Get something in the courtyard

Chapter 1531 Promotion
With the two old men taking the lead, how could the other people in the yard fall behind? They all started to build temporary houses.

With Wang Kun's markings, the houses they built were relatively well-proportioned. But they were only okay, far inferior to the spacious yard they had before.

The only thing here in the Central Courtyard is that it remains the same as before, with no one building any houses there.

No one knew who started it, but many people followed suit and built houses. By the time the subdistrict office wanted to take charge of the matter, it was already too late.

Tian Youfu and his friends also built a few small houses outside. They were not big, and they just moved their kitchens into the houses.

Seeing this, Ran Qiuye asked, "Did you know that they could build it?"

Wang Kun smiled and said, "Isn't this normal? Who would complain about having too few houses?"

"Should we build our own house?"

Wang Kun shook his head: "We have enough room to live in, so there's no need to get involved."

Sooner or later they would have to move out of the courtyard house, so there was no need for Wang Kun to build a temporary house. If he built a house, some people would say that Wang Kun, a security chief, was building a house, so why shouldn't they be allowed to build one?

Wang Kun ignored him, but Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he stayed in bed for several days. The people in the courtyard had bigger houses, fewer conflicts at home, and the family was harmonious, so there was no room for him to play.

Especially Liu Haizhong's two sons, when they heard that Liu Haizhong had built the house, they immediately moved back shamelessly. Although they made Liu Haizhong very angry when they were fighting for the house, they were still respectful to Liu Haizhong after moving in.

Originally, he could still talk to Liu Haizhong about his child's unfilial behavior, but now he couldn't continue the conversation.

The miscellaneous affairs in the hospital did not affect Wang Kun. Since Li Huaide left, the position of deputy director, which had been vacant for a long time, finally had a result.

This person was somewhat unexpected, it turned out to be Ding Guangnan.

When Wang Kun heard the news, he was also stunned. He never thought that after all these twists and turns, Ding Guangnan actually came back again.

"Wang Kun, we haven't seen each other for ten years. My father-in-law would like to thank you."

Wang Kun said politely: "You're welcome. I really didn't contribute much over there."

Ding Guangnan shook his head: "Don't be so modest. My father-in-law told me that Uncle Li often had people secretly send medicinal wine to our house. If it weren't for your medicinal wine, the old man might not have been able to hold on."

"That's all I can do. Please forgive me."

The current situation of the steel mill is that Yang Wanqing is in charge of both the party and government affairs in the mill. After Li Huaide left, the position of the committee director also fell to Yang Wanqing.

Ding Guangnan came here, and his current position is the No. 1 deputy director of the steel mill and deputy director of the committee. Judging from this posture, he is here to take over the position of director Yang Wanqing.

Wang Kun knew that Ding Guangnan had asked him to come over not just to thank him, but to learn about the situation in the factory. He did not hide anything and told Ding Guangnan everything.

Ding Guangnan said with emotion: "Li Huaide is indeed smart. He didn't do anything too outrageous in the factory."

Wang Kun had to admire Li Huaide for this. He had fought fiercely with Yang Wanqing for power, but in the end he did not do anything to Yang Wanqing, and when he left, he was also decent.

However, Li Huaide's subordinates were in trouble. Yang Wanqing was ruthless towards those people. Those who relied on currying favor with Li Huaide to get to power were punished one by one.

The Security Department is no exception.

Dong Yongxu gave up his position as director of the steel mill's security department last year, and Xue Tao finally became the director. Unfortunately, he only served for a year before stepping down.

Ding Guangnan said, "There are also changes in your Security Department. Director Xue is in poor health and has applied for early retirement. Director Yang and I have agreed that the Security Department will be handed over to you in the future."

Wang Kun would naturally not refuse a promotion. Wang Kun had already guessed that Xue Tao would retire. Over the years, Xue Tao led the Security Department and did a lot of things for Li Huaide, offending a lot of people. Those people have turned over now, and they will definitely not let him go.

However, Wang Kun did not think that the position of director would be his. He had a good relationship with Yang Wanqing, but he was not his confidant. Yang Wanqing would not give him such an important position in the Security Department.

The reason why this pie fell into his lap was probably because Ding Guangnan had fought for it for him.

When Wang Kun got home, he told Ran Qiuye the news. Ran Qiuye was also happy for Wang Kun: "This is great news. We should celebrate."

"It hasn't been announced yet, so don't tell anyone yet."

Ran Qiuye nodded. She also knew that telling it now would have an impact on Wang Kun.

Xueer asked, "Brother, is this the Uncle Ding we met when we first came to BJ?"

"Xue'er, do you still remember?"

Xueer nodded: "Of course I remember, he was the one who bought your tricycle ticket."

"He also talked about you. When there's a chance, I'll take you to meet him."

Two days later, Wang Kun was announced as the director. The factory workers were not too surprised, but many factory cadres were very dissatisfied. Especially those in Yang Wanqing's department, many of them had their eyes on this position.

The director of the security department was considered a high-level leader in the factory. They were naturally not happy that Wang Kun had gotten the job for no reason. Those who later entered the steel mill and relied on their backgrounds came to Yang Wanqing one after another.

Yang Wanqing scolded those people severely. He was naturally reluctant to hand over the Security Department to Ding Guangnan. But there was no other way. The purpose of transferring Ding Guangnan here was to take over his position. He was about to retire, so there was no need to have a conflict with Ding Guangnan over such a matter.

The news that Wang Kun became an official spread to the courtyard, which naturally caused a lot of discussion. Yan Bugui wanted Wang Kun to treat him to a meal, while Yi Zhonghai complained that God was unfair.

Liu Haizhong, on the other hand, did not react and placed his hopes on his eldest son.

"Xu Damao, how is the situation with our Guangqi going?"

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have already passed on the message for you, and there will be a letter soon. Second uncle, after running this trip for Brother Guangqi, I realized that our work in the steel mill was in vain."

"What's wrong?" Liu Haizhong asked in confusion.

"We are both in the same boat, and I will not hide it from you. Back then, we thought we were high-ranking cadres, but in fact, we were not. We were just small workers. Only people like Brother Guangqi and Wang Kun are cadres and are under the jurisdiction of the Organization Department.

Look, now that Wang Kun has become an official, the court might bring up what happened between us again."

Liu Haizhong suddenly realized: "So that's what happened. I thought Wang Kun looked down on us back then. Forget it, I'm retired now, there's no point thinking about that. I don't want to think about anything now, I just want to transfer my son back."

Xu Damao saw this and had no other options. He knew very well that provoking Liu Haizhong would only cause trouble for Wang Kun, and he would not be able to do anything about Wang Kun.

After thinking about it, he thought he might as well take the opportunity to win over Liu Haizhong: "Second Uncle, I didn't mean anything else by saying that. I just wanted to remind you not to be used by the First Uncle and the Third Uncle.

Wang Kun's position is much higher than your eldest son's. Although they are not in the same unit, there are always ways for them to help each other."

Liu Haizhong was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "You are right to remind us. We should let Guangqi and Wang Kun walk more often. When I was taking a walk, Lao Yan came to me and wanted Wang Kun to treat us. If it weren't for you, I would have agreed to him. Damao, let's keep in touch in the future."

"Of course not. We live next door to each other, so we must help each other."

(End of this chapter)