Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Yan Bugui recovered, looked at Su Zihui, and asked, "Xiaohui, does your family know about Jie Kuang opening a bank?!"

Su Zihui replied: "Jie Kuang and I didn't tell our family about this. First, we're afraid that the higher-ups will get in trouble, and second, the timing is not right yet. It won't be too late to tell them in a few years."

The third aunt asked, "Xiaohui, it takes a lot of money to open a bank. Where does Jie Kuang get so much money?!"

Su Zihui replied: "Jie Kuang said that the financial backers behind him are all the old and young people in the Forty-Nine City."

"Oh!" Yan Bugui couldn't help but shout, "That's right! During those years of natural disasters, Jie Kuang got a lot of food from somewhere. He used the food to hook up with those old men and young men. People say I'm good at scheming. Compared with Jie Kuang, my scheming is nothing."

The third aunt rolled her eyes at Yan Bugui and said, "Your calculations are called calculations? You are called stingy. If it weren't for Jie Kuang, we don't know what would happen to our family now!"

Yan Bugui muttered, "Don't talk about this anymore. Give me some face in front of the child."

"Okay! I'll save your face! Is it okay if I don't say anything?!" The third aunt cleaned up the things on the table and took Yan Xuehong to the kitchen to take the dishes and chopsticks.

When Yan Jiekuang sent Lou Xiao'e to the door of the small western-style building, the meeting room of the Ministry of Metallurgy was filled with smoke. A fierce debate was going on around the request raised by Lou Xiao'e. Many of these people felt that it was a sign of respect for them to let the Lou family reinvest in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. However, the Lou family was unwilling to do so. Some people were not so radical, but they felt that the requirements raised by the Lou family were too harsh. Only a very small number of people felt that the conditions raised by the Lou family could be negotiated. Anyway, none of the three forces could convince each other. They were deadlocked in the office.

The stalemate lasted until 10 o'clock in the evening, and there was still no result. The leader had no choice but to adjourn the meeting.

On the way home, Secretary Chen, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, saw the boss's exhausted face and said with some distress: "Boss, you saw what happened in the meeting room today. If we continue to argue like this, there will never be any results. I think we should report this matter to the chief designer and let him make the decision?!"

The big boss sighed and said, "The conditions proposed by the Lou family are actually the same as those encountered by many pilot units. It's just that those people didn't put these problems on the surface. I used to think that the Lou family was not sincere. But now I come to my senses and think carefully, the Lou family is full of sincerity. It's just that our way of thinking is still stuck in the past. It's not that easy to turn around."

Secretary Chen said, "I have checked the information of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Their current employees and retired workers are about 30,000 people. If the joint venture is successful, according to the requirements of the Lou family, the number of workers who stay will not exceed 3,000. We can't bear the burden of more than 20,000 people!"

The big leader sighed deeply and said, "You are wrong! It is not more than 20,000 people. It is hundreds of millions of people."

At the same time, after Liu Lan and He Yuzhu had a profound exchange, Liu Lan snuggled into He Yuzhu's arms and said, "Zhuzi, have you heard the recent rumors in the factory?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "It's a big fuss. How could I not know about it? Don't worry! The Lou family will not invest again. Even if the Lou family invests, the workers still have to eat, right? They can fire anyone, but not us. If it doesn't work out, we can just register with a unit and do our own small business."

When Liu Lan heard He Yuzhu mention doing small business, she immediately became excited and asked, "What can we do?!"

He Yuzhu said: "From restaurants to melon seeds and peanuts. You can do whatever you want."

Liu Lan's mind began to become active. After thinking for a few minutes, she said, "With our family's financial resources, it's not difficult to open a small restaurant. The question is where to base it?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Wife, let's not consider this matter for now. Let's consider it when things are really settled. If it really doesn't work, I will go to Yan Jiekuang for advice."

Liu Lan said: "I heard that Yan Jiekuang is very close to the Lou family."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "They are not close, but I don't know how Yan Jiekuang hooked up with the Lou family, and he opened a company in Gangcheng with Lou Xiaoe. I heard that this company is very prosperous now."

Liu Lan then asked, "Yan Jiekuang went to Gangcheng to start a company with the Lou family. Don't the higher-ups care?!"

He Yuzhu said: "Yan Jiekuang has a Hong Kong ID card. How can you let the higher-ups manage it?!"

"I never realized that there was such a talented person in the Third Uncle's family." Liu Lan muttered, found the most comfortable position, and fell asleep while hugging He Yuzhu.

Liu Lan was asleep, but He Yuzhu couldn't sleep. Lying on the bed and looking at the ceiling, He Yuzhu was in a daze. After thinking for a while, He Yuzhu came to his senses and muttered, "Everything will work out when the time comes! If there's nothing to worry about, why should I worry?!"

Three days passed quickly. Lou Xiaoe did not receive any reply, so she did not stay in Sijiucheng any longer, bought a train ticket to Yangcheng that evening, and left Sijiucheng.

Time passed quickly like running water, and in a blink of an eye it was July 1982. Last year, Jiang Xueqin and Yan Jiedi gave the Su family another grandson and a pair of twin granddaughters.

Yan Jiekuang and Su Zilong were sitting in the last row of the school's lecture hall. All the students had already left. Su Zilong asked, "Where were you assigned to?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I don't know yet!" Then he asked, "What about you?!"

Su Zilong replied: "I will still work in my original unit. I will report to the city first, and then I will be assigned a position based on demand."

Yan Jiekuang continued, "The four of us were admitted to university together. You and Xiaohui both returned to your original units. Jie Di was assigned to the Road Administration Department. I am the only one who has not found a place to stay."

Su Zilong said: "I guess the higher-ups don't know how to arrange you."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Actually, I never thought that the higher-ups would assign me a job. I have already made up my mind. If there is no news after a few days, I will arrange a job for myself."

Su Zilong asked: "What do you want to do?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "I'll find a food factory to register with first, and then start selling roasted nuts. If that doesn't work, I'll go to Gangcheng. I have businesses there anyway." At this moment, a flash of inspiration passed through Yan Jiekuang's mind: "I'm from Gangcheng. There's no need to register with a factory. Can't I just open a joint venture roasted nuts company?!" Thinking of this, Yan Jiekuang showed a bright smile on his face.

Su Zilong looked at Yan Jiekuang who suddenly laughed in confusion and asked, "What are you so happy about? Tell me about it, so I can laugh too!"

Yan Jiekuang asked: "Am I short of money?!"

Su Zilong shook his head and thought to himself: "If you are short of money, there are too many people who are short of money."

Yan Jiekuang continued, "Since I have enough money and I have a Hong Kong ID card, why should I wait for the school to assign me a job and earn that little bit of money? Why not just register a shell company in Hong Kong, and then use this shell company as a joint venture entity to open a company in Sijiu City?!"