Fighting but unable to fight, running away but unable to escape, the only thing everyone can do at the moment is to continue to stand in a stalemate in fear, waiting for the next move of Lin Yi and the others.
"Everyone, listen up. In the name of the honorary vice president of the Hong Chamber of Commerce, I will temporarily take over the Weihu branch!" Lin Yi immediately announced loudly.
Lin Yi's gaze slowly swept over the faces of everyone present, and everyone he glanced at would lower their heads involuntarily, not daring to look at them. They didn't know whether the other person was truly worthy of his reputation.
President, but at least I know that everything is now decided by the other party.
"Where is the deputy shopkeeper?" Lin Yi suddenly asked.
No one answered, but everyone's eyes had already given the answer, and they all fell on a middle-aged man on the edge.
Lin Yi followed everyone's gaze and saw that this middle-aged man had a low eyebrow and a submissive look on his face. Rather than saying he was loyal and honest, he had the temperament of a typical doormat. It was obvious at a glance that this guy was anything but.
Strong person.
The middle-aged man was shrinking his neck, but when he saw everyone looking at him, especially Lin Yi and the others, he suddenly panicked and hurriedly walked out.
"I'm... I'm Chai Laoshi, the deputy manager of this branch. I'd like to pay my respects to the vice president..." The middle-aged man stammered and said politely.
Although he is the deputy shopkeeper, he got there purely through his hard work and qualifications. He does not have many connections at the top of the headquarters. Naturally, he does not know anything about purple gold jade pendants. His attitude towards Lin Yi and the others is not the same as that of other clerks.
They are exactly the same.
However, Chai Laoshi is a timid person. Lin Yi and the others are so difficult to mess with, and even powerful figures like Wei Zhaotong have been made to lose their temper. Naturally, he does not dare to contradict him in public. Since Lin Yi said that he is a honorary
Vice President, then treat him as such.
"Well, were you involved in Wei Zhaotong's affairs?" Lin Yi looked at this person up and down. Many people seemed to be honest at first glance, but in fact they were hiding very deep. Since this person is an old fox like Wei Zhaotong,
The person who works under me as the deputy shopkeeper is very likely not to be underestimated. Maybe he is the same person.
"Report... report to the vice-president... I... I am just idle. I don't know anything. I will never participate in it." Chai Laoshi was immediately frightened and hurriedly shook his head in denial.
"Purely idle?" Lin Yi frowned, and couldn't help but doubted: "Since you are the deputy shopkeeper, how can you be idle?"
In any branch of the Hong Chamber of Commerce, the deputy shopkeeper is the second most powerful figure. Although he does not coordinate the overall situation and act as an agent like the shopkeeper, he still has great power. Wei Zhaotong was in Gaolinhai area at the time.
It's a living example. If he doesn't have enough power, he can't cooperate with Qin Deli to enrich his own pockets.
How could a person in such a critical position be idle and not know anything?
"Really, the next sentence is true. I will never lie at all. If there is any deception, I will be punished by heaven and earth!" Chai Laoshi hurriedly vowed. If Lin Yi regarded this as Wei Zhaotong's accomplice, he would really have no time to cry.
He died even more unjustly than Dou E.
"You don't have to worry. I'll find someone to ask if it's true." Lin Yi said calmly, and then motioned to Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao to keep an eye on the tied-up Wei Zhaotong. He himself named him casually.
Got a buddy.
Lin Yi led the waiter into the living room, leaving Chai Laoshi and the others waiting nervously outside.
"The deputy shopkeeper Chai just now said that he was unemployed. Is it true or false?" Lin Yi turned around and looked at the waiter who followed him, and asked calmly.
"Yes...it's true..." The guy was just a heaven-level master who hadn't even succeeded in building a foundation. He was just like an ordinary person in front of Lin Yi. He was frightened by just looking at him, and he stammered in reply.
road.
"Oh? He is a deputy shopkeeper with real power. Why is he unemployed? Can you tell me about it?" Lin Yi asked with a questioning look on his face.
"Really, it's true. I don't dare to lie in the slightest. Deputy shopkeeper Chai really doesn't do much at ordinary times. All matters in our branch are personally managed by shopkeeper Wei. Deputy shopkeeper Chai rarely shows up..." Guy
Lin Yi was afraid that he wouldn't believe it, so he almost cried out of fear.
"Rarely shows up? You mean, this guy is usually lazy?" Lin Yi continued to ask.
"No... no... Shopkeeper Chai has never been lazy before. He has always been diligent and hands-on, but after Shopkeeper Wei was transferred here a few years ago, he... stopped taking care of things..." the clerk replied cautiously.
"That means Chai Laoshi was squeezed out by Wei Zhaotong? Were there any public conflicts between them?" Lin Yi pinched his chin thoughtfully.
"Uh..." The clerk thought for a moment and said, "If we want to talk about open conflicts, it was a few years ago. Shopkeeper Wei had just been transferred and forcibly took over all the business that Deputy Shopkeeper Chai was responsible for. At that time, Deputy Shopkeeper Chai
The shopkeeper had an argument with him. Shopkeeper Wei didn't say anything or get angry at that time. However, after that, deputy shopkeeper Chai disappeared for a month. He said he went to the Zhongdao headquarters. Other than that, there was no conflict. Basically, there was no conflict.
No matter what Shopkeeper Wei said, Deputy Shopkeeper Chai neither participated nor expressed his opinion..."
"Missing for a month?" Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a little strange. Seeing that the guy was hesitant to speak, he said, "Tell me everything you know, and don't force me to use the soul-searching technique!"
"Yes!" The waiter didn't know that Lin Yi didn't know any soul-searching skills and was just trying to scare him. He immediately didn't dare to have any reservations and said quickly: "I heard someone said that during the month of Vice Shopkeeper Chai, in fact,
He didn't go to the Zhongdao headquarters at all, but was injured and had to recuperate for a whole month..."
"Recuperate for a month? Do you mean Wei Zhaotong's handiwork?" Lin Yi raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said.
"Uh... Deputy shopkeeper Chai has never told anyone about it, and we don't know about it either, but everyone is guessing that, otherwise he wouldn't be so afraid of shopkeeper Wei later, and he wouldn't dare to take care of anything, and he would be left alone..."
The guy said cautiously.
"Well, I understand, you go out and call Chai Laoshi in." Lin Yi nodded.
He was paying attention to the guy's expression from beginning to end, and didn't find anything strange. In other words, what this guy said should be true, and what he revealed, combined with Chai Laoshi's temperament, and just now
The performances are consistent and cannot be made up temporarily, so it has enough credibility.
"Yes, yes." The man breathed out a sigh of relief!