“I am against President Gu’s education reform, which starts from the grassroots, and so are all the elders of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association!”
Sima Hongyun straightened his plump waist, his fat face adopting a righteous demeanor, yet it looked utterly猥琐. He pointed at Gu Yuanbai beside him and said unceremoniously, “Therefore, today’s discussion is for everyone to voice their opinion on whether President Gu’s education reform plan is correct.”
“I believe it is incorrect!”
A middle-aged man in the front row immediately stood up and shouted, “What President Gu is doing violates the educational rules passed down by our ancestors. Therefore, I agree with Vice Chairman Sima’s viewpoint; it should be abolished!”
“Not so, not so…”
Another person stood up, looked around at everyone present, and said, “President Gu is reforming for the future of Traditional Chinese Medicine. After all, our future depends on the next generation. He is adding a TCM course from the third grade to let children recognize our TCM from a young age. Is there anything wrong with that?”
“That’s right, we support President Gu’s reform method…”
Li Chengde stood up and voiced his strong agreement. Many others behind him nodded in support, indicating their backing for Gu Yuanbai.
“Have you forgotten the rules left by our ancestors?”
Weng Dehai, on the presidential platform, loudly declared into the microphone, “Traditional Chinese Medicine is not like today’s textbooks, which can be casually taught to others. Our ancestors’ precious inheritance, how can it be casually passed on to others? Can you, Wang Fugui, do it?”
The doctor Wang Fugui, who was in the front row and supported Gu Yuanbai, was choked by his words and didn’t know what to say for a moment.
“Heh heh.”
Jiang Yichun, sitting next to Gu Yuanbai, couldn’t help himself when Weng Dehai spoke. He sneered twice and said, “Weng Dehai, are you senile, or is your brain filled with dung?”
“President Gu’s education reform plan is to popularize our TCM knowledge among children, not for you to teach your ancestral teachings to others!”
“Of course, if that’s the case, I would rather teach my Jiang family’s ancestral secret formulas to those children, instead of being a stubborn old man like you, taking them to the grave!”
“You, you, you, old undead Jiang, are you cursing me to die?”
These words enraged Weng Dehai, who pointed at Jiang Yichun’s nose and cursed him.
“Yes, I am cursing you to enter the coffin sooner.”
Jiang Yichun was not afraid of him and coldly sneered, “Everyone calls me a stubborn old man, but in the face of great right and wrong, you, Weng Dehai, are the truly obstinate old fool, a conservative!”
“Old undead Jiang, you are generous, so why don’t you publicize your Jiang family’s ancestral secret formulas now?” Weng Dehai’s eyes widened in anger, and he shouted sternly.
This scene made the people below shake their heads, but they were used to these two clashing whenever they met.
“Alright, you two, do you still have me, your vice chairman, in your eyes?”
Sima Hongyun looked at Jiang Yichun and Weng Dehai, who were fighting across him and Gu Yuanbai, and tapped the table in dissatisfaction.
Weng Dehai then shut his mouth, and Jiang Yichun snorted dismissively, falling silent.
Sima Hongyun glanced at him and then said to Gu Yuanbai beside him, “President Gu, do you have anything to say?”
Gu Yuanbai’s old face was solemn. He shook his head and said to everyone present, “I have nothing to say. This was my personal decision. If you want to punish someone, punish me alone.”
“Heh heh, it’s good to take responsibility.”
Seeing that Gu Yuanbai wasn’t struggling desperately, Sima Hongyun became even more smug. He said to everyone present, “Since this matter was decided by President Gu privately without the consent of our Beijing chairman and elders, after deliberation by the chairman and elders, President Gu Yuanbai’s position in the Huadu Traditional Chinese Medicine Association is hereby revoked!”
“What, how can this be…”
Upon hearing this outcome, many people in the audience immediately stood up and protested loudly, “You cannot remove President Gu…”
“Exactly, we object…”
Qi Miaomiao in the second row couldn’t sit still, and Zhang Xiaoyu and Wei Renxin also stood up and shouted their objections.
Gu Yuanbai’s old face remained expressionless, as he had already anticipated this outcome.
*Crack!*
Jiang Yichun slammed the table and said fiercely to Sima Hongyun, “If you remove President Gu, then I will withdraw from the association!”
“Jiang Yichun, who are you threatening?”
Sima Hongyun’s pig-like face sank, and he glared at Jiang Yichun with great displeasure. Weng Dehai sneered, “Old undead Jiang, even if you withdraw, it won’t affect the association’s development. Hurry up and leave.”
“We will withdraw too…”
As a result, many doctors from the Huadu Association sitting below stood up and shouted.
“Fine.”
Sima Hongyun stood up, his pig-like face sullen. He pointed at everyone in the venue and arrogantly shouted, “Since you all want to withdraw, then hurry up and leave. Don’t blame me for reminding you that if you withdraw from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, you will no longer be qualified to practice medicine!”
“What, you, you are too domineering…”
Sima Hongyun’s words completely enraged many people present, but some people quietly sat back down.
This was because they all knew that the Sima family controlled the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, and with a single word from them, they could completely cripple one’s career in the TCM world.
“Truly despicable…”
Zhang Xiaoyu and Qi Miaomiao cursed in anger.
Even Wan Yunting’s expression turned grim. He looked coldly at Sima Hongyun on the presidential platform. Did their Sima family really think they could cover the sky with one hand just because they controlled the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association?
Just then, his phone rang. Wan Yunting took it out; it was Meng Hu sending a WeChat message: “Boss Wan, it’s done!”
So, Wan Yunting stood up. Without waiting for Dai Qiuyue and Gu Luotang to ask, he went out to the side of the conference room where a large television was placed. He asked a young person responsible for the venue, “Can that television be turned on?”
“It cannot be turned on now.”
The young man shook his head and said, “Everyone is in a meeting, turning it on would be disruptive.”
Wan Yunting looked at him and smiled, “You are President Gu’s student, aren’t you?”
The young man nodded, gritted his teeth, and said angrily, “This Vice Chairman is going too far.”
Wan Yunting smiled and said, “Then do you want to help President Gu vent his anger?”
The young man was stunned, his eyes immediately lit up, and he asked, “How?”
Wan Yunting pointed at the television and smiled, “Turn on the television now and play the news from the entertainment channel, and you’ll know.”
The young man looked at him with suspicion. However, the venue was filled with disputes and arguments at the moment, and he didn’t want President Gu to be removed from his position. So, he followed Wan Yunting’s instructions, turned on the large television, and played a local news channel…
“According to citizen reports, Sima Hongyun, Vice Chairman of the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, while in Huadu City for a discussion on TCM education reform, was staying at the Huadu Garden Grand Hotel. He was secretly filmed entering the hotel with several young women, and indecent videos and photos were exposed…”
The television was connected to the conference room’s large speakers. The news anchor’s voice echoed in every corner of the conference room, instantly stunning everyone’s expressions.
They all stood up, looking towards the large television next to the presidential platform. The screen was showing many photos of Sima Hongyun with women in the hotel corridor, and even indecent videos from inside the hotel, though all were pixelated…