1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 305 Night Talk
"The road of life is as long as a dream~"

"The wind and frost on the road~ The wind and frost blow on my face..."

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“She’s a ghost, why doesn’t she kill me?
"I don't understand either. Maybe you are still useful."

"What use can I have?"

"Only ghosts know this! In short, ghosts also learn from humans and use each other for their own benefit. Brother Ning, get out of here before it gets dark!"

"how about you?"

"I won't leave. The human world is too complicated and it's hard to tell right from wrong."

"Being with ghosts and gods, the distinction between black and white is clear, which makes it simpler. I will stay, and you leave!"

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"Ten miles of calm lake, the sky is full of frost;"

"Every inch of my black hair worries me about my youth;"

"Moon-shaped single..."

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Ka~
Miss Mu pressed the pause button and looked at the couple in the picture who were writing passionately.

"The lines are good, but the poem is even better~!"

Miss Mu muttered softly.

Seeing her sister open her notebook and carefully copy down these four lines of poetry, Lin Luosu couldn't stand it anymore: "Hey, hey, hey, Wood, this is too much. I'm watching such an exciting show. How can I continue watching the rest of the story if you keep pressing pause like this!?"

Mu Liya was writing and drawing in her notebook seriously, but she didn't even look up: "You were the one who recommended this tape to me. Didn't you already watch it?"

Lin Luosu rolled his eyes. “Although I watched it the year before last, and more than once, I can’t resist the fact that this A Chinese Ghost Story is so well made, and the leading male and female characters are so handsome that I never get tired of watching them… So, I paused the movie four times halfway through. It’s really annoying!”

As she spoke, the eggplant girl reached out her hand viciously and rubbed Mu Liya's little face: "It's just you. If it was someone else who dared to do such a thing that deserved to be struck by lightning, I would have punched him a long time ago!"

Obviously, like most women, Miss Mu has one face in front of outsiders and another face in front of her sisters. When she saw her face being attacked, she reached back without thinking and hit Lin Luosu's armpit accurately;
Then, with a burst of screams, the two women twisted into a ball with laughter.

Two minutes later, Lin Luosu held Mu Liya tightly under him. His right hand condensed into a knife, and he kept stabbing Mu Liya's waist threateningly: "Are you convinced?!"

Unlike her cold and aloof appearance in front of outsiders, when she saw her vital points being grasped, Miss Mu, who had curled up into an S shape, raised her hands in surrender with a sad face: "I give in!"

Seeing this, Lin Luosu smiled triumphantly, tickled Miss Mu's most sensitive waist, and then let her go while she screamed.

"Hey, Mu Tou, you can't do this!"

After blocking Muliya's desperate counterattack, the eggplant girl looked at her seriously.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Miss Mu, who tried to pull her hand back several times but failed, took a breath and looked at Lin Luosu in confusion.

The eggplant girl let go of her hand and looked at the stupid wooden man with a look of pity: "You have such a beautiful face, but you don't have any romantic cells at all, and you can't act cute at all. How can you control that bastard Yang Mo in the future?"

As he spoke, Lin Luosu pointed at the TV screen and said, "It's a movie I've never watched before, and you, a fool, paused the movie halfway through, and even picked up a pen and paper to copy down the lines in a serious manner...Are you here to watch a movie or to work?"

Muliya looked at her sisters stupidly, not realizing the seriousness of the problem at all.

For well-known reasons, she had hardly ever watched a movie in a theater since she entered middle school. At most, she would watch a videotape at home with her parents.

Given their family background and upbringing, one can easily guess what the contents of the videotapes that Mu Siyuan would bring back into the house would be... Apart from war blockbusters, they were basically satirical films that reflected social issues and criticized current social ills, such as "Against the Current", "The Informal Man", "Before the New Director Arrives", and "So Much Passion", or even serious films.

Because of this, influenced by her father, she developed the habit of taking notes while watching videotapes... Whenever a plot is worth pondering, or a line is very insightful, she will press the pause button, then write it down in a small notebook, or even write down her own thoughts.

So, although this was her first time watching "A Chinese Ghost Story", and this two-year-old Hong Kong movie did not actually have any serious content worth pondering for her, out of habit, when she came across good words or sentences, she still pressed the pause button.

Seeing her sister's confused expressions, Lin Luosu rolled her eyes. She felt that such a beautiful girl had such bad luck in meeting such a father. "Hey, hey, hey, Mu Tou, please understand that watching a movie is about the atmosphere and the feeling. It's not teaching material. If you keep pausing to take notes like this, you won't feel anything even if the movie is good!"

As she spoke, Eggplant Girl tapped her sister's forehead in dismay: "If, I mean if... if you go to the movies with Yang Mo in the future, or watch a video at home, would you still be like this? Wouldn't that be a bummer!"

Mu Liya thought about it, then shook her head with certainty: "Yang Mo doesn't like watching movies or TV, he only likes reading novels."

The Eggplant Girl was completely defeated: "I have to admit that you are right. Is it the point whether you like watching movies or not? The point is that you have no romantic cells and don't know how to seduce men. How can you completely seduce that jerk Yang Mo with just your face? He knows more than just you!"

At this point, the Eggplant Girl jumped up from the sofa and poked the screen angrily: "Look at Xiaoqian, not only is she beautiful, but her eyebrows are full of charm, and her every move is full of tenderness that makes people pity her... The most important thing is that she is charming but not coquettish, and seductive but not gorgeous!"

"This TNND is a top-notch expert. This is a beauty that no man can resist!"

Lin Luosu touched her short hair, her tone full of emotion.

"So... why do you think I let you watch this movie 'A Chinese Ghost Story'?"

"Just because the movie is good and the male lead is a hundred times more likable than that jerk Yang Mo?"

"NONONO, I want you to learn how a beautiful woman should show her charm, how to maximize her advantages, and then hold the man she likes firmly in her hands!"

Finally, Lin Luosu concluded: "Since you like Yang Mo, you can't let him get away; since your father currently thinks that this bastard is barely worthy of you, then you must seize this opportunity... Although I don't want to admit it and I don't like that guy, but if we only talk about ability, Yang Mo is indeed one of the few young people I know who is qualified to marry you."

Miss Mu looked a little dissatisfied: "You want me to learn from Nie Xiaoqian, isn't that difficult for me?
"I know very well that my real advantage over Yang Mo is that I can help him with his work, so...if he sees me taking notes while watching a video, he will definitely be very happy."

At this point, Mu Liya's face suddenly flushed: "Besides, although I can't learn Nie Xiaoqian's charm, I am not without her little tricks. Didn't I succeed in the snow pit this afternoon?"

For traditional Hui women, it is not shameful to use tricks against the men they like; on the contrary, it is very encouraged. Mothers often teach their daughters to love themselves after they grow up, but they also teach them how to win the hearts of men they like when they meet them... This situation was once widespread among various ethnic minorities. Even Bai Mengmeng, a Miao girl, was taught this by her mother.

Looking at the hidden pride on this silly boy's shy face, Lin Luosu couldn't help but roll her eyes again.

That's right, it was her idea to let this idiot take the initiative to give Yang Mo some benefits today under the pretext of teaching Yang Mo how to use an air gun; and after discovering that the situation had changed, Miss Mu did the opposite and let Yang Mo passively give some benefits during the guidance process, which could be considered a bit of quick wit.

But the problem is...

In her opinion, one is active and the other is passive, and the effects are completely different!
Yang Mo, that bastard, is not a fool. If you generously and proactively offer him some benefits, he will only think that you are brave, that you dare to love and hate, and that you really love him so much that you are willing to let go of your reserve and proactively resolve the little grudge you had before.

But if you pretend that you can't masturbate and let him "passively" take advantage of you while you teach him, although no normal man can refuse such a good fortune, that's all.

Maybe after your brain becomes clear, you will feel a little more disgusted.

A book once said that no smart man likes to be calculated, and for a young and powerful section chief like Yang Mo, there must be many women who want to have physical contact with him through various accidents. If he has more experience, he will definitely see it... If this idiot is vaguely equated with those women in Yang Mo's heart, you will never have time to cry in the future!

Thinking of the little apprentice who suddenly showed up to teach her master how to use a gun, Eggplant Girl suddenly felt so angry that her teeth were itching.

If it weren't for Bai Mengmeng, things would never have changed so subtly.

She bet that the Miao girl did it on purpose!

She didn't like Yang Mo, but she couldn't help but feel that her sister was blinded by her feelings, and this idiot had been very worried these past few days, so she gave Mu Liya this idea to resolve the little grudge between the two sides... The book said that no man can refuse a girl who is open-minded, dares to love and hate, and only has himself in her eyes.

But now...

Hey ~
I just hope that Yang Mo is really as insensitive as Mu Tou said; I also hope that he is not so sensitive!

Otherwise, this silly wooden boy's thin waist would have been hugged by that bastard for nothing today.

Thinking of this, Auntie Qiezi yelled and rushed towards Mu Liya: "I don't accept it. Yang Mo, that bastard, has hugged your waist, I want to hug you too!"

Miss Mu's body suddenly became weak when her surprisingly elastic waist was hugged. Although it is said that a woman's waist is like a man's head and cannot be touched casually, it is obvious that Miss Mu's waist is more sensitive than that of ordinary people.

Miss Mu slapped Lin Luosu's hand that was playing tricks on her waist, her face flushed, "I'm going to die! Still tickling me... Luoluo, the holiday will start in more than a week, when will you return to Qingdao?"

She lied to her sisters today. That bastard Yang Mo not only hugged her extremely sensitive waist, but also touched other places. It was just that she was too embarrassed to say it out loud because it was too embarrassing.

But it was precisely because of this that she was confident that the small grudge that might have existed before on the pier was completely over;
No matter how stingy a bastard is, he wouldn't get angry over such a small thing after taking such a big advantage of me!

"When will you return to Qingdao?"

The eggplant girl scratched Mu Liya's waist twice and curled her lips: "What's the point of returning that broken land? Going back to continue to look after the pile of messy debts? Or being shamelessly visited by those fat and greasy guys asking for red envelopes?"

The most annoying thing about state-owned enterprises is that no matter how bad your performance is, unless you really can't make ends meet, at the end of the year, you have to give your employees a bulging red envelope even if you have to tighten your belt... Although many of the tertiary industry projects under Lin Luosu's jurisdiction are not state-owned at all, they are named after the Dongying Command, so they still have to show some respect.

However, what is infuriating is that after nearly two years of rough investigation, Eggplant Girl is very clear that many projects are not really unprofitable, but because of some well-known reasons, they have suffered huge losses on the books. Therefore, she feels sick when she thinks of those guys who shamelessly run to the office to ask for year-end bonuses for the subordinate units.

Mu Liya straightened her hair, then grabbed an apple from the coffee table and handed it to him: "Since you are still the director of Qingdao Tertiary Industry Office, there are some things you can't escape. After the spring, the headquarters will start to reduce staff and increase efficiency at the grassroots level. In the last year, you must make sure they live well... This is certainly related to the face of the headquarters, and it can also be regarded as the last bit of effort for the people below. After all, the tertiary industry project is not like an oil field, and most of the grassroots employees are innocent."

After the spring, a large number of contract workers on the front line of the oil fields will certainly begin to be suspended in batches at the command center, but the contract workers on the tertiary industry projects will not be much better off. After Yang Mo draws up the list, the projects that need to be shut down will be shut down, and the employees who need to be transferred can only wait for the transfer.

Moreover, unlike the contract workers on the front line of the oil fields, after those workers are laid off, the command center will give them a minimum living allowance every month based on their previous contributions, but the contract workers in the tertiary industry projects do not get a penny while waiting for diversion.

Therefore, it would be more appropriate to say that one is unemployed rather than waiting for diversion.

Therefore, before being assigned to a new position, this year-end bonus is very important to many people... In the oil fields of this era, there are certainly not many families with two formal employees. In fact, the proportion of families with only one formal employee is not as large as outsiders imagine. There are more families with two contract workers, or even families with only one contract worker.

The income and benefits of these families are much lower than those of formal workers. Once they are laid off, their life pressure will increase sharply without income. Whether or not they get this year-end bonus, and how much it is, is directly related to how long they can last.

Hearing Mu Liya say this, Lin Luosu looked at her with some sarcasm: "Hey, when did our Mu Tou become so philanthropic?"

After taking a big bite of the apple, Lin Luosu sneered: "Whether these bonuses can be distributed in full to the people below is still one thing. Even if they can be distributed in full, I don't think those small employees are really that pitiful... The reason why most of these contract workers are relatively honest is not because they don't want to make trouble, but because they don't have the ability to make trouble!"

Mu Liya looked at her sister and sighed softly, but she had no intention of correcting her ideas.

Unlike the first generation, these true second generation people have actually been learning the Huang-Lao technique and the Legalist thought since childhood… Those who truly understand the Huang-Lao technique know that the essence of this thing is actually quite different from traditional Taoist thought. Instead, like the Legalists, it takes "human nature is evil" as a prerequisite for all its views.

In fact, she used to hold similar views and attitudes to Eggplant Girl on many things, but in the past year or so at the drilling company, she met Yang Mo and personally experienced a series of things that almost completely overturned her worldview; therefore, although she still tried to stick to her existing views on some things, she was not so sure.

After thinking about it, she advised: "I think you'd better go back and deal with the year-end bonus. If people's hearts are not stable, it will be difficult for Yang Mo to carry out his future work... With his temper, if he knew that it was because of your inadequate work that caused him a lot of trouble, he would not be polite to you."

"Tsk! I'm afraid of him? I want to see for myself how rude he, a small section chief, can be!"

Seeing this idiot talking about Yang Mo every other sentence, Lin Luosu became unhappy.

Mu Liya looked at her seriously and said, "Luoluo, don't be stubborn. You should know how sensitive and important the resettlement of these employees and their families is. Right now, it's actually my dad, your dad, and a few uncles who need his help. So if he's really angry, just ask your dad to take you back. Your dad will never say a word."

Thinking that he might be taken back in disgrace, Lin Luosu curled his lips and muttered unhappily, "I know, I'll rush back in two days and approve those damn year-end bonuses!"

"In two days?"

Mu Liya looked at her strangely. "Why wait two days? The New Year is coming soon. Shouldn't you hurry back and get it done? Although the employees of the tertiary industry units are not as calculative as the oil field employees, it's not good to pay bonuses so close to New Year's Eve."

Hearing this, Lin Luosu snorted, "Texas should give Yang Mo that guy a definite reply in the next one or two days. I want to go over there and take a look to see what this guy is up to!"

She had always been curious about what conditions Yang Mo had negotiated with the Texas authorities, and what this guy was going to do in a place like Texas where nothing had happened. Therefore, she absolutely did not want to miss out on Yang Mo's renegotiation and signing of the contract with the Texas authorities... As long as she could attend the subsequent talks, these things that had to be said on the table would definitely not be hidden from her.

Seeing this, Mu Liya pushed her forehead speechlessly and said, "Give up. You are neither Yang Mo's direct descendant nor his leader. Your name is not even on the roster of the asset management company. How could he take you to such an important meeting?"

Lin Luosu looked at her in surprise: "Come on, I'm your sister. Haven't you reconciled with Yang Mo? Can't you let your partner's sister come along to see him?"

Mu Liya looked at her unhappily: "Nonsense, do you think this is the headquarters? Can you bring your family with you when you go abroad to attend a meeting?"

This was a common situation in state-owned enterprises at a certain time. In order to train their children and broaden their horizons, Dongying leaders would often arrange some not-so-important identities for them and let them attend some meetings with learning value... Of course, even if you were not a child, as long as the relationship was close enough, you could get the opportunity to go abroad for exchanges, which was extremely rare at the time.

It's just that Yang Mo is very resistant to some things that are taken for granted nowadays. Not to mention that Lin Luosu is just Miss Mu's best friend, even if it is Vice President Feng who is still in charge of local worker-peasant relations, he may not include the other party in the subsequent list of attendees... There is no way, who made Vice President Feng transfer to become executive vice president next year?
Seeing Mu Liya's affirmation, Lin Luosu suddenly lost interest: "Tsk! It's boring!"

Miss Mu chuckled when she saw this: "Are you unhappy about this? I guess you still have a lot to adapt to in the future... I forgot to tell you, if you want to transfer to the asset management company to learn something, you'd better say hello to Yang Mo first, otherwise you will be left sitting on the bench, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

The reason why the sisters were so repulsive to Yang Mo from the beginning, in addition to their own reasons, was also largely due to the fact that Eggplant Girl's father ordered her to learn more from Yang Mo... These second-generation girls are basically all arrogant, and if they are asked to learn things from a peer without any reason, they will definitely be unhappy.

Fortunately, after a short tour around Texas and seeing the actual situation of each project, Lin Luosu's aversion to Yang Mo was not so strong. On the contrary, he showed a little interest in Yang Mo after his half-revealed explanation.

However, Lin Luosu's interest was aroused, but whether Yang Mo would give her the opportunity to learn closer was another matter.

Lin Luosu pointed at his nose in disbelief: "Me? Sitting on the bench? Him? Hey, hey, hey, please understand, most of the roster of the asset management company was drawn up by Dongying. As long as I ask, what position can't be decided? Do I need to give him a heads up?"

Mu Liya laughed: "You and Yang Mo have never worked together before, so you don't know his style;"

"This person is very unique."

"Although the roster of the new company is mainly determined by the headquarters and the responsibilities of each position are clearly divided, I bet that after the new company is established, Yang Mo will only use his own people except for the financial part;"

"In other words, the only thing that is valuable to him about the new company is the billions of dollars in funds on the books. As for manpower, although it cannot be said to be worthless, he will basically only use you as labor to do some execution work. If he doesn't like you, it's not uncommon for him to put you aside and leave you sitting on the bench!"

At this point, Mu Liya handed over a piece of toilet paper and motioned Lin Luosu to wipe her mouth: "You should know that being busy with execution all day is not worthless for people like us, but we can't learn too many things quickly... So how Yang Mo will use you at that time is very crucial."

Lin Luosu was a little dumbfounded: "Didn't they say that there weren't many available people at Momo Baitou? My dad and his men were worried about a shortage of manpower, so they kept selecting the best talents from the headquarters and stuffing them in. How come in your words, these people have become dispensable laborers?"

Mu Liya rolled her eyes. "It's true that Momo Baitou currently lacks independent talents. It's also true that Yang Mo won't bring many people with him."

"But the question is, who told you that Yang Mo only has those people like Mo Mo Bai Tou to use?"

"Qingfeng Food, Xialiu Sales Agency, Xixiangfeng, the Fifth Farm, and even those franchisees who are quietly bombing, which one of them is not a unit with a lot of elite soldiers and strong generals?"

"As long as he wants, will he still be short of manpower?"

"Especially the Xialiu Sales Agency. Since the establishment of Momo Baitou, those people have begun to focus on the discovery and evaluation of commercial projects. They have no shortage of experienced veterans in the market. After training for the past few months, even if their abilities still have shortcomings, they are definitely more reliable than most of the elites selected by the headquarters... At the very least, many of them can be used right away!"

"This is just the Xialiu Sales Agency. The Quality Control Department, Product R&D Department, Market Information Department of Qingfeng Food, the Project Comprehensive Coordination Section of the Fifth Farm, and the more than 500 franchisees who are quietly working hard, which one of them is not a group of elite soldiers and strong generals?"

"Given Yang Mo's influence on them, do you think these people will happily run to the tent to obey orders if he gives them an order?"

"Luoluo, there are some situations that you are not very clear about. The social resources that Yang Mo can mobilize are actually very huge. There are many people who bet on him, but there are few opportunities to get close to him... Now that there is an opportunity to show off, those people will probably wake up laughing in their dreams."

The Eggplant Girl's mouth could hold a duck egg. She had never imagined that the toad of humble origin would become a sought-after gold nugget in the mouths of her sisters. But she knew very well that this fool could not deceive her in this regard.

"But, those are people from other units. Even if they are willing to listen to Yang Mo's orders, Yang Mo has no reason to leave the people of the new company unused and use outsiders... Isn't this breaking the company's charter?"

Lin Luosu came to his senses and looked at Mu Liya with disbelief.

Miss Mu curled her lips and said, "My silly Luoluo, have you forgotten what the new company does... an asset management company!"

"Isn't it normal for an asset management company with more than 1 billion yuan in book funds to develop a number of peripheral companies to help it do miscellaneous work through holding or cooperation?"

"It's not difficult for those units to re-register a new company. It only takes a week for the elites of these units to move into the new enterprise. Then Yang Mo can use these satellite companies to do what he wants. Except for a few people, all the people in the asset management company will become human stamps... He is the actual person in charge of the asset management company. Now that they are eager to produce results, as long as he insists on doing so, no one dares to stand up and oppose him!"

Lin Luosu had never thought that there was such a way of overriding the situation, but after thinking about the demands of the command center, she felt that if Yang Mo insisted on doing so, the command center would have no choice but to go along with him.

The command center wants results, not process; since Yang Mo has taken on this responsibility, you should at least give him some compensation... Although this compensation may be a bit excessive, and Yang Mo's approach will make them very passive, but at this juncture, the command center can tolerate it.

After cursing the man several times for being despicable and shameless, Eggplant Girl felt a different kind of excitement in her heart. She had been troubled by the cause and effect of personnel matters in the past two years, and now she seemed to have seen a new way to break out of some of the unspoken rules of state-owned enterprises.

"What kind of food and wine does your husband like to eat? I'll set up the banquet tomorrow and introduce the hall to you!"

The Eggplant Girl touched Miss Mu's body like a gangster, then asked with gritted teeth...

(End of this chapter)