Chapter 213 You Are Good in Many Ways

Shortly after noon, dark clouds arrived.

The winter in Jiangchuan is always cloudy and sunny, but it is mostly characterized by continuous cold rain, accompanied by a howling north wind and biting cold, which is not at all in line with the festive and warm atmosphere of the Longjingyuan Cannery today, but it complements the mood of the cannery director Li Jilin at the moment.

He sat in the car on the way to Liansheng with mixed emotions.

As soon as the signing ceremony ended, Wang Guibing found him and informed him that Mr. Zhang was waiting for him at Liansheng Company.

For him, this moment did not come too soon.

Li Jilin knew very well that Zhang Yunqi had successfully taken over the Longjingyuan Cannery. Next, this young boss of Longjingyuan would decide his personal future.

In fact, logically speaking, the Longjingyuan Cannery is a state-owned enterprise. Even if it is acquired by Liansheng Company for free, Li Jilin will still be an incumbent cadre with a public institution system. He can be transferred to work in a government department, or, of course, he can stay.

For him right now, if he stays, he is not sure about his position in this enterprise that has transformed from a factory into a company. After all, there are still several Liansheng CEOs above him, and he is no longer the top decision-maker.

Niu Fen and Wang Guibing might be easier to deal with. After all, they were both former cannery employees, and he knew them relatively well. Wang Guibing in particular had grown a lot in the past one or two years and was indeed capable, but not outstanding. However, in his mind, the big boss Zhang Yunqi, who never showed up easily, was already a very powerful figure.

This time, Liansheng acquired all the assets of Longjingyuan Cannery without paying a penny, and the limelight went to Wang Guibing alone. More than 200 cannery employees regarded him as their savior. However, Li Jilin, who was a participant, knew well that the real decision maker behind the scenes, who had the final say with Mayor Yang Jiarong, was Zhang Yunqi, who was the same age as his daughter.

Li Jilin was impressed.

He was willing to believe that Longjingyuan Canning Factory would have a bright future in the hands of this low-key and pragmatic young man. However, he still couldn't figure out the inner thoughts of this young boss, nor did he know how he planned to operate Longjingyuan.

As far as his personal future is concerned, Li Jilin is really tired after running the Longjingyuan Cannery for so many years, especially in the past two years, when he personally experienced the factory's rise and fall. He ran between suppliers and banks all day, worried about the backlog of canned food, and begging people for money. The employees were demoralized, did not understand, and did not cooperate. Some even joined the suppliers in making trouble every now and then, making his wife and daughter at home uneasy. The district government also did not care and was nowhere to be seen when there was a problem. If there was a problem, it was his problem.

He is really exhausted both physically and mentally!

Furthermore, his father-in-law used to be an official in Lizhen City. Although he has retired, his influence is still there and he has some strong connections. His wife was fed up with the harshness and ingratitude of the cannery employees, and tried every means to use this relationship to transfer him to the Economic and Trade Bureau in the provincial capital. However, she was blocked by him several times when this matter was mentioned.

Li Jilin was not unwilling to go to the Economic and Trade Bureau. Compared with being the director of the Longjingyuan Cannery, the Economic and Trade Bureau had a brighter future. However, from any perspective, he did not want to be so selfish as to leave the cannery when it was in its most difficult time just for his own future.

Finding a job for the 238 employees of the cannery was his promise and bottom line. If he couldn't do it, Li Jilin would never be a deserter!

Now, with Liansheng taking over, Longjingyuan Cannery has seen a big turnaround, but everything is just beginning, and the ruins are still ruins. This makes Li Jilin very conflicted. He wants to be part of this big turnaround and lead 238 employees to restore the former glory of Longjingyuan Cannery, but he also wants to work in the Economic and Trade Bureau of Lijin City in the provincial capital.

With these complicated emotions, as well as uncertainty about his personal future, the car soon arrived at Yanquan Building. Li Jilin closed his eyes, took a deep breath, got out of the car, took the elevator, went up to the fourth floor, and arrived at the gate of Liansheng Company.

The receptionist was a very pretty girl. When she saw him, she stood up and asked, "Sir, what can I do for you?"

Li Jilin took a deep breath, wiped off a little stain on Liansheng's golden nameplate, and then said, "I am Li Jilin, the director of Longjingyuan Canning Factory, and I'm here to see Mr. Zhang Yunqi."

"Director Li, please come this way."

The girl at the front desk had obviously received Zhang Yunqi's instructions long ago, and she enthusiastically led Li Jilin to Zhang Yunqi's office.

This is Li Jilin’s first visit to Liansheng.

When passing through the outer office area, Liansheng's grand and exquisite decoration style gave him a feeling of the grandeur of a large company. The entire office of more than 250 square meters was entirely partitioned by large areas of frosted translucent tempered glass and silver-gray metal frames, giving him a sense of openness.

Through the transparent glass curtain wall, the independent green island on the bay window in the southwest corner comes into view. It is asparagus fern, which is still green and lush in the cold winter. At this moment, the rain has stopped. At some point, a red sunset appeared in the high sky, with brilliant colors, which makes people feel relaxed.

Unfortunately, this mood did not last long, and the girl at the front desk led him to the best office.

The office is very big, and the desk inside is very big. A boy is sitting in front of the desk. The boy is facing sideways to him, sitting on a large office chair, facing a large glass curtain wall. He is holding a math exercise book in his hand, writing and calculating.

It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon. The setting sun cast its shadow on the sparkling spring river outside the window, refracting a layer of warm light. The boy was quietly writing his math homework in the light, but the expression on his face was mature and calm, which was extremely inconsistent with his age.

For a moment, Li Jilin's mood was very complicated.

"Boss Zhang, Director Li is here." The receptionist called Zhang Yunqi. Zhang Yunqi raised his head from his homework book and looked at Li Jilin, smiling: "Director Li is here, please sit down."

Li Jilin nodded and sat down on the chair in front of the desk. After the receptionist brought a glass of water and went out to close the door, he looked at the young man opposite and couldn't help but think of his daughter Li Yufei. He felt a little awkward and said, "Boss Zhang, Boss Wang Guibing informed me that you have something to arrange with me."

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Two things. First, you need to submit a detailed work evaluation report of the Longjingyuan management to me in the next two days. This Wednesday, summon all the management of the Longjingyuan Cannery to Liansheng to report on their work and attend the first management meeting of Liansheng after taking over the Longjingyuan Cannery."

Li Jilin nodded: "Okay, I'll do it later."

Zhang Yunqi said: "Second, regarding your personal job transfer. Liansheng has just taken over the Longjingyuan Cannery. My personal energy is very limited. I need someone who knows Longjingyuan very well and can work independently to help me reform the cannery. Director Li, I fully recognize your ability. I have also discussed with District Chief Huo that your work relationship will be separated from Longjingyuan and temporarily retained in the Chengnan District Government, and you will be loaned to Liansheng. Do you have any objection to this?"

This was a very difficult question for Li Jilin to answer. He had once again experienced the young boss's tough and decisive work style. He had already directly decided on his personnel transfer with Huo Jianzhong without going through him. Under such circumstances, he couldn't possibly say that he was not happy.

Zhang Yunqi seemed to just say that, not wanting him to express his opinion at all. He took a document from the desk and handed it to him: "This is your employment contract. You can take a look at it and submit it together with the work evaluation report."

Li Jilin took the employment contract and nodded in agreement.

Zhang Yunqi added: "As for the issue of salary, I am not sure about your previous salary at Longjingyuan, but now that you are on secondment to Liansheng, you can add a zero to the end of your previous salary." Li Jilin's heart skipped a beat, and his hand holding the employment contract froze.

Zhang Yunqi raised his hand and glanced at the time: "It's almost seven o'clock, Director Li, come with me to attend the dinner tonight."

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Li Jilin didn't return home until eleven o'clock in the evening.

The lights in the hall were still on, but there was no one there. The lights in the bedroom were off, and my wife had already gone to bed.

Li Jilin, drunk and full of worries, washed his face in the bathroom, dried himself, and on his way back to his room saw light coming from the crack of his daughter's bedroom door. She might have not gone to bed yet, or she might have fallen asleep and forgot to turn off the light.

"Yufei."

Li Jilin knocked on the door gently, and Li Yufei's voice came from inside: "Dad, you're back? Come in."

Li Jilin said "hmm" and pushed the door open.

The bedroom was not big, but it was warm, clean, and full of girlish flavor. Li Yufei was wearing fluffy pink pajamas, with a pale face and a hairpin hanging on her thin, straight black hair. She was sitting at the desk doing her homework. When she saw her father coming in with a smell of alcohol, she frowned and said, "He's gone to drink again."

Li Jilin pulled a chair and sat next to Li Yufei, smiling and saying, "Today our factory was officially acquired by Liansheng. Liansheng invited the district government to hold a banquet. The guests were all government leaders and company executives. Mayor Yang Jiarong was there. For such an occasion, your dad would have to drink a few glasses even if he didn't want to. By the way, it's so late, girl, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Li Yufei said: "The final exam is coming soon, and I want to review more."

Li Jilin suddenly remembered the scene of his big boss sitting in the office doing homework today, and laughed: "Is it useful to cram at the last minute? You should study harder at ordinary times."

Li Yufei said angrily: "I usually study hard, and I have never embarrassed you at the parent-teacher conferences. Besides, I am an art student."

These words left Li Jilin no room to retort.

He took out a cigarette and prepared to light it, then put it in his pocket after thinking about it, and said, "Of course my daughter is very good, but people should not be complacent, they must constantly improve. However, my daughter, I have a question that I would like to ask you. If I am transferred to work at the Lijin Economic and Trade Bureau, then our family will have to move to the provincial capital. Your mother's job is under your grandfather's care, so it's easy to arrange. She has always wanted to live in the provincial capital, after all, she is from there. But in this case, you will also have to transfer from the No. 1 Middle School in the city to attend high school in the provincial capital. My daughter, are you willing?"

This sentence made Li Yufei silent for a long time. She thought of many people and things, and finally asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Our Longjing Garden was acquired by Brother Guibing's company today. Brother Guibing's treatment is not good? Or do you, Dad, don't want to work under him anymore?"

Li Jilin couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

His daughter is well-behaved and intelligent, and is always good at expressing her opinions and emotions without showing any emotion.

He said, "I understand your thoughts. It's not that the treatment is bad. Don't think too much. After the cannery is acquired, my salary standard will increase tenfold."

Li Yufei was a little surprised, and then a little happy: "Really? Brother Guibing is such a nice person. However, this also shows that Brother Guibing values ​​your ability, Dad."

Li Jilin was both amused and annoyed, and said, "Let me discuss this matter with your mother before making a decision. It's getting late, and you have to go to school tomorrow. Girl, you should go to bed early. It's not good for girls to stay up late."

Li Jilin stood up, touched Li Yufei's hair, went out, lit a cigarette and was about to go back to his room to sleep when he heard his daughter calling him: "By the way, Dad, there is something I want to ask you. My classmate Zhang Yunqi, the one you saw on Chunfeng Road that day, do you know what his relationship with Brother Guibing is? I saw them chatting that day."

Li Jilin was stunned for a moment.

The daughter certainly didn't know that Zhang Yunqi was already the big boss of the Longjingyuan Cannery and his immediate superior, otherwise she wouldn't have blamed Wang Guibing for paying him ten times his salary. But she might have vaguely guessed and heard something.

After all, she was just a girl who lived in school all day. She might have heard some things from others, but she couldn't get in touch with that level. Li Jilin didn't want his daughter to get in touch too early. High school students, who spend every day together, are always better in a simple and pure way. But no one knows a daughter better than her father. That day on Chunfeng Road, he could feel that his daughter looked at Zhang Yunqi differently.

Turning back and leaning against the door, Li Jilin took a puff of cigarette and said, "They have known each other for a long time and have a good relationship. Aren't you and Zhang Yunqi in the same class? What do you think of this person?"

Li Yufei was stunned.

She subconsciously wanted to say that he was very good, but looking at her father's curious eyes, she felt strange and held back and said, "He is not bad."

Li Jilin smiled and said, "How is it good?"

Li Yufei thought for a moment and said as calmly as possible: "It's mainly because he doesn't have the kind of exaggeration that other boys have."

"It's gone?"

"There are many more. They are very down-to-earth, not showy, good-tempered, good grades, and responsible. They always dare to help their classmates when they have difficulties. Boys like this are rare in our school. By the way, Dad, there is one more thing. Some time ago, my good friends at school celebrated my birthday and spent a lot of money. It was all paid by Zhang Yunqi. I estimated that it might be... close to a thousand yuan."

Li Jilin's slightly contemptuous and critical words "it's gone" irritated the usually calm Li Yufei, and she couldn't help but talk about it.

But after saying it, I felt something was wrong.

Even if this boy is a thousand good things, she cannot defend him emotionally in front of her father. Her father is extremely sensitive about these things and has always been worried that she will fall in love too early. But she doesn't know why, but she can't help but say good things about him in front of her father.

She noticed that her father was staring at her with a smile, but he did not question her seriously as he usually did when he saw other boys sending her home, or when he accidentally saw love letters written to her by other boys. However, her father's deep gaze still made Li Yufei's cheeks inexplicably hot.

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(End of this chapter)