Siheyuan, my new life

After everyone was seated in the Security Department's conference room, Su Yu and three staff members quickly served tea. A box of Peony cigarettes and a box of Bald Eagle Camel cigarettes were placed on the conference table in front of each seat.

Among all the people present, Director Wan of the Municipal Bureau had the highest rank. He picked up the Camel cigarette in front of him, unpacked it, lit it and took a puff. Then he smiled and said to everyone present: "Come on, everyone, try it. Although this Bald Eagle cigarette cannot be compared with our domestic cigarettes, it is not bad to smoke something new."

Almost everyone was a heavy smoker, so they all picked up the cigarette boxes in front of them.

Deputy Minister Zhao was the most familiar with Lin Yu among all the people present. In order to ease the atmosphere, he deliberately started to blackmail Lin Yu: "Lin Yu, don't be stingy and just give us a few boxes of Camel cigarettes. I heard from Deputy Army Commander Fang that your old leader just gave you two boxes of cigarettes. Let's not talk about splitting them in half when we meet. You should at least give us two boxes to try, right?"

Lin Yu smiled and said, "I was shocked. I thought you, Deputy Minister Zhao, had a big appetite. Isn't it just a few cartons of cigarettes? In my office, there are not only Camels, but also a few cartons of Sanwu cigarettes and a few boxes of cigars. Everyone can take some when they go back."

Director Wan snorted deliberately: "This old Zhang is biased. I asked him for cigarettes, and he asked someone to bring ten packs. I gave you two boxes at a time. The next time I see him, I will make sure to force him to drink under the table." At this point, his tone became serious: "Okay, let's talk about it later when we have time. Let's start the meeting."

After hearing Director Wan's words, everyone immediately sat up straight and the meeting officially began.

First, on behalf of the People's Armed Forces Department, Deputy Minister Zhao announced that the finance and logistics of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will operate independently from the first of next month, that is, November 1st. In the future, the special funds allocated by the People's Armed Forces Department will be directly remitted into the account of the Finance Section of the Security Department. The fees that the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill should pay to the Security Department every year will also be paid in advance. In the future, the wages and benefits of the Security Department personnel will be paid directly from the Finance Section of the Security Department.

Next, Kan Zeyuan, director of the Personnel Department of the People's Armed Forces Department, announced the new organizational structure of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. In addition to the original Security Department, Public Security Department and Guard Department, the Security Department added the Finance Department, General Affairs Department, Logistics Department and Training Department, and appointed five comrades, Qin Ming, Xiong Qingshan, Zhang Shangwu, Wang Shengli and Guan Dajiang, as deputy directors. Except for Han Wei, the former chief of the Security Department, who continued to serve, the other six section chiefs were all appointed directly by the People's Armed Forces Department. As for the specific division of labor of the deputy directors, it was arranged separately by Director Lin Yu. Finally, Su Yu, a former clerk of the Logistics Department of the Security Department, was appointed as a clerk in the Director's Office, with an administrative level of deputy section chief at level 18.

After Director Kan Zeyuan of the Armed Forces Department finished the announcement, Deputy Director Yin Xiangyang of the Municipal Party Committee's Organization Department smiled and nodded to Director Wan of the Municipal Bureau. Then he took out a document from the briefcase beside him and handed it to Jiao Pengfei, Director of the Personnel Department of the Organization Department, who was sitting next to him.

Director Jiao took the document, stood up and solemnly announced: "Upon the proposal of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department and approval by the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Comrade Lin Yu is specially appointed as the Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau and concurrently the Director of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, with an administrative level of nine, that is, the level of a full-time bureau chief." Director Jiao then gave a brief introduction to Lin Yu's personal profile. When he finished his speech, warm applause rang out in the conference room.

Lin Yu stood up solemnly and saluted everyone present. Then he said in a clear voice: "Thank you for the trust of the organization and leaders. I will do my best to contribute to the construction and development of our great motherland and will never let you down."

After Lin Yu made his statement, Director Wan delivered a brief welcome speech on behalf of the Municipal Bureau. Then Director Kan Zeyuan of the Personnel Department of the People's Armed Forces Department organized a conversation with Qin Ming and five other deputy directors of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Director Wan and several other leaders went to the director's office next door.

Su Yu suppressed her excitement, quickly prepared tea for several leaders, then carefully retreated and closed the office door. When Su Yu heard Director Kan of the People's Armed Forces Department announce her appointment, she almost thought she was hallucinating. You know, she was just an ordinary clerk in the Logistics Section of the Security Department, with an administrative level of 23, barely entering the cadre establishment. Now she has been promoted directly to a deputy section-level clerk at the 18th level, which can be called a carp leaping over the dragon gate. Obviously, this is also due to the good fortune of Director Lin. The clerk of a bureau-level leader must be at least deputy section-level.

Su Yu secretly made up her mind that she must do her job with all her heart and never let others laugh at her. She calmed herself down, walked into the meeting room, picked up the thermos in the corner, and added tea to the leaders present.

In the director's office, Director Wan sat happily on the sofa, glanced at the simple and shabby decoration in the room, shook his head and said: "Lin Yu, your place is too simple. When you have time, you should fix it up. At least it should be presentable."

Vice Minister Yin also agreed and said: "Although we have always emphasized hardship and simplicity, some necessary office facilities are also necessary, otherwise it will be inconvenient."

Lin Yu took out a box of Cuban cigars and four silver Zippo lighters from his desk drawer and handed them to Director Wan, Deputy Minister Yin, Deputy Minister Zhao and Deputy Director Yao respectively. Everyone took them and lit them up and started smoking.

Deputy Minister Zhao smiled and said, "Yesterday I went back to report to Minister Yan. It was all my fault that I showed off in front of him. Who would have thought that Old Yan would act like a rogue and put the lighter you just gave me directly into his pocket. Although I heard you say that you have a few silver Zippo lighters, I was too embarrassed to ask for it. This time I will definitely not use it in front of outsiders. If I run into a bandit again, I will have nowhere to cry."

Deputy Minister Yin was also fiddling with the lighter in his hand curiously. When he heard what Deputy Minister Zhao said, he asked in confusion: "Old Zhao, this lighter looks different from the ones I've seen before. Can you tell me what the difference is?"

Deputy Minister Zhao tossed the lighter in his hand lightly and said with a smile: "I only learned about this from Lin Yu's introduction yesterday. This is a limited edition designed by Zippo Lighter Company for the Bald Eagle Alliance, which is specially designed for officers above the school level. These are all Lin Yu's trophies."

Deputy Minister Yin was shocked. He asked in surprise: "Comrade Lin Yu, how many school-level officers of the Bald Eagle Alliance did you kill?"

Lin Yu said nonchalantly, "When we first entered the Korean War, we didn't encounter many Bald Eagle coalition officers. Later, when we served as the vanguard battalion on the 38th parallel, I often led the reconnaissance platoon deep behind enemy lines, and I only killed a dozen Bald Eagle officers. Unfortunately, the highest rank was only three army colonels, and I didn't even encounter a brigadier general. Otherwise, I might have gotten a gold lighter to play with."