Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

The people in the conference room looked at the blueprints while waiting for Yang Shude to bring his men. After waiting for a long time, they only saw Yang Shude return alone, looking disheveled.

Everyone in the conference room stared at Yang Shude. Upon seeing this, Yang Weimin quickly pulled Yang Shude to the door.

"What's wrong with you? You asked someone to call you, and you're all covered in dust and dirt."

When Yang Shude heard Yang Weimin ask this question, he couldn't hold back his tears any longer. He cried as he recounted how he had called out to Li Yu in the machine shop and been beaten down by Li Yu, only embellishing the story slightly.

He became arrogant and conceited, and beat up leading cadres without cause.

After listening, Yang Weimin knew that his nephew must have started the trouble. Although he spoke eloquently, he knew his own family best and knew his nephew very well.

But no matter what, Li Yu daring to hit Yang Shude was disrespectful to Yang Weimin, even if he didn't know Yang Shude was his nephew, he at least knew he was his secretary.

Yang Weimin told Yang Shude to wait at the door while he went in to report the situation to the leaders. As soon as Li Huaide heard Yang Weimin's report, he knew that something bad was going to happen.

He quickly smoothed things over, saying, "There must be some misunderstanding here. Comrade Li Yu has a very good reputation."

At this point, Vice Minister Wang said, "In that case, let's take Director Yang's secretary and all go to the machine shop to meet this young comrade and see what's going on."

Li Yu and a group of experienced workers in the machine shop debugged the equipment.

Li Yu looked at the already debugged equipment and said:

"Now we're all set, just need to turn it on and test its performance," he said, turning on the machine.

Immediately, the machine started humming and slowly began to move, gradually getting faster and faster. Everyone applauded when they saw the machine running normally.

The people in the technical department now feel proud.

People in the crowd would occasionally say that Technician Li was amazing; he solved a problem that so many technicians and maintenance workers in the factory couldn't handle in just two days.

[Ding! Received 200 Emotion Points]

The factory leaders and leaders from the Ministry of Industry who were at the entrance of the machine shop were all curious about the scene in the workshop.

Yang Weimin was furious when he saw so many people cheering together, completely neglecting their posts.

Especially in front of so many leaders from the Ministry of Industry.

"What are you all doing instead of getting to work?!"

As he spoke, Yang Weimin walked into the crowd.

Section Chief Li of the Technical Section, recognizing Yang Weimin, immediately explained:

"Director Yang, it's like this. The steel rolling mill just got a new imported machine, but the Russian engineers left before they could install it properly. Under Li Yu's leadership, we finally managed to fix the machine today, so everyone is a bit excited."

After hearing Li Jianshe's explanation, Yang Weimin knew better than to make a scene.

At this moment, Yu Mingyu walked over and looked at the brand-new machine.

"Did you install this yourselves?" he asked, looking shocked.

A worker nearby replied, "Of course we installed it ourselves. The Russian engineer messed things up before, and many parts were installed haphazardly. Luckily, we had Technician Li; otherwise, we wouldn't know what to do!"

Yu Mingyu looked at the young man in the crowd who was clearly half a head taller than everyone around him and said:

"You must be Comrade Li Yu," Li Yu said, looking at the sprightly old man before him. "Yes, that's me."

The old man patted Li Yu on the shoulder and said:

"He seems like a pretty good young comrade," Yang Weimin suddenly said, "Li Yu, why did you hit Secretary Yang just now!"

Hearing the strong dissatisfaction in Yang Weimin's tone, Li Yu responded:

"He deserved it, so I hit him. What's the problem?"

Upon hearing Li Yu's words, Yang Weimin almost laughed in anger, then looked at Li Yu calmly and said:

"Then tell me why he deserves to be hit."

Li Yu replied directly: "Because he looks down on us working class."

The moment the words left his mouth, not only Yang Weimin but also Li Huaide felt a jolt in their hearts. They saw Vice Minister Wang's expression change instantly:

"Young man, do you have any evidence to support your claim? You can't just say things like that."

Li Yu pointed to the master craftsmen around him and said, "They are all witnesses; they all heard it."

The experienced craftsmen around them began to chime in, and things were about to escalate. Yang Weimin quickly pulled Yang Shula in front of Li Yu and asked:

"You'd better explain exactly what you said back then, or no one can protect you!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Shude immediately spilled the beans.

Yang Weimin breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then said to Li Yu:

"Comrade Li, things aren't that serious. This is just a conflict between you two. There's no need to escalate it to the point of insulting the working class, don't you think?"

Seeing Li Huaide frantically giving him meaningful glances in the crowd, Li Yu said:

"Since Director Yang has said so, then it is." Li Yu thought to himself that now was not the time to go against Yang Weimin. After all, the two of them had no grudges, and as a factory director, he should give him face.

Yang Weimin pulled Yang Shude to quickly apologize to Comrade Li Yu. At this point, Yang Shude had no intention of resisting and hurriedly bowed and said:

"I'm sorry, Comrade Li Yu, I misspoke."

Li Yu looked at Yang Shude and said, "Alright, I'll let it go for the sake of Director Yang. But if there's a next time, it won't be as simple as just two slaps."

After Yang Shude apologized, Yang Weimin announced in front of many workers and leaders: "Effective immediately, Yang Shude will be demoted to work in Workshop 1 and will no longer serve as the factory director's secretary."

Just when Yang Shude thought the matter was over, upon hearing Yang Weimin's arrangement, he couldn't help but feel resentment towards Li Yu.

[Ding! Received 199 points of malicious emotion from Yang Shude]

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Li Yu was called back to the conference room with a group of leaders. As soon as he sat down, Yu Mingyu, holding the blueprints, asked Li Yu:

"Young man, did you design this rolling mill?"

Li Yu immediately said, "Yes, I designed it myself." Although everyone knew beforehand, they still had to take a second look at the handsome young man after Li Yu admitted it.

Yu Mingyu laughed heartily and said, "Since you say you designed this yourself, young comrade, is it alright if I ask you a few questions?"

"No problem, feel free to ask. I'll answer to the best of my knowledge," Li Yu said confidently.

The next hour was spent in a question-and-answer session between Yu Mingyu and Li Yu, covering not only the working principles of rolling mills but also discussions on China's industrial development.

During the conversation, Li Yu learned that this was the famous Steel King, but he didn't know why the old man would come to the steel rolling mill.

According to his memories from his previous life, this old man passed away in 62. Judging from his current appearance, he doesn't seem like he's about to die.

It seems that some things are indeed different from the previous life, after all, it's a different time and space.

Later, Yu Mingyu's admiration for Li Yu was almost overflowing. Yu Mingyu walked up to Li Yu, looked at her, and said:

"Young man, are you interested in developing your career in the Ministry of Industry? With your abilities, it would be a waste to be just a technician. You should at least be a senior engineer." Li Yu knew that Yu Mingyu was not joking.

However, he still refused, saying, "Mr. Yu, although I really want to work in the ministry, it's not possible right now. I need to be on the front line so that I can better understand what we need."

Seeing that Li Yu said that, Yu Mingyu did not insist. He left Li Yu his contact information and then left with the leaders of the Ministry of Industry.

Before leaving, Li Huaide and his father-in-law talked about something, and Li Huaide kept looking in Li Yu's direction.