A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Of course, this "minor matter" was not taken seriously by the high-ranking leader.

So what if you figure it out?

I'll just use it directly!

The whole country works together as one, so good things should be shared! Look at your hand pump, it got shared with other factories, even though it's a factory in the south…

It's the same thing!

So, the old tricks came out again.

The top leader was giving unsolicited encouragement, and the brother-in-law was lobbying the department for quotas. Add to that Li Huaide, the "traitor within the family," who was planning to buy at rock-bottom prices—the tactics were old, but effective.

This series of combined measures left Minister Xia almost overwhelmed. Although Minister Xia was a minister, democracy was still necessary; the prestigious Ministry of Machine Building couldn't afford to become a one-man show!

Unfortunately, despite all the careful planning, one thing was overlooked.

That's a circle!

Circles are invisible and intangible, yet they truly exist. They are like an invisible net, tightly connecting people together.

The numerous factories of the First Ministry of Machine Building formed a circle, and the factories in Beijing formed another circle.

Someone in our circle made a pot of mutton soup, and everyone, drawn by the aroma, sat around the table, their mouths watering. They were all ready to show off their skills by tearing off a piece of meat to eat.

Unexpectedly, an outsider barged in. Not only did he want to eat meat, but he also wanted to take the whole pot.

Is this okay?

Do you think our factory lacks connections? What, you think you're superior just because your lousy factory is located in the Imperial Garden?

My lord! The Qing Dynasty has been gone for so long!

As a result, factory directors from all sides who felt they could make a living flocked to the First Ministry of Machine Building, leaving the section chiefs and department heads who supported the transfer of blueprints in a very awkward situation.

In the end, even factories that felt they could profit from the situation got involved, adding fuel to the fire.

Unfortunately, even so, they only managed to fight to a standstill with the people from the Imperial Garden Factory.

After all, we live in a planned economy now. Do you even know what planning is?

Even if the plan is completely unrelated to your main job, you still have to do it!

No plan? Even if you could carve a dojo in a snail shell, you better stay out of there!

The situation is somewhat deadlocked.

However, Li Huaide's side believed that victory would ultimately be theirs, because their leader was a representative of Big Brother, with whom they had a very close relationship.

Just as Yang Youning, who had been drunk for two days, couldn't resist the urge to show his arms and beat someone up.

Minister Jiang from the Ministry of Petroleum appeared, along with Wang Huzi, who had just been praised by his teacher.

The two appeared together, along with a demand letter personally written by Wang Tie.

The scales of victory~~

No, in this situation, there's no such thing as a balance of power; it's a complete rout, okay?

Li Huaide and his men were not exactly crushed to death, but they were severely weakened.

It's like both sides have deployed their forces and are still in the stage of verbally sparring.

Then two tough guys with bricks showed up and beat them all up.

Thinking of this, Li Huaide gritted his teeth again. "Jiang Xia brat, why are you everywhere! When did you get involved with the Ministry of Petroleum and the reclamation army, you bastard!"

"What's wrong? Say something! I heard that the person behind you got a real slap on the back, right?"

Li Huaide looked at Yang Youning, whose nose was almost pointing to the sky, and rubbed his teeth.

I silently warned myself not to get angry; my main task today was to seek peace.

"Director Yang, let's not beat around the bush. I won't hold you back from now on, and I'll help you fill in any gaps in logistics..."

"Pah! Where were you before? We don't need you!"

"Really? Steel mills can't produce steel, right? You want to make tractors, but you'll run out of raw materials..."

"Oh ho, so you're waiting here? I don't believe the steel mill would dare to cut off our supply?"

Li Huaide crossed his legs.

"We certainly wouldn't dare to cut off the supply. But a delay of a few days would be understandable."

Yang Youning slapped the flesh on his face hard and started circling around.

"How do you want to do it?"

"Nothing much. I won't interfere with anything else. Everything is as usual. I've even taken care of the logistics. We can have meat every two days. I only need to contact the factories in Beijing when they supply us."

"After all, aren't you the one who dislikes these kinds of welcoming and sending off people the most?"

"That's all!"

Yang Youning looked at Li Huaide with suspicion.

"These are the terms from your backer? Deal!"

Li Huaide nodded slightly, a smile in his eyes.

Actually, there are no such conditions. Li Huaide is just making excuses.

The powerful figure behind him was already struggling to cope with his own situation. His brother-in-law had even returned to the Imperial Garden Factory overnight, leaving Li Huaide alone in Beijing to suffer. He had no time to propose any conditions!

Li Huaide felt he had been used as a pawn and that he had no choice but to save himself.

He felt that rebuilding ties with Beijing's industrial circles was the first step in saving himself.

Hearing Yang Youning agree to his request.

Li Huaide breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that this was when he was at his weakest. If Yang Erlengzi had continued to press his advantage, he would have been in serious trouble.

He could only learn from a certain all-powerful wolf, shouting "I will be back!", and then suffer a magnificent defeat in Beijing.

Luckily, Yang Erlengzi didn't notice! Li Huaide was secretly pleased with himself.

Li Huaide had just sat down in his office when he returned.

Xu Damao then brought a pot of tea to his office.

"Good afternoon, Factory Manager. I've found some new tea; please have a taste!"

Seeing Xu Damao enter, the solemnity on Li Huaide's face turned into a warm smile.

"Da Mao, you've been working hard! You've been going to the countryside to show movies for the commune these past few days, haven't you?"

"Oh, thank you for your concern. I went to Honghua Commune these past few days and stayed there for three days straight! You don't know how difficult it is to get around Honghua Commune."

"They don't have electricity yet. Liu Hu and Zhao Mangzi, who are in my group, are complaining endlessly about carrying a generator! They're even thinking of giving up!"

"It was me again. I remembered your instructions, stopped them, and insisted on completing the task you assigned!"

Listening to Xu Damao's boasting, Li Huaide maintained his smile, but his tone was slightly perfunctory.

"Okay! Thanks for your hard work. By the way, I remember you live in a courtyard house, right? The one in Nanluoguxiang?"

Xu Damao rubbed his hands together: "Oh, thank you for remembering me. That's where I live."

"Oh! Our factory's engineer, Xiao Jiang, has also been assigned there. Please keep an eye on him for me when you have time!"

"Oh! So it was Engineer Jiang who helped me that day! Well, in that sense, Engineer Jiang is my savior! I'll definitely take good care of him!"

"You have no idea, there are a lot of scoundrels in that courtyard house. Not to mention anything else, even Jia Dongxu's mother is not someone to be trifled with!"

"But since I'm here, we definitely can't let Engineer Jiang eat it~~~"

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Damao noticed something was wrong. Why was Li Huaide expressionless?

"Hiss... Jiang Xia seems to be part of Yang Youning's group, right? Why would Director Li ask me to look after him? Could I have misunderstood?"

Next, Xu Damao's eyes darted around, and he immediately said:

"Yes, Factory Manager, no problem, Factory Manager! I will definitely keep a close eye on Engineer Jiang!" This time, Xu Damao emphasized the word "yes, yes" in his voice.

Seeing Li Huaide nod, Xu Damao scurried away from the deputy factory director's office.

"Hey, I'm such a clever little devil! Luckily I didn't misunderstand! This isn't a favor, it's clearly a ploy to get me into trouble."

"However, this is something I'm good at!"

If Li Huaide knew what this clever little guy was thinking, he would definitely give him a good dressing down.

"What kind of drama are you adding?! I really asked you to take care of him! I was just tired from smiling!"

Of course, that's how the misunderstanding arose.

What fun scenes will there be? I'm really looking forward to it.