You could be an ass, but so long as you didn’t steal from the company or have a messy personal life you had your chance of becoming a manager. Fatty Dong spouted this nonsense at every opportunity. His belief was that because he had become a boss he was highly virtuous. Shortly before the Mayday holiday, he convened a company meeting, the whole purpose of which was to attack me.Fatty Dong gave me a condescending look and said, ‘If a person lacks responsibility towards his family, how can we hope he will act responsibly at work?’I was equally rude. Taking his cue, I said I agreed with Boss Dong’s view but called for consistency. ‘Colleagues should not have different rules for those at the top and those lower down.’Liu Three looked ready to chip in, but after a savage glare from me he shut up in a hurry. At work, I already had a reputation for womanising. Once again I had Fatty Dong to thank for this. Last year the deputy chair of the board had come to Chengdu.
