Siheyuan: A warm home with wife and children

In just a few years, they will be entrusted with important responsibilities.

If they had a choice, they would all want to be Yang Jianguo's secretary.

Seeing the envious look in the other person's eyes, Yang Jianguo smiled but didn't say anything.

They only saw that Tang Youshui and others were entrusted with important tasks, but they failed to see the merits of the other party.

How much do people have to sacrifice to gain their own approval?

People only ever see the glamorous side of things.

The ten years of hard work behind the scenes are as if they never existed.

Upon entering the small conference room, several engineers were already seated, but Liu Zhi had not yet arrived.

The secretary pulled out the first chair on the left of the head of the household and said, "Boss, please have a seat."

Yang Jianguo didn't sit down immediately, but asked, "Isn't your leader here?"

"Yes, I'm here. I have a short meeting upstairs, I'll be right there," the secretary explained.

After listening, Yang Jianguo walked around the table, pulled out the head seat himself, and sat down on the spot: "Since Comrade Liu Zhi is busy, let's talk first."

The secretary's expression shifted, as if she wanted to say something but didn't dare.

It's a battle between gods; he can't afford to get involved!

"Alright, you can go out now." After letting his secretary leave, Yang Jianguo began to ask questions one by one.

Project progress, difficulties encountered, current stage, and achievements.

The secretary went out and immediately ran to report to Liu Zhi: "Boss, Director Yang has arrived. Seeing that you weren't there, he took your seat and is now presiding over the meeting himself."

Liu Zhi chuckled and said, "Then let them talk first. I have something I haven't finished yet."

After everyone left, Liu Zhi's face darkened.

He wanted to teach Yang Jianguo a lesson, but he didn't expect the other party to directly embarrass him.

"Do you think I don't exist?" Liu Zhi stood with his hands on his hips, pacing back and forth in the office in anger.

But his anger was useless; Yang Jianguo was a senior advisor and qualified to chair meetings.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to do this, for fear of offending the leaders of the Academy of Sciences.

If you're not afraid of offending people, you can act like Yang Jianguo.

And just like that, Liu Zhi made it impossible for him to get off or down the platform.

Now, it's neither right for him to go nor right for him to not go.

If Yang Jianguo doesn't give him his place, where will he put his face as a leader?

Let's not go!

The purpose of inviting Yang Jianguo here has been completely ruined.

Turning to look at the phone, Liu Zhi finally decided to send his secretary over.

"Go to the meeting room and listen in, and take notes on the meeting content."

Most importantly, observe who Yang Jianguo is closest to and chats with most intimately. If he asks, tell him you're too busy with meetings to finish.

The secretary followed Liu Zhi's instructions and went to do so.

When I returned, the Academy of Sciences had already closed for the day: "Leader, these are the meeting minutes."

"Hmm." Liu Zhi casually tossed the notebook onto the table and asked, "What about what I told you to do?"

“I remember, Director Yang… Yang Jianguo chatted most intimately with Engineer He and Engineer Lü.”

They were holding each other's hands and whispering in each other's ears, but I couldn't hear what they were talking about.

Engineer He, Engineer Lü, and Liu Zhi changed their minds, thinking, 'These two can't be kept here.'

"Okay, I understand," Liu Zhi said, then dismissed his secretary.

Riding his bicycle, Yang Jianguo walked home with a smile on his face.

He gained a lot from this trip.

Engineer He has such in-depth research in the field of computers.

Lu's understanding of integrated circuits was also beyond what he had expected.

They are both exceptional talents, but placing them in the Academy of Sciences where they face constant constraints is a waste of their abilities.

Yang Jianguo wanted to transfer the two of them to Loongson or Louji Electric, both would be good options.

The fact that they are not valued as they are now is a huge waste of talent.

But how can we get them both out?

Before Yang Jianguo could come up with a solution, the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the initiative to help him.

"Embezzlement?" Yang Jianguo was shocked.

Engineer He and Engineer Lü, did they embezzle funds?

"Who is in charge of the investigation?"

"I heard that the investigation is being conducted internally by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but I don't know the specifics."

Yang Jianguo lowered his head in thought, then suddenly stood up and said, "Come on, take me to see."

Dismissal and expulsion were not considered serious punishments.

But once they were labeled as corrupt, their reputations and the rest of their lives were completely ruined.

Yang Jianguo was somewhat skeptical that the two of them would embezzle.

As far as he knew, Mr. He donated most of his salary to the school.

Mr. Lü has an elderly mother who is paralyzed and needs medication every day; all the money is spent on her.

He lived a very frugal life but never accepted any donations from anyone.

Would two people like these commit a crime due to embezzlement?

Yang Jianguo didn't believe it; he had to go and see for himself and ask.

We arrived at Mr. He's house by car. It was a three-room red brick house with pitted and uneven brick walls, covered with traces of wind and rain.

Even from a distance, Yang Jianguo could still see that some of the roof tiles were missing.

It was covered with a mixture of mud and straw, and the dried mud left marks on the tiles.

Clang clang~

He knocked on the door and heard footsteps inside: "Who is it?"

“It’s me, Engineer He,” Yang Jianguo said.

The door opened, and Engineer He, with a hunched back and a haggard face, said in surprise, "Director Yang, what brings you here?"

"Engineer He, what happened to this?"

Seeing how much older and more weathered he looked, Yang Jianguo said with heartache, "No matter what happens, you must take care of your health. Your health is the most important thing!"

Engineer He gave a bitter smile and said, "Director Yang, I've already been dismissed for embezzlement, what else is there to care about?"

Yang Jianguo was silent for a moment, then said, "That's why I came. Let's go inside and talk."

Engineer He hesitated, wondering if letting him in and being seen by others would affect him.

But Yang Jianguo insisted, so he made way.

A small bed, the sheet on which was covered with holes, and a thin blanket that felt weightless.

A rickety wooden table, a chair missing its backrest, two stools, and a low table that was almost level with the ground.

This is all of Mr. He's assets, all the property he 'embezzled'.

Chapter 512 Observe their actions, not their hearts

"Director Yang, please excuse my humble abode. There's nothing much to offer you at home. Please have a seat, and I'll make you some tea."

He picked up the overturned jar from the wall cabinet, intending to make Yang Jianguo a cup of Gao Sui (a type of Chinese liquor).

The tea was provided by his workplace, and he himself loves drinking tea; it's his spiritual sustenance.

"Engineer He, hold on, tell me what happened first?"

Yang Jianguo sat on a small stool and asked him, the person involved, about the situation.

He was pulled to sit opposite him, and suddenly lowered his head and sighed heavily: "Well, I'd like to know why too."

I'm clearly a tech person who does research.

I go to get off work and get paid every day. Although life is simple and frugal, I am very content.

For no apparent reason, they were accused of embezzlement.

Even Engineer He himself didn't understand what he had embezzled.

"I am preparing to write a letter to my superiors, requesting a reinvestigation to prove my innocence."

He Gongyi stated righteously that he had absolutely not done anything to betray the organization or the revolution.

No matter who asks him, he always says the same thing: I have been wronged.

The children are all grown up and have stable jobs and incomes.

He and his wife are content as long as they have enough to eat, warm clothes, and a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The extra money was donated to the school in the hope of helping some children from poor families.

Even a small contribution is a comfort to them.

To put it bluntly, he's already buried up to his chest in the yellow earth.

He might embezzle tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars, but what does he do with it?

"Am I supposed to use that money to line my coffin when I die?"

Engineer He spread his hands, his face flushed with excitement.

He felt wronged, and even more so, frustrated.

You live a clean life, but in your old age, you're branded with a reputation for corruption.

In the past, whenever someone met him on the street, they would politely address him as "Engineer He," "Master He," or "Uncle He."

Now when I go out, people see me from afar and I pretend not to see them.

They either turn around and leave, or they rush forward headlong.

Even without having ears, He Gong could hear the curses and slanders these people were spouting in their hearts.

My old face, my reputation built up over a lifetime!

That's it.

"Director Yang, to be honest, if it weren't for my wife, I would jump into Shichahai right now."

When he got emotional, Mr. He couldn't help but shed tears and wiped his eyes.

"Don't get agitated, I've made a note of this."

Yang Jianguo pondered for a moment and said, "I still need to go to Engineer Lü's house later. After I leave his house, I will go back to my unit to investigate the situation in person."

"Regardless of the truth, we will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer."

With his assurance, Engineer He became even more excited.

But now, she was overjoyed and excited. She gripped his hand tightly and pressed down hard, saying, "Director He, I feel relieved to hear you say that."

The outside world has a very high opinion of Yang Jianguo.

More importantly, all of these evaluations are positive evidence.

Some people said privately that he was putting on airs.

But He Gong never agreed. Could anyone put on airs for half a lifetime?

If such a person truly existed, someone like Yang Jianguo could pretend for half a lifetime and then continue pretending for the rest of his life.