Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

From that night on, the Hong Kong underworld knew that Dragon Electronics was not to be messed with.

For a period of time afterward, Li Yu took Bai Ling on a tour of Hong Kong.

Besides traveling around with Bai Ling, Li Yu also used his perspective from later generations to make a comprehensive development plan for Lou Zhenhua.

During this time, Li Yu also met the Liu brothers a few times; they are now team leaders in an electronics factory.

During Li Yu's time in Hong Kong, the atmosphere at the steel rolling mill was oppressive.

Since the research workshop was shut down, the production of the rolling mill and steelmaking furnace has gradually fallen behind.

In particular, the loss rate of some core components was alarmingly high after they were sent to other workshops for production.

Every day, a large amount of waste is brought back to the steel plant for recasting, which seriously affects the steel plant's production efficiency.

At first, the steel rolling mill was able to stay afloat, until several large overseas orders resulted in significant losses due to non-delivery.

A joint investigation team composed of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Industry, and the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission arrived at the steel rolling mill.

Inside the steel rolling mill's conference room...

Zhou Mingtao, head of the investigation team from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, slammed a copy of the contract on the conference table and said sternly:

"The delivery of this batch of rolling mills is already twenty days late."

"We haven't even built half of what the contract requires yet!"

"The other party has now reported this to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"

"Can you take responsibility for the foreign exchange default penalties plus the damage to China's reputation?"

Factory director Zheng Qiushi wiped the sweat from his brow and said in a trembling voice:

"Team Leader Zhou, the production disruption was mainly caused by Li Yu's unexcused resignation."

Minister of Industry Liu Jie suddenly said:

"Li Yu?"

"Zheng Qiushi, you really know how to make excuses."

"From what I've investigated, weren't you the one who first transferred the research workshop employees?"

"Not only that, you also split up the 500 workers that were originally intended to be recruited for the research workshop."

"Do you think this is just about the rolling mill?"

Liu Jie slammed his hand on the table and said.

Union representative Lao Wang stood up, clutching the workers' petition: "Team Leader Zhou and Minister Liu, the workers have long reported that other workshops have made mistakes in processing some core components."

"However, together with the factory manager and other workshop directors, they suppressed the workers' feedback."

Zhou Mingtao looked at Zheng Qiushi, who was covered in sweat, and the workshop directors who were wiping their sweat, and said:

"This production incident was not only due to the inaction of factory director Zheng Qiushi, but also to his retaliation against outstanding cadres."

"Even the workshop directors present here have a responsibility to conceal or fail to report such information."

"All cadres of the steel rolling mill will be given a major demerit and the record will be added to their personnel files. In addition, the factory director Zheng Qiushi will be demoted one rank and temporarily serve as the factory director of the steel rolling mill."

Minister Liu looked at Zheng Qiushi and said, "I don't care what method you use, you have one week to transfer the people in the research workshop back, and also return the five hundred people who belong to the research workshop."

"If you can't finish it by the deadline, then you can leave the steel rolling mill on your own."

Zheng Qiushi could only nod in agreement.

He now deeply regrets his foolish decision.

Now, let alone Li Yu, if Li Yu gets upset and delays the progress, that's one thing.

He was dismissed as acting factory manager.

That day, Li Yu received a phone call from Si Jiu Cheng while he was at the hotel.

Li Yu was also surprised when he received the call.

He knew there was a way to reach Hong Kong, but it was very difficult.

I just didn't expect anyone would call me.

As I answered the phone, a static-filled voice came through the other end:

"Hello, hello, this is Liu Jie, can you hear me?"

"Minister Liu, this is Li Yu. What can I do for you?"

"What is it?"

"You little brat, you just ran off to Hong Kong without a word."

"The steel rolling mill needs you now, come back quickly."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu couldn't help but sneer: "Hmph! If Minister Liu doesn't have anything important to say, I'll hang up."

After saying that, Li Yu slammed the phone down.

"Minister Liu of the Ministry of Industry?" Bai Ling asked, linking arms with Li Yu.

"Yes, let me go back."

"What do you think about going back?"

"You think you can get me back with just a few casual words? You're kidding me!"

Over the next few days, I kept getting calls from Beijing.

But Li Yu simply refused to accept it.

Lou Zhenhua rushed to the Kowloon Hotel.

"Li Yu, come with me quickly!"

Seeing Lou Zhenhua's hurried appearance, Li Yu asked:

"What happened? Did the sky fall down?"

Seeing that Li Yu was still in the mood to joke, Lou Zhenhua quickly pulled Li Yu outside.

"I received a call from Beijing today. They told me that there will be a call from Zhongnanhai at 2 PM today."

"I can only take you to my office to wait."

Upon hearing that it was a call from Zhongnanhai, Li Yu realized it was from a very important figure.

It was almost 2 o'clock in Lou Zhenhua's office.

Lou Zhenhua called Bai Ling and his secretary out, leaving only Li Yu inside.

"Ring ring!"

Li Yu answered the phone.

"Hello, I am Li Yu."

All I heard was the deep, resonant voice of an elderly person on the other end of the phone.

"Hello, I'm the former Minister of Foreign Affairs."

Upon hearing "former foreign minister," Li Yu thought, "Isn't that the first minister?"

Li Yu couldn't help but stand up straight.

"Comrade Li Yu, we know you've been wronged."

"We will stand up for you and help you get revenge for what you've suffered."

"We are going through a difficult time right now, so we hope you can come back and participate in the construction of China."

If someone else were to say that Li Yu would criticize them for being hypocritical and pretentious.

But the person on the other end of the phone was someone who had dedicated his entire life to China.

"I'll be right back!"

The voice on the other end paused for a moment before saying, "Okay, okay! When you come back, I'll arrange for someone to give you my personal contact information. If you encounter any injustice, just come to me, and I'll resolve it for you."

"OK!"

"Alright, then I wish you a safe journey home!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Yu looked out the window at the blue sky and white clouds, and at the white doves flying freely in the sky.

He knew that from the moment he returned, his carefree days would be over.

In fact, he knew from the very first day he arrived that he would definitely go back, because he hadn't yet taken Bai Ling to bomb Tokyo.

"How is it?" Bai Ling asked anxiously.

"We have to go back."

That afternoon, Li Yu and Bai Ling packed their luggage and boarded the ship departing from the port.

As the ship's horn sounded, the ship slowly started moving.

The two men standing on the deck watched the port recede into the distance.

"When do you think we'll come back next time?" Bai Ling asked.

"The next time I come here will be the day the British get out!" Li Yu said.

Although he knew that Hong Kong would return to China, Li Yu couldn't wait that long.