Chapter 367

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Chen Yi raised a blue ox, a saber-toothed beast, and a camel beast in his own backyard.

They were all young; the blue ox had just learned to eat grass on its own, the saber-toothed beast hadn't even grown teeth yet, and the camel beast could carry at most a bundle of grass, from the temporary bamboo pen to the lawn.

That was what Chen Yi wanted; for anyone else, raising several newly weaned animals like this wouldn't be easy, only it was a pity that the remaining three and the transport beasts, "Hong Hong," went cheap to the subway.

The area where the Chen family lived originally had decent security, with police patrolling fixed points every day, signing in on time on the sign-in book on the nearby wall; no matter how small the matter, a phone call would bring a patrol car to the door, like the good security in a CCTV news special. Here, as long as one wasn't approved for arrest, private property rights would naturally be greatly respected, nearly sacred and inviolable. Chen Yi had never heard since childhood of anyone on either side of this street being burgled.

Perhaps they had been, but no one dared say so.

Looking at the camel beast wandering on the artificial grass digging up grass roots, Chen Yi secretly chuckled twice: If my backyard was burgled, that would also be something not to be said.

Taking the opportunity of the light curtain expanding by another 100%, Chen Yi went to find Yin Senyong, asking him to look after the house.

Idle was idle; the officers in the Outer Hall willing to go to the West Continent had left, and those remaining should lower their conditions and treatment.

Originally thinking he'd have to use a lot of persuasion, who would have thought that when Yin Senyong heard it was to protect the safety of Chen Father and Chen Mother, his mood was one of excitement, full of the joy of being trusted, patting his chest and saying: "I will definitely be like Fa Si Te, guarding your castle and family well."

Since belonging to Chen Yi, he considered himself a Family Knight of the Chen family; this relationship, before its friendly termination, naturally had the duty of protecting safety. In the West Continent, this wasn't called gatekeeping or house guarding, but "Castle Guardian," a noble profession. The "Fa Si Te" he spoke of was a legendary Castle Guardian who, because of a promise, guarded an empty castle with no one in it, until he gave up his life under the attack of hundreds of people, achieving the faiths of "Sacrifice" and "Loyalty to the Promise," and resurrecting out of thin air without temple sacrifices, nearly becoming a god.

Chen Yi thankfully took him around for a walk; entering the backyard, Yin Senyong saw the small animals crying for food and instantly became excited like he had Parkinson's, constantly trembling with his hands to touch them, making "wuwu" sounds in his mouth imitating their calls, inexplicably affectionate.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yi understood that the elders of the Yin Sen family were formidable; usually you couldn't tell, but seeing Yin Senyong now acting all feminine, he was truly most suited to the "Mercy" faith. Who knew that in the end, he might lose all his other faiths and only have "Mercy" left.

Settling Yin Senyong in the annex to accompany his small animals, Chen Yi drove to the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Entering the door, he saw the hall inside surging with people, which made him happy: as long as work could proceed smoothly, that was a good thing.

He hadn't heard Old Father pulling any "three axes upon taking office," yet he could achieve such results.

Chen Yi was commenting when he heard the old man sitting in the waiting area say: "A house funded by ourselves, why shouldn't it be distributed?"

"You came for the funded housing?" Chen Yi hesitated for a moment, sat down, and asked.

"Yes." The old man looked at him very vigilantly and asked: "Who are you?"

Chen Yi gave a hehe smile and said: "Family members are at the Federation of Industry and Commerce."

"Oh, also here for the house matter?" The old man slapped his thigh and said: "It was agreed that houses would be distributed; now the houses are almost built, and they say to wait longer. I think it's these officials who want to distribute them to themselves."

The people around echoed in agreement.

Chen Yi gave a bitter smile twice and walked upstairs. From this, it could be seen that Old Father's official position was really not easy to hold.

The door to the chairman's office of the Federation of Industry and Commerce was closed; Chen Yi knocked twice, no one answered, hearing breathing inside, he quietly announced himself again, and only then heard the sound of the lock moving.

"Second Brother." Chen Rongxi sat like a little elf on the large bay window of the office, swinging her legs.

Chen Congyu sat helplessly behind the large office desk; documents were piled on the desk, as thick as a kilogram of bread; it really was hard on a cold and idle government office to actually find so much work.

Chen Yi winked at his little sister, sat easily opposite the desk, and smiled: "Dad, your office is still quite good; outside they're making a fuss about the funded housing?"

Chen Congyu grunted, then glared at Chen Yi: "Your old man playing golf, doing business with foreigners, how carefree? But I have to come be an official for you."

"Being an official isn't good?"

"Not just not good." Chen Congyu sighed as he spoke: "Recently, there has been progress in the anti-dumping cases; the two lawyers you brought in, previously undiscovered, are quite talented, yes, your foreign friends can also help..."

Foreign officials and domestic officials alike need to be supported long-term. The longer they are supported, the closer the mutual connections, and the more enthusiastic the help. Giving several million is the same; if one side can help solve employment problems within their jurisdiction, help solve requests from friends of friends, then that side is obviously more valuable.

Tang Xiongfei spends over ten million US dollars a year on Schumer; after more than a year like this, he has been helping raise campaign funds for the Chinese community. He is already half a manager for Schumer on Wall Street; for things like anti-dumping cases, he can naturally provide strong assistance—if it were a Chinese official-centric structure, Schumer would now dare to rule a victory.

On this basis, the case itself was no longer a problem; Chen Yi asked sharply: "Are there internal objections?"

"This is a major case; not only Chinese people care, Americans actually care too." Chen Congyu said, spitting out a bunch of names of certain associations, then said: "We, with the Federation of Industry and Commerce of a vice-provincial-level city, plus several color TV enterprises, fighting a lawsuit in the US, must muster all our strength."

"Like your company doing a big project?" Chen Yi smiled without smiling.

Chen Congyu waved his hand and said: "I know, these guys are terribly lazy; those who come to the Federation of Industry and Commerce aren't here to retire but to do something... but things always need someone to do them..."

"So you decided to use the funded housing as bait?"

"Troublesome." Chen Congyu gave a bitter smile twice and said: "So the chairman of the Federation of Industry and Commerce isn't easy to be either."

He also wanted to hear his son's thoughts. Those who had done business knew how hard it was to start from scratch and run such a large company; in his view, Chen Yi doing business was much harder than himself. It also fully demonstrated ability.

Without the Magic Subway, it would truly be infinitely difficult.

Long before asking Old Father to come out of retirement, Chen Yi had thought of similar problems, just not as concretely as now; he collected his mood, thought for a moment, and said: "Since the people of the Federation of Industry and Commerce are already like this, I think, if they can't be used, don't use them; build a new frame."

"Build a new one?"

"The Federation of Industry and Commerce isn't short of money, right?"

Chen Congyu shook his head: "Even hiring twenty people, the salaries wouldn't be small."

"Deduct from their salaries." Chen Yi pouted and said: "Those who don't work get their bonuses deducted."

Chen Rongxi found it interesting, her eyes flashing, and said: "They all come to work; how to prove they don't work?"

Chen Yi gave an evil smile and said: "Whether to give or not to give is up to us. Dad can transfer a few people from the company. And we won't say we don't give money; we'll just say we pay salaries late."

Most people in the Federation of Industry and Commerce were public institution staff. In poorer places, unpaid salaries for public institution staff were common; no money meant no money, and the superior unit either gave money or could only stare helplessly.

The only thing to worry about was employees causing trouble.

Chen Yi thought this through clearly and said decisively: "In Jiangning, a mere Federation of Industry and Commerce can't make waves. Can't the townships below run study classes? We can run them too; those who don't work properly, who don't work and cause trouble, will be sent to the Party School for custody; they can go home, they can rest, but if they dare to collude and cause trouble, we'll catch them back to class..."

"That's too much." Chen Congyu waved his hands repeatedly and soothed: "The funded housing involves too many things; don't move on that first. Hiring people is fine, but it's also to force them to work. Like this, you go find Secretary Deng and say to ask the Anti-Corruption Bureau to intervene and investigate the Federation of Industry and Commerce; not many people needed, just send two. I'll scare these grandsons."

China's anti-corruption: leaders first, Discipline Inspection Commission second, Procuratorate third, Anti-Corruption Bureau last; sometimes it can't even compare to the Petition Bureau. Of course, the state establishing such a department wasn't to make it a display, although most people wanted it to be a display; but the bureaucrats inside always had to step on colleagues' corpses to climb up, right. Given this, under the circumstance that superiors had already decided to investigate the case, the Anti-Corruption Bureau was still a department with combat power; for public institutions like the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Anti-Corruption Bureau could be called terrifying.

However, Chen Yi said: "You are truly kind."

"This will open up the situation." Chen Congyu touched his forehead and laughed: "It seems, new officials not burning three fires really can't establish prestige."

He spoke while drawing lines on the notebook on the desk.

Chen Rongxi sat behind; seeing they had finished speaking, she asked strangely: "Dad, are these people dead? You drew lines on their names."

"About the same," Chen Congyu said, laughing wryly. "You can't be a good man in office. I originally thought that once I became an official, I could navigate all sides smoothly, but in the end, I still have to offend people."

"Don't offend people, bully them instead," Chen Yi hummed twice, saying, "In the end, it's only our turn to bully others."

Chen Congyu took his work too lightly; otherwise, once he mobilized the Chen Family Power, who could resist? Of course, this also had to do with his long stay outside the power structure, making him too embarrassed to ask others for favors. Even so, those administrative personnel in the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce certainly dared not offend him. The troublemakers were mostly old staff with public institution positions, and those nearing retirement or already retired were even more at ease in picking fights; these people could only be left to their own devices.

Seeing his father about to enter work mode, Chen Yi quickly added, "I've raised three pets in the backyard at home, they're small, let me tell you about them; also, a bodyguard has been hired in the annex building, with Zhongnanhai-level skills."

"Got it." Chen Congyu spun his pen, burned the bridge after crossing the river, and ignored his son.

Chen Rongxi leapt up instead, shaking her tail in the shadows, asking, "Are they real pets?"

"Don't take them out, don't let them get out," Chen Yi could only keep reminding her.

Before he finished speaking, Chen Rongxi had already slipped out the door, muttering under her breath: "Second Brother's pets, I must see them; I can make them some clothes to wear..."

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