Han Chunming listened to what she said.

I couldn't help but glare at them, feeling helpless.

But because the children are around, it’s not easy to get angry.

He is now completely under Yu Haitang's control.

Li Jiandong was amused by the secret interaction between his and his wife.

Fortunately, he had a plan in place, otherwise he would have been stumped by this matter today.

Since Yu Haitang was somewhat unhappy with this answer, Li Jiandong continued.

“Well, since you want to be an official, I will help you find one.

"However, it would be a bit too much trouble to be a leader in a steel mill. After all, you know nothing about the work there. Even if you become a workshop director, it's meaningless. If you want to climb up further, you need to endure more time."

"You are not young anymore. It will not be easy to work your way up from now on and get into the team."

Han Chunming nodded repeatedly when he heard this.

“Yes, yes, I’m not young anymore, and it’s not easy for me to make further progress as a leader now.

Wife, you don’t just want me to be a workshop director, right? I am not as good as the people I manage now.”

When Yu Haitang heard this, she also pouted.

She also knew that making progress was not an easy thing. Her brother-in-law had been with Li Jiandong for 26 years.

Finally, he became the deputy factory director.

Although her man has followed Li Jiandong for many years, he has never joined the steel rolling mill. If she starts promoting him from now on.

Even if you advance one level every year.

Han Chunming has this time, but Li Jiandong doesn't.

It will only be a few years before he retires.

By then, I won’t even be able to join the team, and I will still have no face when I return to the hospital.

Li Jiandong continued, "I think it would be better if you wait until your brother-in-law inherits my position as factory director. After I step down and have some free time, we will build a cultural relic museum and let you be the curator of the museum. That way, you will have both face and substance, right?"

Regarding the construction of a museum.

Li Jiandong had already made plans.

Of course, the director of this museum is none other than Han Chunming.

It’s just that I was busy with the steel mill work before and didn’t have the time.

Now I am finally about to retire.

This matter can naturally be included in the consideration process.

However, there are still two difficulties in building a museum now.

The first difficulty is approval.

There is no policy to allow self-built houses, let alone building such a large museum.

The second problem is money.

Building a museum costs hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Li Jiandong can certainly come up with such a large sum of money, but he lacks a way to make the money.

But he couldn't take it out, after all, as a factory director his monthly salary was only more than 200 yuan.

If I were to take out so much money at once, I would definitely be criticized and it would be hard to explain.

Therefore, he still has to wait until the reform and opening up, when he has done business and made money, and then take it out, it will be legitimate and no one will suspect anything.

Including the money he is making from collecting antiques.
That means no one knows.

Han Chunming didn't ask him, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the money.

Hearing Li Jiandong's words, Han Chunming also became excited.

If he were asked to work somewhere else, he would definitely be 100% unwilling to do so.

If he could really settle down and work, he wouldn't have been so rebellious back then. He would rather hang out on the streets than go out to the countryside.

He just doesn't want to take the ordinary path.

I just don't want to work peacefully.

But if he were asked to be the director of this museum, Han Chunming would be 100% willing.

What he loves most in his life is cultural relics. Being able to be with cultural relics every day is simply the happiest thing for him.

Over the years, he has helped Li Jiandong collect so many cultural relics, more than enough to build a museum.

There are hundreds or even thousands of high-end items alone.

Although we don’t know where Li Jiandong hid these things, once the museum is built, these things will definitely be put into the museum. They are all his achievements over the years.

"Master, are you serious? Are you really going to build a museum?"

Han Chunming said with some disbelief.

This news was really exciting for him.

Yu Haitang next to him also widened his eyes.

Although she didn't know how important a museum director was.

But since he is the curator, he must be the top boss.

And the name of curator sounds very domineering.

If I could make my man the curator in a short period of time, it would seem quite prestigious if I could tell others about it.

Li Jiandong said with a smile.

"What's true or false about this? Otherwise, what do you think I want to do with so many cultural relics? Keep them for myself to enjoy? They are all treasures passed down from our country for many years. If I keep them for myself to see, wouldn't it be too extravagant and wasteful?"

After hearing what Li Jiandong said, Han Chunming no longer had any doubts.

Jumping up and down like a child with excitement.

Even Yu Haitang looked at him with disdain.

As a ragpicker and antique collector, Yi Zhonghai was not as lucky as Han Chunming.

As a member of the No. 40 Courtyard, Yi Zhonghai originally had more opportunities to cooperate with Li Jiandong.

However, because he was not ambitious enough, his house was eventually taken away by someone else.

Over the years, Yi Zhonghai continued to do his old business, holding a torn sack and walking around the streets pretending to collect junk. In fact, he was secretly doing the same job as the ragtag gang, that is, collecting antiques.

Although this job doesn't look very decent.

However, because he sold the antiques he collected himself and there were no middlemen to make a profit from the difference, he made a lot of money over the years.

In the past few years, Yi Zhonghai has saved tens of thousands of yuan.

If it weren't for the people from the Rag Gang competing with him to collect the goods, he would have made even more.

However, over the years, Yi Zhonghai has made several mistakes.

On several occasions, the counterfeits we received were of considerable value.

Just these few fakes cost Yi Zhonghai more than 2000 yuan.

This can only be blamed on Yi Zhonghai for being too greedy. He thought he had picked up a big bargain, but he didn't realize that the more high-end the item, the more knowledgeable the owner must be.

It’s easy to find bargains on items worth a few dollars or tens of dollars, but it’s very difficult to find bargains on items that cost more than 100 dollars, let alone items that cost thousands of dollars.

Now the wind has stopped and Yi Zhonghai is no longer young.

Watching others retire and start enjoying their lives at home.

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to walk around the streets with a sack in his hand anymore. He planned to sell all the things in his hands. After selling the 2000 yuan fakes, he could make at least another 1 yuan.

By then he will have 2 yuan, and he will be a real rich man.

Then I will retire and go home, find someone to buy a bigger house for me, and adopt a few godsons to take care of me in my old age. Just thinking about this kind of life is very comfortable.

However, how to deal with these samples is the biggest problem now.

“The people in the Rag Gang collected so many antiques, and I don’t know where they sold them. It would be great if I could find their connections.

It's a pity that the members of the Rags Gang didn't know who their leader sold the items to. So many members of the Rags Gang were able to keep it a secret. This Han Chunming is no ordinary person."

Yi Zhonghai thought so in his heart.

He had asked around many times over the years, wanting to know who the Rags and Scraps Gang sold the antiques to.

Although he had regular people who sold antiques to him, as he collected more and more antiques, those people might not be able to handle all of them.

The most important thing is to have multiple sales channels, and there is also the opportunity to sell more for a little money.

Especially these fakes.

It may be difficult to sell an item if there are only one or two customers, but if there are enough people who collect antiques, there will always be one person out of 10 who will be impressed.

Unfortunately, Yi Zhonghai searched for a long time, and even followed Han Chunming.

But no one has ever found out who Han Chunming sold the antiques to.

You have to know how many antiques the entire Junk Gang, with more than 100 people, can receive every day?

He sold such a large quantity without anyone noticing.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't figure out how he did it.

Originally, he had already given up hope on Han Chunming.

However, now that Yi Zhonghai wants to retire, he has to sell off the few fakes he has as soon as possible.

Those antique collectors around Yi Zhonghai have all seen his fakes and will definitely not accept them.

So if you want to sell all these things, you still have to find a breakthrough from Han Chunming.

But Yi Zhonghai has followed Han Chunming more than once.

I have no idea who his next home is.

In this case, Yi Zhonghai plans to change his approach...

Yi Zhonghai didn't plan to look for Han Chunming again, but wanted to go directly to Li Jiandong.

After all, Li Jiandong is close to Han Chunming, so if I can sell the samples to him.

When the time comes, he can sell it to Han Chunming, wouldn't that be the same?
And, most importantly, Li Jiandong also has the ability to buy his things.

Although Li Jiandong's salary is only more than 200 yuan a month, he has been the director of the steel rolling mill for so many years, and Yi Zhonghai does not believe that he has any extra income.

It shouldn't be a problem to just get a few tens of thousands of dollars.

After all, he is a rag picker and antique collector, and he has saved 1 yuan over the years.

How could a big shot like Li Jiandong not be as rich as him?
The more Yi Zhonghai thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was feasible.

If these samples could really be sold to Li Jiandong.

Not only did he make money, but he also got a leg up on him. This was a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
Yi Zhonghai couldn't help laughing. He had never beaten Li Jiandong over the years. What if he really sold the fake to him this time?

So all the losses he had suffered before were returned to him in an instant.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

However, now I have to think about how to deceive Li Jiandong?

After all, in Yi Zhonghai's eyes, Li Jiandong should not know anything about antiques. It must be very difficult to let a person who doesn't know anything about antiques buy a fake in his hand, which is of such a high value.

However, Yi Zhonghai soon came up with a solution.

He decided to retreat in order to advance.

Give these things to Li Jiandong as gifts.

Based on Yi Zhonghai's understanding of Li Jiandong, Li Jiandong would definitely not ask for his things casually, especially such a valuable thing, it is even more impossible for Li Jiandong to accept it casually.

By then, if he refuses a few more times and says more nice things, Li Jiandong will not be able to lose face and will most likely buy his things at the market price.

Of course, there might be a little risk in doing this.

However, Yi Zhonghai decided to give it a try.

Isn't it true that wealth and honor are achieved through risk?

If you miss this village, you may not be sure when you can find a suitable buyer next time.

Yi Zhonghai does what he says.

He had a total of three counterfeits in his hands, the most expensive of which was a porcelain antique, and the other two were a jade ring and a painting.

Yi Zhonghai thought about it and decided to be safer. He took out one of the calligraphy and paintings and went to find Li Jiandong first.

If I can sell it, I won’t sell the other two. I’ll just take every profit I make.

If Li Jiandong really took his paintings without paying, it would be like setting the bait before fishing.

Then he took out the remaining two items and said he wanted to sell them to him. Li Jiandong, who had already benefited from it, would definitely feel embarrassed to refuse.

At that time, he would make money from Li Jiandong by selling these two fakes.

At this moment, Li Jiandong was taking Yan Jiecheng with him.

Teach him the management experience of steel rolling mill.

It has been more than a year since our last heart-to-heart talk.

Yan Jiecheng is now the deputy director of the steel rolling mill.

Now all he needs is the final touch and he can take over Li Jiandong's job.

But this last kick is the most crucial.

Being a deputy factory manager is hard work and involves a lot of things to do.

But, after all, it is just a deputy position, and there are many decision-making matters that can be handled by the factory director above.

Regardless of whether he completes the task or not, he has a full-time job to take care of it, so it is much easier for him.

But it would be different if Yan Jiecheng became a regular employee.

The entire steel rolling mill, more than 3 workers and cadres, all have to rely on him for food.

If you don't do your job well, your salary won't decrease, but you will definitely lose some benefits and rewards.

With the example of Li Jiandong, the steel rolling mill has been an advanced model for more than ten years.

Therefore, for Yan Jiecheng, taking over this steel mill was quite stressful.

"Okay, Jie Cheng, I have almost finished teaching you about our factory. I will step back in the next six months. I will leave the management and other responsibilities of the factory to you. You should do your best and don't let me and the leaders down."

Li Jiandong took great pains to ensure Yan Jiecheng's succession.

In the next six months, he did not plan to manage the steel mill anymore and handed it all over to Yan Jiecheng to see if Yan Jiecheng had the ability to manage the steel mill himself.
Because Li Jiandong is here during this period, even if any problems arise, he can help solve them.

If he quits directly, Yan Jiecheng will have to bear the consequences if any problems arise.

Yan Jiecheng also knew his master's good intentions, and said to Li Jiandong with gratitude, "Master, thank you so much, it's great to have a master like you. The greatest luck in my life is to have you as my master."

Yan Jiecheng actually wanted to say this a long time ago.

If there was no Li Jiandong, he would be just an ordinary worker. (End of this chapter)