Chapter Fifty-two Bodyguard and Driver

  The answer was announced soon, and it turned out to be Qiao An Tian and Qiao Yun coming together.

  Ning Lan's office door was always open when she was at work, which was related to her job. One of her responsibilities was to block people without an appointment from disturbing the chairman, so the door was only closed when she was off duty.

  Qiao An Tian stood at the door and knocked, smiling: "I'm not interrupting your work discussion, am I?"

  Lin Zi was fine, but Ning Lan was a bit embarrassed. This guy was talking nonsense, and she didn't want to discuss work with him, lest the chairman misunderstand that they had some kind of improper relationship. She quickly invited them in: "Chairman, General Manager, please come in!"

  Qiao An Tian and Qiao Yun sat together on the sofa opposite Lin Zi Xian, Qiao An Tian was calm and smiled at Lin Zi Xian, seemingly genuinely interested in listening.

  Qiao Yun's expression remained unchanged, but her eyes occasionally swept across Lin Zixian and Ning Lan's faces. These two people discussing work? What a joke! They were more likely to be talking about romance.

  She first thought of the scene she saw in C?te d'Ivoire, when Ning Lan and this rascal were sitting side by side on the beach. She couldn't understand how a capable woman like Ning Lan could be deceived by this rascal.

  Ning Lan quickly helped the three of them with a cup of tea, and then the office was quiet enough to hear ants crawling.

  After a while, Lin Ziyan was playing with his big hat, and the others were staring at each other, no one speaking.

  It was Qiao An Tian who finally broke the silence, smiling and saying: "Is it that you want to discuss work that we're not convenient to hear? If so, then we'll withdraw for a bit?"

  Ning Lan's face turned red, and Lin Zixian was sulking. You came just to bring your weird daughter here? The entire Ming Hua Group is yours and your daughter's, what work content can't you hear? Isn't this annoying?

  However, Vice Minister Lin's adaptability was also not to be mentioned. He just heard him clear his throat and grabbed the paper thrown aside: "I am asking Assistant Ning why this application report cannot pass." His eyebrows were tightly furrowed, staring at the report with a serious expression.

  The father and daughter exchanged a glance, their minds filled with doubts. Could it be that these two people really had serious work to discuss?

  "Oh! What report is it? Can you show me?" Qiao An Tian asked.

  Vice Minister Lin handed the report to Ning Lan, who hastily took it and glanced at it before handing it over to Qiao An Tian. The latter took the report and looked at it, slightly nodding his head: "This is your Defense Department's report, what? Didn't it pass?"

  Qiao Yun glanced at the general content and continued: "This report was vetoed by me."

  "Was it you who vetoed? Why?" Qiao An Tian was taken aback, thinking that the general manager of such a large company didn't need to be so meticulous and hands-on with every little thing, even intervening in such basic work. If he did, it would make it difficult for other management levels to do their jobs. The power that should be delegated still needs to be delegated.

  "I just saw it." Qiao Yun explained calmly: "Chairman, for any company's operation, it is necessary to make ends meet. Adding an unnecessary position will result in additional expenses. Since I found out, I naturally wanted to stop it. I think it's not suitable, so I vetoed it."

  Deputy Minister Lin was not pleased to hear this. If he couldn't solve the problem himself, how would Director Duan and his subordinates view him in the future? He immediately defended himself: "Chairman, I think these two positions are necessary. With the existence of these two patrol teams, they will be a deterrent to those with ulterior motives. In case something happens, the patrol team can also rush over to support us immediately. From another perspective, it also enhances our company's security image, making customers feel that we are a formal and reliable large company. The company's image problem is something that cannot be bought with money."

  This remark made Qiao An Tian nod slightly, not because of Lin Zixian's face, but because it was indeed the case. Even when he himself commuted to and from work, seeing that team of majestic and awe-inspiring patrol officers would make his eyes light up. The image and deterrent effect did exist. Upon further reflection, his daughter's decision seemed somewhat inappropriate.

  Qiao Yun spoke directly to the point, Deputy Director Lin's words made sense and were beneficial to the company, so she didn't refute them. Previously, it was just because she knew that those two patrol teams were something Lin Zixian had stirred up, she had a bad impression of Lin Zixian, intuitively thinking he was causing trouble, so she vetoed it.

  At this time, she directly took the application report from Qiao An Tian's hand and walked to Ning Lan's office desk. She picked up a pen from the pen holder and signed it on the spot with a few strokes. Turning around, she handed the signed report to Ning Lan: "Hand it over to the company's organizational department."

  "Alright!" Ning Lan immediately went out to execute, and before leaving the door, she glanced at Lin Zixian with a look of admiration. It was the first time she had seen someone who could make Qiao Yun speechless and change his decision.

  Qiao Yun sat back beside Qiao An Tian, the matter was settled, and Qiao An Tian was also delighted, laughing and saying: "Mr. Lin has taken great pains for the sake of the Security Department."

  "It's too much, never mind, I'm going to work." Lin Zixian put on his big hat and stood up, walking away. Facing Qiao Yun's cold face made him feel like he owed her money, which made him very uncomfortable.

  "Mr. Lin." Qiao An Tian quickly walked over, somewhat awkwardly saying: "It's like this, Xiao Yun has already agreed to let you be her personal bodyguard, you see, isn't it..." He gave Qiao Yun a glance, hinting for her to speak up quickly.

  Lin Zile was taken aback and turned his head to look at Qiao Yun, thinking it unlikely.

  Qiao Yun stood up, walked to his front, and said coldly face-to-face: "Come to my office for handover an hour later." After finishing speaking, she turned around and left.

  Lin Zixian immediately got angry, what's the big deal about you calling me and I have to go, who do you think I am?

  However, she was stunned by her queen's aura and didn't dare to lose her temper. She looked at Qiao An Tian with a strange expression and asked: "Handover? What handover?"

  Yes! What handover? Qiao An Tian was also confused, he mentioned Qiao Yun's deceased grandfather to persuade Qiao Yun, but Qiao Yun didn't mention anything about a handover to him either!

  "Maybe it's just to get you familiar with her schedule so it's easier to protect her."

  Lin Zixian responded with an "oh", her eyes flashing slightly, she was actually quite interested in what this cold beauty normally did, and her anger dissipated...

  An hour later, Lin Zixian stood punctually at the door of Qiao Yun's office, straightened his clothes and knocked on the door.

  "Come in!" After Qiao Yun responded with a voice, he pushed the door and entered.

  Seeing him, Qiao Yun casually pressed a button on the intercom on her office desk and said: "Xiaohua, is everything ready?"

  The voice of her secretary Zhang Xiaohua came from the loudspeaker: "General Manager, everything is ready according to your instructions. The bodyguard's car key has also been handed over to me."

  "Bring it over!" Qiao Yun said and hung up the phone.

  The secretary knocked on the door with something in hand and entered. Qiao Yun pointed to Lin Zixian and said, "Just give it to him."

  The secretary handed over a set of keys and a note to Lin Zixian before leaving, Qiao Yun leaned back in the boss chair, propping her chin with one hand and said: "From today on, you are my bodyguard and driver."

  "You want me to be your driver?" Lin Zixian pointed at his own nose, with a face full of incredulity.

  "Is anything wrong?" Qiao Yun asked faintly.

  "Aren't you a driver?" Lin Zixian's words couldn't help but carry a hint of anger, this woman was really daring to be so presumptuous, putting on airs even bigger than the Queen of England, actually thinking of pulling one of the three kings of the underworld to be her driver, not afraid of getting a sore butt.

  "I've said it before, the company's management is all about thriftiness and streamlining. If one person can do a job, there's no need to give it to two people." Qiao Yun rubbed her temples with her index finger, her expression seeming to say that chatting with you was a waste of her energy. She paused for a moment before saying: "Take a look at the contents of the document first. If you think you can handle it, just follow the procedures and execute it. If not, then we don't need to bother anymore. I don't use useless trash."

  Lin Zi was about to speak but stopped, wanting to grab the woman and scold her before turning around and leaving. However, upon seeing her exquisite and unparalleled appearance, he didn't have enough pressure in his stomach, and his anger couldn't be expressed.

  He could only comfort himself by saying, "It's not that I'm afraid of her face... but rather, giving her some face. Isn't face the same as dignity? Who made her have such a good-looking face and such a big ego? We're not petty people, no need to stoop to a woman's level!

  Suddenly enlightened, she hugged the quilt and looked at it carefully.

  The driver's working hours change with the general manager's schedule at any time. Under normal circumstances, they pick up the general manager at 7:30 am sharp and must arrive at the company before 8:00 am. The end of work is uncertain, as it depends on when the general manager finishes work. The driver also needs to send the general manager home after work. Usually, they need to pick up and drop off the general manager for various activities. During driving, they also need to take care of some errands, such as buying a bottle of mineral water. The driver does not have holidays, unless the general manager allows them to take leave. In terms of treatment, outside of normal working hours, bonuses are floating based on attendance rates.

  In short, after reading through the entire article, all of it refers to the requirements for the general manager's driver, without a single mention of the meaning of bodyguard.

  Lin Zi's face turned dark and he shook the receipt in his hand, saying: "Am I protecting you or being your driver?"

  "My bodyguard also serves as my driver, what others can do, Mr. Lin can't?" Qiao Yun sat up straight, her hands on the desk, her gaze piercing: "You are also the deputy head of the security department, and protecting me is naturally within your scope of work. I remind you, after taking office, you receive a double salary, there's no place where you're being mistreated, if you feel you're not capable, you can propose to quit now."

  Lin Zile's expression twitched and he hesitated for a while before saying: "I don't have a domestic driver's license, I can't drive illegally."

  "This is nothing for you to worry about, just do your job well and the company will take care of everything else." Qiao Yun pressed the intercom and said, "Xiaohua, come over here for a moment."

  Soon, Secretary Zhang Xiaohua knocked on the door and entered. Qiao Yun picked up the file on his desk and opened it to take a look, but he didn't lift his head again. He just said: "Take Vice Minister Lin's ID card and help him apply for a legitimate driver's license."