Chapter 3101

"Master Hong Wu doesn't care about Xiao Changkun's affairs anymore?"

President Pei exclaimed, "But... but he was very respectful to Xiao Changkun before... When we went to Tianxiang Mansion for dinner, he not only took out the best private room, but also took the initiative to send wine and take the initiative to toast..."

His wife waved her hand and said, "Old Pei, you have stayed in a literary and artistic unit like the Calligraphy and Painting Association for too long, and your olfactory sensitivity has really dropped significantly! Even if a couple slept together yesterday, they might draw swords against each other today, let alone the two of them?"

As she spoke, the wife added, "And you have to know that Zhang Ermao is Master Hong Wu's military advisor. As a result, Xiao Changkun set up a scam with him. Can Master Hong Wu be happy?"

"And according to Zhang Ermao's circle of friends, the money from the scam went into Xiao Changkun's pocket. What does this prove? It proves that Zhang Ermao was just a lackey for Xiao Changkun in this matter, running around for him!"

"Xiao Changkun dared to use Master Hong Wu's military advisor as a lackey, and it caused such a big scandal. Can Master Hong Wu save face? At this time, Master Hong Wu must have broken with Xiao Changkun in a fit of anger!"

Hearing this, President Pei exclaimed, "Wife, then according to your meaning, Master Hong Wu doesn't care about Xiao Changkun's life or death now?"

"Definitely!" the wife said, "If he cared, he would have shown his attitude just now. He didn't even let you call him, which means he doesn't want to care about this matter and doesn't want to say it clearly."

"Damn..." President Pei bit his lip and said somewhat depressed, "If I had known he had this attitude, I wouldn't have guaranteed Xiao Changkun. I wanted to keep his vice president position, which was nothing more than to please Master Hong Wu and avoid Master Hong Wu blaming me in the future. But now Master Hong Wu doesn't even bother to care about him, so why should I help him under such great pressure?"

"That's right!" the wife said without hesitation, "Since Master Hong Wu has already expressed his stance, you don't need to help him at all in this matter. And you have to know that as long as you help him in this matter, everyone will think you are shielding him. This will definitely leave you with a handle. If you can handle this matter impartially, you will definitely be able to win a good reputation for yourself."

As she spoke, the wife couldn't help but remind him, "Old Pei, you can't be too optimistic about some things. You have to consider one thing, what if you can't get promoted this time?"

"Can't get promoted..." President Pei smacked his lips, "If I can't get promoted, I can only continue to work in the Calligraphy and Painting Association."

The wife nodded and asked again, "If you continue to stay in the Calligraphy and Painting Association in the future, then whether you are engaging in malpractice for personal gain or handling it impartially this time will directly affect your prestige and status in the association in the future. My personal view is that there is absolutely no need to affect your own image for Xiao Changkun in the current situation."

President Pei nodded thoughtfully and said awkwardly, "But I have already promised him..."

The wife asked back, "So what if you promised? There are many things promised to others. When my sister bought a house and wanted to borrow money, I promised her, but she turned around and wanted to borrow two million. Can I give it to her? She sold her old house to buy a new one, and the total difference was two million. You said it would make sense for her to borrow one million from me, but she opened her mouth to borrow two million. Doesn't that mean I helped her change houses? Even biological sisters don't open their mouths like this. Since she is embarrassed to open this mouth, then I am embarrassed to refuse."

President Pei asked her, "Then your meaning is, I should just stop trying to protect Xiao Changkun?"

The wife suggested, "Didn't you ask him to send an email to resign? As long as he sends that email, you can just agree to his resignation by borrowing the slope, can't you?"

President Pei said with some difficulty, "This... this is too much of a grandson move. I asked him to send an email to resign, which was to let him give up the position of executive vice president first, and then go to lobby with those vice presidents. Everyone solves internal problems internally. Xiao Changkun takes a step back, and everyone takes a step forward. Everyone is happy. But if I directly strip Xiao Changkun, isn't this the same nature as a bank maliciously withdrawing loans? He knows I played him, won't he hate me to death?"

"What are you afraid of?" the wife asked him with some displeasure, "Are you so afraid that Xiao Changkun will hate you? My biological sister hates me to death now. What did I say? No matter how much she hates me, I can't lend her this money!"

"If I were afraid that she would hate me and gave her the two million, what would be the result? The result is that she changed to a new house without spending a penny, and then she will spend money on decoration this year, change cars next year, her child will marry a wife the year after, her child will have a grandson the year after that. Spending money is one after another. This two million might not be returned to us in three or five years, or even ten or eight years!"

"I put two million in a universal account without doing anything. According to the contract's 3.5% minimum guarantee, that's 70,000 yuan in interest a year. Not counting compound interest, that's 700,000 in ten years. Who will compensate me for this money? I can't suffer this dumb loss!"

As she spoke, she added, "It makes no sense for you to help Xiao Changkun now. Master Hong Wu doesn't care about him anymore, and he won't remember your kindness because of this. What's the benefit of protecting him? There is no benefit at all!"

"And because you protected him, you will inevitably get a bad reputation for engaging in malpractice for personal gain and shielding subordinates. In the future, in the Calligraphy and Painting Association, this will be your handle. If one day those vice presidents under you want to get you down and write a report letter, you will be finished."

President Pei broke out in a cold sweat and said quickly, "If you put it that way, then I definitely can't protect him anymore!"

After speaking, he sighed and said, "Forget it, at this time, everyone must sweep the snow in front of their own doors and not worry about the frost on others' tiles. It's not that I am not righteous to Xiao Changkun, it's just that he didn't use his brain to do things and caused trouble for himself."

At this time, Xiao Changkun had also finished writing his resignation email.

He still knew how to save face, so the email was only sent to President Pei, without copying other members.

President Pei received the email and opened it to see. Xiao Changkun's wording was that due to his own personal reasons, he decided to resign from the position of executive vice president and asked President Pei to approve it.

According to the previous plan, President Pei would convene a meeting of the vice presidents below tomorrow, show them the email, and make it clear to them that Xiao Changkun would step down, and they would move up. This matter would end here, and everyone would be happy.

However, he no longer intends to protect Xiao Changkun.

So Xiao Changkun's resignation email just became a good opportunity for him to break ties with Xiao Changkun.

He could have replied to the email directly, approving Xiao Changkun's resignation in the email. In this way, Xiao Changkun could pack up and get out of the association.

But he was afraid that Xiao Changkun would run to find him in the middle of the night. Combined with the fact that Xiao Changkun had to take a plane back to Dubai early tomorrow morning, he decided to approve Xiao Changkun's resignation tomorrow. In this way, when Xiao Changkun knew, he would already be in Dubai, which could also give him a few days to digest it properly.

So, just five minutes after Xiao Changkun's resignation email was sent, President Pei replied to the email. Xiao Changkun clicked it open and saw President Pei reply: "Vice President Xiao's voluntary resignation is a great loss to our association. However, we must also respect Vice President Xiao's personal situation and wishes, so please ask all vice presidents to come to my office at ten o'clock tomorrow morning for a meeting to discuss this matter together."

Xiao Changkun was still wondering why President Pei replied to his email and asked other vice presidents to go to the office for a meeting. Then, looking closely, President Pei actually copied everyone.

Copying everyone when replying to an email is equivalent to forwarding the email he sent to others.

Xiao Changkun felt in his heart that for this kind of thing, the president and a few vice presidents could discuss it internally, and there was no need to copy everyone at all. So he hurriedly sent a voice message on WeChat to ask President Pei: "President Pei, you copied everyone when you replied to the email just now. Did you click the wrong one by mistake?"

President Pei replied: "Changkun, everyone actually knew about this matter long ago, so there is no need to hide it. This can show that we do things fairly and openly. Don't worry, I will carefully discuss it with several presidents at tomorrow's meeting."

Xiao Changkun thought that what President Pei said made sense. His little matter had long been known to everyone in the antique circle and the literary and artistic circle, and there was indeed no need to hide it within the association. Anyway, it was acting, and doing it for everyone to see was actually more convincing.

So he felt relieved and said to President Pei: "President Pei, I will take a plane back to Dubai tomorrow morning. I will leave the matter here to you!"

President Pei said: "Don't worry, Changkun, I will handle it properly."

Xiao Changkun didn't doubt him, and said with a smile: "Then it will be hard for you, President Pei. When I come back, I will definitely invite you to Tianxiang Mansion for a good drink!"

After hearing this message, President Pei couldn't help but mutter: "Still Tianxiang Mansion. Master Hong Wu doesn't even bother with you anymore. Maybe you won't be as useful as me in Tianxiang Mansion in the future."

Sighing, President Pei threw his mobile phone aside and said to his wife in a self-comforting way: "I am not kicking someone when they are down. After all, the scam was done by Xiao Changkun himself, right, wife."

His wife said busily: "Of course you are not kicking someone when they are down. You are just drawing a line with him in time. I think, you don't have to convene a small meeting of those vice presidents tomorrow. You might as well convene everyone, hold a general meeting of all members, and then hold a vote by show of hands for all members of the association on whether Xiao Changkun should stay in the association, and see what everyone means;"

"If everyone thinks that the matter Xiao Changkun did with Zhang Ermao doesn't matter and hopes to keep him, then you don't have to worry, just keep him directly;"

"But if everyone expresses their stance and hopes that he leaves the Calligraphy and Painting Association, you don't have to carry this pot completely. After all, it is the decision of all members, and you can be considered to be able to block it for yourself."

President Pei replied: "Let me tell you, even if Xiao Changkun didn't have this matter, he would definitely have to leave if there was a general vote. He has the worst popularity in our association. Everyone knows that he has no professional level and is purely making up the numbers. I promoted him before, and I was under great pressure."

His wife nodded and smiled: "That's just right. This time it can be considered borrowing a knife to kill someone. If he comes to ask you afterwards, you just say this is everyone's meaning, and you have no way. Who let him do the scam himself? If you want to blame, you can only blame himself, you can't blame you!"