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

When Liu Zhengdao first met Wang Lin, he felt that Wang Lin was definitely not an ordinary person, but an exceptional individual.

Wang Lin hadn't expected Liu Zhengdao to be so good at speculating, but that was exactly the effect he wanted. He wouldn't say anything, neither admitting nor denying, leaving you to rack your brains trying to guess.

Sure enough, Liu Zhengdao was already speculating about Wang Lin's identity. Was he the illegitimate son of Factory Director Yang? But that's not right. He was introduced by Deputy Factory Director Li, so he must be Deputy Factory Director Li's illegitimate son? That doesn't seem right either, Wang Lin doesn't resemble Deputy Factory Director Li at all.

Li Tang strode in with a carefree attitude and greeted everyone, "Hey, everyone's here pretty early!"

Liu Zhengdao still had a Zhonghua cigarette in his mouth. Li Tang walked over and noticed that the cigarette had a filter. Upon closer inspection, he exclaimed, "Good heavens! Old Liu, you can afford to smoke Zhonghua now!"

Liu Zhengdao handed Li Tang a cigarette from the half-pack of Zhonghua cigarettes that Wang Lin had given him, and said with a wry smile, "This cigarette doesn't belong to me, Old Liu, but to Wang Lin."

These words forced Li Tang to re-evaluate Wang Lin, his comrade-in-arms. He patted Wang Lin on the shoulder and flattered him, "Brother Wang Lin! You're something else! Your family must be quite influential, right? These Zhonghua cigarettes aren't a luxury that ordinary people can afford."

Liu Zhengdao glanced at the Zhonghua cigarettes in his hand and handed them back to Wang Lin, saying, "Wang Lin, these cigarettes are too expensive. You should take them back and smoke them yourself. It would be enough if you could give us two to try."

Wang Lin didn't care about such a small amount of money. He pushed the cigarette to Liu Zhengdao and said cryptically, "I'll be counting on you to cover for me in the future, Lao Liu."

"How about I put it in the drawer, and everyone can take one if they want?" Although he said that, Liu Zhengdao still felt that the Zhonghua cigarettes were a bit too hot to handle. If it were Xiangshan or Mudan, he wouldn't be so fussy, but this was Zhonghua!

"Old Liu, it's just a pack of cigarettes." Wang Lin didn't expect Liu Zhengdao to be so fussy. Was it really worth it for a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes?

"That's right, Lao Liu, take it." Li Tang looked enviously at the half-pack of Zhonghua cigarettes. If Wang Lin had given it to him, he would have jumped for joy.

Since things had come to this point, Liu Zhengdao stopped being coy and put the Zhonghua cigarettes in his pocket, so he would have something to brag about when he got back.

The three had only exchanged a few words when Yang Mingyuan arrived.

As soon as Yang Mingyuan came in, he ignored Li Tang and Wang Lin and threw a note in front of Liu Zhengdao, saying, "Old Liu, I asked a friend to collect a batch of eggs in Tongxiang. Sign this note."

Tongxiang is relatively remote, and the villagers save their eggs to sell and buy grain.

Yang Mingyuan asked a friend to collect a batch of eggs from the countryside. As for the quality, he knew very well that they were just inferior products.

Liu Zhengdao frowned and didn't sign, but instead asked, "What about the eggs? How's the quality?"

Yang Mingyuan replied impatiently, "How could the eggs my friend collects be unreliable? You guys would be looking for a way to buy them. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so you'd better think it through." There was a hint of threat in his words towards Liu Zhengdao.

Seeing Yang Mingyuan's arrogance, Li Tang couldn't stand it anymore and slammed his fist on the table, shouting angrily, "Yang Mingyuan, Lao Liu is a section chief! How dare you threaten people like this? What, you think you're so great just because you accepted two broken eggs?"

Yang Mingyuan looked at Li Tang with a mocking laugh, and said, "At least I can still get eggs. What about you? Your monthly procurement targets are always at the bottom. I'm really embarrassed to bring this up."

When Li Tang heard Yang Mingyuan bring up his purchasing performance again, he walked from the table to Yang Mingyuan, raised his nose, looked up at Yang Mingyuan and said, "What, you're not convinced? Let's go outside and have a one-on-one fight. I'll show you how many eyes the King of Horses has."

Yang Mingyuan wasn't intimidated by Li Tang and immediately stood up to confront him, saying, "Let's go! Who's afraid of who!"

"What's all the noise about!"

"We're all good comrades! There's no need to get really worked up."

The Zhang brothers, Long and Hu, arrived late and immediately began acting as peacemakers to mediate the dispute.

Zhang Long pulled Yang Mingyuan along.

Zhang Hu pulled Li Tang along.

The two brothers pulled the two apart.

Wang Lin was also planning to say a few words of advice to Li Tang, but Liu Zhengdao gestured for him to mind his own business.

The purchasing department cannot have two tigers on one mountain; neither Li Tang nor Yang Mingyuan is willing to be subservient to others.

Since Liu Zhengdao told Wang Lin to stay out of it, Wang Lin decided to wait and see.

Yang Mingyuan looked at Liu Zhengdao, his temper flaring up instantly, and said, "Old Liu! The eggs will be collected soon. You have to sign the note whether you like it or not. It's not up to you."

Section chief?

Yang Mingyuan didn't take Liu Zhengdao, the head of the purchasing department, seriously at all. If he hadn't been a newcomer and unsuitable for the position, Liu Zhengdao wouldn't have been able to put him above him.

Seeing Yang Mingyuan's arrogance, and knowing that he had Deputy Factory Director Li behind him, Li Tang directly confronted Yang Mingyuan, saying, "Yang Mingyuan, you've really grown up. This steel rolling mill isn't something you, surnamed Yang, can call the shots."

Liu Zhengdao was caught in the middle and found himself in a difficult position, but he seemed to be used to it. Under Wang Lin's watchful eye, Liu Zhengdao signed the note that Yang Mingyuan had thrown at him. "Alright, I've signed the note. Everyone, stop making a fuss."

Yang Mingyuan's expression improved when he saw Liu Zhengdao sign the note. If he hadn't drunkenly boasted to his friends that he would help them collect the eggs, he wouldn't have been so insistent on this matter today; it was really a bit embarrassing.

Seeing that Liu Zhengdao had signed, Li Tang said to Liu Zhengdao with some resentment, "Old Liu, you're just spoiling him. The quality of the supplies is getting worse and worse. We're going to have a problem."

Liu Zhengdao simply smiled and did not answer.

As the section chief, he was undoubtedly responsible for the substandard quality of the supplies. But who could he afford to offend, Yang Mingyuan or Li Tang? He could only take it one step at a time. As for being held accountable for quality issues, that was a matter for the future.

The Zhang brothers, Long and Hu, tried to smooth things over, one advising the other. It was quite interesting; they weren't exactly refusing to fight or compete, but rather they were playing a game of cat and mouse between Yang Mingyuan and Li Tang, neither offending nor trying to please either.

"Brother Mingyuan! I've brought you the eggs."

Outside the door, a young man led two boys in carrying two loads of eggs on shoulder poles.

Yang Mingyuan stood up and greeted him with a smile, saying, "You could have just had the eggs delivered. Why did you have to come all the way here yourself, Tie Niu?"

Yang Tieniu smiled憨厚ly and said, "I just didn't trust you, so I came in person to show more sincerity."

Yang Mingyuan patted Yang Tieniu on the shoulder and said directly to the two boys, "No need to look, just put it in the warehouse. I trust you."

Li Tang was displeased and jumped in, saying, "Wait a minute, it's better to take a look at the eggs. What if some are bad, small, or of poor quality? Who will bear the loss?"

With a simple and honest smile, Yang Tieniu asked, "Brother Mingyuan, is this your section chief?"

Yang Mingyuan scoffed, "He's not a section chief at all! He's just a purchasing agent."

Yang Tieniu said "Oh" and said with his honest smile, "You're talking so loudly, I thought you were your section chief. I guess so, there's no way a section chief is this young. Even if there is a section chief, it has to be Brother Mingyuan to make sure that young talents are not wasted."

"Hey big oaf, what do you mean by this?" This made Li Tang unhappy. Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he would still inspect these eggs today, and he would make sure Yang Mingyuan was held responsible for any eggs that didn't meet the quality standards.

"It doesn't mean anything." Yang Tieniu didn't clash with Li Tang, knowing it would be detrimental to Yang Mingyuan.

Liu Zhengdao came out and said to Yang Mingyuan, "Alright, hurry up and put the eggs into storage."

Yang Mingyuan sneered at Li Tang and said, "Mind your own business!"

Li Tang was furious. He frowned and said to Liu Zhengdao, "Old Liu, do you really think you can just let him get away with this?"

Liu Zhengdao smiled wryly. What could he do if he didn't indulge him? He could only pull Li Tang aside and say, "Calm down! It's not worth it!"

Li Tang couldn't swallow this insult and said, "We can't let it go. Sooner or later, Yang Mingyuan will get his ass on us."

Liu Zhengdao replied awkwardly, "We haven't arrived yet."

Li Tang really didn't know what to say to Liu Zhengdao; he felt like Liu Zhengdao was hopeless.

Wang Lin secretly glanced at the two eggs. They were very small; if you hadn't told me they were chicken eggs, I would have thought they were pigeon eggs.

Even with these substandard supplies, Yang Mingyuan didn't stumble. It seems he really has powerful backers and isn't afraid at all.

However, if too many of these supplies are received, some people in the factory will definitely be dissatisfied. When the accountability comes down, Liu Zhengdao will probably be the one to be scolded and take the blame.

Yang Mingyuan probably dared to act recklessly outside because of this, showing no regard for the lives of others.

This kind of person needs to be taught a lesson, otherwise I'll feel a bit annoyed! To cheer myself up, he pointed at the two loads of eggs and mocked, "Eggs this size, if you didn't tell me they were chicken eggs, I would have thought they were quail eggs. These are eggs laid by miniature chickens?"

Chapter 62 Slapped Yang Mingyuan

Yang Mingyuan was stunned by Wang Lin's sudden outburst. He looked at Wang Lin, a newcomer to the purchasing department, and his dissatisfaction was written all over his face. He retorted, "Wang Lin, what do you know? Don't you know how difficult it is to collect supplies now? Many factories' purchasing staff may not even be able to get these eggs."

Wang Lin bent down and picked up a small egg, barely a few millimeters larger than a quail egg, from the straw mat and showed it to Yang Mingyuan, saying, "I'll sell this egg to you at the factory's bottom price. Do you want it?"

Only a fool would want that!

But Yang Mingyuan couldn't say it. He raised his hand and slapped Wang Lin's hand away, and the quail egg-sized egg fell to the ground and shattered.

Wang Lin hadn't expected Yang Mingyuan to be so audacious, actually daring to make a move! This instantly made his mood even worse.

"Snapped!"

Wang Lin slapped him across the face!

Everyone was shocked.

There was a clear handprint on Yang Mingyuan's face.

Wang Lin smiled and stared at Yang Mingyuan, saying, "Don't think that just because you're related to Director Yang, I'll tolerate you even if you were Director Yang's son."

In the original storyline, due to a political movement, Director Yang was assigned to sweep the streets, and even high-ranking leaders were in danger of losing their jobs.

"You dare to hit me?" Yang Mingyuan covered his face, looking at Wang Lin in disbelief. He had been in the factory for so long, and no one had ever dared to hit him before. Wang Lin was the first.

Li Tang stepped forward to chime in, "What's wrong, Yang Mingyuan? Want to fight? Others may be afraid of you, but I, Li Tang, am not."

"Can't you guys just shut up for once?"

Liu Zhengdao felt a headache coming on. What was originally a small matter was now about to escalate.

"Old Liu, you don't need to get involved in this." Li Tang pushed Liu Zhengdao away, not wanting him to get involved in this contest. It's like everyone has someone behind them.

Liu Zhengdao couldn't control it even if he wanted to! He could only go back to his seat and let them make a fuss.

"Fine, fine, Wang Lin, you're arrogant enough!" Yang Mingyuan glared at Wang Lin. He had never been able to figure out Wang Lin's background, but now that Wang Lin dared to directly hit him and was so arrogant that he didn't even put Director Yang's son in his eyes, it meant that Wang Lin might have a powerful background and was not someone that Yang Mingyuan could easily mess with.

Thinking that Yang Mingyuan was about to attack, Yang Tieniu swung his fist roughly at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin simply raised his hand and caught Yang Tieniu's fist, even managing to grab Yang Tieniu's hand.

Yang Tieniu knew very well how powerful his fist was. Now, not only could he not pull it out, but he also felt a tremendous force compressing his fist, causing him to immediately open his mouth and beg for mercy, "Brother! Brother! I was wrong."

Upon seeing this, Li Tang instantly transformed into a devoted fan, flattering him, "Brother Wang Lin! You're amazing! Your strength is incredible!"

Yang Tieniu's physique was clearly very strong, and Wang Lin didn't seem like someone who could handle that size, but unexpectedly he managed to get his hands on him.

Zhang Long and Zhang Hu exchanged a glance, and it was not hard to see the deep shock in their eyes!

Originally, it was thought that Wang Lin's appearance would break the existing three-way balance of power, but unexpectedly, Wang Lin directly turned the tables and became the landlord, firmly suppressing the strongest Yang Mingyuan.

If Yang Mingyuan is no match for them, then these two brothers who are just taking advantage of the situation are even less of a match for them.

They were left with only two options: either become Wang Lin's subordinates and obey his orders, or confront Wang Lin head-on.

They were unwilling to live under someone else's roof.

They don't seem to have the strength to fight head-on.

After much thought, the only option left is to curry favor and ingratiate themselves, unless they no longer want to work at the steel mill.

After figuring it out, the Zhang brothers, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, leaned closer to Wang Lin.

This subconscious action left Yang Mingyuan bewildered.

Are you guys serious?