The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

An hour later, I left Station Chief Zhao's office.

As soon as he came out, Li Kaixin saw Zhou Zhiming, Wu Tian, ​​and Qian Dazhuang gathered together, chatting animatedly.

Li Kaixin leaned closer, smiling, and asked, "What are you chatting about, so enthusiastically?"

"Master, you're out." Zhou Zhiming turned his head, a smile on his face. "We were just talking about Yang Hua'an!"

Wu Tian immediately chimed in, his voice brimming with excitement: "Happy! You don't know, it seems Yang Hua'an has been transferred to another location. Our transportation station is getting a new full-time driver today."

"Oh? When did this happen?" Li Kaixin became interested.

He didn't see Yang Hua'an sweeping the floor today, and initially thought he had taken the day off.

Zhou Zhiming quickly replied, "Master, it was when you went to the stationmaster's office that Director Xie came out and announced it to everyone."

As soon as he finished speaking, Director Xie led a young man who looked to be in his early twenties out of his office and onto the platform.

Director Xie clapped his hands and called out, "Men, put down what you're doing for now and come over to meet our new mentors."

Most of the mechanics present had already finished repairing the vehicle, and upon hearing this, they all gathered around Director Xie.

Li Kaixin immediately stopped talking and followed them over.

Once everyone at the station had arrived, Director Xie cleared his throat and began to introduce: "This is Comrade Sun Yingjun, who will be our station's official driver from now on. Let's give him a round of applause."

The drivers and apprentices at the transport station were very accommodating and applauded enthusiastically.

Director Xie nodded in satisfaction: "Then please let Comrade Sun Yingjun say a few words to everyone so that we can get to know each other."

After saying that, he stepped aside, leaving the space to the newcomer, Sun Yingjun.

Sun Yingjun took half a step forward, his face showing an undisguised arrogance:

"Hello everyone, my name is Sun Yingjun, I am 22 years old, and I am a Level 5 driver. If you have any technical questions about your work in the future, I hope we can exchange ideas and make progress together."

Then, his gaze swept over some of the young apprentices below, his expression becoming even more condescending: "If any of you apprentices have any questions in the future, you can come and ask me, and I will do my best to guide you."

After Sun Yingjun finished speaking, there was a moment of silence on the platform.

The experienced drivers exchanged glances, their faces expressionless.

Some of the apprentices started grumbling, especially a few of the older ones, whose faces clearly showed their displeasure.

"Master, this new guy is so arrogant. He doesn't respect us apprentices at all. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was sent from above to provide technical guidance," Zhou Zhiming complained in a low voice as he approached Li Kaixin.

Li Kaixin didn't think much of it; instead, she took the opportunity to advise him, "Zhiming, they have the right to be arrogant. If you had that skill, you could talk like that after you got a permanent position. Right now, stop complaining about others and focus on improving yourself, understand?"

"Understood, Master. I will definitely study harder and become a full-fledged employee as soon as possible." Zhou Zhiming nodded solemnly.

Director Xie on stage also sensed that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and quickly tried to smooth things over with a smile:

"Master Sun is clearly a highly skilled and kind-hearted comrade! Let's communicate more in the future and work together to improve the work at the station!"

He then waved his hand and said, "Alright, everyone, go home and get back to what you were doing!"

After the masters and apprentices dispersed, Director Xie led Sun Yingjun to the car that Yang Hua'an had previously been in charge of.

Sun Yingjun frowned as he looked at the somewhat deformed car: "Director Xie, are you saying I can drive this car from now on?"

"Comrade Sun, this is only temporary. Once the application is approved in a few days, the station will definitely get you a better one." Director Xie explained politely with a smile, "Just get familiar with it and get used to it."

Seeing that even a director was being so polite to him, Sun Yingjun felt a surge of pride and his tone became more relaxed: "Alright, but Director Xie, you'll have to get this done for me as soon as possible."

Director Xie listened, his brows furrowing almost imperceptibly, but quickly relaxed again: "Okay, Comrade Sun, then you get used to it first, I won't bother you any longer."

After saying that, he didn't want to stay a moment longer and left.

As soon as Director Xie left, Sun Yingjun looked at the nearly deformed car in front of him again, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust.

But then he thought about how he would be a resident of Beijing from now on, with a secure job at the transportation station, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

After leaving Sun Yingjun, Director Xie found Li Kaixin and called him aside.

Li Kaixin spoke first: "Uncle Xie, did you need something from me?"

"I'm happy, it's nothing serious," Director Xie said casually. "Just now, the station chief called you to his office. What was it about?"

Upon hearing this, Li Kaixin's expression became somewhat subtle: "Uncle Xie, just tell me straight! I don't believe you could be completely unaware of your relationship with the station chief."

Director Xie gave an awkward laugh, lowering his voice even further: "I just wanted to ask if 30-year-old ginseng could be used to make that medicine of yours?"

Li Kaixin didn't answer immediately. After thinking for a while, she spoke again: "It can be done, but the effect won't be as good as the previous one, probably less than half."

"Half is fine too!" Director Xie's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands together. "For Kaixin, could you...?"

"No problem, Uncle Xie, just give me the ginseng." Li Kaixin readily accepted the offer.

"Okay, okay!" Director Xie nodded repeatedly, his face showing gratitude. "I'm so happy, thank you so much. I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

"Uncle Xie, you're too kind." Li Kaixin waved his hand with a smile, then, remembering something, asked, "By the way, I just heard them say that Yang Hua'an has been transferred. Uncle Xie, do you know why?"

Upon hearing this, Director Xie's face revealed a meaningful expression: "What, happy? You think he hasn't suffered enough?"

He was well aware that Li Kaixin and Yang Hua'an were at odds.

"No, that's not it." Li Kaixin smiled. "I'm just a little curious. Uncle Xie, if it's inconvenient for you to say, just pretend I didn't ask."

"What's inconvenient about this?" Director Xie said, and then gave a general account of the whole story.

After Director Xie finished speaking, Li Kaixin understood the gist of it.

It turned out that Yang Hua'an had been transferred to a steel plant in a county dozens of miles away, and the newcomer, Sun Yingjun, was the original driver at that plant.

However, upon closer reflection, it's not surprising.

At the transportation station, a driver who made a mistake and was deemed unsuitable for future employment was replaced with a young, reasonably skilled newcomer. Meanwhile, at the steel mill, a young man was replaced with a seasoned veteran.

Both sides felt they had come out on top.