Siheyuan: My name is Cao Xing, and I have a strong background

Cao Xing packed up his things and walked towards the factory office building. From a distance he saw Yang Weimin's car parked downstairs.

The car was also loaded with chicken, duck, fish, meat, various vegetables, rice, flour and other items.

It seems that Yang Weimin has reached a new level in gift-giving in the past two months. He even provides his own chef and ingredients when he goes to the leader's house for a meal.

"Old Yang, let me tell you, if Duan Yi asks about me at the dinner table, just dismiss him casually, and don't emphasize introducing me."

Yang Weimin asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

Cao Xing smiled and said, "First, I don't need to curry favor with a deputy minister like him. Second, it's still early, so it's better for you not to know."

Yang Weimin was surprised at the moment. He could understand the first point. After all, Cao Xing had a military background and a very strong backing, so it was normal for him not to curry favor with people in the political circles.

But the second point puzzled him, but he understood from the words that the big leader might be in trouble in the future.

Cao Xing saw Yang Weimin thinking hard and said with a smile: "Just do what you have to do, don't think too much, follow me and I guarantee you will live a carefree life."

Yang Weimin was helpless. The longer he spent with Cao Xing, the more he couldn't understand him.

It was as if he knew everything. Even when facing a vice-ministerial level cadre, he remained calm and disdained to interact with him, which made him feel that Cao Xing was unfathomable.

Soon the two arrived at a tube-shaped building.

There were soldiers standing guard outside the door, and it was obvious that an important person lived inside.

The soldier and Cao Xing carried their things into the house. Cao Xing looked up and saw that the house was very large and elegantly decorated, but it was a little old.

As soon as he entered the door, Duan Yi and his wife came to greet him with righteous looks on their faces. It was obvious that they both valued Yang Weimin very much.

"Weimin, you said you just came, why did you bring so many things?"

Yang Weimin smiled and said, "I heard that the leader likes Sichuan cuisine, so I brought a chef with me. I want to let the leader enjoy a feast today."

The big leader sighed and said, "The country is in trouble now, and it is not appropriate for us to indulge in extravagant food and fish."

Yang Weimin has already been trained in the past two months and basically just listen to the leader's words in the opposite way.

"These are all raised at home. The leader has worked hard and made great contributions. He only eats this one meal every few years. We must let him taste the flavor of his hometown."

The big boss and his wife were smiling happily. Yang Weimin had been visiting him often in the past two months. He did not give him money or cash, but some practical gifts, which really suited his temperament.

He hated flatterers the most, and he was a relatively honest person. Yang Weimin was technically savvy and they got along well.

Therefore, he attached great importance to Yang Weimin, the director of the steel rolling mill.

He almost wanted to take him in as his own.

After some pleasantries between the two, the big boss turned his attention to Cao Xing.

But when he saw that Cao Xing was so young, no more than twenty years old, he frowned slightly.

"Who is this?"

Yang Weimin quickly explained: "Leader, this is the chef I hired. Although he is young, he has excellent cooking skills. Don't worry."

Upon hearing this, the boss was skeptical. After all, although he had seen such young chefs, they were basically apprentices and it was impossible for them to achieve much in cooking skills.

In the original drama, Sha Zhu was already 30 years old when he first came, and he looked old and seemed to be in his 40s, so he didn't suspect anything.

Cao Xing was afraid that the big boss would recognize him, so he asked, "Where is the kitchen?"

He went to the Ministry of Industry several times to deliver supplies. Although he was received by junior staff, it is possible that some senior officials had seen him.

He didn't want to expose his relationship with Zheng Guotao, otherwise many things would be blamed on him, which would go against his principle of keeping to himself.

His cold words were emotionless, as if he was a person who was very focused on his work and would not easily bow down because of someone else's identity.

Sure enough, the big boss likes this kind of person and is looking forward to his cooking skills.

"Madam, take this young master to the kitchen."

Cao Xing didn't say anything and followed his wife into the kitchen.

He glanced at his watch and asked calmly, "What time does dinner start?"

The leader's wife was stunned. She didn't expect him to ask this question. After thinking for a while, she said, "About two hours later."

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing nodded lightly, said nothing, and found a place to sit down in the kitchen.

"You, why don't you start?"

Cao Xing said coldly: "There are twelve dishes in total, which will take one hour and forty minutes. I still have twenty minutes to rest."

The leader's wife looked embarrassed and quickly retreated.

After walking to a study room and telling the big boss about it, the big boss smiled at Yang Weimin and said, "This young master you found is good, but he is not good at socializing. I like people who are focused on their work."

Yang Weimin thought to himself that it wasn't that the other person was not good at socializing, it was that the other person simply didn't bother to socialize with you.

He handed the tea he had prepared long ago to his wife and said quickly, "Don't worry, leader. I will never let you down."

"Oh, this tea is good, even better than the special supply. It seems that you have a lot of connections, Weimin!"

There was some temptation in these words. No leader would like to have those unconventional people as his confidants.

Yang Weimin was no fool, and said directly: "I have a friend in the army, he brought it for me. I have never drunk this kind of tea, so I brought it here specially for the leader to taste, so that I can learn from it."

When the leader heard this, he felt relieved. You know, the military and the government generally don't mix together. They are two completely different promotion systems.

"Were your friends in the army also helping you with the supplies?"

Yang Weimin nodded and said, "Yes, I have to thank you for helping me complete more than half of it, otherwise I would have been uncomfortable in the steel mill."

Yang Weimin's words were flawless. He concealed the contributions of his friends in the army at the right time and emphasized the great help from the leaders, which obviously gave the leaders enough face.

The big boss finally felt relieved and said, "You don't know how much effort I put in. I basically emptied out all the supplies that the minister had brought from somewhere before I could replenish them for you."

Upon hearing this, Yang Weimin immediately stood up and said, "Weimin thanks the leaders for their cultivation. In the future, Weimin will never forget the leaders' kindness and will continue to work hard to open up the mountains and forests!"

The big boss was very satisfied with him, smiled and waved his hand: "Sit down, sit down, this is at home, not at work, there are not so many rules."

"Yes."

The two then talked about technical issues, such as how to improve production capacity and how to deal with the broken old imported equipment.

The leader's wife found what she was listening to boring, so she went to the kitchen to watch Cao Xing cook.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t see it, you will be shocked when you see it!

I saw that Cao Xing had already unfolded the leather case, on which were thirteen silver-shining knives of various types, which looked extremely sharp.

He placed the fish on the chopping board with his left hand, and the knife in his right hand flew quickly over the fish. I didn't know how he cut it, but in just a few strokes, the fish bones in the middle were removed.

"Well, good boy, your knife skills are amazing!"

The leader's wife couldn't help but praise.

But Cao Xing was so focused that he ignored her, which made her very embarrassed.