Chapter 72 Fighting
Qin Huairu whispered beside him: "Brother Jiandong, drink slowly."

Li Jiandong waved his hand, indicating to her that this little bit of wine was nothing.

Because of his strengthened physique, he can drink the most among those present, and even He Daqing is no match for him.

Yan Bugui smiled and said:

"Qin Huairu, are you still worried that Lao Li will drink too much? He can drink more than the rest of us can even if we were tied together."

He Daqing also sighed:

"This is what I admire most about Lao Li. You said he doesn't drink much normally. But no matter how much he drinks, he just can't get drunk. And the same is true for everything he does. No matter what he does, there is nothing he can't accomplish. Yi Zhonghai is really blind to go against him."

The shouting and cursing outside the window became louder and louder, accompanied by the sounds of bowls being thrown and pots being smashed.

Li Jiandong and others were very curious as to whether Yi Zhonghai had the upper hand or the deaf old lady was more skilled.

The answer will come soon.

The door of Yi Zhonghai's house was suddenly pushed open, and the deaf old lady chased after Yi Zhonghai with a cane and knocked on it.

Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to fight back and could only run. The deaf old lady couldn't catch up with him, so she yelled at him from behind.

This scene made Li Jiandong and the others very happy. They didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai, a loser, couldn't even beat an old lady.

Of course, it could also be that he was afraid of accidentally killing someone, so he was just a coward.

In the next few days, Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady fought every day, fighting over the house, fighting over pots and pans, and fighting over who sleeps in the bed.

Everyone in the yard was watching the fun, and no one mentioned kicking the old lady out.

After all, the deaf old lady is just a bad old woman who only knows how to take advantage of her age and has no brains. After being brought down by Jia Zhang and several other women, she can no longer be arrogant. However, Yi Zhonghai never changes his bad habits and causes trouble for the compound again and again.

This time he was harassed by the deaf old lady. From now on, the old lady alone will be enough to give him a headache. He is afraid that he will not have the extra energy to cause trouble again.

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A month passed in the blink of an eye.

In December, it snowed heavily.

As soon as Li Jiandong arrived at the steel rolling mill that day, he was notified to attend a meeting.

Deputy Director Zhou, Director Dai from the Political Affairs Department, and Director Wang from the Production Department have all arrived.

There were several strangers in green clothes in the conference room.

Director Wang asked Li Jiandong to sit over and said to him, "Jiandong, do you know who these people are?"

Li Jiandong shook his head: "I don't know."

Director Wang smiled and said, "These people are amazing. They are all engineers. We only have four engineers in our factory. They can just send a few people over and they will all be engineers."

Li Jiandong nodded. No wonder several engineers from the factory also came to attend the meeting. It seemed that this should be a technical meeting.

There were a total of six strangers in the room. So many engineers coming here definitely weren't just for simple communication, but most likely for some big project.

Apart from Director Dai from the Political Value Office, there are only two production department directors, myself and Director Wang, so this project must be related to production.

After a few minutes, the conference room door was pushed open again.

Secretary Cui walked in, opening the door of the conference room with one hand. Director Yang and two other strangers walked in one after another.

"stand up."

Li Jiandong and others stood up. After Director Yang and his colleagues were seated, Director Yang said, "Everyone, sit down."

"Let's have a meeting. This is a meeting for everyone. Those present are department leaders and key engineers. I have something to announce to you all."

After Director Yang sat down, he started talking.
"First, let me introduce you to the two of you. They are Director Li Huaide from the Ministry of Industry and Engineer Qin Yang, the chief designer of Nangang. Welcome everyone."

Director Yang took the lead in applauding, and the crowd also applauded enthusiastically.

When Li Jiandong first arrived and saw Li Huaide, he felt that he looked familiar. He didn't expect it was really him.

Li Huaide is still very young now, and his hairline is not as high as in the TV series. He looks quite handsome. No wonder he can make Liu Lan fall in love with him.

Li Huaide and Engineer Qin Yang stood up one after another and bowed slightly to everyone in return.

Director Yang continued, "I believe you have all heard that our country has new guidance for the steel rolling industry. The next step is to complete the conversion from imported steel rolling equipment to our own equipment within five years to meet our growing demand for steel."

"Director Li Huaide was sent by the Ministry of Industry to guide our work, and Engineer Qin will be the overall person in charge of this work. The country attaches great importance to this independent equipment conversion, which is also a huge opportunity for our steel rolling mill and the entire industry to take off."

"I invited you all here today because I hope you can work together to overcome all difficulties and strive to complete the tasks assigned to us by the country with quality and quantity, and live up to the expectations of our superiors."

After Director Yang finished speaking, there was another round of warm applause from the audience.

Then engineers Li Huaide and Qin Yang also gave speeches, which were nothing more than morale-boosting declarations and assurances.

Li Jiandong felt drowsy after listening to this, but the others did seem to be excited.

The next step is to establish an autonomous equipment research working group.

Li Jiandong, deputy director of the production department, is also among them, and is mainly responsible for coordinating the scheduling between production and research.

Director Wang is the head of the production department and is very busy with work, so Li Jiandong has to take charge of this kind of thing.

When the new team is set up, the first thing to do is of course to have something to eat and drink to build relationships.

At noon, Director Yang set up three tables in the guesthouse. All the people who had just attended the meeting were present. After three rounds of drinks, Director Yang called Li Jiandong and introduced him to Li Huaide: "Huaide, do you know who this is?"

Li Huaide was a little confused and shook his head and said, "I don't know him. Who is this?"

Director Yang laughed out loud: "This is Li Jiandong, deputy director of the production department of our factory. They have the same surname and are both handsome. I thought you two were a family."

Li Huaide also laughed when he heard this.

He is naturally good at networking and is best at flattering his superiors and employing people.

The reason why he was arranged here this time was actually to take this transformation as an opportunity to make merit and stay in the steel rolling mill as deputy director, so he naturally would not miss the opportunity to attract talents.

He stepped forward, shook Li Jiandong's hand enthusiastically and said:

"Hello, Jiandong. I didn't expect that we would have such a fate. Qin Gong and I are new here. I hope you can take care of us in the future."

To be honest, Li Jiandong had neither good nor bad feelings towards Li Huaide.

Although this man is lustful, he also has his strengths, such as valuing talent and making the best use of it. And the fact that he continued to use Sha Zhu even after being beaten by him shows that he has a broad vision.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is no conflict of interest between the two.

Li Jiandong wants to do practical things, while Li Huaide only knows how to use people and doesn't know anything else. Strictly speaking, the two can cooperate with each other.

The premise is that there should be no other complications.

"Director Li, you are too polite. If you have any work requirements in the future, please let me know. I will do my best to meet the needs of our group's research."

Li Jiandong also smiled and shook hands with Li Huaide.

"By the way, Jiandong."

Director Yang suddenly said, "I heard that your compound has a dormitory building with several empty dormitories, right?"

Li Jiandong nodded: "That's true. There are still 4 rooms left."

Director Yang said:

"It's like this. There are many engineers from Nangang this time, and our guesthouse can't accommodate so many people. Moreover, they will stay for a long time, and it's not convenient to go to other hotels.

Since your hospital has extra rooms, why not arrange for a few people to live in your hospital? The factory will pay your hospital according to the normal rent. What do you think?"

There are actually quite a few rooms in the steel rolling mill guesthouse, but the key is that these rooms are all used for reception.

If it is used as a dormitory for several engineers, where will the guests stay?
Moreover, engineers do mental work. Sometimes when they return to the dormitory and get inspiration and are ready to write something, they hear people playing poker in the dormitory next door, which makes a lot of noise. It not only disturbs people's rest, but also affects the engineers' thinking.

As for hotels, it goes without saying that there are all kinds of people there. What if your information is stolen?
Director Yang had never intended to let them stay in hotels or guesthouses.

The logistics director contacted Nanluoguxiang Street Office, hoping that the street office would free up a few rooms for them.

As a result, there were no houses on the street, so the tavern dormitory building was recommended to the logistics director, which led to Director Yang's question just now.

"No problem, but we only have four rooms left in our courtyard. I'm afraid we can't accommodate so many people."

Li Jiandong agreed immediately. Anyway, the tavern was rented out. Besides Jia Dongxu and his family, who had their own house, there were several families living in the street. They didn't need a few engineers. Director Yang nodded and said:

"It doesn't matter. As many people as can stay here will do. If it doesn't work out, my house can accommodate a few more people. How about Qin Gong and Xiao Dan staying at my house? That way, there will be four people left, and four rooms will be just enough."

Xiaodan is the daughter of Engineer Qin. She is the youngest of six people and the only female engineer.

Hearing this, he refused on the spot: "No, I don't want to be special."

Director Yang and several other leaders laughed when they heard this. It seems that this girl has quite a personality.

Li Jiandong also looked at her more, but it was just out of admiration.

In this day and age, many people are ashamed of having privileges and are unwilling to take even a little bit of advantage from their family.

However, this does not mean that such people are everywhere; they are still a minority.

Li Huaide also said: "Director Yang, my home is not far from the steel mill, how about arranging for one to live in my home?"

"That's great, this way the housing problem will be solved."

Director Yang made the final decision.

In the afternoon, Li Jiandong helped several engineers collect daily necessities and prepared to drop them off at the tavern dormitory building.

Li Huaide also received a copy, and planned to send the items back together with Li Jiandong's assistant.

"Jiandong, I see you have quite good skills. You must have ridden this horse a lot, right?"

Li Huaide asked as he sat behind Li Jiandong, with something in the right side of the truck bed.

Li Jiandong replied while riding his bike: "Yes, I ride it a lot. This bike was broken. Later, I fixed it myself and my boss gave it to me. The main reason was that no one else could fix it except me, and I was afraid it would cause trouble if it broke down on the way."

"Hey, you can also repair the casket?"

Li Huaide said in surprise that he had just arrived today and didn't know anything about Li Jiandong's deeds.

Li Jiandong didn't hide it. After all, sooner or later, others would know about it.

So, he told the other party all about his experience as an eighth-level worker and repairing trucks and his wife during the chat. Of course, he didn't mention the hydroelectric power station because the other party didn't ask.

Even so, Li Huaide was still amazed by him.

I thought Li Jiandong was just an ordinary deputy director of production. He was so young and might have someone behind him.

Unexpectedly, Li Jiandong is a talented person who climbed up the ladder through his own abilities.

Such talents are rare in the entire North City.

Li Huaide, who understands talents so well, naturally looked up to him and paid more attention to Li Jiandong.

As the voice passed by the gate, Yi Zhonghai, who was in the guardhouse, looked up when he heard it.

When he saw the man sitting in the back seat of Li Jiandong, Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but say:

"Why is it him?"

There was a young security guard outside the guardhouse, who was saluting Li Jiandong as he passed by. He turned around and asked, "Master Yi, do you know the man behind Director Li?"

"I know him. I couldn't know him better."

Yi Zhonghai had a strange expression on his face.

He and Li Huaide were classmates in elementary and junior high school.

At that time, Yi Zhonghai was first in the class and Li Huaide could only be second. At that time, high school places were still scarce. Both of them were admitted, but Yi Zhonghai was unable to go because his family was poor.

Li Huaide finished high school and went to college, and while in school, he met the daughter of an industrial leader.

He did not invite Yi Zhonghai when he got married, but Yi Zhonghai heard that he became a cadre because of the support of his father-in-law's family.

At this moment, Li Huaide suddenly appeared in front of Yi Zhonghai, which made Yi Zhonghai surprised and suspicious. Could it be that his old classmate was transferred to the steel rolling mill to be a leader?
I have to pay attention to this matter overnight...

Li Jiandong rode on his scooter, carrying daily necessities for the engineers, and sent Li Huaide home first.

Li Huaide's home is also in Nanluoguxiang, but his courtyard is at the opposite end of the street from Li Jiandong's.

He lived in a separate small courtyard with only two houses. The front yard had a storefront facing the street, and the back yard was where Li Huaide lived.

Li Jiandong parked the car at the side door, and then moved the things down with Li Huaide.

"Jiandong, come into my house and sit for a while. You can't do anything at the factory now anyway."

Li Huaide invited, he really wanted to make friends with Li Jiandong, today was a good opportunity.

He was so enthusiastic that Li Jiandong couldn't refuse. Otherwise, not only would he appear too arrogant, but it would also not do him any good to get involved with a villain like Li Huaide.

So he said politely: "No, isn't that too disturbing?"

Seeing that he was polite, Li Huaide grabbed his arm and said,
"Don't bother me, my wife and I are the only ones at home, and she would be delighted to have a guest. Come on, come on, go in and have a cup of tea first."

Li Jiandong was just being polite and was dragged into the yard by Li Huaide's arm.

I have to say that the place where Li Huaide lives is much better than the place where Li Jiandong lives.

Li Huaide walked in front and opened the door. As he walked into the house, he called out, "Xiao Ning, I'm back. There are guests coming. Please clean up the way for a while."

After saying that, he turned around and said to Li Jiandong: "I'm sorry, Jiandong, my wife is not feeling well. Please sit down and I'll make you some tea."

"Director Li, there's no need to be so polite."

Li Jiandong declined at first, but seeing that Li Huaide had already started making tea, he let him do it.

Sitting on the stool, he looked around Li Huaide's house. Apart from the fact that it was a private house and a large courtyard, the place where Li Huaide lived was at most the residence of an ordinary wealthy businessman. How good could the materials and design be?

There was a noise coming from the inner room, and soon a pale-faced woman walked out of the room.

"Wade, who is this?"

The woman must have been very beautiful before, but the illness had made her look haggard. She was about the same age as Li Huaide, both around 34 or 35 years old.

Although her health was not very good, the woman's posture was graceful and she looked like a lady from a noble family. She looked at Li Jiandong with politeness.

Li Huaide came over with a teapot and a cup, and said with a smile, "This is a capable man, an eighth-level fitter in the steel rolling mill, and now he is the deputy director of the production department. His name is Li Jiandong."

After listening to the introduction, the woman nodded and smiled: "Hello, Jiandong."

"This is my wife, Ye Xiaoning, who is also my college classmate."

After introducing Li Jiandong, Li Huaide also introduced his wife to him.

Li Jiandong bowed slightly: "Hello, sister-in-law."

His current medical skills have reached level 6, almost the level of a chief physician in a tertiary hospital. Although it is impossible to tell what disease Ye Xiaoning has from her complexion, it can be seen that her illness is very serious.

After saying hello to Li Jiandong, Ye Xiaoning went back into the house to rest.

Li Huaide whispered to Li Jiandong about Ye Xiaoning's condition, which was a terminal illness called choriocarcinoma.

If it were a few months ago, Li Jiandong might not have known what choriocarcinoma was.

However, after his medical skills broke through level 6 some time ago, a lot of medical knowledge automatically emerged in his mind, including choriocarcinoma.

Moreover, the knowledge Li Jiandong obtained from the system is not limited to the medical knowledge to date, but also includes the medical content of his previous life, that is, all knowledge before 2023 can be obtained.

So he knew very well that choriocarcinoma was a terminal illness at present, but a cure would be found in a dozen years, and it would be the first tumor disease to be cured.

However, at present, this disease is still a terminal illness and threatens the lives of many women.

The reason why Li Huaide has no children may be due to this terminal illness.

This disease is caused by problems with pregnancy reactions.

Li Jiandong couldn't help but wonder if Li Huaide was having an affair because of his wife's terminal illness.

After all, Ye Xiaoning's body no longer allows her to get pregnant. Li Huaide is also a successful man, and the fact that he has no offspring is definitely unacceptable to him.

However, after recalling what Li Huaide did in the play, Li Jiandong quickly denied his idea. He might indeed have a need for offspring, but he must also be really lustful.

Otherwise, why didn't he and Liu Lan have a child after being together for so long?
He was also beaten up by Sha Zhu for harassing Qin Huairu.

(End of this chapter)