Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 154 Inspection

Chapter 154: Chapter 154 Inspection

"I already know what happened." Chen Qi got straight to the point, "Do you have anything to say?"

Tu Hengsha thought for a moment, "No."

If the impact had already been made, saying more wouldn’t help.

At the time, she only wanted to express the wishes of Peipei’s family, only thought about how they didn’t want Chenjiang and Su Rongxing to report on their matters further, and indeed didn’t consider what impact this would have on Chenjiang.

"Did you..." Chen Qi chose her words carefully, "profit from it?"

"What?" Tu Hengsha didn’t quite understand what Chen Qi meant.

Chen Qi looked at her helplessly and had to be more explicit, "Did you receive any benefits from Yin Can?"

"No!" She understood immediately, "How could it be! It’s just that Yin Can is my former employer, and I only know some of their colleagues! Plus, with Mr. Su there, how could I profit from it?"

"True, Su Ronggui indeed wouldn’t do such a thing," Chen Qi believed her, "That’s better." She thought for a moment and then said, "I don’t care what your reasons were for doing this. Since it wasn’t for profit, the reason is not important. What’s important is the result, which indeed, as Su Rongxing said, had a negative impact on Chenjiang. Chief Zhou is someone who cherishes reputation. Even if you had personal grievances with Su Rongxing, and you didn’t want to talk to her directly, you could have brought it back for us to discuss how to handle it. Even releasing another report under your name would have been better than letting Yin Can slap us in the face. It’s strange that Su Ronggui would let you do this too." She gave Tu Hengsha an inquisitive look.

Tu Hengsha had no choice but to say, "At that time, the situation was indeed that Peipei’s family had misconceptions about Chenjiang and Su Rongxing and didn’t want to cooperate with her again. Also, we didn’t intentionally seek out this family; it was a coincidental encounter."

"That is quite a coincidence." Chen Qi said, her expression revealing neither belief nor disbelief, "Su Rongxing’s reports have always had a very obvious media bias, but she’s the kind of reporter who achieves results and is quite...popular. Some people think her reporting is superficial, feel she cares too much about traffic, but this is a superficial society; she fits it perfectly. She’s different from Su Ronggui, who is steady, generous, and substantial, someone capable of great things. When he acts, it shakes things up. He handles real big cases, concerning people’s livelihoods, society, progress, civilization, productivity, and more. One relies on chance, the other on substance; both are skills in their own right. So, you don’t need to always look at Su Rongxing with a biased perspective. Although she can’t reach Su Ronggui’s heights, her survival in the industry, and doing well, is justified. The industry needs people like her. If you let Su Ronggui write like her, he wouldn’t be able to do it."

"Hmm." She agreed with parts of Chen Qi’s argument but did not necessarily endorse Su Rongxing’s approach. The industry needs people like Su Rongxing? Needs troublemakers?

Chen Qi knew she couldn’t convince her, so she just said, "Since you don’t have anything else to say, at the afternoon meeting, make an inspection, consider it a...lesson."

She instinctively felt averse to making an inspection and remained silent.

"If you really don’t want to, there’s nothing I can do. You could go talk to the chief editor; it’s not a big deal. No one is perfect; hasn’t everyone made mistakes? It’s not a matter of principle, just do a cursory job and move on." Chen Qi was at her limit with this stance.

"Then I’ll leave first." Tu Hengsha stiff-necked, stood up, and walked out.

Chen Qi watched her back for a long while without speaking.

Tu Hengsha first returned to the editorial platform. After sitting down, Hao Ren asked her how it went.

Tu Hengsha shook her head, "It’s nothing."

"Yeah, it’s not a big deal. Su Rongxing’s impulsive writing style will get her into trouble sooner or later. She needs a setback," Hao Ren comforted her, "As for Chenjiang’s face, working in the media, we should be prepared for criticism. It’s not like we haven’t been scolded; this job is inherently at the storm’s eye."

Tu Hengsha stared at the still-closed chief editor’s office, thought for a moment, then asked him, "In all the years Su Ronggui has been at Chenjiang, has he ever made an inspection?" After asking, she found the question foolish. Someone as stable and composed as Su Ronggui probably hadn’t even made a mistake, let alone apologized.

Hao Ren laughed, "How could he? He has all the virtues of literary men but also quite a few of their bad habits, arrogance and pride. Would he admit to being wrong? Once, he made a big blunder, and the chief editor asked him to apologize, but he refused no matter what. Eventually, the chief editor had to apologize himself. Honestly, although I don’t quite like those surnamed Su, in that regard, I respect him; he doesn’t back down."

Just then, Su Ronggui came out of the chief editor’s room, and Tu Hengsha’s eyes glued to him.

He looked at her and gave her a reassuring look. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at him.

He smiled back and returned to his seat.

The afternoon meeting proceeded as usual, and just as it was about to end and Tu Hengsha was collecting her things, she heard the chief editor mention the incident, and Su Ronggui made an inspection for it.

Tu Hengsha was stunned, listening as Su Ronggui’s voice calmly echoed, "...That’s the sequence of events regarding the Peipei incident, and my actions in this matter, as a journalist at Chenjiang, I did not place Chenjiang’s honor as a priority, as a media person with many years of experience, I didn’t consider the impact of my actions on the newspaper..."

"Wait!" Tu Hengsha suddenly stood up and interrupted him.

"Sit down!" Su Ronggui ordered in a deep, commanding voice.

"No!" Tu Hengsha stood straighter, "Take responsibility for your actions! I’ll take responsibility for what I did! Although you were present, I was the one who met Peipei! I was the one who recorded it! I handed over the recording to Yin Can! It has nothing to do with you! You’re neither my boss nor my mentor, you can’t control my actions, and I won’t listen to you! I will handle the inspection myself!"

She hadn’t prepared for an inspection, but everyone in this line of work has the knack for eloquence. Although she was a photojournalist, back when she was at Yin Can, there were few staff, and she often played dual roles, taking care of both photography and writing.

Without a pause, she spoke roughly four or five hundred words, and then sat down.

The meeting ended there; it was the last agenda item.

After the meeting, Tu Hengsha gathered her things and left the conference room. Preoccupied, she walked slowly, gradually lagging behind everyone else, becoming the last one. Ahead, only a few female colleagues were also walking slowly, discussing, "Su Ronggui actually did an inspection today? A rare sight indeed!"

"Right! The last time, he held his ground and refused to admit fault despite the uproar."

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