Chapter 124: Special treatment
Wu Shiyin's father had been removed from his post.
During a crucial stage of Darong Construction's overseas incident, mistakes had turned up in Father Wu's inspections. Serious oversights had also occurred in the handover of the Greek project to the other party. He was being held accountable and might even face criminal charges. That was how it looked on the surface. In reality, many people understood that Mu Kai and his faction were stirring up trouble in the company, throwing everything into chaos. The breach opened up by the overseas project had been torn far too wide.
Many people at Big Banyan Construction had been sidelined. Father Wu belonged to Xu Jianchuan's faction, which had suffered a severe blow this time.
The infighting had left everyone at the Head Office anxious. Many people remained silent on their way to and from work, and some barely showed any expression when they met face-to-face. With factional pressure between Xu Jianchuan and Mu Kai at its height, those who could not tell which way the wind was blowing dared not make any rash moves. Still less would they show anyone from either faction a friendliness that others might misinterpret. Everyone feared being implicated.
For the struggle within a large state-owned enterprise to reach such a point was also the inevitable result of years of accumulated conflict. As Old Xu grew older and his energy waned, his control over the company weakened, bringing those conflicts to the surface. It was even worse for a long-established enterprise, because there was no knowing how many deep-rooted ailments had taken hold.
On the day his dismissal became official, Father Wu came home in a foul mood and quarreled with Wu Shimiao and her mother. It became so heated that more than half the