Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

Secretary Chen said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, then you go inside first, and I'll take care of it."

Director Yang responded with a "okay" and walked into the yard with his hands behind his back.

Seeing that Director Yang had left, Secretary Chen began to make arrangements, pointing to He Yuzhu.

"Go to the kitchen first."

He then turned to look at Xu Damao.

"Put the projector down, we'll show it in the reception room later."

Xu Damao quickly chimed in, looking confident.

"Secretary Chen, don't worry, I've got the video ready, I guarantee the leader will be satisfied."

To his surprise, Secretary Chen directly rejected his words.

"You don't need to bring your own films. I have some here. You can just start playing them."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao thought to himself, "Oh well, all that preparation was for nothing."

However, he dared not say this aloud; he simply smiled ingratiatingly.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

After replying, he leaned forward and asked in a low voice.

"Secretary Chen, may I ask you, what kind of leader is this?"

When Secretary Chen saw that Xu Damao was trying to find out information about the leader, he immediately felt displeased.

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. Just put on your movie."

He Yuzhu looked at Xu Damao with a hint of disdain after Xu Damao's words were refuted.

Xu Damao could tell that Secretary Chen was dissatisfied, and he quickly responded.

"OK, no problem."

After saying that, he quickly went to move the projector, and then followed Secretary Chen and He Yuzhu into the courtyard.

After arriving at the big boss's kitchen, Sha Zhu looked at the table full of carefully selected ingredients and couldn't help but praise it.

"Sure, let's eat here."

He Yuzhu calculated the time and felt it was too early, so he found a stool and sat down.

He pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, picked it up, and was about to light it.

At this moment, the leader's wife walked in from outside and saw that Sha Zhu was going to smoke in the kitchen. She was immediately displeased.

Her husband's health had just improved, and he couldn't stand the smell of smoke, so she quickly stopped him.

"Don't smoke, smoking is not allowed in our house."

Silly Zhu was speechless, and casually threw the cigarette under the stove.

He clapped his hands, stood up, and asked the leader's wife.

"Hey, you're missing some sesame paste, don't you have any?"

The leader's wife was even more dissatisfied upon hearing this.

Where did this half-baked chef, Xiao Yang, find? He's asking me for sesame paste when he makes Sichuan cuisine.

She suppressed her anger and said...

"I brought you here to cook Sichuan cuisine, why do you need sesame paste?"

Sha Zhu picked up his own tea leaves, put them in the cup, and replied with a displeased expression.

"I'll cook, you can eat. Don't ask questions you shouldn't. Here's some hot water!"

The leader's wife was furious when she heard this, but considering that he was just a cook, she didn't want to take it seriously.

After leaving the kitchen, the woman of the high-ranking leader turned around and went to the living room. Seeing Xu Damao fiddling with the projector, she asked him a question.

"Young man, the commander is in the middle of a meeting, he'll be here soon, is that alright?"

Xu Damao knew this must be a high-ranking leader, so he treated the woman with great respect, his tone carrying a hint of flattery.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems. How could there be any problems with such good internal footage?"

"In the future, if you have any internal videos that you need me to show, just say the word, and I'll drop everything and come right away to serve you."

The wife of the high-ranking leader, who had suffered a great deal of anger at He Yuzhu's place, burst into laughter upon hearing Xu Damao's few words of flattery.

"Young man, what's your name?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao was overjoyed, thinking that he had a chance, and returned.

"My name is Xu Damao, and I am twenty-eight years old."

Xu Damao's polite and proper manner pleased the leader's wife, who praised him with a smile.

"Wow, you're much better than that chef. He's just a simpleton. I doubt he can even cook."

When Xu Damao saw that the leader's family was dissatisfied with He Yuzhu, he immediately felt that his opportunity had come.

The fact that Director Yang brought Sha Zhu here today already sends a signal that he intends to reinstate Sha Zhu.

He went to great lengths to abandon Qin Huairu and, with the help of Cao Xu, finally managed to drive Sha Zhu out of the steel rolling mill.

Now, how can we just stand by and watch Sha Zhu go back to the steel rolling mill and show off his power to us?

"He's completely clueless about cooking, you know what I mean?"

"He used to work as a cook in our factory, but he was criticized at a denunciation meeting for stealing and was eventually fired by our factory."

“He’s not a worker at our factory anymore; he’s just a street urchin wandering around. How could he possibly cook?”

“He’s still entangled with the widow in our compound, and yesterday he even beat her up so badly she ended up in the hospital.”

"If I had known you were calling for him, I..."

Just as Xu Damao was about to continue speaking, he noticed that the curtain beside him had been lifted.

Immediately afterwards, the top leader, Factory Director Yang, Director Wang and others walked in. Upon seeing this, the top leader's wife quickly went over to inquire.

"Is the matter settled?"

The senior leader did not respond. He gave Xu Damao a cold look, turned around, and walked out.

Upon entering another room, the senior leader sat down on the sofa and gave instructions to Secretary Chen.

"Go tell them that we're not going to see the movie today."

"Make the person showing the movie pack up and leave. Tell Director Yang not to let that person come to my house again."

"Then let Director Yang in; I have some questions for him."

As the secretary to the top leader, he naturally knew why Xu Damao was fired—because he had broken a taboo.

"Okay, got it."

After Secretary Chen left, the high-ranking leader's wife asked with great confusion.

Why are you doing this?

The senior leader shook his head.

"For no particular reason, this person is bad; there's something wrong with his thinking."

“Even if the chef made a mistake, the factory has already punished him, so there’s no need for him to keep harping on other people’s mistakes.”

“His habit of gossiping about others behind their backs is bound to cause problems sooner or later. I don’t want to use someone like that, and I won’t.”

The lady of the lord shook her head and recounted the situation that He Yuzhu had just experienced.

"I think this cook is no good either; he's too arrogant and difficult to get along with."

"Judging from his attitude, I think what the projectionist named Xu Damao said might not be untrue."

Before the senior leader could speak, Factory Director Yang walked in.

"Leader, you are looking for me."

The high-ranking leader adjusted his glasses and asked.

"Director Yang, what's the deal with this cook?"

Factory Director Yang hated Xu Damao to the core at that moment, and he spoke with a respectful expression.

"Boss, this chef's name is He Yuzhu. He used to be the head chef of our factory's staff canteen. His Sichuan cuisine is absolutely authentic."

"However, he later made a mistake and was fired, but he has now realized his mistake."

"Taking into account his actual situation, we thought we couldn't condemn a comrade who made a mistake outright, so we decided to give him a chance."

"Now he is a temporary worker in our factory, doing some odd jobs in our logistics department."

The senior leader pondered for a moment and then said.

“I understand what you mean. Let him finish cooking this meal, and then you can take him back.”

"Don't let him come here anymore. Let him stay in your factory and serve the workers properly."