Chapter 1175

Red Star Steel Rolling Mill

Because Xu Damao had a verbal altercation with Jia Zhangshi and they got into a fight, Jia Zhangshi, who had been slapped, made a scene at the Neighborhood Office and the steel rolling mill.

He had already been looked down upon for digging a cellar with Qin Huairu, and now he was given a demerit for fighting. This was only because Deputy Factory Director Li "showed mercy," plus Xu Damao paid compensation to Jia Zhangshi; otherwise, he would have at least been detained.

This incident made Xu Damao hate Jia Zhangshi to the core, and he also hated Shazhu, who had given Jia Zhangshi the idea.

He knew Jia Zhangshi's character very well; originally, giving her a few coins would have settled the matter.

If Shazhu hadn't been fanning the flames on the side, instigating Jia Zhangshi to go to the Neighborhood Office and the steel rolling mill to complain, things wouldn't have turned out so ugly.

This caused him to receive another demerit and pay money, making him so angry he couldn't eat or sleep.

Xu Damao wanted to find Cao Weiguo to ask for an idea for revenge, but Cao Weiguo was busy with a meeting and had no time to see him.

"Xu Damao! I heard you fought with an old woman in your courtyard? How did it go? Is it serious?"

Xu Damao had just come out of the office building when he bumped into Cui Dake, who was wearing brand-new work clothes.

Cui Dake had already been transferred to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and was now a handyman in the staff canteen, earning a salary of over twenty yuan.

Although the salary wasn't high, Cui Dake was happy in his heart, thinking this was a good start and the starting point for his rise to success.

Xu Damao said gloomily: "Cui Dake! How is it? Are you used to the canteen?"

He had met Cui Dake a few times and had even eaten at Cao Weiguo's new home the day before yesterday.

Moreover, Cui Dake had now moved into the Sihe Academy, rented Cao Weiguo's house, and became a neighbor living in the backyard.

Cui Dake smiled honestly: "Used to it! The coworkers in the canteen are all very friendly and take care of me. I feel especially warm here, just like returning home."

Xu Damao teased: "That's right! With Section Chief Cao covering for you, who dares to be unfriendly to you? Their guts would be too big!"

Cui Dake smiled and said: "Xu Damao, don't joke around, it will have a bad influence on Section Chief Cao if people hear it."

Xu Damao: "What's wrong with me telling the truth? I say brother! We are neighbors now! And I am also a close friend of Section Chief Cao, we should interact and communicate more in the future."

Cui Dake said eagerly: "That would be my honor! You are a few years older than me, how about I call you Brother Damao from now on?"

Xu Damao smiled: "That's great! I'll call you Brother Dake from now on!"

Cui Dake: "Damao, Dake! Hey! Brother Damao! Our names both have the word 'Da'! It seems we are destined to be brothers!"

Xu Damao said: "It really is! Fate! Good brother! After work, come with me, I'll treat you to mutton hot pot, and we'll burn yellow paper to become sworn brothers."

Cui Dake was full of excitement: "It would be my honor! It would be my honor!"

Xu Damao and Cui Dake truly cherished each other, wishing they could kneel down and worship heaven and earth on the spot.

At lunch, the two were even more hand-in-hand and shoulder-to-shoulder, more intimate than lovers in the heat of passion. If conditions hadn't prevented it, the two would have slept foot-to-foot.

Shazhu bumped into Xu Damao while carrying his lunch box and laughed gloatingly: "Grandson! How does it feel to get a demerit? You are a disgraceful thing! A big man hitting an old woman, you have the nerve? Aren't you afraid of retribution? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

Xu Damao trembled with anger, and Cui Dake spoke up righteously: "Comrade, how are you talking? Retribution? Struck by lightning? What do you mean by that? You are engaging in feudal superstition! Your thinking is very problematic!"

Shazhu glared with his bull-like eyes: "Who are you, kid? Blabbering here! Do you believe I'll give you two big slaps! Hey! You look a bit familiar, you, you, you are the one who rented Cao Weiguo's house, right! You are friends with Cao Weiguo and hang out with Xu Damao, hey, it really is fish finding fish, shrimp finding shrimp, turtles finding turtles, not a single good one!"

Cui Dake was red with anger: "Why is your speech so ugly! Who isn't a good thing!"

Shazhu: "Who isn't a good thing, you know in your own heart!"

Xu Damao pulled Cui Dake: "Brother Dake, don't waste your breath on this fool, he's just a scoundrel who doesn't care about anything. Let's go get food, talking to him for one more sentence is demeaning."

Shazhu glared: "Grandson, you're looking for a beating, right!"

Xu Damao stretched his head toward Shazhu: "Hit me! If you don't hit me, you're my grandson!"

Shazhu was instantly enraged, raised his hand, but couldn't bring himself to hit him.

Nearby coworkers saw this and started jeering: "Hit him! Shazhu, don't be a coward! Don't let Xu Damao look down on you! Give him a big slap!"

"What's it to you! Showing off!"

Shazhu glared at the jeering coworkers, took his lunch box, and turned to leave, not even getting his food.

Xu Damao provoked smugly: "Grandson! Why are you a coward! Didn't you want to beat me? What's up? Shazhu, do you love being my grandson so much! Why don't you get adopted into the Xu family! Call yourself Xu Zhu'er from now on!"

Shazhu's eyes were spitting fire, and he turned back to leave a harsh word: "Grandson! You just wait!"

Xu Damao: "Waiting is waiting! Grandpa is still afraid of you, grandson!"

The nearby coworkers laughed out loud, and Shazhu walked away quickly with a blue face.

Xu Damao stared at Shazhu's back and spat on the ground: "Pah! Grandson! You just wait!"

Cui Dake said angrily: "Brother Damao! This Shazhu is too annoying! We must deal with him!"

Xu Damao said with a gloomy face: "You don't need to tell me that! If I don't deal with him, I, Xu Damao, swear I won't be a human!"

After lunch, Cao Weiguo drank tea and read the newspaper, becoming a clear stream in the midst of the uproar.

Since Director Hu's incident, the senior management of the steel rolling mill had been fighting happily.

Everyone wanted to hold the power of personnel in their arms, and everyone wanted to fill the hot and lucrative vacancies.

Section Chief Guo of the Security Section, Deputy Director Nie of the Propaganda Section, Section Chief Zhou of the Finance Section... were all popular candidates for filling vacancies.

Because the incident happened too suddenly, everyone with the hope of filling a vacancy felt they had that possibility, and everyone was working and performing actively, striving to achieve some eye-catching results.

At the same time, in this special period, the incident of a factory leader being killed for having an affair made life difficult for the factory leaders. Although the matter had been resolved, the influence still remained, and the attention of higher-level leaders to this matter exceeded imagination. Of course, it didn't exclude the possibility of someone using the topic to play their own game.

Director Fang, who was in charge of discipline, held the imperial sword and led the Red Armbands to strictly grasp and strike. Several cadres and workers with poor conduct were taken away, and even trivial matters would be taken to the Security Section for questioning and review.

Before the lunch break was over, Cao Weiguo was notified by Factory Director Yang's secretary to attend a meeting.

In the smoke-filled conference room, the factory leaders were all calculating in their hearts.

Factory Director Yang's expression was serious: "The main topic of this meeting is the team problem of the steel rolling mill."

Deputy Factory Director Li picked up his tea mug, took a sip of water, and then picked up the lid on the table and covered it heavily. The crisp collision sound was quite obvious in the conference room.

Factory Director Yang slapped the table: "Comrades! Our steel rolling mill's team has had problems one after another, and higher-level leaders and Minister Ye have personally inquired about it. What does this mean? This means that our steel rolling mill has had problems in the appointment of cadres, big problems!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's mood immediately tightened!

Factory Director Yang was going to fight back!

Who present didn't know that Deputy Factory Director Li was in charge of the appointment of cadres in the steel rolling mill?

Now that Factory Director Yang raised this issue, even a fool knew who the spearhead was aimed at!

"Comrades!"

"Why do our cadres have incidents again and again?"

"Why didn't we discover the problems in time?"

"Why could such people be entrusted with important tasks?"

Factory Director Yang raised one question after another, truly aggressive, causing many people's expressions to change.

Some people were also anxious, guessing what Factory Director Yang really wanted to do?

Was he trying to take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents and wanting to preside over the work of the steel rolling mill?

Factory Director Yang said solemnly: "Of course, as the factory director, I also have an inescapable responsibility for not guarding the gate well, but everyone present should also take it as a warning and seriously carry out inspection and supervision. I have already made a self-criticism to higher-level leaders about this matter, and in the subsequent work, I will lead by example..."

Watching Factory Director Yang talk eloquently, Deputy Factory Director Li's expression became worse and worse. Every word of Factory Director Yang pointed to him.

Damn it!

Was he trying to fix me?

He secretly glanced at Director Deng, who was in charge of party affairs, and saw that Director Deng also had a gloomy face.

Director Deng was in charge of party affairs, and personnel appointments and removals naturally couldn't do without his nod.

This time, Factory Director Yang's spear was clearly aimed at the power of personnel!

Factory Director Yang's current purpose was very clear: aren't you trying to sideline me?

Even if I become a vase, I won't let you have it easy. Using Director Hu's incident to make some noise, a desperate fight might just turn the tide.

At the same time, Factory Director Yang not only had passion but also the support of a backer.

He said he was making a self-criticism to higher-level leaders, but in reality, he was "complaining" and "reporting," saying how he was sidelined and how Deputy Factory Director Li was arbitrary... The big leader also wanted to change the status quo of the steel rolling mill and took the opportunity to give him some help.

"Why does the cadre team of the steel rolling mill have incidents one after another? I think the personnel department has an inescapable responsibility!"

Factory Director Yang showed his sword, pointing directly at personnel power. If he could take down the Personnel Section, his path to a comeback would be cleared.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Deputy Factory Director Li coughed, interrupting Factory Director Yang's speech: "As the deputy factory director in charge of specific work, I am more concerned about the problem of the steel rolling mill's work development. The Personnel Section Chief is vacant, and personnel work is inevitably affected... I think the most important work at present is to stabilize the overall situation first... I propose to select excellent comrades to fill the vacancy of the Personnel Section Chief to ensure the normal development of personnel work."