"Under Master Liu's guidance, our courtyard is now the most enviable place on the whole street. We even organized a movie screening a couple of days ago."
Wang Dabao chuckled beside him, praising Liu Haizhong profusely, and finally said, "Don't let Master Liu's age fool you, his drive to improve is incredible, something most young people can't match."
Liu Haizhong was so grateful he almost knelt down before Wang Dabao, his fat face trembling uncontrollably.
“Okay, let’s go sit with Master Liu. We can ask him any questions we have. Frontline workers know the real situation best.”
Section Chief Hu chuckled and said.
Liu Haizhong immediately felt that his old age was about to take off, so he quickly led the four people to his workstation.
He then instructed his apprentices to move stools and pour tea.
The group sat together and began asking about some of the daily affairs of the workshop.
Liu Haizhong spoke at length, occasionally patting his chest.
Before long, the commotion was reported to the workshop leaders, and the director led several workshop leaders to the scene.
"Oh, it's Section Chief Hu, Deputy Section Chief Wang, Team Leader Feng, and Team Leader Zheng. Quickly, come to my office, tea is ready."
Section Chief Hu had asked all the questions he needed to, and while the group was chatting idly, they got up and went to the director's office.
After Wang Dabao, Section Chief Hu, and the other three left, Liu Haizhong naturally became the most outstanding guy in the workshop!
After the group disappeared, the old man plopped down in the seat where Section Chief Hu had been sitting, picked up his large tea mug, and slowly and methodically sipped his hot tea.
His coworkers and apprentices watched longingly.
"Wow, Mr. Liu, you really have connections everywhere. You even know the top leaders in the security department. Who was that young man just now? I heard him praising you the whole time!"
"That's right, Master. You didn't mention this before. It turns out you had such a big trump card up your sleeve. No wonder the director greeted you with a smile."
"My God, I'm not trying to be mean, Lao Liu, but you really are a hidden talent. You knew a big leader and you didn't say so earlier. If I had known, I would have given you some gifts and it would have been so much easier to ask you for a favor."
"Master, I noticed that young man seems quite familiar with you, and judging from Feng Biao and Zheng Jun's attitudes, they're quite respectful towards him. What exactly is your relationship?!"
"What young man? Don't talk nonsense."
Liu Haizhong glared at his apprentice and slammed the teacup on the table. "It's not good for others to hear this. Let me tell you, I was the one who asked someone to help you when you were punished last time. I had to beg and plead for you a lot because of that."
Apprentice Wang Meng squatted down at Liu Haizhong's feet, scratched his head, and chuckled: "That's why I say you're my master. Even my dad has never worried about me like you have."
"A teacher for a day is a father for life; helping you is my responsibility."
Liu Haizhong glanced at his unreliable apprentice with annoyance and continued, "That young man just now is from our compound. Don't let his youth fool you, he's very experienced in dealing with people, unlike you, you greenhorn."
"Master, you haven't said what he does yet?"
"Can't you tell what he's up to?" Liu Haizhong pondered, thinking that since Wang Dabao had greeted him so openly, and considering the information from the courtyard, he probably wasn't afraid of revealing his identity.
He glanced around at his fellow workers and coughed lightly, asking, "Who's the highest-ranking person in the security department besides Section Chief Hu?"
Immediately someone spoke up: "That must be Captain Feng. He has a lot of power, more than Captain Zheng from before."
"Bullshit!"
Liu Haizhong glared at him, "There are deputy section chiefs under the section chief, how did he go straight to the captain?"
The apprentices echoed and agreed.
Suddenly a worker shouted, "Holy crap, how could I forget about that? Wasn't there a rumor a while ago that the new deputy section chief of the security department was escorting precision workpieces to the dock, but they encountered more than a dozen enemy agents on the way, and then this deputy section chief took care of the matter all by himself?"
"Yes, yes, I've heard about it too. I heard this guy is a tough guy, a sharpshooter from the army, definitely a ruthless one."
Listening to the discussions around him, Liu Haizhong picked up his teacup and drank with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Hey, Lao Liu, say something! Is that true?!"
"Yes, Master Liu, please stop keeping us in suspense. You're going to drive us crazy."
Liu Haizhong snorted: "You guys are just too impatient. Fine, I'll tell you. He is Wang Dabao, the deputy head of the security section. And the thing about killing multiple enemy agents is true, absolutely true. He fired eight shots and killed nine enemy agents. Just think about what that means!"
"Ouch, eight shots killed nine people..."
Section Chief Hu, Wang Dabao, and the other three did not stay long. After a while, seeing that it was almost time to get off work, they left the workshop accompanied by the director and other workshop leaders.
When the workshop director returned from the main gate, he came down to Liu Haizhong amidst everyone's attention, chatted with him warmly for a while, and before leaving, he unabashedly handed Liu Haizhong a pack of cigarettes.
Liu Haizhong happily stuffed the cigarette into his pocket, fantasizing that he would soon be given an important position in the workshop and embark on the official career he had always dreamed of.
Back in the security office building, Wang Dabao took advantage of the time before he got off work to start organizing today's patrol records.
Wang Dabao came home a little late from get off work today, around dusk.
Upon entering the courtyard, one could see Yan Bugui, Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng, Yu Li, Liu Haizhong, an old woman, and others whispering to each other in front of Old Yan's house.
Seeing Wang Dabao carrying his bicycle in, the group immediately came to greet him.
"Congratulations, Da Bao! I heard you really got into the security department and even became the deputy head. Our institute will have a strong backer now."
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