The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 222 Deep Thoughts Triggered by Infidelity

After leaving the tenement building, Qian went into Wang Dong's house.

Wang Dong was happily drinking at home when his wife opened the door and Qian Jin entered, which made him stare wide-eyed:
"Hey, Chief Qian?"

He quickly gestured for Qian Jin to sit down: "You should have let me know you were coming, so I could have asked my wife to prepare some good snacks to go with the drinks..."

"Use it as a snack, use it as a snack? Use it as a snack?" Wang Dong's wife scolded him angrily.

Wang Dongbao glared and shouted, "This is the first time Chief Qian has come to our house, don't cause me any trouble!"

Wang Dong's wife was scolded by him, her eyes reddened, and she left sobbing.

Wang Dong looked grim. He sighed and said, "Hey, Chief Qian, how about we go out to eat? I know a restaurant on Wutaishan Road..."

"Wait, wait, I didn't come here for dinner." Qian Jin looked at Wang Dong's wife's retreating figure with a puzzled expression. "Did I come at the wrong time?"

He felt that there was no need to use a question to answer this question.

Wang Dong chuckled awkwardly, "No, no, no, Chief Qian, any time is a good time for you to come. It's my wife who doesn't know her place and has no manners, making you a laughingstock."

Wang Dong's wife, who had already reached the door, said indignantly, "Dongzi, do you have no conscience at all!"

Wang Dong slammed his hand on the table, causing the surface to shake violently.

Qian Jin stopped him and said, "What's wrong? Sister-in-law, tell me."

"Sigh, to be honest, I can't control my family affairs, but I still have a sense of right and wrong. If Dong-ge is wrong, I will definitely stand with you to deal with him!"

Wang Dong's wife burst into tears on the spot: "Dongzi, he..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wang Dong's face changed. "Wife, we can talk things out between the two of us. If you spread this around and outsiders hear it, my career will be over!"

Qian Jin said, "Am I an outsider again now?"

Wang Dong was taken aback and said awkwardly, "Then... then is that right?"

"Is it true or not? What exactly happened?" Qian Jin asked.

Wang Dong's wife wiped away her tears, but in the end, she didn't say anything, pushed open the door, and went out.

Qian Jin frowned at Wang Dong: "What's wrong with you? Have you been embezzling or engaging in extramarital affairs?"

Wang Dong's face was very ugly. He stood there, took out a cigarette, squatted down, and started smoking.

Qian Jin's face was also very ugly: "You didn't embezzle and engage in corruption and having affairs, did you?"

Wang Dong smiled wryly and said, "No way, I'm just a security guard, what corruption could I possibly have done?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Jin understood: "You've been having an affair?"

Wang Dong said in a panic, "Chief Qian, please keep your voice down..."

"Hey!" Qian Jin slammed his fist on the table in anger. "I'm really fed up! Have you gotten tired of the good life? Have you really cheated on me?!"

Wang Dong said dejectedly, "I...I didn't mean to. It was an accident, something unexpected happened."

"It's like this, really, Chief Qian, listen to me..."

"Stop with the nonsense and get straight to the point. What's going on?" Qian Jin asked angrily.

Wang Dong took two deep drags on his cigarette, sighed, and said, "Sigh, you know there are a lot of female workers in our unit."

"Then there was a nurse in our unit's clinic named Qiao Li. Her husband used to be a sailor, but he died in an accident at sea, leaving her to raise her son alone."

“Someone in my workplace was bullying her. I couldn’t stand it, so I stood up for her a few times, and that’s how we got closer.”

“Others saw this, and rumors started spreading. My wife heard these rumors…”

Qian Jin sneered upon hearing this: "Are you kidding me? I'll just ask you the most direct question: Has it been approved yet?"

Wang Dong said helplessly, "Chief Qian, you're supposed to be an educated man, how can you say such vulgar things?"

“That’s a daily approval!” Qian Jin continued with a sneer.

Wang Dong tried to explain, "Chief Qian, that really was an accident. What happened?"

"It's because Qiao Li's son, Jiefang, is quite introverted. He's often bullied by some kids at school, who call him a fatherless bastard. When I found out, I went to his school a few times to stand up for him and teach those brats a lesson."

"Furthermore, in order to protect Jiefang—I really did it to protect Jiefang—I recognized Jiefang as my godson and became his godfather."

Qian Jin said sarcastically, "Well, you're actually a pretty nice person."

Wang Dong smiled awkwardly: "Well, you know me, I'm a very chauvinistic guy."

Qian Jin said, "You went into someone's orchard to pick their melons, and you saw someone's child and missed their mother. You were after the mother, so stop trying to use male chauvinism to take the blame!"

Wang Dong argued, "It was an accident! It was all an accident!"

“That day was Jiefang’s birthday. He invited a few close classmates to celebrate with him. I thought, am I not his godfather? Shouldn’t I go and celebrate his birthday? Also, Qiao Li said that Jiefang has never had a male elder by his side on his birthday since he was a child.”

“I figured I had to go, not for any other reason than to let my good friend Jiefang see that he really does have a godfather protecting him.”

"Who knew I'd drink too much that night... sigh!"

Qian Jin couldn't help but laugh: "Do you think I've never been drunk? A drunk man's body is limp, how can he even get things done?"

"Wang Dong, I find you pretty boring. You used to be someone important, daring and heroic. How come you're making excuses for doing things now?"

Wang Dong rubbed his head, sighing repeatedly.

Qian Jin was disappointed in him and wanted to scold him, but after thinking about it, he sighed and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have tried to send you to the No. 6 State-owned Cotton Mill as a security guard."

"I should have kept you in the labor shock brigade. You really can't control your crotch!"

He should have thought of this a long time ago.

When Wang Dong learned that he could get into the No. 6 State-owned Cotton Mill, his first thought was that there were many women there.

Although he tried to make amends by saying he would find Qian Jin a partner, Qian Jin knew it was all nonsense.

Wang Dong said awkwardly, "No, Chief Qian, this isn't your fault..."

"Fuck you! You fucking bastard!" Qian Jin cursed angrily. "I can just reflect on my own actions, but you're putting on airs and actually think this is my fault?"

"Fine, this is my fault, I admit it. I'll use my connections to get you out of the No. 6 State-Owned Cotton Mill tomorrow!"

Wang Dong knew that he was capable of anything when he was angry, and that he could even succeed in doing so, which terrified him.
"No, Chief Qian, please don't do this. I'm doing very well in my unit, and you even helped me pull some strings with the leaders. I'll be promoted soon, and I should get one of the new officer positions in our section this year..."

"Are you even doing this job? Look at your own character! With this kind of character, you think you can be a good person?" Qian Jin angrily rebuked him.

Wang Dong looked worried again and lit another cigarette.

Qian Jin snatched the cigarette and slammed it to the ground: "Smoke, smoke, smoke. Are you going to stick it in later?"

"Speak to me, what's the current situation? How do you plan to handle it?"

Wang Dong looked up at Qian Jin, then stammered, "I'm sorry to Fang'er. I'm a beast. I'm not good enough for her anymore. I'm willing to divorce her..."

"I won't get a divorce!" The door was suddenly yanked open, and Wang Dong's wife, Song Yunfang, came in with tears streaming down her face.

Qian Jin took a look.

It turned out that Wang Dong's wife hadn't gone far from home; she had been listening through the door the whole time.

Wang Dong glared, and Qian Jin's face darkened as he pointed at him.

He immediately felt dejected: "Wife, Fang'er, I'm sorry for this. I was in the wrong first."

"I...I'm tainted. I can't face you anymore. Let's get a divorce. I'll give you...I'll give you all the money in the house."

Song Yunfang was filled with grief and indignation: "Dongzi, is that human language?"

"I was eighteen when I got together with you. Yes, I'm from the countryside, and I was lucky to marry you because you have a city residency permit..."

"Sister-in-law, don't talk about this, don't talk about this," Qian Jin comforted her. "Don't worry, with me here, justice will prevail. When it comes to matters of the heart, I will always side with what is right, not with my own family."

Wiping away her tears, Song Yunfang clapped her hands and said to Qian Jin, "Chief Qian, you know my family's situation."

“After Wang Dong returned to the city, he had no job at all; he stayed in the labor shock brigade the whole time.”

"Yes, the labor commando team is doing well now, but that's all thanks to you, Chief Qian. If it weren't for you, with Wang Dong's bad temper, he would have stayed in the labor commando team for life!"

That's pretty much true.

Wang Dong had nothing to say and could only continue smoking in silence.

Song Yunfang continued wiping away her tears and said, "When we first returned to the city, there were two adults and two children. What could Wang Dong do on the street for fifteen yuan a month? Sometimes he didn't even work, and he couldn't even scrape together fifteen yuan a month."

“At that time, my parents-in-law were unwilling to talk to my family anymore. There was nothing they could do. Wang Dong had eight siblings, and my parents-in-law didn’t care about their good-for-nothing son.”

"How will my family eat? I can only say that although I have moved to the city, I have to go back to the production team to continue working. Fortunately, our team leader is my cousin, and he gave me a work point. My parents, brother and sister-in-law are easy to talk to, and they send grain to my family every few days."

At this point, she glared at Wang Dong and said, "Dongzi, tell me, am I lying or not?"

"How much grain have my parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law given our family over the years? Isn't that right? Tell me, isn't that right!"

Wang Dong grunted, "Yes, yes, but our family has about a thousand yuan in savings now. I'll give it all to you; it'll be enough to repay the grain your parents have given us over the years..."

Qian Jin rushed up and started tearing at him: "What kind of nonsense are you spouting? Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are supporting your family with grain because you're rich enough to give them some money? How can you be such a bastard!"

He said to Song Yunfang, "Go and call Xu Weidong, Zhou Yaozu, and Wei Xiongtu to your house."

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong panicked: "Chief Qian, surely we don't need to make such a big fuss?"

Qian Jin ignored him and said to Song Yunfang, "Go! Call! Someone!"

Song Yunfang hesitated, then sobbed, "Chief Qian, this can't get out, otherwise Dongzi won't be able to get promoted..."

Qian Jinqi laughed: "You really are... I'm impressed. You and Wang Dong are truly a wonderful couple."

"He's about to abandon his wife and children to raise someone else's kids, and you're still thinking about his future?"

"Other people's children will soon have fathers, while your child will soon be fatherless!"

Song Yunfang looked at Wang Dong with teary eyes: "Dongzi, no way? You're just trying to scare me, aren't you? You really want a divorce?"

Wang Dong didn't say anything. After breaking free from Qian Jin's grasp, he walked to the corner and banged his head against the wall.

Song Yunfang was stunned by this.

No, are you serious?

She said in a panic, "Okay, okay, I won't blame you for this. I won't get angry with you anymore. But we can't get a divorce."

"Otherwise, how can Da Long and Xiao Feng go out on the street? People will say they are bastards without a father!"

Qian Jin figured it out.

Song Yunfang has no tricks or schemes, and she's not cunning at all.

He simply pushed Song Yunfang out: "If you still want to save this family, go and call her here!"

Song Yunfang panicked and ran downstairs crying.

When Qian Jin came back, he asked, "Stop fucking banging your head against the wall. If you have any guts, go to the roof and do a headfirst somersault."

"I'm asking you, is Qiao Li pretty?"

Wang Dong, holding his head, said, "I can't compare to Teacher Wei..."

"You're quite the complimenter. How many people can compare to Teacher Wei?" Qian Jin said impatiently. "Tell me the truth, how beautiful is she? Do you have any photos?"

Wang Dong raised his head with difficulty: "There are no photos, but she is indeed beautiful, similar to Director Wei, but younger and better looking than Director Wei."

Qian Jin found out.

Wang Dong was lusting after other women's bodies.

Wei Xiangmi is outstanding in both appearance and figure. If Wei Xiangmi were ten or twenty years younger, or if the younger version of Wei Xiangmi were not yet married, Qian Jin would probably have made his move on her long ago.

And Song Yunfang...

Qian Jin couldn't compare her to Wei Xiangmi.

No matter how simply Wei Xiangmi dresses or how plainly she is dressed, she is still a beautiful and charming woman.

Song Yunfang was an ordinary village woman, with an appearance not much different from the mother of the four children: thick waist, thick legs, thick neck, and calluses on her hands thicker than her fingernails.

But Song Yunfang is a good woman. She became like this because she didn't have the means to take care of herself.

As a child, she worked hard in the countryside to earn work points at a young age. When she was young, she married Wang Dong, who was sent to the countryside, and then worked even harder in the fields to earn work points.

Later, he followed Wang Dong back to the city. Since neither he nor his child had a non-agricultural household registration, they couldn't get marketable grain and had to frequently go back to the countryside to earn work points.

Even so, she still manages to take care of her child!
Qian Jin pondered for a moment, then said to Wang Dong, "I understand. You're infatuated with Qiao Li. You want to find a beautiful woman to sleep with, and you don't think much of your current wife anymore."

Wang Dong said, "Chief Qian, to be honest, I am a lecherous man, and I really can't control myself."

"When I was sent to the countryside, my parents repeatedly told me to keep my pants down and not to find a partner."

"But I can't control them!"

"It was an accident that Fang'er and I got together. I didn't like her looks at all. But one time, we went to the commune on business and it started raining. We ran into a dilapidated house to take shelter from the rain, and we couldn't resist and ended up getting married. That's why I had no choice but to marry her..."

Qian Jin waved his hand: "I understand. If you've made up your mind, then I respect your opinion." "But I'll be frank with you from now on, we're not friends anymore, we're just former colleagues."

"You don't need to stay in the labor shock brigade anymore. I'll give all your share of the profits to your wife and kids. Of course, I can't interfere with your work in the security department, and I won't cause you any trouble..."

"No!" Wang Dong exclaimed anxiously. "Chief Qian, please don't do this. It's fine for you to give the profits to the mother and her two children. Actually, I decided on this a long time ago. But we can't break off our relationship. I haven't done anything to wrong you!"

Qian Jin angrily said, "If you divorce Song Yunfang because you're attracted to her, then you're doing me a disservice!"

"When Teacher Wei finds out what kind of person you are, and I'm still your friend, then tell me what I am to Teacher Wei? Am I just like you?!"

Wang Dong needed to explain.

There was a loud banging on the door.

Xu Weidong shouted, "Open the door! Open the door now! Let me in! What are you two doing in there?"

The money went in and the door opened.

Xu Weidong squeezed in with a T-shirt draped over his shoulders, his face covered in sweat like oil, his chest appearing even broader, bobbing as he ran.

What are you guys doing?

Qian Jin pointed at Wang Dong: "Speak if you want to, otherwise forget it."

Wang Dong sighed and said, "I don't have any complaints about Lao Xu. He probably already knows that I slept with Qiao Li..."

"Damn, is it good?" Xu Weidong asked, his eyes wide.

Qian Jin was stunned.

Did I invite you here for a risqué nighttime chat?
He kicked Xu Weidong, who stumbled and asked angrily, "Old Qian, what are you doing?"

Qian Jin glared at him: "What are you talking about! Is that the point?"

Xu Weidong shrank back: "I accidentally blurted out what was on my mind. The main thing is, Brother Dong, you actually slept with that slut? What did I tell you? This is going to get you into trouble!"

Qian Jin glanced at him sideways: "You know about this?"

Xu Weidong nodded: "Yeah, Dong-ge talked to me about Qiao Li from his workplace. That woman is no pushover. I advised Dong-ge that he should only talk about it and have some fun with her, but he should keep his belt on tight."

Upon hearing this, Qian Jin sensed something was amiss: "Why isn't Qiao Li easy to deal with?"

Xu Weidong, who loves gossip, immediately perked up:

"Well, after Dong Ge talked to me about Qiao Li, he also asked me to support Qiao Li's son."

“A few scoundrels bullied Qiao Li’s son. Brother Dong dealt with them as a security guard. I also used my background in the Anti-Voting Office to scare their parents—the parents of those scoundrels had been to the black market.”

Qian Jin said, "Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about Qiao Li. You said Qiao Li is a slut? And that she's not someone to be trifled with? What's going on?"

Xu Weidong, full of energy and confidence, said: "It's like this. After I saw that Brother Dong had taken a liking to Qiao Li, I asked around in private and found out that Qiao Li is a flirtatious woman."

“Her family was an outsider from the beginning. After they arrived, she was sent to the countryside by the neighborhood committee where her family lived.”

"After being sent to the countryside, she married the son of the brigade secretary and had her current child. Later, she found out that the policy had loosened and she could return to the countryside, so she came back!"

"We all know that educated youth need a stamp from the educated youth office to return to their hometowns. The head of the educated youth office in her area is notorious for being lecherous. How do you think she got that stamp..."

"This is all slander!" Wang Dong exclaimed, unable to bear it any longer. "Old Xu, I'm warning you, you can't slander people like this!"

Xu Weidong's eyes widened: "I'm slandering you? Slandering whom? Do you dare to let Qiao Li confront me face to face?"

“I guarantee this information is absolutely true, because I have checked it out. This matter caused a disturbance in their educated youth office. Her brigade secretary father-in-law and her husband led a group of commune members to make a scene. However, the educated youth office was in charge of educated youth dispatch, and the matter was eventually settled after both sides reached an agreement.”

"Also, after she returned to the city, she became a nurse in the clinic of your No. 6 State-owned Cotton Mill. What qualifications and experience did she have to get into the clinic of the No. 6 State-owned Cotton Mill? She must have slept with your factory leaders..."

Wang Dong shoved her, saying, "This is slander! I'm warning you, if you continue to insult Qiao Li's character like this, I won't let you get away with it!"

Qian Jin urged, "Let's do it, let's have a fight. Old Xu will take him down, and I'll help you take him down too."

Wang Dong felt wronged upon hearing this: "Chief Qian, how could you say that?"

"I want to ask you, how could you do this!" Qian Jin said disdainfully. "I don't care who Qiao Li is, but you're going to abandon your wife and children and become a Chen Shimei (a notorious figure in Chinese folklore known for abandoning his wife and children). I despise you, and of course I want to beat you up!"

Xu Weidong was dumbfounded: "Holy crap, bro, what are you talking about? You're going to divorce your wife for Qiao Li?"

"Let me tell you, my sister-in-law's character is absolutely unmatched on Taishan Road!"

He gave her a thumbs up: "My sister-in-law is truly a woman of impeccable character and great physique. You, a guy like me, should be grateful to have married a wife like her. And now you still want..."

"Wait! You want to divorce your sister-in-law because of Qiao Li? You want to be with Qiao Li?"

Wang Dong lowered his head and remained silent.

But the answer is obvious.

Xu Weidong laughed wildly: "You like wearing green hats, huh? Brother Dong, you should have said so earlier, I would have gotten you two. Oh, no, your No. 6 State-owned Cotton Mill has plenty of female textile workers, I could have gotten you some green towels..."

"Get out of here!" Wang Dong yelled at him.

Xu Weidong said, "Then what are you after? Just because Qiao Li has big breasts and a big butt, you're going to abandon your sister-in-law and child? I think you're crazy!"

Wang Dong said helplessly, "Sigh, now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore."

"I slept with Qiao Li, and Qiao Li is pregnant!"

The smile on Xu Weidong's face gradually disappeared.

Wang Dong continued, "Qiao Li told me that I should divorce my husband, marry her, and have the baby."

"Otherwise, she'll cause trouble at work, or in our security department. At the very least, I'll be fired, and at worst, I'll be sentenced to jail for hooliganism."

He looked helplessly at Qian Jin: "Chief Qian, I admit I couldn't control myself for a moment, but I have nowhere else to go now."

"If I want to keep my job, I have no choice but to marry her."

Qian Jin said in shock, "Then why didn't you mention this earlier?"

Wang Dong said bitterly, "Qiao Li, it was Qiao Li who told me to."

“She knows your situation and the situation of our labor commando team. She promised that she would not want my house or my savings after she was with me.”

“But she said you are my benefactor, that you are a capable person, and that our labor commando team is a good collective. She hopes that after we get married, you and the brothers in our team will not become estranged from me because of her, so she hopes that I will keep this a secret.”

Xu Weidong's eyes darted around, his gaze towards Wang Dong growing increasingly suspicious.

Qian Jin noticed and asked, "What's wrong? What's with that look?"

Xu Weidong asked Wang Dong, "Brother Dong, did you accompany Qiao Li to the hospital for a checkup? The hospital said she's pregnant?"

Wang Dong shook his head: "No, she showed me a medical report that said she was pregnant."

Xu Weidong snorted: "Believe it or not, I can make a form like that, saying that you, Wang Dong, are pregnant!"

Wang Dong glared at him: "What do you mean?"

After considering it carefully, Xu Weidong said, "Brother Dong, tell the truth. It wasn't you who slept with Qiao Li, it was Qiao Li who slept with you!"

"You didn't put in much effort in this matter, and then you slept with Qiao Li, right?"

Wang Dong thought for a moment and nodded: "What exactly do you mean?"

Xu Weidong pointed at Qian Jin and said, "Damn it, Qiao Li isn't eyeing Wang Dong, that idiot, she's eyeing you."

Qian Jin frowned: "Are you out of your mind? I have no relation to her whatsoever, what makes her so confident that she'd target me?"

"I know my current status and connections, plus my character, physique, and demeanor; plenty of women would want to marry me, but..."

"No, Lao Qian, we're all on the same side. We're talking about serious business. What's the point of you bragging?" Xu Weidong chuckled.

"Besides, you misunderstood me. Qiao Li doesn't want to marry you. She just realized how capable you are and that Wang Dong can achieve great things if he follows you closely. That's why Qiao Li is determined to stay with Wang Dong no matter what."

Wang Dong's face turned red.

A man suffered the greatest humiliation:

The woman was with him not because of him, but because of his buddies…

He stood up to flip the table, then looked at it and realized it was his own, so he put it back down. His tone was stern: "Xu Weidong! I'm warning you, don't..."

"What are you warning me for? Use your brain! Do you think Qiao Li would be interested in you? Do you think that woman Qiao Li is like Song Yunfang? Does she follow her husband wherever he goes?" Xu Weidong retorted sharply.

At this moment, Qian Jin had to give Xu Weidong a thumbs up.

He's a real man!
This is his true brother!

Wang Dong roared, "I'm no less impressive!"

Xu Weidong immediately said, "Let's make a bet!"

"Wang Dong, tell your section chief to pretend that you were fired because your wife made a scene at his house. At the same time, tell Qiao Li that you can't stay on Taishan Road anymore and that you're moving to her house to find another job!"

"So, do you dare?"

Wang Dong readily replied, "What's there to be afraid of?"

Qian Jin understood what Xu Weidong meant.

He was supposed to go to work tomorrow, but he changed his shift so he could go see what was going on!
Then Wang Dong wasn't an idiot either.

After accepting the bet, he smiled slyly: "Chief Qian, Old Xu, I accept this bet, but what if I win?"

"What if Qiao Li is willing to support me?"

Xu Weidong said, "I'll call you Second Uncle, and I'll call you Second Uncle for the rest of my life!"

"Damn it, I might as well have lost. I'm ashamed to have a son like you." Wang Dong seized the opportunity to retaliate.

Xu Weidong: "You son of a bitch!"

Wang Dong looked at Qian Jin: "If I win, Chief Qian, don't argue with me about this, because I'm just pursuing my own happiness."

Qian Jin immediately refused: "Don't even think about it, this is a matter of principle."

“If Song Yunfang has problems, even if she is lazy or something, and you want to divorce her and find another woman to live with, I will not care.”

"But you're the kind of guy who fell for a woman and wanted to be a Chen Shimei (a notorious womanizer), you son of a bitch!" Qian Jin couldn't help but curse as he mentioned this. "Is this something a real man would do?"

"If you do this, and I still consider us close comrades, then Teacher Wei will immediately cut ties with me and find a better match!"

He also used this incident to warn Xu Weidong: "Old Xu..."

“It has nothing to do with me. I’ve been eyeing Teacher Su Ya my whole life. I’m a lovelorn lover.” Xu Weidong understood what he meant and spoke up before he could.

Qian Jin said, "Mandarin ducks are not faithful in matters of the heart. Don't be misled by ancient legends."

Xu Weidong rolled his eyes: "Hey, as long as you understand what I mean, that's fine."

"Then let me put it another way: I'm just an emotional replica of you, okay? I'll do whatever you do from now on!"

Xu Weidong's tone was firm: "If you marry a teacher, I will marry a teacher too. If you never change your wife, I will never change mine."

The two of them seemed to have an unbreakable bond.

Overwhelmed with grief, Wang Dong said, "If I had known things would turn out this way, I would have gotten married later."

Qian Jin scorned him: "That's just your nature. It'll be the same no matter when you get married, because you'll never be able to marry the most beautiful woman in the world. You'll always encounter temptations, and you'll always be unable to resist them!"

"Actually, if it were just that your pants were a little loose, I wouldn't have severed ties with you and gone my separate ways. The main problem is that you, you son of a bitch, want to be a Chen Shimei (a notorious figure in Chinese folklore known for abandoning his wife)!"

"I can't stand this!"

“It’s not just you.” Qian Jin then looked at Xu Weidong. “Our labor commando team needs to focus on ideological and moral education from now on.”

"It's unacceptable to think that having money means you can change wives or switch from one to another. I don't care about others, but every single member of our Taishan Road Labor Commando Team must have excellent work style and outstanding qualities."

"I need to take some time to develop a code of conduct and ethical standards in this regard. In the future, the labor commando team will establish a disciplinary committee, and anyone who violates our code of conduct and ethical standards will be subject to punishment and sanctions."

"Those who deserve fines will be fined, and those who deserve to be fired will be fired. There will be no leniency!"

Wang Dong's incident served as a wake-up call for Qian Jin.

The reform and opening up will begin soon.

He will use the labor shock brigade as a foundation to forge a highly effective fighting force.

With his vision, knowledge, and the resources of the online marketplace, he aims to build a massive private enterprise that will be renowned worldwide.

We produce what the people need.

Always serve the people.

Such a team must have a solid ideological code; otherwise, how can they live a life of luxury and indulgence with money and mistresses?

Of course, this is difficult.

He knew that this was a struggle against human nature.

But he felt he was capable of giving it a try.

Perhaps, it will succeed?
(End of this chapter)