Chapter 6: Jackie Chan (Part 1)

  Kangding Village had a secret mission, which was to report any important situation of Longbiao to Xue Guowei at any time, so that Director Xue could steer the ship for Longbiao when he deviated from his work, this was what Qian Laosheng had entrusted him before.

  Xue Guowei, lying on the sickbed, fell into deep thought after listening to Kangdingzhuang's report on Longbiao's situation over this period of time. He felt that Longbiao was superior in terms of strategy and management, but too simple in emotional matters, even a bit childish. Perhaps it was because Longbiao had been an orphan since childhood, and the elderly people around him had left too early, causing him to be overly attached to emotions but not knowing how to handle them.

  Long Bao's extreme emotional instability is a concern, but in these extraordinary times, what Long Bao needs most is to truly establish himself within the group and gain the power to control his subordinates. He can't afford to be distracted by emotions anymore and can only wait for an opportunity to slowly guide him later on.

  Xue Zong was skeptical about the curse on Long Bao's body, so when Shi Wei called him again to ask about Long Bao's true attitude, he could only remain ambiguous and suggested that Shi Wei should give Long Bao time and space, as he was still a child and sometimes had extreme thoughts and behaviors, and it was best to let things develop naturally.

  Haitao Shi Wei's peaceful departure temporarily put down the giant stone in Long Bao's heart, he thought he had successfully achieved that poor and sad purpose, although every time he thought of these things at midnight, his heart was cut like a knife, but also felt comforted by it, so he wholeheartedly devoted himself to building the aircraft carrier Li Heng.

  Jiao Siwei was elected as the vice chairman of the board of directors with the rights of the second largest shareholder. As a result, the current structure of Liheng Group is as follows: Liheng Group has subsidiaries including Liheng Pharmaceutical, Liheng Mechanical Heavy Industry, Liheng Building Materials, Liheng Electronics, and Liheng Investment. The board members include Long Bao, Jiao Siwei, Qian Suxue, Qian Yuhui, Qian Tongxue, Xue Guowei, Zeng Haichang, and eight others. Long Bao serves as the chairman of the board of directors, president of the group, chairman and president of Liheng Investment Company, and director of Qian Zhengsheng Asset Custody Center. Jiao Siwei, Qian Suxue, Xue Guowei, and Zeng Haichang serve as vice chairmen of the board of directors. Qian Yuhui serves as executive vice president (not yet in charge of any business due to her upcoming childbirth). Qian Tongxue serves as a non-executive director. Zeng Haichang also serves as executive vice president and president of the international headquarters. Duan Pingchun was promoted to executive vice president and president of the pharmaceutical company. Zhu Bentong remains the president of Liheng Mechanical Heavy Industry, Li Xiubai is the president of Liheng Building Materials, and Wu Telie is the president of Liheng Electronics. Xue Bingying serves as the deputy minister of human resources at the headquarters, exercising the power of the minister, which can be seen as acting on behalf of her father Xue Guowei's authority.

  Long Wan knew that the high-level managers in the group did not quite obey him, but he was clear about his position in the minds of ordinary employees. He believed that although he had no foundation among the high-level managers of the group, his control over the group was the best foundation, and all the working-class people were his foundation.

  He believed that in order to build the group into his ideal enterprise, on the basis of improving the group's management system, he must have absolute power over personnel matters and gain the unanimous support of all employees, so that the group can become a whole, like an indestructible coordinated combat vehicle, advancing rapidly. Therefore, he, who was at the top of the group's power, adopted a strange approach, avoiding the middle and senior management team, and directly expanding his influence among grassroots employees.

  It was a day in mid-August, at 8 o'clock in the evening, Long Bao went to inspect the dormitories of Liheng Pharmaceutical and Liheng Electronics with his entourage from Kangding Village, and planned to find some employees to talk to along the way.

  The Li Heng Industrial Park was not yet fully constructed, and the originally large park had been cut into several pieces due to the transfer of companies such as Li Heng Fashion to the Mo family. Long Bao walked while thinking about how to recover those lost things in the future, to comfort the spirit of Qian Lao in heaven.

  The streetlights in the park are scattered and well-proportioned, although many of them have been damaged. However, under the illumination of these white lights, the hot summer night has a different scenery. Row upon row of neat factory buildings stretch out, with the monotonous hum of machinery echoing through the air.

  The park is very large, and each company is separated by a wall. The dragon passed through several iron gates guarded by security guards to arrive at the employee dormitory area of Liheng Pharmaceutical. Another scene was seen: on the slightly narrow cement empty space under the dormitory building, on the green lawn, employees were chatting together, the lawn can no longer be called a lawn, it looks like the smooth and flat empty space in front of the house in rural areas.

  Long Bao appeared, attracting the attention of many people. Several had already recognized him and stood up in a low voice, but they were afraid to spread the news. Long Bao walked through the iron gate of the dormitory building and went upstairs to the second floor. A few curious employees quietly followed him.

  Clothes of all colors were hung on the balcony, and the corridor was wet and slippery. It was hard to find a dry spot to step on. Several large trash cans were placed at both ends of the corridor, already filled to the brim, with more garbage scattered around them, emitting a strong stench. Flies buzzed around in swarms.

  The entire dormitory is a U-shaped design, with toilets and bathrooms at both ends of the corridor. The ventilation is very poor, but it makes the most use of the land. Longbiao walked into the toilet, and a strong stench hit him in the face. The lighting in the toilet was very dim, and the walls were covered with spider webs. Countless flying insects flew around under the light, and almost every squat toilet had no cover at all. Many employees who were having bowel movements showed their white buttocks to Longbiao without any politeness.

  Long opened the faucet to check, several faucets had been twisted off, some were already damaged, and one or two faucets kept running water. Then he walked into the bathroom and saw a crowded scene of naked people washing.

  Long Bao's face completely darkened!

  He walked into the corridor on the floor, turned into a staff dormitory. The dormitory was equipped with two-tiered iron beds, which had long been rusted and were arranged in three rows, each row having three beds. There was only a little more space between the beds than the width of a person's shoulders. Roughly calculated, this dormitory could accommodate eighteen people!

  The dormitory was very dimly lit, and when the staff in the dormitory saw Longbiao and these strangers walk in, someone asked in a dialectical Mandarin: "Who are you looking for?"

  Long Bao made an effort to put on a smiling face and said: "Hello everyone, we are from the group headquarters. We came here to take a look at your dormitory and get a better understanding."

  One of them replied: "Haha, so it's the big shots from headquarters coming to conduct an investigation and research! Welcome, welcome!"

  Another person whispered: "Still pretending...…"

  Long Bao remained calm and continued, "Hehe, are you guys free? Can we sit down and chat?"

  Perhaps someone estimated that Longbiao's background was not simple, so he invited Longbiao to sit on the bed and chat casually.

  Long Bao handed out cigarettes to several people sitting next to him. One of them took a cigarette and deliberately looked at the brand, somewhat surprised, saying: "Wow! You're so frugal! At headquarters, there are at least tens of thousands every month, but you still smoke this five-yuan-a-pack White Sand cigarette? Really?"

  The first person who invited Long Bao to sit down sneered and said, "A Wu, Baisha smoke is all good smoke, it's better than your soft shell Meistu!"

  Long Bao chuckled and said: "I'm from Hunan, I have a bit of a hometown mindset, I think this cigarette suits my taste."

  That Ah Wu said: "Isn't there still Furong Wang in Hunan? That cigarette is great! **, the sales volume is huge, and the employees' salaries are also high to the point of being scary! There's someone in our village who works there, guess how much he earns per month? Three thousand seven! If *** I can earn that much per month, I'd be willing to work myself to death!"

  Longbiao smiled and asked Ah Wu: "How much can you earn in a month?"

  Ah Wu smiled silently, and the person sitting next to him said: "He's probably making around 1,000 yuan a month! We're all uneducated, selling our labor can't compare to those in sales or management like you guys!" He bent down again, turned his head back and yelled at the corner of the room, "Tian Qi, there's a fellow Hunanese here, get up quickly and meet him, he's a leader from headquarters!"

  "Hey, what's the use of knowing someone on New Year's Day? He can't get me a promotion to be a team leader or give me a salary of 3,000 yuan per month! You guys are just stabbing me in the back! If you want to know each other, I want to sleep. Keep your voices down, I still have a night shift!"

  On the sixth day, he felt embarrassed in front of Long Bao and scolded: "**Damn it, Tian Laoqi! Just because your fellow villager cheated you out of a few hundred yuan, is it worth remembering for a lifetime? How can you talk like that? You're too rude! No matter what, the other person is still the leader of the headquarters..."

  Tian Qi must have been in a bad mood for some time, and was irritated by Chu Liu's words. He immediately retorted: "Chu Liu, speak to me with some respect! What's so great about the headquarters leaders? The chairman of the board of directors, Long Bao, is from the same county as me! If he comes, I'll grant him an audience. As for the others, forget it!"

  Long Bao burst out laughing and said in his hometown dialect: "Oh, if Long Bao comes, you'll really give him some face?"

  Tian Qi heard someone speaking his hometown dialect and immediately replied: "Who are you? Why don't I recognize you?"

  "Get up, get up and I'll tell you."

  Tian Qi was taken aback, then said again: "You've all been cheated once, and still think of yourselves as old friends! Unrepentant! Go to sleep!" He immediately sprawled out his limbs and intentionally made snoring sounds.

  At this time, someone in the crowd of onlookers blocked by Kangding Village shouted loudly: "Idiot! He is Chairman Long!"

  ……

  Long Bao and the employees were chatting and laughing, and took out their notebooks to record their opinions on the dormitory one by one. At this time, Duan Pingchun, who had already received the news, ran up with a big sweat, accompanied by Wu Teli, the president of Liheng Electronics, and two deputy generals of the pharmaceutical industry.

  Long Bao sat in the narrow dormitory, looking at them with red faces, smelling a mouthful of wine, and his eyebrows wrinkled involuntarily before relaxing again. Seeing that even the old general manager of their own company had arrived, everyone in the dormitory suddenly fell silent, standing far away from Long Bao. Long Bao also stood up, smiled at them, and said: "Aren't you accompanying foreign clients? That's a client with a big order, can't be neglected, how did you all run over here?"

  Duan Ping Chun was ashamed, the several old bosses today had no intention of entertaining any clients! They were simply a group of people drinking and chatting! Long Bao was covering up the truth for them in front of these employees!

  Duan Pingchun suddenly became very stiff, completely losing his former straightforwardness, and respectfully followed Long Bao's tone: "Long, Chairman Long, you've arrived?"

  Long Bao invited the old men to sit down, smiling slightly and said: "I'm just strolling around here, taking a look at the living environment of our employees. They are the real creators of the group's wealth. Chatting with them, haha, we get along pretty well!"

  Without waiting for their response, Long Bao continued: "You see, I've gotten to know them now. The nicknames in their dormitory are convenient and easy to remember - Liu San, Zhao Si, A Wu, Chu Liu, Tian Qi... Ha ha, it's not easy for people from all over the country to come together like this. They earn their pay through their own hard work, contributing brick by brick to the prosperity of the group. The group can't do without them for a single cent or a single second. However, I think the living conditions in this dormitory are really making everyone suffer. Director Duan, Director Wu, Deputy Directors *, * , don't you think we should do something about improving the employees' living environment?"

  Duan Pingchun only dared to nod and agree.

  Actually, Long Bao had mentioned to Duan Pingchun before that he wanted to improve the living environment of employees, but since then, Duan Pingchun has been busy and hasn't had time to do anything about it, so the current state of the employee dormitory is still the same as when Wu Sanqiu was in charge. As for Duan Pingchun's mistakes, one can only say that he became a bit arrogant, thinking that his best friend Long Bao had become the group's top leader and had also promoted him to be the group's vice president, but he neglected Long Bao's methods.

  Long Bao had planned to use the entire Ping Chun segment to achieve his goal of intimidating Li Heng Electronics CEO, Wu De Li. Wu De Li was promoted by Qian Lao during the group's restructuring this year and has a proud and arrogant attitude, looking down on Long Bao in his bones. However, Long Bao knew that Wu De Li had strong personal abilities and was a suitable candidate for the position of CEO of Li Heng Electronics. Today, Long Bao used a tactic called "shaking the mountain to shock the tiger".

  As expected, Long Bao said to Wu De after a while: "President Wu, it just so happens that I still have something to discuss with you, let's go for a walk in the electronics store together!"

  Wu suddenly remembered that he hadn't been to the staff dormitory for a long time, and recalled that the last time he went was when he had just become the technical engineering manager. Later, he stayed in his senior staff dormitory all the time, and after buying a house, he even rarely visited the senior staff dormitory because he thought it was too dirty and smelly. Usually, he would just listen to simple oral reports from people in the office, so how did he overlook this problem? Why didn't he take some time to go see for himself before?

  Long Bao Lei immediately convened a special meeting of the group's president after visiting all the dormitories of the enterprises under the group, announcing that practical improvements to the living environment of the group's employees would be put on the agenda. He also stated that he would personally take charge of directly supervising the progress and the headquarters allocated special funds for the renovation and maintenance of all public toilets and shower rooms in the group, rectifying the dormitory environment, and paying extra wages to encourage employees to voluntarily sign up to manage their respective areas during their free time. Regular disinfection was also conducted on employee dormitories. To ensure that employees working different shifts did not disturb each other due to different rest times, it was stipulated that employees from different shifts could not live in the same dormitory. To prevent overcrowding of dormitories, it was stipulated that no more than 12 people could live in a dormitory. The dormitories were also expanded and employee leisure and entertainment centers would be built within each enterprise.

  In the following days, Longbow announced the strengthening of employee information feedback mechanisms, striving to establish a completely uninterrupted direct reporting system to him. People with discerning eyes can see that Longbow wants to use his mysterious influence to focus all the attention of grassroots employees on himself, satisfying their demands for living and residential environment, uniting them around him, and using the eyes of all grassroots employees to put pressure on management personnel.

  Long Bao has already set his sights on the first person to be punished, Director An Yi of the office. Although this woman is now obedient and submissive, she was a traitor who betrayed Old Qian in the past. Once a traitor, always a traitor. Long Bao is extremely disgusted with traitors, and he feels that An Yi is now deliberately trying to curry favor with him, seemingly trying to make up for her mistake of being overly enthusiastic in welcoming Shi Weihai and others.

  Longbiao compensated her with a sum of money according to the labor contract and fired her.

  Duan Pingchun, Wu Teli and Li Xiubai, the three old men sat together again, chatting. During this period of time, they strongly felt the pressure created by Longbiao's hand, which was overwhelming yet impossible to defend against!

  Duan Pingchun has been in a slump lately, and all he can be heard muttering to himself is: "I warned you guys long ago, never underestimate him. Don't think that just because he didn't even graduate from college, getting this position was just luck and coincidence. Now do you know? He easily launched a people's war from the bottom up! Wu Zong, can you catch your breath?"

  Wu De's feeling was not so strong, seeing Duan Pingchun like that made him feel uncomfortable in his heart, and he turned around and teased: "How come you've been conquered by Chairman Long so quickly? Isn't he your good brother? He's just a kid, I think, and this is about his level. He really doesn't understand real corporate management!"

  Duan Pingchun shook his head and said, "You have little contact with him and don't understand him. I'll tell you, Qian Lao and Xue Zong are the most ruthless when it comes to judging people. You say Qian Lao has entrusted such a large group enterprise to him, can't you infer something from that? How could he be as simple as you imagine! By the way, don't mention that he's my buddy, he hates that the most. He and Qian Lao are alike, they're superstitious!"

  Li Xiubai continued, "From the last time Chairman Long spoke to us as a presidential assistant, I knew he was no ordinary person. He would one day soar to great heights, it's just that I didn't expect him to rise so quickly. General Wu, he's not simple!"

  Wu De laughed and said: "I see, he's good at crowd psychology and finance, but as for management, haha, he studied water conservancy engineering at some Longhan University, haha, a water conservancy expert came to manage the big group, and still has the nerve to fawn over those migrant workers who can leave at any time, isn't that a bit..."

  Li Xiubai and Duan Pingchun did not respond to his words, Wu Teli realized that he had spoken too much, and smiled: "Hehe, but anyway, the group has a lot of money now, and hasn't formally started large-scale investment, so there's plenty of liquidity. Taking out some money to improve the employees' environment is also a good thing. However, with so much funding, where will our Chairman Long invest? Is he going to continue preparing for his strong suit - financial futures? Or shift towards building up industries? Can our Chairman Long still understand electronics, building materials, machinery, and biochemistry?"

  Wu De Li waved his hand in the air with a hint of pride and said, "Two chairmen, a truly capable leader will not entangle himself in trivial matters, nor will he be bogged down by petty personnel issues. He won't be held hostage by the chaotic demands of soldiers. As the saying goes, 'Commanding thousands of troops is not as good as commanding a great general.' If he's really wise, he'll still have to rely on us chairmen to help him manage the company! Haha! Let's just sit back and relax, and raise our own value!"

  Liheng Electronics CEO Wu De said it makes sense, indeed, commanding a thousand troops is not as good as commanding one general. However, he also forgot one point, that is, you, the commander-in-chief, must first make your soldiers regard you as the highest commander, your soldiers must firmly engrave your image in their hearts, otherwise, it will lead to the situation where "soldiers only know the general but not the commander", and the commander-in-chief can be controlled by the power of the generals under him.

  What is meant by "divide and conquer, self-reliance"? The situation where one only knows of vassal kings but not emperors is absolutely impossible in Longwang's line of sight. In fact, Longwang does not allow any arrogant generals or powerful warriors under his rule. Wu Teli still only half-understands the tip of the iceberg of Longwang's abilities. Would Longwang, who has been well-read in ancient books since childhood and has considerable research on military strategy, be as ignorant as Wu Teli thinks?

  Xue Zong once said that Long Bao is a dragon among men. However, it was Qian Lao who put it more accurately. Qian Lao had once spoken to Xue Zong in front of his wife's grave about the shape and form of a dragon, which symbolizes what kind of person can be called "a dragon among men". He must be as simple and honest as an ox, hardworking and diligent like a cow, bringing good fortune like a carp, having a broad vision and soaring high like an eagle, sharp-eyed and grasping like an eagle's talons, swift and decisive like a snake, not bound by conventional rules. He should have the gentleness of a deer, but also be vigilant and not let danger approach himself. He must have the ferocity and sharpness of a tiger's teeth, fighting to the death against his enemies. Most importantly, in his own domain, he must be able to bring rain and dew to the poor people!

  A dragon is something that cannot be approached, and must maintain its mystery. A commander with the character of a dragon must make his subordinates admire and fear him, only then can he truly reach the realm of power where his orders are carried out without delay, and he can do everything he wants to do without any hindrance.

  Long Bao's every move now determines the future of Li Heng Group, and to exaggerate, even determines the labor fate of all Li Heng employees. He is a dragon, an absolute true dragon, he has the ability to transform himself from a fleeing fish into a soaring dragon in the sky!

  In Chinese history, there have been great dragons like these. For example, the "Ancestor Dragon" Qin Shi Huang, who unified the Central Plains by swallowing up six states and sweeping across eight directions; the "Vagrant Divine Dragon" Liu Bang, who was still wandering aimlessly at nearly 40 years old but went on to establish the Great Han Empire at 55; the "Noble Dragon" Tang Taizong, who was wise and brave, good at accepting advice, had a broad vision, and was willing to kill his brothers and wipe out his enemies; the "First Female Dragon" Wu Zetian, who was cunning and ruthless, forcing her own son to death; the "Lonely and Eccentric Monk Dragon" Zhu Yuanzhang, who was diligent and thrifty in his early years but later became narrow-minded and sensitive, forcing his trusted generals to death; and the "Greatest Emperor Dragon of All Time" Kangxi Emperor, who ascended to the throne at 8 years old, took control of the government at 16, captured the traitor Wu Sangui, pacified the Three Feudatories, recovered Taiwan, resisted the Western invasion, unified the territory, was diligent in his studies, and managed the Qing Empire, which had been plagued by crises since the Ming-Qing transition, to become a vast and orderly land. These are the true dragons that have shone brightly throughout Chinese history.

  Long Bao is a dragon, in this era of crazy money and materialism, Long Bao takes a different path from those great dragons that have become history.

  Because he is a cursed dragon.

  Ox head, deer horn, python body, fish scales, carp whiskers, eagle claws and so on are combined to form the shape of a dragon, thus forming the totem of the dragon. The dragon is mysterious, and a dragon cursed by the heavens is even more mysterious.

  Long Jun is bold in making financial risk investments and daring to show off his skills in the financial market, which is a clear advantage over Qian Lao. Funds cannot be idle, Long Jun is optimistic about the world's financial markets in the second half of the year, so he will invest all the funds of the investment company into the stock market.

  After Long Bao finished handling the staff's living environment, he went straight to the grassroots level of the enterprise and entered the production line for inspection. Sometimes, he would eat and live in the enterprise, and occasionally ask ordinary employees on the production line about their basic situation and listen to their opinions on the enterprise. He would often take out the personnel department's roster and secretly collected materials to intentionally inspect some middle and lower-level management personnel's knowledge and abilities. He would suddenly enter the workshop at irregular intervals and conduct surprise inspections of the staff canteen, etc., making the entire group's management layer feel insecure, fearing that Long Bao would fire them, and they were all in a state of anxiety.

  Kang Dingzhuang, Zhou Qing and Kang Tie had been closely following Long Bao, not daring to relax in the slightest, highly vigilant in protecting Long Bao's personal safety. However, Long Bao was superhumanly energetic, able to walk non-stop day and night, stand continuously for five or six hours, chat with ordinary employees for one or two hours, endure hunger and thirst for several hours without drinking water, and even get out of bed at midnight to follow the patrolling security guards around the company. After nearly half a month of this regimen, even the strongest man couldn't hold up, and even Kang Dingzhuang, who had undergone rigorous training, was somewhat exhausted.

  Finally finished his own research, Long Bao slept soundly, he broke the rule of not getting up early and slept until 10 o'clock in the morning before getting out of bed. After finishing washing and dressing, he opened the door to see Zhou Qing and Kang Tie sitting on chairs dozing off, while Kang Dingzhuang was just standing up with eyes full of bloodshot.

  Long Bao smiled and nodded at Kang Dingzhuang, who had a hoarse throat and croaked: "Chairman Long, you haven't eaten breakfast yet, I didn't call you because you were sleeping so soundly, the food has all gone cold."

  At this time, Zhou Jing and Kang Tie, who were both dozing off, woke up with a start. They hastily stood up and respectfully called out: "Chairman Long."

  Seeing them like this, Long Bao felt a little uneasy in his heart. He picked up his chopsticks and said, "You've been following me for days, staying up late and running around, you must be tired. Have you eaten breakfast? Don't wait for me to eat, haha, anything is fine as long as you don't starve your own belly."

  Kangding Zhuang looked at Long Bao eating the cooled-down breakfast with gusto and apologetically said: "Chairman Long, isn't it not good to eat when it's cold? Should I heat it up in the microwave for you? I fell asleep earlier and forgot to ask Liu Shifu to make another serving!"

  "No need, no need. In university, I couldn't even afford to eat what I wanted! You don't know, back then I was growing and always hungry. As long as it was edible, who cared if it was hot or cold? We were so poor that I almost wanted to pick up the leftover food my classmates threw away. Luckily, I got a job at a restaurant and finally had enough to eat. Sometimes, I'd even get to taste the customers' leftovers while cleaning! The boss and head chef were kind to me and let me eat freely, but I was too embarrassed to eat too much, afraid of scaring them off. It's not like now where I can just think about what I want to eat and go for it. Haha!"

  Kang Dingzhuang and Zhou Jingkang exchanged a glance, somewhat puzzled: What's going on today? Why is Long Bao so happy? For the past month, Long Bao had been keeping a straight face without a hint of a smile, let alone speaking so much to them! What was the reason for this? Was it just because he had slept in late?

  Kang Dingzhuang thought that Long Bao's performance today was a bit suspicious, so he carefully said: "Chairman Long, I've been wanting to give you some advice for a long time. You see, this month you've been eating the employees' living allowance, refusing the wine and dine invitations from corporate bosses, sleeping and resting without a fixed schedule, and not choosing the right occasion. Honestly, which big shot of a group company would do that? Would any other boss stay in the company for a whole month like you? You look more like a battalion commander who endures hardships and struggles in a field army!"

  "Haha, business is like a battlefield. I'd love to train Li Heng's employees into a guerrilla army, but unfortunately, I don't have that skill. For the next two days, I'll be staying at headquarters and won't go anywhere. Consider it a two-day holiday for you all, take a good rest!"

  Kangding Zhuang thought he had gone too far and also thought that Longbiao had misunderstood his request for rest, so he hastily explained: "Chairman Long, we didn't mean it that way. You've been carrying such a heavy burden on your shoulders without ever complaining or saying you're tired. If we feel tired, wouldn't our colleagues laugh at us? Don't change the original plan because of us. We all come from the troops and can handle emergency drills and training. It's nothing!"

  Zhou Gong Kang Tie hurriedly responded, Long Bao smiled and wiped his mouth with a tissue, saying: "Hehe, the investigation is already done, you all go to sleep for now, tomorrow I'll give you another task, how's that? Don't worry, I'm staying at headquarters, not going anywhere, hehe."

  After being convinced that Long Bao had really arranged the schedule, Kang Ding Zhuang and his entourage finally felt at ease and went to the adjacent rest room to make up for their sleep. Long Bao got up and walked towards his own chairman's office, he had a few big things to do today.

  This office has been kept almost the same as when Jin Zong was in charge, the only difference being that a portrait of Qian Lao hangs on the back of the chairman's chair. This portrait is slightly different from the one in the conference room; the one in the conference room shows Qian Lao with a kind and benevolent expression, while this one looks stern and solemn.

  Long Bao had just sat down on the sofa when Tian Junyao, the newly promoted general manager's secretary, respectfully presented a cup of hot tea and handed over two file folders before quietly retreating. These were all documents that required Long Bao's review and approval. In recent days, aside from some urgent matters that needed immediate attention, Long Bao had accumulated quite a few non-urgent files that he hadn't gotten around to processing yet.

  He took out his pen and carefully reviewed it from time to time, making some circles and corrections.

  Long Bao's speed was very fast, and before 12 o'clock in the afternoon, he had already reviewed these documents. He simply picked up the file folder and walked towards Tian Junyao who was waiting in the next room. After putting down the file folder in front of her, he asked: "Secretary Tian, has there been any special situation during this period?"

  Tian Junyao stood up straight, opened the notebook in his hand and replied in a sweet and crisp tone: "The situation ahead has been reported to you, this is the situation for the past four days. There is an invitation from the chairman of Boyuan Enterprise to play golf at Olan on September 17th at 2 pm, and an invitation from the president of Xinhua Paper Industry to attend a dinner party on the evening of September 17th..."

  Before she finished speaking, Long Bao waved his hand and said, "Don't listen to these! Haven't I already instructed you before? Whatever recreational dinner parties, you push them all away for me. Pick the important ones for me!"

  "Tian Junyao hastily said: "Sorry, Chairman Long! On September 19th at 10 am, Mr. Yamaki, the vice president of a major Japanese corporation, will come to visit you at the group and discuss cooperation matters with you."

  Long Bao thought for a moment and said: "Does Zhu Zongcai of Mechanical Heavy Industry know about this?"

  Tian Junyao hastily replied: "I've already reported to General Manager Zhu, and he said that as the group's CEO, you should oversee this major project personally."

  Long Bao's eyebrows furrowed slightly, he didn't have a good impression of Zhu Ben Tong. This Zhu Ben Tong relied on being Qian Lao's former favorite general, although his words were respectful in front of him, his eyes were very disdainful. He had long planned to move him out and replace him with Zhao Siwen.

  Tian Junyao continued to report a few more things, and finally she hesitated and said: "Chairman Long, there is a Mr. Liu who claims to be your elementary school and middle school teacher calling from your hometown..."

  It's Liu Laizhongyi's son, Teacher Liu! Longbiao immediately asked: "What did he say?"

  "He said that the folks back in your hometown have already heard about you becoming the chairman and CEO of the group, and they're all very happy. He also mentioned that this year, your hometown has been hit by a severe drought that hasn't happened in a hundred years, and many of the crops have withered and died. They hope you can find some time to go back and take a look. He knows you're busy, but if you really can't make it, just give them a call - they all miss you very much. And he said that the water in the Zi River has almost dried up, and your old family home has already collapsed. If you need any repairs done, just let him know and he'll help take care of it. (Her voice suddenly dropped to a whisper) Also... also... he said that the weeds on your ancestors' graves have grown very deep, and they hope you can come back and tidy up their tombstones."

  Tian Junyao felt a deep-seated sense of awe for this leader who was younger than herself. She thought he was an unsolvable mystery, and as she looked at Long Biao standing there with a somewhat wooden expression, his slightly worn and stern face showed no hint of a smile, his eyes distant and empty, her heart involuntarily tightened, worried that her report would stir up trouble, so she hesitantly ventured to say: "Chairman Long..."

  Long Bao, who was immersed in memories of the past, shook his head and turned his face away to scan the room, wiping his hands as he walked around her, saying: "What else did he say?"

  Tian Junyao caught a whiff of the faint scent emanating from Long Bupo's body as he brushed past, and it seemed to smell incredibly good. She couldn't help but feel her mind wander, and for a moment, she forgot to respond.

  Long Bao nodded slightly, hinting that Tian Junyao should answer his question quickly. Tian Junyao's heart skipped a beat as he hastily replied, "N-nothing, Chairman Long."

  Long Bao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned to look at Tian Junyao. Tian Junyao didn't dare meet his gaze, moving her eyes that should have been looking straight at Long Bao with respect to his chest instead. After a pause of one second, Long Bao said: "Secretary Tian, you used to be in charge of personnel work. Putting you in this position is a test and trust in your working ability. You need to familiarize yourself with the business as soon as possible."

  Tian Junyao knew that she was able to continue working at the shoe company, which had already changed hands, and was even promoted from an ordinary employee in the personnel department of the group headquarters to a secretary of the president, with her salary increasing to 8,000 yuan per month. This was all thanks to Long Bao's efforts, who clearly wanted to repay her kindness from years ago. Finding a job is difficult now, and the competition is fierce, not to mention such high treatment. Long Bao helped her avoid the hardships of job hunting.

  She felt that Long Biao's two sentences of light and casual words were like two slaps in the face, burning pain!