As soon as Sun Zhengguo arrived home in the evening, his eldest son, Sun Shujie, rushed over to fawn over him.
"Dad, are you tired? Let me help you."
As he spoke, he quickly brought over slippers and helped hang up the briefcase.
"Hehe!" Sun Zhengguo couldn't help but chuckle.
"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious; there's no smoke without fire. Speak! What is it you want this time?"
"Hehe! Dad, it's really nothing serious. Take a look at this first."
As they were talking, Sun Shujie took out a red invitation and handed it over.
Sun Zhengguo took the invitation and opened it, then frowned slightly. It turned out to be an invitation from the school.
He was invited to attend the school's official opening ceremony a week later.
"Uncle Jie, what's with this invitation? Does your school have no manners at all? Is inviting people to a ceremony so casual?"
Seeing his father's displeasure, Sun Shujie quickly explained.
"No, Dad, the school was definitely going to come in person to invite you, but the leader in charge of this matter was too embarrassed to come, saying there was some misunderstanding between them, so... so...?"
Seeing his son stammering, Sun Zhengguo immediately thought of someone.
Besides Director Wu, who else at Tsinghua University could have a grudge against me?
Surprisingly, this guy hasn't been dealt with yet, which suggests he has considerable backing.
Sun Zhengguo did not reply to his son immediately, but went straight to the living room and sat on the sofa.
Sun Shujie quickly followed, his face full of flattery and gossip.
"Dad, how did you come to have a grudge against our school leaders? Tell me about it!"
"You brat, these are all old stories, why bring them up! But you should tell your Director Wu that I will definitely be there."
Sun Zhengguo ultimately decided to go and see, since the two didn't have any major grudges and there was no need to make things so tense.
Besides, my son is studying there, and it's my alma mater, so I have to give them some face.
“Okay! I’ll pass on the message to Director Wu tomorrow. He said that if you’re willing to come, he will personally invite you.”
Seeing that he had completed his task, Sun Shujie got up and prepared to leave.
Since Dad doesn't want to gossip, he doesn't want to ask anymore.
"Uncle Jie, where are you going? Dinner's ready." Ning Xiaowei said as soon as the father and son finished their conversation, she prepared to start the meal.
"They're here."
...
The following morning, Sun Zhengguo had just finished inspecting the workshops when he received a call from the gatekeeper saying that Director Wu from Tsinghua University was visiting.
"Let him in!"
Sun Zhengguo hadn't expected that Director Wu would act so quickly.
After hanging up the phone, he got up and went downstairs. After all, Director Wu was a high-ranking official, and it wouldn't be right not to greet him.
Upon arriving downstairs, Sun Zhengguo immediately recognized Director Wu and went to greet him.
"Hello, Director Wu, welcome to our research institute."
"You're too kind, Director Sun. I apologize for the intrusion in visiting."
Although the two had some minor disagreements in the past, in the adult world, there aren't so many right and wrong answers.
Therefore, after they met, they remained outwardly warm and polite, shaking hands.
"Director Wu, please come upstairs."
"Alright, then I'll bother Director Sun."
The two went upstairs to the office, where Sun Zhengguo was very polite.
"Director Wu, please make yourself a seat. I'll make you some tea."
"That's troublesome."
Soon, Sun Zhengguo brought over teacups, and after both of them sat down, he began to speak.
"Director Wu, my son has already told me about the opening ceremony, and I have already agreed. You don't need to make this trip again."
"Director Sun, you were once an outstanding student representative of our school. If I don't personally invite you, people will definitely say that our school is impolite."
Besides, I'm not only here today to invite you; there's another reason I want to thank you properly.
Sun Zhengguo was puzzled after hearing what Director Wu said.
After all, aside from having tricked Director Wu a few times, I hadn't helped him in any way, so why should I express my gratitude?
Did he drink fake alcohol first thing in the morning?
"Oh, that's how it is."
Seeing that Sun Zhengguo did not understand his meaning, Director Wu then explained.
"If it weren't for Director Sun's reminder back then, Professor Zhang and his group would have suffered an injustice, and I probably wouldn't have been able to escape blame in the end. Don't you think I should be grateful for that?"
No wonder! Sun Zhengguo finally understood.
It turns out that the reason Director Wu hasn't been purged yet is actually thanks to the threats he made back then; otherwise, his fate would have been predictable.
It seems that sometimes, suffering a loss isn't necessarily a bad thing. Right here is a living example.
Therefore, Sun Zhengguo also seemed to be trying to let bygones be bygones.
"Director Wu, I was also at fault for what happened back then. Let's call it even, shall we?"
"Okay, thank you Director Sun for not holding a grudge."
Director Wu stood up happily, extended his hand, and the two shook hands tightly, marking the end of the past.
But Sun Zhengguo never expected that Director Wu was indeed cunning; the two had just shaken hands and made peace when Director Wu made his unreasonable demands.
"Director Sun, as you know, the school has been neglected for many years, and there is a severe shortage of teachers. I think..."
Before Director Wu could finish speaking, Sun Zhengguo immediately jumped up.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, Director Wu. I urge you to be kind. These people are the backbone of our research institute. They can't go back to teaching at school. That's a waste of talent, that's a crime, do you understand?"
"Well……?"
Director Wu didn't expect Sun Zhengguo to react so strongly. I haven't even finished speaking yet.
"No, no, Director Sun, please let me finish speaking before you refuse."
"I won't listen, Director Wu, let me tell you, you won't get a chance to get one."
Left with no other option, Director Wu had to appeal to his emotions and reason with him.
He openly told Sun Zhengguo that Professor Zhang and others' organizational affiliation was still with the school.
The threat in those words was self-evident.
After half an hour of arguing, the two finally came up with a solution that would satisfy both sides…
However, Sun Zhengguo still needs to do the ideological work with Professor Zhang and others.
Having achieved his goal, Director Wu, that old fox, stood up and prepared to take his leave.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to take out two more bright red invitations from his bag and hand them to Sun Zhengguo.
"Director Sun, there are two more invitations here. Due to time constraints, I will not be able to deliver them in person. Please pass them on to me. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."
Sun Zhengguo nodded, accepted the invitation, but did not open it to look at it. Instead, he got up to see the guest off.
At the main gate, Sun Zhengguo only lowered his waving hand after watching Director Wu drive away.
Recalling their exchange just now, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
Overall, I didn't suffer any major losses today.
Otherwise, he wouldn't mind using some more tricks on this old man.
So that he'll know why the flowers are so red?
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