Chapter 288: A Billion Points of Connections
In this way, time began to pass by bit by bit, but what was confusing was that during the half-hour waiting time, the front desk attendant who said he would help them find their luggage never showed up again.
Soon after, a lobby manager named Bian Qiang came upon hearing the news and said he would help them deal with the matter.
After a lot of talking, everyone finally understood what Manager Bian wanted to express. His meaning was very simple, that is, he did not admit that the number of luggage stored was fifteen, but on the contrary, he firmly said that they had stored thirteen pieces.
Because the receipt did not clearly state the number of luggage, only the amount of storage was written.
"I'm really sorry that it affected everyone's mood for staying. Can we return the storage fee? "
Can you? Yes, your mother.
Everyone in 208 laughed. The total value of the two pieces of luggage was nearly thirty thousand yuan. You can just return three hundred yuan and pretend that nothing happened?
"Manager Bian, if we really only have thirteen pieces of luggage, why do you want to return the money to us? Isn't your words a bit contradictory?"
Wei Lanlan found Huadian directly and choked him back with one sentence.
Manager Bian's face changed. He thought that they were all young and looked like stupid and clear college students. He didn't expect that they didn't step into any traps. It really caught him off guard.
How could he know that working under such a bad boss like Jiang Qin, such a trap was really too low-end for them.
"Whether you agree to refund or not, we only received thirteen pieces of luggage."
Sunai couldn't help but frown: "Where is the waiter just now? He has just confirmed that there are fifteen pieces and said he would help us find them."
"Excuse me, miss. We have more than fifty waiters here. Do you know his name? I will call him over to ask."
"..."
Wei Lanlan was stunned after hearing this, and immediately understood that the waiter actually went into the employee passage for the second time to hide, in order to pretend that he was not there, so that the manager would deny that they had stored fifteen pieces of luggage.
"The waiter's name is Zhao Jiale."
Jiang Qin, who had been silent, suddenly spoke; "Jia means festival, Le means happy."
The manager was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that they could really say Zhao Jiale's name. He was speechless for a long time before speaking: "Um... Actually, I'm also new here recently. I don't know all the waiters. Do you know his work number? I'll use the intercom to call him for you."
Jiang Qin smiled: "Who would remember the work number of a hotel front desk? Besides, if we remember the work number, we can check our luggage, right? "
"It should be possible, sir, but it will be troublesome if you can't remember the employee number, because we have many temporary workers who come here for short-term part-time work during the summer vacation."
"Since you said so, I have no choice but to remember it. His employee number is AC050031. Call him."
Lobby manager: "…"
After a while, Manager Bian talked on the intercom, and the disappeared waiter reappeared, but he said that he was not the one who contacted the luggage when it was stored, and he knew nothing.
In fact, what he said was true, because the hotel is divided into morning and afternoon shifts, and the waiter who helped to store the luggage in the morning was indeed not him.
"Since you don't know how many pieces of luggage there are, what are you looking for?"
The waiter named Zhao Jiale lowered his head: "I just went to the storage room and didn't confirm that there were fifteen pieces of luggage."
Jiang Qin was so annoyed: "Stop talking, check the surveillance, it's so annoying."
"Our surveillance..."
"Is your surveillance broken?" Jiang Qin stood up and took the intercom from him, "Then call the police first and see, it's your choice."
Manager Bian pursed his lips: "Guests, please go this way, I'll take you there."
So, everyone in 208 followed Manager Bian to the monitoring room and checked the surveillance footage of this morning, and finally confirmed that there were indeed fifteen pieces of luggage.
Manager Bian's face was a little ugly. He didn't expect that the picture could be taken so clearly, and Jiang Qin didn't want to talk any more, so he asked Wei Lanlan to call the police directly.
After the police arrived, the manager surnamed Bian's attitude was obviously much better. He also admitted that the hotel was not doing its job properly and said that he would definitely help them find the luggage, but they said they could not guarantee when they would find it.
"We have a lot of things to do next and don't have time to wait for you to find it. Since the luggage was lost by your hotel, we will compensate you according to the original price first. After the luggage is found, we will return the money to you."
Jiang Qin raised his fingers and made a three, indicating the amount the hotel needs to pay.
He definitely didn't want the 30,000 yuan, but he knew that if he didn't keep the money in his hands, it would be difficult for them to help find the luggage seriously, and then he really didn't know when he would have to wait.
"Pay first? That's definitely not allowed. We haven't checked whether you have these things in your bag. You can't just say 30,000 and we have to pay 30,000, right?"
Manager Bian looked at the police officer sitting next to him and said, "We will cooperate with the police to actively search later, but no hotel has the rule of paying first."
Jiang Qin thought for a while and said, "Manager Bian, where do you think I'm from based on my accent? If you guess right, I'll go back and wait."
"It should be further north, right?"
"Damn, you know I'm from another place and you want to delay time, right? And every time you call to ask, you say you're looking?" Jiang Qin slammed the table.
Manager Bian: "..."
The police officer sitting on the sofa also spoke at this time: "Sir, don't worry, we will also actively investigate and help you find your luggage as quickly as possible."
"There are very important data in our computer. We must find it today. This is the hotel's negligence, and we should not bear the consequences."
"But it takes time to find things. At present, we can't be sure whether it was stolen or left somewhere."
In short, after negotiating for an afternoon, the hotel did not agree to pay first. Jiang Qin said he would not agree to anything, because he knew that as long as they left Shanghai, the hotel would have various ways to shirk responsibility.
If it was taken away by an internal employee, then even if the police were powerful, they might not be able to find it. He has seen too many such things. The main point is to make a big thing small, and a small thing nothing. In the end, you can only suffer.
But this time it is absolutely impossible, because it is Sunai's computer.
You know, the upgrade of Zhihu depends entirely on Sunai and his project team. If the computer cannot be found in two or three months, or is completely lost, a lot of the previous work will be in vain.
Seeing that the negotiation could not be successful, Manager Bian had no choice but to call the general manager.
The general manager of this hotel is named Qiu, and his attitude is very tough. He first expressed his willingness to cooperate in the search, but then said that it is impossible to pay compensation in advance.
"We will definitely help find the luggage, but it is impossible to pay in advance, and we did not open the box to check the contents at that time, let alone confirm the value of the items. Dear guests, please stop making trouble and wait for the result."
His unreasonable words made everyone in 208 furious: "What do you mean by unreasonable? We have paid the storage fee!"
Manager Qiu said calmly: "I'm sorry for the slip of the tongue, but this is the truth. If the luggage is found later, we will notify you as soon as possible. Let's leave it at that for today."
His tone was soft and hard, as if he had nothing to say, and his attitude was quite high.
Jiang Qin laughed, thinking that he was pretending, he really thought he was a stupid college student, and he was singing the black face and red face at the same time.
But outsiders have no choice. First, they have no connections, and second, they have no time to wait. They can't afford to waste time. Even if they are angry, they still have to compromise in the end.
So the two of them argued with each other, neither of them was willing to give in, until a soft voice suddenly came from the frozen air, and the conversation was suddenly interrupted.
"Hello, auntie."
"I, I came to Shanghai to play, but I didn't mean to not tell you, and my luggage was lost."
"..."
Feng Nanshu said the name of the hotel and found that everyone turned to look at her, so she hugged Jiang Qin's arm tightly, her expression became more and more cold, but her voice became smaller and smaller.
Seeing this, the police officers, managers, general managers, and staff watching in the hall couldn't help but look at the girl, but no one cared, just regarded it as a small episode, and then continued to remain silent.
Since the negotiation can't be done, let's continue to waste time. Some people are tourists, and some are locals. It's clear who can afford to waste time and who can't.
It is impossible to pay first. Even if the luggage is really lost, they will only pay ten times the storage fee.
15 pieces of luggage, the insurance premium is 300, and the insurance premium for the two pieces of luggage is 40. Even if the ten-fold compensation is only 400, plus the storage fee of 300, the total is only 700.
As for 30,000? Don't even think about it.
Manager Qiu has been in charge of the hotel for the boss for many years and has dealt with all kinds of difficult things. He knows that many guests will be very angry after being dissatisfied, but they are still helpless and can only compromise when they are angry.
He is very confident.
But then, the direction of this matter was far beyond the expectations of all of them.
About half an hour later, three police cars suddenly drove to the hotel, led by a middle-aged man in plain clothes, followed by several police officers, who walked over with steady steps.
Seeing this scene, the two police officers in charge of mediating the dispute immediately stood up and saluted.
"Captain Chen, why are you here?"
"Didn't you say that the luggage was lost? Tell me about the matter first, what happened?"
"?"
The police officer was confused, thinking that they hadn't reported the situation yet, how could the captain know so quickly?
And the cold-faced Manager Qiu couldn't help but sit up straight, with a look of surprise in his eyes, and seemed to be a little confused.
However, before the two police officers could speak, there was another roar of engines at the door of the hotel, and then three black cars stopped steadily, and three men in suits and leather shoes ran into the brightly lit hall panting and gathered here.
Manager Qiu stood up immediately after seeing these three people, not for anything else, because the people who came were the big boss and two shareholders of their hotel.
But since he started working in this hotel, he seemed to have never seen the boss's nervous expression.
"Boss, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Sun, why are you three here?"
"Where's the luggage?" The hotel owner looked at him with a gloomy look.
Manager Qiu was stunned for a moment: "What...what luggage?"
"Where's the luggage that the Feng family lost in our hotel? Such a big thing happened, and you're sitting here so calmly, don't you know how to go find the luggage?!"
"..."