After Xu Chunliang left, Xu Changshan sighed.
Zheng Peian said, "Uncle, is there sothing on your mind?"
Xu Changshan nodded and recounted how Xu Chunliang joined Changxing and then went to the dical departnt.
After listening, Zheng Peian laughed, "Actually, it’s good for young people to have more experience."
"I know that, but I always feel that administrative work is not a long-term solution. This child may have average academic performance, but his comprehension in traditional Chinese dicine is particularly strong. In just a few months, he’s almost reached the level of others who have been at it for three or five years." Xu Changshan was actually understating it. If he knew his grandson’s true ability, he’d be shocked.
"You need to be more patient. I can’t help him much with dical skills, but once I’m in the traditional Chinese dicine departnt, he can co and learn anyti. You’ll be responsible for teaching him dicine, and I’ll help guide him. In at most three years, he will definitely be developed, and I promise to do my best to get him into the traditional Chinese dicine departnt."
Xu Changshan was very happy to hear this; it was exactly what he was hoping for.
The two clinked glasses, and Xu Changshan rembered sothing: "Peian, are you married?" Ten years ago, when Zheng Peian left Jiangzhou, he was still single. They hadn’t seen each other for years, and he didn’t know his current family situation.
Zheng Peian nodded, "I was, but then divorced."
Xu Changshan didn’t continue to ask, recalling how infatuated he was with his own daughter back then, hoping he had moved on from his youthful troubles.
Gu Houyi took swift action to reorganize the dical aesthetic center, terminated the contract with Zeng Hongwen early, and retained the right to hold her accountable. To outsiders, this seed like a case of greater good over family ties, proving that Zeng Hongwen’s actions had thoroughly angered her uncle-in-law.
The director of the dical aesthetic center, Cai Rongjuan, also faced related disciplinary actions. After a discussion by the hospital leadership, she was demoted from her director position, with her annual performance bonus withheld, but she was still allowed to manage the operations of the dical aesthetic center.
After receiving the notification of the disciplinary action, Cai Rongjuan, filled with resentnt, went to see Gu Houyi.
This ti, Gu Houyi did not et her personally as before, but relayed through the hospital office director, Liu Dengke, that her supervising vice dean was now Gao Xinhua, and she should go to him for any issues.
Cai Rongjuan couldn’t just storm into the dean’s office, so she went to see Vice Dean Gao Xinhua first.
Recently, Gao Xinhua had been feeling overwheld. He used to be responsible only for logistical work, but after Gu Houyi sent Geng Wenxiu to the Weishan Island Branch, the outpatient departnt Geng Wenxiu used to manage also fell under his jurisdiction, causing his workload to multiply.
Few departnt chairs in the hospital who were involved in the business respected this vice dean with a military background.
Cai Rongjuan arrived with obvious anger, slamming a resignation letter onto his desk the mont she entered his office: "Dean Gao, this is my resignation letter!"
Gao Xinhua looked at the resignation letter on his desk and actually laughed, "Director Cai, did you co to the wrong place? This doesn’t seem to belong to , does it?"
"You’re the vice dean in charge of the outpatient departnt, and the dical aesthetic center falls under your supervision. Who else am I supposed to go to?"
Seeing her aggressive deanor, Gao Xinhua frowned. These so-called business elites have been spoiled — they know I’m their supervising vice dean but don’t even use respectful language?
Suppressing his anger, he said, "Director Cai, why are you resigning? There must be a reason, right?"
"Reason? Don’t you know? The surgery assessnt result for Tong ili is out, and there was nothing wrong with my surgery. Why am I being punished? I’ve worked hard for Changxing, and yet I can’t even get basic fair treatnt. How can I continue to stay here? When you solve problems, have you considered my interests? Have you considered my feelings?"
Gao Xinhua said, "Director Cai..."
"Don’t call Director Cai; I’m not one anymore!" Cai Rongjuan’s eyes were red, not from grievance, but from anger.
"You think you’re innocent and wronged? With so many problems at the dical aesthetic center, as its director, were you completely unaware?"
"Of course I feel wronged. I was responsible for the dical work and never ddled in the managent!" Cai Rongjuan cleanly absolved herself of responsibility.
"Do I need to remind you of your job duties? Do you understand what the managent fee signifies each month?" Gao Xinhua’s tone remained calm.
"I don’t care about any managent fee, Dean Gao. If you think I didn’t fulfill my responsibilities, I can return all the managent fees to the hospital. Are you satisfied now? Please approve my resignation."
Gao Xinhua shook his head.
"I’ve decided to leave, whether you approve it or not is irrelevant." Cai Rongjuan maintained a strong stance.
Finally losing his temper, Gao Xinhua said, "Don’t forget how much it cost the hospital to send you abroad for training back then. Now you’ve finished your studies? Grown wings and intend to fly away?"
"Dean Gao, the wealth I’ve created for Changxing over the years far exceeds what the hospital has invested in . I have a clear conscience."
"A clear conscience, indeed! I can give you an answer right now: I accept your resignation! I’ll arrange for the HR departnt to handle the related procedures. Go prepare for the handover!"
Cai Rongjuan was stunned. Gao Xinhua’s response clearly caught her by surprise. She had always believed that the Changxing Hospital’s dical aesthetic center couldn’t operate without her, and that the hospital would never agree to her resignation. But Gao Xinhua actually agreed?
Urology Departnt Deputy Director Tan Guoliang was certainly aware of his wife’s resignation incident. Cai Rongjuan had always been strong-willed and decisive at ho, but she still consulted him before taking such a big step. It was his idea for Cai Rongjuan to resign and thereby exert pressure on the hospital.
Although she was stripped of her director title for the dical aesthetic center, she was still allowed to manage its operations. The withholding of her annual allowance was rely a drop in the bucket for her.
After the couple discussed it, they decided to make a fuss because they had received confird news that Gu Houyi would be transferred next month, and a new dean was about to take over. Following the usual logic, with every new leader cos new followers, and any new leader would likely make changes to the team left by the previous leader.
Before the Tong ili incident broke out, the couple was close to Gu Houyi, both being nurtured by him, especially Cai Rongjuan. They planned to leverage this situation to create so influence; firstly, to have an honorable reason, and secondly, to show the outside world that they had broken with Gu Houyi, and naturally align themselves with the new leadership.
Gao Xinhua’s acceptance of Cai Rongjuan’s resignation was due to instructions from Gu Houyi. When Gu Houyi decided to punish Cai Rongjuan, he anticipated she would return with a resignation letter.
While Cai Rongjuan’s dical skills were indeed comndable, her other shortcomings were also evident. Gu Houyi placed great importance on sentints, especially for the dical backbone he had nurtured. However, as his term neared its end, he increasingly realized that loyalty and camaraderie often don’t go hand in hand.
The massive issues at the dical aesthetic center nearly destroyed his lifelong reputation and undermined his rule at Changxing. If he took no action, he couldn’t account for it with the higher authorities or within Changxing Hospital itself. Therefore, he wielded the rod, starting with his niece.
Removing Zeng Hongwen ant severing ties with her. The nature of the dical aesthetic center’s operations required independence, but Changxing Hospital also bore significant responsibility for failing to regulate it effectively, leading to nurous issues.
The discipline against Cai Rongjuan was rely symbolic, much lighter than that against Zeng Hongwen. Being a director was just a title; removing her title but allowing her to continue overseeing the dical aesthetic center ant she remained the de facto leader.
Now that the dical aesthetic center had been reined in, Cai Rongjuan’s actual power had only increased, as she no longer faced restrictions from financiers. Regarding the withholding of her year’s performance bonus, it amounted to at most a hundred thousand, but her annual inco from the dical aesthetic center already exceeded a million, which Gu Houyi was well aware of.
When deciding on the penalty for Cai Rongjuan, Gao Xinhua privately asked for Gu Houyi’s thoughts: what if Cai Rongjuan resigned because of the penalty? As the academic leader of the dical aesthetic center and a leading figure in Dongzhou’s dical aesthetic community, her departure would be a great loss for Changxing.
Gu Houyi didn’t hesitate to respond with four words — better to have none than diocrity.
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