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

Chapter 603 Construction vehicles stop work in winter; focus shifts to gas stations.
Old Yang and Young Yang were both invited to sit around the fire. Boss Liang, who disliked Old Yang, gave up his seat and continued tidying up the table and banners.

Old Yang, Little Yang, Yu Dawei, and Duan Dahai chatted for a long time. Some things are better left unsaid. Yang Jianjun's original intention was to consider the employees in the grain depot, but he was just taken advantage of by some greedy people. He's just getting old and can't see things clearly anymore.

Accountant Yang was definitely hired by Yu Dawei, but before hiring her, they agreed on three rules. Although Yu Dawei was short of accountants, it was not a reason for her to be arrogant and domineering. On the last day, even when Yu Dawei and his team were about to leave, Accountant Yang arrived late.

Yu Dawei lost his previous enthusiasm for Accountant Yang and gave her a slight warning before confirming the salary: 1,500 a month. He would start working there and if she performed well after three months, she would be promoted and receive a raise.

As for Accountant Yang, Yu Dawei was just going through the motions. After all, he wasn't a saint. If you hesitate with me, then I won't value you too much.

Putting himself in Yang's shoes, Yu Dawei had already considered finding an accountant in the oil city even before Accountant Yang arrived.

Accountant Yang did not show any aversion to the various conditions proposed by Dawei and agreed to them all.

Yang Jianjun, on the other hand, wanted to say a few good words for his nephew, but considering that he had been opposing these people all along, he didn't have the face to make any demands.

The atmosphere improved somewhat during the rest of the conversation, and Yang Jianjun took the initiative to admit his mistake and apologize to Duan Dahai.

Old Duan was more magnanimous than Yu Dawei, and didn't care about these trivial matters at all. He was also actively discussing the personnel transition with Director Yang.

Old Yang also suggested that it be a few days later, before November 5th, he would have feedback on the compensation application of the grain depot employees, and it wouldn't be too late to send the brothers off from the grain depot after the benefits were distributed to everyone.

Duan Dahai and Yu Dawei exchanged a glance and agreed.

Finally, there were the workers left at the grain depot who hadn't been hired. Old Yang reluctantly spoke up for his brothers, but was met with a collective rejection from all three.

The remaining workers, about a third of the total, were either arrogant or dishonest, and Yu Dawei and his team would never want them.

The chat ended with Lao Yang's final sigh.

On the way back, Lao Yang suddenly felt like drinking, so he went with Accountant Yang to his father's house, which was also the house of Lao Yang's second brother, Lao Han.

Although both families live in the town, they rarely have time to get together for drinks due to their work.

On the way, Old Yang looked at the calm and composed Accountant Yang and couldn't help but sigh: "Nephew, I'm sorry, I should have let you go to the interview sooner."

He knew that his nephew was now dispensable in Yu Dawei's eyes. Although his factory was definitely short of an accountant, it was not impossible for his nephew Yang Guang to be an accountant.

"It's alright. If you're truly capable, you'll definitely be valued if you work hard." Yang Guang wasn't really disappointed at the moment, because he had already guessed this possibility before he went there.

Yu Dawei was, after all, his father's neighbor, and he could occasionally hear some comments about Yu Dawei. He was a person with personality, ideas, and extraordinary courage.

However, he is also a person who has strong likes and dislikes.

This can be seen from the time a few years ago when my father was targeted by Yu Dawei.

"Alright, do a good job. I think Yu Dawei is a capable man, and that Boss Liang is no simpleton either." Old Yang walked forward with his hands behind his back, but he didn't say anything to Duan Dahai.

Perhaps the knot in her heart regarding Duan Dahai has not yet been truly untied.

The recruitment of people from the grain depot came to an end. Although there were many twists and turns in the process, all three of them had gained a lot.

What made Duan Dahai happiest was finding someone like Han Guofeng who was good at market research. Ideally, they could later create a special analysis on grain and oil market trends, conduct it once a week, and incorporate it into a regular meeting.

Although Boss Liang and Yu Dawei had made some gains, they didn't share Duan Dahai's excitement and quickly got busy with their own things.

November 3rd arrived, and Lao Yang had news as well. He had secured a benefit for each of the grain depot's employees: firstly, older employees could retire early and receive a special allowance from the grain depot; secondly, younger employees who left could have their insurance paid on a temporary basis and would also receive the special allowance upon reaching retirement age.

This was considered an explanation to all the employees of the grain depot. After doing all this, Lao Yang applied for early retirement and voluntarily handed over the grain depot to his superiors, leaving them to make any necessary reforms.

He didn't even ask about the grain in the granary.

Starting November 5th, the workers who had previously worked at the grain depot gradually began working at the company and factory owned by Yu Dawei and his associates.

Qian Yin was assigned by Yu Dawei to work under Yu Feng. After he became familiar with the process, he would be sent to work as an intern at an auto parts store in another city.

After spending a few days at the repair shop, Yu Dawei drove directly to the oil city to start the trial operation of the gas station on G301 National Highway.

A group of people suddenly came to the gas station for inspection. Afterwards, Yu Dawei asked his third uncle to help him investigate. The result was that a man named Chen Haifeng was causing trouble for him.

However, Yu Dawei had never heard of this name before, nor did he even know this guy, and he had no idea how he had offended him.

However, it still served as a reminder to Yu Dawei, who then became much more compliant with regulations and cautious during the trial operation of the gas station.

Currently, the New Century Gas Station has two employees, a man and a woman. The man used to work at a state-owned gas station as a temporary worker, but he quit because the wages were too low. He lives in a nearby village.

The woman was a complete newcomer with little experience, but she had a great personality. She had a round face and, although she was a little chubby, it didn't detract from her cuteness when she smiled.

As for the store manager, Yu Dawei hasn't chosen one yet. Monkey helped him find a few people, but he wasn't very satisfied with any of them.

Since there's no rush, Yu Dawei will temporarily take on the role of gas station manager and oversee the entire gas station.

After all, all the construction vehicles under his command stopped working in the winter, and with Lao Ji and Taozi at Fanfan Repair Shop, everything was running smoothly. Especially since he had just resolved the work assignments between new and old employees a few days ago, there shouldn't be any unexpected situations in the short term. Therefore, Yu Dawei's focus now was on refueling, mainly because he was worried that Haifeng might try some tricks again.

Just when everything was getting back on track, Brother Duan suddenly called Yu Dawei. The call revealed that Liu Liguo had brought people to find several leaders of the Guan family in the town, wanting to demand an explanation from Duan Dahai, Yu Dawei, and Boss Liang.

They shamelessly insisted that Yu Dawei and others were being treated differently and that the recruitment process was unfair. The matter escalated, and Liu Liguo even mobilized all the friends he had known in the town over the years to come and stay on-site.

Upon hearing this, Yu Dawei originally planned to put down what he was doing and drive back to deal with it, but Duan Dahai told him that he and Boss Liang had already come up with a solution.

Let's do as the three of them planned before, and arrange for these people to go to the brick kiln in the next town. That way, we can shut up the gossip.

Later, with the town leaders' intention to mediate, the owner of the neighboring brick kiln was invited to Luhe by Duan Dahai, and he was also willing to hire workers.

Those who had previously complained about being poor and losing their jobs immediately refused when they saw that they were being assigned to work at a brick kiln. It was Liu Liguo who was interfering, insisting that brick kiln work was not for humans, and that they were all talented people from the grain depot.

However, the leaders' attitude was very clear this time. After all, if the brick kiln works hard every month, earning more than a thousand yuan is not a problem, and even more than two thousand yuan is not impossible!

Since you said you were unemployed, we've already found you jobs. You said you wouldn't do jobs with low wages, but now you have jobs with higher wages. What are you still dissatisfied with? If you still have any objections, you'll have to talk to Director Zhao.

Chief Zhao, also known as Officer Zhao, had already been waiting with her men for these troublemakers. If any of them weren't afraid of going to jail, they could continue causing trouble.

Everyone seemed to understand what was going on, and they all fell silent and went to register with the brick kiln owner, waiting to go to work in the next town.

At this point, the grain depot workers, who were all talk and no action, were filled with regret. If they had known this would happen, they should have been more humble in front of Yu Dawei and the others.

Two days later, some of the employees who went to the brick kiln were still unwilling to give up. They went to Duan Dahai and Boss Liang again, wanting to be interviewed again, and even asked for very low salaries.

However, the agreed-upon three-day interview period was exactly three days. No matter who it was, no matter how capable they were, or even if they showed off their technical skills to Duan Dahai, Duan Dahai did not want them.

Character is very important; this is an experience Duan Dahai learned from Yu Dawei about doing business and recruiting people.

Just like a boss sponsoring a poor student, you have to find someone who is excellent in both character and academics, not just someone who is good at studying. If a person without virtue is given the baptism of knowledge, the result may be someone who repays kindness with enmity, or even a scourge to society.

A person's character is always the most important thing.

In the end, everyone was forced to go to work at a brick kiln in the neighboring Yingchun Town, except for one person, Liu Liguo.

When Lao Liu learned that he was the only one who hadn't gotten the job at the brick kiln, he was furious. He went to the government office to complain to the leaders, but he was alone and posed no threat whatsoever. He was simply stopped at the gate by the security guard.

Seeing that he was about to lose his job, and that the grain depot had already been taken away and rectified by his superiors, Liu Liguo had no choice but to go directly to Fanfan's repair shop to fight Yu Dawei to the death!

He knew that everything was orchestrated by Yu Dawei. If Yu Dawei hadn't been interfering, how could he have been unable to even get a job at a brick kiln?
Although he didn't plan to go, since the work at the brick kiln was exhausting and not suitable for him at all, he could use this as an excuse to expose Yu Dawei's ugly face and perhaps still have a glimmer of hope to get a better job.

What awaited him was a pair of cold silver bracelets on his wrists from the police officers, and several days of free food and drink.

Yu Dawei stopped caring about what happened after that. He believed that evil people would be punished by evil people, and some people would behave themselves after going to jail.

He knew his brother-in-law all too well; relying on his minor position at the grain depot, he was used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Yu Dawei stayed at the gas station for half a month, and before he knew it, it was the end of November. In another month, it would be 2001.

The Eighth Engineering Bureau of China Communications Construction has already started organizing its year-end meeting ahead of schedule. This year, because there are more projects than last year, the bureau has also expanded its workforce.

General Manager Chang, who is in charge of the Northeast region, not only has his own team, but also has the ability to compete with the other departments in terms of project acquisition.

Unlike many years ago, when the Eighth Bureau could only focus on developing its business in the south, the smooth sailing in his career also propelled Lao Chang to take a step forward in his love life.

For a long time, he had a flirtatious relationship with a noodle shop owner. Later, somehow, they confessed their feelings and got their marriage certificate a few days ago. They plan to go back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year to hold their wedding.

When Yu Dawei received the news, he became excited along with Lao Chang, just like an old farmer waiting for corn to ripen and finally seeing the moment of maturity.

He also took the initiative to invite Lao Chang to have a meal with the noodle shop owner. The owner's figure has changed a lot in the past few years. Although she has more wrinkles on her face, she is much thinner than before.

Yu Dawei even thought that the other person could wear a beautiful cheongsam.

There have been quite a few people getting married and holding weddings recently. The first one was Huang Man, who will definitely hold a wedding before the new year. After all, these two kids are incredibly stubborn, and even if Huang's mother opposes them being together, it probably won't make a difference.

Besides that, there's the matter of my younger sister Dafeng's marriage to Zhang Huaijin. My parents agreed to it readily before, but now that they've agreed, they're starting to worry about their daughter marrying so far away.

Every time Yu Dawei went back home, his mother's face was filled with melancholy when she talked about Dafeng, and Yu Dawei and Han Jingfan could only offer her quiet comfort.

Then there's Chang Bin and the boss's wife. The boss's wife definitely won't marry far away, since Lao Chang is in charge of the Northeast region, and it's unlikely that she'll be transferred in the short term.

Firstly, Lao Chang has become very familiar with the business in Northeast China, and it's unlikely that someone else could do it as well. Secondly, with the cooperation of General Manager Huang, Luo Changqing, and Lao Xu at headquarters, the situation has been basically stabilized.

In addition, Lao Chang is a free spirit, so General Manager Huang let him stay outside for a few more years.

According to the wedding schedule, Yu Dawei needs to go to Qingcheng in the south a little earlier. Fortunately, he only needs to be there for matters at the Eighth Bureau. After dealing with matters at the Eighth Bureau, he can go to Qingcheng to attend the wedding before the Lunar New Year.

(End of this chapter)