Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

"You should know how much our factory lost face because of what you did last night. Tell me, how are you going to compensate the factory now?"

Director Yang said expressionlessly.

Ye Wenwu already knew the bottom line of the factory, so how could he be intimidated by Director Yang?

"Director, we are all victims, how can we possibly compensate the factory? Logically, the factory should compensate me. After all, I am still a victim. If you really want compensation, that's fine. I don't believe there is no place to ask for justice."

Director Yang was very upset after hearing this. This guy refused to listen to any soft or hard words and instead threatened him.

"Alright, you are really an old fox. I'll tell you clearly that the factory can compensate you, but you must also promise the factory. Another point is that your recent actions have indeed affected the reputation of the factory. You must sign a letter of guarantee from the factory, promising not to do such things again in the future."

Ye Wenwu burst out laughing, but when he saw Director Yang's face turned cold, he held back his laughter out of embarrassment.

"Director, I, Ye Wenwu, never cause trouble. It's okay if the factory asks me to sign a guarantee, but what if someone provokes me and offends me? Will I not be able to fight back at that time?"

"Besides, you also know that the factory has clearly issued a penalty notice to Sha Zhu. Although I don't know how the people in our compound learned about these penalty notices, why should they ask me to pay? If you, the factory director, also think that I must pay, then Ye Wenwu, I accept it."

President Yang looked at Ye Wenwu who was grinning. Even though Ye Wenwu said at the end that he could pay, President Yang knew that if he forced him to pay, Ye Wenwu would not give up. This guy was not afraid of anyone and would definitely push the matter to the top. Sometimes, a matter that was not a big deal in the first place could become a very serious one.

"I can help you settle Zhao Shujie's matter yesterday, but you must help the factory minimize the incident last night. I know you are close to Liu Hua, and Liu Hua may have told you these things, so don't say you don't know about Zhao Shujie's matter."

Director Yang thought about what the deaf old lady and the others had said, so he gritted his teeth and took a step back.

It seems that this matter was spread by Ye Wenwu, but in fact, Ye Wenwu feels that he has suffered a loss. After all, to Director Yang, Zhao Shujie's matter is just a matter of a word, and Director Yang has no control over whether others do it or not.

Ye Wenwu shook his head.

"Director, this is unfair. I don't know who is behind Zhao Shujie's incident. You said you could help me keep the peace, but can you guarantee that he won't target me? Unless you can 100% guarantee that he won't target me in the future, I think it's meaningless. He can give you face once, so why would he give you face a second time? You won't go against him for something that has already happened, right?"

Director Yang was stunned when he heard this. He had not considered what would happen later, but he was really surprised that Ye Wenwu could think about things so far in the future.

"So what do you want to do, kid?"

"Director, since what happened last night had a big impact on the factory, as an employee of the factory, I also hope to minimize the impact of the incident. However, I am a victim after all. Originally, they would have to go to jail for at least a year or so, so I hope to have a position as a section chief."

Ye Wenwu approached the person directly and when he mentioned the position of section chief, he lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly.

Director Yang opened his mouth. He didn't expect Ye Wenwu to be so arrogant. He was simply asking for too much.

There are only so many section chief positions in the factory, and there are too many people and too few jobs, so everyone is eyeing them.

Even though he was able to easily move Zhao Shujie down last time, that was because he and Deputy Director Li had cooperated to occupy half of the business, and the people behind Zhao Shujie didn't even have time to react, so it was a fact.

Another point is that Ye Wenwu had only been working at the Red Star Steel Plant for a few days. How could he have been promoted to the position of section chief? Not to mention whether there was a vacant position for section chief, even if there was, he would have to pay a huge price.

Seeing that Director Yang looked a little embarrassed, Ye Wenwu did not back down and said that if he just asked Director Yang for the position of deputy section chief, it might be easy.

However, there must be a section chief above the deputy section chief. If this section chief is hostile to him, Liu Hua had warned himself before that he should not talk back.

Then it would be a natural process for me to seek the position of section chief, but how could I take another shortcut?

"Ye Wenwu, you are so arrogant. If this is a remote deputy section chief department, I, the factory director, can still make the decision. What do you think?"

Director Yang felt that Ye Wenwu should be a smart person and would not make such an unrealistic request.

Ye Wenwu shook his head.

"Director, if it's just a deputy section chief position, I believe I can get it within half a year with my own ability, but there's no point in getting it half a year in advance."

"But I don't want the position of section chief in our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. After all, I know that the position of section chief in our factory is very limited. Even if I get the position, no one will obey me."

After hearing Ye Wenwu's words, Director Yang suddenly became interested. He wanted to see how Ye Wenwu could avoid the trouble in the factory and still get a position as a section chief.

"Director, we can set up a new department in our factory, and I can be the section chief of this new department."

Ye Wenwu had thought about this problem when he proposed the position of section chief.

In this era, the power in the factory was still quite large. There were bathrooms, kindergartens, infirmaries, and other places to serve the workers in the factory.

However, Ye Wenwu also discovered a shortcoming, that is, there seemed to be no supply and marketing cooperative in the factory.

Ye Wenwu had also investigated this issue. When the factory was first built, there was indeed a supply and marketing cooperative, but later due to some reasons, it could not be opened and was abandoned.

At that time, Ye Wenwu set his sights on this area.

Director Yang's eyes flickered, but setting up a new department was not that simple. It required careful planning and had to be submitted to superiors for review and approval before it could be established.

"Ye Wenwu, I know what you said, but setting up a new department is not that simple. You may not understand that there are many procedures to follow, and the power in the factory is not as great as you think. You can't just set up a new department directly."

Director Yang knew how smart Ye Wenwu was. He didn't expect that he would come up with this trick. So he decided to pour cold water on him to prevent him from thinking too much.