Siheyuan: First-class Merit at the Start

After confirming with his family again and again that no one saw Lou Xiao'e go downstairs to the first floor and leave, and recalling how anxious Li Polu seemed when he left, Lou Bancheng felt relieved.

Although he didn't know how Li Polu managed to get Lou Xiao'e out alive, but if she stayed with him, there would be no danger, at least her safety would be guaranteed.

After figuring out the key issue, Lou Bancheng turned around and went back to his room to sleep.

But what he didn't know was what kind of dangers Lou Xiao'e, who was alone outside, had experienced.

The next day, Li Polu, feeling refreshed, packed up and rode his bicycle towards Lou's house.

When I was almost there, I turned into an empty alley and put my bike away.

Then he used his wall-climbing trick again.

He came to Lou Xiao'e's boudoir, gently put Lou Xiao'e on the bed, and then retreated along the same path.

He got the bicycle out again and headed towards the steel mill.

For such a big event as the technical department's move, he naturally needed to personally direct it.

Not long after, Li Huaide, sweating profusely, ran over and found Li Polu, who was talking in the technical department.

"Hey, brother. Why are you still moving things here?"

"What's wrong? Director, if I'm not here to move things, where should I go?"

"Oh my goodness, my ancestor. Why didn't you tell me yesterday that you invited Deputy Director Zhou as well?"

The severe winter weather could not stop the beads of sweat from appearing on Li Huaide’s forehead.

Wiping his sweat off his forehead, Li Huaide pulled Li Polu and walked out the door.

"Brother, you really got me killed this time. I submitted the application for you yesterday, and you just gave me a reply. I was shocked when I saw the result.

How come Deputy Director Zhou is on the list of people to be assigned abroad? They are almost here. Come with me to the door to pick them up."

"You didn't ask yesterday. I thought you were experienced in this, so you looked confident."

Li Polu replied with a smile, without stopping, allowing Li Huaide to pull him towards the entrance of the steel mill.

"Brother, you are not deliberately trying to trick me, are you?"

"You think too much."

So, inside the steel mill, the workers outside saw an extremely strange scene.

Director Li and Section Chief Li, two grown men, were pulling each other all the way towards the door.

When we arrived at the door, the factory's leaders, both big and small, were already waiting there.

"Director Li, isn't this a bit too much of a fuss?"

"Is it big? I don't think it is big at all. If the workers were not already working, I would have wanted to get all the workers in the factory to line the streets to welcome it.

By the way, brother. Are you familiar with this Deputy Director Zhou? Tell me about him. You don’t know, but when I received the reply from the department, I was almost scared to death. "

The two stood at the door, and Li Huaide asked nervously.

There was no way he couldn't be nervous about this kind of thing.

Originally he thought that Li Bolu had only found a few engineers from the company.

Li Huaide thought at the time, no matter how scarce engineers were, he was at least a deputy director-level factory director. How could he be afraid of a few engineers?

But now it seems that this is not the case at all. Not to mention the deputy director position held by Zhou Xiangbei, who was at the top of the list sent by the department. He couldn't stand the title of chief engineer alone.

Li Polu didn't just find a few technicians. He simply invited a few masters to come over!

Originally, he was the highest leader of the steel mill, and he had the final say on all matters of the steel mill. Although he always respected Li Polu's affairs, he was not actually afraid of Li Polu.

The relationship between the two was more like a cooperative one, each taking what they needed. Apart from Li Polu, Li Huaide was still the factory director who had the final say in the factory.

But it is not the case now. Now there is a person in the factory who has a higher rank than him and is the department leader who directly manages the steel rolling mill.

Moreover, the worst thing was that he only knew about the deputy director of the Industry Department. He knew nothing about the other deputy director.

If he accidentally angered the deputy director, he would no longer be able to be the factory director.

Even if he can still be the factory director, does he still need to make progress?

Seeing Li Huaide's anxious look, Li Polu couldn't help but comfort him, "He is just an old man with a bad temper.

Director Li, don't be nervous. He won't leave the technical department. Just do your daily work in the factory."

However, Li Polu's comfort was of no use. When Li Huaide heard him say that the other party had a bad temper, he became even more nervous.

In his mind, he even began to imagine a scene in which if there was some problem in the factory, he would be scolded by the deputy director.

Li Polu didn't want to say anything more about this. Once a thought is formed, no matter how much others explain, it will be useless. He will still be influenced by his preconceived impression.

The best way to break this impression is to let him listen, see and feel for himself.

For a moment, the two of them were speechless in the biting north wind. Of course, the thorns were mainly in Li Huaide's bones.

Soon, three Changjiang 46 military vehicles arrived at the entrance of the steel mill. Looking at the neatly lined crowd at the entrance and Li Polu, who looked unserious at the front of the crowd.

The driver also stopped the car.

A white-haired, energetic old man got out of the car with a frown on his brow.

"Don't you guys have to go to work? Who among you is the factory manager? Come out and explain to me. You've been doing useless things all day long."

When Li Huaide heard what Lao Zhou said about getting off the car, he immediately shrank his neck and looked for help at Li Polu who was standing nearby picking his nose.

Li Polu was speechless when he heard Zhou Xiangbei's words. Looking at them, Director Li would not be able to sleep tonight.

"Alright, Old Zhou. I arranged this. I just wanted to repay you for your respect!"

Hearing that Li Bolu took the initiative to take the responsibility, Li Huaide gave him a grateful look.

Good brother, be loyal. I'll take you to play next time.

After hearing Li Polu's rather disingenuous words, Old Zhoutou also burst out laughing: "Come on, if you respect me, you won't call me Old Zhoutou."

"Oh, don't worry about these details. Let's go, we're still waiting for you to start the work."

In response to Old Zhou's question, Li Bolu quickly laughed it off and changed the topic to work.

When he heard this, Old Zhou was no longer sleepy. He immediately forgot about his dissatisfaction with the formalism of Li Huaide's arrangement.

As for why he didn't think it was arranged by Li Polu, forget it. When they were working on the steelmaking furnace, they worked together for more than a month.

Li Polu was even more unrefined than him. How could he come up with this? And, was it possible for him to call people from the factory to come and greet him?

Then, Old Zhou pulled Li Bolu into the car and drove in the direction Li Bolu pointed.

As for Li Huaide and the others in the cold wind? It was none of his business. He didn't care about these guys' formalism, which was just giving Li Polu face.

Who would be willing to bother with them?