Chapter 976

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Huo Guoqiang arrived at the office in the morning, turned on his computer, and saw the leave slip Huo Zhihui had sent over; he couldn't help but frown and curse softly:

"Truly mud cannot support the wall!"

Then he personally called Huo Zhihui:

"Zhi Hui, why didn't you come to work today?"

Huo Zhihui on the other end of the phone hadn't slept all night last night; he had long since been drained of energy by the KTV hostesses.

He replied in a daze:

"Second Uncle, I played too hard last night and want to rest for a day."

Hearing this, Huo Guoqiang immediately flew into a rage:

"You, you — how can you be so unpromising? Yesterday I promoted you to head of the subsidiary, how could you not accept?"

Huo Zhihui, however, dismissed it lightly:

"Didn't I say? I'm afraid I can't handle it. I feel running my human resources company is just fine — no responsibility to bear. Being head of the recruitment subsidiary, if something goes wrong I'd have to take the blame."

Hearing these words, Huo Guoqiang grew even angrier:

"You take responsibility, so take it! With your second uncle here to wipe your ass for you, what are you afraid of!"

Huo Zhihui, however, said:

"Being deputy head of the subsidiary is fine too. Second Uncle, rest assured — I'll keep a good watch on Liang Xinghua for you. If he dares do anything shady behind your back, I'll report it to you at the first moment!"

Huo Guoqiang sighed, with nothing more to say.

This nephew of his just doesn't want to shoulder responsibility!

However, not wanting to shoulder responsibility means it's hard to shoulder great tasks!

Power and responsibility are equivalent!

Under heaven, where is there any good thing where you only enjoy power without bearing responsibility?

"Sigh, forget it. Since you're like this, I can't say anything about you either."

Huo Guoqiang fell silent for a long while, finally uttering this one sentence.

Huo Zhihui, for his part, said:

"Second Uncle, approve my leave slip for me. I'm dead tired, need to catch some sleep. Won't say more. Goodbye."

After Huo Zhihui hung up, he fell fast asleep.

And just as Huo Guoqiang put his phone away, Liang Xinghua took the initiative to knock and enter the office.

He looked full of vigor and said to Huo Guoqiang:

"General Manager Huo, regarding the subsidiary establishment — whatever you need me to do, just give the order. I'll definitely do my utmost!"

Huo Guoqiang looked at Liang Xinghua before him, then contrasted him with his own nephew — simply one in heaven, one on earth.

"I heard that when you supervise construction sites, you live right on the site. Is that true or false?"

Huo Guoqiang didn't get straight to business but asked this one question.

Liang Xinghua smiled with an embarrassed face:

"Can't be helped. I haven't rented a place in the county town, so I just live on the site."

Huo Guoqiang asked:

"Your salary isn't low. Why don't you rent a place? Just to save those several hundred yuan?"

Liang Xinghua hurriedly said:

"That's not it. It's just that renting a place and living alone is meaningless, and commuting back and forth wastes too much time."

Huo Guoqiang looked at Liang Xinghua and discovered that when Liang Xinghua said these things, his face was full of sincerity, not a trace of falseness.

"Within the company, the majority of employees evaluate you quite well. Hope this time you don't disappoint my expectations of you."

Huo Guoqiang said this at that moment.

Liang Xinghua hurriedly said:

"General Manager Huo, rest assured. From now on I'll live right in the subsidiary. I'll absolutely do the recruitment work beautifully!"

Huo Guoqiang chuckled:

"Don't speak so absolutely. If something goes wrong, you'll have to take responsibility! You'd better be mentally prepared to shoulder responsibility!"

Liang Xinghua said without a moment's hesitation:

"I've thought it through long ago. If something happens, I'll definitely take responsibility. If it's truly my fault, even if you make me go to prison, I'll have no complaints! Besides, right now I'm all alone — going to prison isn't really a big deal either! In short, thank you very much, General Manager Huo, for giving me this opportunity! Your great kindness, I can only repay by working myself to death!"

"You're all alone?" Huo Guoqiang was stunned. "At your age, you still haven't married?"

Liang Xinghua answered honestly: "I did, but then divorced."

"Why divorce?" Huo Guoqiang gossiped and asked.

Liang Xinghua said: "Before I had no ability. My monthly salary was three or four thousand. That woman disliked me, and then left."

Hearing this, Huo Guoqiang finally understood why Liang Xinghua worked so desperately.

A man who has sunk deep into a quagmire — as long as you give him one chance, he'll fight with his life to seize it.

The current Liang Xinghua is exactly that.

Huo Guoqiang remarked with feeling:

"Looks like you haven't had it easy either. Work hard. Once you earn money, you can just marry a wife later."

He then threw the subsidiary's detailed planning document to Liang Xinghua, telling him to go back and study it carefully; once the company was established, Liang Xinghua would have to handle matters according to the general direction given in the planning document.

Liang Xinghua took the planning document and headed straight for the construction site, fulfilling his duties as a foreman while studying the planning document.

He was busy the whole day, not clocking off until after nine in the evening.

Right after getting off work, he went outside to eat dinner at a Sha County Snacks place; when he took out his mobile phone, he only then discovered that Zhong Liying had sent him a WeChat message in the afternoon.

"Heard you're becoming the Boss, congratulations!"

Zhong Liying was the HR Manager of Zhihui Human Resources Company; Zhihui Human Resources Company mainly liaised with the dispatched laborers of Liguo Mountain, so any stir at Liguo Mountain, she would definitely know about it first.

"Sorry, been busy with work, didn't check my phone."

Liang Xinghua replied to Zhong Liying with this one sentence.

Then he sent another message:

"This is thanks to your Boss's recommendation; without his recommendation, I wouldn't have gotten this position!"

Zhong Liying replied:

"I just got off work too; how about we eat together? My treat!"

Liang Xinghua couldn't help but be stunned.

He hadn't expected Zhong Liying to be so proactive.

A smile involuntarily appeared on his face, not only because of Zhong Liying's proactive favor, but also because of the elevation in status and position brought by the promotion and raise.

To tell the truth, just half a year ago, if someone had told him that he would one day become the head of a company, he wouldn't have believed it even if beaten to death!

One can only say, this world is sometimes this marvelous.

It develops in ways you can't imagine.

"Sure, where to eat?"

Liang Xinghua replied quickly.

Zhong Liying said:

"Can you eat spicy food? If so, let's go eat Chongqing Hot Pot."

"I can!"

Zhong Liying gave Liang Xinghua an address.

The rice and dishes at the Sha County Snacks had just been served; he hadn't eaten more than a couple of bites before Liang Xinghua paid the bill and left.

It was a good thing he hadn't eaten much; if he had eaten his fill, how could he still go eat with Zhong Liying?

Before long, the two were sitting in a Chongqing Hot Pot restaurant.

Zhong Liying wore a smile on her face, chatting idly on and off.

Liang Xinghua inadvertently looked up and glanced at her, discovering her features were exceptionally captivating.

She was not only young, but also beautiful, with a great figure.

If he hadn't become the head of the Liguo Mountain subsidiary, Liang Xinghua estimated he wouldn't even have had the courage to look at Zhong Liying closely; the inferiority poverty brought him had now completely vanished like smoke, and he not only dared to look at Zhong Liying closely, but also dared to proactively ask her:

"By the way, how old are you?"

Age, like weight, is a rather rash question for a girl.

But Zhong Liying didn't mind at all, instead answering directly:

"24, you?"

Liang Xinghua couldn't help but exclaim:

"You're really young! I'm already 36!"

Zhong Liying smiled and said:

"36 isn't old either; for you men, it's precisely the best age."