Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve

As soon as he went to work the next morning, according to the pre-arranged appointment, Yang Mingfeng followed behind Liu Lixin, slipped out of the back door from the downstairs hall, drove into his Fukang car, and drove to the "Intelligence Data Center". past. Liu Lixin yawned, "I asked you to call the department and tell me, did you call?" He turned the steering wheel twice as he spoke, twisted the car, and avoided a newspaper on the rear rack. child, leaning over their moped. "Uh, I met Xiao Xie in the lobby, let her inform the office." Yang Mingfeng hastily grasped the handle on the car door.

"Hehe, why don't you call the office?" Liu Lixin didn't dare to be distracted anymore, his eyes were bulging, and he hunched over and looked straight ahead, but his tone was still slow, "She has a lot of things to do every day, I'm afraid she didn't go to the office. I forgot about the elevator." Yang Mingfeng immediately took out his mobile phone and called the office, and it was Hao Zhen who answered the phone.Hey, I didn't expect it to be really good. "Leaking secrets" really said it in the midst of his busy schedule. The intelligence data center is actually not very far away, only a few streets away from the headquarters building.Pass a few traffic lights, turn into a one-way street, and get into the alley not far away.The car drove through the rusty iron fence gate, looking at the blank and empty courtyard, a six-story red brick building standing alone, Yang Mingfeng, who came here for the first time, couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "Quiet amidst the noise, the environment here that is really good."

Liu Lixin parked the car crookedly next to an old pine tree covered with fluffy frost crystals, pushed the door and got out of the car.He hurriedly stamped the thin layer of hoarfrost on his shoes, raised his eyes and touched it around, pointed to the Yushu Qionghua all over the yard, and said to Yang Mingfeng with emotion: "Every time I come, I feel It's like stepping back in time. Look, this shabby bike shed, the flower beds where the hollies are gone, and there..." Yang Mingfeng followed the direction of his finger and looked towards the top of the old dilapidated office building.After looking carefully for a while, I realized what he was going to say.On the gray retaining wall made of cement on the roof, most of the large dark mottled area covered by red paint has peeled off, revealing the huge red and white framed slogan originally painted on the ground floor: "There are thousands and thousands of revolutionary truths only One..." After that, the words are scattered and unclear.

My God, there is such a brilliant theory in the world?Yang Mingfeng is a good boy who is eager to learn and make progress, his eyes lit up, and then he said regretfully to Liu Lixin: "It's a pity, the most critical part behind is missing." "Hey, during the 'Cultural Revolution', the streets were full of this, and the sentence below said 'rebellion is justified'." Liu Lixin said disapprovingly as he walked forward. Yang Mingfeng turned pale with shock, he really didn't expect that what openly appeared in front of him was actually a mobilization order to instigate an "uprising".But after a little taste, it is really interesting, and the philosophy is quite strong: Isn't the "revolution" in those days just a "rebellion".He stared at Liu Lixin with a playful smile and asked, "Which expert said this? Absolutely classic!"

"Hehe, it's not what the great leader said. Whoever dares to come here, unless he doesn't want to live." Liu Lixin stopped walking, squinted at Yang Mingfeng and said jokingly, "Your little head is thinking about everything. What is it? I asked you to observe the loopholes in their management, but I didn't expect you to be interested in those deviant things." The two entered the building laughing and laughing, and went straight up the steps to the second floor.The corridor was quiet, filled with a faint smell of ink. The old-fashioned framed wooden doors of the offices on both sides were closed, so the corridor was dark. Occasionally, a few women came in and out of each room, and only a touch of ink penetrated through the cracks in the doors. light.Stopping in front of an office door with a "Director" sign, Liu Lixin was confident, knocked hard on the door three times with "dong dong dong", and seeing that no one answered, he even harder, "dong dong dong" came again for a second time. Pass. With a "squeak", the door opened in response, but it wasn't the director's door that opened, but another door directly opposite.

A tall young woman in a black cashmere sweater flashed through the crack of the door. She blinked and asked in a calm and easy-going voice, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?" Liu Lixin turned around and looked her up and down a few times. Seeing if he knew her, he said in a business-like tone: "We are from the economics department of the group. We made an appointment with your director. Is he there?" "Uh, he's on the fourth floor. Wait a minute, I'll find him right away." The young woman nodded politely to them, turned around and closed the door heavily with a "bang", twisted her slender waist and slowly put on the clothes. Go upstairs through the deep corridor.

In less than three minutes, the director came out of the stairs above, running and bouncing.He greeted them loudly from afar: "Oh, Liu Lixin, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." As he spoke, he came up to him, shook hands with them, and frantically took out the keys from his trouser pocket. . Standing behind the director and Liu Lixin, Yang Mingfeng smelled a distinctly pungent stench from the director's body. It seemed to be the essence evaporated from public toilets in summer, but the taste was more intense and pure.Liu Lixin obviously heard it too, patted the director who was opening the door, and said with a chuckle, "Why? Going to battle in person again, serving your aunts."

"Oh, I can't help it," the director opened the door, and while stretching out his hand to let them into the room, he said sadly, "I'm busy with work, I can't do it." The two sat down, Liu Lixin took the glass of water handed over by the director, looked at his long fair and thin face, and teased him half-jokingly: "That can't always help them to post pictures. It makes me feel uncomfortable every time I see you." , I smell like ammonia water all over my body.” "Everyone is busy. I have a lot of lesbians here, and I am tired of posting pictures. I can help." The director bared his teeth and smiled modestly, as if he thought it was quite an honor.

Seeing this hard-working "flower-protecting public servant" take it for granted, Yang Mingfeng thought of the slogan upstairs without realizing it, and smiled secretly in his heart, the great leader is really great, and what is left behind is all truth.Who would have thought that today, there are still a group of female generals who continue to practice under the guidance of his old man's brilliant thought of "rebellion is justified". Liu Lixin also understood the truth that "good words are hard to persuade a ghost to die", he laughed dryly twice, and seemed to be very sympathetic and said: "Yes, everyone knows that you are strong and labor-intensive here."

"So, I'll apply in next year's funding report, add some more fees to me, and hire two temporary workers." The director sitting opposite them was very cunning, grasping Liu Lixin's sympathy, and drew him towards himself lead on the road. "It's a bit difficult to handle. Xiao Yang and I are here today to talk to you about this issue." Liu Lixin sucked his cheeks and said after deliberation, "You know, the opinions of the group leaders will be held next year. Among the two professional journals, at least one should be cut, and it stands to reason that the funding should be reduced accordingly..."

Before Liu Lixin finished speaking, the director hurriedly interrupted him: "However, my two publications are a set of people, and the labor cost will always remain the same. Besides, how many papers can I save? Money? I expressly disagree with your reduction of funds.” "Hey, you can't say that." Liu Lixin thought for a while, and his tone gradually became tougher, "You spend 250,000 a year for one publication, 500,000 for two publications, an average of more than 40,000 a month. How much can you spend a month if you add temporary workers?" "Brother, you don't understand the situation. It is the most difficult to run an industry journal." The director said with a bitter face, "Our purpose of running a journal is to unify technical foresight and practicality. Therefore, Our editors and reviewers have to constantly ask for manuscripts, read materials, attend high-level industry conferences, and have interviews with authors in other places when necessary. All of these need to cost money? Why don’t the prices increase now? Just hold on Let's talk about the hotel..." Yang Mingfeng couldn't help but feel disgusted when he heard him talk about travel and consumption with public funds not only in a high-sounding manner, but also in a way that was difficult for him.Although it's not your own family's money, you can't waste it casually, right?It's even more wrong to ask for more money to spoil it.Therefore, I really want to stand up and persuade him to spend more time on management, buy a bucket of paint, and re-cover the slogan is a serious matter.But seeing that Liu Lixin was sitting there steadily, listening to his complaints cheerfully and peacefully, he had to hold back.Liu Lixin was patient and listened to the director's nagging with his head deep in thought, as if he didn't know how to answer him.After a long period of silence, he turned his head and asked Yang Mingfeng slowly: "Yesterday, you were the one who discussed the funds with the material department. I haven't had time to ask. How did it go?" yesterday?Yesterday morning, I participated in my own criticism meeting in the office, and in the afternoon I closed my doors and meditated, and I didn't go anywhere.This Liu Lixin is confused, or else he is making people dizzy!Although Yang Mingfeng was puzzled, he still had to follow him. He hesitated when he made up the scene: "They, I was talking to their ministers. Let me see the situation at that time..." Yang Mingfeng bowed his head slowly. Slowly flipping through the "Workbook" in my hand, I thought, Liu Lixin, give me some more hints, what exactly do you want me to say?How do you say it? Liu Lixin took advantage of Yang Mingfeng's responsibly hard memory, turned his head and said helplessly to the director: "This is difficult, because the material department has completed the production line, so this year's tasks are also much less, and the group leaders also asked them to reduce their expenses. Woolen cloth." Ah, I see, Liu Lixin is waiting here.Yang Mingfeng understood it, turned to a page and stopped, staring at the paper without raising his head and said almost in a sentence: "Yes, I found it. The result of the discussion is that they basically agreed to reduce..." It turned out that the director didn't pay attention to the new kid who was sitting diagonally across from him.At this moment, when he heard him speak for the first time, he said something that was not good for him, and immediately realized that the little devil was difficult to deal with, so he couldn't help but pay attention to him.The director pulled his face and asked impatiently: "Then how much did they lose?" Yang Mingfeng closed his notebook in a hurry, and replied solemnly: "The specific figure will be discussed again. But even if we made a decision at the time, it will not count until Mr. Xu and Mr. Zhang approve it." His words The words are good, leaving room for the director to imagine, has the specific number been settled, or can't it be made public until the final release? Liu Lixin seemed to be getting more and more embarrassed, his eyeballs were dangling, and he sighed deeply: "My buddy, let me tell you the truth. The leader's will is that the two of you are the only ones who are expected to reduce funds next year. We are specific and can't make a big deal out of it." Lord, I can only take your opinion back.” He rolled his eyes again, and said in a low voice with a heart-to-heart look, “This funding is not based on brainstorming, it is linked to business volume every year. Yes. If there is an increase, it will increase, if it should decrease, it will decrease, and there must be evidence at the end of the year. Based on my experience, if you can’t stand it by force, it’s better to have a good attitude first, and you can take the initiative instead.” The director was used to being the object of rebellion, and when he heard Liu Lixin's threats and lures, his heart was agitated.Listening to the hidden meaning in Liu Lixin's words, the first thing to consider before me is not how to "lead the team and eat well", but how to "follow the team"!This is a much more serious matter than asking for money to hire temporary workers.So his face became heavy, and he held back for a long time before he said angrily: "If you insist on reducing our fees, we can't help it. Simply, we will not publish publications in the future, and we will just stick to the business of intelligence materials. live." As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Lixin immediately continued to say: "Okay, then I will write down what you said and report back to the leader!" After he finished speaking, he stared at the director's expression carefully until his face gradually became stiff. Then, shaking the pen in his hand unhurriedly, he pulled the words back, "But in my opinion, it's better to stick to the publication. After all, Yuanhong is still the standing director unit of the industry. This big banner we If you don’t carry it, you will lose a lot, and you won’t be able to explain it to your superiors.” At this time, the door of the office opened slowly, and a beautiful girl with curly hair and a round face stepped in.The girl blushed a little when she saw someone outside the room, and shrank out urgently.The director looked at the girl, then at Yang Mingfeng, and said "hmm" as if thinking of something, then suddenly raised his voice and said, "Do you know our Dr. Xu?" "I know you, we've been here for a year, and we still live in the same building." Yang Mingfeng didn't know what trick he was going to play, so he simply told the truth. The director frowned, embarrassed and sincere: "If you see a convenient opportunity, tell Dr. Xu, if he doesn't want to, forget it, you can't force it. There are plenty of good girls. With his conditions, why? Do you have to be in such a hurry?" When it comes to Dr. Xu, Liu Lixin seems to be more interested than Yang Mingfeng.He closed the notebook casually, leaned on the back of the chair, took a sip of tea, and said with a gloating smile, "Hey, tell me, what's going on?" "Hey, there is a problem that you really need to report to the higher authorities for me. Don't push everyone to me in the future. It's hard to manage..." The director is a graduate of the European Language and Literature major at Peking University, and his tone changes at any time. Compared with the performance of painting, the imitation of Dr. Xu is lifelike. Liu Lixin and Yang Mingfeng, the two brothers, looked at each other and couldn't help laughing as they listened.Standing and talking without pain in the back, not only did not sympathize with the director's difficulties, but instead watched jokes from the sidelines, it was really annoying. It turned out that Dr. Xu was a dutiful son, and his hometown kept sending letters, hoping that he could inherit a small doctor with high IQ for the motherland as soon as possible.A filial son dare not neglect, and act immediately.Isn't there an old saying that "a man is talented and a woman looks like a woman", Dr. Xu has read a lot of poetry and books, and he is knowledgeable about the past and the present. How can he not follow the precepts of his ancestors?Therefore, his criteria for finding a wife are exactly the opposite of Yang Mingfeng's, that is, as long as a woman is beautiful, nothing else can be ignored!He carefully counted on his fingers, the young women of the right age in the entire data center, according to the bottom line of his standard, the first choice to be "favored" by him is the little cashier who walks and jumps in the finance department.Although she only has a college degree and is a little short, but considering her pink face, she can only make do with it. However, I didn't expect that in today's declining world, even the "oil buyer" could "monopolize the oiran" in ancient times. After repeated bombings, he, the modern "champion scholar", can't even handle a "regional manager". ah!After learning from the pain, the doctor carefully compiled a table and made two pages of statistics, and once again affirmed that the two things he is best at are "perseverance" and "talent".So I stopped working all day, and when it was time to work, I must appear outside the baffle of the finance department on time, give impassioned speeches, give everyone guidance on economic work, and point out the trends of funds and stocks.Finally, it intensified, and finally developed to the point where I was obsessed with "walking and jumping" and had to tutor others for graduate entrance exams.The fire-like passion burns everyone to the point of annoyance!First, the section chief came to file a complaint, and then the employees complained one after another. Needless to say, the one who came in just now came to file a complaint! After Yang Mingfeng listened, he smiled embarrassedly at the director and said, "Although Dr. Xu and I know each other, we haven't gotten close enough to communicate. Those words are really hard to say." Yang Mingfeng was telling the truth, but the director thought he was trying to evade, thinking, what kind of master really taught what kind of apprentice.Everyone said that Liu Lixin was "slippery", maybe this little boy would be even more popular in the future.