Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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He Yuzhu drove his jeep to a courtyard.

Upon hearing the car, Secretary Wang came out to greet He Yuzhu and warmly invited him into the inner room.

"I didn't prepare anything else, just a hot pot. Let's just eat whatever we want."

In the center of the table was a charcoal hot pot, surrounded by various ingredients, mainly meat.

For Secretary Wang, obtaining hostages, which would be difficult for others, was a simple matter for him.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "You've really put some thought into this. We don't need to be so formal with each other."

"Of course, of course, please come and sit down."

Secretary Wang invited him to sit down. After a few rounds of drinks and several dishes, they started talking about the machinery factory.

Since they were all on the same side, He Yuzhu didn't hold back and simply shared his experience on how to manage a factory with Secretary Wang.

He Yuzhu then realized that Secretary Wang was only the deputy factory director in charge of production, and there were several other factory directors and secretaries, making a total of 7 people in the leadership team.

It was only recently decided that all leaders would be in place before the Spring Festival to establish the framework of the leadership team.

Secretary Wang said, "I'm not at ease if you don't come to work!"

"Okay, I'll go to work tomorrow too, and be the cafeteria supervisor."

There was no other way; Secretary Wang was one of their own, and she insisted that He Yuzhu also go to work.

Today, Secretary Wang invited He Yuzhu, not just to be the head of the cafeteria.

More importantly, I'd like to ask for advice on how to manage a machinery manufacturing plant.

The two ate and chatted until after 10 p.m., when He Yuzhu finally drove home drunk.

There was no such thing as drunk driving at that time, and besides, there were few cars on the road and almost no one around, so He Yuzhu got home safely.

The next day, He Yuzhu got up early and went to work at the vehicle factory.

The vehicle factory is right next to the auto repair shop, and brand-new workshops, factory buildings, warehouses, and office buildings have already been built.

He Yuzhu's current positions are security officer and deputy director of the canteen, both of which are temporary positions.

In other words, his actual identity was still that of a worker, but he was doing the work of a cadre.

He first went to the canteen, where the cooks were all transferred from the original machinery factory. Ma Hua was the foreman, and there were more than a dozen key cooks under him.

These people were all apprentices of He Yuzhu, but most of them were only nominally accepted. Previously, He Yuzhu held absolute power in the machinery factory, and he paid particular attention to the work of the canteen.

These people were all willing to acknowledge He Yuzhu as their master, after all, it sounded good to others.

After entering the factory and arriving at the kitchen, the group of apprentices all gathered around.

"Master, you are here!"

"Master, please drink tea!"

......

The apprentices all gathered around, still as enthusiastic as ever.

He Yuzhu responded to each question, then sat down, drank some tea, asked a few questions, and learned about the current situation in the cafeteria.

Currently, the main factory only has one canteen, and the auto repair shop also has one, which is also subject to the management of this factory.

The new canteen manager is named Cai Youliang; he was transferred from another unit. Ma Hua said:

"Master, this Director Cai is very difficult to deal with."

"Oh, what do you say?"

"He's always nitpicking, finding fault with everything, complaining about this and that, and he never stops making a fuss."

"Yes, Master, Director Cai is a real scoundrel."

The apprentices all complained and told He Yuzhu about the grievances they had suffered.

Just as they were talking happily, a cough came from behind the crowd. Everyone's expression changed, and when they turned around, they saw Director Cai Youliang standing at the back.

"What are you all standing here for? Get back to work!"

Everyone quickly slipped away and got busy.

He Yuzhu didn't stand up to greet them; he remained seated.

Although I am only a deputy, I don't want to wrong myself too much.

He simply sat there, observing Director Cai.

He has a square face, thick eyebrows, and small eyes, which looks somewhat disproportionate.

They always squint at people, and one glance at them is enough to make you feel a little displeased.

He was wearing a dark brown Zhongshan suit, with all the top buttons fastened, and a pair of glasses, giving him a rather serious look.

After sending all the cooks back to their posts, Cai Youliang squinted at He Yuzhu.

"Who are you? What are you doing in the cafeteria? Get out of here right now!"

"I work in the cafeteria too, and who are you?"

"Are you from the cafeteria?"

Cai Youliang immediately knew that He Yuzhu was the deputy director who had not yet reported for duty.

Then he said, "Although you are called the deputy director, you are actually a worker. From now on, you must follow orders and obey management, understand?"

He Yuzhu completely ignored him, and it seemed that he wanted him to obediently listen to him.

He Yuzhu already harbored some resentment about the joke, so how could he possibly follow Cai Youliang's orders?

The purpose of appointing a deputy director is simply to make it easier for these apprentices to interfere in the affairs of the canteen, so that the apprentices won't be bullied.

I came to the vehicle factory just to coast along. I work in the security department, and with Zhang Guangming above me, I can live a very carefree life.

He Yuzhu got up and walked out of the kitchen, looking at the row of offices next to him one by one.

“I’m talking to you, Comrade He Yuzhu, you’re so disorganized and undisciplined.”

He Yuzhu turned to look at him: "Are you talking to me?"

Are you He Yuzhu?

"Of course I am."

"You have absolutely no respect for organization or discipline."

"Stop putting these high hats on me. You're just a director, and so am I. We're on the same level. You can't represent the organization."

The word "organization" isn't something he can just casually claim to be. There's a committee in the vehicle factory; they are the organization.

"you?"

Cai Youliang was furious and snorted, saying, "I am a section-level cadre, while you are just a worker in lieu of a cadre position. You are essentially still an ordinary worker, so of course you have to obey my management."

The essence of the dispute between He Yuzhu and him was the disagreement on their respective positions.

Cai Youliang did not want to acknowledge He Yuzhu's position as deputy director, nor did he want to relinquish any power.

They wanted to manage He Yuzhu as an ordinary employee.

After all, the most important person in a canteen is the cook, and these people are all He Yuzhu's trusted subordinates.

If he doesn't give He Yuzhu a good talking-to, He Yuzhu could easily seize control of the cafeteria, since he has his own people under his command.

This would allow them to outwardly comply with Cai Youliang's wishes but inwardly defy him, effectively sidelining him.

This is something Cai Youliang doesn't want to see.

"Just kidding. I'm the deputy director. Whether I'm a worker or not is not important. What's important is my position."

He Yuzhu looked around for a long time but couldn't find my own office at all.

The most spacious room is marked as the director's office, next to which is the rest room. Other rooms include a duty room and a storage room, but there is no deputy director's office.

Why wasn't an office arranged for me?

"Your office isn't here; it's in the security office."

The factory administration had already instructed that He Yuzhu's office would not be located in the canteen; instead, it would be placed in the security department.

This was his little scheme: to keep He Yuzhu far away, and ideally, to remove him from his position as deputy director after a while and replace him with one of his own.

He Yuzhu, however, did not think so. He believed that Ma Hua, his apprentice, needed direct support.

I walked around the office and then found two rooms being used as warehouses.

This is a two-room layout, one bright and one dark. The inner room is a rest area for afternoon naps, while the outer room can be used as an office.

This was supposed to be assigned to the deputy director, but it was later used as a warehouse.

Then he said, "These two rooms are nice; I'll use them as my office."

“This is a warehouse,” Cai Youliang said angrily.

"I know the warehouse staff cleared this thing out and moved it to the real warehouse."

“No, the warehouse is full.” Cai Youliang disagreed with He Yuzhu’s statement.

"I'm the deputy director of the cafeteria, and I don't even have an office?"