Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

At the door of the factory director's office, Yi Zhonghai and Bang Geng were extremely excited, as if they had already seen their bright future after being promoted, and the corners of their mouths unconsciously curled up.

On the way here, Banggeng felt that he walked more confidently than before.

He held his head high and chest out, with an air of superiority.

They both believed that their report on Wang Dong's surrender yesterday was seen by the new factory director, otherwise the new factory director would not have contacted them, two ordinary employees, to find out the situation for no reason.

When they were almost at the door, Yi Zhonghai was afraid that Bang Geng would not think before speaking and say something he shouldn't, which would affect the good impression the two of them had on the new factory director and ultimately affect their future.

For this reason, Yi Zhonghai specifically told Bang Geng not to talk nonsense.

As long as Yi Zhonghai's own future is guaranteed, Banggeng will have a future in the steel mill.

After all, Yi Zhonghai has worked in the steel mill for decades and is a veritable old employee of the steel mill. He was also an eighth-level fitter in the steel mill and has no technical problems.

If the new factory director decides to promote him to cadre, it is reasonable and no one can say anything.

Banggeng is different. Because of mistakes he made, he is still an apprentice.

More importantly, he has never taken the grading test, so no one knows how good his locksmith skills are.

Even if the new factory director really lists Banggeng as his confidant and a key training target, it is impossible for him to skip several levels and become a cadre directly.

If this is done, there will definitely be a lot of opposition in the steel mill, and it will also have a bad impact on the new director's control of the steel mill. If the new director has a little bit of common sense, he will not vigorously promote Bang Geng.

Yi Zhonghai was particularly worried that after Banggeng met the new factory director, he would not see his promotion and would gain nothing, so he said something that would displease the new factory director.

Banggeng also knew that Yi Zhonghai did this for his own good. Although he still felt a little unwilling in his heart and wanted to surpass those co-workers who had entered the steel mill with him so that they would never dare to laugh at him again, he still nodded in agreement.

Standing at the door of the factory director's office, Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, looked at Banggeng and instructed again: "Banggeng... don't talk nonsense when you go in... I'm knocking on the door..."

Seeing Banggeng nodded seriously, Yi Zhonghai knocked on the door of Director Yang's office with great anticipation.

"Come in……"

A familiar yet somewhat strange voice soon came from the office.

It feels familiar because I heard this sound many years ago, and it feels strange because I haven’t heard this sound for many years.

Although I was very confused, I didn't think too much about it. I carefully pushed open the door and walked in.

"Report to the factory director..."

"I'm Yi Zhonghai from Workshop 1, and next to me is my apprentice Bang Geng. I heard that you wanted to find us to learn something..."

Having said this, Yi Zhonghai couldn't continue, and the expectant expression on his face was replaced by shock.

My mouth opened wide, my eyes widened, I couldn't believe what I saw.

Because he saw a very familiar figure: Director Yang...

If it were ten years ago, he would have been very excited to see Director Yang become the head of the steel rolling mill again.

Because at that time he was still Director Yang's confidant.

Director Yang has once again become the head of the steel rolling mill. As his confidant, Yi Zhonghai will certainly have no problem getting promoted, or at least regaining his status as an eighth-level fitter.

It was different now. In the past ten years, in order to curry favor with Director Li and stabilize his position in the first workshop, Yi Zhonghai not only betrayed Director Yang, but also turned his back on him, using Director Yang as a stepping stone to join Director Li. He suppressed Director Yang in the first workshop and almost took his life. It was not an exaggeration to describe the relationship between the two as enemies.

In addition to this, several other incidents occurred against Director Yang later.

Yi Zhonghai believed that Director Yang in front of him would definitely not forgive him.

It was unexpected that such a person who was offended by me would become the new head of the steel mill. This was simply shocking.

Compared with Yi Zhonghai's complicated expression, Bang Geng's reaction was even more exaggerated, with an expression of fear and panic on his face.

Because when Director Yang was demoted to a workshop, it was he who personally suppressed Director Yang.

At that time, Director Yang was so tired that he could hardly stand up. In order to curry favor with Director Li, Banggeng still forced them to continue working, and started scolding them in the most unpleasant way possible.

Speaking of conflicts, the ones between Banggeng and Director Yang are almost all direct conflicts.

If Director Yang really intended to retaliate against the two people, he would definitely be the first to be hit.

Thinking of this, beads of sweat began to flow down Bang Geng's forehead like rain. Facing Director Yang's gaze, he felt nervous, terrified, and guilty...

"Master Yi... Great... You all seem very surprised to see me... I was the director of the steel mill ten years ago. My superiors trusted me very much, and I was very familiar with the production of the steel mill, so they asked me to return to the steel mill to take charge of the work..."

"Come to think of it, we worked together as co-workers for more than half a month..."

"I still remember that time very clearly..."

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai and Banggeng were getting more and more nervous and about to lose their balance, Director Yang changed the subject and continued, "I received your letter of complaint about Comrade Wang Dong in the kitchen..."

"I called you here today to discuss this report letter."

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's expression finally looked much better.

In his opinion, even if Director Yang planned to take revenge on himself and Bang Geng after becoming the head of the steel rolling mill, he would still drag Wang Dong's family down with him to be buried with him.

Back then, Wang Dong, as Director Li’s confidant, had repeatedly opposed Director Yang, causing Director Yang to lose face in front of the workers.

From this we can see that Director Yang’s hatred for Wang Dong is no less than his own.

Now that Director Li has fallen and Director Yang has become the head of the steel rolling mill again, Yi Zhonghai believes that he will definitely vent the grievances he suffered from Wang Dong before.

Otherwise, Director Yang would not have come up and discussed his letter of complaint against Wang Dong.

He forced himself to calm down, and answered confidently as Director Yang looked at him: "Director..."

"Everything we said in the report letter is true..."

"Wang Dong was indeed nepotistic and corrupt during his tenure as the kitchen director of the steel mill..."

"Two team leaders in the steel mill kitchen are his apprentices. One team leader is He Yuzhu, who also obeys Wang Dong's orders. Although the remaining team leaders are not Wang Dong's apprentices, they are all half-apprentices trained by Wang Dong."

"As a result, the entire steel mill was firmly in his hands, and not even a needle could get in."

"Moreover, over the past ten years, several of our neighbors in the courtyard have entered the steel mill as apprentices through Wang Dong's channels, and a few have directly entered the kitchen. Don't you think this is nepotism?" (End of this chapter)