Chapter 325: Liu Hai Zhong Enters the Vat

Xu Damao stayed in the park for another day.

He really wanted to go straight to Sha Zhu and cripple him.

But thinking that he might end up in jail, he felt it wasn't worth it.

So he couldn't just go straight for revenge.

"A gentleman's revenge can wait ten years; Sha Zhu, let's play it slow—this life is still long."

"By the way, there's also Yi Zhonghai, that bastard."

"Retirement? Don't even think about it."

"I wish you a happy old age."

In the empty park corner, hysterical shouting kept coming, scaring away all the birds.

Leaving Xu Damao aside for now, Er Da Ye has also been dazed these past two days.

He hasn't slept well at night.

The words "Better to be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail" kept ringing in his ears.

At night he returned home and heard Nan Yi talking to Liang Ladi about the Agricultural Machinery Factory, but he didn't catch the details.

After dinner, he took a walk in the courtyard under the pretense of strolling.

This time he heard it more clearly.

Liang Ladi.

"Nan Yi, Chen Hong just told me the Jiedao is fine, and the Agricultural Machinery Factory has finished preparations to take you on."

"Go to the factory tomorrow to discuss the transfer; get your files over to the Agricultural Machinery Factory early, and you can become the cafeteria supervisor sooner."

"What's the point of our Mechanical Factory? Nobody values you, and they keep giving you a hard time."

What's the use of our Mechanical Factory? Nobody values you, and they keep giving you a hard time.

"Then I'll go handle it tomorrow; if they won't do it, I'll just quit."

Then I'll go handle it tomorrow; if they won't handle it for me, I'll just quit outright.

"I don't know which bastard went and filed a petty report against me today."

"Damn it, the factory wants me to clean the toilets again."

"They don't bully people like that—call when needed, then kick you to the toilets when done."

It's not like that—when you need it, you call it over; when you don't, you kick it into the toilet with one foot.

Liu Hai Zhong, however, was shaken upon hearing it.

"Nan Yi also wants to go to the Agricultural Machinery Factory?"

Suddenly he thought of his own situation.

He had worked diligently, handing over many apprentices, yet they wouldn't even give him a team leader position.

What's the point of working so hard?

At the Agricultural Machinery Factory, a team leader is just the start; if I work hard, becoming a section chief shouldn't be a problem.

He began to daydream about the future.

He felt even more moved.

He went back to try to do some ideological work on his old spouse.

He felt he needed to give himself a push.

In this life, not becoming an official leaves him unwilling.

He didn't want to keep telling others that he had almost become a team leader—he was that person, and he could go even further.

At this moment, he convinced himself.

After Liang Ladi again urged a few words to Nan Yi, seeing Er Da Ye return home a while later, she hurried to Yang Qing's house.

Yang Qing was still cooling off in the courtyard.

Upon seeing Liang Ladi, he quickly rose.

"How is it?"

Liang Ladi said softly.

"Pretty much the same; Er Da Ye hasn't slept well these two days."

Feeling about the same; Er Da Ye hasn't slept well these past couple days.

"You stay here and chat with my wife; I'll go check."

Afterwards, Yang Qing came to Liu Hai Zhong's house wearing big underpants and with his hands behind his back.

Liu Hai Zhong was still doing work for Second Aunt.

Second Aunt glared fiercely at Yang Qing upon seeing him.

Yang Qing was bewildered.

"Second Aunt, you don't welcome me?"

Second Aunt snorted and said nothing more.

Er Da Ye may have made a decision, so he's now much more composed.

"Yang Qing, why did you come over?"

Yang Qing didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly.

"Er Da Ye, it's like this: the matter I mentioned the day before yesterday—what do you think of it?"

"We found an old master in the countryside who just retired."

"If you don't go, we'll go ask that old person instead."

If you don't go, we'll go ask that old person.

Er Da Ye hurriedly wanted to agree, but was stopped by Second Big Mother.

"Yang Qing, do you know or not, how much loss will your Er Da Ye incur by coming to you?"

Yang Qing nodded.

"I know, seniority might not be transferable, affecting the pension."

Second Big Mother snorted again.

"Just knowing is enough; you can't just say nothing and hand over a blank check, letting my family's Liu Hai Zhong abandon everything and follow you."

Yang Qing hurriedly stopped him.

"Second Big Mother, how did it come to abandoning everything, how did it come to following me?"

"The Agricultural Machinery Factory belongs to the Jiedao."

"I can use the Jiedao's connections to transfer the house you currently live in from the Steel Rolling Mill to the Jiedao, letting you continue living there without losing anything."

"Er Da Ye can still retain the work quota of the Steel Rolling Mill, waiting for Guang Tian or Guang Fu to grow up and take over this shift."

"Upon arriving at the Agricultural Machinery Factory, Er Da Ye will not only see his salary increase, but he will also start as a group leader, with a position subsidy."

"Er Da Ye was training apprentices for free at the Steel Rolling Mill, but we at the Agricultural Machinery Factory are not like that; Er Da Ye, for every talent we train, we give a reward, and moreover, when the apprentices we teach improve their skill level, we also give a reward."

"If Er Da Ye does well, the position of Foundry Workshop Director is also not something he cannot sit in."

"As for seniority, there's nothing we can do unless Er Da Ye transfers his records over; otherwise, we can only calculate separately."

Er Da Ye couldn't help but ask.

"Then Nan Yi is preparing?"

"Nan Yi?"

Yang Qing pretended to look surprised.

"How do you know about Nan Yi?"

Er Da Ye explained away.

"I overheard it by accident."

Yang Qing nodded slightly.

"Nan Yi plans to transfer his records as well; I heard his relationship with his original factory is bad, so he fears that after he leaves, they will take over his work quota."

"He doesn't want to give others a free advantage, so he plans to transfer his work relationship as well, officially becoming a member of our Agricultural Machinery Factory."

"Er Da Ye, this counts as a secondment, so your work relationship remains unchanged, and your position at the Steel Rolling Mill will be retained."

"The Jiedao will handle these discussions."

Second Big Mother breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that.

It turns out it's a secondment, and the job is still retained—that's good.

She truly does not want to follow Yang Qing down a dead‑end path.

At least there's a fallback.

Liu Hai Zhong also didn't expect that this could still be done.

"In that case, I can go to the Agricultural Machinery Factory, but you must follow through on what you promised."

"Otherwise, I can at any time refuse to work for you."

Yang Qing gave a hehe laugh.

"That's only natural."

I just don't know whether, when the Agricultural Machinery Factory is upgraded, the higher ups will still tolerate you having two feet in two boats.

By then, you will have to choose.

When the Well Drilling Machine appears, Yang Qing believes that the time for the Agricultural Machinery Factory to become independent from the Jiedao will not be long.

Just like the Long-term Rental project, the city will not allow such a large source of income to remain under the Jiedao's control.

People are first lured over, then slowly dealt with.

In Yang Qing's eyes, Er Da Ye should be an apprentice‑producing machine, because he trains apprentices and is indeed very dedicated.

Unlike Yi Zhonghai, who hides things away and has hardly any usable ones.

As for the director? The deputy is also a director, so by then let him be in charge of talent training.

A good professional match.

Very perfect.

Liu Hai Zhong saw Yang Qing's firm guarantee and finally couldn't hold back.

"Fine, then I'll work with you."

Anyway, if the work makes me unhappy, I can still come back.

Second Big Mother also thought this way; hearing Yang Qing say it was a secondment, she had no worries.

This is much better than what they imagined as a formal hiring.