Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Large conference room of the steel rolling mill.

A circle of senior leaders from the factory and the song committee were sitting in chairs, listening to the sound coming from the TV not far away. But this time Wu Changzheng was not there, as he had been sent to sweep the streets.

The video recorder was on the table, but it was connected to the TV and was playing the previously recorded footage. It started with a pre-recorded promotional video, followed by a long blank, and finally the performances of Qin Huairu and Guo Dapiezi.

However, as the camera was not completely aimed at the two people, only their figures could be seen occasionally on the screen, but their voices were heard clearly.

"Brother Guo, please hurry up. The weather is really cold."

"Huai Ru, my brother is here. I have been missing you every day and every night during this period. You have to make it up to me."

"As usual, where's the money?"

"Don't spoil the fun!"

"Sister, my brother is here."

This is only part of the dialogue and sound, the actual content and sound are even more exciting. Don't you see that almost all of these leaders in their thirties and forties are blushing, staring at the screen intently for fear of missing some scenes with the two of them?

Li Huaide was filled with relief at this moment. When Qin Huairu first came into the factory, he had wanted to take advantage of her. He had even asked Xu Damao about her situation, but was dissuaded by Xu Damao.

At that time, he thought Xu Damao was selfish and wanted to enjoy this exquisite young widow, but now it seems that Damao has no such intention at all, and is simply doing it for his own good. If he and Qin Huairu were caught messing around, he would not dare to think about the consequences.

Thinking of this, Li Huaide looked at Xu Damao gratefully. If he hadn't stopped him at the beginning, he would definitely have gotten together with Qin Huairu, and his political career would have been over.

Then he began to reflect again. Damao didn't like to get involved in those things. Was he a little alienated from Damao during this period? It seemed that he had to find a way to make up for this brother who was so good to him.

After more than ten minutes, the picture in the video recorder stopped and no more sound was heard.

Li Huaide drank a sip of tea and knocked on the table to attract the attention of the group of old perverts. He said, "Everyone knows about the matter and has seen the evidence. Let's talk about what to do."

As soon as Li Huaide finished speaking, Wang Jinshan said, "What else can we do? We must not tolerate people who seriously corrupt the atmosphere of our factory. We should parade them through the streets first, and then fire them directly."

"Yes, Lao Wang is right. We can't keep such people in our factory."

"Our principle is to punish past mistakes to prevent future ones and to cure the disease to save the patient. In my opinion, Qin Huairu was already punished to sweep the streets, and now something like this has happened. It is not too much to fire her. Guo Dapiezi is the deputy director, and this is a first-time offender. Should we give him another chance because he has made some contributions to the factory over the years?"

The man who pleaded for Guo Dapiaozi was promoted by Deputy Director Guo, and Guo Dapiaozi was Deputy Director Guo's distant nephew, so he spoke up to help. Otherwise, people would say that he was ungrateful and didn't remember the old friendship, which would have a great impact on his promotion. After all, no leader likes ungrateful people.

"Yes, Director, this Guo Da Piezi is a first-time offender, and we can't just beat him to death with a stick. I think it would be better to let him sweep the streets so that he can learn a lesson."

Li Huaide took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one, then passed it to Wang Jinshan who was standing beside him. "Da Mao, you were the first to receive the report. Tell me how to handle it?"

Everyone was a little surprised that Li Huaide took the initiative to ask Xu Damao for his opinion. Hadn't Xu Damao already fallen out with Li Huaide and lost his power? Why would he ask for his opinion? Did they reconcile again?

"There's no need to be soft-hearted with someone like Qin Huairu who refuses to change despite repeated admonitions. We are all relatively consistent in our opinions on how to deal with her. The main disagreement lies with Guo Dapiezi. This comrade made a mistake, but we can't just give up on him. We have to give him a chance to mend his ways!"

Li Huaide nodded. Since someone was pleading for Guo Dapiaozi and even brother Damao said so, let's let Guo Dapiaozi go this time.

Just as Li Huaide was about to speak, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

"Enter."

A deputy director of the Security Department came in with some papers. He was the person in charge of interrogating Qin Huairu and Guo Dapiezi. Now that the confessions were out, he hurriedly took them.

He nodded to Xu Damao and Zheng Gang first, and then handed the confession to Li Huaide, "Director, this is the confession of Qin Huairu and the other person. Both of them are relatively honest. They explained everything that happened this time, but they didn't admit to anything that happened before."

Li Huaide picked up the confession, glanced at it, and put it down. With the recorded video as evidence, their confession was not that important. However, it could be posted on the bulletin board as evidence, so that everyone would know what the two dogs and bitches had done, so that people would not say that the factory leaders were unkind.

"That's it, then. Qin Huairu will be expelled from the factory directly. After the meeting, I will submit the materials for our resolution to the Ministry of Metallurgy for approval. Since Guo Dapiezi is a first-time offender and has made some contributions to the factory, he will be removed from his position as deputy workshop director and will be disqualified from being evaluated for excellence within five years. At the same time, he will be given a serious warning and demoted to an apprentice and continue to work in the original workshop."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Li Huaide's words, which made Li Huaide very satisfied. He then talked about other things for half an hour before announcing the adjournment.

Li Huaide's office.

"Da Mao, come and sit down. If you hadn't stopped me, I might have been the unlucky one this time." Li Huaide said with some gratitude in his tone.

"Brothers, let's not say these words of thanks. It's really too formal."

Li Huaide was just moved when he heard Xu Damao continue: "But I'm not good at rejecting others. If you insist on giving me some good cigarettes and good wine, I will definitely accept it."

Li Huaide stretched out his finger and pointed at Xu Damao, "You, you are still the same. Wait, I'll get it for you. Someone just gave me a lot of these things, and I can't use them all by myself."

Soon Li Huaide took out four packs of cigarettes and a box of wine from his lounge.

"Take it. Come back to me for more when you're done."

"Hey, I'm not welcome then."

"Go away, I'm annoyed by the sight of you."

Xu Damao held the cigarette between his arms, then carried a box of wine out the door and turned to the canteen. He had to store the wine in the canteen's small warehouse, so that he could use it directly next time he entertained people. There was a small cold storage in the canteen's small warehouse, and he also stored a lot of food there.