Reborn as a capitalist's young master in the 1970s, he starts his life by being blocked at the

As winter sets in, the weather gets colder and colder, and the howling wind sweeps through the streets and alleys like knives.

Two weeks later, heavy snow began to fall in the capital.

During this period, Chen Jianming lived a relatively peaceful life, spending his free time going to teahouses to drink tea and listen to folk songs.

Anyway, he's the section chief now, and no one in the entire factory, except Zhao Baoguo, dares to control him.

Furthermore, Zhao Baoguo now treats him as one of his own, turning a blind eye to his affairs and not interfering at all.

Now, no one in the factory dares to mess with him; in fact, quite a few people are eager to curry favor with him.

In addition, after chatting with Li Mengmeng at the guesthouse last time, she gave him several bottles of good wine.

Unlike last time, Li Mengmeng was smarter this time and deliberately left the wine at the front desk.

The purpose was to get him to visit the heavy machinery factory's guesthouse frequently so he could give her advice!

"Li Mengmeng is indeed a shrewd businesswoman. She grasps things very quickly and is no less capable than Lin Wan."

"I wonder how badly that old lady beat Lin Peng?"

He pedaled his tricycle along the road, and couldn't help but laugh when he thought about what happened last time.

That kid should never have the face to provoke Zhou Ya again!

Nowadays, many shops on the streets and alleys are raising prices.

As the year draws to a close and the weather turns cold again, people are rushing to stock up on supplies for the winter.

...

At this time, it was payday at the steel plant's guesthouse.

Many employees gathered together, all sighing and looking worried.

Payday should have been a happy occasion, but now they can't feel happy at all.

During this period, the guesthouse business has been getting worse and worse. At first, there were still guests, but fewer than before.

Lately, things have been really bad. Sometimes we don't even get a single customer during the day, and business is terrible.

"I wonder how much bonus we'll get this time?"

"Sigh, I think we can forget about bonuses. With the department's performance lately, we'll be lucky to even get our salaries paid."

"Everything was going well for us, things were thriving, how did it all turn out like this?"

The employees gathered together, whispering and discussing, just waiting for their paychecks.

A short while later, Assistant Yang came over carrying a pile of documents.

A female staff member hurriedly asked, "Assistant Yang is here? It's payday, is there still a bonus this time?"

Upon hearing this, all the employees present looked over.

Assistant Yang sighed, looking helpless: "Well, there's something I need to tell everyone. As you all can see, our firm is struggling financially lately, and we're almost running out of money."

At this point, Assistant Yang cleared his throat: "Ahem, bonuses will be suspended for now, and salaries will be paid in treasury bonds. But don't worry, everyone, the director said that once business improves next year, the bonuses will be made up!"

"What? So not only are the bonuses gone, but now they're not even paying our salaries?"

"Pah! What do you mean, 'If business improves next year, we'll make up for the bonus'? Are you kidding me?"

"That He Yueyue, relying on her powerful connections, took Lin Wan's place and even deliberately transferred Brother Chen away. What has our department become now?!"

"They can't even pay salaries, what's the point of keeping this guesthouse open? It might as well just close down!"

Upon hearing Assistant Yang's words, the staff members in the institute shouted loudly, each one more excited than the last.

They usually tolerated it because of He Yueyue's position and background, mainly to keep their jobs.

However, now that even salaries are being converted into treasury bonds, people are starting to find it hard to stand it anymore!

"Why isn't Director He showing up? Are we even allowed to keep our jobs?"

"It's almost Chinese New Year, and my family is counting on my salary to get through the winter. What are we going to do now?!"

"Why is it that the guesthouse at the heavy machinery factory is so well-equipped?"

"Sigh, everything is getting more expensive these days. Money was already worthless, and now it's all been converted into treasury bonds. How are we supposed to buy New Year's goods?"

The employees were furious and became increasingly angry the more they thought about it.

Assistant Yang was also helpless. He waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please don't get excited. Treasury bonds can still be used to buy things in state-run stores. It's better than nothing. It's almost the New Year, so please bear with it a little longer."

"I'm confident that our business will improve next year!"

Assistant Yang herself didn't believe these words, but she had no choice but to say them to appease her employees.

He sighed silently to himself: "If only Brother Chen were here, the institute wouldn't have gotten into this mess!"

...

After getting off work, Chen Jianming leisurely rode his tricycle home.

He had heard from Su Xiao and Xu Tian about the dismal business at the steel mill's guesthouse.

However, he didn't care at all, since the guesthouse had nothing to do with him now.

He Yueyue had already kicked him out of the office, so naturally he wouldn't rush to help her anymore.

The streets were covered in a thick layer of white snow.

People ride their bicycles very carefully, not daring to go fast for fear of slipping.

Chen Jianming didn't care and rode the tricycle steadily.

As he walked in front of a state-owned store, he suddenly saw Shen Cui and Han Lin.

Before he could even speak, the two of them rushed over with delighted expressions.

Shen Cui immediately took his arm: "Hey, Jianming, you just got home from get off work too?"

Han Lin was unconvinced, so she pouted and quickly grabbed his other arm.

Chen Jianming had gotten used to this kind of thing lately, and chuckled before asking, "Why didn't you two ride your bikes?"

Shen Cui replied, "We dare not ride in this freezing weather!"

"Yeah, Jianming, look at those people, they're riding so crookedly, they might fall over at any moment."

Han Lin nodded and pointed to the pedestrians riding bicycles on the street.

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, with a thud, a young man riding a bicycle slipped and fell flat on his face.

Luckily, I was wearing thick clothes because it was winter, otherwise I would have fallen badly!

"Pah, pah, pah! This awful weather, it's getting colder and colder!"

The young man spat out two mouthfuls of snow, picked up his bicycle, and didn't even dare to ride it anymore, so he had to push it forward.

Seeing this, Shen Cui couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "Haha, Linlin, you really have a jinx!"

Han Lin rolled her eyes: "Hmph, you're the one who jinxes things!"

Chen Jianming waved: "Alright, alright, get in the car, I'll take you both home."

These two are fine as long as they don't see him; they're still good sisters.

The moment we meet, we're guaranteed to start arguing, neither of us willing to give in.

"Okay."

The two agreed and quickly got into the car.

Chen Jianming pedaled his bicycle forward very steadily.

Han Lin rested her chin on her hand and said with a grin, "Brother Jianming, you ride so steadily! I feel so safe riding with you!"

Shen Cui rolled her eyes at her: "I didn't realize, Linlin, that you're quite the flatterer! Jianming's tricycle is definitely more stable than a bicycle."

"Yes, triangles are stable."

Chen Jianming rode his bicycle, turned around, and glanced at the two of them with a smile.

A triangle shape is indeed quite stable!

Shen Cui blinked a few times, her tone slightly teasing: "Really? How many horns do you have now?"