Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 875 Xu Fugui Comes to Ask for Help!
Jia Dongming walked into the room, reached for the telephone placed to the side, shook the handset a few times, then picked up the receiver and politely said, "Hello comrade! Could you please transfer me to number 225?"

"Hello! This is the Li family. Who are you looking for?" The call was quickly connected. Before Jia Dongming could even speak, a young girl's polite voice came through the phone.

Upon hearing the young woman's question, Jia Dongming immediately smiled and asked, "Hello! Is Factory Manager Li home? Could you please call him for me?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, the girl immediately called out to Li Huaide, who was sitting beside her reading a newspaper, "Dad! It's your phone."

Upon hearing his youngest daughter's words, Li Huaide put down his newspaper and asked curiously, "Jingfang! Who's looking for me?"

When the girl heard Li Huaide's question, she handed him the microphone and replied with a smile, "Dad! The other party didn't say, so I don't know who it is."

Li Huaide took the microphone from his daughter, held it to his ear, and politely asked, "Hello! This is Li Huaide. May I ask who this is?"

Upon hearing Li Huaide's inquiry, Jia Dongming greeted him with a smile, saying, "Hello, Director Li! This is Jia Dongming. I hope my call at this hour hasn't disturbed your rest?"

Upon learning that the caller was Jia Dongming, Li Huaide, on the other end of the phone, laughed and replied, "Director Jia! I thought it was someone else calling me, but it's you! Why did you suddenly call me today? Is there something you need?"

Upon hearing Li Huaide's question, Jia Dongming glanced at Sha Zhu standing beside him and asked Li Huaide with a smile, "Director Li! I heard that Xu Damao has been arrested. What exactly happened? How come I didn't receive any prior notice?"

When Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming ask about Xu Damao's arrest, he was somewhat surprised. However, he quickly realized that Jia Dongming and Xu Damao were neighbors living in the same compound, and then he understood why Jia Dongming was concerned about Xu Damao's arrest.

After figuring out the reason, Li Huaide explained to Jia Dongming: "Director Jia! The situation is like this: in the past two years, many young people have gone back to the city from the countryside. Because of the shortage of job positions, many of them can only wait for the street office to arrange jobs after they return."

"Two years ago, the steel rolling mill expanded two workshops because of new equipment, right? At that time, Xu Damao was the deputy director, and the factory assigned him two work quotas. So someone approached Xu Damao and offered a high price to buy those two work quotas from him."

"The selling price of those two job quotas gave Xu Damao a way to make money. So Xu Damao bought job quotas at the factory at a low price and then resold them to people who needed jobs at a high price. Originally, this was a mutually agreeable thing. However, before Xu Damao took the money, he promised to arrange a fitter position for the person. But because all the fitter positions in the factory were full, he assigned the person to the logistics and cleaning team to do cleaning."

“Young people these days are all proud and arrogant, how could they possibly be willing to be cleaners? So the other party’s parents came to Xu Damao and said they didn’t want to be cleaners and demanded that Xu Damao return the money. Because the cleaner’s job quota was bought by Xu Damao from a retired old man in the factory. Now that old man has gone back to his hometown to retire, and Xu Damao can’t find him. Naturally, he is unwilling to pay the other party to return the money, so the other party reported Xu Damao.”

After hearing Li Huaide's explanation, Jia Dongming finally understood the whole story and asked Li Huaide curiously, "Director Li! Which department took Xu Damao away? In his case, will he be sentenced to prison?" Li Huaide smiled and explained to Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! Although Xu Damao is greedy, he was careful when selling job quotas. He always operated through intermediaries. If no one helped him bribe officials, he would probably be sentenced to one or two years. If someone helped him bribe officials, he would be dismissed from his public office."

When Jia Dongming heard the news from Li Huaide, he finally understood the whole story. He then smiled and said to Li Huaide, "Director Li! I was wondering why Xu Damao was suddenly arrested. So that's what happened."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, Li Huaide smiled and said to Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! When I promoted Xu Damao before, I thought he was a capable person, but after this incident, I realized how foolish Xu Damao is."

"Take that cleaner's job quota for example! He returned the money to the person in charge, but the job quota is still in his own hands. Although being a cleaner isn't a respectable job, it's still a formal job, and there are plenty of people who want this job. But this guy doesn't even know how to do the math, and in the end, he got himself into trouble."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's words, Jia Dongming nodded in agreement and replied, "Director Li! You're right. Xu Damao brought this upon himself and deserves to suffer like this."

After understanding the real reason why Xu Damao was arrested, Jia Dongming smiled and said goodbye to Li Huaide, "Director Li! It's almost time for lunch, so I won't disturb you any longer."

Seeing that Li Huaide had finished his call, Sha Zhu, who was standing nearby, immediately asked Jia Dongming impatiently, "Brother Dongming! Have you found out about Xu Damao's matter? Is there any chance for things to be resolved?"

When Jia Dongming heard Sha Zhu's question, he remembered the information Li Huaide had told him on the phone. He smiled and introduced to Sha Zhu, "Zhuzi! Xu Damao's matter could result in imprisonment at worst, or at least losing his job. The key is to find someone to pull some strings."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's explanation and learning that Xu Damao might be sentenced, Sha Zhu immediately said to Jia Dongming, "Brother Dongming! I'll go find Xu Damao's parents right now and tell them that Xu Damao has been arrested!"

"Dongming! Is Dongming home?" Just as Shazhu finished speaking, Xu Damou's father, Xu Fugui, asked from outside.

"Speak of the devil and he appears!" Jia Dongming heard Xu Fugui's question from outside and his face immediately showed surprise. He smiled and said something to Sha Zhu before walking outside.

As Jia Dongming stepped out of the house, he saw Xu Fugui and his wife carrying gifts. He quickly greeted Xu Fugui warmly, saying, "Uncle Xu! Zhuzi was just about to come looking for you, but I didn't expect you to come first."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, Xu Fugui immediately understood that Jia Dongming must already know about Xu Damao's arrest. He quickly asked Jia Dongming, "Dongming! Since you already know about Damao's situation, I won't beat around the bush. Do you think you can help my Damao think of a way?"

(End of this chapter)