Chapter 418 My colleagues’ attitude towards me has changed subtly

After seeing Zuo Qingfen off, I received a call from Wei Yiming, who said he had obtained a visa to Singapore and was leaving the day after tomorrow.

I said, "Congratulations. I don't have time to see you off. Let's keep in touch in the future."

After dinner, I had to meet Mr. Deng again, so I skipped going home and went straight to the fifth floor for the buffet. As I mentioned before, there's a small restaurant for mid-level managers and above. It's not crowded, and the food is good. Whenever I'm not going home, I like to come here.

After getting the food, I saw Chen Xiaoxia sitting there, so I took the plate and went over to sit down.

"Boss Wan, why don't you go back to eat?"

“I can see more beauties here.”

Chen Xiaoxia burst out laughing. Qing Ruo came over with a plate and asked Chen Xiaoxia, "What joke is Teacher Wan telling now?"

Chen Xiaoxia said: "He said that if he counted on his fingers, another beautiful woman would come."

Qing Ruo knew Chen Xiaoxia was talking nonsense. She rolled her eyes at her and asked me, "Boss Wan, why don't you come to Bainiao Lake to take a look?"

I said, "What did I come to see? There were birds there before, but now you've chased them away."

She smiled and said, "We're building infrastructure now. Once it's built, the birds will fly back. By the way, Mr. Wan, why are you so interested in birds?"

Chen Xiaoxia chuckled.

"You think only women are interested in birds? Men love birds, nature, and animals too."

Chen Xiaoxia said, "Sister Ruo, please stop arguing with General Wan."

Qing Ruo asked: "Why?"

Chen Xiaoxia said: "There are three types of people popular online now: those who do manual labor, those who do mental labor, and Mr. Wan belongs to the third type, those who do verbal labor."

Qing Ruo said, "Xiao Xia, I strongly disagree with your statement. Are you saying that General Wan doesn't work, doesn't use his brain, and only knows how to eat? Is he some kind of immortal from Journey to the West?"

I couldn't help but laugh. Then I said, "I initially thought Song Dandan was the only one who could bullshit, but you're actually better than her. You're the masters of bullshit."

They both laughed so hard that they kept shouting "Ahhh".

This caught the attention of the people around. Someone said, "Mr. Wan, come to our table and tell a joke. They have a low sense of humor."

I said, "I won't tell you anymore, lest a talk show come to the company to poach my people."

At this time, Qing Ruo said, "I was joking before. I sincerely invite you to come and guide the work during the National Day holiday."

I thought about it and thought, if Mr. Deng agreed to invest, maybe we could go to the Philippines during the National Day holiday, so I said, "Maybe later."

She said, "You haven't been there since the groundbreaking ceremony. Go and take a look, and praise me while you can."

I laughed and said, "You definitely did a great job there."

She said, "I heard you bought a villa in Huaxi Lake? Take us two as your apprentices and make some money in your spare time."

Chen Xiaoxia: "I promise to come and learn after work."

After hearing this, I was shocked. I was away for more than three months last year, and this year I basically stayed at Taiyi Temple, where I studied acupuncture with Master Shu and took the exam.

Maybe I don’t feel it, but others can see that my enthusiasm for the company is declining and I am making money for myself.

Are they talking about me behind my back? This is a question I need to think about carefully.

I smiled and said, "I will go. I will report to you when the time comes."

After dinner, I hurried out of the restaurant and returned to my room, thinking that if I were to do my own personal work while also dealing with work, and even bystanders could see clearly, this kind of life would not last long.

Mr. Chen genuinely doesn't care, but it's affecting everyone else's enthusiasm. He gets to collect a salary, rarely see anyone, and still have the money to buy a villa. And we have to work like mules, grinding the millstone?

It's time to make a bold decision.

Either work hard at Xuri or leave Xuri. If Mr. Chen insists on keeping me, I won't take my salary and I'll give up my house.

I called Xiaolin and said, "Tomorrow is Saturday. I'm going to check out the house. It's all renovated. How many months will it take for me to be able to move in?"

"We use the most environmentally friendly materials, and it will only take three months."

"Okay then, can we start buying furniture and appliances now?"

"Yes. You go and take a look and make a list of furniture and appliances. If you are busy, I will ask my brother-in-law to buy them for me."

"Okay, contact your brother-in-law. The three of us will go there tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."

After hanging up the phone, I saw that it was almost seven o'clock and Mr. Deng hadn't called yet. So I took the initiative to call him:

"Where have you been?"

"It's probably going to take another half an hour to get into the city due to the traffic. We'll stay at the Chengyuan Hotel across from you. Come over at 7:30?"

"Have you eaten yet?"

"I ate on the way."

I printed out the information, made a cup of tea, and prepared to go in twenty minutes. At this moment, President Zheng called: "Mr. Wan, to boost your confidence, I've sent you a link. Please take a look."

I know that his call was for no other reason than to remind me to read the article.

After I hung up the phone and opened WeChat, I realized that he had not only sent it to me that morning, but he had also left messages below urging me to send it back several times. But I didn't even look at it.

When I opened it, I found it was an internal academic talk by Liu Qiming. The title was "The US military is researching acupuncture, Japan is seizing patents for traditional Chinese medicines. Why do foreign countries disparage traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture while secretly studying it themselves?"

I read it carefully.

It was like timely relief. After reading it, I suddenly felt enlightened.

Mr. Deng's phone rang, and I hurried downstairs. I ran into Mr. Cao in the elevator, and he said, "Mr. Wan, you're very busy."

I said it unintentionally, but the listener took it seriously. I was actually a little flustered, afraid that he would see that I was busy with personal work. I kept saying, "I'm not busy, I'm not busy."

Chengyuan Hotel is only 200 meters away, so you can walk there. It is an internal hotel of a large unit and is also open to the public. The conditions are quite good.

Sure enough, Mr. Deng and Xiao Liming were waiting for me in the lounge in the lobby.

We didn't shake hands, just nodded. Xiao Liming pressed the elevator button. We didn't say anything while waiting for the elevator.

It was not until they entered Room 5009 and closed the door that Mr. Deng said, "The other party's efficiency is quite high."

Mr. Deng and I sat down. Xiao Liming made tea and brought a chair over. I took out the printed materials and handed them to Mr. Deng.

President Deng read it carefully and then gave it to Xiao Liming to read.

The room was silent.

After Xiao Liming finished reading, President Deng said to him, "Create a group and add us two to it."

Xiao Liming immediately created a group and named it "Threesome".

President Deng said, "Shanhong, Liming, let's begin a thorough discussion. You can say anything, and anyone can question anyone else. Let's focus on feasibility."

"Speak with a touch of gunpowder, and question directly to the core. Answer questions directly, without ambiguity. Now, Shanhong will take the affirmative side and accept the questions from Liming and me."

When I heard this, I realized that President Deng really wanted to develop and was well prepared. This is a practical attitude.

I said, "Let's get started."

A great debate has begun.