At a street stall, Kong Zhenghui sat under a parasol, lowered his head and poured a glass of beer without answering Yu Mingyuan.
"Is Su Tiannan's matter just an inducement?" Yu Mingyuan asked again.
Kong Zhenghui drank the entire beer cup with his head tilted back, then shook his head slowly and said, "Yes, and no."
"What do you mean?!"
"Su Tiannan brought people back to the association without even saying hello. Isn't that true?" Kong Zhenghui frowned and elaborated, "He brought trouble to the association. Isn't that true, too?"
"Yeah." Yu Mingyuan did not refute.
"Why do you say yes and no?!" Kong Zhenghui continued clearly: "First of all, I do think that what he did was wrong, but people make mistakes. You made mistakes, and I was confused too, so Su Tiannan's incident doesn't prove anything. But there's nothing wrong with me criticizing him, right?"
"Yeah!" Yu Mingyuan just responded.
Kong Zhenghui sighed: "Secondly, I was wondering why Su Tiannan went to his brother Tianyu first instead of us?! This is also the inducement you mentioned."
When Yu Mingyuan heard this, he put down his chopsticks, looked up at Zhenghui and asked, "No sense of existence?"
"When the association was established, you, me, the Su family, the Bai family, and the Zhou family that came in later, all performed their duties and worked together to build the business. But now, the association has lost its balance. Isn't that true?" Kong Zhenghui stared at Yu Mingyuan and asked word by word, "If there was only one Su Tiannan from the Su family in the association, who would he consult first when he encountered something like this?"
This statement was made very clear, and Yu Mingyuan immediately understood what Kong Zhenghui meant.
"Of course, I'm not targeting anyone. I'm talking about the issue of balance," Kong Zhenghui emphasized.
Yu Mingyuan slowly put down his chopsticks, stared at the other person, waved his hand and said: "Zhenghui, your style of doing things is still too roundabout. This is where you are not as good as Su Tianbei."
Kong Zhenghui was silent for a while: "You are right."
"I just want to ask you one question," Yu Mingyuan knocked on the table and asked, "Are you unhappy?!"
Kong Zhenghui gritted his teeth. He felt an urge to respond, but he finally held back.
"It's just the two of us here, can't you just speak frankly?" Yu Mingyuan frowned and looked at him, "What are you afraid of?! Are you afraid that after I finish talking to you, you'll go back and tell Liuzi about this?"
“No…”
"What is that?!" Yu Mingyuan shouted, "I'm asking you, are you upset? Be a man and answer me directly!"
Kong Zhenghui was forced into a dead end. He held the wine glass in his right hand. After a long pause, he suddenly raised his head and replied, "Yes, I just feel unhappy!"
"What's wrong?!"
"We all invested the money and put in the effort together! But now, no one can interfere in the development direction of the association. Only Liuzi has the final say." Kong Zhenghui shouted back: "No matter whether a matter is right or wrong, as long as he nods, others have no say."
"Anything else?" Yu Mingyuan asked.
"Yes!" Kong Zhenghui continued, "I admit that from the establishment of the association to now, Liuzi has hardly made any big mistakes. The main backers and relationships of the association are all built by him, including the most important Chijun and Lao Li. In terms of contribution, he is indeed better than many people, including me, but the problem is that the association has developed to this level, and our group of people are no longer separate individuals, but a team with honor and disgrace tied together. In other words, if something is done, everyone benefits; but if something fails, everyone will die! Take the incident on Island No. 7 for example. If it fails, what will be the outcome? The Su family will be destroyed, but so will my Kong family?! At that time, I will explain to the regulatory committee and the upper-level hostile parties that our Kong family has no decision-making power in this matter, but will it still be useful?"
"So you were not directly involved in the events on Island No. 7, but went to take care of your sick father?" Yu Mingyuan asked very directly.
"Yes, that's the reason." Kong Zhenghui gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Anything else?"
"Gone!" Kong Zhenghui shook his head.
Yu Mingyuan paused for a while, raised a finger and said, "I'll just say one thing. The problem of the association's balance is different from you criticizing Su Tiannan, leading the rhythm to blame him, and putting pressure on Liuzi. If there is a problem with the association, you can wait until things are implemented and have a good discussion, instead of jumping out to sing a different tune when things are halfway done, and you should not fire shots in front of all the core shareholders and question Su Tianyu's reasons! Because you are not making suggestions, but inciting everyone to attack Su Tiannan, seizing a mistake and constantly magnifying it."
Kong Zhenghui looked at Yu Mingyuan with some surprise in his eyes.
"This hurts everyone's feelings." Yu Mingyuan looked at Kong Zhenghui and said, "Liu Zi knew what was going on, so he kept silent, but he was definitely angry. Tian Bei was a cannon, but he was not a fool. He could think clearly, so he acted impulsively."
Kong Zhenghui lowered his head and took out a cigarette case.
"But I accept the balance you mentioned. There are so many people in the association, and everyone needs a halo and their own position." Yu Mingyuan intervened and looked at him: "Maybe you don't know, Fei Guangtou's admission into the association was approved by me, and it was Tianyu who pushed it to me. He did this to make me feel good on the one hand, and to make everyone feel good on the other. He is more sensitive than anyone else. Last time you fired the cannon, he actually thought of all the reasons."
"I didn't expect anything to happen to Tiannan." Kong Zhenghui looked up and emphasized.
The two were silent for a while. Yu Mingyuan picked up the bottle and poured himself a glass, and also poured Kong Zhenghui a glass: "I plan to reorganize the management structure and subdivide the responsibilities of the top management. In the future, I will hand over all the personnel relationship maintenance of Tongji Club to you, including the relationship with the garrison, which will also be handled by you."
Kong Zhenghui was stunned.
"During the start-up period, if there are any problems, shout at them face to face, and never engage in office struggles!" Yu Mingyuan said with a very serious face: "Zhenghui, we are brothers who grew up together, and the shared experience is far more important than some results!"
Kong Zhenghui was silent for a while, then raised his glass and clinked it with Yu Mingyuan's.
They both drank it in one gulp.
Two hours later, Kong Zhenghui returned home alone. Standing in the yard, he burned all the share withdrawal applications and asset liquidation assessment reports he had prepared in advance at once.
…
It was a little after four in the morning.
Yu Mingyuan drove to the door of the Su family and called Su Laoer more than ten times.
"What are you doing?!"
"I'm at the door, come out!" Yu Mingyuan said with a burp.