Chapter 313: Placing a bet in advance
Chapter 313: Placing a bet in advance
Another new week begins.
Without the double pressure of studying and taking exams, Li Kailang can be said to be free of burden.
As soon as I walked out of the house, I looked up and saw Jia Dongxu.
"Wow, this kid got beaten up yesterday, but now he's fine. He's in great shape."
In addition to Jia Dongxu, there is also Xu Damao, who has also recovered well.
He had a bruised face yesterday, but if you don't look closely now, you can't tell that he had been beaten.
When Jia Dongxu saw Li Kailang, he subconsciously lowered his head and walked away quickly, fearing that Li Kailang would see him.
He hired someone to kill Li Kailang, but Li Kailang did not die. Instead, Zuo Ge and the other two died, with a bullet in their heads.
Jia Dongxu had to suspect that it was Li Kailang who did it. Li Kailang was the only one in the yard who had access to the gun, and he was the only one who could have killed them.
As for the fact that he was drugged, it was most likely Li Kailang who did it, but since he had no evidence, Jia Dongxu didn't dare to provoke him, for fear that Li Kailang would suddenly shoot him one day.
As a result, after Jia Dongxu came out of the detention room, he avoided Li Kailang and stayed out of his sight.
Transport team.
"Master Li, are you free? The director wants to see you about something." Director Yang's secretary Wan Shen said.
"I'm free." Li Kailang nodded in response.
He had just arrived at the transport team not long ago when Wan Shen came to visit him. He hadn't even had time to arrange any tasks, so how could he not be available?
"Please come with me."
After a while, Wan Shen took Li Kailang to Director Yang's office.
Director Yang: "Master Li, I hope I didn't disturb you so early in the morning."
Li Kailang shook his head and waited and saw what was happening. "No, no, I don't know what Director Yang wants to talk to me about?"
Director Yang smiled and said, "Master Li, what you said is true. It is also my responsibility as the director to care about the health of the workers."
"Besides, you are the only person in our steel mill who is studying at night university. I have to care about you. Can't I talk to you when I have nothing to do?"
Li Kailang forced a smile: "Of course."
"You are the factory director, you have the final say." Li Kailang just said this silently in his heart.
Seeing Li Kailang's embarrassed look, Director Yang laughed heartily, "Okay, let's get back to business. I heard that Night University had its final exam yesterday. How did you do?"
Hearing this, Li Kailang understood why Director Yang wanted to see him. It turned out that he came to ask about his studies, but it was definitely not that simple.
"It's okay. I did well in the exam. I should be able to attend night school." Li Kailang said modestly.
"That's good. It looks like you'll be able to attend night school next semester. Not bad." Director Yang nodded and patted Li Kailang's shoulder solemnly.
He was following up on Li Kailang's academic progress, but the test results were unknown.
"Thank you Director Yang for the compliment." Li Kailang said calmly.
Director Yang: "By the way, Master Li, have you ever considered staying in the steel mill after graduation? Working in the workshop?"
This was his real purpose in looking for Li Kailang. He wanted to keep Li Kailang in the steel mill and in the workshop.
This question stumped Li Kailang, and he didn't have an answer to it yet.
"Director Yang, I haven't thought about this yet. I have just started school and it will take a few years for me to graduate. I am not sure whether I can graduate successfully."
"I have no such considerations at the moment. I plan to concentrate on finishing the book first and then see what happens when the time comes."
Director Yang apologized, "That's right, I was too hasty. The most important thing for you now is to study. You can put other things aside."
After all, Li Kailang was the only one in the factory who was studying at night university, and his major was mechanical manufacturing. He really wanted to keep Li Kailang.
After all, it would take a few years to recruit college students to work at a steel mill, so we wanted to keep the people we have now first.
Director Yang continued, "By the way, Master Li, if you encounter any difficulties in your studies, as long as I can help, just tell me and I will help you solve it."
Li Kailang: "Thank you Director Yang, I am not having any difficulties at the moment."
"You didn't encounter any difficulties. That's good, that's good." Director Yang nodded, bent down, and took out a few books from the drawer.
"By the way, I have some books here that are not sold in the bookstore. You can take them back and read them."
Li Kailang looked at these books. He knew from the cover that they were books on mechanical engineering. Turning to the back, he found that they were professional books compiled by Tsinghua University.
These internal teaching books are difficult to obtain outside, and cannot be borrowed even if you want to. They can only be obtained from within.
Li Kailang pointed at the books in disbelief: "Director Yang, are you sure you want to give me these books?"
Director Yang smiled slightly, "These books were originally prepared for you. You are the only one in the factory who is studying at night school. Who else should I give them to if not you? Why? Don't you want them?"
"Yes, of course!" Li Kailang took the books and looked at them with great interest.
To be honest, even if Li Kailang wanted to refuse, he couldn't.
After learning mechanical technology and being indoctrinated with a vast amount of knowledge, the method of reviewing the old to learn the new was of no use to him, and he could not learn any new knowledge by reading again.
He is in urgent need of reading a new book, and Director Yang is providing timely help.
Seeing this, Director Yang smiled even more deeply, "Since Master Li likes it, then take it. I still have official business to attend to, so I won't delay your work."
"Okay, Director Yang, I won't disturb you anymore. I'll go back to work first." Li Kailang said hello and left.
This time he owed Director Yang a favor, although it was not a big one.
Professional books compiled by National Tsing Hua University are not sold to the public and will not be circulated in the market, so it is very troublesome to get them.
Watching Li Kailang leave, Director Yang opened the drawer, which contained several mechanical books.
Director Yang patted the book and said, "Take your time. Don't be in a hurry. We will win them over eventually. Just give them a good lead first."
Although Li Kailang is a logistics person, the steel rolling mill is in urgent need of talent and Director Yang urgently needs someone to fill the gap.
Li Kailang returned to the transport team.
Everyone looked at Li Kailang holding the book and immediately surrounded him, asking curiously, "Master Li, what does Secretary Wan want to talk to you about?"
"Nothing, just something about me studying at night college, and I gave him a few books."
"How many books?" Everyone felt dizzy just by looking at the cover.
"I recognize every word of this, but how come I can't recognize any of them together?"
Of course, this is just a joke. You can more or less guess what the book is about by looking at the direct meaning.
After all, those who work in the transport team all have a basic knowledge of mechanics, and they have all worked as maintenance workers for a period of time.
Master Zhao: "By the way, Master Li, how are you doing in school? Do you have the confidence to graduate?"
"It's OK. You can continue reading."
"That's good, that's good. We are all looking forward to your graduation. When you graduate, I can brag about it."
As he spoke, Master Zhao couldn't help but raise his head proudly, puffed out his chest and raised his head, giving a thumbs up.
"Well, I, Zhao, have worked with college students for several years, and I even helped them with some small favors. That's enough to brag about."
Master Zhao's words were deeply recognized by everyone.
"Yes, Master Li, we are all waiting for the day when you graduate. Then we can go out and brag about it."
Li Kailang smiled slightly: "It's not that early for me to graduate. There are still three or four years left. Please wait patiently."
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. We've been waiting for so many years, a few more years won't make a difference." Master Zhao waved his hand nonchalantly.
"That's it. Let's wait for that day."
Everyone's mind is very simple, it's purely for bragging.
Zhang Jinwu saw Li Kailang's embarrassment and said, "Alright, alright, all of you are gathered here. Are you going to finish your work? Finish your work first."
Zhang Jinwu gave the order and everyone drove to start work. Zhang Jinwu encouraged Li Kailang with a few words and then left.
Li Kailang was not idle either, he also went to work after receiving the task.
Li Kailang had done this task before, which was to send the broken parts from the workshop to the countryside.
It is now the end of June, and there are only two months left until the autumn harvest, which is a perfect time to deal with the waste together.
"The task is not difficult. Go to the workshop to collect scrap parts first."
At the same time, two jeeps drove into the cadre building of the steel rolling mill.
Among the people sitting in the car, there were people Li Kailang knew.
Three people got out of the jeep and saw the two leaders standing in front of them. "Director Yang, Deputy Director Li."
"Deputy Director Chi, Section Chief Bian." Director Yang and Li Huaide greeted them with smiles.
Chi Liping, deputy director of the Second Steel Rolling Mill.
Bian Li is a section chief of the resource allocation department under the Ministry of Metallurgy.
And Lai Yicheng, an acquaintance of Li Kailang.
Chi Liping came to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to discuss a production order, while Bian Li came to allocate resources for this business.
As for Lai Yicheng, he followed Chi Liping to join in the fun.
"Director Yang, Deputy Director Li, long time no see." Chi Liping said.
"Long time no see." They both replied.
After a brief chat, he got down to business. "Three of you, let's go to the office and talk first."
Chi Liping said: "No hurry, I wonder if I can go to the workshop to take a look first."
Director Yang looked at Chi Liping and knew that he was examining whether the steel mill was capable of cooperating.
Thinking of this order, Director Yang is determined to go all out to get it.
The Second Steel Rolling Mill could not spare enough manpower to complete the order, but they did not want to lose the order, so they turned to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill which had abundant manpower.
Although the Second Steel Rolling Mill lost the order, they were unable to spare any manpower. Rather than wasting it, it would be better to distribute it. Less profit is still profit, and it is worse than no profit.
After the departure of senior workers and engineers, the gap between the two factories has narrowed a lot, and neither can guarantee to outperform the other.
If it had been in the past, the Second Steel Rolling Mill would not have released this order, but it cannot do so now.
"Of course, let's go to the workshop and take a look first." Director Yang led the three to the workshop.
When Chi Liping came to the workshop, he did not examine the technology but whether there were enough manpower.
Lai Yicheng followed the four people and looked at the workshop which was different from the second steel rolling mill.
Suddenly, Lai Yicheng found a familiar figure in front of him, who was busy counting the waste parts.
"Li Kailang!" Lai Yicheng came to Li Kailang.
"Lai Yicheng." Li Kailang looked in the direction of the voice and narrowed his eyes slightly. Why did this kid come to the steel mill? But he still greeted him with a smile.
"Lai Yicheng, why are you here?"
Lai Yicheng: "I came here with the deputy director of our factory. What are you doing?"
Li Kailang: "Oh, I have this statistical waste, I will take it away to deal with it later."
Lai Yicheng: "Statistics? Processing? Isn't this what workers do? Aren't you a leader? Just let others do it. How can you do these small things yourself?"
Lai Yicheng knew that Li Kailang was not a leader, but if Li Kailang agreed to it for the sake of face, he would like to see how Li Kailang would explain it to the leader behind him.
"Leader? Lai Yicheng, are you saying that wrong?" Li Kailang was puzzled. "I am a worker, not a leader. This job is supposed to be done by me."
"Oh!" Lai Yicheng pretended to be suddenly enlightened, "So you are not, I thought you were the leader."
Lai Yicheng secretly thought it was a pity that he failed to trick Li Kailang.
"Technician Lai, what's going on between you two?" Chi Liping looked at Lai Yicheng.
Lai Yicheng explained: "Oh, this is my classmate from night school, Li Kailang, who joined the class midway."
"Oh, by the way, Li Kailang, how did you do in the final exam? Are you confident that you can pass it?"
"To be honest, this final exam is indeed a bit difficult. It's understandable that you didn't pass it since you came in halfway through. Don't be discouraged."
Lai Yicheng patted Li Kailang on the shoulder to show encouragement.
Li Kailang slapped Lai Yicheng's hand away, "You don't have to worry about that. I'm very confident about this exam. But you should think about what to do if you fail."
"Maybe you and I won't be in the same class next time school starts."
Lai Yicheng laughed and said, "Li Kailang, what you said is really funny. You just came in halfway through, and you actually want to be in the same class with me. Isn't this funny?"
Lai Yicheng did not understand the deeper meaning behind Li Kailang's words.
Li Kailang: "You don't need to worry about this. You should focus on yourself. The test results will be out on Friday."
"Lai Yicheng is so outstanding, he will definitely pass. What if he fails and is held back? What will we do then? Don't you think so?"
Lai Yicheng: "Don't worry about that. I am very confident that I can pass this exam. But you still need to work harder."
Director Yang, Chi Liping and others, who were standing by, watched the two men arguing with each other and neither of them gave in. They understood that there must be a conflict between them.
Li Kailang didn't know where Lai Yicheng's hostility towards him came from. It was strange that such a troublemaker had never been taught a lesson.
"Okay, I won't waste my time talking to you. I have things to do."
After saying that, Li Kailang turned and left.
"you!"
Lai Yicheng spat out the word with gritted teeth, but then realized that his leader was right next to him, and he had to forcefully suppress the anger in his heart.
Lai Yicheng's expression looked particularly gloomy. He watched Li Kailang's back as he left in a carefree manner, and the anger in his heart burned like a raging fire.
Director Yang looked at the tense atmosphere between the two and smiled knowingly. Friction between classmates was common, so he tried to smooth things over:
"Young people are always a little impulsive, but it is normal for classmates to have some minor frictions. Over time, it will develop into mutual friendship."
Chi Liping also agreed: "Director Yang is right, we have all been through this, wait for two years when they have matured, maybe today will be the beginning of their friendship."
Hearing that the other party was trying to smooth things over, Director Yang and Chi Liping both breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, they all hope that this cooperation can go smoothly and don't want this small dispute to affect the overall situation.
"Deputy Director Chi, let's continue watching." Director Yang gestured with his hand.
"Okay, let's continue watching." Chi Liping nodded.
Lai Yicheng's anger did not subside, and he thought to himself: "Boy, you are so brave! Since you dare not give me face, let me see how I can deal with you!"
He turned around and looked for Bian Li, "Chief Bian."
"What's the matter?" Bian Li looked at Lai Yicheng, and seeing his unhappy expression, he guessed what Lai Yicheng's purpose was.
"Chief Bian, when you return, please allocate the resources of the Third Steel Rolling Mill and renovate the Third Mill for me."
"No!" Bian Li refused directly.
"Chief Bian, why is this not possible? It's not a big deal. It's just that the resources can be delivered a few days later. It's no big deal." Lai Yicheng insisted.
Bian Li refused, "No means no! Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Put away your little thoughts. You have done this to several people before. I don't care."
"But now we can't. This is a collaboration between two big companies. We can't let your personal grudges affect the collaboration."
Lai Yicheng was furious when he heard this and pulled Bian Li by the collar: "Bian Li, you are amazing! You actually dared not to listen to me. Do you still want to do this? Believe it or not, I will punish you!"
Bian Li smiled indifferently: "You still think I am the old Bian Li. I am now the section chief, not the clerk I used to be. I am not the old Bian Li who always does whatever you say."
"Do you really think you are powerful just because you have a little background? Do you know that there is a new deputy director in the resource room, the former director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill?"
"You are on the same level as your father. Even he is not qualified to intervene in the allocation of the resources of the Red Star Steel Mill. How can you intervene just based on your words? What a joke!"
After saying that, Bian Li slapped Lai Yicheng's hand away without any hesitation.
Lai Yicheng's face turned red with anger at Bian Li's words, and he said angrily:
"Bian Li, you are so good, you think you can disobey me just because you are the section chief? When I get back, I will tell my dad about what happened today!"
"Do you really think you're so powerful just because you're a section chief? I can still control you!"
"Oh, I believe it, of course I believe it. How can I not believe it with your petty mind?"
Bian Li patted Lai Yicheng's face and said, "Boy, let me tell you, I have been transferred to the new deputy director's department. Your father can no longer control me."
"You want to target someone, but you don't even check their background, you idiot!"
After saying that, Bian Li laughed proudly, turned around and followed Chi Liping and Director Yang.
"Bian Li!" Lai Yicheng stood in place, staring at Bian Li's back with a ferocious expression, his heart filled with anger and unwillingness.
From childhood to adulthood, he had never suffered such an injustice, and he was actually slapped in the face and taught a lesson.
When Bian Li heard Lai Yicheng's angry voice, he couldn't help feeling a sense of pleasure in his heart.
He knew that he was no longer the small clerk who was bullied and manipulated by others.
He finally had enough confidence to refuse others, thanks to the help of Director Lu, oh no, Deputy Director Lu.
(End of this chapter)