[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life":3,"chapter-siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-good-life-siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-25":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Siheyuan: The Salted Fish's Beautiful Life",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2103868,3398,"Chapter 25: Promoted","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>Steel Rolling Factory\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A broadcast notice caused a sensation and heated discussion throughout the factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the morning, Cao Cao Weiguo did not live up to Deputy Factory Director Li's \"expectations,\" and Deputy Factory Director Li also happily wrote the appointment letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, Cao Cao Weiguo's appointment was broadcast throughout the factory: Deputy Director of the Cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youngest deputy section-level cadre in the factory was freshly released!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo instantly became the focus of the whole factory, the protagonist of countless people's excited discussions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that this appointment was too unexpected; no one thought that Cao Cao Weiguo, who was in his early twenties, would be promoted and appointed as deputy director.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people knew that Cao Cao Weiguo was single, and those with daughters racked their brains, wanting to marry their daughters to Cao Cao Weiguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If such a young and capable deputy director became a son-in-law, their family's ancestral grave would have to smoke green smoke. ===== CHAPTER 45 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sha Zhu, the First Master, the Second Master, and Qin Qin Huairu, who were working in the workshop, were all stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They once suspected whether they had auditory hallucinations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many days had Cao Cao Weiguo been a permanent employee? How old was he? How did he suddenly become a deputy director!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deputy Director!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the highest-ranking cadre in the whole courtyard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Master was an eighth-grade machinist, respected, but only a worker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Master was a seventh-grade blacksmith, always thinking about being a cadre but never succeeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu had worked in the cafeteria for several years and was now a workshop worker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu was a widow worried about her livelihood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge gap made people unwilling to believe it was true!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did Cao Cao Weiguo, an inconspicuous orphan, suddenly become a cadre, leaving everyone behind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Master regretted not paying attention to and helping Cao Cao Weiguo before, missing out on a promising old-age supporter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Master was surprised that Cao Cao Weiguo became a cadre at such a young age and pondered how to have a good relationship in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Zhu was jealous and gnashed his teeth; a villain actually mixed better than him, becoming a cadre from an apprentice in a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Qin Huairu's heart was surging, longing to turn Cao Cao Weiguo into Sha Zhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other residents of the Sihe Academy were both surprised and happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A leader living in the same courtyard was a good opportunity to get in touch with the management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Workers throughout the factory were excitedly discussing, and Cao Cao Weiguo would be congratulated wherever he went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people understood that Cao Cao Weiguo had taken off, jumping from an ordinary worker into the ranks of leading cadres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a leap across classes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Propaganda Department, Yu Yu Haitang sat in her seat and sighed constantly, looking restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Misjudged!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really misjudged!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yu Haitang regretted wanting to hit the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did she look down on Cao Cao Weiguo, why did she stubbornly refuse the blind date!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she hadn't refused, maybe she would be Deputy Director Cao's partner now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to marry a cadre, but she turned away a young and promising cadre with her own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yu Yu Haitang's absent-minded look, Yang Yang Weimin asked with concern: \"Yu Haitang, what's wrong with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yu Haitang felt a pain in her heart when she saw Yang Yang Weimin, and said with a cold face in regret: \"I'm fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She misjudged, and she didn't know if there was any chance for remedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the conference room, Factory Director Yang, Deputy Factory Director Li, the cafeteria director, the logistics director, the finance director, the security section chief, and other leading cadres gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo, the newly promoted deputy director, also attended the meeting and was one of the protagonists who attracted much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Yang said seriously: \"Comrade Cao Cao Weiguo, from today on, you will serve as the deputy director of the cafeteria. Do you have anything to say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era of material scarcity and food shortages, the cafeteria was a department that countless people were watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo was both excited and happy, not expecting Deputy Factory Director Li's ability to be so great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person is worth associating with!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really does things after taking money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the appointment was sudden, Cao Cao Weiguo had predicted it early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Factory Director Yang and Factory Director Li, for your trust in me, and thank the organization for its importance to me. I will serve the people wholeheartedly, do my job diligently and responsibly... and fight for the prosperity and strength of the motherland for the rest of my life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo, who had received higher education, made a speech that was ideologically correct, firm in stance, clear in banner, and positive in attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Factory Director Yang feel quite surprised and satisfied; he didn't expect Cao Cao Weiguo to have ink in his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory Director Li was also quite surprised, and at the same time somewhat happy; Cao Cao Weiguo was a usable talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knows how to conduct himself! Knows how to do things! Knows how to speak! He can be used in the future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Cao Cao Weiguo officially took office, the meeting began to discuss other matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo, who had just arrived, quietly became a background board, a leisurely salted fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meeting was a distribution of interests, and everyone was fighting for their own interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Departments put forward problems and needs, discussed, argued, compromised... which opened Cao Cao Weiguo's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that these high-ranking leading cadres were like businessmen here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haggling over every ounce, calculating every penny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the cafeteria director, who was lukewarm in his eyes before, changed his usual face and argued fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cafeteria director, logistics director, and security section chief... obviously belonged to Deputy Factory Director Li's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The finance director, propaganda director, and workshop director... belonged to Factory Director Yang's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discipline director and personnel director... didn't speak, and their stance couldn't be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the things in the meeting were empty and made Cao Cao Weiguo sleepy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was one thing that made Cao Cao Weiguo somewhat concerned: Labor Day employee benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The above had approved the funding application for \"employee benefits,\" but the problem was that there was money but nothing to buy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Steel Rolling Factory was a large key unit, but there was more than one such unit in the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that there were many units more important than the Steel Rolling Factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The logistics director went to the meat processing plant to purchase, but after working hard for a long time, he could only get 80 catties of pork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>80 catties of pork in the Steel Rolling Factory was just a drop in the bucket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Food factories, canning factories, chicken farms... these units were also bustling, and even if there were quotas, they couldn't get anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Units all over the city were preparing employee benefits, and the situation of many monks and little porridge was very severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the meeting, Factory Director Yang and Deputy Factory Director Li spoke, mobilizing all leaders to mobilize relationships and do their best to find materials for the factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo had things in his hands, but he couldn't take them out without thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was reported for \"speculation and profiteering\" or \"reselling materials,\" he would be finished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To get the materials in his hands to the factory, he still needed careful planning and operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must not be too hasty and be caught by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would rather continue to hoard them in his hands than take impulsive risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pressing down the urge to recommend himself, Cao Cao Weiguo watched quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meeting, everyone congratulated Cao Cao Weiguo with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking on the road, Cao Cao Weiguo further felt people's enthusiasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People who had never greeted him before all came over and called him Director Cao affectionately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those \"cold\" leading cadres before also wanted Cao Cao Weiguo to treat them to dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo, who was rich and powerful, naturally wouldn't refuse and generously invited all the leading cadres to Donglaishun for a meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clerk in the logistics department flattered: \"Director Cao, your office has been cleaned up. I am Sun Ping from the logistics department. If you need to add office supplies in the future, just tell me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo was appointed as deputy director and was assigned an independent office, which was small but quiet and tidy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the office, leaning against the hard and cold chair back, Cao Cao Weiguo's mood was inevitably somewhat excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't expect that he would have a day to become a \"leader\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sitting in the office for a while, Cao Cao Weiguo returned to the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cafeteria was his home field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director, I cut tea for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Lan held the tea mug and rushed forward, full of enthusiasm and flattery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo opened the thermos cup and said: \"Thank you, Sister Lan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Lan smiled happily: \"Director is too polite, your tea and water will be handed over to me in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations to Master Cao for being promoted to Director!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations to Master Cao!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kitchen helpers and apprentices stepped forward to congratulate him, and Liu Liu Limin was so excited that his face turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, you are too amazing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday he was still cooking with his master, and overnight his master became a director.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Weiguo said happily: \"Liu Limin, work hard, you will definitely be more promising than your master in the future.\" ===== CHAPTER 46 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1635,"2026-06-16T06:41:09.589Z","2026-06-16T08:22:04.667Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d07ea10a00d622d6875acd273c5554275a85bec9c7963ac51e564bcd01f9396a","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-26","siheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-chapter-24",843,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsiheyuan-the-salted-fish-s-beautiful-life-cover.gif"]