When Qu Jingyun heard that Liang Jinchun wanted her to go find Qi Mingyuan, she turned pale with fear and quickly made an excuse to decline:
"No need for that. This is actually an internal matter of our art troupe and has nothing to do with our Old Qi. It's not good to let him get involved, right?"
Liang Jinchun sneered:
"It has nothing to do with him? It has something to do with you, right?"
"If your problems have nothing to do with him anymore, and if there's any punishment in the future, do I not have to worry about anyone else's face and just handle everything impartially?"
When Qu Jingyun heard this, her heart skipped a beat - the meaning of Liang Jinchun's words was very clear. If Qi Mingyuan didn't help solve the trouble she had caused this time, he would not be lenient with her in the future for the sake of the Qi family.
If it were in the past, Qu Jingyun would have agreed without hesitation, but now...
She couldn't even go home to see Qi Mingyuan, and no one was allowed to disturb her study. She also didn't go back to her room to sleep at night. Qi Mingyuan showed such obvious resistance, so could she still dare to go to the company to find him?
That would only bring humiliation upon oneself!
But if she doesn't agree to Liang Jinchun's request now, not to mention whether she will be bullied in the future, Liang Jinchun will definitely notice that there is a problem in their relationship, and then her foothold in the art troupe will be unstable.
Qu Jingyun could only bite the bullet and deal with the situation first. She forced a forced smile and said ingratiatingly:
"Look at what you said. I've worked under you for so many years. We've been friends for so many years, so why would we need to say those words? Whenever you need our Lao Qi's support, he will definitely be the first to step forward without hesitation."
"Just now, I was just thinking that apologizing to the provincial leaders isn't an honorable thing to do, and wasn't I also worried about our art troupe's 'family scandal' being exposed? I absolutely didn't mean to bother you at all."
Liang Jinchun's expression eased a little when he heard her say that. She was so smart that she knew to let the family's dirty laundry be made public. His old face was almost completely disgraced because of her.
"I don't treat Lao Qi as an outsider. Isn't this also for your future?"
"Think about it, I'll be retiring in a few years. You're still young and have plenty of time and opportunities to strive for advancement. If you offend the provincial leaders now, how will you advance in the future?"
Liang Jinchun seemed to be speaking with sincerity and thinking about Qu Jingyun in everything. In the final analysis, he just wanted to retire safely during his term of office. If he was framed by his leader and sent to the frontier, he would not be able to cry for the rest of his life!
Although Qu Jingyun didn't believe that Liang Jinchun was really considering her future, she thought that this was the truth.
Given Qi Mingyuan's current attitude towards her, she would probably not be able to live a peaceful life in the Qi family in the future, so this job in the art troupe was extremely important to her.
However, since Liang Jinchun cares so much, he must have his own plans. It is not enough to just let her do the work, he also needs to show some sincerity!
"Captain Liang, I understand your sincere wishes. I'll discuss this with Lao Qi when I get home tonight. He's close to many provincial leaders, so I think inviting Deputy Commander Peng to dinner shouldn't be a problem."
Hearing that she finally agreed, Liang Jinchun felt relieved. As long as he could invite her to the dinner table, there would be basically no problem with the follow-up.
But Qu Jingyun suddenly changed the subject and turned to Shao Jingque:
"By the way, Liang Tuan, didn't we tell you before? As soon as the provincial leaders leave, we'll start the process of punishing Shao Jingque for leaving his post without cause."
"I'll give you a new request later. Once you sign it at the regiment, I'll take it to the office to have it stamped and go through the formalities."
"Her behavior has had such a negative impact. The entire group has been watching for so long. If we don't come up with a decision soon, I'm afraid more employees will follow her example, and then it will be difficult to manage!"
Liang Jinchun frowned. He clearly remembered that Shao Jingque was recruited by Qu Jingyun. In order to get him to agree to hire Shao Jingque, Qu Jingyun had tried his best to persuade him. Why did the two of them seem to be incompatible now?
In fact, he just didn't want to touch Shao Jingque. In his opinion, Shao Jingque was also a literary and artistic backbone trained by their Ning City Art Troupe. After years of training, he was fully capable of supporting himself.
However, what Qu Jingyun said was not completely unreasonable. Xiao Shao should still be given a severe warning and punishment to serve as a warning to others.
Liang Jinchun nodded and said:
"No need to rewrite it. The request you submitted last time is still in my drawer. I'll go back and sign it, and you can take it and go through the process!"
Seeing Liang Jinchun relent, Qu Jingyun was immediately delighted, thinking that she would never let her go this time:
"We need to rewrite it. Last time, we only wrote a warning because she was away for three days. But she actually left for such a long time without any reason. How can a warning alone convince everyone?! Shao Jingque must be fired!"
"Expelled?!"
Liang Jinchun was shocked. Shao Jingque was the mainstay of their Ning City Art Troupe, and Qu Jingyun actually wanted to fire her?!
At that moment, he just wondered if there was really something wrong with Qu Jingyun's brain?!
"Xiao Shao is a key figure in our art troupe now. How can you just fire her?! Young people should always be given a chance to correct their mistakes. If you fire her, who will take her place?!"
Qu Jingyun already had a candidate in mind and immediately responded:
"Tang Yueru! Liang Tuan, how could you forget about Xiao Tang? Wasn't she the one who came up with the program that was chosen for our art troupe this time? Even the provincial leaders recognize her professional skills, which are more than enough to rival Shao Jingque!"
If Qu Jingyun hadn't mentioned it, Liang Jinchun would never have thought of it.
Who doesn't want to have a strong army and powerful horses under his command, with a Shao Jingque and a Tang Yueru? Such outstanding talents are of course the more the better. Why do we have to let them go as soon as they come?
He still didn't want to fire Shao Jingque, and was about to shake his head when he heard Qu Jingyun say in a sarcastic tone:
"Captain Liang, you don't know that Shao Jingque has been away from her post for too long without reason, and the regiment hasn't punished her in any way. Now there are all kinds of rumors going around, and they're really ugly!"
"It was only because of me that I suppressed those unpleasant words that you didn't hear. If you defend her again this time, I'm afraid the dirty water will really be thrown on you, and then you won't be able to explain yourself!"
Liang Jinchun was stunned when he heard this. Dirty water?
Shao Jingque left his post for no reason, what kind of dirty water could be thrown at him?
Qu Jingyun said with a forced smile:
"Well, the art troupe has a lot of female comrades to begin with, so any little thing can be spread into something serious. It's just that rumor that you and Shao Jingque had that kind of...illicit relationship. Because you protected her, she could come and go as she pleased without facing any punishment."
"If you don't deal with her this time, or deal with her too lightly, wouldn't that be equivalent to confirming the rumors?"
"You said, if that rumor spreads to the dinner party of my family's Lao Qi group..."
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