Director Liu, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore. He called Xing Baohua in to give Engineer Zhang face, and as for him fiddling with the computer, he didn't say so because of Engineer Zhang.

Now, the words sound like they're lecturing this provincial expert.

That's going a bit too far. As for Zhang Xuebao, this expert, poaching talent right in front of him, he doesn't care; it's just a temporary position.

Even if they were permanent employees, he wasn't afraid of being poached. There were so many people in the factory, and many of them were children of factory workers who couldn't get in. If one left, he could immediately arrange for a relative to come in.

Everyone knows how sought-after workers are these days! Young women look for men who are workers first. As for looks, no matter if he's ugly, crooked, or missing an arm or a leg, they'll still marry him without hesitation, at least he can get a government-subsidized food ration.

People would fight tooth and nail to get into the machinery factory, but Xing Baohua left without batting an eye.

"If there are no problems with the computer, Mr. Zhang, would you like to come to my office for a while and have some tea?" Director Liu said with a smile.

"Alright, that's all for now. You go ahead and get busy. I'll treat you to lunch. I'll wait for you at the factory gate." Xing Baohua understood the implication in Director Liu's words. After all, he had been a boss before, and he understood the art of office politics.

No one understood why Xing Baohua refused the job.

That's a worker's position, and it's in a provincial capital R&D unit—an absolutely fantastic job.

He's a hundred times better than his current temporary job! And now he's inviting him to dinner again? This whole thing is baffling. Does he want to go or not?

"I'll go out with you first. There's something else I want to ask you." Zhang Xuebao followed Xing Baohua as she walked out after speaking.

"Wait, wait a minute, what do we do with this?" Su Ya was getting anxious when she saw the two of them about to leave, so she quickly called out to them. She pointed to the floppy disk on the table.

The floppy disk was right in front of the computer, but she didn't know what it was for. When the computer was installed before, someone spent two hours teaching her how to operate it.

The engineer just handed her two discs and left? How could she not be anxious?

Zhang Xuebao turned his head, slightly embarrassed, and said to Xing Baohua, "Then let's have lunch together, it's on me."

"good."

When I got to Hou Liwei, I heard a cold snort.

When Xing Baohua came out, Xing's father looked unwell and shook his head slightly, indicating that he should not speak and should follow him downstairs.

There are too many people; it's really not suitable to go to the factory manager's office now. I need to find another opportunity to go there.

"Go see Master Zhao first, I'll go check on the workshop." With that, Xing's father rode off on his bicycle.

Just as Xing Baohua was about to leave, a figure darted out from beside the office building.

Who else could it be but Xu Shuai?

"I've been waiting for you for ages, what were you doing inside?" Xu Shuai asked.

"What do you mean, 'what'? My dad wants me to apologize to the factory manager, hoping they won't cancel the job I was originally offered," Xing Baohua said with a self-deprecating laugh.

"I got whipped a few times by my dad because of you."

"Thanks, I'll take you out to eat at a restaurant for lunch," Xing Baohua said.

"You still have money to eat out?" Xu Shuai asked in surprise.

"Someone's treating us to lunch, and besides, if they reimburse me for the computer repair costs from yesterday, we can have a nice meal."

"Where are we going now? Let's get there early."

"Go sleep in the single dormitory! I didn't sleep well last night." Xing Baohua didn't listen to his father's suggestion to go find that Master Zhao; he just wanted to catch up on some sleep.

Director Liu dispersed the onlookers at the door and returned to his office, intending to report the situation to the director. Finding the director not there, he went to the factory manager's office instead.

I knocked on the door and only went in after hearing someone call out from inside.

Xue Chuanshan, the official director of the office, stood in front of the factory director's desk, while the factory director, Li Haomin, sat behind the desk reading a document.

"Old Liu's here. Is the matter in the computer room settled?" the factory manager asked, looking up to see who it was.

"Yes, Factory Director." After replying to the Factory Director, he turned to Director Xue and said:

"Director, I was just about to report to you that Director Xing's child from Workshop 3 had his computer repaired yesterday and came to me for reimbursement today. I received the receipt, could you please sign it and have him collect it from the finance department later?"

Director Xue took the document, glanced at it, and said:

"That's pretty cheap! Director Xing's kid even has this skill. What's his name?"

"Oh, I really forgot to ask. I'll ask you later," Old Liu said.

While the two were talking, the factory director finished reading the materials, picked up a cigarette from the table and tossed it to the two directors, saying, "I've read the opinions. There's no need for this matter to be discussed at the factory's Party Committee meeting. We can just come up with an opinion internally."

"Then how about fining him two months' bonus?" Director Xue said.

"Just leave this to Lao Liu. Send out an internal notice later. There's no need to make a fuss. I heard rumors yesterday that it could lead to jail time. That's the old way of thinking! We haven't changed yet. This is absolutely unacceptable."