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The Highest Authority, Locked Out

Zhou's smile remained. “One day as an employee and you've learned to argue procedure?” “The company taught me procedure. Without it last night, 1.14 billion yuan would already be burning.” Compliance could seize only his work computer, not his private phone. Lin was suspended and sent home. Su Qinglan was prohibited from contacting him. Before the elevator closed, he saw her tap her watch three times. Three—the third line on Tang's business card. At the next corner, Lin examined the card. Its third line was not a phone number but a code for a discontinued pager service. Public corporate records linked Tang to a repair shop dissolved three years ago in the old electronics market west of the city.