reprieve

"Three possibilities."

The air conditioner is not fully running yet, Qiuhu entered the room through the window under the bright sunshine, Sui Ran took out a tissue to wipe off the water on his forehead, and compared "3" under the gaze of the two people opposite - it can also mean "OK" .

"Qian Feng, that's Sister Qian's nephew—"

Huaian nodded his nose: "I know, Hutang."

Sui Ran looked at where her fingertips stayed for a few seconds, then looked away.

"The person who called me claimed to be Sister Qian's friend. I don't know if she knew about it. I guess she didn't know. She was quite enthusiastic. But the tall man with her—I guess it should be related to Qian. Feng has something to do with it, maybe it's his family, it's mysterious, it feels weird to me."

"The second possibility is the bad intermediary who wanted to cheat Sister Qian last time. At that time, Hu Siyi asked me to go there, and I went there in time, and Sister Qian was not deceived."

"Then, as a last possibility, the two parties join forces."

It can be seen that Huai'an is very interested in preventing the bad intermediary from defrauding Sister Qian, but Haicheng interrupted her by throwing a pen.

"One plus one equals two but not three." Haicheng pushed the edge of the table and turned to Huai'an, "The third possibility is another intermediary company with a conflict of interest."

"Conflict of interest?" Huai'an glanced at Sui Ran, then asked Haicheng, "What's going on?"

"No..." Just as Sui Ran spoke, the two turned their heads to stop her with their eyes at the same time.

Even though he knew that there was a high probability that Huai'an would not be able to hide it from her, Sui Ran has been holding on to the luck of "let it pass and don't need to delve into it", and didn't want her to know too much about the inside story.

On the way back yesterday, Haicheng kept complaining that multiple third-party involvement was the most taboo in a large-scale project. If Yu'an hadn't changed the docking person midway, Mr. Huai hadn't handled the handover well, so such a bad thing wouldn't have happened.

Sui Ran wanted to say that it had nothing to do with Mr. Huai, it was she who offered to quit.

I thought and thought about the words, but I swallowed it—that would explain why I didn’t want the half-cooked duck, and handed over the big order to others.

I can't explain things mixed with emotional factors.

She just reminded Haicheng not to talk too much to Huai'an, the man in the sunglasses was considered to be a colleague of hers, and if he was treated like this by his colleagues, it would not look good if he talked about it.

She was worried about this, but Haicheng didn't.

"The commission for this order is very high. Some small companies may not be able to do so much in a year. If they are so big, they will be targeted by others. Some old intermediaries will do everything they can, and dare to use any dirty tricks. , This is also the law and order that has been good in recent years, but in the past few years... tsk."

Haicheng didn't mention Yu'an by name, but his attitude was somewhat aggressive. Huai'an easily deduced the cause and effect: "Fiona contacted me before." She nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Sui Ran, "You have already guessed Which company is it exactly, right?"

Sui Ran didn't dare to look at her directly, pulled out a tissue and lowered her head to wipe off the sweat, feeling a toothache and a headache for no reason.

Regardless of the outside world, she had indirectly suffered losses from bad intermediaries before entering the industry.It is undeniable that, compared with other industries, the proportion of the domestic industry is even more disparate.

Although the function of Zhaoyue Business Consulting is to provide all-round services for large and small enterprises, in the understanding of most customers, it is still a real estate agency that uses information gaps to make huge profits, but it is just wearing a new layer of Internet clothes.

"I guess I guessed it, there is no evidence."

Hearing that Boss Hai fortunately didn't categorically speak directly about a certain company, Sui Ran followed up and said: "Just treat it as if you didn't open your eyes while walking, and fell down, it's not a big deal."...The key is to pursue it no point.

After all, she was not physically harmed, and there was no loss of property.

The second half of the sentence automatically rolled back into Huai'an's stomach when Huai'an looked up at her while holding the phone.

Huai'an checked the message and sent back a voice message: "You will call me in 2 minutes."

Hai Cheng fiddled with the "Octopus" (conference phone), Huai An switched to the seat next to Sui Ran, turned on the laptop, and casually said, "We will continue with your matter later."

The air conditioner spewed out a gust of cold wind, Sui Ran shrunk his neck, smelling the smell of settling accounts after autumn.

——President Huai mobilized a group of super security guards, and she said here that it was not a big deal, which is really generous to others.

"Octopus" was ready, Rui Lan crossed her hands and appeared on the screen, her expression didn't look very happy, "President Huai."

Mr. Huai was in a stable state: "Mr. Rui."

The two are completely different across the screen from face to face, Sui Ran involuntarily backs away, moving her own shadow out of the camera range.

Rui Lan's camera should be near the screen, her head occupies the entire video window, "Where are you?"

Huai'an answered briefly: "Zhaoyue."

"Oh." Rui Lan glanced up, down, left, and right, and she sat upright, "I said why there are always shadows swaying, who is it?"

Huai'an rotated the camera and turned to Haicheng who was opposite, Rui Lan's eyes lit up, "Cheng!"

Haicheng lifted his chin, blew a kiss, and asked in a raised voice, "You have a meeting with President Huai, should I avoid it for a while?" With that said, the man remained motionless on the chair.

Sui Ran: "..." Hypocrisy.

If you need to avoid Huai'an, you won't let Rui Lan call here.

Rui Lan: "No, no, anyway, it's decided that you will participate. They're all on your own."

"Where's Sister Enyue?" Huai'an asked.

Rui Lan glanced back, and a white wooden door with borders behind it was closed tightly, "I came back late from the banquet last night, I heard you weren't coming, and you're still sleeping."

"Oh."

Huaian moved the mouse and dragged the video window to the upper right corner, opened a presentation document with an English title on the desktop, scrolled down to the fourth page, and hovered the mouse pointer over the column "Person in charge: Liu Yangcheng (Professor)".

"When did you decide on the candidate?" She framed the list of personnel and asked, "Why isn't the person in charge Feng Lao, and I haven't seen her name?"

"Mr. Huai..." Rui Lan twirled a pencil in her hand, and called Huai'an earnestly, but answered irrelevantly, "Gates once said that the major crisis facing mankind is not nuclear war or artificial intelligence. Not to mention the gap between rich and poor, but microorganisms and viruses. Looking around the world, people have made very little investment in the epidemic prevention system. If it is not done well, a flu can kill tens of millions of people. Yes, That's right, Sister En Yue and I, including Mr. Fei, believe in your vision. Of course, there is also the bonus of the former richest man."

The pencil that turned out the afterimage stopped suddenly, and Rui Lan pointed the pen tip at the camera——

"You say you want to play the big ticket, we will play the big ticket, but you can't bring such a person here. Mr. Huai."

The full, undisguised tone of blame made Sui Ran feel like she was sitting on pins and needles, but Hai Cheng winked at her and motioned her to check WeChat: "I didn't expect that you, Mr. Huai, still have such a side [withered]"

Huai An asked back, "Why alone?"

"Mr. Feng, Feng Chenchen, female, aged 67, from southern Zhejiang." Rui Lan tapped a few times on the keyboard, and brought up a very old-fashioned photo. The camera was facing a young woman with a determined face in the crowd, "In the early 90s, she participated in the research and development of influenza vaccines in Caron's laboratory for two years. This was her last research experience. After that, except for a few papers published in several small journals in early 2000, she had no qualifications. No, we can't find any more information about her on the Internet."

Rui Lan bit down on the word "on the Internet", and the subtext seemed to have found a clue in reality.

Sure enough, after taking a sip of water, she continued: "As a result, I casually mentioned it to Professor Liu the day before yesterday, and he gave me some contact information, and then I got in touch with old Feng's colleagues in Karon. Guess what?"

Huaian let go of the mouse and rubbed his forehead, "The information you get may not be comprehensive."

"So you know it very well, but you didn't tell us," Rui Lan leaned back, spreading her hands widely, with a complicated expression, "Feng Chenchen was fired by Calon Lab for using additives without authorization."

"At that time, the international environment was very hostile to the Chinese, not to mention that Mrs. Feng was a woman." Huai'an said, "Leaving Karon, Mrs. Feng went to Queensland to participate in the investigation of the scope of the Hendra virus. I went to Australia this time, I met with the leader of the investigation team several times, and we talked in depth about Mr. Feng and infectious diseases."

"Going to Queensland, Mr. Feng's colleagues also mentioned it, but she only participated in the investigation of contacts of infectious sources that lasted less than half a year. Without research, she returned to China in [-]. After returning to China, Mr. Feng did not continue Doing research, but...you know what was in fashion back then?"

Haicheng had already moved from the opposite side to the side where the camera was facing, and clapped his hands when he heard the words, "Stock trading, after the '327 Incident' in [-], the domestic stock market rose by leaps and bounds, everyone traded in stocks, and no one did."

Sui Ran held her chin and turned 45 degrees to see Mr. Hai who was suddenly excited.

Huai'an and Rui Lan got to the point, and she and Haicheng were basically in a state of listening to the scriptures. What labs, vaccines, epidemics, and viruses were too far away from them.

"Yes." Rui Lan applauded, "Feng Chenchen borrowed money from many friends and classmates for stock trading. At that time, her salary was tens of yuan and 100 yuan a month. Who had the money to make it for her? Nine, seven, nine I haven't heard from Feng Chenchen for eight years. Mr. Huai, I don't know where you dug up such a treasured grandma. Tell me, where is Mrs. Feng now and what is she doing? Why have there been no news for so many years? "

Huai'an seemed to want to answer, but Rui Lan quickly turned back to the topic, "I said, this project is not impossible, please take a look at Professor Liu's resume, can you pick our Professor Liu?"

"Professor Liu's resume is fine." Huai'an paused, "But his problem is that there is no problem."

"Ha." Rui Lan slumped her shoulders and looked up at the ceiling, "You have no flaws, your biggest flaw is that you are too perfect."

Huaian ignored her mischief, and his tone was not fluctuating: "Professor Liu's style is moderate, and he can be a deputy. Let him lead the project team. I think the possibility of breakthroughs is relatively low."

Rui Lan: "I can contact other experts who have published important papers and presided over important projects. Our budget is very abundant. Oh, I have received several resumes, and I will forward two of them to you now. good."

"No." Huai'an said firmly, "I don't care how many heavyweight experts you have contacted. No one can compare to Feng Lao in the field we are going to do. Her flash of inspiration is enough for a research center to explore and study for five to ten years. .The concept she put forward in college has been verified 18 years later. She is still publishing papers after returning to China. You ask me how to dig her——the paper she published in the 'small journal' the year before last proved to provide anti-aging for human body An effective treatment for filoviruses. Also, the adjuvant that led to her dismissal... the additive you mentioned, its purified type was later widely used in anti-influenza vaccines—her colleagues didn’t tell you this, did they?”

After the last sentence landed, Sui Ran heard himself and Hai Cheng beside him let out a sigh of relief.

Huai'an spoke at a moderate speed, with proper pauses, and Sui Ran could hear clearly—but not necessarily understand—every word. However, such a calm narration made Rui Lan's expression gradually serious and focused, making the audience at the scene more serious and focused. The person involuntarily held his breath.

"Old Feng is a genius ahead of his time."

It's hard to see Mr. Huai admiring a certain person, and praising him so loudly.

Sui Ran was speechless, and was in awe of Mr. Feng.

After a while, Rui Lan raised her hands: "I surrender, I shouldn't question you."

Huaian took the water that Sui Ran handed over, and said "thank you" to the two of them.

"But you'd better let her come forward and have a talk with us, otherwise, you won't be able to pass Mr. Fei's test." Rui Lan cupped her fists, leaned towards the screen and asked in a low voice, "I just want to confirm, Can you find this big guy?"

Huai'an was drinking water, but raised one eyebrow when he heard the words, and didn't answer directly.

"Since she has returned to China, she must have a clue and know where to find someone." Sang Enyue, who appeared behind Rui Lan, was speaking. She looked at the bottom right with a half-smile, and the video window was probably in the bottom right corner. "There are some things we should have communicated face to face, Huai. If you can't give us a valid reason for letting us go, next time..."

Unclear about the psychological troubles, Sui Ran subconsciously wanted to escape, but Huai An turned the camera faster than her, "Is that enough?"

……

The video conference ended with laughter. Huai An put the computer into his backpack and asked, "Are there any arrangements for a while?"

"Is there anything more important than President Huai?"

Hai Cheng blocked Sui Ran's way from behind, her dog-legged style was carried to the extreme today, and she could feel her fiery gaze on the back of her head.

"No."

Meeting Huai'an's gaze, Sui Ran nodded.

She pushed everything she could push last night, and even set aside some free time in the morning to prevent Hai Cheng from forcing her to go shopping.

The two went downstairs, and Shihui Plaza was not far from where Huai'an lived, so she suggested walking there.

Sui Ran thought that after staying on the plane all night, he had to activate his blood, and he had no objection.

After passing the traffic lights, and coming to the shaded pedestrian zone where the building covered the sun and half of the sky, Sui Ran said, "This time I'm bothering you again."

She didn't want to be polite and dry, but sometimes her brain really couldn't control her mouth. In other words, she didn't have enough brains.

"It's nothing troublesome." Xu said on the street, Huai'an's tone and words were more casual than those with Rui Lan in the meeting room, "It happens that there is a security company I have worked with in Haicheng, so I will send the location and call a few Personally, it is very convenient. When it comes to personal safety, I would rather do more useless work beforehand.”

"Then you should still be able to catch the plane after sending the message and making the phone call, and neither Mr. Rui nor Mr. Sang..."

"I understand that you don't want to cause trouble for me—other people."

Huai'an turned to Sui Ran sideways, his brows and eyes were colder than usual because of the backlight.

"That's right, I had a few minutes at the time. If I made the most of it, I could call Haicheng to inform the situation, and I could send your location to her and the security. I can board the plane first, and wait for the air network to know the progress."

The projections of the leaves are mottled and messy. The weather in early autumn is not very comfortable. The wind from the air conditioner pushes out a stream of dry and hot air, and the speed of Huai'an's speech speeds up accordingly——

"But no, what if some people can't receive the Internet call? If there is a deviation in the information I expressed, why didn't Haicheng take it to heart?"

Sui Ran lowered her head and followed Huai'an's pace, walking forward more or less quickly.

If Haicheng and Anbao hadn't gone there in time, she would most likely have to see a doctor, Sui Ran thought, it would be impossible for her to walk on the main road all her life and help Huai'an imagine various possibilities.

——Typical is cheap and good-looking.

"In any case, I have a little more channels on the ground. It's better to wait a few hours for the next bus than to hang in the air for eight and a half hours."

Approaching the next intersection, Huai An stood still at the boundary between light and shadow, raised her finger to the blue sky above, and the sun blocked by the building suddenly appeared between her fingers.

She turned her head, and the reflection on the glass wall of the building was already talking to each other from a distance. In fact, it was almost whispering.

"I mean mind and body."

The author has something to say:-

Note: Some friends of the crisis mentioned by Gates in the article should have seen the video. If you are interested, you can also search for it. Keywords: "Gates, epidemic".

Re-note: The professional knowledge involved in this chapter mainly refers to: "The Epic of Vaccines" and "Fatal Contact".There are also some articles and news that I have not listed one by one, and I may not be able to find them (.?＿?.)?I'msorry)

Another: The selection of this field in the third volume of "Forked Road" was indeed affected by the epidemic (but the background set in this article did not appear).

Easter eggs in this issue: just around the corner (no, no, the author is talking nonsense)

Thanks to the boss who cast the deep water torpedo: Jiang Lansheng 1;

Thanks to the boss who threw the rocket launcher: 1 baboon was abolished;

Thanks to the boss who threw the grenade: dafu1;

Thanks to the bosses who cast mines: Washington V, absurdity 2; no nickname, declined Xu Jiaqi seven times, ddd1234ddd, Lan Yu, never drink milk tea again, Xiao Dangdang, Toffee Wings, three people, Crooked Fossil, Jiang Lansheng 1 ;

感谢灌溉营养液的园丁：absurdity29瓶；而或、十五20瓶；少吃泡面15瓶；靡不有初，鲜克有终、澜雨12瓶；十二月、chickenshock10瓶；选杯奶茶5瓶；

Thank you, have a nice weekend~