Siheyuan, my new life

Deputy Minister Gao sat up straight and asked in disbelief: "Huaide, who are you talking about? Was it Director Lin Yu who asked you to come to me?"

Li Huaide couldn't help but complain in his heart. He always taught me to be calm when faced with major events, but looking at your current state, where can I see any "calmness"? However, even if he complained in his heart, he still had to answer his father-in-law's question quickly. If he delayed for a while, his father-in-law would start to scowl again. He couldn't take time to speak and could only nod his head repeatedly.

Deputy Minister Gao took a box of special Zhonghua cigarettes from the desk. As soon as he took out a cigarette, Li Huaide had already swiftly lit the Zippo lighter in his hand. Deputy Minister Gao lit the cigarette and subconsciously touched his trouser pocket with his right hand. His lighter was still there, and there was almost no sign of use on the lighter in his son-in-law's hand. It was obviously a lighter that had just been used. However, now was not the time to care about this little thing. He exhaled a puff of smoke and asked seriously: "Huaide, did you know Lin Yu before? Why didn't I hear you mention him when I got home yesterday?"

Li Huaide dared not hesitate at all now. He had seen the suspicion in his father-in-law's eyes. If he caused misunderstanding, he would not be able to find a place to cry, so he quickly answered: "Dad, I have never seen this person before. Yesterday, when the welcome banquet ended unhappily and Lin Yu left, I went over to ask about his housing resettlement. This is also my job as a logistics director, so I ignored the gloomy faces of Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang at that time. Besides, the pattern of these two people is too small. Just because Lin Yu took the post of director of the Security Department and destroyed their plan to push their own people up, they actually ignored the instructions of their superiors and wanted to give Lin Yu a horse. As a result, they were first softly rejected by Deputy Commander Fang and Deputy Minister Zhao, and then Lin Yu rubbed their two old faces hard on the ground in front of all the leading cadres at the section level and above in the factory. At that time, the faces of those two guys were so ugly that water could drip."

Deputy Minister Gao snorted coldly and said, "Over the past two years, relying on the support of Deputy Ministers Xu and Liang, Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang have forgotten their own last names. This time, they have been detained in the Security Department's detention room. They are now under investigation by the Ministry of Industry's Security Department. I hope these two are not involved in the case of Lou Zhenhua and Yang Weimin, otherwise, even going to jail may be a luxury."

Li Huaide was shocked by the information revealed in his father-in-law's words. Others might not be clear about it, but he was the director of the logistics department of the Red Star Steel Mill. How could he not notice that Guo Sanhu, Song Jiefang and Lou Zhenhua had a very close relationship? Although Guo and Song fought fiercely with each other for the control of the Red Star Steel Mill, they both maintained a close relationship with Lou Zhenhua, the director of the Red Star Steel Mill. Thinking about it now, Li Huaide was secretly frightened. He was afraid that these two people had also accepted generous gifts from Lou Zhenhua. If this was the case, then the two of them would be doomed. At this time, Li Huaide secretly reminded himself in his heart that he must not cross the line, let alone sell out national interests.

Deputy Minister Gao took another puff of his cigarette and said, "Could it be that because you ignored Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang's expressions yesterday and took the initiative to ask for housing arrangements, which was like helping someone in need, Lin Yu just gave you a bonus today? No, no, with Lin Yu's strong military background and huge connections, I'm afraid that I, the deputy minister, wouldn't care. Huaide, tell us all the conversations between the two of you and the changes in Lin Yu's expression without missing a single detail."

So Li Huaide repeated everything that Lin Yu had told him to do after he came over word for word, even including all the changes in Lin Yu's facial expressions at that time.

We have to admit that Li Huaide's brain is incomparable to ordinary people, otherwise he would not have monopolized the power of the Red Star Steel Mill for more than ten years. After the storm subsided, he was able to land safely and directly resign to become a big boss. This also fully demonstrates that no one can succeed easily.

After listening to his son-in-law's story, Vice Minister Gao fell into deep thought. After a while, he shook his head helplessly, and kept muttering: "I don't understand. It's hard to figure out."

Li Huaide had racked his brains on the way to the Ministry of Industry. He originally thought that his father-in-law was experienced and could help him solve the doubts in his heart, but now looking at his father-in-law's appearance, he was probably confused as well.

Because of his own future and destiny, Li Huaide finally couldn't help but ask: "Dad, what do you think we should do?"

Deputy Minister Gao snorted: "It's a good thing you've gone far away, kid. I don't know why Lin Yu likes you. It's considered a good fortune for you. All right, follow me to Minister Yan later and report to him the content of your conversation between Lin Yu and you." As he said that, he motioned Li Huaide to come closer to him, whispered a few words in his ear, then reached out and took the Zippo lighter from Li Huaide's hand, threw his old lighter to his son-in-law, and then stood up and walked out the door.

Li Huaide looked at the lighter in his hand, smiled and shook his head, then quickly followed his father-in-law.

Minister Yan was really overwhelmed today. He had already reported the problems found in the Red Star Steel Mill to the State Council by phone and asked for voluntary punishment. Fortunately, the leaders of the State Council did not blame him too much, but asked the Ministry of Industry to actively cooperate with the Beijing Public Security Bureau and the military to thoroughly investigate the problems in the Red Star Steel Mill. No one involved would be tolerated, and the follow-up resettlement work should be properly done. He also affirmed the suggestion to transfer some capable personnel from the First and Second Steel Mills to re-establish the leadership team of the Red Star Steel Mill, and asked the Ministry of Industry to learn from the experience and lessons. In future work, it should not only pay attention to industrial development, but also not neglect the ideological education of cadres and workers.

When Vice Minister Gao brought Li Huaide into the office, Minister Yan was startled. Just now, Vice Minister Gao sent the list of people who were transferred from the First and Second Rolling Mills to the Red Star Rolling Mill. How come he came back with his son-in-law? From the list just sent by Vice Minister Gao, it can be seen that Lao Gao did not mix any selfish thoughts in this personnel arrangement. He made personnel deployment completely from the perspective of work needs. This also completely dispelled Minister Yan's concerns. He was really worried that Vice Minister Gao would list a lot of relatives on the list, which would mean that there were serious problems in the Ministry of Industry.

After entering the room, Deputy Minister Gao did not waste words and said directly: "Minister, Li Huaide came to me just now and reported to me some of the conversations he had with Lin Yu, the director of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I was also confused after listening to it, so I simply brought him here and asked you to analyze it."

Minister Yan was also very interested in the director of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Mill, whom he had never met. He did not blame Lin Yu for arresting the deputy director of the Red Star Steel Mill and a large number of criminals right after taking office. This was also his duty. If he continued to allow those criminals to act recklessly, it would not only be dereliction of duty, but also a crime.

What Minister Yan was interested in was that when he met with several old comrades who had returned to Beijing to report on their work, he heard these old comrades mention the name Lin Yu many times. Moreover, these former military heroes all spoke highly of Lin Yu, and even felt sorry for Lin Yu's retirement due to injury.

In particular, there was one time when an old comrade got drunk and casually mentioned the issue of Lin Yu's promotion to a higher rank. At the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission, several military-level leaders believed that Lin Yu's rank of colonel was too low and that he should be awarded the rank of major general based on his achievements. At that time, many leaders present expressed their support.

Although the CMC leaders finally decided to award Comrade Lin Yu the rank of colonel for various reasons, they also stated that the opinions of all leaders would be recorded and archived. The implication was that when the next rank was awarded, Lin Yu would be guaranteed the rank of senior colonel.

Minister Yan felt a little jealous when he heard this. If he had not transferred to work in the local area and continued to stay in the army, he would probably have been awarded the rank of colonel this time, and his chances of becoming a general would be very slim.

So Minister Yan asked his old comrade curiously, why could this young man, who was only 27 years old, be recognized by so many brave generals in the army and why did he have the opportunity to become a colonel?