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"Xiao Song, I can find my way myself..." Li Chaoyang said speechlessly.

The girl tilted her head again, then scratched it innocently and said, "Hmm...that's true!"

"How could I forget that? Alright then, Section Chief Li, let's go together."

"This is your ultimate goal, isn't it..." Li Chaoyang thought to himself, but still went down the stairs.

Accompanied by Xiao Song's chattering, whose expression changes like a Sichuan opera face-changing act.

Li Chaoyang walked towards the factory office building with a helpless expression...

Chapter Fifty You really came to the right person for this.

We returned to the factory office building.

Xiao Song, who had been chattering away on the way, suddenly became serious again, led Li Chaoyang to the door of Director Li's office, and then left.

Seeing that the door was open, Li Chaoyang didn't go in directly, but instead gently knocked on the door from the outside.

When Sister Li saw that it was him, she immediately came out to greet him with a big smile.

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Chaoyang got straight to the point and invited her to have a meal with Xiao Song.

I can't let a senior department head run errands for me for nothing yesterday.

Besides, as someone who's just arrived, it's essential for him to build good relationships with others at work.

Sister Li didn't refuse to go, but suggested that the venue be the small canteen of her workplace.

They say it's cheaper than small restaurants outside, and the portions are more generous.

Li Chaoyang thought it made sense; since they could eat at the factory, it would save them the trouble of going back and forth.

The two went out and called Xiao Song to join them, heading towards the factory's small canteen.

Perhaps because her boss was there, Xiao Song completely lost her previous playful spirit.

She kept her head down silently, looking like a well-behaved girl.

The small canteen of the steel rolling mill was actually quite inconspicuous, and didn't even have a sign.

It's just a classroom-sized room right next to the staff canteen.

The interior furnishings are almost identical to those of the state-run restaurants outside.

The only difference is that there are absolutely no signs here that say things like "Do not hit or beat customers."

After all, those who eat here are mostly leaders and managers from the steel rolling mill.

Anyone who hangs that thing up is just trying to sow discord among the leaders.

At that point, not only will the people in the small canteen suffer, but even the logistics department will probably be in trouble!

Therefore, the staff here are much nicer than those in restaurants outside.

As soon as the three entered, someone greeted them, and a young man quickly brought them tea...

This gave Li Chaoyang a feeling similar to dining out in his previous life, and he even felt somewhat relaxed.

After asking if we could order, I simply and casually ordered four dishes and a soup.

His actions left Sister Li, Xiao Song, and even the people in the cafeteria speechless!

Four dishes and one soup—that was the standard for a state banquet at that time!

Who ever treats people to such an extravagant meal...?

Looking at Sister Li's anxious face and Xiao Song's surprised expression, Li Chaoyang couldn't help but curse himself for being too arrogant!

His untimely boldness made others somewhat uneasy.

It seems we need to find a reason, otherwise Sister Li and Xiao Song probably won't be able to eat today's meal.

After quickly organizing his thoughts, Li Chaoyang smiled and said, "Big sister, please don't mind."

"Inviting you to dinner today is not just to express my gratitude."

"But I have something else I'd like to ask you for help with."

After pretending to think it over for a moment, he said with a relieved look, "But don't worry, it's definitely not something that violates principles. It's just that I received a task from the factory manager today."

"The factory wants our publicity department to organize a workers' choir."

"Then I will lead the team to participate in this year's National Day National Arts Performance."

“But as you know, my older sister.” At this point, Li Chaoyang looked a little embarrassed. “I’m new here and I’m completely clueless about the artistic atmosphere in our factory.”

"Moreover, it's less than three months until National Day."

"But I have to start from scratch, from selecting personnel, forming a team, and training them."

"We also need to write a piece of music that better suits the characteristics of our workers..."

"All these things have to be done at once, which can be described as a tight schedule and a heavy workload."

"So I thought maybe I could look in the employee files."

"If we can find some people who have special talents in the arts."

"It will also make it easier for me to form this workers' choir."

"Forming a workers' choir...and participating in a national performance...?" Li Xia muttered to herself, but for some reason, the expression on her face suddenly became somewhat serious...

Even Li Chaoyang seemed to see a flicker of fire about to ignite in her eyes...

what's the situation?

Why does Sister Li seem to be really looking forward to this?

"No way... right?" Li Chaoyang was a little confused.

This lady is almost fifty years old...

Surely she doesn't also have a girlish heart that yearns for the arts and culture scene?

Seeing that Sister Li seemed lost in thought and remained silent for a long time, Li Chaoyang said, "Sister Li..."

"If you feel uncomfortable, that's fine too..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sister Li finally came to her senses.

She looked at Li Chaoyang with a somewhat wistful gaze and said rather blankly, "Chaoyang, you really came to the right person by asking me for help with the choir!"

"Uh... what do you mean by that?" Li Chaoyang's eyes widened suddenly.

He noticed that there seemed to be a flame burning in Sister Li's eyes at that moment.

And those burning eyes were fixed on him...

He asked somewhat cautiously, "Sister Li, do you know any workers in our factory who have this kind of talent?"

But Sister Li rolled her eyes at him again.

"With nearly 20,000 employees in the factory, how could I possibly know which ones have singing talent?"

"That's not what I meant by finding the right person. Guess again," Li Xia said, raising an eyebrow and keeping everyone in suspense.

"Let me guess?" Li Chaoyang's eyes widened as he honestly replied, "I really can't guess..."

"Sister, please just tell me directly..."

Li Xia immediately put on a bored expression and said, "Forget it, I'm not kidding anymore!"

"I'll just tell you directly."

As she spoke, a hint of pride appeared on her face as she said, "Chaoyang, your Sister Li here was transferred from the military's cultural troupe to our factory back then. I know everything about forming a choir and teaching singing!"

"Moreover, not only that, my wife also retired from the Zhan You Cultural Troupe."

"My daughter is also in the military's cultural troupe now."

"By the way, Chaoyang, you must have heard of the Zhan You Cultural Troupe, right?...

"That's one of the top professional choirs in the country..."

"Whoa!" Li Chaoyang's eyes widened suddenly!

Chapter 51 Even if you have to throw grain coupons at us, we absolutely have to invite him!

Sister Li's boastful self-introduction just now really surprised him!

Little did Zhiqian know that Sister Li was actually from the military arts troupe!

He also noticed that what Sister Li had just mentioned was a career change.

Since it's a transfer from the military, why was he assigned to a leadership position in a department-level unit...?

That means that when he was in the military, he was at least at the level of a full regiment or deputy regiment commander!

Although he didn't know how he ended up at the steel rolling mill, it was still a pleasant surprise for Li Chaoyang!

Only those within the family know their own situation; Li Chaoyang has absolutely no problem writing a few stirring revolutionary songs himself.

He was also confident that he could completely outshine the opera singers who were still performing various revolutionary model operas at the time.

But when it comes to actually running a choir, he's only half right, not really at all!

When he left the factory manager's place, he was thinking of writing a couple more songs to invite a performing arts troupe or some expert in the field...