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"It's alright, just tell Director Liu who it is..."

"Director Liu... Oh... Okay, Director Liu's office is next door... Section Chief Li, I'll take you there..." As he spoke, the man walked out from behind the desk in a flustered manner and led Li Chaoyang toward Director Liu's office.

"Knock, knock, knock." He knocked on the office door, and when he heard a response, he opened the door and said.

"Director, Section Chief Li is here. He says he has something to discuss with you."

"Section Chief Li? Which Section Chief Li?" Director Liu asked, sounding somewhat puzzled.

"It's the new Section Chief Li from the Publicity Department..."

"Oh! It's him...please invite him in..."

Chapter Fourteen: Getting straight to the point, I'm here to get the keys...?

The young man stepped aside, and Li Chaoyang walked in with a smile, but he hadn't even had a chance to speak yet.

Then, the somewhat thin Director Liu greeted them with a warm smile: "Oh, Section Chief Li is here!"

"I've been hearing your name, Section Chief Li, so often from the leaders lately."

"I finally got to see him today..."

As he spoke, he led Li Chaoyang to the sofa against the wall and sat down, waving to the young man.

After that person left, he turned to Li Chaoyang, who was about to speak, and said something.

"You have no idea, Section Chief Li... I've been listening to your song all the time lately."

"I was planning to visit you in the publicity department in the next couple of days, but I didn't expect you to come to see me first today."

"This truly flattered me, Old Liu..."

Li Chaoyang tried to speak twice after entering the room, but was interrupted twice by Section Chief Liu, who had a big smile on his face.

He understood that Section Chief Liu wanted to take the initiative and not give him a chance to speak.

It seems he knows exactly why he's here.

So Li Chaoyang got straight to the point and said, "Section Chief Liu... thank you for liking my song so much."

"However, I'm not here to chat with you. I'm here to get the key to my office."

"You wouldn't believe it, but on my first day at work today, I was turned away at the door of the department twice."

"It turned out that you forgot to hand over your office key to the personnel department."

As soon as Li Chaoyang finished speaking, the smile on Director Liu's face, which had been full of enthusiasm, froze instantly.

He understood the meaning behind Li Chaoyang's words...

This kid just came here to confront me and take the keys!

To be honest, his refusal to hand over the office keys is just a deliberate attempt to annoy people...

He did a great job holding both positions for the past few years.

Who knew that Li Chaoyang would try to take his position as head of the propaganda department as soon as he arrived...

Although taking on the role of section chief won't earn me an extra penny in salary, this is a factory!

Every year, the welfare benefits distributed to various departments during holidays alone amount to a considerable sum of money...

Over the years, he has taken a slightly larger share of the benefits from the propaganda department.

That already makes my family live quite well.

Now that it's suddenly gone, he's naturally somewhat unwilling.

However, Li Chaoyang's appointment was made by a meeting and vote organized by the factory, so it was a done deal.

He couldn't change anything, so he could only resort to these little tricks to annoy Li Chaoyang.

Who knew that this young man saw through his act the moment he arrived and wouldn't fall for it at all...

And he came straight here as soon as he took office...

Director Liu's small eyes darted around, and he finally managed to force a smile.

"Oh, Section Chief Li... I'm so sorry to have troubled you to make this special trip."

"We should have vacated the office for you as soon as possible..."

"But I've been so busy in the office lately... I completely forgot about it..."

"So, there are still some of my personal belongings in that office, and as for me..."

"Please make time to go there as soon as possible and retrieve all your belongings, then we'll vacate the office for you..."

Upon hearing this, Li Chaoyang smiled inwardly with a hint of disdain.

Do you really think I'm some clueless idiot who doesn't understand your intricacies?

If I swallow this insult today, I'll wait for you to leave the office.

Who knows when that will be?

And wouldn't that make me look like someone who's easy to bully in other people's eyes?

Thinking of all this, Li Chaoyang suppressed a hint of anger and said, "Director Liu, since you don't have time right now..."

"Then send a few people with me to tidy up the things in the office and bring them back."

"This way, it won't take up your time, nor will it interfere with my use of the office..."

"Is this alright with you?" Li Chaoyang was still smiling, but his eyes had turned cold...

He's given this person face now, but what if this person really doesn't appreciate it...?

Then don't blame him for forcibly opening the door and throwing out the things hidden in the office...

We'll see who's embarrassed then...

Director Liu was about to refuse, but seeing the look in Li Chaoyang's eyes... he immediately sensed something was wrong...

He thought for a moment with a sullen face, and finally nodded with some helplessness.

"Well... alright then... since Section Chief Li needs it urgently, we'll have to leave it at that for now..."

"But there's no need to send anyone. There's nothing important inside. Just have someone tidy it up a bit."

"I can just go and pick it up myself before I leave work..."

After saying that, he fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a bunch of keys, then took out the key to that office.

It's placed on the table in front of me...

After receiving the key, Li Chaoyang didn't waste any words. He smiled, nodded, and immediately got up and left!

At this point, things have basically come to a complete breakdown.

So he really couldn't be bothered to say another word to this guy....

But Director Liu still caught up with him, saying, "Section Chief Li, let me see you off..."

But as soon as I opened the door, I saw a bunch of people standing in the hallway; clearly, they were there to watch the show...

Li Chaoyang paused, looking at the group of people... After thinking for a moment, he smiled and walked over to the young man who had brought him there, saying, "I remember you're also from the propaganda department, right?"

The young man glanced at Director Liu, whose face was ashen, before saying, "Yes, Section Chief Li."

"Alright, go and help Director Liu clear out the office at the cultural center."

"Also, notify the other publicity staff to have a meeting at the cultural center at 3 p.m.

After saying that, he simply placed the key he had just received into the young man's hand, turned around, and left with a flourish...

Feeling refreshed, Li Chaoyang walked out of the office building and wondered if he should go back to the cultural center.

But then I think about the excited and admiring expressions on those people's faces just now...

Never mind, since not everyone has arrived yet, let's go this afternoon!

These people probably won't be as excited then...

But if he didn't go to the cultural center, Li Chaoyang realized he didn't seem to have anywhere else to spend some time...

I realized I still have a lot of things to buy for my home...

Anyway, today is the weekend, not a workday...

Li Chaoyang decided to simply leave early and go shopping.

Just as he left the factory, a bus pulled up at the stop, and Li Chaoyang quickly ran a few steps and got on the bus.

The bus swayed and rattled all the way until it entered Dongzhimen Street, where we finally saw a reasonably sized department store...

Chapter Fifteen: How to subtly distance yourself from Uncle San.

Li Chaoyang went straight to that shop as soon as he got off the bus.

You should be able to buy what you need here.

Because he was thinking about getting back to the factory before work in the afternoon after finishing his shopping, Li Chaoyang wasn't really interested in taking his time browsing.

After a lot of trouble, I finally managed to buy all sorts of random things, including pots, pans, bedding, and blankets.

The cost wasn't much, only about twenty yuan.