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

Chapter 600 Why?
"However, why should we hire you?" Boss Liang changed the subject, his mocking expression undisguised, his eyes fixed on Liu Liguo with disdain.

Liu Liguo, who was in the midst of excitement, suddenly stopped breathing. He was stunned for a moment before his face flushed red as he looked at Boss Liang and the other two: "You don't have to hire us. At worst, we can just part ways. We'll see what the town leaders say about you."

"Stop, stop," Boss Liang interrupted Liu Liguo, then looked him straight in the eye and said, word by word, "It's not that we don't want to hire you, it's just that we don't want to hire you. What? If we don't hire you, can't we apply for other people? Are you more important than them, and we have to hire you first?"

Boss Liang's words clearly had a divisive meaning. He had disliked this person for a long time. Not only was he not young, but he also didn't seem like a good person. He was certain that neither Dawei nor Lao Duan would want this kind of person.

"What are you saying? I didn't stop you from applying for other jobs, I'm just making some conditions with you. If you apply, you have to bring all of our brothers with you, not one less." Liu Liguo felt that this Boss Liang was targeting him, so he turned his head to Yu Dawei. "Brother-in-law, give me a straight answer. If it's okay, I'll take you to Old Yang's place right now and put in a good word for you."

This address of "brother-in-law" made the people around them understand the relationship between Liu Liguo and Yu Dawei. In particular, the workers in the grain depot were filled with hope for a monthly income of over two thousand after learning about this relationship between the two.

At this moment, Liu Liguo was also trying his best to explain to Yu Dawei: "Although Lao Yang doesn't quite agree with your way of making trouble and is angry now, it doesn't matter. Your brother-in-law may not have a say in other places, but he definitely has a say in the grain depot."

“I’ll take you to the meeting room and say a few nice words to Lao Yang, and then this deal will be done.” Liu Liguo then looked at Duan Dahai. “There’s still a lot of grain at the grain depot, corn and rice. As long as we’ve arranged all the workers here, we can sell the grain at the depot to you at a low price. I can make the decision for you.”

It sounds nice, but when it comes to the final decision, it will probably still be up to Old Yang to make it. These are all tricks that Liu Liguo often uses in front of others. Everyone in these grain depots knows what kind of person Liu Liguo is.

"Clatter." Yu Dawei placed the empty teacup on the stove, glanced at Liu Liguo, and asked casually, "Finished?"

"Uh, I'm done talking." Liu Liguo was momentarily bewildered by Yu Dawei's indifferent gesture.

He was still smiling when he listened just now, thinking he had almost convinced Yu Dawei. But seeing this scene now, Liu Liguo's heart suddenly jumped.

He couldn't understand why Yu Dawei would dare to give him the cold shoulder when the town leaders valued this matter so much! Did he even want to get his fill of the recruitment quota?!
Duan Dahai put down his teacup and, following up on Yu Dawei's words, coldly replied, "If you're done talking, take your people and leave."

"What do you mean?! So all my advice was for nothing? You're just deliberately bullying us at the grain depot entrance?!" Seeing that the two men didn't agree with his suggestion, Liu Liguo stood up, clenched his fists, and prepared to take a tougher stance.

“I advise you not to do anything foolish. If you dare to bring your people from the grain depot to touch anything on this site,” Yu Dawei said, his gaze sweeping over all the workers behind Liu Liguo. “Not one of them will ever be hired by any of our three companies again. You should think carefully about how many places there are to work in our town.”

Yu Dawei's words were like sharp arrows, piercing the hearts of the grain depot workers. Just as Liu Liguo was about to explode, the workers next to him stopped him and dragged him back inside the grain depot gate.

"You cowardly bullies." Yu Dawei said with a look of disdain, picked up the teapot, and poured a cup for each of them. "Sorry to make you laugh."

Liu Liguo was, after all, his mother-in-law's eldest son-in-law. Even if things had turned unpleasant, the kinship ties couldn't be severed.

"Sigh, with your sister stuck with someone like that, her life isn't going to be very happy," Boss Liang said with great emotion.

Yu Dawei felt a deep connection to this. Liu Liguo was much like himself in the past: he loved to brag, was unreliable, and liked to take on too much responsibility.

However, his advantage over me is that he is stingy. Once he gets his hands on something, it's hard for him to get it out of his hands, so he can save up some money and even help his wife get a job in her old age.

So, although the eldest sister, Han Jingping, married an unreliable husband, her life wasn't particularly miserable.

The only one truly suffering was Han Jingfan, who was in so much pain that she couldn't face the world and collapsed, hanging herself in her room.

Yu Dawei silently sipped his tea. To be honest, he suddenly didn't want to deal with all the messy people and things at the grain depot anymore. He'd rather go home and spend time with his wife.

"Let's wait a bit longer. If Lao Yang doesn't come out in the next day or two and takes the initiative to talk to us again, I'll tell the town leaders, and our mission will be accomplished." Duan Dahai saw the change in Yu Dawei's mind. He was probably annoyed by Lian Qiao earlier and wanted to go back.

In fact, given Duan Dahai's personality, he was not the type to fawn over someone who wouldn't listen to reason. If it weren't for the fact that Director Yu had been visiting his office frequently a few days ago, saying that the people at the grain depot had it tough and offering to help them, he would have dared to disregard the leader's feelings.

This isn't the old society anymore; nowadays, private enterprises have the final say.

The three chatted casually, but Old Yang was furious.

After Liu Liguo found Lao Yang alone, he began to exaggerate the faults of Yu Dawei and the other two, even going so far as to smear them in various ways.

To appease his brothers after their falling out with Yu Dawei and his group, Liu Liguo promised to treat them to a meal. At the dinner table, he even started pointing fingers at Yu Dawei and his group.

With Liu Liguo, this troublemaker, around, the fate of the more than one hundred people at the grain depot is shrouded in uncertainty.

However, not everyone in the granary was a fool who had been completely fooled by Liu Liguo. There were quite a few people like Qian Yin.

As the first day of recruitment was drawing to a close, the people leaving the grain depot quietly approached Yu Dawei and his group, asking about the job and salary, and sharing their expertise.

The work at the grain depot is only busy for one quarter, so those who have free time have their own ways of making a living, all in an effort to earn some money to supplement their household income.

Therefore, people who are capable and want to make money are exactly what Yu Dawei and his group want.

After the grain depot closed, only a few people initially stood around quietly, not daring to turn around or show their faces. It was clearly self-deception, since everyone had been working at the grain depot for so many years and everyone knew each other.

However, as more and more people gathered at the recruitment site, everyone became less reserved and chattered away, almost turning it into a bustling market. It wasn't until around 7 or 8 p.m. that the three of them packed up and left. By then, it was already dark, and light snowflakes were beginning to fall.

That evening, the three of them went to the tavern and found a quiet private room to eat and chat about their day's experiences.

Lao Liang recruited three people today, Lao Duan recruited six, and Yu Dawei recruited four.

However, according to Yu Dawei's policy, you don't have to resign and start working immediately in the next few days. You can wait a few days and report for resignation on November 1st.

According to Yu Dawei's guess, the reason why Lao Yang did not take the initiative to contact them was firstly because they had not pushed him too far, and secondly because Liu Liguo was interfering.

The three of them had met all sorts of people over the years, and when Liu Liguo brazenly stated those conditions in front of them, they knew that this couldn't possibly be Lao Yang's tone.

Old Yang had already stated during dinner that day that there were none of the disgusting conditions that Liu Liguo had described.

Some even speculated that Liu Liguo was behind the two conditions that Lao Yang was able to state.

"Sigh, it's not like there's no way a grain depot could end up like this. Look at the people who came tonight, twenty or thirty of them, but really not many of them are any good." Boss Liang shook his head speechlessly, holding a glass of liquor with three fingers, his elbow resting on the table, and sighed.

More than 20 people were interviewed, but only 13 were actually selected, resulting in a 50% rejection rate.

"The environment can influence a person, even corrupt their spirit. I read this in a book. I didn't believe it before, but now I do." Duan Dahai picked up a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), filled his glass, and took a sip.

"On the one hand, and on the other hand, they have become somewhat out of touch with society and don't know much about the work outside. In addition, some of their majors are not relevant. For example, the work of a quality inspector in a grain depot is very different from that of a quality inspector in a flour mill," Yu Dawei said.

That's a good point, but these people clearly don't understand anything, yet they act all high and mighty, as if working in a state-owned enterprise and then going to your private company is some kind of low-class thing. Their faces are practically screaming, "It's all about the money."

Faced with these people who showed absolutely no humility, the three of them refused outright, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Sigh, with such a high attrition rate, I don't know how to explain it to Director Yu later." Duan Dahai picked up a piece of cold dish, put down his chopsticks, and looked at the two of them with a wry smile. "Old Yu is a kind-hearted person. Even though he didn't stay at the grain depot for long, he still thinks about the people there. It's as if he's making up for the choice he made to abandon them back then."

"I can't refuse to give him face, firstly because the leader has spoken, and secondly because I'm also from Luhe. Now I've become quite powerful in the town, so it's only right that I help others out. It's a consistent Chinese policy to help each other out, the rich help the poor."

"It's just that some of these people are really lazy, greedy, and cunning, and they really don't live up to expectations." Duan Dahai said, picking up his wine glass and clinking it with the two of them, then taking a sip.

Over the years, as his social status has changed, Duan Dahai has gotten to know many bosses, big and small, but the only ones he can truly get along with over drinks are Dawei and Lao Liang. There's no need to hold back; they can talk about anything.

The three of them have long since become inseparable drinking buddies.

“See? People only realize how precious opportunities are when they wake up.” Yu Dawei picked up his wine glass, shook his head and sighed. “Including my brother-in-law, these people are good at dirty tricks, but when something really happens, they’re all useless.”

"Speaking of your brother-in-law, he's really no good. He must have said so many bad things about us to Old Yang. That old bastard really doesn't want to stay in Luhe Town anymore," Boss Liang said with some emotion.

In Luhe Town today, Yu Dawei, Duan Dahai, and this "know-it-all" have practically infiltrated every industry in the town.

Take Liang Hongwei for example. Chenji Family Banquet is probably the biggest restaurant in town, but even the owner of Chenji Family Banquet has a hard time inviting Lao Duan to dinner.

There was an advertising shop in town. Because the three of them always went there to make banners, storefront signs, and display boards, they became familiar with each other over time. Now, the town's government business is also handled by this guy through the three of them.

They even contracted out the contract for the large signboard of the town health center, as well as the promotional leaflets and display boards inside.

The town is only so big, and everyone sees each other all the time. Does Liu Liguo really think the three of them are fools who can't see that he's interfering?
This guy probably thinks that all private companies do business in the shadows these days, and he thinks he's all high and mighty just because he has a secure job.

If he can't change this way of thinking, he'll definitely suffer the consequences when the grain depot is completely ruined in the future.

After the three of them finished eating, they drove directly to Yu Dawei's repair shop and slept together on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the small brick house in the courtyard.

The next day, the third day... the three of them did the same thing, brewing tea in the canvas shed, or eating some roasted oranges, then roasting the orange peels again, or chatting about the major events that had happened in the past few years.

It was mainly Boss Liang who spoke, while Yu Dawei and Duan Dahai listened. After all, when it comes to traveling thousands of miles, it has to be Old Liang.

Over the next two days, quite a few people found Yu Dawei and his group, including the captain of the second team, who led his team members and a large group of people.

As the team leader, Zhao Hu was quite authoritative and self-aware. On the last day of the interviews, he took the initiative to lower his stance and apply for the job, even helping his subordinates with the interviews. He was completely different from Liu Liguo, who had caused trouble before.

This sense of cohesion caught Duan Dahai's eye. After gaining a deeper understanding of Zhao Hu's character and abilities, he had the idea of ​​bringing Zhao Hu under his wing and focusing on cultivating him.

Zhao Hu brought more than 30 people with him, and more than 20 of them were successfully interviewed, which is the highest pass rate among the several groups of people in the past few days.

(End of this chapter)