Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

After hearing this, Deputy Minister Bi slammed the table in anger and cursed.

"Yang Jianye, what are we fighting for? Isn't it for the common people to live a good life? Look at what you have taught your son to be. How dare you come to beg me?"

After hearing this, Yang Jianye fell to his knees again.

"Old leader, please, it's my fault that I didn't teach Weiguo well. I didn't have the chance to teach him after his mother passed away. He wanted to smash Li Jianjun's restaurant to avenge me."

Deputy Minister Bi pointed at Yang Jianye and sighed.

"Xiao Yang, I'll do my best. Old Wang has been transferred, and my appointment will be announced soon. I hope I can suppress Li Huaide. You also know that Old Wang will not stand idly by."

When Yang Jianye heard that his old leader was going to be promoted, he immediately spoke.

"Old leader, you have been promoted. From now on, you will have the final say in the Ministry of Industry. Li Huaide has to give you face no matter how unwilling he is. Besides, I don't want to do anything to him. I just want him to let my son go. After all, Li Jianjun has nothing to lose. He should agree, right?"

Deputy Minister Bi nodded.

"You should be thankful that Li Jianjun didn't suffer any loss, otherwise I wouldn't have come forward. Teach your son well in the future and don't let him do anything wrong."

After saying that, he picked up the phone and called Li Huaide.

"Huide, it's me."

"Deputy Minister Bi, you called me so late at night. Do you have any instructions?"

Deputy Minister Bi was quite satisfied with Li Huaide's attitude.

"Huaide, I know about the incident at Jianjun Hotel. Can you talk to Jianjun and ask him to stop pursuing the matter and let Yang Weiguo go? He didn't lose anything!"

Li Huaide was a little frightened after hearing this. Why was Deputy Minister Bi involved? Although he was not afraid, there was no need to offend him. It would be better to ask clearly.

"Deputy Minister Bi, can I ask who this Yang Weiguo is? Otherwise I won't be able to explain to Jianjun."

Deputy Minister Bi thought about it and agreed. Although he was a deputy minister, he really couldn't use his power to suppress others, and this person might not be able to be suppressed.

"Huide, you also know his father, the former director of the steel mill, Yang Jianye. You two can be considered old partners. Xiao Yang is in a very miserable situation now. He is your only son. Let him go. I promise that such a thing will not happen again in the future. By the way, my new appointment will be announced soon."

At this time, Li Huaide's face had turned gloomy. He said that he was pleading for Yang Weiguo, but wasn't he testing my bottom line? It seemed that he had mentioned a promotion, but didn't he just mean that he would have the final say in the department in the future? So I should think about it carefully.

"Deputy Minister Bi, no, Minister Bi, it's getting late. How about I go talk to Jianjun in person tomorrow? I can't guarantee what the result will be, but I will try my best."

In Deputy Minister Bi's view, Li Huaide had compromised, but he couldn't agree to it right away for the sake of his reputation, so his tone softened a little.

"Well, okay, Huaide, go find Jianjun tomorrow morning and have a good talk with him. I'll wait for your call tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Deputy Minister Bi looked at Yang Jianye.

"Xiao Yang, Li Huaide agreed to talk to Li Jianjun about this matter. I don't think there will be any problem. Let the child stay in there for a day to reflect on it. Don't worry. It's getting late. Just sleep here. Go back tomorrow after we sort it out. By the way, let's chat. We haven't talked for a long time."

Yang Jianye felt relieved at this time. How could a factory director challenge a minister, unless he didn't want to do it anymore.

So the two of them talked about what had happened over the years until late at night.

The next day, Li Huaide arrived shortly after the restaurant opened.

When we arrived at Li Jianjun's office, Li Jianjun poured some tea and asked.

"Uncle, what happened? If you have something to say, just give me a call. Why did you come here in person?"

Li Huaide took a sip of water. He was really thirsty. He ran here right after finishing work at the factory and didn't even have time to drink water.

"Jianjun, Deputy Minister Bi called me yesterday. It was about Yang Weiguo."

Li Jianjun was a little surprised. He knew that Deputy Minister Bi had returned. Mr. Wang had already told him about it before.

"What's going on? How did it involve Deputy Minister Bi? Does this person have such a powerful background?"

Li Huaide smiled.

"You never expected that, did you? If Deputy Minister Bi hadn't said it himself, I wouldn't have thought that Yang Weiguo is the son of our old rival Yang Jianye."

Li Jianjun suddenly realized.

"I was wondering why he wanted to smash my store right away. It turns out he came here to avenge his father. If he fails, he will let Deputy Minister Bi protect him. He really treats us like dirt."

Li Huaide thought about it.

"Yesterday, Deputy Minister Bi revealed a piece of news, saying that he was going to be promoted. Is he threatening us?"

Li Jianjun nodded.

"It's a threat. We've been so friendly over the years that others think we're easy to bully."

Looking at Li Jianjun's gloomy face, Li Huaide asked.

"What should we do? Should we let Yang Weiguo go?"

Li Jianjun tapped the table with his fingers and thought about it.

"We can't let him go, or everyone will come and bully us. If Deputy Minister Bi gets promoted, he will control us even more, and our plan to open a factory will be hindered. Don't forget how he left. I don't believe he is magnanimous enough to forgive Mr. Wang. If he can't deal with Mr. Wang, he will definitely deal with us."

Li Huaide thought so too. After being driven away for more than ten years, it was not something that could be forgiven with just a few words.

Li Jianjun stopped tapping his fingers, his face showing a cruel look that no one had ever seen except Li Huaide.

"Uncle, since you're going to leave the steel mill sooner or later, why don't you use this incident to get rid of him? And the director, he's bound to make things difficult for us in the future."

Li Jianjun knew how much power this position would have in the future, so he replaced him now while the mechanism was still immature.

Li Huaide became interested.

"Jianjun, tell me, how do we do this?"

Li Jianjun took a sip of water and said.

"You're going to be out anyway, so just consider it as early. Go to the ministry and hand in your resignation, then find Mr. Wang and have him spread the word that Deputy Minister Bi forced you to forgive a gangster who smashed and looted, and you refused to be humiliated, so you resigned as the director of the steel mill out of fear. We don't need to worry about the rest."

Li Huaide opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Jianjun in disbelief.

"Fortunately, you are not interested in a career in politics, otherwise, I don't know how many people would be in trouble."

Li Jianjun smiled.

"I don't bully others, nor do I want to be bullied. All I do is protect myself and my family. If anything happens to me, our family will be implicated. I just want to live a peaceful and stable life, but some people can't bear to see us doing well!"

Li Huaide nodded.

"Yes, tolerance will only lead to further aggression. I understand this. Don't worry, I will go find my father-in-law now."

Li Jianjun sent Li Huaide to the door, and Xu Damao came over.

"Jianjun, what's the matter with Director Li?"

Li Jianjun didn't want to tell Xu Damao this.

"Nothing. Isn't the college entrance examination coming up soon? I came to ask about the child's grades."

Xu Damao took it seriously.

"Wenbin has no problem. Even my kid can pass the exam. Wenbin is much smarter than him. By the way, Jianjun, how about Yang Weiguo? Should we call the police station to ask?"

Li Jianjun thought about it.

"No need to call. I have nothing to do right now. I'll go there myself. You take care of the hotel."

Xu Damao nodded.

"Okay, go ahead. I'm here at the hotel."