I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

Looking at the two elders again, their eyes were fixed on him. Old Qin opened his mouth, as if he was about to ask something.

Zhou Weiguo simply shook his head with a very serious expression.

When Elder Long saw Zhou Weiguo's expression, he was clearly taken aback. Then he grabbed Elder Qin and stared at him with extremely serious eyes.

Are you sure?

Zhou Weiguo did not answer, but simply continued to nod.

"Elder Long, you'd better arrange for someone to study the planting techniques, fertilizer processing techniques, and greenhouse techniques that I brought back from my childhood as soon as possible. These are all very helpful for grain cultivation. Of course, the more grain you have, the better, don't you think?"

Old Long stared intently at Zhou Weiguo for a long while before nodding firmly and solemnly saying to Old Qin, "Old Qin, from this moment on, immediately cease all unnecessary foreign food aid. Find a way to exchange the repayments for the geese for other supplies, even if it means incurring some losses. From now on, stockpile grain nationwide! The grain reserves must be sufficient for at least two years..."

Although Elder Long said this, his eyes remained fixed on Zhou Weiguo's expression, as if waiting for his opinion.

Looking into Elder Long's eyes, Zhou Weiguo gently shook his head.

Elder Long immediately changed his tune, saying, "No, three years! Reserve enough for three years! The national grain reserves must reach a three-year scale. Also, from now on, all production figures across the country must be reported accurately. Any instance of falsifying production figures will be severely punished from the bottom up, three levels higher."

Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Qin looked at Zhou Weiguo, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, as if he wanted to ask something else.

Zhou Weiguo knew perfectly well what Qin Lao was wondering, so he could only lower his head helplessly.

He knew he had said enough today, and thankfully the system didn't beep, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

What he didn't know was that the system wasn't refusing to give him a heads-up; rather, it knew that giving him a heads-up would be pointless. Even more unaware of what Zhou Weiguo was, because of those few words he uttered, some future events had already been quietly altered because of him.

Zhou Weiguo then fell silent and listened quietly as the two elders continued their discussion.

Once the discussion was nearly over, he got up to say goodbye and drove away.

After checking the time, Zhou Weiguo decided to go directly to the neighborhood office to pick up Tian Zao and go home together.

After Tian Zao was transferred to work at the subdistrict office, he had not been here since.

The car slowly stopped in front of the subdistrict office. Zhou Weiguo got out of the car briskly, and as soon as he stepped into the subdistrict office gate, a fierce argument came rushing towards him.

"Tell me, why did you call the police? If I hadn't happened to be passing by, wouldn't you have already called the police? The most important thing is that I repeatedly told you not to call the police if you could avoid it, and if you really had to, you had to ask me to come with you. Can't you understand human language? What makes you think that our neighborhood committee can't solve this problem? Why do you have to cause trouble for the police? If everyone handled problems like you, then our neighborhood committee might as well be abolished. It's just nonsense!" An angry voice came from inside, full of dissatisfaction and rebuke.

At this moment, a firm voice rang out: "Director Wang, I cannot agree with your viewpoint. Those who break the law should be punished accordingly. While our street office can handle some issues, I believe those who violate the law must be dealt with by strong law enforcement agencies. The only methods our street office can use are punishments like sweeping the streets and cleaning toilets, plus some ideological education. Some people simply don't care about such punishments. If they don't care, they aren't afraid; if they aren't afraid, they have no sense of awe. Once people lose their sense of awe, sooner or later, serious trouble will ensue."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Zhou Weiguo was taken aback. Wasn't that Tian Zao's voice?

Just then, another stern voice rang out again: "Comrade Tian Zao, is this how you talk to your superiors? Don't you understand my orders? I've already said that this matter doesn't need to be reported. I'm giving you one last chance to handle it according to my requirements, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Director Wang, what kind of attitude is this? I believe my handling of the matter was completely in accordance with the law, but your demands are unreasonable. I reiterate that I will absolutely not abandon my principles and party loyalty because of your attitude," Tian Zao responded without backing down.

"Tian Zao, let me tell you, don't think you can act so recklessly just because you have a section chief from a steel rolling mill as your backer. Don't forget, I, the director of the subdistrict office, am also a section chief." The speaker's voice was extremely angry, sharp and piercing.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Weiguo stopped standing by and stepped inside.

A crowd of onlookers had gathered outside an office on the first floor.

Without hesitation, he pushed through the crowd and squeezed his way in.

"Who are you? Why are you pushing... Uh..." Before the man could finish speaking, he obediently lowered his head under Zhou Weiguo's sharp gaze.

Upon entering the room, Zhou Weiguo saw a middle-aged woman sitting upright behind a desk, while Tian Zao stood there, looking at him stubbornly.

But tears were already welling up in Tianzao's eyes, and she was trying her best to hold them back.

Hearing a noise beside her, Tian Zao subconsciously turned around and glanced back.

When she saw that it was Zhou Weiguo who squeezed in, her eyes instantly reddened, she pouted and looked aggrieved, but she didn't say anything.

Zhou Weiguo walked forward with a smile, gently patted Tian Zao's head, and said tenderly, "Silly girl, why didn't you come to me when something happened?"

Tian Zao pouted and scolded, "There are so many people here, don't touch people's heads."

At this moment, Director Wang, who was sitting in her seat, finally realized what was happening. She stood up awkwardly and stammered, "This... um... you must be Director Zhou, right? I'm sorry, um... Comrade Tian Zao..."

Zhou Weiguo gestured for her to stop talking, then walked straight to his desk, picked up the phone, and dialed a number.

"Hello, please connect me to the office of the director of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill."

Tian Zao watched Zhou Weiguo's actions with curiosity, while Director Wang's expression had already turned somewhat unpleasant.

In her view, although Zhou Weiguo was the head of the technical department of the steel rolling mill, the street office was under the jurisdiction of the district government, and her husband was the deputy district head of the district, so she didn't think there was anything scary about it.

The people outside the door also looked on with curiosity and strange eyes at the awkward atmosphere inside the office.

Zhou Weiguo waited quietly without saying another word. Suddenly, a voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, I am Li Huaide, the director of the steel rolling mill."

Zhou Weiguo said calmly, "Old Li, this is Zhou Weiguo."

"Ah! For the sake of the country, what's the matter? Tell me."

"Old Li, immediately transfer Comrade Tian Zao from the Nanluoguxiang Subdistrict Office to serve as the deputy director of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill in the name of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill."

Upon hearing this, Director Wang was first taken aback, and then almost burst out laughing.

She thought to herself, "What's going on? I just said I was a section-level cadre, and you're already going to transfer Tian Zao to a department-level position?"

Seeing Zhou Weiguo's serious expression, Director Wang found it even more amusing. In her opinion, Zhou Weiguo was just putting on an act. How could a phone call really arrange for a department-level cadre? It was simply a pipe dream.

Li Huaide was also bewildered upon hearing this, and said, "Huh? Deputy factory director? Our factory is under the supervision of four departments, and the deputy factory director is a department-level cadre. The appointment requires the approval and signature of all four departments, right?"

Because the old-fashioned telephone was very loud, Director Wang could hear it clearly.

Hearing this, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Zhou Weiguo glanced at Director Wang beside him with a half-smile, then said, "Old Li, I don't care about all those messy rules. I just want to ask you one question: I, Zhou Weiguo, want to transfer my wife to the steel rolling mill as deputy director. Is that alright?"

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