Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Director Yang's backer, the upright and honest leader in the original drama, finally lost his power just like in the original drama. He was pushed aside by his long-time rival, Li Huaide's father-in-law, and had no choice but to go south to take shelter.

Shortly after the big leader fell from power, Li Huaide, with the support of his father-in-law, became the director of the Revolutionary Committee of the steel rolling mill. He finally ousted Director Yang and served as both the factory director and the director of the Revolutionary Committee at the same time. He took over the management of the entire steel rolling mill. For a time, he was the most powerful person in the steel rolling mill and became the one who had the final say.

As for those factory leaders who had supported Director Yang in the past, they were all dragged down by Li Huaide and sent to work in the cowshed or sweep the floor. Every now and then they would be pulled out for criticism.

After Li Huaide gained power, he became arrogant and domineering. In addition to his pursuit of power, he was even more greedy for wealth. He gathered a group of lackeys who were dependent on him, framed some of the people he targeted, and then arrested them for interrogation. At the same time, he searched their homes and secretly withheld the wealth obtained from the search to enrich himself.

Li Huaide also valued Lin Geng very much. After the storm, he talked to Lin Geng and wanted Lin Geng to become one of his lackeys. He was willing to make him the leader of the Revolutionary Committee and let Lin Geng fight for him. To put it bluntly, he was aiding and abetting the evil.

However, Lin Geng declined Li Huaide's invitation, saying that he had no intention of becoming an official. He was too lazy to be the deputy section chief of the fourth purchasing section. He was naturally lazy and could not do this kind of work. If Li Huaide needed any unplanned materials, he could give him a call and he would find a way to get them for Li Huaide at any time, but don't ask him for this kind of work, as he really didn't like this kind of thing.

Li Huaide also knew that Lin Geng now had a lot of connections and had built up a fairly large network of relationships. There were many things that even he couldn't get, but Lin Geng could get them for him. Moreover, Lin Geng himself was a martyr's relative, and this identity was not easy to deal with. What's more, he also knew that Lin Geng had once saved a senior military general and had a very good relationship with him.

Moreover, Lin Geng has always behaved like a carefree wanderer, never getting involved in the power struggles in the factory, staying out of it and being at ease. It is obvious that he is not a person with a strong desire for power. Lin Geng said that he did not want to be the leader of the Revolutionary Committee, and Li Huaide also believed what Lin Geng said.

In addition, Li Huaide was unwilling to offend Lin Geng. After all, no matter whether he became the head of the steel rolling mill or not, he still needed Lin Geng to help him get some unplanned materials frequently. Both he and the factory needed them. If his coming to power led to a significant reduction in the quality of life and welfare of the factory employees, the workers would not agree. Therefore, Li Huaide really could not do without Lin Geng's help.

What's more, the Shenbao Pills provided by Lin Geng played an important role in his successful appointment as the director of the Revolutionary Committee of the steel rolling mill. He is now in high spirits and needs the Shenbao Pills even more. At the same time, he also needs to maintain his relationship with some people above him, and his father-in-law also needs to take this stuff.

If he offended Lin Geng and he stopped getting the Shenbao Pills, not only would he lose his virility, but he would also probably offend his father-in-law and some of his superiors, which would be a loss.

Therefore, after persuading Lin Geng, seeing that Lin Geng was unwilling to be his lackey and fight for him, he did not force Lin Geng.

Moreover, Lin Geng has always had a good relationship with him. He almost always meets his needs and has helped him a lot. He is still very useful to him now and can be considered as his man. Therefore, he does not care much whether he becomes the leader of the Revolutionary Committee or not, and the matter is just left alone.

After the wind started, Lin Geng continued to live his carefree life. He would stroll around the factory every now and then, bring some supplies back to the factory, and then see if Li Huaide or the factory needed any supplies, and then continue to leisurely busy himself with his own affairs.

The only thing that surprised Lin Geng was that Liu Haizhong, who was almost beaten to death by him, somehow or other, got close to Li Huaide, just like in the original drama, and became a group leader of the Revolutionary Committee of the steel rolling mill.

Lin Geng realized it later. He hadn't been to the factory for a few days. When Sha Zhu came home, he told Lin Geng angrily, which shocked Lin Geng so much that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

When he first heard the news, Lin Geng couldn't believe his ears. He had turned Liu Haizhong into a toilet cleaner and forced the old man to move out of Yard 95. Yet, this old man was able to cling to Li Huaide's thigh like in the original drama and even make a comeback. This was a bit unreasonable.

Then Sha Zhu told Lin Geng that Liu Haizhongyi was appointed as the leader of the Revolutionary Committee by Li Huaide, and he immediately became nervous. His disciples who had previously avoided him and some villains in the factory all gathered around him, and were pulled into the Revolutionary Committee by him, and began to show off their power in the factory.

As soon as Liu Haizhong turned over and became the leader of the Revolutionary Committee, the first thing he did was to gather a group of scoundrels in the factory and claim that his former workshop director was corrupt and accepted bribes. They raided the former workshop director's home, hung him up and beat him, stripped him naked and displayed him in the factory, confiscated all the things in his home and smashed the pots.

Lin Geng didn't even need to ask, the director of Liu Haizhong's former workshop was definitely from Director Yang's faction. Now he was purged by Li Huaide, and Liu Haizhong became the vicious dog who charged into battle for Li Huaide.

Lin Geng frowned, thought for a while and went to Li Huaide's office in the factory. Now Li Huaide has moved to the former office of Director Yang, and opened a door on the wall next to the office and put a bed inside. He called it "treating the factory as home" and he could rest in the factory when he was tired.

Lin Geng didn't care about Li Huaide's private affairs, but he was unhappy about the fact that he used Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong is a villain with no bottom line. He is stupid and bad. He will do anything to become an official. Once he gains power, he will be arrogant and domineering. He has no bottom line when doing things. He is also the most disgusting beast in the courtyard in the original drama.

Li Huaide laughed as soon as he saw Lin Geng. The factory had been made a mess by him, and it was the time when these people were having the most fun. Therefore, Lin Geng would not go to the factory if possible, so as to avoid being upset by seeing the mess in the factory.

He did not have much sympathy for Director Yang's faction being defeated by Li Huaide. Director Yang did have his faults. Lin did not think that he was a very upright person. He was just the loser in the factional struggle. The winner enjoyed the fruits of victory, and the loser should exit in disgrace. No one could be blamed.

But Li Huaide knew that Liu Haizhong was his mortal enemy, but still used him, which made Lin even more unhappy.