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Liu Haizhong wanted to outdo Xu Damao, and Xu Damao also wanted to outdo Liu Haizhong.

He couldn't think of a good solution either. Most of those who were dissatisfied with Li Huaide had already been dealt with by Liu Haizhong, leaving him with few opportunities to make a name for himself.

Xu Damao went to the cafeteria to find He Yuzhu.

When He Yuzhu saw him, he asked, "Why did you come here? How's your team recruitment going?"

Xu Damao then told him about those people.

He Yuzhu recognized the name immediately. These were originally Xu Damao's cronies. In his previous life, Xu Damao had also recruited these same people when he came to power.

These people followed Xu Damao and committed many evil deeds, but when Xu Damao stepped down, they did not benefit from it either.

What a damn coincidence!

Xu Damao said, "Liu Haizhong was particularly resentful when he saw me become a leader."

"Help me think of a way to get the upper hand."

If it weren't for the kid's silly look, He Yuzhu would have thought he was deliberately trying to trick him.

What does it mean to help him find a solution?

The so-called solution nowadays is simply to target those people you don't like.

If there's anyone He Yuzhu dislikes, it's Yi Zhonghai and a few others.

However, he did not go through Xu Damao to try to undermine their plans.

He Yuzhu's purpose was nothing other than to make Yi Zhonghai suffer the consequences of his actions.

He longed for Qin Huairu to support him in his old age, so let Qin Huairu support him and fulfill his wish.

He Yuzhu didn't have any pranks, but he did have other methods.

As the saying goes in modern society, performance isn't important; what matters is that the financial statements look good.

If playing pranks counts as performance, then helping Li Huaide gain the support of the factory workers is what matters in the reports.

He Yuzhu then asked Xu Damao to come up with a solution from this perspective.

Having come up with a plan, Xu Damao left, taking his men with him to make their debut.

He doesn't have much to do right now; the most important thing is to let the factory workers know that he exists.

Xu Damao then chose to lead his men to patrol the factory.

Upon receiving the news, Liu Haizhong, fearing that Xu Damao would steal the credit, also led his men to patrol the factory.

The factory is only so big, so it's inevitable that the two teams will run into each other.

Xu Damao looked closely and saw that Yi Zhonghai was actually following Liu Haizhong.

He deliberately mocked, "Oh, Team Leader Liu, are you going to step down and hand over the team leader position to Yi Zhonghai?"

Liu Haizhong valued his official position more than his lifeblood; how could he possibly let anyone else have it?

He immediately retorted, "Xu Damao, don't talk nonsense. What qualifications does Lao Yi have to be the team leader?"

Xu Damao continued, "Oh dear, I must have misread it."

"You used to always follow him around; I thought you were going through something bad again."

Liu Haizhong recalled his days as the second uncle and felt dissatisfied with both Xu Damao and Yi Zhonghai.

"Xu Damao, let me tell you, I'll teach you a lesson sooner or later."

Xu Damao snorted: "Who's afraid of who?"

The men on both sides then faced off.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai stepped forward and roared at Xu Damao: "Don't think you're anything special just because you're the team leader."

Even as a team leader, one must respect one's elders.

Xu Damao laughed and said, "Are you talking about Team Leader Liu?"

Everyone knows that he ransacked the Niu family's house a few days ago.

"Old Master Niu is old enough to be your elder, isn't he?"

In a moment of impulsiveness, Liu Haizhong shouted at Yi Zhonghai, "If you can't speak, then don't speak."

Yi Zhonghai turned his head away angrily.

Xu Damao gained the upper hand and immediately left with his men.

Liu Haizhong also led his men in another direction.

Yi Zhonghai stood in the courtyard, hesitating.

With Li Huaide's words, Yi Zhonghai could forget about becoming an official in the steel rolling mill, but he also wanted to deal with He Yuzhu.

After all the calculations, I can only fool Liu Haizhong.

But Liu Haizhong's personality definitely gives him an edge.

He felt somewhat uneasy. After thinking for a while, Yi Zhonghai gave himself some psychological counseling.

He wasn't siding with Liu Haizhong, but rather to deal with He Yuzhu. This is called enduring hardship and biding one's time.

With this psychological comfort, Yi Zhonghai caught up with Liu Haizhong.

Under his persuasion, Liu Haizhong agreed to let him join the workers' picket team.

Soon, everyone in the factory knew that the workers' disciplinary team had grown another group.

The factory workers didn't have a good opinion of the workers' picket team.

They didn't say it, but they were all cursing them in their hearts.

As the get off work bell rang, news spread that Xu Damao had become the leader of the workers' disciplinary team.

The courtyard houses naturally knew about it too.

When Yan Bugui saw Yi Zhonghai return, he went to greet him.

"Old Yi, Xu Damao really became the leader of the workers' picket team. What about Old Liu?"

Yi Zhonghai said dejectedly, "Old Liu is now the leader of Group One, and Xu Damao is the leader of Group Two."

Yan Bugui received confirmation from Yi Zhonghai, and his lingering hope vanished completely.

"How can he be the team leader?"

Yi Zhonghai said, "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

Yan Bugui noticed that Yi Zhonghai was not behaving properly and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yi Zhonghai hadn't gotten over his inner hurdle. He was afraid that if others knew he had sided with Liu Haizhong, they would laugh at him.

"It's nothing. Is there anything else? If not, I'll go back and rest."

Yan Bugui pulled Yi Zhonghai toward his home: "Xu Damao has become a leader, this is a big deal. We must discuss how to deal with him."

Yi Zhonghai thought that adding Yan Bugui wouldn't be bad, so he followed him inside.

Once inside Yan Bugui's house, what Yan Bugui said was quite different from what he had expected.

"Old Yi, last year I helped you by spreading rumors about Xu Damao everywhere."

If he comes after me, you have to help me.

Yi Zhonghai was immediately displeased. When good things happened, no one thought of him, but when trouble came, everyone pushed the blame onto him.

What do you take him for?

"Old Yan, how can I help you? Don't forget, I already paid you last year."

We'll settle this with a cash payment, and neither of us will owe the other anything.

Yan Bugui objected: "That's not right of you. If it weren't for helping you, why would Yan Jiecheng want to split up the family business with me?"

"My family suffered such a huge loss, and I haven't even settled accounts with you yet."

Yi Zhonghai said angrily, "I already got divorced because of that, what more do you want?"

Yan Bugui couldn't continue. Compared to Yi Zhonghai, he still had some self-respect.

Yi Zhonghai can shift all the blame for injustice onto others, but Yan Bugui can't do it even more thoroughly.

Only a tiny bit of conscience remained in his heart.

Yi Zhonghai sighed and said, "You know the situation better than I do."

I have no way to deal with Xu Damao right now.

In our compound, only Old Liu has that ability.

"If you can convince Lao Liu, Xu Damao won't dare to do anything to you."

He was afraid that if the news of his allegiance to Liu Haizhong got out, he would be laughed at, so he thought of finding an ally.

The most suitable ally for this position is none other than Yan Bugui.

After all, they'll be each other's retirement partners.

Yan Bugui understood this principle, so he let Yi Zhonghai go and waited for Liu Haizhong at the door.

Liu Haizhong deliberately tried to provoke Xu Damao; if Xu Damao didn't leave work, he wouldn't leave work either.

The two of them rode their bicycles all the way back.

If there hadn't been so many people on the road, the two probably would have had a bicycle race.

He Yuzhu followed behind without competing with the two.

Upon reaching the door, the two of them carried the bicycle inside and blocked the entrance.

It was Yan Bugui who was quick-witted and helped Liu Haizhong, allowing Liu Haizhong to enter the courtyard first.

Xu Damao was furious and decided to find an opportunity to teach Yan Bugui a lesson. (End of Chapter)