The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 165 You deserve it too

Li Huaide and Liu Hua enjoyed the special meal prepared by their leader, but it was actually not as good as Li Huaide's own meal. Of course, his cooking skills were slightly better than Sha Zhu's, but the ingredients were much scarcer.

Before leaving, the leader gave Liu Hua two sacks filled with local specialties from various places, such as fruits from the south, Hericium erinaceus from the northeast, and sea cucumbers and other good things.

It was impossible for these factory managers to come to Beijing empty-handed. Of course, they had to bring something to improve the food at the headquarters. The leader directly gave some of it to Liu Hua.

Seeing so many delicious foods, Li Huaide, a gourmet, was drooling and reached out to touch them. However, his father-in-law glared at him sternly, with a look that suggested that you are not worthy of them. Li Huaide could only retract his claws.

The two men each carried a sack and walked out of the restaurant. After they had taken a few steps, a man appeared in front of them. They were startled and looked closely. They realized that it was the director of Shougang.

"Hey, you can eat and take it with you."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "The leaders sent me some local specialties from various places. I want to try some of them."

The factory manager took the sack from Liu Hua's shoulder without saying a word and carried it himself. Li Huaide jokingly said, "Old Ding, why don't you carry it for me? Liu Hua is young and strong and can handle it, but I can't."

Director Ding said contemptuously: "You are not worthy of being carried by me!"

Li Huaide said unhappily: "You got what you wanted, why don't you go back and prepare, and wait for our Engineer Liu to guide you in technical transformation."

"No hurry." Director Ding said with a smile: "It will take a few days for those engineers to arrive in Beijing. Let me ask you first, Mr. Liu, where do you live? What do you like to eat? Do you drink? What kind of cigarettes do you smoke? Is there anything missing at home?"

Li Huaide asked nervously, "Why are you asking about this?"

"Engineer Liu will be working in our Shougang company from now on, so I have to take good care of the logistics so that Engineer Liu has no worries."

Li Huaide quickly refused: "No need, just make sure that our Liu Gong works for you without any trouble."

"That's for sure." Director Ding patted his chest and said, "I can still guarantee this, Mr. Liu, let's put it this way, I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Didn't you say we had to wait for those engineers to arrive in Beijing?"

"Then Engineer Liu will have to come and give guidance on the preliminary preparations." Director Ding said cheerfully, "We have many small cars in our factory. I will allocate one specifically for Engineer Liu to use when the time comes."

"You are so obvious." Li Huaide curled his lips and said, "No need. We have a car in the steel mill. I will send one to take Engineer Liu there when the time comes."

"What's the point of your 70% new Jeep?" Director Ding said proudly, "We have an imported car, which is more worthy of Engineer Liu's status and ability."

Li Huaide tried to stop Director Ding from knowing Liu Hua's home address, but he couldn't resist Director Ding who followed him all the way to the courtyard.

Driver Han took the lead. As soon as the car stopped, he got out and carried the sack to send Liu Hua home. The factory director couldn't do this, and neither could the popular people in the factory, so he had to do it.

Yan Fugui hasn't got off work yet, but he has not forgotten his duty as the gatekeeper of the Yan family. When Yan Fugui is not around, his wife sits at the door doing needlework. Maybe she can make some money by watching the people coming in and out.

If Liu Hua had carried the sack today, maybe Third Aunt could have gotten some benefits, but with Driver Han coming in and out so quickly, and with Li Huaide and Liu Hua walking inside, Third Aunt backed off, for she was afraid of causing trouble for her man.

Director Ding also came in. Liu Hua opened the door and invited them in for some water. Director Ding looked around the room. He shook his head and said, "Li Huaide, you don't value Engineer Liu. For such a great engineer, you should assign him a small building for experts or a small building for tubes. You treat him like a talent."

Li Huaide once planned to allocate a tube-shaped apartment to Liu Hua, but Liu Hua refused. What's so good about living in a tube-shaped apartment? It has less privacy than this courtyard house. Besides, it is stuffy in the summer, so Liu Hua declined.

"Director Li assigned it to me. I don't like the tube-shaped building. It's not as comfortable as living in a compound."

This saved Li Huaide. Li Huaide smiled and said, "That's right. Do you think everyone is as ignorant as you, Old Ding? Do you really think that the tube building is a good thing?"

After drinking a few sips of tea, the two factory managers were about to leave. They were still very busy. When Liu Hua saw them off to the door, Factory Manager Ding turned around and said, "It's settled. I'll send someone to pick up Engineer Liu tomorrow."

Li Huaide said bluntly: "What do you mean it's settled? How can it be so fast? Engineer Liu has to arrange the work on hand and go to Shougang next Monday."

"Also."

In just a few days, Director Ding didn't care much and got in his car and drove away. While in the car, he started to think.

Liu Hua really seemed to have everything he needed, so I had to figure out where to start. I might as well send him some rare food. To conquer a man's heart, you have to conquer his stomach first.

Then we should quickly let our own buyers go all over the country to purchase goods. Things near Beijing are not enough, and Li Huaide can't get them either. If we want to get something, we should get something rare that others can't get.

Just when Director Ding was lost in his reverie, Li Huaide's car accelerated from behind and forced Director Ding's car to stop.

Director Ding stuck his head out and said, "Li Huaide, what are you doing? Aren't you afraid of an accident?"

"Mr. Ding, I know what you are up to. I'm telling you to stop thinking about Mr. Liu."

Director Ding smiled and said, "The leader has already given the order, so what else can I do? Now our goals should be the same."

Li Huaide frowned and said unhappily, "What goal?"

"We must keep Engineer Liu in Beijing." Director Ding said seriously, "There are many factory directors outside who are more powerful than us. We cannot let them transfer Engineer Liu away. It doesn't matter if Engineer Liu is in your steel rolling mill. At least it is close to Shougang. We can ask him for advice if we have any questions. If he really goes to other places, it will be out of reach."

Seeing that Li Huaide didn't quite believe it, Director Ding smiled and said, "I'm just trying to get close to Engineer Liu and make him popular. In the future, I'd like to ask Engineer Liu to pay more attention to our Shougang business. Isn't that okay?"

Li Huaide nodded: "Then let's form an offensive and defensive alliance for the time being, and we must not let big factories like Anshan Iron and Steel transfer Engineer Liu away."

The two of them high-fived and swore an oath, which meant they were temporarily united in facing the outside world.

Their worries were not groundless. For a large factory like Anshan Iron and Steel, their factory director visited his old leader and saw the plan. He praised it highly and started to persuade his old leader to see if Liu Hua could be transferred.

What's more, the ministry now has a planned Panzhihua Iron and Steel project which is about to be built. Although the person in charge of Panzhihua Iron and Steel has not yet taken office, he has also been thinking about Liu Hua. Isn't this a ready-made chief engineer?

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