Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

"Promote me?!" Yan Jiekuang pointed at himself and asked. The leader nodded and said, "I am working in the Ministry of Metallurgy now."

Yan Jiekuang said: "It doesn't matter to me where you work."

"Boy, you have quite a personality!" The big boss laughed and joked, "Old Su, your grandson-in-law is not a simple one!"

Su Zhongguo asked, "Old Wang, what exactly are you here for today? You didn't come here just to see me, your grandson-in-law, did you?!"

The big boss smiled and replied, "I really came to see him." Then he asked, "Old Su, can I borrow your study for a while? I want to have a good chat with your grandson-in-law?!"

Su Zhongguo thought about it, looked at Yan Jiekuang again, nodded and said, "Okay!" Then he said to Yan Jiekuang, "Jiekuang, accompany your grandfather Wang to the study room!"

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang responded and left the living room with the big boss.

After entering the study, Yan Jiekuang asked the leader to sit down and asked directly, "What exactly do you want to talk to me about?!"

The big boss looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "Young man, your Qi-cultivation skills are still a little lacking."

Yan Jiekuang said: "You are a big leader. I am just an ordinary citizen. As the old saying goes! One should not meddle in other people's affairs. So I don't need to cultivate my energy, let alone cultivate my character."

The big boss continued, "I didn't expect you to be so well dressed!" Then he asked, "I heard that you and the Lou family opened a company in Hong Kong. Is the company doing well?!"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "It's just some small business. It's not something that can be put on the table."

The big boss laughed and said, "If being worth over 100 million is still a small business, then what do you think is a big business?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "In fact, money is just like that. It doesn't matter how much. As long as it is enough to spend, it's fine."

The leader continued, "I won't beat around the bush. Someone recommended you to be the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

Yan Jiekuang immediately became alert and said, "Grandpa Wang, please don't harm me! I can't be the factory director."

Yan Jiekuang's words aroused the interest of the senior leader. The senior leader asked curiously: "What do you mean?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "I am just a college student. I have no experience and no connections. I want to be the director of a steel mill? Who will listen to me?! Besides, don't think that I am not a member of the steel mill family and don't know the situation of the steel mill. In fact, I know the current situation of the steel mill very well. To be honest, if it weren't for the tasks given by the state every month, the steel mill would have closed down long ago."

After hearing what Yan Jiekuang said, the leader suddenly felt at a loss for words. After hesitating for a few minutes, the leader asked, "Is the Red Star Steel Mill really hopeless?!"

Yan Jiekuang asked back: "Would a terminally ill person say that he is going to die soon?!"

The big boss went on to say, "Being terminally ill doesn't mean you're going to die. Maybe you can still be saved?!"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "It can be saved. But the cost is a bit high. It would be better to choose another place to open a new steel mill."

The big boss sighed and said, "No matter how much the cost is. How can we know if we don't try?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "I have already told my grandfather about the prescription. If you want to know, go ask them! After all, I am just an ordinary college student. I still want to have a few years of happy college life. I don't want to be tainted by the vulgarity of officialdom too early." Then he changed the subject and continued, "Grandpa Wang, I have said everything I need to say. I won't chat with you anymore."

"Wait!" The big boss stopped Yan Jiekuang who was about to leave.

Yan Jiekuang asked: "Is there anything else?!"

The big boss said, "When you graduate from college, how about you become my secretary?!"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and replied, "It's still a few years before I graduate from college! Many things are uncertain. Let's wait until I graduate from college!" After that, Yan Jiekuang left the study.

The big boss looked at Yan Jiekuang's back and couldn't help laughing, muttering, "This kid is really interesting."

As soon as Yan Jiekuang left, Ding Huawei and Su Zhongguo walked in. Su Zhongguo asked, "Old Wang, how was your talk?!"

The big boss smiled and replied: "Your grandson-in-law is a little fox. Most people really can't deal with him." Then he asked: "Have you discussed the steel mill before?!"

Ding Huawei said: "During the last organizational life meeting, I heard some people mention the factory reform pilot project. Didn't your Ministry of Metallurgy use the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill as a pilot unit?! Yan Jiekuang has a good relationship with the Lou family. The Lou family is the former owner of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. So we just had a casual chat with Jiekuang."

Su Zhongguo reacted at this time and asked, "Are you really going to let him be the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill?!"

The big boss replied: "I didn't have this plan originally. But now I have this idea."

Ding Huawei's face changed and he said, "Old Wang, I want to have a serious talk with you about this. You can't screw our family. Otherwise, we two will never forgive you!"

The big boss looked at Ding Huawei and Su Zhongguo with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Give him a job. How come you say it's cheating him?!"

Ding Huawei said: "Jie Kuang has long said that the Red Star Steel Mill is rotten to the core. There is only one way to revive the Red Star Steel Mill! That is to hand over the retired workers to the Ministry for arrangement. The current workers will be re-evaluated and re-graded. Those who are qualified will continue to work. Those who are unqualified will be transferred to other positions by the Ministry. Another way is to streamline the cadres of the steel mill and introduce new machines to replace the existing old machines. To put it bluntly, he wants to unload the burden and wants money. Can you give it to him?!"

The top leaders had thought about this issue before. But judging from the current situation, the burden of retired workers cannot be thrown away. It should not be difficult to reduce the number of cadres. As for the rest, there is only one word: "difficult".

Su Zhongguo and Ding Huawei saw the leader bowed his head and said nothing. Su Zhongguo said: "Now it's not just the Red Star Steel Mill that has problems. In fact, many domestic mills have problems. It's just that those problems have been covered up tightly. No one has put them on the table like the Red Star Steel Mill."

The big boss sighed and said, "This is not a heroic act of self-sacrifice, nor is it cutting off the tail to survive. This is really starting over again. It seems that I really underestimated Yan Jiekuang." At this moment, the big boss was extremely looking forward to meeting Lou Xiaoe on the fifth day of the New Year.

Su Zhongguo smiled and said, "Old Wang! You have worked hard for most of your life, it is time to take a break. Sooner or later, this world will belong to the young people. It is better to hand it over to them sooner rather than later."

The big boss gave a bitter smile and said, "I want to retire too. I've submitted my retirement report twice. The old boss also talked to me and asked me to continue to be in charge of the work for a while. I think I'm doing my last job now!"

Ding Huawei echoed, "Old Wang, this is really difficult for you."

The big boss smiled and said, "Lao Su, I heard that you have a lot of good wine hidden. I'm visiting your home today. You can't be stingy!"

Su Zhongguo echoed, "As long as you can drink! I'll give you as much as you want! In other words, I'll give you enough today!"