A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 554: The Shallow Water King 8

When Gui'er saw her enter the restaurant, she hurried in as well, but she pretended to be casual.

After entering, he saw Miss Gu and feigned surprise as he walked up to her and said, "Miss Gu, what a coincidence." Then he pretended not to notice Miss Gu's eye roll and said with a smile, "Can I sit here? We're colleagues, and I'll need your continued care in the future. This meal, I'll treat you."

When Miss Gu heard Gui'er say she would treat them, her expression softened a little.

At this time, the waiter came over with the menu. Miss Gu ordered chicken with creamy mushroom sauce and rice, and Guier ordered fillet steak with champagne sauce.

Miss Gu saw that Gui'er was very familiar with the dishes she ordered, and her attitude towards her suddenly became better. She said, "Miss Wu, do you often eat Western food? I see that you are quite familiar with the dishes you ordered."

Guier smiled and said, "It's not bad. We used to eat it often when our family was not in financial difficulty."

Miss Gu suddenly seemed to resonate with the sentiment. She sighed and said, "Who says it's not true? I was also two years earlier. Because my family's business was bombed on January 1.28, I had to work outside and my studies were interrupted. But I was Mr. Mitsui's secretary, so it was a little better."

When Gui Er heard that her direction was correct, she smiled and said, "Miss Gu is so talented and so beautiful. I really envy her."

"You can just call me Yuanyuan." This Miss Gu is quite easy to deal with. She becomes easy to talk to after a few flatteries.

"My name is Wu Guier, you can call me Guier."

"Gui'er, you have to be careful about Zhang Liyun. She's actually a relative of Manager Zhang's. She has no work skills and doesn't speak English. Manager Zhang hired an extra person just to keep her job. Actually, your salary could be higher. I heard you know English, right?"

Gui'er pretended to be helpless and said, "There's nothing I can do. My family doesn't know anyone here, and my relatives don't have many connections. I just want to get familiar with the work as soon as possible, so that I can get paid and ease the difficulties at home."

Then she said, "Yuanyuan, you must have worked at our company for a long time, right? Before I came here, I heard that Mitsui & Co. was quite large, but I didn't expect it to only have one office and not be particularly busy."

Gu Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Because we are just a branch, Mr. Mitsui divided the business into many parts, with a branch for each category. We specialize in the cloth business here."

Gui'er suddenly understood, but this made her investigation more difficult. She said calmly, "I see. Mr. Mitsui is very powerful."

Gu Yuanyuan said proudly, "That's right, that's why Mr. Mitsui doesn't come here often."

The two chatted a lot more, and Guier also learned that this Japanese man from Mitsui was a cunning rabbit with three burrows, including companies, foreign firms, and trading companies. Guier began to suspect that he was trying to evade taxes.

After finishing the meal and returning to the foreign company, Zhang Liyun threw a bunch of things to Guier to do, including translating documents, summarizing accounts, and recording goods. Guier completed them one by one.

At the end of the working day, Manager Zhang suddenly called her into his office and said to her with a smile, "Ms. Wu, after observing you all day, I found that you are very capable and diligent. You are also friendly to your colleagues. Do a good job. Mitsui & Co. is a large company. Your treatment here will be much better than that of other foreign companies."

Guier smiled and said, "Thank you for the affirmation, manager, but I just heard my colleagues outside say that some inventory goods seem to be missing. I just got here and don't know how to operate." She actually just wanted to get the inventory data.

Sure enough, Manager Zhang frowned and said, "This kind of thing has been happening a lot lately. We're going to do an inventory in a few days, and by then, we should be able to clear it out. I'm sorry to trouble you, but Liyun will also participate."

Guier smiled and said, "Okay, will Miss Gu also participate?"

Manager Zhang was stunned for a moment, then said with a slightly sarcastic smile, "She won't. She's actually Mr. Mitsui's mistress, and she's just been specially assigned here. Mr. Mitsui has a secretary in every branch office. She's nominally a secretary, but in reality, she's his mistress. You don't need to worry about this, and don't get too close to her, okay?"

Gui'er nodded and said obediently, "I understand." In fact, she was very happy in her heart. Miss Gu was Shan Jing's mistress, which meant that she was someone who could be close to him and could be used.

After she came out of Manager Zhang's office, she said to Zhang Liyun calmly, "Ms. Zhang, Manager Zhang said we'll be doing an inventory in a few days. I'm new here and not very familiar with the business. Is there any information I could look at? I'd like to get familiar with our inventory or goods as soon as possible so I don't hold you back."

Zhang Liyun was very happy when she heard this. She smiled and said, "Look, all the information on my desk is here, and the information in the cabinet over here is also here. You can take a look at it when you have time."

Guier smiled and said, "Thank you."

After get off work, most of the colleagues had to take the tram and then get off at their respective locations. Gui'er was very worried that her colleagues would see her getting on Wu Mingqiang's car, but fortunately, her colleagues seemed to live not far away and got off the bus one after another along the way.

Gui'er breathed a sigh of relief, got off the tram, jogged, observed the other party, and finally arrived at the place where she had agreed to meet with Wu Mingqiang.

After getting in the car, Wu Mingqiang glanced at her in the rearview mirror and said, "Miss, you look very tired. Are you exhausted today?"

Gui Er gave a wry smile and said, "This Mitsui & Co. is a shallow place with many idiots, but we did find out a little bit."

Back at the villa, Sha Yanxiao sat there waiting for her to come back and said with a smile, "It's your first day at work. Are you tired?"

Gui Er smiled and said, "It's not bad. I found someone named Gu Yuanyuan, the mistress of the Japanese Mitsui. Maybe we can start with her. But as for the warehouse situation, I heard that Mitsui opened a company for each category, so this branch company probably can't find all the cargo information."

Sha Yanxiao took her hand and walked towards the restaurant, saying, "We've also investigated this issue. I'm afraid this isn't a task that can be completed in the short term. Why don't we just forget about it? You look tired after a busy day."

Gui'er thought for a moment and said, "How about letting me check it for another two days? If it doesn't work, forget it."

Seeing her insistence, Sha Yanxiao nodded and said, "Okay."

When they arrived at the dining room, the food was already served. It was all Gui'er's favorite. Sha Yanxiao said, "To celebrate your first day at work, let's have a good meal."