There was nothing to talk about between Mrs. Qi and Lu Xixin.
Mrs. Qi has been a noble lady for many years. She is pampered and talks about clothes, jewelry and other topics. She also adds some hobbies such as flower arranging, tea ceremony and Western pastry.
Lu Xixin was not interested in these topics.
It's not that she can't talk, it's that she has reached this status and no longer needs to force herself to cater to others.
It was always others who found topics to arouse her interest, instead of her racking her brains and thinking of ways to arouse other people's interest.
After chatting for a while, it was really not interesting. Mrs. Qi was afraid that Lu Xixin would be bored, so she suggested playing mahjong.
Mahjong is the most suitable tool for ladies to socialize. It can not only chat but also play. It can even make the people around you interested in watching.
Lu Xixin's attitude towards mahjong was dispensable. Seeing that everyone was in high interest, she nodded.
Mrs. Qi acted quickly and immediately asked the servants to carry two mahjong tables. She also smiled and said to everyone: "You guys come and play too."
Everyone smiled and said that they didn't like to play and just watched the excitement.
This mahjong venue was originally set up because of Lu Xixin. Mrs. Qi didn't pay much attention to other people. It was fine if they didn't like to play.
"Today, the east side is the wealth position. If Mr. Lu sits in this position, you are sure to have good luck." Mrs. Xu said with a smile, then she pulled her daughter An Hong over and gave her a gentle push. "Later, you can sit down."
Behind Teacher Lu, look at the cards for Teacher Lu. Red represents wealth, so it is appropriate for you to wear red clothes."
Mrs. Qi on the side chuckled lightly and pointed at Mrs. Xu: "You, you, are so partial, do you only care about Miss Lu and not us?"
Mrs. Xu has a good relationship with Mrs. Qi, and she likes to joke. She said, "I am just partial. Teacher Lu is a person who has made contributions to the country and all mankind, so he deserves to be favored."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone started laughing.
There are four people at a mahjong table, Lu Xixin sits on the east side, Mrs. Qi sits on her upper house, so that she can feed Lu Xixin cards easily, and Yun Niannian sits opposite. There is only one seat left for Mrs. Qian, a mahjong veteran.
As soon as the four of them sat down, Lu Xixin received a call.
It’s Secretary Cai from the Kyoto Research Institute.
Lu Xixin frowned slightly: "I'm sorry, I have to answer a phone call, you guys play first."
After saying that, he got up and left, going to the lounge next to him to answer the phone.
"What's the matter?" When they arrived at the lounge, Lu Xixin sat down and asked.
Secretary Cai: "Dean, Professor Ke has gone to Haicheng."
"Why come to Haicheng?" Lu Xixin was a little confused, "Isn't he the person in charge of the graphene preparation project? What are you doing in Haicheng? Have you found a company to cooperate with?"
"It's because he is the person in charge of the project that he went to Haicheng." Secretary Cai frowned and looked bad. "The Ye family is getting more and more outrageous. They actually used their power to threaten Professor Ke and asked him to hand over the project to Ouyang.
At home and in the institute, the deputy dean of the division is also secretly putting pressure on him, saying that if he doesn’t agree, the project funds approved for next year will be reduced by half.”
Cut it in half?
Lu Xixin raised her eyebrows, her eyes dark and unclear: "Your tone is really quite serious."
After hearing these words, Secretary Cai knew that the dean was dissatisfied with the deputy dean of the division.
He has been with Lu Xixin for so long and is a direct descendant of Lu Xixin. Although he has been in Kyoto and has not been with Lu Xixin, he still knows some things about Lu Xixin.
He knew that Lu Xixin seemed to be somewhat committed to the Shi family.
However, the dean always acts fairly and rarely involves personal feelings in his work, so he will not target Vice Dean Shi Deqing.
As long as Shi Deqing works conscientiously and doesn't cause trouble to affect the institute, she will always use him.
"Dean, what do you mean..." Secretary Cai said.
The dean is already dissatisfied with the deputy dean of the division and should give him a warning or something like that.
Secretary Cai was mentally prepared for this.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Lu Xixin opened her mouth, she wanted to directly remove her from the post of deputy dean of the division.
Lu Xixin raised her eyes and said in a cold tone: "You go collect evidence. Isn't Shi Deqing's tone loud? Then he will be exempted from the responsibility of being in charge of finance."