Chapter 1399: Damao Gets His Wish

The summer is scorching, the leaves are curled up by the sun, and the cicadas are chirping incessantly...

Under the instructions of higher-level units, the voice of "rectifying the style and discipline" became louder. District committees, streets, and factory administrative units at all levels began to catch typical examples one after another. For a time, big rats scurried, flies flew, and they regretted their actions amidst the condemnation of the masses.

After Factory Director Li returned from the Industrial Bureau with a face full of spring breeze, he held a work meeting without stopping, starting to deploy the work of "rectifying the style and discipline" with great fanfare, requiring all departments to conduct self-inspection and self-correction from the bottom up, ensuring the purity of the revolutionary ranks, further improving ideological awareness, profoundly absorbing the lessons of negative examples, and strengthening the education of serving the people...

As soon as the meeting was over, Factory Director Li called Cao Weiguo to his office for a talk.

Factory Director Li was extremely excited: "Weiguo, good, this time our Red Star Steel Mill has become famous, and the leaders of the ministry have named and praised us. This is an affirmation of our work!"

Cao Weiguo said: "Leader, this is all due to your wise leadership. I believe that as long as we follow your footsteps closely, our Red Star Steel Mill will definitely get better and better, and will surely create greater achievements in the future!"

Factory Director Li laughed up at the sky: "Hahaha! Good! Weiguo, I didn't misjudge you! You are a good one! Having you, Weiguo, is like Liu Bang having Zhang Liang, and Liu Bei having Kong Ming. If you and I work together, why worry about not being able to achieve a great cause!"

Cao Weiguo cupped his hands in a fake manner: "A thousand-mile horse is common, but a Bole is not. Without your cultivation, Leader, I, Cao Weiguo, would only be able to burn fire and stir-fry in the kitchen. How could I have today's achievements? I, Cao Weiguo, will keep your cultivation grace in my heart and am willing to serve you as a dog and horse!"

This rainbow-like flattery made Li Huaide unable to close his mouth with joy, feeling incomparably relieved in his heart, rejoicing that he had judged the person correctly and unearthed such a capable general—no, not just a capable general, but also a lucky general.

If it weren't for Cao Weiguo, he wouldn't have been named and praised by higher-level leaders, and he wouldn't have been looked at with admiration by his old father-in-law, even leading to his old father-in-law's political resources leaning heavily toward him, promising to fully support him in entering the Municipal Committee, or even the Ministry.

After the two flattered each other, Li Huaide asked with a smile: "Weiguo, what do you think of Xu Damao?"

Cao Weiguo hesitated: "Leader, I am a neighbor of Section Chief Xu in the same courtyard, and our private friendship is not bad, so it's really hard to comment. You know, avoiding suspicion."

Li Huaide laughed heartily: "Hahaha, Weiguo, look at you. Although we are superior and subordinate, I have always treated you as my own younger brother. We are talking behind closed doors, don't be too nervous, relax, just treat it as a chat between brothers. You just say your opinion, don't consider avoiding suspicion or not."

Seeing this, Cao Weiguo knew that Xu Damao had sent benefits to Li Huaide again, and these benefits were not small. Otherwise, Li Huaide wouldn't be tempted.

Seeing that Li Huaide already had the intention to promote Xu Damao, he, as a subordinate, couldn't go against the leader.

Besides, Li Huaide being able to use someone like Xu Damao is the blessing he accumulated in his previous life. He will have a hard time in the future.

Cao Weiguo smiled: "Leader, then I will say it. Section Chief Xu's ability is not bad. He dares to fight and work, has drive and energy, is flexible in his mind, and has strong execution. It's just that his reputation is not very good."

Li Huaide waved his hand: "I know something about the reputation you mentioned. I think Xu Damao did the right thing. His divorce from Lou Xiaoe is him drawing a line with the bourgeoisie, showing his firm revolutionary stance. His reporting and exposing this time and actively cooperating with the arrest of Dong Gui shows his high awareness even more."

Cao Weiguo immediately said: "Leader is wise!"

Li Huaide said with a face full of smiles: "Weiguo, since you also think Xu Damao's ability is not bad, then let him join the Committee, and incidentally let him concurrently serve as the leader of the Workers' Inspection Team. Allocate some manpower to him to cooperate with him in unfolding his work."

Cao Weiguo stood up and stood at attention: "Yes!"

Coming out of Factory Director Li's office, Cao Weiguo went straight to the Propaganda Section.

Cao Weiguo said with a face full of smiles: "Brother Damao, I'm here to bring you good news."

Xu Damao couldn't wait to grab Cao Weiguo's arm: "Brother Weiguo, what good news!"

Cao Weiguo: "Congratulations, Brother Damao, the leader has approved you for the Committee, and also appointed you as the leader of the Workers' Inspection Team."

Xu Damao was ecstatic, jumping and clapping: "Great! Great! Hahaha, the day I, Xu Damao, get ahead has finally come! Hahaha! Brother Weiguo! Thank you! Really thank you! Don't say anything else, I'll host tonight, let's not return until we're drunk!"

In fact, Cao Weiguo didn't contribute a bit of effort to this matter. It was mainly because Xu Damao caught Dong Gui, and privately sent Li Huaide six small yellow fish, and also revealed news about the Lou family to Li Huaide.

Although Lou Bancheng had already taken his wife and children and run to Xiangjiang, the Lou family had deep roots and lush leaves. Running away wasn't moving house, and they couldn't take all their property away, so there was still a large amount of property left in Jingcheng, hidden in the homes of the Lou family's relatives and friends. And these people, Xu Damao, as a good son-in-law, knew some of them.

How big the Lou family's industry was and how rich their family wealth was, Li Huaide, this old fox, of course knew. He had been jealous of the Lou family's property for a long time, and he hadn't been thinking about it for just one or two days.

With Xu Damao delivering such a big piece of fat to his door, how could Li Huaide, this greedy wolf, resist? He agreed to Xu Damao's request without hesitation and also asked Cao Weiguo to allocate manpower to Xu Damao, just to let Xu Damao dig out all the property hidden by the Lou family.

Soon, the news that Xu Damao had entered the Steel Mill Committee and also became the leader of the Workers' Inspection Team spread like wildfire, making Liu Haizhong, who was "inspecting" in the workshop, very surprised, and making the file of Yi Zhonghai, the old fitter, go off track.

Liu Haizhong frowned and pulled a long face: "Xu Damao, this rabbit cub, is capable. He didn't sell out his brothers in vain, and he got a return so quickly. I must hurry up and achieve some results, I can't let Xu Damao, this younger generation, surpass me."

Thinking that Xu Damao had suddenly "progressed" while he was still standing still, Liu Haizhong felt inexplicably anxious. He didn't have the heart to continue "inspecting" either, and listening to his big belly, he hurried out of the workshop, pondering which neighbor in the alley had a bad background, or had things with feudal and bourgeois colors in their home... He had to hurry and take action, otherwise it would be cheap for Xu Damao.

Yi Zhonghai was worried: "Xu Damao entered the Committee and also became the leader of the Workers' Inspection Team. If he gains power, will he retaliate against me? Sigh! What should I do!"

Recalling the past, he favored his foster son Shazhu and didn't bully Xu Damao little.

Judging others by oneself! ===== CHAPTER 1401 =====