Chapter 4 — Looking Down on People Through a Dog's Eyes - "Sir, Who Are You Looking For?" Wei Zhao Had Taken Only a Few Steps When the Building Security Stopped Him
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"Very well, President Chen, I will go at once," Li Fu answered respectfully.
Before Li Fu could set off, Gu Pengzhan heard the quarrel at the company entrance and frowned at once. "Go and see what is happening first," he said to Li Fu.
"What is going on?" Li Fu walked briskly toward the company entrance, where he saw the two company guards holding back a young fellow from entering the building.
"Uncle Qing, this man says he wants to see the chairman, and he is trying to force his way inside..." The guards naturally knew Li Fu. Although Li Fu held no concrete administrative post in the company, he was the closest man to the chairman. If one had to name his position in the company, one could only say he was Chairman Chu's driver.
Yet everyone in the company knew Li Fu was far more than a simple driver. So these guards never treated Li Fu as a driver, but honored him as a leader.
In many situations, Li Fu's words stood for the chairman's own intent.
"You..." Li Fu stared at Wei Zhao, eyes wide, and said with some surprise, "You're Wei Zhao?"
"That's me." Wei Zhao glanced at Li Fu and nodded. From the moment Li Fu had appeared, he had been studying the man. His instinct told him that this was probably not Gu Pengzhan; as the chairman of a conglomerate, a man inevitably carried the imposing air of one accustomed to standing above others, and this man had none of it. Grave he might be, and respected by those around him, but a man's aura could not be altered.
"Hello." Li Fu knew how much stock Gu Pengzhan placed in this young man before him, so once he had confirmed Wei Zhao's identity, he did not dare be remiss, and hastily put out his hand to shake Wei Zhao's. "I'm Chairman Chu's secretary, Li Fu. The chairman was just about to send me to the train station to pick you up, and here you already are."
"It's all right. Call it getting to know the roads a little." Wei Zhao smiled and shook his hand. That was simply how Wei Zhao was: respect those who respect you. Seeing Li Fu so courteous, Wei Zhao felt a touch embarrassed instead.
"The chairman is right over there. This way, please. Let's go and see him together." Li Fu gestured in invitation, then walked on ahead to lead the way.
The two security guards from before stared blankly at Wei Zhao's receding back, jaws hanging open in astonishment.
"He really is the chairman's guest?" the young guard muttered to himself in disbelief.
"Uncle Qing came to fetch him in person, so there's no mistaking it," the older guard said with a sigh. "We nearly gave offense. Thank heaven Uncle Qing came over when he did. If we'd really thrown him out, we'd have been in for it."
When Li Fu had started walking over, Wei Zhao had already begun to take note of another middle-aged man a short distance away, a man of somewhat portly build. If his guess was right, this was the man he had come to see: Gu Pengzhan, director of the Gu Group.
"Wei Zhao, I take it?" As Wei Zhao followed Li Fu over, Gu Pengzhan came striding toward them as well, extending his right hand with great warmth.
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