Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

After the reward ceremony, Director Li did not let Wang Dong leave, but asked with a frown.

"Xiao Wang..."

"You have a lot of tricks."

"I have a difficult problem here and I need your help to think about it. See if there is any solution that will satisfy both of us..."

"Neither offend anyone nor violate orders from superiors..."

Wang Dong immediately patted his chest and replied: "Director..."

"If you have any questions, just ask!"

"As long as I, Wang Dong, can do it, I will definitely do my best to help you do it!"

"Even if I, Wang Dong, can't do it, I will find a way to create the conditions to do it, and I will definitely not let you down!"

Director Li happily replied: "Not bad..."

"What I like is your fearlessness in the face of difficulties!"

"The situation is like this..."

"Lao Yang was dismissed by his superiors because of some mistakes he made, and he continued to work in the steel mill as an ordinary worker!"

"Although Lao Yang is no longer the director of the steel mill, we have worked together for so many years. As the director, I certainly cannot target him!"

"But I can't be too nice to him, otherwise the higher-ups will think I'm not firm in my stance if they find out!"

"After all, Lao Yang is the one who made a mistake, and he has been demoted to the lowest level worker in the steel mill!"

"The superiors wanted him to work at the most basic level of the steel mill to make up for the mistakes he made before."

"Just now I was thinking about where to put Lao Yang to work!"

“But I still can’t think of a way to have the best of both worlds!”

Wang Dong did not respond immediately, but frowned and fell into deep thought.

If I remember correctly, Director Yang in the TV series was demoted to the logistics department to sweep the floor and clean the toilets. It was very hard work and the working environment was extremely bad.

Now that Director Li has asked for his opinion, Wang Dong cannot let Director Yang clean the toilet and the place again!
More than ten years later, Director Li will resign for various reasons and leave the steel mill, and the position of the head of the steel mill will return to Director Yang.

In the play, Sha Zhu often sent food and drinks to Director Yang...

When Director Yang becomes the director of the steel rolling mill again in the future, he will directly become the director of the kitchen.

Wang Dong decided to seize this opportunity!
I have little education, no qualifications, and I am young. No matter how hard I try, my future in the steel mill is just so-so.

So Wang Dong will definitely leave the steel rolling mill in the future.

But my own wife is different.

She is well educated and may be able to pass the engineering exam in the future. If things go well, she may be promoted to deputy director of the steel rolling mill, or even compete for the position of director.

When the steel mill’s production and sales get into trouble in the future, I can buy the steel mill and let my wife be the factory director.

Or let my daughter-in-law use the steel mill as a springboard to continue her political career...

No matter which path I choose, I will have to continue staying in the steel mill and work as a subordinate of Director Yang for a period of time.

If I could make Director Yang owe me a favor in the next few years.

No matter how much he dislikes me now, with this favor, he will definitely take better care of his wife in the future and will not retaliate against her like he did to Director Li's other confidants.

Thinking of this, a good idea to kill two birds with one stone suddenly popped up in Wang Dong's mind.

His eyes lit up and he said, "Director..."

"I remember that Yi Zhonghai from Workshop 1 is Director Yang's confidant...why don't we send Director Yang to him as a worker!"

"I know Yi Zhonghai..." "He is a person who only cares about profit and currys favor with the powerful!"

"As long as he knows that Director Yang has made a mistake and has been demoted by his superiors, he will definitely change his job and try to curry favor with the director!"

"Let's send Director Yang to Yi Zhonghai!"

"This old guy will definitely severely punish Director Yang and suppress him in order to curry favor with you, Director!"

"Not only will you not offend anyone, but you will also gain a good reputation in the factory for taking good care of Director Yang!"

"In the eyes of all the workers and cadres in the steel mill, Yi Zhonghai is Director Yang's confidant. You handed Director Yang over to Yi Zhonghai because you wanted Yi Zhonghai to take care of him. That's very kind!"

"As for Yi Zhonghai suppressing Director Yang in order to curry your favor, that has nothing to do with you!"

Seeing that Director Li did not respond, Wang Dong continued: "Of course..."

"I have some thoughts on this, too!"

"Director Zhou knows that Yi Zhonghai and I have never gotten along well, and there have been a lot of irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides!"

"As long as Yi Zhonghai curries favor with you and suppresses Director Yang in order to curry your favor, his reputation in the steel mill will surely be ruined!"

Having said that, Wang Dong still had one more thing to say!
As long as Yi Zhonghai really did something to curry favor with the powerful, he would offend Director Yang to death, and at the same time, he would also make Director Yang re-understand Yi Zhonghai's character.

When Director Yang becomes the head of the steel mill again in the future, Yi Zhonghai, his former confidant, will not only not be valued by the director, but will be further suppressed and will never be able to make a name for himself in the steel mill for the rest of his life.

Director Li was obviously very satisfied with Wang Dong's straightforwardness.

He is a very thoughtful person, and he really doesn't want his subordinates to be too thoughtful.

Wang Dong's frankness undoubtedly touched his heart, and he happily replied: "Your idea is good..."

"If this old fellow Yi Zhonghai is really as sycophantic as you say, sending Lao Yang to work under him is indeed a good choice!"

"Of course……"

"If this old fellow Yi Zhonghai doesn't curry favor with the powerful, we can just replace him with someone else. After all, there are still many of Old Yang's former confidants in the steel mill."

"Someone must be trying to curry favor with the powerful in order to keep his position!"

…………

He Yushui's husband got off work on time as usual. As soon as he walked to the door, he saw his colleague walking towards him in a hurry.

From a distance, he shouted at him: "Lao Qin..."

"Don't be in a hurry to leave work. I found something that seems to be related to you?"

He Yushui's husband frowned and asked back, "Is it related to me?"

The colleague nodded and said, "Is your wife's name He Yuzhu? She lived in the Red Star Courtyard before she married you. Her father ran away with someone when she was very young and ignored her. She has been dependent on her brother since she was a child. Her life was very hard!"

His wife's past was no secret in the unit. After all, they were all police officers, and the unit would conduct some simple investigations on the partners before getting married.

So after hearing what his colleague said, He Yushui's husband did not show any surprise on his face, but continued to ask: "You are right!"

"My wife had a very hard childhood. She lived with her brother and even went out to pick up waste during the most difficult times!"

My colleague immediately responded: "Then your wife must have been tricked by someone!"

"I just went to the post office to investigate something, and I happened to see a few remittance slips to He Yuzhu from Red Star Courtyard!"

"I remember your eldest brother-in-law's name seemed to be He Yuzhu, and the address was correct, but the person who signed on the remittance slip was not He Yuzhu, but a man named Yi Zhonghai."

"I got an idea and checked it out!"

"You don't know the result until you check it out. Once you check it out, you'll be shocked..."

(End of this chapter)