Siheyuan, my new life

In the following years, Lou Zhenhua would visit him personally every Chinese New Year. In addition to bringing some daily necessities, he would also leave ten small yellow croakers. After experiencing the first panic, Xue Yingwu had already gotten used to receiving gifts from Lou Zhenhua again.

The work in the labor union of Red Star Steel Mill was very leisurely. Every day he read a newspaper and drank a cup of tea. Except for occasionally attending the factory meetings, Xue Yingwu was quite relaxed. He knew very well that at his age of over 50, if he did not have too many opportunities, there would be basically no room for advancement. Moreover, he was able to directly serve as the chairman of the labor union of Red Star Steel Mill at the rank of director because his superiors intended to let him stay in this job until retirement. Therefore, Xue Yingwu basically did not participate in other affairs of the Red Star Steel Mill. He just tried his best to do a good job in the labor union and waited to retire when he reached the age.

In particular, Xue Yingwu had already arranged jobs for his two sons, daughter and son-in-law. His eldest son was arranged to work in the Material Bureau through the relationship of an old comrade-in-arms, and now under the care of his old comrade-in-arms, he is already a section chief; his second son works in the supply and marketing cooperative, and his daughter and son-in-law both work in the street office. Now his wife is at home taking care of his grandchildren all day, so he can enjoy the family happiness.

Originally he thought he would be able to retire peacefully at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, but something happened that Xue Yingwu never expected.

With the appointment of Lin Yu, who was less than 30 years old, as deputy secretary and deputy director of the Dongcheng District Public Security Bureau and director of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Mill, the situation at the steel mill changed.

Originally, when Guo Sanhu openly asked the leaders of the steel rolling mill present at the factory leadership meeting to jointly isolate the incoming director of the Security Department, Lin Yu, Xue Yingwu felt that this was quite inappropriate. He certainly knew the reason why Guo Sanhu did this. Before, Guo Sanhu had proposed to the Gongyebu many times that he wanted to promote his favorite deputy director of the Security Department, Sun Yuantu, to the position of director, while the factory director Song Jiefang recommended another deputy director, Wu Hongjun.

The purpose of the two men is as obvious as lice on a bald head. They both want to arrange for one of their own to be the director of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. In this way, they can completely control the Security Department in their own hands.

Before joining the revolution, Xue Yingwu had studied in a private school for several years. In recent years, when he had nothing to do in the Red Star Steel Mill Union, he had also read a lot of books. Compared with Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang, who were illiterate old men, he was definitely an educated person. He was very clear about the particularity of the Security Department. Although the name of the unit was Red Star Steel Mill, it was actually under the dual leadership of the Public Security Bureau and the People's Armed Forces Department, and had no direct jurisdiction over the Gongyebu, let alone the power to appoint and remove personnel.

Whether it is to maintain the independence of the Security Department or to defend the legitimate rights of their own department, the People's Armed Forces Department and the Public Security Bureau will never agree to let the person recommended by the leaders of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill serve as the director of the Security Department. Moreover, according to Xue Yingwu's analysis, whether it is Wu Hongjun or Sun Yuantu, it is estimated that they will most likely be transferred by the higher-level departments. The reason is very simple. That is, when the two chose to actively approach the secretary and director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, they had already lost the opportunity to continue to stay in the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

Perhaps it was because they had been accustomed to calling the shots in the Red Star Steel Mill over the years, and both Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang had become a little inflated. Especially since the former director of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Mill had been recuperating from a long-term illness, deputy directors Sun Yuantu and Wu Hongjun had actually taken the initiative to approach secretary Guo Sanhu and factory director Song Jiefang respectively, and even let the two of them set their sights on the Security Department.

After Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang recommended their names to the ministry many times without success, the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill welcomed a new director. This director was not even 30 years old, but he was already the deputy secretary and deputy director of the Dongcheng District Public Security Bureau at the administrative deputy department level.

Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang were only promoted to deputy department and bureau level positions due to the expansion and upgrading of the Red Star Steel Mill the year before last. As the chairman of the steel mill's labor union, Xue Yingwu was naturally promoted to deputy department and bureau level as well.

Now that the higher authorities had suddenly sent a deputy-bureau-level director of the Security Department, Xue Yingwu felt somewhat uneasy, especially since, as far as he knew, a troop of more than 300 people was stationed in an abandoned factory area less than two kilometers away from the Red Star Steel Mill.

Xue Yingwu had already seen Lin Yu's relevant files. Although he had not met him in person, he always felt that this young man was not a simple character.

Originally, Xue Yingwu wanted to give Guo Sanhu a reminder after he expressed his position, but before he could open his mouth, the factory director Song Jiefang, who had always been at loggerheads with Guo Sanhu, actually expressed his support directly. Seeing this, Xue Yingwu could only sigh inwardly. Forget it, since the secretary and the factory director, the two in command, have already made their positions clear, he should not make himself embarrassed. Anyway, he will retire in two years at most. Let them fend for themselves.

Unfortunately, the development of things completely exceeded Xue Yingwu's expectations.

When Director Liao Guang'an of the Personnel Department of the Municipal Bureau, Director Hu Dahai of the Dongcheng District Public Security Bureau, together with the Deputy Commander of the Far East Army of a certain military unit, accompanied Lin Yu to the Red Star Steel Mill to take up his post, the two idiots Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang, who had been blinded by power, actually ignored the presence of these powerful figures and, according to their previous decision, openly and deliberately snubbed the newly appointed Director of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Mill.

Under normal circumstances, Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang should hold a factory-wide welcome meeting to show their importance to the new director of the Security Department. After all, to a certain extent, the Security Department has the responsibility to supervise all members of the factory, including not only ordinary workers but also leaders of all levels in the steel mill.

It is reasonable and moral for both parties to maintain a good relationship. Moreover, among the leaders who came to see Lin Yu off today, there are not only the director of the Dongcheng District Public Security Bureau and the director of the Personnel Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, but also the deputy commander of the Far East Army of a certain military. Even if they just give these three a little face, Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang should hold a welcome meeting for the whole factory.

Unfortunately, having been used to the smooth sailing in recent years, Guo Sanhu and Song Jiefang still did their own thing. They simply summoned all the leading cadres at the department level and above in the factory and held a simple welcome ceremony in the conference room of the steel rolling mill.

As a result, Lin Yu did not even bother to deal with the leaders of the Red Star Steel Mill for a moment, and actually left the welcome banquet at noon, which almost meant that he had a public break with the leaders of the Red Star Steel Mill.