come to me about that crew's matters anymore!"
After speaking, he got up and left, telling the others: "I'm not eating this meal, let's all go back!"
Qian Xin was shocked and immediately chased after Zhao Bin: "Brother Bin, what's going on? Is there some misunderstanding?"
"No misunderstanding, it's just that I can't handle your matters anymore."
Zhao Bin shook off the other's hand and said deeply with a frown: "I can't help you, and there's no point in eating this meal, you go find someone else."
"Hey, hey, hey, Brother Bin, saying it like this doesn't make sense. We are brothers, even if you can't help, I won't go to someone else."
Saying this, Qian Xin immediately turned back to signal to Dai Weiwei behind him: "Weiwei, you stay here with the other leaders, the food will be served soon, don't let them go back hungry!"
I'll have a chat with Brother Bin and come back later!"
"You don't need to keep me here."
Seeing the persistent respect from the other party, Zhao Bin's mood slightly calmed down, but he continued walking out: "I'm not in the mood to eat today, as for them, you can handle it as you see fit."
"Brother Bin, rest assured, I will take care of everyone, but I can't let you go home alone."
Seeing Zhao Bin insist on leaving, Qian Xin immediately said: "How about giving me a chance, I won't force you to eat, I'll drive you home, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Bin's expression slightly changed.
Originally planning to drink tonight, he deliberately didn't drive. Now at this meal time, it was indeed inconvenient to get a taxi home.
Seeing Zhao Bin's expression relax slightly, Qian Xin took the opportunity to say: "Brother Bin, wait for me at the door, I'll bring the car over right away."
Without waiting for Zhao Bin to respond, Qian Xin already jogged away, not giving him a chance to refuse.
As far as Qian Xin was concerned, he could never just let Zhao Bin leave like this.
At the very least, he had to find out what happened and continue to maintain his relationship with Zhao Bin.
If Zhao Bin were to leave alone, there was a very high chance there would be a rift between them due to this.
Therefore, he preferred to skip the meal and personally take Zhao Bin home.
Moments later, Qian Xin drove a Mercedes to pick up Zhao Bin at the hotel entrance.
By now, Zhao Bin's expression had calmed down significantly. Sitting in the passenger seat, seeing no one else around, he finally took the initiative to explain: "The crew must have found someone. Our leader knew and personally approved their filing application."
Qian Xin, driving out of the hotel forecourt, frowned deeply: "Shouldn't be, Wen Lan and her crew shouldn't have connections in that regard.
The only acquaintance is Director Tian from the district, and to ensure things went smoothly, I specifically notified Director Tian."
Seeing Qian Xin had done so much preparation, Zhao Bin glanced at him and frowned, puzzled:
"Why are you investing so much effort in this crew? You won't benefit from it, right?"
"I won't benefit, but I can't let them off easily."
Upon mentioning this, a cold tone appeared on Qian Xin's face: "That Wen Lan, knowing full well Weiwei is my person, didn't even notify me and replaced her as the second female lead with some college dropout newcomer. Clearly, it's to disgust me!
Moreover, this matter soon spread throughout the circle, leaving me utterly disgraced.
Wen Lan, a young director, dared to deliberately mess with me. If I don't retaliate, people in the circle will think I'm easy to bully, and nobody will care about the people I recommend in the future."
While saying this, Qian Xin looked at the still puzzled Zhao Bin and patiently explained:
"Brother Bin, you're not familiar with our line of work. In our circle, if one's reputation is ruined, doing anything will become much more troublesome.
If the people I recommend can be bullied arbitrarily, who will seek my help in the future? My resources and channels will all be affected."
After hearing this, Zhao Bin barely understood a bit, waved it off: "Alright, I don't understand your matters, but this time, you can only let it go, I can't help."
"I know, Brother Bin, don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you."
Qian Xin's eyes flickered, and while driving, he couldn't help but ask: "Can you help me ask who Wen Lan found? She wouldn't be familiar with your leader, would she?"
"This..."
Zhao Bin pondered for a moment and still shook his head: "I can help you ask. But she shouldn't know our leader; our leader has always had no interest in your circle and shouldn't know anyone."
"As long as she doesn't know your leader, it must be she found someone to approach your leader."
Qian Xin nodded, while driving down the road, suddenly raised an eyebrow, slowed down, and looked to the roadside: "Is it that Li?"
Hearing this, Zhao Bin followed his gaze, only to see a young man waiting for a car by the roadside, asking in confusion: "What, ran into an acquaintance?"
"Ha, it's a small world indeed."
Qian Xin sneered: "The college student who replaced Weiwei is this guy's person. I saw this kid in the crew before, though I haven't directly interacted with him, I've heard he has some money and is Wen Lan's friend. Didn't expect to run into him here."
"Is he the one who replaced your girlfriend?"
Zhao Bin thought the person looked familiar, but couldn't recall where he had seen him.
Just as Qian Xin was about to drive away, Zhao Bin suddenly exclaimed: "Wait!"
"What's wrong?" Qian Xin was startled, quickly braking to pull over.
But Zhao Bin didn't explain, just sat up straight and stared wide-eyed outside the window.
He saw a black sedan stop in front of Li Jing, Li Jing said a few words to the man sitting in the driver's seat, then opened the door and got in, leaving with the car.
"Brother Bin, what's wrong?"
Qian Xin glanced at the departing car, puzzled: "Just a twenty-something thousand Hongqi, anything wrong?"
Zhao Bin's eyes widened, not responding, instead filled with astonishment and uncertainty, turned to frown and asked again: "You said that person just now snatched your girlfriend's role?"
"Yeah, that's what I heard from the people in the crew," Qian Xin explained: "If it wasn't for him, Weiwei wouldn't have been replaced.
But this guy isn't from Tianhai, doesn't have much fame in the circle, probably just relying on his good relationship with Wen Lan..."
"I advise you not to provoke him in the future."
"Why?" Qian Xin was surprised and puzzled.
Zhao Bin was somewhat annoyed, already regretting helping him, irritably scolded:
"That car just now was my leader's private vehicle!
It's the first time I've seen him personally drive his private car to pick up someone, you think carefully, is that someone you can mess with?"
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