Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Lin Geng was very clear about Secretary Chen's intention, and said politely: "Secretary Chen, please tell Director Yang to thank him for his kindness. After my mother passed away, I also fell seriously ill, which lasted for a long time. I just recovered in the past two days. I was planning to go to the factory to handle the succession procedures and prepare to go to work in the next two days!

Thank you for your concern, Director Yang! Thank you very much! As for this gift, it is too heavy, how can I accept it? Secretary Chen should take it back to Director Yang!"

Xu Damao stood in the room with a confused look on his face, feeling very embarrassed and surprised at the same time. He couldn't figure out why Secretary Chen came at this time, or whether he was asked by Director Yang to come and visit Lin Geng with gifts.

Although Lin Geng's mother was a worker in the factory and had the status of a martyr's family member, there were actually quite a lot of martyrs' families at that time. After all, Longguo had experienced countless wars of blood and fire over the years. Countless martyrs paid the price of their lives for the establishment of Longguo, and there were quite a few martyrs' families in the factory.

Moreover, once the martyrs' relatives passed away, according to custom, the factory would usually give a certain amount of condolence money to the remaining relatives or orphans of the martyrs. However, it is impossible for Director Yang to specially send Secretary Chen to visit Lin Geng at this time!

Secretary Chen saw that Lin Geng was very polite, had extraordinary conversation skills, and spoke in moderation. He spoke to him neither humbly nor arrogantly and refused the gift he brought.

So he insisted on finding a place to put the piece of fat meat, glanced at Xu Damao, and said politely: "Are you Xu the projectionist? I have seen you before!"

Xu Damao was flattered and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I am Xu Damao, the projectionist of the factory's publicity department!"

Secretary Chen smiled and said politely, "Well, Comrade Xu Damao, I have something I want to discuss with Comrade Xiao Lin in private. Do you think it's convenient for you to step aside for a while? It won't take long. I won't disturb you for too long!"

Xu Damao was also a very smart man. He had guessed Secretary Chen's intention at this time, so he didn't dare to get in the way and said quickly, "It's okay, it's okay. I just remembered something. I'll go out to do something first. You guys talk, you guys talk! I'll come back later. There's no such thing as early or late for dinner. It's okay to be late! Haha!"

Having said that, Xu Damao hurriedly pushed the door open and went out, carefully helping Lin Geng close the door, then retreated to the yard, but did not go far. Instead, he glanced at the three aunts who were shivering with cold in the yard and looking at Lin Geng's house, sneered, retreated to the hanging flower gate in the backyard, lit a cigarette and waited there.

Lin Geng looked at Secretary Chen and said to him, "Look, I just caught a big grass carp today and wanted to replenish my body and chat with Comrade Xu Damao!

Secretary Chen, why don't you sit down and try my cooking? How about we eat and chat at the same time? "

Secretary Chen also smelled the aroma of the braised fish fillets at this time. His throat rolled slightly and he swallowed his saliva involuntarily. Fortunately, as Director Yang's secretary, he often accompanied Director Yang to receive guests from the steel rolling mill, so he was not too greedy.

"No need for that. You just recovered from a serious illness and you finally caught such a big fish. You need to replenish your body! I won't steal your fish! Haha!

I have been asked by Director Yang to discuss something with you. It won't be long, just a few words!" Secretary Chen rejected Lin Geng's invitation and immediately got back to the point.

Lin Geng then pulled over two stools and asked Secretary Chen to sit down. He smiled and said, "Well, I won't force you! I have roughly guessed what Secretary Chen is here for! If Secretary Chen has anything to say, why not just get straight to the point and say it!"

Secretary Chen's eyes flashed and a hint of surprise appeared on his face. He could see that Lin Geng was not very old, but he didn't expect him to be so smart. Not only did he guess his intention at once, but he also spoke in a graceful and generous manner, neither humble nor arrogant. He didn't look like a young man of his age at all, and seemed very steady. So he thought highly of Lin Geng and didn't dare to underestimate him.

Secretary Chen organized his words in his mind, then sat down and took out a pack of cigarettes, handed one to Lin Geng, took one himself, struck a match and lit up the cigarettes for Lin Geng and himself, took a puff, and then said:

"Xiao Lin! Director Yang already knows what happened in your hospital this morning. After hearing about it, Director Yang was very angry and wanted to shoot Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong!

As old employees of the factory, they did such immoral things. It is simply a shame for our steel rolling mill!

However, you also know that the factory's production task is very tight now, and senior workers like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong are urgently needed. If the public security comrades sentence them to heavy sentences, then although they are punished, it will also have a serious impact on the factory's production!

We must proceed from the overall situation and put national construction first. As a family member of a martyr, you must understand this truth! You certainly don't want this incident to affect the production of our steel mill and national construction! You must have such awareness, right?

So Director Yang sent me to see you this time, actually it is also for the production of the factory and for the national construction. So he asked me to come and see if you can ask you to show mercy to Comrades Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong and forgive their mistakes this time for the needs of our steel rolling mill's work and for the needs of national construction!

Of course, Director Yang also said that this is not to force you to agree, but to ask for your opinion! I will never force you to agree!

There is another person, the deaf old lady in your yard. She is a relative of an old friend of Director Yang. When that old friend of Director Yang passed away a few years ago, he asked Director Yang to help take care of the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady was biased this time, and I was a little anxious, but after all, she is very old. See if you can forgive her this time. This is Director Yang’s personal request!

If you have any requests, just ask. You will be the successor of the factory in the future and you will also be a member of our factory. Director Yang said that you can ask for anything you want. As long as it does not violate the principles, Director Yang said that he will try his best to satisfy you! "

After listening to Secretary Chen's words, Lin Geng couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Director Yang was indeed not a principled person. He could even intercede in such matters. Personal feelings on the shore were above principles and national laws. He didn't care at all that Yang was the orphan of a martyr, and that Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong had done something immoral.

Moreover, Secretary Chen's words implied that the factory was needed and that national construction was needed, using such big hats to pressure him. He also mentioned that he had to take over, which was clearly a threat to him.

Although Secretary Chen said that he would not force him to agree, he had actually made it very clear that you had to agree whether you agreed or not. If you didn't agree, then when you, Lin Geng, take over the factory, you'll see what happens! This threat was already very strong.

This made Lin Geng very unhappy. He wanted to turn against Secretary Chen on the spot, but he held back. It was not because he was afraid of offending Director Yang, but because he had already made his choice and had made up his mind. This time he would fleece Yi Zhonghai and his gang of beasts, and let them go for the time being, waiting to fleece them again in the future.

So in fact, before Director Yang sent Secretary Chen, he had already promised Director Wang and others that he would let Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong go this time.

Liu Haizhong has no relationship with Director Yang. Otherwise, with Liu Haizhong's power-obsessed personality, he would have already clung to Director Yang and gotten a high position in the factory.

The reason why Director Yang brought Liu Haizhong along this time was that he didn't want to expose his relationship with Yi Zhonghai and the old deaf man just to plead for Yi Zhonghai. He brought Liu Haizhong along just to cover up his tracks and to kill two birds with one stone.

Since he had already decided to let Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong go after fleecing them, it would not be a wise choice to offend Director Yang now.