Jiang Tao came to the company building, parked his bicycle, and met Zhao Weicheng, who had just come to work. He was about to say hello, but Zhao Weicheng took a few steps and walked straight towards the person getting out of the car opposite. "Good morning, Mr. Pan!"
"Good morning, Manager Zhao!" A burly middle-aged man stepped out of the back seat of the car, turned around and said hello, waiting for the people who came out of the back door. Jiang Tao had never seen this man before. He only saw his plain face, thick eyebrows, and shaved blue chin. From a distance, he felt majestic. Suddenly a clear female voice came out: "Jiang Tao! Why are you here?"
Jiang Tao looked around suspiciously and saw no familiar faces. "Here!" Behind the middle-aged man, a girl who had just gotten off the back door of the car waved to him. Jiang Tao took a closer look. Isn't this the girl who was bullied by the gangster yesterday? Jiang Tao walked slowly for a few steps and said hello: "Hello! Do you work here?" After saying that, he was ready to enter the company building.
"Hey, wait!" Pan Meixin turned around and said to the middle-aged man beside her: "Dad, this is the young man who helped us yesterday."
"Oh, really?" Pan Shengrong turned to Jiang Tao and then walked towards Zhao Weicheng, "Manager Zhao, do you know this young man?"
"Are you talking about Jiang Tao? He is the leader of the construction team at our construction site. Are you looking for him?" Zhao Weicheng asked doubtfully.
"If I hadn't met him here, where would I have looked for him?" Pan Shengrong quickly walked to Jiang Tao to express his gratitude. And invited him to sit in his office.
In the large general manager's office, Jiang Tao sat next to Zhao Weicheng, feeling as calm as water. In the past, Jiang Tao would have been extremely nervous in such a scene.
Pan Meixin sat next to her father, her clear eyes staring at Jiang Tao from time to time. Pan Shengrong had already sensed his daughter's emotions from the corner of his eye, and still said kindly: "Jiang Tao, thank you very much for your generous intervention. Yesterday, I went to the city for a meeting, and I also knew that the leaders of the municipal party committee went out to deal with some major issues, and I had no idea what happened. This kind of thing is related to my daughter." Then he motioned to the tea cups in front of Zhao Weicheng and Jiang Tao, and continued: "My wife said that I must thank this young man."
Jiang Tao smiled and said: "Mr. Pan, please tell Auntie not to worry too much. I met you by chance. My brother is still worried about getting into trouble. Fortunately, another girl informed her father, otherwise we would be sure I’m still in the game! So I’m lucky.”
Pan Shengrong looked at Jiang Tao with admiration and said: "Because of what happened yesterday, the political scene in Yicheng City was shaken. The director of Jiangning Branch was suspended, the deputy director was investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission, and the executive deputy mayor was admonished for a talk. Immediately afterwards, the city will be very Another severe crackdown is coming soon.”
Zhao Weicheng said to Jiang Tao seriously: "Why didn't you say anything last night?"
Jiang Tao smiled and said: "I didn't know there would be such serious consequences. Fighting and brawling are not glorious things, so you can just talk about them casually, right?"
Pan Shengrong felt that this young man was very calm, so he asked: "Jiang Tao, what is your education level?"
"High school education, because the family is too difficult, I was admitted to a university in this province, but because of family reasons, I didn't go to school." Jiang Tao replied, and then added: "The key is that the family is too difficult, and my father is seriously ill. She is in bed, her mother is not in good health, and her younger siblings need to go to school."
"Mr. Pan, I intend to train this kid just because he is smart, studious, and diligent. He was assigned to do the Water Bureau project." Zhao Weicheng finally got the chance to talk about the project.
"Really?" Pan Shengrong was shocked, and then explained: "Oh, the thing is like this, Vice Mayor Peng has come to me several times, but I have always been able to get past him. Just after the meeting yesterday, he personally He came to the door. He really had no choice but to refuse. He also thought that this project was not big, so he let him try it. Unexpectedly, he was beaten by you yesterday and even his father went in. Oh, by the way, that The deputy director is the deputy mayor’s brother-in-law, and the boy you beat up is the one who is going to do the Water Bureau project.”
"Aren't they just a bunch of promiscuous people?" Even Jiang Tao was shocked at this moment.
"Oh, I just found out about it. The deputy mayor told me the truth last night. When he knew that my daughter was also the one being bullied, he apologized repeatedly and said I was sorry. I was also very angry. This deputy mayor likes to meddle in things. "I think something will happen to him sooner or later. Wherever they are doing engineering, no matter what industry they are in, as long as they get the business, they will outsource it to others. There is a mess everywhere." Pan Shengrong shook his head.
"So how are the Water Bureau's projects arranged now?" Zhao Weicheng picked up the teacup and took a sip, pretending to be casual and asked.
"Jiang Tao, it's like this. It's not because you saved Meixin and her classmates. This was my mistake in the first place. This project is still arranged according to Manager Zhao's original plan. If you have any difficulties, you can contact Manager Zhao. You can come to me directly." Pan Shengrong smiled.
"Jiang Tao, your fighting skills are so handsome." Pan Meixin's big eyes were shining with stars, and she said excitedly to her father: "Dad, you don't know, he knocked down a large group of gangsters in the blink of an eye by himself. Yes, everyone watching the excitement applauded." The fear and cowardice of yesterday were no longer there.
"Really? I didn't expect you to be so secretive." Zhao Weicheng was shocked again.
"No way. When I was young, everyone in our village practiced martial arts. Because of my poor health, no one was willing to teach me. I would follow behind others to practice. I was the only one in the village who didn't need to call others master, but they were all my master. Now I know a lot about everything, but I'm not very good at it. In the village, I was the one who got beaten up, and they all used me as a target for training." Jiang Tao said with a smile.
"Ah, isn't that a terrible beating?" Pan Meixin's hand tightened unknowingly.
"How come everyone in your village practices martial arts?" Pan Shengrong asked puzzledly. He was also a soldier and was more interested in kung fu.
"Now it has become history. In the early years, due to water source problems, our village would often have large-scale armed fights with neighboring villages during spring plowing. The scale was so large that it alarmed the whole country. Since our village is located downstream of the water source, If we lose, the whole village of more than 1,000 people will not be able to survive, so every time it is a life and death fight." Jiang Tao said lightly.
Pan Shengrong thought thoughtfully, "If you don't live without greed, you will give up your ambition. The only way is to put yourself to death and live." He said to Jiang Tao: "Jiang Tao, the suffering history of your village may have left you this sentence. Reborn after death, this is also the way for our company to survive. Now our company looks very prosperous, but the problems we will face in the future and the direction of national policies are unpredictable."
Jiang Tao nodded and said: "Mr. Pan is right. I saw in a piece of information that public opinion at home and abroad are currently speculating and skeptical about national policies. I think it has misled domestic business operators to a certain extent. Now It is the early stage of reform and opening up. The formulation of national policies is also in the stage of constant exploration and revision. We are now taking a path that no one has ever taken in the world. For example, in the current enterprise restructuring, due to imperfect policies, there will definitely be some The loss of state-owned assets, but this is temporary. In the future, except for state-owned enterprises in some important fields, enterprises like ours will be transformed into private entities, or government-controlled and privately operated models. As business operators, we must believe Regarding the country, my point of view is: the country’s policies are not a matter of change, but will definitely change, but they will get better and better, and the relevant legal system will become more and more complete.”
There was silence in the office, and everyone looked at Jiang Tao with surprised eyes. Jiang Tao unknowingly blurted out a concept in his mind. When he saw everyone's expressions, he smiled awkwardly and said, "In my spare time, I like to read some economic books and foreign materials. Sometimes I also like to talk nonsense and make you laugh."
Zhao Weicheng stared at Jiang Tao: "Stop talking about these things outside in the future. It doesn't matter here."
Pan Shengrong interrupted: "Hey, Lao Zhao, it's okay. This theory is refreshing to me. Let's have a chat if we take the time."
"Then don't bother Mr. Pan. I will start arranging Jiang Tao's project for the Water Bureau. The start time will be arranged at the project meeting the day after tomorrow." Zhao Weicheng stood up and said.
"Okay, you can figure it out." Pan Shengrong said to Jiang Tao again: "If you have any difficulties, you can come to me directly."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Pan." Jiang Tao also stood up and said goodbye.
