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But Li Xia quickly called out to him, "You didn't take the documents!"

"Hey...it really is!" Li Chaoyang turned back and picked up the file folder on the table...

When they arrived at the factory manager's office, the factory manager was exactly as Sister Li had described.

They didn't even ask about what Jia Zhangshi had said earlier, nor did they mention Jia Xudong's injury earlier.

He only glanced at the two application reports that Li Chaoyang brought in a hurry, and then signed and stamped them with a stroke of his pen!

So they let Li Chaoyang go play by himself...

That's right, those were the factory manager's exact words, just like he was instructing a child...

It wasn't until Li Chaoyang returned to the cultural center that he remembered!

I haven't even talked to Factory Director Zhao (Zhao Qian) about the funding yet!

What a mess!

I didn't get any important business done, but I was busy with a whole bunch of other random things!

Got it!

A factory leader is coming to inspect this afternoon; I reckon the factory manager won't be free all afternoon...

It seems I'll have to come back and apply for funding again later!

Li Chaoyang returned to the entrance of the cultural center with the two officially valid application reports, only to see Xu Damao, still bruised and swollen, sitting on the steps with his legs splayed out, staring at him with resentment!

Seeing this, Li Chaoyang barely managed to suppress his laughter and walked over without any hesitation!

"What's wrong, Xu Damao? You want to spar with me?"

"If you want to practice, there's an activity room inside... Let's go there and stretch our legs!"

"So that people won't laugh at you..." Li Chaoyang said lazily.

Strangely, Xu Damao just kept staring at him without saying a word!

One of them sat slumped down, while the other stood with one hand in his pocket, staring at each other. Gradually, Li Chaoyang became a little impatient.

But just as he was about to step onto the stairs, Xu Damao suddenly stood up!

He pointed fiercely at Li Chaoyang and roared, "Li Chaoyang, you're finally back!"

“I’m telling you, kid….”

Before he finished speaking, Li Chaoyang immediately turned around and took a step forward!

With a raised hand, a painful howl suddenly rang out!

"Hey hey hey hey!"

"Be gentle! Be gentle!"

"It's going to break! It's going to break!" Xu Damao was in so much pain that sweat poured down his forehead, and he screamed repeatedly!

People from the propaganda department office were peeking out of the window upstairs at the time...

Li Chaoyang was holding a file folder in his right hand, while his left hand was gripping Xu Damao's wrist tightly...

And it's still sticking upwards... the paper.

"Xu Damao, who are you talking to?"

"You think you can take advantage of me just because I've given you a little taste?" Li Chaoyang was already furious because of Jia Zhangshi's matter!

I've been in a bad mood for a while now.

But since Xu Damao now feels he's come over to provoke us, then we should at least vent our anger on him...

That would truly be a disservice to Xu Damao for the beating he received!

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With another sharp twist, Xu Damao's wrist snapped upwards at a ninety-degree angle.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... Li Chaoyang..." Xu Damao cried out in even more agony!

The crowd watching from upstairs gasped in shock!

"Section Chief Li, Section Chief Li, I surrender! I surrender, okay?!"

"...Please let go...my hand is really going to break..."

With a little more force, Xu Damao burst into tears and began begging for mercy. Seeing this, Li Chaoyang didn't think it was fake and loosened his grip a bit...

But as soon as he let go, Xu Damao darted away several meters away!

"Li Chaoyang!"

"You just wait, you brat!"

"I swear I'm not letting this go!"

"Hey...you still dare to act tough, huh!" Li Chaoyang was furious and stepped forward to "reason" with him again, but as soon as he stepped down a step, Xu Damao finished his polite words and ran away.

He turned around and ran off, disappearing from sight in no time!

Li Chaoyang was completely stunned.

The propaganda department staff, who were peeking out of the window upstairs to watch the commotion, burst into laughter!

When Li Chaoyang heard the commotion, he looked up and realized that almost every member of his department was upstairs watching the commotion.

Even the one laughing the loudest was Ren Guizhong, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes!

His face immediately fell, startling the staff so much that they quickly shrank back into their seats...

When he staggered upstairs to his department office, he found everyone pretending to be busy with work.

They were incredibly focused, almost like high school graduating classes doing their morning reading!

"Alright, stop pretending..." Li Chaoyang said without further ado as he entered the office.

"The time has come for us to make a big splash in promoting USTC!"

"The factory has already approved the applications to reopen the cultural center and form a choir!"

As soon as these two sentences were uttered, the laughter that everyone had just felt from Xu Damao's behavior vanished without a trace.

They all crowded around with shining eyes.

"Section Chief, really?"

"Did the factory really approve it so readily?"

"Stop talking nonsense and do more work!" Li Chaoyang said, sounding a little annoyed that someone was still asking questions.

"I personally got the factory manager's signature and stamp; how could it be fake!"

"Now I'll go over the specific tasks!"

Since these kids still dare to laugh at me... I should teach them a little lesson, right?

Li Chaoyang decided to postpone discussing the plans developed by each group.

He looked around and stopped when he saw the thick-browed, big-eyed man who had just been laughing the happiest outside the window...

"Ren Guizhong!"

"Here!" Ren Guizhong from the broadcasting station immediately straightened his chest...

"You are responsible for posting the notices; make sure to do so before you leave work."

"Post notices of these two happy events in all the factory's publicity windows."

"Not a single one can be left behind!" Li Chaoyang issued the order with a stern expression....

"Huh?" Ren Guizhong frowned, looking troubled. "All the bulletin boards, Section Chief?"

"What, you have a problem with that?" Li Chaoyang glanced at him sideways, thinking, "Let you laugh at me..."

Ren Guizhong's heart skipped a beat, as if he understood something, and he silently lowered his head, "No objection..."

"Okay, go ahead and do it." Li Chaoyang handed him the documents...

But everyone was still eagerly watching him, waiting for his next words. Seeing that he hadn't given any more instructions for a while, Deputy Section Chief Qian cautiously asked, "Section Chief, what about us...?"

"Us? We'll have a meeting to discuss the plans from each group," Li Chaoyang said with a faint smile.

"Huh?" Ren Guizhong exclaimed again, turning his head to look at him in disbelief.

"What are you 'huh' for? Go do your work!" Li Chaoyang said in a domineering and unreasonable manner...

"Must be completed before leaving get off work..."

After reviewing the proposals from each group, Li Chaoyang found that there was nothing particularly noteworthy about them.

People still think of the same old three activities at the cultural center: table tennis, chess, and movies...

It's a rehash of old methods. Even the selection process for the performing arts troupe involves workshop and office leaders recommending employees with relevant skills, and then everyone just scours the list to make up the 300 people...

Li Chaoyang believed that this attitude was extremely perfunctory and lacked any originality.

This is a choir that is going to participate in the national arts festival, and they are singing revolutionary songs that he, a nationally renowned musician, "personally composed". How can they be so perfunctory?

Some groups even suggested that, to prevent a recurrence of the previous phenomenon of workers becoming addicted to entertainment and slacking off after the reopening of cultural facilities, the cultural center's opening hours should be aligned with the city's Workers' Cultural Palace, opening only on weekends...