1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 282 As expected, he is worthy of being the boss, so loyal!

In a wilderness about five kilometers away from Linyi County, there stand several rows of brick houses surrounded by walls, somewhat abruptly.

"Da~!"

"Da da da~!"

After the sporadic gunshots stopped, Yang Mo got up from the ground and rubbed his shoulders with a grin. He pulled out the magazine of his Type 81 rifle with a bit of unfamiliarity and looked at it. Then he ran to the back and, under the guidance of a staff member, changed his gun and continued to load bullets with great interest.

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For male creatures in the north, huge ships and cannons are the ultimate romance for men.

Compared to weapons, luxury cars, beautiful women, famous watches, jewelry, etc. are all weak.

In this era, although material life is far inferior to that of later generations, and information and entertainment are even more pitifully poor, there is only one good thing... In this era, even if you are not serving in the army, it is not difficult to get access to a variety of light and heavy weapons.

In fact, the place where Yang Mo is located is one of the former martial arts training grounds of Linyi Petrochemical Plant... However, after entering the 1980s, it was transferred to Linyi County.

Don’t be fooled by the dozens of weapons on the tables in the back row, including the Type 56 rifle, Type 56 black star, Type 79 submachine gun, Type 67 light machine gun, Type sniper rifle, Type wooden-handled grenade, etc., which look very intimidating, and there are even antiques like the Type rifle and Czech machine gun.

But in fact, these are just small things, and the real big things have not been brought out at all.

Apart from anything else, in the 1970s, even the female workers at the Linyi Petrochemical Plant had to be brought here every month to practice how to operate anti-aircraft machine guns. You can imagine what the male employees practiced... If this happened in later generations, can you imagine it?
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He fired five more shots at the Type 79 sniper rifle, which looked extremely similar to the Russian SVD. He felt like his shoulder socket was going to be broken. Yang Mo smiled bitterly, then removed the magazine according to the operating regulations, pulled the bolt, and after looking reluctantly at the magazine which still had half of the bullets left, he climbed up from the felt cloth.

"Tsk tsk, boss, your shooting skills are terrible. You used a 100x scope to shoot at a 12-meter target, but you only hit out of five shots... If you really go to the battlefield, wouldn't that be a gift to the enemy?"

The fat boy Zhang Jun put down the telescope, shook his head with a look of regret on his face and walked over, his tone full of ridicule.

Seeing Yang Mo's dark face, he quickly coughed, then said attentively: "Um... Boss, do you want someone to drag out the 56 anti-aircraft gun for you to shoot a few times? That thing has four tubes, it will definitely suit you!"

After hearing this, Yang Mo's face turned even darker. Are you mocking my casual shooting skills?
He rubbed his swollen shoulder socket and glared at him fiercely: "Sure, as long as you are willing to be a target, I will give you this face even if my shoulder is completely broken, and go and shoot a few more rounds!"

The little fat boy laughed, patted Yang Mo's shoulder, which was a little inconvenient to move, and then tilted his head and shouted: "Master Su, stop playing, the mutton is almost ready, why don't you drive us to dinner as the host!?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu responded, then adjusted the gear and fired all the bullets from the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in his hand. Then he jumped up from the ground, patted his knees, and ran over without even picking up the gun.

Ok……

That's right, in fact, Yang Mo and the fat man could come here and play with guns unscrupulously, and even drag out anti-aircraft machine guns to satisfy their desire, all thanks to Su Yu's warrant... Otherwise, even if the people of Qi and Lu were still full of martial arts at this time, they could at most go to some villages to play with Czech or Type 79 rifles, but forget about Type 56 sniper rifles and Type semi-automatic rifles.

As for why Su Yu, a second-generation kid, was able to get the warrant that even his uncle might not be able to get, and let Yang Mo and Zhang Jun, two "unrelated persons", come here to make trouble... guess?
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The place for eating and drinking was not in the training ground, but in a pretty good-looking yard on the edge of the county town... It was only about one kilometer away from the Nanguan Children's Palace in the county town.

We entered a house that had a sense of history but still looked a bit simple. A not-so-big lamb had been roasted and placed on the table. Under the wire mesh, there were two charcoal stoves placed considerately. There was not much charcoal in it and the fire was well controlled. The outside was covered with a thick layer of silver-gray, which could maintain the temperature but would not burn the lamb.

Glancing at the large charcoal basins placed in the corner of the room, Yang Mo felt the temperature in the room, then raised his hand with some difficulty, trying to unbutton his rustic military coat... No matter whether it was an Type 79 rifle or a Type sniper rifle, the recoil was not exaggerated. Even with the careful guidance of the staff, after a whole morning of shooting, his weak right shoulder was almost broken.

He had just unbuttoned the first button of his collar when suddenly a white and tender hand reached out from the side and gently helped him unbutton the rest of the buttons.

Yang Mo looked up. Although his impression of the pretty face was a little blurry, his domineering figure that even a down jacket couldn't hide was not unfamiliar.

This is……

The girl I met last time at the Linpan Guesthouse?
Yang Mo looked at the little fat man not far away with a little surprise, and then he realized that the moment he looked up, two girls with pretty looks followed him in, and then skillfully helped Zhang Jun and Su Yu take off their coats.

Seeing Yang Mo looking at him, the fat man whistled with a little pride: "Boss, how about it, brother, I am quite nice... They are all girls from a small guesthouse, and the service level is this!"

Seeing Zhang Jun's thumbs up, Yang Mo's forehead suddenly darkened.

Of course he knew what this guy meant, and he also knew why he called these three girls out.

Yang Mo is not a gentleman. After his divorce in his previous life, he often found someone to hang out with for a night when he was bored and lonely... But now it's not even 1990 yet, and he has become a section chief. He calls these girls out in broad daylight to drink with them. Isn't this getting him into trouble?

Seeing Yang Mo's expression was not right, Zhang Jun waved his hand nonchalantly: "Boss, don't worry, these waiters are very tight-lipped... Today they were transferred here in the name of emergency reception to serve the VIPs, and they all followed the formal procedures... In fact, even this morning's breakfast and lunch were all in the formal procedures... In short, they won't cause you any trouble!"

The fat guy's words are very insightful. For the same thing, whether you are treated by the government or you run out to fool around on your own, the nature and consequences are two different things... With formal procedures, the unit will provide a guarantee; no one would be stupid enough to make a fuss about such things. Even if there are some righteous people who are short-sighted enough to report it, the most they will do is let it go.

"Entertaining distinguished guests?"

Yang Mo frowned, pointed at his nose, and looked at the two idiots suspiciously: "Me?"

As soon as they left the drilling company, Su Yu, who no longer needed to put on a show in front of his boss, tore off the mask of a stuffy man, frivolously pinched the waiter's face, turned around and looked at Yang Mo strangely: "Of course, boss... You don't think that everyone has the qualifications to run to the shooting range under the county armed forces department and shoot around with a gun, right?"

As he said this, he sighed with some regret: "What a pity, I originally wanted to take you to pull two blasting tubes, but now... since you have come out, the deputy warrant can't be used a second time."

As one of the four major military regions in China, leaving aside the regular troops, the number of militiamen in Qilu alone exceeded three million in the 1970s, so there are many good things to play with in the shooting range here... In other words, the three of them went to a small shooting range today. If they went to a large shooting range, maybe they could drive out the old model tanks and fire a few shots.

Seeing Yang Mo still standing there suspiciously, the little fat man sighed speechlessly: "Hey, hey, hey, boss, you don't know your own weight now, do you?"

After pressing Yang Mo to his seat, Zhang Jun found a cigarette and handed it to him, then took out a lighter and lit it for him: "Boss, I guess you've been busy in the office every day recently... You probably don't know how much of a sensation the joint venture projects you have signed have caused, right?"

Joint venture project?

Yang Mo looked at this guy thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Zhang Jun gestured, and immediately, his delicate little hand touched Yang Mo's slightly swollen shoulder, and then gently rubbed it through his sweater.

Seeing Yang Mo grinning for a while and then gradually showing a relaxed expression on his face, the little fat man continued: "Sino-Japanese joint venture pharmaceutical factory, Sino-Japanese joint venture GAP planting management company, Sino-Japanese joint venture seedling company, Sino-Japanese joint venture pharmaceutical import and export trading company, Sino-Japanese joint venture special materials transportation company, Sino-French joint venture cosmetics company, Sino-Egyptian joint venture food production company, Sino-Malaysian joint venture pharmaceutical factory..."

"There are more than seven joint ventures in which you, the boss, have directly participated, and more than 7 core enterprises will start construction next year."

Zhang Jun sighed with a complicated expression, "Let's not talk about the downstream projects and local supporting enterprises derived from these joint ventures. For these 11 core enterprises alone, the planned foreign investment exceeds 2.2 million US dollars, and the planned number of employees exceeds 2!"

Glancing at Yang Mo with awe, the little fat man sighed, "US$2.2 million in foreign investment... Boss, do you know how scary this number is?!"

Ok……

Is $2.2 million scary?
Yang Mo was a little confused.

Although he knew that China was facing a severe shortage of foreign exchange and that "effective foreign investment" was a very important assessment indicator for local authorities, he really didn't think it was worth making a fuss about.

For him, who was accustomed to seeing foreign capital retention data of tens of billions or hundreds of billions of dollars in later generations, although 2.2 million US dollars is definitely not a small number, it is far from scary... You have to know that unlike other units, the oil system is not only one of the systems closest to foreign exchange, but also one of the systems in the country that is least short of money.

Seeing Yang Mo's look, Zhang Jun couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although this boss of his is as powerful as a thousand-year-old fox in many aspects, in other aspects, he is as immature as an ordinary person of the same age.

Please understand clearly that all major state-owned enterprises, especially those in the oil sector, are burdened with the task of earning foreign exchange, okay?

Oil itself is a strategic material that is in short supply in the country. Although it can indeed earn foreign exchange, if you earn foreign exchange just for the sake of earning foreign exchange, you will suffer a great loss... and the leadership and decision-making power in such matters do not actually lie with the enterprises.

In fact, in terms of the current environment and industrial capabilities, although oil is one of the industries closest to foreign exchange, the difficulty of each unit in earning foreign exchange on its own is even greater than that of the military industry, which is known to be "a major foreign exchange earner with difficulty"... According to the gossip heard by the fat man's father, the superior authority of the oil system is seeking to contact a certain old oil unit in the UK, wanting to jointly develop China's offshore oil fields. Although this is mainly to seek to expand the ice-breaking effect and there are other considerations, it is also for the purpose of earning foreign exchange. It can be seen that it is difficult for each unit under the oil system to earn foreign exchange.

Therefore, relying on the tertiary industry projects, the drilling company successfully introduced an investment of 2.2 million US dollars in just one month. This is a very explosive amount even on a national scale, not to mention the impact on the entire oil system.

As a subsidiary unit of Qilu Oilfield, even though Linpan Oilfield is just a production unit, it still has the task of earning foreign exchange assigned to it. This has always been the biggest headache for their top management in previous years, but this year, it has become extremely difficult… Although given the objective situation, they will not be overly punished even if they fail to meet the foreign exchange earning target, but it is undoubtedly a dream to think of making progress.

It is precisely because of this that the Linpan Oilfield cares so much about Section Chief Yang Mo that they don't even mind taking a small risk and sending waiters from their own small guesthouse to entertain VIPs.

As I said, if it does not concern them, they will not care about it, but if it involves their own interests, they will definitely not be stingy in treating you with the most enthusiastic attitude.

In fact, the fat man had wronged Yang Mo. He was a loser in his previous life. After working in a drilling company for five or six years, he was just a small clerk doing odd jobs in an office department. How could he have access to these things?
As for this life, although he became a section chief, perhaps because Miss Mu had been involved in this work early on, Wang Yinuo, Zhang Wenshun and others had never specifically mentioned the issue of earning foreign exchange. Therefore, he still didn't know that all units in the oil system were under the task of earning foreign exchange at this time.

After briefly explaining the relationship, Zhang Jun and Zhang Jianjun shrugged their shoulders and said, "In short, you are a favorite of our leaders now. Anyway, I came here today with a mission to see if I can ask you to help me with my work next year and introduce a few joint venture projects to us... According to the latest news, under the influence of Sankyo Co., Ltd., three companies from the Asemin Chamber of Commerce in the island country have submitted applications for non-governmental exchange visits to us."

Eh?
Sankyo Co., Ltd. acted very quickly. Why didn't I hear any news about it?
Yang Mo shifted his gaze to Su Yu with some surprise.

As a result, when he turned his head, the girl behind him didn't know if she misunderstood something, but she pressed lightly, and his head immediately sank into a flexible position. Yang Mo glanced at it with his peripheral vision, and couldn't help but feel dry in the mouth... I don't know when, the girl behind him actually took off her down jacket, and under the white thin sweater, her figure made people want to turn into a werewolf on the spot.

Seeing Yang Mo looking at her sideways, the girl smiled shyly, but her hands did not stop moving. She continued to rub his injured shoulder. The push and pull made Yang Mo enjoy the pleasure.

Su Yu saw the watery look in the girl's eyes and her willingness to offer tofu, but he was not surprised at all.

Although the boss's appearance is only slightly handsome, he is actually better than more than 90% of people. He is the type that becomes more attractive the more you look at him. In addition, he has become a powerful section-level cadre at a young age and has a bright future. After a few years of experience, he will easily cross the threshold of the director level.

Such a rare and rich son-in-law, even a beauty like Miss Mu would be fond of him, let alone such a little waiter who is not even a formal employee?
Even if Yang Mo couldn't possibly date this girl, but even if they just had sex, his boss would always be much better than those old guys who were hard everywhere except for one part, right?
Thinking of this, Su Yu, who was full of his dandy nature, patted the girl's buttocks and motioned her to bring the knife and fork over. Then he stopped her from moving and cut a piece of lamb neck meat himself and put it on Yang Mo's plate. "Boss, the three companies from the Asemin Chamber of Commerce actually just submitted their applications. The province hasn't made an official reply yet. It's just that the higher-ups called the county the day before yesterday to verify the situation, and my uncle and his friends learned about it from Magistrate Ma."

As he spoke, knowing that Yang Mo didn't like drinking, he poured a cup of tea over and said, "In fact, it's not just the Linpan Oilfield that cares about you, the county has taken you to a new level... Well, although we have always valued our relationship with you, this time is different. Not only my uncle and his family, but even Magistrate Ma has emphasized more than once in private that we must maintain a good relationship with you as much as possible... Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get the warrant today."

Yang Mo just smiled when he heard this: "This is normal. After all, I have contributed a little to the vegetable basket project of Linyi County. County Magistrate Ma is just talking nonsense. Don't take it seriously."

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Boss, why do you have to pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth? This warrant is used as a favor to entertain you. Do you think that's what the county said?"

Su Yu sat back in his seat, and then he put the girl beside him on his lap without hesitation: "Let's not talk about anything else. The eleven joint ventures that have already selected sites and are preparing to start construction in the spring, just the employment aspect alone is a big piece of fat meat that makes people jealous, right?"

"The planned employment number is over 20,000! Even if you need to give priority to the employment of the families of the drilling company's employees, and even if you are willing to let the Linpan Oilfield take a share of the profits, there are still at least 8,000 to 10,000 employees that can be vacated, right?"

"Tsk tsk, that's a joint venture with generous benefits and so many job openings. Can't you see the value in it, boss?"

Yang Mo naturally knew what this guy meant.

As we all know, China is a society based on personal relationships. Every family has a lot of poor relatives, and there is never a shortage of people with connections in various places.

In previous years, local state-owned enterprises and even central enterprises were good places for these people with connections to work; but this year it is no longer the case. Central enterprises may still be able to guarantee profits, but most local state-owned enterprises are having a harder time day by day.

Therefore, under such circumstances, how to maintain the personal relationships between each other and how to accommodate those relatives who are increasingly dissatisfied with their current jobs has become a very delicate and extremely important matter.

Just like in a drilling company, whoever can effectively solve the employment problems of employees' families will have another invisible but effective voice; at the local level, whoever can "effectively" arrange those households with complex causal relationships will be able to gain more initiative... This is a second battlefield between the tangible and the intangible, which has a non-negligible weight for certain groups.

Obviously, in this era, placing people into joint ventures is not the best choice, and some people with great potential are not suitable to be placed in joint ventures, but for those people with connections at the middle and grassroots levels, this destination is a good choice.

In short, the joint venture projects invested by Yang Mo and the more than 20,000 jobs are a big cake that can not only produce superficial results but also fill the inner space for the competent authorities of Linyi County. Its value is much greater than ordinary people think.

After thinking it over in his mind, Yang Mo smiled and said, "These enterprises are very useful. Besides, the Sino-French, Sino-Malaysian and Sino-Egyptian joint ventures are fine, but the Sino-Japanese joint ventures may not be so easy to work for... How about reserving 100 less busy positions for your uncle?"

He did not mention the Linpan Oilfield. The demands of central enterprises are different from those of local governments. Their first priority is to solve the employment problems of employees' families. These enterprises are not places for people to retire. Therefore, it is not appropriate to discuss the number of employees before the preliminary screening and evaluation.

Su Yu looked aggrieved when he heard this: "Boss, there are only 100 positions... How dare you say that? How can I explain to my uncle when I go back? You should at least give me to positions!"

Yang Mo rolled his eyes: "Seven or eight hundred? Why don't you just go and rob it!?"

As he spoke, he looked at Su Yu earnestly and said, "Old Su, don't just focus on the present when doing things, look back!"

"I have big plans for these joint ventures. I really don't want to turn them into one-time deals because of personal feelings... The example of the Imperial Capital Jeep Factory is enough to serve as a warning. I don't want these joint ventures to follow the old path of the Imperial Capital Jeep!"

As the first major project of cooperation between China and the United States in the 1980s and also the largest project, there are countless details worth learning from during the years when the Imperial Capital Jeep was pushed forward with difficulty... Among them, the most complained by the US side, and the most embarrassing point for the Chinese people, is the laxity and inefficiency shown by the Chinese workers in their work.

Although at first glance this point does not necessarily seem to have any connection with the issue of people with connections, anyone with a little social experience knows that most people with connections are actually like rotten apples, and they are unlikely to enter the grassroots level. Therefore, as long as the number of people with connections in a unit reaches a certain scale, under their drive and influence, a lax atmosphere will inevitably spread in the enterprise.

Su Yu felt a little embarrassed when he heard Yang Mo use the Capital Jeep as a negative example.

After spending nearly a year with Yang Mo, he still didn't quite understand what Yang Mo wanted, but he could clearly see how persistent and domineering Yang Mo was on certain matters... Yang Mo, who was just a deputy section-level cadre at the beginning, even went against Vice President Feng in order to keep the initiative; if he continued to pester about the employment quota, it was hard to say whether they could even become brothers.

But the problem is...

It’s difficult for him too!

His uncle once talked to him and briefly summarized the situation over there. Basically, with the smooth start of the vegetable basket project, Magistrate Ma's side became more and more powerful, while his uncle's side gradually became passive. If they cannot take advantage of the upcoming start of these joint ventures to provide enough positions to "stabilize the morale", in a year or two at most, they will not be qualified to compete with Magistrate Ma... The vegetable basket project is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Not to mention that it has enough initiative in terms of positioning, in this process, there are also countless invisible collateral benefits. Therefore, as long as Magistrate Ma is not stupid, he can definitely use this favorable wind to roll out more and more advantages in the future game.

If these projects are joint ventures introduced by Linyi County itself, then there will naturally be no problem with the arrangement of positions... In fact, when foreign-funded enterprises invest and build factories in China, they will tacitly allow the other party to place some of their relatives in the company.

However, these joint venture projects were introduced by the drilling company, a central enterprise, so Linyi County has no say in this area.

Although the county can use land, tax policies and other conditions as bargaining chips to negotiate exchange conditions with the drilling company, not only will the number of places that can be exchanged be small, the drilling company can also completely ignore them... Don't forget, the 4 villages that the drilling company has invested in are scattered across 21 urban areas and a total of counties. Not only can they choose those counties as the location for the joint venture projects, but those counties will also definitely welcome them with drums and gongs to invest and build factories.

Therefore, Yang Mo's attitude is the key to everything... As everyone knows, whenever it comes to investment or tertiary industry projects, this guy has unparalleled authority in the drilling company. Whenever he makes a decision in this area, or gives his own opinions, even Wang Yinuo, the top leader, does not have enough confidence to raise objections.

Besides, who doesn’t know that Wang Yinuo has been going to Yang Mo’s house every night during this period?

Under such circumstances, it would be strange if Wang Yinuo would use his power as general manager to reject this guy's proposal in this regard!

Seeing the deep disappointment and confusion on Su Yu's face, Yang Mo laughed: "Old Su, I think you shouldn't always look at this matter with the old perspective!"

"Although due to some considerations, I am unlikely to release more positions for you to place people with connections; but..."

"Why don't we think about it from a different perspective and let those with connections compete for jobs themselves?"

Competition for jobs?

Su Yu was stunned. He had never thought about this question before. He and Zhang Jun, who had also never thought about this question, looked at each other in confusion.

Seeing this, Yang Mo laughed: "Old Su, you are a relative of the family. Don't you realize that as long as you know how to discover your own strengths and have a correct attitude, there are actually many relatives who are far more valuable than ordinary employees?"

"Joint ventures are different from state-owned enterprises. They pursue efficiency and personal value rather than unity... or even no unity at all;"

"Therefore, as long as you can prove that you are valuable, they will never reject you just because you have connections. Not only that, these people with connections can also get much higher salaries and positions than ordinary employees... As long as there is positive feedback and a win-win situation of money and personal value, do you think those people with connections and the people behind them will be unhappy?"

Yang Mo wasn't actually trying to fool anyone.

Although most of the connections are useless people with no education, no ability, and lazy character, there are still many talents among them who, although their academic qualifications do not meet the requirements, have abilities and potential in certain aspects that are worth exploring.

Take Su Yu for example. Although he only has a secondary technical school degree, he is very good at handling small-scale local relations between workers and peasants, as well as mid-level and grassroots public relations and reception... Although this is mainly due to his family background and the influence of his past, you have to admit that this is indeed a kind of ability.

Similarly, there are many people with connections who actually have strengths in one area or another, but in those state-owned enterprises that focus on production, as ordinary employees, they have no room to display these abilities due to the limitations of departmental functions or problems with internal corporate values. In addition, these people generally have shortcomings in their personalities, so they become waste and bad apples in the eyes of others.

But joint ventures are different. When they enter China, they need talents in all aspects, from skilled production workers to public relations talents, to publicity and management talents. Almost every aspect requires experienced or potential local talents to assist. Therefore, many people with connections who seem useless in ordinary state-owned enterprises may very likely achieve very good results by changing to another platform... At the very least, it is definitely more satisfying than staying in a state-owned enterprise.

Just as everyone in later generations knows, academic qualifications do not equal ability, and everyone actually has abilities that have not been discovered or recognized by people around them, but as long as the environment is changed, it is very likely that there is an undiscovered treasure... In fact, without any stance, the better the family conditions and the more complex the surrounding environment, the easier it is for the potential abilities to be tapped into for commercial value.

After explaining the reasoning, Yang Mo smiled meaningfully: "It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. No one in this world wants to see their children and relatives become useless people... For those people behind the connections, if you can cultivate these relatives who give them trouble, their gratitude to you will be far more than just arranging a job with a good salary for them to live on."

As he spoke, Yang Mo, who was a little irritated by the touch on the back of his head, indulged himself by completely sinking his head into the softness: "So... you know what the biggest advantage of you local people is, right?"

"Haha, under the seemingly fair competition mechanism, when it comes to understanding the potential of those people with connections, County Magistrate Ma can't compare with you."

At this point, Yang Mo looked at Su Yu meaningfully and said, "Besides, we have you, the military advisor. As long as you are willing, it will be easy to figure out what kind of talents those joint ventures need and how many talents of each type are needed!"

After hearing these words of advice, Su Yu and Zhang Jun took a deep breath, with frightening lights flashing in their eyes.

Great!

As expected, he is the boss. He can come up with a win-win-win solution that seems fair but is actually not fair at all!

the most important is……

This is equivalent to using an extremely fair and aboveboard means to deliver a very significant credit to the two of them!

If he handles it well, he will be able to show off his wealth, and his weight in the competent authority will also be greatly enhanced... At least he won't be like now, just relying on Yang Mo's influence!

Thinking of this, Su Yu was moved to tears.

As expected, he is the boss of the family, so loyal!

(End of this chapter)