Chapter 1289: It

Red Star Rolling Mill.

Sporadic snowflakes drifted from the sky. Cao Weiguo walked into the canteen and saw Cui Dake and the others gathered together discussing something.

"What are you chatting about? Chatting so enthusiastically."

"Master!"

"Good day, Leader!"

Cui Dake rubbed his hands and leaned in: "Leader, haven't you heard? Section Chief Sun of the Party and Mass Department had his house raided. I heard they found over a dozen large gold bars and two big boxes of antiques, calligraphy, and paintings."

Cao Weiguo asked in surprise: "When did this happen?"

Cui Dake: "Four o'clock in the morning. I heard Yang Weimin led the way."

Cao Weiguo: "I know. You guys, discuss this kind of thing less and focus on doing your own work well."

After inspecting the canteen, Cao Weiguo found Zhao Mancang and learned about the situation.

"Section Chief Cao, there's a call for you!"

"Got it!"

Cao Weiguo returned to his office. After connecting, it was Bureau Chief Jiang calling.

"Okay!"

"Got it!"

"I'll set off right now."

Because the time was too tight, Cao Weiguo hung up the phone and headed straight for the car pool.

After Cao Weiguo left by car, Factory Director Li called the head of the car pool to his office.

Factory Director Li asked without even lifting his head: "Did Section Chief Cao say where he was going?"

The head of the car pool truthfully stated an address. Factory Director Li's fountain pen stopped instantly: "I know. You go back. Let this matter rot in your stomach."

The head of the car pool nodded repeatedly, carefully exited the office, and wiped the sweat from his forehead in the hallway.

"These officials have too many schemes."

Muttering a sentence, the head of the car pool shook his head and left.

In the current rolling mill, Factory Director Li was the number one, followed by the parachuted Deputy Factory Director Nie, and then Director Deng.

Everyone knew that Cao Weiguo, the Logistics Section Chief, was promoted by Factory Director Li himself and was deeply trusted by him.

But this time, the head of the car pool was scared out of his wits.

Factory Director Li was secretly inquiring about Section Chief Cao's whereabouts—what was he trying to do?

Could it be that the two had fallen out? Or was there another purpose?

It must be said that the head of the car pool was thinking too much.

Factory Director Li inquiring about Cao Weiguo's whereabouts was just simple curiosity, or perhaps he wanted to bask in Cao Weiguo's light.

Although Cao Weiguo was promoted by him, Cao Weiguo was already different from before; the connections he had made made even him feel shocked and jealous.

Bureau Chief Jiang!

Secretary Han!

Chief of Staff Ding!

One after another, these were big figures he couldn't even curry favor with.

Especially in the current situation, who knew which cloud had rain and which cloud had thunder?

Just like Section Chief Sun, who was suddenly overthrown—the day before yesterday, they were still drinking and eating together, saying he was going to be transferred to a higher department.

But look!

In the blink of an eye, he became stinking dog shit, which gave him a big scare.

Although he also had a big tree to lean on, he didn't dare to pat his chest and say that the tree wouldn't fall.

Smart people wouldn't put all their eggs in one basket.

Perhaps he should find a few more big trees.

He couldn't put his life and family on his father-in-law alone.

If something happened to his father-in-law, wouldn't he suffer too?

On the other side, Cao Weiguo arrived at the address Bureau Chief Jiang had told him.

Cao Weiguo got out of the jeep, and a middle-aged man wearing a gray Zhongshan suit and glasses walked over quickly: "Section Chief Cao, you've finally arrived. The leader told me to wait for you here. Come in with me quickly."

"Sorry to trouble you, Secretary Liu."

Following Secretary Liu into the Chinese-Western style mansion, Cao Weiguo met Bureau Chief Jiang and Bureau Chief Jiang's guests, among whom was a tall foreigner with blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Weiguo is here!"

"Let me introduce you; this is Comrade Cao Weiguo."

"Weiguo! This is Nikolai Korchagin, an official from the Soviet Union..."

"This is Manager Chen from China Resources..."

"This is Section Chief Shi from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs..."

Once everyone was present, Bureau Chief Jiang called for the dishes to be served. The dishes were mainly Chinese-style, colorful, fragrant, and delicious. All ingredients were carefully selected: roast duck, steamed furnace meat, longevity elbow, four-happiness meatballs, Panlong vegetable... and a dish called "Overlord Parts with Concubine."

This drinking party was mainly to entertain Nikolai Korchagin from the Soviet Union, with the purpose of importing a batch of high-precision machines.

At the table, everyone entertained him warmly, but these dishes clearly didn't suit Nikolai Korchagin's taste.

However, after the meal, Cao Weiguo carefully prepared a few Western-style desserts, which made Nikolai Korchagin give a thumbs up.

While eating desserts and listening to "Moscow Nights," the few chatted in a relaxed atmosphere. ===== CHAPTER 1291 =====