In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 479 Becoming Zeng Guangzhi's Right-Hand Man

In another hotel room, Yu Dawei was looking through the window when he saw a Mercedes-Benz drive away directly from the hotel courtyard.

Yu Dawei's lips curled up slightly, probably guessing what the other party was going to do, but he felt a little more wary of Zeng Guangzhi.

An hour later, Yu Dawei watched as the Mercedes-Benz hurriedly returned.

In another room, after hearing Ding Nian's findings, Zeng Guangzhi breathed a sigh of relief and finally returned to his room for a good night's sleep.

"Brother, all the night watchmen said they didn't see anyone go to the scene in the middle of the night."

This is the confidence that allowed Zeng Guangzhi to sleep soundly, meaning that the car breaking down was indeed an accident, and that Chang Bin and other leaders did not intentionally target them.

However, what he didn't know was that Ding Nian didn't actually go at all; the location was too far from the county town, and he was confident in himself.

Because he had already asked beforehand, and indeed no one had noticed anything unusual at the scene during this period.

This wasn't the first time he'd encountered his older brother's sensitive nature, so he was already used to it.

The next day, as Section 316 began to catch up on work, the road rollers were put back into operation.

Zeng Guangzhi and Ding Nian finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the end, the two of them took Yu Dawei and Lao Ji away from the scene and returned them to Hecheng.

During the following period, Yu Dawei and Lao Ji fully enjoyed some of the benefits that the original technical consultant usually received.

Not only are there dedicated apprentices to help serve tea and water, but if the repair shop encounters a problem that no one else can handle, Yu Dawei and Lao Ji don't need to personally take action.

Yu Dawei and his companion only needed to diagnose the illness and figure out where the problem with the construction vehicle lay; everything else could be left to the apprentices.

This kind of life was something Dawei never dared to dream of in his past life or this one. He even had the thought that "it's not bad to just work here like this."

Lao Ji returned to his private dormitory with Yu Dawei and shed tears of frustration.

There was no way around it; Boss Zeng was a man of his word. The day after he returned to the factory, he and Yu Dawei received their first month's wages, a full six thousand five hundred yuan.

According to Boss Yu, any extra money earned while working outside is theirs to keep.

Old Ji really didn't expect that such a good thing would happen during his trip. He couldn't wait to show his loyalty to Yu Dawei and say that he wanted to go again if there was such a good thing next time.

Meanwhile, at Guangzhi Equipment Repair Company, Yu Dawei and Lao Ji's handling of several difficult problems made them famous throughout the factory.

In addition, Yu Dawei was good at interpersonal relationships, so Zeng Guangzhi would occasionally take Yu Dawei out to eat. When they returned, Yu Dawei would always bring back some good food for the apprentices who served him.

In addition, Zeng Guangzhi would also deliver gifts from the warehouse to leaders to Yu Dawei when Yu Dawei went to other places to repair cars.

After receiving the gifts from Zeng Guangzhi, such as liquor, red wine, and various local snacks, Yu Dawei distributed all the small favors Zeng Guangzhi brought back for him to the people working with him in the factory.

Gradually, Yu Dawei's prestige in Zeng Guangzhi's repair shop rose even higher, and people's feelings for the two "Master Jis" were many times greater than those for the previously aloof Old Xu.

When Zeng Guangzhi saw that Yu Dawei and his companion could quickly integrate into the group and were better at interpersonal relationships than Xu Lao, that "stinky stone," his appreciation for Yu Dawei increased even further.

In addition, Yu Dawei himself is very young, only in his early twenties this year, about six or seven years younger than Ding Nian.

This made Zeng Guangzhi consider focusing on cultivating Yu Dawei.

It was from a certain day that Zeng Guangzhi started taking Yu Dawei out frequently, not only to repair cars, but also to introduce him to the business owners who were partners of his repair shop.

In Zeng Guangzhi's view, Xiao Ding was running the Eighth Bureau line very well, but there was more than just the Eighth Bureau in the north, there was also the First Bureau, the Sixth Bureau, the Seventh Bureau, as well as private construction units of all sizes.

If Ji Youwei truly has this ability, he could easily arrange for him to have several connections, just like he did with Xiao Ding, so that Xiao Ding could help share some of his responsibilities.

Yu Dawei also sensed that Zeng Guangzhi was giving him more and more important responsibilities, so instead of working harder, he became more lazy in his daily performance.

His third uncle once told him that human nature is arrogant, and when working for a leader, one must expose one's own shortcomings. This satisfies the leader's sense of superiority and makes the leader feel that you are easier to control.

No leader likes it when your abilities surpass theirs, no matter what.

So Yu Dawei did as his third uncle said. As Zeng Guangzhi gradually got to know Yu Dawei better, he became increasingly annoyed by his lazy nature and the fact that Yu Dawei always liked to talk about money, which he found unbearable.

But as time went on, Zeng Guangzhi began to value Yu Dawei even more, constantly urging him to work and taking him everywhere he went, making him almost like his right-hand man than Ding Nian. Moreover, as Zeng Guangzhi trained Yu Dawei, he saw Yu Dawei change little by little, and he felt a sense of accomplishment.

This inexplicable sense of satisfaction made him unable to resist seeking out Yu Dawei every day to chat with him, see what he was doing wrong, and then scold him a few times.

Doesn't he like money? But it's nothing to Zeng Guangzhi. Occasionally, he'll give him a few hundred yuan from his wallet so the other person can buy him something, and the rest is considered his service fee.

During the time Yu Dawei worked for Zeng Guangzhi, he was incredibly happy. He received his salary, various allowances, and his boss drove him around in a Mercedes-Benz every day, taking him out for drinks and meals, indulging in lavish feasts.

Even knowing that he was single, Boss Zeng wanted to introduce him to someone, essentially arranging a marriage for him while he was at work, and he even insisted on finding him a beautiful one.

If it weren't for the fact that he had a stunningly beautiful but somewhat naive girl at home, Yu Dawei would have almost fallen for her.

Fortunately, although he was living a good life here, he did not forget his important business.

He had been looking for dirt on Zeng Guangzhi's company and had heard that there was some kind of shady business going on in the factory. The old folks at the factory all knew about it.

However, Yu Dawei has only been here a short time, and we haven't had any contact yet.

One day, just as it was getting dark, Zeng Guangzhi suddenly came to the dormitory and called Yu Dawei out. This time, instead of driving a Mercedes, he drove a truck.

When Yu Dawei arrived at the factory's backyard and saw the white truck, he looked somewhat bewildered.

"Here's the key." Zeng Guangzhi handed a car key to Yu Dawei.

"What's going on here?" Yu Dawei was still in a daze when he took the keys.

"Hehe, you'll find out in a bit." Zeng Guangzhi smiled at Yu Dawei. "Drive the car to warehouse number two first; they're waiting to load things up there."

"Load things? Okay." Yu Dawei got into the driver's seat and drove to warehouse number two after seeing Zeng Guangzhi get in.

The first, second, and third warehouses of Guangzhi Equipment Repair Company are quite mysterious. Many apprentices and even the masters in the factory don't know what's inside.

After spending some time building connections, Yu Dawei heard from an experienced mechanic that it was related to the repair shop's illicit income. These warehouses were usually staffed by several people who were responsible for opening and working at night.

"If you want to open a factory again in the future, you must learn to make use of all available resources. In business, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure are very important." Zeng Guangzhi sat in the passenger seat of the car and lit a cigarette for himself.

He knew that Ji Youwei didn't like smoking, so he didn't offer him a cigarette. He just said whatever came to mind, just like he usually did when training the kid.

Even Zeng Guangzhi himself didn't realize that occasionally speaking to Yu Dawei in a tone of an elder educating a younger person seemed to have become a habit for him in his interactions with the other person these days.

As Yu Dawei drove the car to the entrance of Warehouse No. 2, the people inside seemed to have been waiting for a long time. The roller shutter door slowly rose, revealing all sorts of parts inside the warehouse.

“This…” As the roller shutter door opened, Yu Dawei saw all the parts quietly placed there under the lights in the garage.

Some of the items at the main entrance had already been wrapped in cardboard boxes, while others were still being packed into cardboard boxes and wooden crates.

"Brother Zeng, what are you doing..." Yu Dawei saw Zeng Guangzhi get out of the car, so he jumped out of the car and followed behind him.

"Can you tell what kind of car these parts are from?" Zeng Guangzhi led Yu Dawei into the warehouse.

He casually led Yu Dawei around. The warehouse was as big as a football field, with some empty spaces inside, and all sorts of different types of parts were neatly stacked together.

“This is a four-piece set for a Volvo twelve-cylinder engine? This is a water tank for a Bomag road roller? This is a catalytic converter for Volkswagen… There are so many, so many different kinds…” Yu Dawei scanned all the parts with a look of surprise.

He could tell that although the parts looked brand new after being washed, they were all second-hand.

Some repair shops can indeed refurbish second-hand parts, but there seems to be no need to hide it like this. Yu Dawei vaguely felt that there was something else going on.

“Our factory has nearly two hundred people, but you never see that many people working normally because everyone has a different job.” Zeng Guangzhi glanced at Yu Dawei. “The company has a business of recycling and refurbishing old parts, and all the refurbished parts are stored in this warehouse.”

“But people in the market are generally averse to refurbished parts, so our company is a little more cautious,” Zeng Guangzhi explained as he directed his men to load goods onto the truck. “Our company has established partnerships with parts suppliers.”

“The other party will need some spare parts regularly, and the company will find the relevant spare parts in the shortest possible time and transport them to the partner by truck.”

(End of this chapter)