Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Before Yan Bugui could say anything more, Yi Zhonghai suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

After Yan Bugui left, Yi Zhonghai's heart also left.

He is different from Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui wanted to gain an advantage, while he wanted to obtain firsthand information.

He desperately wanted to know what Liu Guangqi was up to when he came back.

Faced with the choice between saving face and gathering information, Yi Zhonghai chose to return and gather information.

Compared to saving face, Yi Zhonghai cares more about his retirement.

Seeing Xu Damao and Yan Bugui sitting in the backyard, Yi Zhonghai felt a nameless dissatisfaction rise in his heart.

This dissatisfaction was not directed at Xu Damao, but at Yan Bugui.

Yi Zhonghai discovered that Yan Bugui was truly hopeless and utterly incompetent.

I've told him everything. Xu Damao is a despicable person who only does things that harm others for his own benefit.

Yan Bugui was still pestering Xu Damao.

He didn't even consider that Xu Damao had never helped anyone in the courtyard.

"Old Yan, what are you doing?"

Upon seeing Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui had no choice but to temporarily abandon his scheme against Xu Damao.

"Old Yi, why are you back?"

"I came to find you. Where's Lao Liu? Isn't he home?"

"He's at home. He's inside."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai bypassed Xu Damao and entered the Liu family's house. Yan Bugui followed him inside.

A short while later, the three Liu brothers came out.

Liu Guangqi sat down opposite Xu Damao: "Did you just have a fight with Uncle San?"

Xu Damao said, "We didn't argue, we just exchanged a few words. Why did you come out?"

Liu Guangqi tilted his head and looked at his own home: "My dad is chatting with my first uncle and my third uncle."

I didn't understand what they were talking about, so I left.

To put it nicely, they don't understand; in reality, they're not interested.

Especially the things Yi Zhonghai said, whether openly or secretly, were all about filial piety.

Liu Guangqi didn't want to talk about this, so he asked, "Da Mao, can you do me a favor?"

Xiaoling is now in charge of our unit.

Ask her to talk to our factory leaders and ask them to give me a chance.

I've been this section chief for several years now.

It might be caused by the genes in the bangs.

In the past two years, Liu Guangqi has been very keen on becoming an official.

Last year during the Spring Festival, I specifically chose the day when Xu Damao was in the courtyard.

I mentioned this to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao brushed him off at the time. Unexpectedly, after so much time had passed, Liu Guangqi brought it up again.

"Didn't I tell you? I can't interfere in Xiaoling's affairs."

Xu Damao was not keen to help with this matter, and felt it was unnecessary.

The department heads and section chiefs in the factory now carry far less weight than before.

Getting promoted became much easier.

In Xu Damao's view, as long as he brought gifts to the factory leaders, there would be no problem.

There's really no need to ask Xu Xiaoling to come forward.

Of course, even if he asked, Xu Xiaoling might not help. Xu Xiaoling certainly wouldn't listen to Xu Damao.

Liu Guangqi, however, did not believe Xu Damao's words and always thought that Xu Damao was unwilling to help.

"You really don't want to help me."

Xu Damao said helplessly, "It's not that I'm unwilling to help. Do you really need to ask Xiaoling for help with such a small matter?"

Listen to me, go buy two bottles of Moutai and two cartons of good cigarettes.

Take it to your factory manager after get off work.

Say a few nice words, and the matter will be settled.

Liu Guangqi stood up angrily: "Our factory director doesn't like me, so he won't agree."

If you don't want to help, fine, I'll go find Uncle Li.

Xu Damao was startled by his behavior, and only came to his senses after Liu Guangqi left the backyard.

He thought about it and realized that the words sounded familiar.

"Don't you guys feel that what Guangqi just said sounds familiar?"

Liu Guangtian whispered, "That's what my dad said when you were their workshop director."

Xu Damao suddenly realized.

When Liu Haizhong couldn't get an official position, he complained about the workshop director in the same way.

“Why is your brother so eager to become an official, just like your father?” Liu Guangfu replied, “We don’t know. We hardly ever see him throughout the year.”

If it weren't for..."

Liu Guangtian, fearing that the people inside would find out, stopped him.

"I probably learned it from my dad."

Xu Damao knew what Liu Guangtian meant by stopping him.

"Well, another career-obsessed person has joined your family."

Liu Guangfu nodded in agreement, muttering under his breath, "Still an incompetent bureaucrat."

Liu Guangtian didn't mince words: "Exactly. Their factory isn't exactly a big one."

His section chief position, if taken to a steel rolling mill, would at most be equivalent to a deputy section chief.

The two of them quickly shut their mouths.

Liu Guangqi's relationship with the Li family was just so-so, and Li Dagen would never ask Li Pan for help.

Back in the backyard, after sitting down, Liu Guangqi's face was gloomy.

He couldn't understand why no one was willing to help him.

"Guangtian, Guangfu, what's the relationship between our family and the Li family?"

"It's alright," Liu Guangtian replied.

Liu Guangqi said with dissatisfaction, "What do you mean by 'usually'? Our family and the Li family have been neighbors for decades, how have we maintained our relationship?"

Liu Guangfu said, "Go ask our dad. He's helping Uncle Yi against the Li family, no wonder they have a good relationship with us."

Liu Guangqi reluctantly shut his mouth.

He naturally understood what was going on.

The Li family had a good relationship with He Yuzhu, which ruined Yi Zhonghai's plan to deal with He Yuzhu, thus offending Yi Zhonghai.

Also because of his good relationship with He Yuzhu, Yan Bugui felt that the Li family had stolen his opportunity and therefore did not get along with them.

There are three old men in the courtyard, and two of them have a bad relationship with the Li family.

Liu Haizhong, the only old man among them, couldn't afford to be isolated; he had to treat the Li family with disdain.

Liu Guangqi understood that this was not something Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu could decide.

Blaming them both is completely useless.

Left with no other option, Liu Guangqi turned his attention back to Xu Damao.

"Tell me your conditions. I'll agree to anything."

Xu Damao was speechless.

"I have no conditions. If you want to be an official, just do as I say."

If you want to become an official, you must remember this mantra.

"No bribes, no favors, leave it to fate; bribes without favors, stay in the same place; bribes and favors, and you'll be promoted and given important responsibilities."

Liu Guangtian found it particularly reasonable: "Brother Da Mao, is this your summary?"

Xu Damao said, "I don't have that ability. This is what He Yuzhu concluded."

He always had to run around delivering gifts during every holiday.

This is all based on his experience.

Liu Guangfu said, "No wonder Director Li of the steel rolling mill valued him so much back then."

Zhu Zi Ge really knows how to have fun.

Brother, listen to this.

If you want to become an official, then learn from others.

Liu Guangqi said somewhat angrily, "You think I didn't do that?"

The factory management has a problem with me, what can I do?

"Why do they have a problem with you?" Xu Damao asked curiously.

Liu Guangqi has brought this up more than once. But he has never explained why his superiors have a negative opinion of him.

This is even worse than bangs.

At least Liu Haizhong knew back then that the workshop director looked down on him because of his lack of education.

Liu Guangqi fell silent.

He didn't know why the factory leaders had a problem with him.

Even the idea of ​​having objections was something he came up with himself.

He had no idea what his superiors truly thought of him.

In the past two years, there have been several opportunities for promotion in the factory, and he thought it would be his turn.

They gave the last chance to someone else.

The repeated missed opportunities made him increasingly anxious.

In his anxiety, instead of looking for the cause within himself, Liu Guangqi blamed others and complained about his superiors.

Liu Guangqi's current appearance is really starting to resemble Liu Haizhong more and more. (End of Chapter)