Chapter 1567

Hou Guangbi said, "If you don't accept my gift money, can't I even buy this wedding dress? Just consider it as a wedding gift I give you, okay?"

Su Xinghui shook his head and looked at Lu Xiaoya, saying, "Grandpa Hou, this wedding dress can only be bought by me. I buy it for Xiaoya, and she will wear it!"

Lu Xiaoya looked at Su Xinghui, reached out and held his hand. This could also be considered as everything being said without words.

Hou Guangbi nodded and said, "Good, good, good. However, you only need to pay for the wedding dress. The travel expenses and food and lodging for this tailor are all covered by our Hou family. I will let him also help us make a few sets of formal wear so that we can wear them to attend your wedding."

Su Xinghui knew that he could no longer refuse Hou Guangbi's kindness no matter what. In fact, the wedding dress production cost, the travel expenses and food and lodging for the French tailor were the big heads. After all, he had to rush from France and could only stay in a hotel.

Su Xinghui then nodded and said, "Then let's do it this way. Thank you, Grandpa Hou."

Hou Guangbi sighed and said, "Thank you for what? In my opinion, I want to give you a share of the Hou Group. However, you are a cadre and are restricted by many things, so I can only keep this share for you. I will give it to you when you are no longer a cadre."

Su Xinghui said, "This can't be done. This gift is too valuable, and we can't afford it."

Hou Guangbi said, "What can't you afford? You are the benefactor of our Hou family, and the ideas you gave us made the Hou family's business in China flourish. In the past few years, our profits in China have been several times higher than in France. The Hou Group has developed so fast because of the ideas you gave. Isn't it right to give you shares?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Okay, in case one day I can't be this cadre anymore, I will come to rely on you."

Hou Guangbi smiled and nodded. This could also be considered a retreat for Su Xinghui, right?

Hou Guangbi naturally knew that the official career Su Xinghui was walking on could be called like walking on the edge of an abyss or walking on thin ice. Every step was like dancing on the edge of a knife, full of dangers, and it was more difficult the higher he went. With so many political enemies surrounding him, all wanting to take his place, how dangerous was this?

If one day Su Xinghui really lost power, at least the Hou Group would be a good retreat for him.

Hou Guangbi then arranged for someone to find the best tailor in France who could make all kinds of wedding dresses and formal wear, and asked him to find one as soon as possible.

When that person went to handle the matter, Hou Guangbi began to play chess with Su Xinghui. He was very certain that with the Hou family's strength in France, finding such a person would take less than half an hour.

Sure enough, just as the two had finished laying out the board and were about to enter the middle game, that person came to report to Hou Guangbi that he had already found a top-level clothing production master who could make all kinds of high-end wedding dresses and formal wear. He was currently applying for a visa and would probably be able to rush to China the day after tomorrow.

Hou Guangbi nodded with satisfaction and said to Su Xinghui, "Then the day after tomorrow, when this tailor arrives in China, I will let someone take him to Changshan County to find you."

Su Xinghui nodded and thanked Hou Guangbi. After finishing this game of chess with him, he said goodbye to him, saying that he still had to invite some guests in Shangjun County and time was very tight. Hou Guangbi let him go with understanding.

Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya went to Zhang Kaishan's home to invite their family to attend their wedding on the National Day. Zhang Kaishan smiled and said, "Even if you don't invite me, I will be an uninvited guest when the time comes."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "You are a distinguished guest. How can you be called an uninvited guest?"

Zhang Cheng on the side said, "Congratulations to you both. I will give you a big red envelope when the time comes."

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "Just go there yourselves. You don't need to give a red envelope."

Zhang Cheng said in astonishment, "Why is this? You don't even accept red envelopes?"

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Zhang should know about this."

Zhang Kaishan naturally understood Su Xinghui's concerns. In fact, when Zhang Cheng got married, he also refused many red envelopes, especially those unusually large red envelopes. He knew that if you accepted such a large red envelope, you had to do things for others. Even if others didn't ask you to do things, there would be some people with ulterior motives who would make an issue out of this red envelope.

As long as they accepted these red envelopes, it was estimated that in a few days, the report letter would be on the desk of the higher-level Discipline Inspection Commission. After some people with ulterior motives added fuel to the fire, the investigation team would come to Shangjun County.

Su Xinghui didn't know how many people he had offended in Changshan County. If he wanted to have fewer troubles, he could only be clean and self-disciplined. Even being clean and self-disciplined wasn't enough; some normal interactions couldn't be had. Like this red envelope, simply not accepting it was the best.

Otherwise, if you accept some red envelopes and don't accept others, then whose do you accept and whose do you not accept? If you accept some and don't accept others, will the rejected person say you look down on him?

So, not accepting red envelopes saves a lot of trouble.

Zhang Kaishan nodded and said, "Your approach is quite straightforward. It seems that I should learn from you in the future. In the future, if our family has something, we will just eat a meal with our own family members. We won't invite guests or accept red envelopes, so as not to cause trouble."

Zhang Cheng muttered, "Why can't even red envelopes be accepted? When I got married, didn't you also give me a red envelope?"

Zhang Kaishan said, "Can you compare with Xinghui? You are just an ordinary cadre, while he is a leading cadre."

Zhang Cheng said, "What's wrong with a leading cadre? Do leading cadres not have normal human interactions? I see that so many leading cadres invite guests without saying they don't accept red envelopes."

Zhang Kaishan said, "The key is whether the human interactions of leading cadres are normal or not, which is a matter that cannot be clearly explained. For example, someone wants to contract a project and gives you a red envelope of ten thousand yuan. Is it normal? Then you turn around and contract the project to him. Is it normal?"

Zhang Cheng said, "If it's too big, don't accept it."

Zhang Kaishan said, "But there are some who have good relationships and have nothing to ask of him, and they also give a red envelope of ten thousand yuan. Do you accept it or not? For example, if Xu Xiaoguang wants to give Xinghui a red envelope of ten thousand yuan, what should he do? This kind of thing is hard to define. It's better not to accept any of them."

Zhang Cheng nodded thoughtfully. He didn't have a deep understanding of the officialdom, which was also the reason why Zhang Kaishan never let Zhang Cheng be any official.

Zhang Kaishan said, "Other leading cadres invite guests and accept red envelopes because they are in that circle, and everyone does this, so no one will investigate them. However, people like me and Xinghui are not in that circle. If we do this, someone will investigate us. Do you understand?"

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "I understand. However, can I secretly give it to Xinghui? And not write it in the gift book."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "I accept your heart, but I still won't accept this red envelope. Treat everyone equally, right? By the way, you still have to help me invite the classmates in Shangjun, and let them all go to the People's Hotel to drink the wedding wine on the National Day. You also have to explain to them that I don't accept red envelopes at all."

Zhang Cheng said, "Okay, this is left to me."

Zhang Kaishan asked, "Who else do you want to invite in the county? I'll help you invite them, so you don't have to run around. It's not easy for you to come home once, so stay at home and accompany your parents more."

Su Xinghui said happily, "Then thank you."

Su Xinghui wrote down a list of guests to be invited from the County Party Committee and County Government and handed it to Zhang Kaishan. This included some county leaders who were familiar with Su Xinghui, as well as some of Lu Xiaoya's colleagues when she worked here. These all had to be invited.

Zhang Kaishan glanced at the list and nodded, saying, "Okay, I will definitely help you notify these people, and by the way, notify them not to give red envelopes."