1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 572 Sister, my advice to you (1)

Before we knew it, it was July 7th.

"Yesterday, an emergency press conference on [urgent appeal for disaster relief] was held in Beijing. XXX gave a detailed introduction to the flood disaster to foreign journalists and asked for international assistance..."

"The flood was fierce, but it still couldn't break people's hearts. As our country called for international assistance, patriotic stars in Hong Kong organized charity performances and actively raised funds by holding large-scale charity concerts. Patriotic people from all walks of life donated generously..."

"The law of nature is ruthless, but people are kind. Faced with the raging floods and 200 million homeless victims, units across the country have volunteered to spontaneously organize disaster relief supplies and rescue teams, and traveled thousands of miles to the disaster area. As of today, 52 civilian rescue teams have arrived in the disaster area..."

Tugou, who had been discharged from the hospital more than a week ago, was staring blankly at the news on TV.

As the most major event that has attracted the most attention in the country in the past month, the floods in East China and the tragic conditions in 156 counties and cities in the Huaihe River and Taihu Lake basins have been constantly touching the hearts of people across the country.

Due to the current objective circumstances, Tugou naturally had no chance to witness the desperate scene of a group of patriotic Hong Kong stars trying their best to raise funds for charity; nor would he know that a few days later, a well-loved Andy Lau vomited blood due to the shock during his chest-breaking stone performance at a charity performance to raise funds, thus becoming one of the few artists in later generations who have never been criticized in their lifetime.

But she saw the Dahua convoy flashing by on the news screen, and Yan Laoxi who appeared in front of the camera for less than two seconds.

"Hey~!"

"I wish I could go to the disaster area with the convoy!"

Lu Yingying looked disappointed. She angrily looked at the plaster and gauze still on her right arm, then knocked it on the table in dissatisfaction: "This broken thing!"

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It seemed like Yang Mo's words had come true.

Faced with this flood, which is one of the third largest in terms of scale, second in terms of affected areas and with the largest number of affected people since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China, whose national strength was far inferior to that of later generations, had no choice but to open social rescue channels five days ago and encourage people from all walks of life to actively participate in disaster relief.

So under such circumstances, the Dahua Company, which had been prepared for a long time, and its affiliated units such as Qingfeng Food, Xialiu Marketing Agency, Xixiangfeng Cannery, and the Fifth Farm, loaded with more than 200 trucks full of supplies, led by Yan Laoxi, Bai Mengmeng and Liu Xianfu, rushed to the disaster area day and night... Relying on the solid logistics foundation of the Dahua Company and its subordinate units, this fleet is definitely the largest of all civilian disaster relief teams, and it is far beyond.

Moreover, unlike the cash, old clothes and shoes, food stamps (although it is a bit ridiculous, many people did donate these things at that time), books, medicines, food and other supplies donated by local units and people in the past, the supplies carried by the Dahua convoy this time are more targeted and more timely.

The chicken steak is fried quickly and sealed, which can provide a lot of calories to the human body;

It is still considered a small luxury food at present, and is equipped with a simple heating rack and solid alcohol in a 3:1 ratio.

It is easy to carry, has high energy density, and tastes very good because a certain proportion of insect protein powder is added. (Laozhou and Lanling have been vigorously promoting the breeding of various insects since last year, and they are used in the production of exported pet food and some foods.)
Various bottled medicinal teas that have both thirst-quenching and disease-preventing functions, and whose sugar content has been deliberately increased significantly in the latest batch, have a placebo effect;

Various Chinese patent medicines and painkillers for headaches, muscle aches, cold hands and feet, which are minor illnesses that should not waste precious medical resources at the moment but will cause great trouble to the victims... Especially the self-heating patch that was originally supplied to the island market and was only improved to the second generation at the beginning of the year. Although it lasts for less than half an hour, it can greatly relieve the coldness of the joints of the hands and feet and the lower abdomen. It has made countless victims, especially women, spend difficult nights.
As for the rest, such as some common medical supplies, there will naturally be no shortage of them.

Of course, the most popular one is the one-piece tent that has gradually become popular in some areas of Qilu. This thing is much larger than the traditional triangular cloth tent, can accommodate more people, is more windproof and warm, heavier and less likely to be overturned. The key is that it is more convenient to operate and can be adjusted at any time according to changes in weather and water levels and on-site needs, which really saves everyone a lot of trouble.

Although if you look at it from the utilitarian perspective of later generations, you would think that Dahua Company's material assistance this time was a real commercial public relations promotion.

After all, they can appear on CCTV, directly face a large number of people who experience the products, and gain the gratitude and goodwill of many potential consumers. They can even break through the regional barriers between Jiangsu and Anhui like the Mohua Eight Immortals Tea did in the past. Where can they find such a good publicity opportunity?
But in fact, people of this era would not think so, and no one would look at this issue from such a utilitarian perspective. At this stage when materials are not extremely abundant, and even the rice bag project and the vegetable basket project have just started, whether it is official or private, everyone is only grateful for the more than 200 trucks of urgently needed materials sent by Dahua Company from afar.

The most important thing is that Zhao Yongde, the usually very low-key Party Secretary of the Urban Property Fund Company, has personally stated at the instruction of Yang Mo that the more than 7 trucks of supplies are only the first batch. As long as the country needs it and as long as the affected people need it, Dezhou Urban Property Fund Company and Dahua Company will continue to transport support materials in the next two months... and the intensity will not be less than waves, and each wave will not be lower than the level of the first batch.

To be honest, almost everyone was shocked when Zhao Yongde made this promise. For a company, what does 1400 truckloads of supplies mean?

Even if this is a giant state-owned enterprise!
Therefore, the huge contrast between the donations and aid levels of Dezhou Urban Development Fund Company and Dahua Company once again left a contradictory impression on the organization. In addition, You Yakun, who had previously helped Yang Mo to obtain the first batch of aid quotas, also made his presence felt in front of the leaders.

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Of course, Tugou was upset about not being able to rush to the disaster area due to his injury. It was not because this girl loved to join in the fun, nor was it because she was suffering from a saintly complex.

In fact, anyone who has any impression of the flood that affected 6858 million people knows how tragic the scene was.

Not to mention that most people of this era don't know how to write the four words "sophisticated selfishness". Even in later generations, when there is a forest fire, won't there still be a group of green-jawed boys standing up?

After all, she is just an ordinary girl from the rural area of ​​Qilu, who in this era has a simple self-awareness that comes from deep in her heart.

However, Tugou herself didn't feel anything when her plastered hand was hit, but she frightened Zhuo Mali, who was helping her peel an apple.

"My great aunt~!"

"There are six steel nails in it. If it gets broken, will you still have your arm?"

"Hurry up, let me take a look..."

"Phew, luckily, the plaster didn't crack...How about your arm? Does it hurt?"

"Come on, come on, hurry up and come to the hospital with me. Let the doctor take a look at you and take a scan... If you develop a chronic disease, how will I live?"

Looking at Zhuo Mali carefully examining her plaster like an old mother while chattering endlessly, Lu Yingying felt a strange sense of powerlessness in her heart.

I have to say that this graceful older sister in front of me is really a master of interpersonal communication.

If the other party is still the same as in the past, calling Manager Lu or the eldest sister of the Lu family all the time, and the standard and method of negotiation are still based on the roles of colleagues or ordinary friends, then needless to say, our Tugou classmate can naturally deal with it calmly.

But these days, not only did the other party come over on time after work every day to take care of her in every detail, but she also acted like an old mother who cared about her feelings. This really made Lu Yingying unable to resist.

For a country girl like her, her values ​​have always been "if you give me three points of sincerity, I will give you ten points of sincerity in return"... Although Zhuomali's initiative to come and take care of herself every day during this period of time seemed a little insincere anyway.

Thinking of this, Lu Yingying sighed helplessly, pulled back her arm, and then waved it slightly in the air with the heavy plaster on it: "Sister Zhuo, it's okay, the plaster is thick, and a slight knock won't move the inside."

After saying that, the little girl tilted her head, with a nonchalant look on her face: "Besides, Sister Zhuo, you are now the general assistant of Dezhou Urban Property Fund. You should be very busy at work. Don't come to me all the time and delay your work! Even if it doesn't delay your work, it's good to go back and have a good rest after a tiring day... As for Yang Shidan, I'll talk to him later."

Lu Yingying wrinkled her nose slightly, her face full of contempt: "That guy is getting higher and higher in power, but he is becoming more and more unjoking...I was just joking with him at the beginning, look how scared he was!"

After Tugou asked that question that night, he regretted it instantly. Then he immediately put on his signature heartless attitude and laughed as he told Yang Mo that it was a joke.

But it was obvious that Yang Mo, who had lived with him for decades in two lives, could easily tell whether these words were true or false.

So, faced with this sudden change, he, who had always been calm and decisive, was rarely seen and fell into great confusion and helplessness - after two lifetimes and decades of friendship, he really regarded Tugou as a close friend who was closer than a brother.

A fact that many people may not believe is that when you have been with someone for decades, even to the point where you can trust your life and death to each other, it is very easy to ignore the other person's gender, or even turn it into a symbol of belief. So when a close friend suddenly tells you that she likes you, most people will probably be like Yang Mo, with their brains going into a dead silence and blankness, and then being completely at a loss.

For a reborn person like him whose mental age is already half buried in the ground, he needs to calm down and sort out this sudden tangled mess of tangled threads, until he has thoroughly figured out his thoughts, and then he will have the courage to face Lu Yingying and make the subsequent decision... For someone like him, this process will be very long, perhaps a week, but it may also take a year or even longer.

After all, they grew up together, and classmate Tugou also noticed this, so Lu Yingying naturally thought that the reason why Zhuo Mali suddenly appeared in front of her was simply that the coward Yangshidan didn't have the courage to see her, but was worried about his injuries, so he simply asked his assistant to come and look after him... Originally, Bai Mengmeng would have been more suitable to come forward for this matter, but unfortunately the young apprentice left for the disaster area in East China, so looking at the people around Yang Mo, only this Peach is the most suitable at the moment.

When Zhuo Mali heard the girl bring up the matter half-straight, a strange expression appeared on her face: "Sister Lu, you don't really think... that it was Boss Yang who sent me here, do you?" Lu Yingying was stunned: "Isn't it?"

Zhuo Mali showed a look of not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and then pointed at her nose: "Big sister, I am now the assistant to the general manager of the Urban Property Fund Company... The assistant to the general manager is not a secretary, you know this, right?"

Classmate Tugou curled her lips. She knew, of course, that the gap between the two was as huge as a chasm. She knew that you were now a big shot in the Urban Property Fund Company, but you had an extraordinary background, so there was no need for you to show off in front of an ordinary person like me, right?
Seeing this, Zhuo Mali sighed helplessly: "No, sister, what I mean is, just like you said before, I have a lot of work to do every day. After the establishment of Qilu Huarong, plus the disaster support operation of Dahua Company, I don't even have time to go to the toilet... So, if Mr. Yang really wants to send someone to take care of you, why not send someone else? Why do you think he has to send me, the assistant who is so busy that he is only half dead?"

After understanding what Zhuomali meant, Tugou was stunned.

Yes, since Zhuo Mali has become the general assistant of the Urban Property Fund Company, it means that she has been recognized and valued by Yang Mo. From the motivation point of view, there is no need to do roundabout public relations on her side. Moreover, Yang Mo's businesses are getting bigger and bigger, and he is short of people. It is reasonable that even if he cares about her, he will not send his current number one assistant over... Since they both have the last name Zhuo, it would be more appropriate to send the little secretary beside him.

"Then Sister Zhuo, you...?"

Lu Yingying's expression changed slightly when she looked at Zhuo Mali.

If it wasn't Yang Shidan who sent him here, but he came here on his own initiative out of concern for me, then I would have to accept this favor no matter what.

Zhuo Mali noticed the tangle between the girl's eyebrows, but smiled and shook her head: "Although it was not Boss Yang who asked me to come here, to be honest, I came here to take care of you, big sister, because of Boss Yang."

After saying that, the shrewd person who didn't want to take advantage of others tilted his head and thought for a while, a smile appeared in his eyes: "Of course, sister, I now rely entirely on my own ability to make a living, so... I didn't come here to flatter Mr. Yang."

Tugou, who thought he had understood the truth, was stunned again when he heard this: "What's that for?"

Seeing this, Zhuo Mali sat down again, then peeled a piece of apple and put it to Lu Yingying's mouth. After seeing the girl swallow it obediently, she smiled and tore off a piece of toilet paper and handed it to her: "Now, whether you believe it or not, what I said to you when I first met you was true. I really admire and like your straightforward character and style."

"In fact, the longer you stay in society, the more people like us who are always hanging around in the mud, the more they like people with your personality... The eldest sister of the Mu family is like this, and so am I, your sister."

Hearing Zhuo Mali mention the eldest daughter of the Mu family, Lu Yingying was silent for a while, as if she was recalling the time when they were as close as sisters.

Zhuo Mali didn't seem to realize that she had brought up the past that Lu Yingying didn't want to recall. She peeled another piece of apple and handed it over: "Secondly, as I said just now, I am now a person who can make a living by my own ability after getting on board; so... as the boss at the helm, Mr. Yang's condition directly determines whether I will be beaten back to that muddy pond in the future."

Seeing that Tugou was unwilling to eat, Zhuo Mali did not force him. She threw the apple into her mouth and chewed it without any pretense. Then she spread her hands and said helplessly, "You also know how big Mr. Yang's business is now, how radical his actions are, and how many people he has offended... The higher you stand, the harder you fall. I believe you also understand this, big sister, right?"

!!! ???

Lu Yingying was startled, and she leaned forward heavily from the chair she was leaning on: "Is there something wrong with Yang Shidan!?"

Taking the girl's anxious reaction into consideration, Zhuo Mali pursed her lips, looking helpless: "There is nothing wrong at the moment. The daily work is very full and the efficiency is as high as before. His various instructions are still confusing... But during this period of time, he shrinks in his office every noon. No one is allowed to disturb him. He even doesn't drink tea. He just closes his eyes and rests quietly... If this continues, something will happen sooner or later."

Lu Yingying was a little confused: "Isn't it normal to relax during lunch break? He used to be like this. No matter how much work he had, he would never touch it again after work."

Zhuo Mali smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Big sister, you don't understand. The past was the past, and the present is now. In the past, Mr. Yang at noon..."

Zhuo Mali choked up in the middle of her words. After a long pause, she suddenly asked, "Big sister, I heard that the fat guy named Zhang Jun from the Linpan Oil Production Plant has a very good relationship with you... Then you should have heard that he was temporarily transferred to the special work guidance group as deputy team leader, right?"

Lu Yingying blinked her eyes and said, "I know. He called me and told me about it before he was transferred."

That little fat guy took the initiative to call this girl before the official document was issued?

Zhuo Mali frowned slightly, further confirming some of her guesses, and then tilted her head to ask: "Then do you know why he joined the group?"

Lu Yingying was even more puzzled: "Of course I know, this is not a confidential matter, Fatty Zhang told me everything a long time ago."

Zhuomali's eyelids twitched.

What do you mean by “this is not a very confidential matter”? Do you know, little girl, how many people outside will be jealous to death if you spread this?

If this matter could not be brought to the table, there would have been no written instructions from the beginning, at least it would have been a red-marked file bag!!

Zhuo Mali's chest rose and fell slightly, and she couldn't help but look a little weird. "Then did you know that as of the day before yesterday, the first batch of 1 million yuan that General Manager Yang promised to the city for the construction of the new urban area has been fully received, and all of this money was actually raised by the special work steering group?"

Lu Yingying frowned, looking at the enviable big sister in front of her with some confusion: "Although Zhang Xiaopang is only a deputy section cadre of the Asset Management Section, he is very capable. Even Yang Shidan has said it more than once or twice."

Tugou was not surprised by the 100 million yuan that arrived as expected.

In fact, according to what Zhang Jianjun told her, the task Yang Mo gave him was far more than 1 million yuan, so she didn't understand why Zhuo Mali had such a strange expression.

After thinking about it, I probably felt that this older sister was doubting Fatty Zhang's ability, so she emphasized what she just said.

Taking in the nonchalant look on Tugou's face, Zhuomali, who was further certain of certain things, inexplicably felt a sense of powerlessness and absurdity in her heart.

Gently rubbing her temples, Zhuo Mali sighed: "It has come to this, sister, you still don't realize the seriousness of the problem?"

Tugou's face began to turn serious. After thinking carefully for a while, he said hesitantly, "Sister Zhuo, what you mean is... the job that Yangshidan asked Zhang Xiaopang to do this time will definitely offend many people, so he has to be fully prepared to deal with it. Therefore, he can't just ignore everything when it's time to get off work like before?"

Zhuomali felt dizzy when she heard this answer which seemed a little dull at first, but was actually completely contrary to the truth.

After a long while, Zhuo Mali finally released her fingers from her brows and sighed heavily: "Okay, sister, I think before we talk about business, I need to do some tests on you... This is to further deepen our understanding of each other, and it may help you understand some things."

what?
Another test! ?
Sister Zhuo, you really are... Yangshidan’s right-hand man. You can even use this!

More than a year later, Tugou, who thought he had escaped from the misery of someone's teaching, heard this familiar word again and couldn't help but smile.

However, when she heard the words "serious business" and "to make you realize some things", she immediately became alert.

Intuitively, she seemed to realize that this matter seemed to be closely related to Yang Shidan.

Thinking of this, she took a deep breath and nodded slightly reluctantly.

Seeing this, Zhuo Mali first picked up the remote control on the table and tried to turn down the volume of the TV so as not to disturb the two of them.

When I looked up, I found that the news broadcast on TV had ended long ago, and the program was replaced by "The Terracotta Warriors" which was released last year.

After adjusting her voice, Zhuo Mali looked extremely relaxed: "Don't be nervous, sister, I'm just chatting casually, you can chat whatever you want."

As he said this, he pointed at the TV screen and said, "Isn't Qin Shi Huang on TV? I remembered something. You said... when the First Emperor unified the six kingdoms, he asked Wang Jian to lead 20 soldiers to fight against Chu. Obviously, Chu was already weak at that time. With Wang Jian's ability to lead troops, he could almost destroy Chu with 20 Qin soldiers. But why did Wang Jian ask the First Emperor for 60 soldiers?"

Eh, eh?

Hearing this kind of inexplicable question that seemed familiar, Tugou's mind suddenly became confused...

(End of this chapter)