Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

Ever since Xu Damao became the deputy director of the committee, he has become a little arrogant.

Although he was respectful to Li Huaide on the surface, he was already thinking about how to replace him in his heart.

After he heard that Li Huaide rose to power by relying on his father-in-law's connections, he even thought about whether he could hook up with Li Huaide's wife and offer himself to replace him.

But later, after accidentally seeing Li Huaide's wife coming to the steel mill to check on him, Xu Damao completely gave up this idea.

To endure what ordinary people cannot endure is something that not everyone can do.

He, Li Huaide, is definitely one of them.

Looking at the appearance of Li Huaide's wife, Xu Damao felt that he would have nightmares if he slept with her at night.

Although he admired Li Huaide's courage, this did not hinder Xu Damao's determination to stab him in the back.

After the Li family's affairs came to an end, Xu Damao's popularity in the steel rolling mill became more and more prominent.

His ugly face and the missing ear made him look quite ferocious.

Usually in the yard, the neighbors would try to hide from Xu Damao when they saw him.

Li Huaide also gained attention from his superiors because of Xu Damao's overthrow of the deputy director of the Industrial Safety Bureau.

To take yourself a step further.

Li Huaide has been planning to merge some small factories around the steel rolling mill.

Among them is the machine repair factory where Nan Yi works.

To this end, Li Huaide specially organized a drinking party and invited the committee directors of those small factories to meet together to discuss the merger of the factories.

The directors of those small factories all gave face to Li Huaide.

After all, they are all small factories. How can they be compared with large factories like steel rolling mills with tens of thousands of employees?

The directors of the steel rolling mill and the directors of other small factories together number about 20 to 30 people.

The reception was held at the steel rolling mill.

The waiter was naturally Sha Zhu.

While Sha Zhu was cursing Li Huaide for sucking the blood of the workers, he rudely put meat and vegetables into his lunch box.

As the deputy director, Xu Damao naturally had a part in this reception.

He had a rather strained relationship with the other six deputy directors of the steel mill.

The other six people were originally small leaders of the steel rolling mill. Because they were the first to join Li Huaide when Li Huaide was competing for power with Director Yang, they were reused and now have become deputy directors.

Xu Damao rose to power purely by acting as a hidden glove for Li Huaide.

Before that he was just a projectionist.

Those who come early always look down on those who come late.

In addition, Xu Damao had no background or connections, so he was naturally not welcome.

Xu Damao didn't care. He was only thinking about the day when he could take Li Huaide's position. By then, these people would have to act according to his mood.

However, after Li Huaide discussed the issue of merging factories with the committee directors of several small factories, most of the directors expressed their willingness to merge.

After all, Li Huaide has a strong backing.

Following Li Huaide will definitely have a better future than going it alone.

Among them, the one who responded most enthusiastically was Cui Dake from the machine repair factory.

It must be said that Cui Dake was a talented person. He took advantage of the opportunity to flatter and get into the committee of the machine repair factory.

Later, he became the director of the committee by stabbing the former director in the back and reporting the former director's corruption and bribery to the higher-level committee.

Having worked his way up to his current position from a temporary worker, Cui Dake can be considered a talent.

Since he became the director of the committee, those who had bullied him in the past were beaten down one by one and sent to clean toilets.

Now the whole machine repair shop is in a mess because of him.

Cui Dake is similar to Xu Damao in that they are both good at currying favor with everyone and flattering others.

As soon as Li Huaide proposed the plan to merge factories, he immediately stood up and led the applause with an excited look on his face.

And fully affirmed the advancedness and correctness of Li Huaide's plan.

Li Huaide felt a little flattered by Cui Dake's praise.

Originally he just wanted to gain more power for himself, but after hearing what Cui Dake said, Li Huaide had the illusion that he was a truly selfless person.

Li Huaide couldn't help but look at Cui Dake again.

This person is truly a talent.

Li Huaide has always attached great importance to talents.

At this moment, he was thinking about merging several other factories, and he could focus on training Cui Dake.

"Comrade Cui Dake just said it well. Everyone should learn more from him in the future!"

"You're welcome, Director Li! I'm still young and have a lot to learn."

Cui Dake pretended to be honest and said with a look of fear and embarrassment.

That expression is as sincere as it can be.

Just looking at Cui Dake's expression.

Xu Damao couldn't sit still anymore.

Which one of those who can be the director is a good person?

Xu Damao secretly thought that Cui Dake might become his strong rival in the future.

This guy is very good at flattering people, and his ability is almost 80% as good as mine.

Especially the other party's shameless look, which made Xu Damao's ears hurt.

Cui Dake is really good at pretending. Especially his sincere attitude, coupled with his silly expression. Although you know he is pretending, you still can't help but love to listen to his flattery.

Didn’t you see that Li Huaide was looking at Cui Dake with admiration?

He had long forgotten about this loyal and trusted minister of his.

Xu Damao lowered his head and thought to himself that he must be careful with Cui Dake in the future.

Li Huaide's meeting went very smoothly. After the distribution of interests was made clear, the next step was the meal that everyone loved.

The directors of each factory were looking forward to the steel rolling mill's reception dinner.

According to a leader who had attended the banquet hosted by the steel mill, among the many factories in Beijing, only the Red Star Steel Mill provided the best hospitality.

Many leaders even try to find ways to get a free meal at the steel mill.

Li Huaide also spent a lot of money on this reception.

He even bought a few bottles of good wine out of his own pocket to entertain the guests.

He is an expert in food and since he is the host this time, he naturally has to introduce some of He Yuzhu's signature dishes.

Everyone was toasting each other at the table, enjoying the meal very much.

After Cui Dake took a few bites, he saw that Li Huaide seemed to know a lot about food. He rolled his eyes and said to Li Huaide:

"Director Li, the chef at your steel mill is really good. We also have a chef in our factory, and the dishes he cooks are also very delicious. You said that your chef is good at Sichuan cuisine. And our chef is good at making imperial court cuisine."

"Oh? There is such a thing? I really didn't know that."

When Li Huaide heard about something related to food, he also became interested.

He now has power, money and women, and the only enjoyment left is eating.

It's just like the concubine he found named Yuli, although beautiful, but looking at her all the time will make you aesthetically tired, so he recently started looking for a new candidate for concubine.

Although the dishes cooked by Sha Zhu are delicious, the anticipation and freshness disappear when you eat them all the time.

If given the chance, he would also like to try the cooking of different chefs.

"Director Li, if you want to eat, please come to our factory to give us instructions someday. I will have our factory chefs prepare a few dishes for you to taste!"

When Cui Dake saw an opportunity to curry favor with Li Huaide, he took the opportunity to recommend Nan Yi.

As for whether Nan Yi was willing or not, he was not worried at all.

You know, he is now the director of the machine repair shop.

He is the only one who has the final say in the entire machine repair shop.