The next morning, the sun shone brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing.
In the office of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Machinery, everything appeared quiet and orderly.
Vice Minister Li had just stepped into his office, and before he could even settle into his seat, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Vice Minister Li was about to lose his temper, but upon seeing who it was, he immediately held back.
"Vice Minister Li, great news! Great news!"
Director Liao burst in, panting heavily as he shouted.
Vice Minister Li glared at Director Liao and said with dissatisfaction.
"Director Liao, you're an adult, how can you still be so careless? You didn't even knock before coming in, and you're making such a racket first thing in the morning, what kind of behavior is this? If there's no good news today, just wait and see how I deal with you later."
Upon hearing Vice Minister Li's words, Director Liao showed a hint of embarrassment and quickly offered an explanation.
"I'm sorry, Vice Minister Li, I was just too excited."
Seeing his old subordinate's embarrassed expression, Vice Minister Li couldn't bear to reprimand him too much, and simply asked in a low voice.
"Why are you acting so recklessly? What good news do you have?"
Upon hearing this, Director Liao's expression instantly brightened with excitement.
“Vice Minister Li, I received news early this morning that Sun Zhengguo has resigned.”
"What?"
Vice Minister Li, equally excited, stood up from his seat.
"That's not right! Given that old man's personality, how could he easily let go of someone as talented as him? Tell me, what exactly happened?"
“Vice Minister Li, you guessed right, but didn’t you know? Vice Minister Bai has been away on business for several days and is not currently at the Ministry of Metallurgy. This must be some underhanded trick by his subordinates. Otherwise, why would that kid resign voluntarily?”
After listening to Director Liao's explanation, Vice Minister Li suddenly realized, "That makes sense!"
After a moment of contemplation, Vice Minister Li gave instructions.
"Director Liao, you don't need to do anything today. Go and bring Sun Zhengguo back to the Ministry of Machinery. Be quick, before that old geezer comes back, get this matter settled. Can you do it?"
Faced with the task assigned by his former leader, Director Liao hesitated.
"What? You can't even handle such a small matter?"
"No, Vice Minister Li, if you want to recruit Sun Zhengguo, you have to offer some conditions. Also, what should we do if he makes other demands?"
"Conditions?" Vice Minister Li asked after thinking for a moment.
"Just a few days ago, the head of the Technical Section 1 was transferred, and now the section is leaderless. So let him serve as the deputy head of the Technical Section 1. There is no head above him. He will be promoted to the head in two years."
"The leader has a broad vision. This way, Sun Zhengguo can take direct control of a department as soon as he joins the company, which makes it easier to carry out the work."
Director Liao couldn't help but express his admiration.
With these conditions, it will be easier to recruit them. Sun Zhengguo isn't exactly unwanted; you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.
"If he makes any further requests, as long as they're not excessive, you can agree to them. You can decide the appropriate level yourself, okay? Now you shouldn't have any concerns, right?"
Director Liao nodded in satisfaction, which would give him a better chance of recruiting Sun Zhengguo.
"Don't worry, boss, I guarantee I'll complete the task."
"Okay! I don't have anything planned for today, so you can just use my car! Try to bring the person back to me today."
"yes."
Director Liao left the office with a happy heart, went to the car fleet, got into Vice Minister Bai's car, and drove towards the courtyard.
At the main gate of the courtyard house, Sun Zhengguo had just seen off Director Wu of the Second Steel Rolling Mill.
This Factory Director Wu is quite something; Sun Zhengguo just left the company, and he immediately came to recruit him.
Although Director Wu offered good terms, Sun Zhengguo really didn't want to go to the Second Steel Rolling Mill and could only politely decline.
"Zhengguo, who is this person? He even came in a car, and he seems quite polite."
The three middle-aged women next to him asked with a smile.
“Auntie, this is Director Wu of the Second Steel Rolling Mill. He wants to invite me to work at their mill.”
Before the three women could react, Sun Zhengguo added another sentence.
"However, I did not agree."
The three older women were completely dumbfounded this time, and the young wives next to them were no better off, staring in disbelief.
Even after Sun Zhengguo left, the group remained indignant.
Finding a job is incredibly difficult for most people, but when the factory manager came to invite him, Sun Zhengguo refused. Where the hell can he go to reason with this?
Before the group could calm down, another car pulled up at the door.
A middle-aged man got out of the car and came to the door.
"Excuse me, ma'am, does Comrade Sun Zhengguo live here?"
"Yes, yes, sir! Let me take you inside!"
The three aunties have now become guides; Director Wu was led by one of them just now.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Hearing the word "elder sister" bring a smile to the faces of the three women, and the two of them walked all the way to the Sun family's door.
"Jung-guk, someone is looking for you."
Hearing the shout, Sun Zhengguo opened the door and saw that it was someone he knew.
"Director Gao, what brings you here? Why have you come to my house?"
Sun Zhengguo knew the purpose of Director Gao's visit—to recruit him—but he pretended not to know.
The two shook hands politely, and Sun Zhengguo then welcomed Director Gao into the house.
The three women standing nearby, having completed their task, returned to the doorway.
However, at this moment, she was also full of questions. Hadn't Sun Zhengguo resigned? Why were so many leaders still coming to see him?
"Gentlemen, do you know who that person who just went in was?"
As soon as we got back to the door, the third aunt asked in a mysterious tone.
"Who is that? He looks like a high-ranking leader."
Seeing that people were supporting her, the three women said proudly.
"That man is also a factory manager, surnamed Gao. I don't know which factory he's from, but he's very polite!"
"Goodness! Who said the Sun family is no good? If they were, so many important people would be coming to them."
“That’s right. I think the eldest son of the Sun family is more capable than his parents.”
"..."
"..."
Just as these people were discussing this, another car pulled up at the door, and it was Director Liao who arrived late.
Before Director Liao even got out of his car, he saw a car parked at the entrance, and his brows furrowed instantly.
"Xiao Zhang, which organization does that car belong to?"
"Director Liao, if I'm not mistaken, that car should belong to the First Steel Rolling Mill."
Xiao Wang had been his boss's driver for many years and knew these things inside and out. He glanced at them and immediately knew the answer.
"Oh no, something bad is going to happen."
Director Liao was certain that the First Steel Rolling Mill shared the same goal as him: to recruit Sun Zhengguo.
Thinking of this, Director Liao quickly got out of the car, hoping that Sun Zhengguo hadn't agreed yet.
This time, the three women didn't even need to ask; they just stood up.
"Looking for Son Jung-guk, is that it?"
"Ma'am, do you have a lot of people looking for him?"
Director Liao asked with concern.
"Of course, several have already arrived, all of them are leaders."
After hearing what the three women said, Director Liao felt a chill in his heart, and the slight sense of superiority he had just felt vanished instantly.
Before Director Liao and his team could even enter, a military jeep slowly drove up to the gate.
However, after lingering for a short while, the car sped away again.
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