Courtyard House: She got anxious when He Yushui wasn't licked.

Wang Lin took out a Zhonghua cigarette and lit it for Li Huaide, assuring him, "Don't worry, Director Li, we have everything you need: rice, flour, pork, mutton, beef, eggs...

Li Huaide took a drag of his Zhonghua cigarette, glanced at the two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes in his pocket, picked up a pen and wrote a note, handing it to Wang Lin and saying, "Take this note to the purchasing department and report to Section Chief Liu. He will help you with your onboarding procedures."

Wang Lin took the note from Li Huaide. Sure enough, the Zhonghua cigarettes and vodka were well worth the money. He would then switch from being a fitter to a purchasing agent.

Li Huaide took the cigarettes out of his pocket and put them in his drawer. As for the alcohol, he planned to invite a few friends to the factory that night to show off.

This is vodka from the Russian bear country.

"Then I'll go report for duty now, Director Li." Wang Lin tactfully left.

Li Huaide watched Wang Lin's retreating figure, smoking a cigarette and muttering to himself, "I didn't expect Mu Qing's child to be so capable. It seems she wasn't bragging all this time! This Wang Lin really knows a lot of people; he can even get his hands on Zhonghua cigarettes and vodka."

Is Li Huaide a good person? Of course not. Liu Lan, who works in the cafeteria, is his mistress.

Wang Lin ran into his second uncle, Liu Haizhong, as soon as he came out of the office.

Liu Haizhong was carrying a bag that seemed to contain something. When he saw Wang Lin come out of Li Huaide's office, he immediately realized that the kid had come to report for duty today. This meant that all his previous investments had gone down the drain. But today was different. He had spent a lot of money to buy Peony cigarettes as a gift, hoping to get Wang Lin's employee position.

With his eyes fixed on the bag, Wang Lin could easily guess what the old man was up to.

Liu Haizhong hid the bag behind his back and stared at Wang Lin with an unfriendly look, saying, "Wang Lin! Being a fitter isn't easy. You're new and need a mentor. Only Lao Yi and I are level eight fitters in the factory! You absolutely mustn't be assigned to work under me."

Wang Lin just smiled and didn't say anything. Liu Haizhong was unaware that he had been transferred to the position of purchasing agent.

When Liu Haizhong saw Wang Lin smile, as if mocking his incompetence, his fat body trembled with anger.

Wang Lin bypassed Liu Haizhong and went to report to the purchasing department. As for Liu Haizhong, there was no need for Wang Lin to mock him. He would know that the gift was wasted when he went in to give it.

After watching Wang Lin leave, Liu Haizhong muttered under his breath, "Just you wait! You little brat! I'll get you in a few days."

Li Huaide had just finished a cigarette when Liu Haizhong walked in without knocking. This made Li Huaide frown. How could this worker be so rude?

Liu Haizhong placed the bag on Li Huaide's desk with a fawning smile and said, "Deputy Factory Director Li! I am Liu Haizhong, an eighth-grade fitter, one of only two eighth-grade fitters in our factory."

Li Huaide sized up Liu Haizhong, who was fair-skinned and chubby, the kind of person who didn't do housework. He picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked, "Oh, what brings you here, Deputy Factory Director?"

When Wang Lin came in, everyone knew to call him Factory Director Li, so he deliberately dropped the "Deputy" part. Liu Haizhong, on the other hand, seemed afraid that Li Huaide wouldn't know he was a deputy factory director, so he wasn't as enthusiastic towards him.

Liu Haizhong didn't say it explicitly: "It's like this, Deputy Factory Director Li, I have two sons who are exceptionally smart. Our factory has a quota for replacing employees, right? Could you secretly arrange it for me?"

Which replacement spot do you want?

Li Huaide exclaimed, "Good heavens! Liu Haizhong came to me with two packs of cigarettes and two bottles of wine just to do this kind of thing?"

The factory does have a quota for replacing employees, but it's not easily changed. Li Huaide can make the decision on the temporary worker quota, but why would he help Liu Haizhong? Just because of these two packs of cheap cigarettes and liquor?

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong thought he had a chance and said without any hesitation, "It's that guy who just went out, Wang Lin! He has no parents! He's from the same courtyard, you can just find any reason to kick him out."

"Wang Lin?" Li Huaide looked at Liu Haizhong with a strange expression and thought to himself, "This old guy probably doesn't know that the gift Wang Lin gave was ten times more valuable than his."

“Yes, yes, yes! Just have the workshop director assign me as his apprentice. I’ll deliberately make things difficult for him, and in a few days he’ll obediently hand over the replacement spot.” Liu Haizhong had Wang Lin completely under his thumb.

Li Huaide pointed at the gifts Liu Haizhong had placed on the table and said righteously, "Liu Haizhong, right? I don't know who told you that you could do this. Take these things back. I will not help you do something that harms others and yourself."

Liu Haizhong was stunned. He had sent a lot of gifts to find out about this from their workshop director, but Deputy Factory Director Li wouldn't help him. Could it be that his gifts weren't good enough? Or perhaps, Wang Lin had said something to Deputy Factory Director Li beforehand?

Li Huaide didn't have time to continue dealing with Liu Haizhong's trivial matters. Before leaving, he told Liu Haizhong, "Wang Lin isn't a fitter anymore; he's become a purchasing agent. If you want to get involved with him, then see if you have enough friends to help you. Purchasing agents have monthly quotas, and their salaries aren't easy to come by." After saying that, he left the office.

It took Liu Haizhong a while to come to his senses. He picked up the gifts he had bought and left the office in a daze.

Wang Lin actually became a purchasing agent? What was he thinking?

Fitters earn low wages but can be promoted through performance reviews. Once their skills improve, their wages will increase. Purchasing is a much tougher job, as it requires running around collecting materials every day.

When Liu Haizhong returned to the workshop, his absent-mindedness caught Yi Zhonghai's attention.

Yi Zhonghai stopped what he was doing and walked up to Liu Haizhong, asking, "Old Liu! What's wrong?"

Liu Haizhong sighed and said to Yi Zhonghai, "That good-for-nothing Wang Lin has actually become a purchasing agent. There's no hope for him to fill the position of employee replacement. My two good-for-nothing sons are no match for purchasing agents."

Chapter 58 The purchasing department is also divided into factions

buyer!

Yi Zhonghai was also shocked when he heard that Wang Lin had been transferred to a purchasing position.

Yi Zhonghai had originally thought that Wang Lin would be assigned to either him or Liu Haizhong's subordinates after joining the company, but now it seems that Wang Lin had planned ahead and was taking an unconventional approach, which made Yi Zhonghai feel like he had been stood up.

"Forget it, it seems my two sons aren't destined to work in the steel rolling mill." Liu Haizhong shook his head. He had planned for so long, but it all came to nothing. He was unwilling but there was nothing he could do.

Yi Zhonghai comforted Liu Haizhong, saying, "Old Liu, let's wait and see. That kid Wang Lin probably won't last long. Purchasing officers have to complete their tasks, and if they don't, their wages will be deducted."

That being said, Liu Haizhong felt that Wang Lin was probably capable of completing the mission. After all, this kid was like Nezha now, capable of turning the world upside down and possessing supernatural powers.

The two began working with their own thoughts on their own, no one knowing what mischief they were plotting.

Wang Lin went to the purchasing department and found Section Chief Liu.

Liu Zhengdao, a very positive and upbeat name, around thirty years old, with dark skin, looking like he's often exposed to the elements.

Wang Lin handed the note written by Li Huaide to Liu Zhengdao.

After Liu Zhengdao took the note and read it, he patted Wang Lin on the shoulder and introduced him to the other four young men: "Everyone, please welcome our new comrade Wang Lin. From now on, he will be a member of our purchasing department."

The four of them stopped what they were doing and started clapping.

Liu Zhengdao introduced them to Wang Lin one by one. Among them, two who were about the same age as Wang Lin were Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, who were hired through connections. The other two were Li Tang, a distant relative of Deputy Factory Director Li, and Yang Mingyuan, a distant relative of Factory Director Yang.

Liu Zhengdao secretly told Wang Lin, the newcomer, about the relationship between the four people, letting him know that these four people were all influential and that there was no need to get too involved with them, as it would not do him any good.

Wang Lin knew that Liu Zhengdao was a good person, otherwise he wouldn't have told him all this.

Liu Zhengdao also told Wang Lin that there was another person in the purchasing department, a woman named Tang Tang, who was personally arranged to come in by Factory Director Yang. He treated Tang Tang as if she were a superior, and her identity and background were extremely mysterious.

Wang Lin's curiosity was immediately piqued. What was the background of this Tang Tang? The original plot didn't seem to have given much detail about the factory's purchasing department.

Liu Zhengdao found Wang Lin a seat, right across from Tang Tang, but Tang Tang wasn't there today; she had gone to the countryside to collect supplies.

Yang Mingyuan leaned over, took out a pack of Peony cigarettes, and handed it to Wang Lin, asking, "Buddy, who's got your back?"

Wang Lin declined Yang Mingyuan's cigarette and replied with a smile, "I found a purchasing agent through Deputy Factory Director Li. Well, I guess I'd be considered half of Director Li's people?"

"I see!" Upon hearing that Wang Lin was considered half of Li Huaide's man, Yang Mingyuan subtly put away his cigarette, and his gaze towards Wang Lin became somewhat unfriendly.

Upon hearing that Wang Lin was one of Li Huaide's men, Li Tang immediately greeted him warmly, saying, "Hey, Brother Wang, have a smoke! We're family now."

Wang Lin finally understood that the factions here were clearly divided.

With Director Yang behind him, Yang Mingyuan naturally wouldn't be on friendly terms with Deputy Director Li's people.

The Zhang brothers, Long and Hu, got in through some unknown connection. They didn't want to get involved with Yang Mingyuan or Li Tang, but they also didn't want to offend either of them. They were caught in the middle, trying to survive.

Now that Wang Lin has arrived, Li Huaide has one more person, and the balance has been broken.

Yang Mingyuan looked somewhat lonely.

Wang Lin looked at the cigarettes Li Tang offered him—Xiangshan, a slightly lower grade than Mudan—but he still accepted them.

However, Wang Lin was new to the area and his interpersonal relationships were just beginning. Now that he was labeled as one of Li Huaide's men, he could only try to gather information from Li Tang.

Yang Mingyuan returned to his seat without any embarrassment and started puffing on a cigarette.

Liu Zhengdao, the head of the procurement department, is quite capable; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to manage so many factions.

Li Tang lit a cigarette for himself and asked, "Brother Wang, we should support each other from now on and not make things difficult for Factory Director Li."

Wang Lin nodded slightly. He was a purchasing agent transferred by Li Huaide, and he knew that if he lost face, it would be Li Huaide's face.

Liu Zhengdao walked over with a cup of tea and said to Wang Lin, "Our work as purchasing agents is sometimes busy and sometimes very leisurely. These past two days there's been nothing to do, so I just sit here doing nothing."

Wang Lin had indeed noticed this, and he asked with a smile, "Section Chief, can we go out and collect supplies on our own?"

Liu Zhengdao did not say it directly, but vaguely said: "If you can't stay idle in the factory, you can go out and run around to get supplies, but you have to run around to get some supplies so that people won't gossip. You can't just run around aimlessly every day."

Wang Lin can interpret this as: you can go out on your own and not come to the factory, but you need to have supplies to keep others quiet, otherwise it will be very difficult.

"Brother Wang, why don't you get familiar with the factory first? You haven't even met Tang Meiren yet and you're already going out to procure supplies. You're so career-minded."

Li Tang was surprised by Wang Lin's words, not expecting the newcomer to have such ambition, wanting to achieve some results so soon after arriving.

Wang Lin chuckled and said, "I can't sit still. I happen to know some old farmers who have some eggs, chickens, ducks, fish, and the like. I'll go and buy some to add some meat to the factory's employees."

Since Wang Lin had already said so, Liu Zhengdao naturally wouldn't stop him. He told Wang Lin the bottom price for all kinds of materials the factory would buy, so that the factory wouldn't refuse to accept higher prices.

Nowadays, every factory is short of food and drink. The job of the purchasing agent is to go out and run around, whether it's near or far. As long as you can bring supplies to the factory, that's commendable. Every month, the factory will issue a unified procurement task, which is a big task that must be completed as much as possible.

After getting the bottom price for some supplies, Wang Lin didn't want to stay in the factory any longer, so he said goodbye to Liu Zhengdao and left.

Li Tang saw Wang Lin off very warmly, while the others acted as if they hadn't seen him at all, each busy with their own affairs.

After Wang Lin left, Li Tang had just returned when Yang Mingyuan approached him and said, "Li Tang, now that you have one more person, the distribution of supplies will definitely have to be redone, and you'll get the lion's share."

Li Tang, unafraid of Yang Mingyuan, said, "It's good to take the lion's share! Then we'll take the lion's share of the rewards too, otherwise, forget it."

Yang Mingyuan's plan to make the horse run without feeding it is truly ingenious.

When his scheme was exposed, Yang Mingyuan was not angry or embarrassed. Instead, he smiled. It was almost a new month, and the procurement tasks would be issued at the beginning of the month. Then, Li Tang and Wang Lin would have their day.

Liu Zhengdao seemed to ignore the open and covert struggles between Li Tang and Yang Mingyuan.

The Zhang brothers, Long and Hu, also stayed out of the business between Yang Mingyuan and Li Tang.

Wang Lin had just come out of the purchasing department, carrying the factory uniform he was given after completing his onboarding procedures.

As he walked, Wang Lin found himself near the cafeteria.

With the idea of ​​going to see Sha Zhu, Wang Lin came to the window of the cafeteria.

"Could you please get me a few pounds of cornmeal? I really can't make ends meet."

"No way! That would be stealing!"

"We're really starving."

"That won't do! This belongs to the public."

“I just went to my husband’s workshop to find Lao Yang and exchanged my food coupons for next month. But what about next month? We keep putting it off, when will it ever end?”

"That won't do! This is a matter of professional ethics, you really can't do it, sister!"

"Come on, you've had it easy all the time!"

"How can you say that? When have I ever taken any grain? I only took the leftovers from the factory director's dinner party. That's what I was entitled to. He's allowed to drink the workers' blood, but I'm not allowed to have a sip of soup."

"You silly Zhu! Please help your sister."