Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

The applause only rang out once in the conference room. The main leadership team of the steel rolling mill consisted of only nine people, so the commotion was minimal and just a token gesture.

It's not like I got promoted. Why should I be happy if someone else gets promoted?

If it weren't for the Party Secretary taking the lead, I wouldn't even bother clapping.

Of course, that's what I thought in my heart, but what I said in my mouth went against my deepest feelings.

Immediately after the applause subsided, people began to speak well of Li Huaide, saying he had a close relationship with him, since he would be the third-in-command in the future, and his direct superior.

"Our factory finally has a deputy secretary! Deputy Secretary Li truly deserves the title!"

"Yes, I knew long ago that Deputy Secretary Li was extraordinary; he truly is a dragon among men."

"Well said, I accept Deputy Secretary Li's promotion."

Li Huaide didn't mince words; there was no way around it, he had made another incredible advancement, from deputy director to director, crossing another extremely important and difficult hurdle in his career.

If this were a demotion, it would start as a mayor or party secretary. Li Huaide's career progress to this level before the age of 40 is truly remarkable.

Of course, in this era, Li Huaide's current achievements are just a drop in the ocean.

There were many generals who were awarded ranks in 55, and those few were like gods descended from heaven.

Li Huaide only deserves to be called a dragon among men; even that's considered low-grade. There's nothing we can do about it; there are just too many outstanding people.

At this moment, Li Huaide was also in a very good mood, waving his hand and chatting and laughing with his colleagues:

"Haha, no, no, it's all thanks to the support of my comrades. I still need to work hard."

"Come on, come on, have a smoke..."

Look at these subordinates, they're not only quick-witted, but they also speak so well, how can anyone not like them?

At the level of a department director, one is undoubtedly a senior cadre; there's no need to argue, one is a senior cadre.

Junior cadre:

Township-level officials (deputy section chief, section chief), such as town mayors, subdistrict office directors, and county department directors.

Intermediate-level cadres:

The positions are mainly at the county or department level (deputy or full director level), usually county party secretaries, county heads, or heads of municipal units, or deputy directors of provincial departments.

Senior executives:

At the level of director-general or deputy director-general, the Party Secretary of a prefecture-level city, the Mayor, the Director of a provincial department, or the President of a provincial university!

In the coming decades, Gao Yuliang, the director of Handong University, will be a department-level cadre, which is one level below the university president.

But this one level makes all the difference.

As the saying goes, "a higher-ranking official can crush you." In government departments, let alone a higher-ranking official, even a minor rank can make you feel suffocated.

The next level up is the provincial or ministerial level, which goes without saying; that's the ceiling, and only celestial beings descend to earth to reach that level.

I won't go any further, because I don't know how to explain it.

Yang Ligong lowered his head as he looked at the smug Li Huaide, afraid that his angry face would be seen.

At this moment, his teeth were about to break.

He worked diligently and conscientiously in the factory, putting his heart and soul into it!

As a result, he was tricked by his first secretary. Fortunately, things were handled well and no major trouble was caused. Otherwise, even with his father-in-law protecting him, he would have been in deep trouble.

If something really bad happened that day, Yang Ligong would be demoted three ranks, which would be the least he could do. At worst, he would be stripped of his political rights and exiled to dig sand.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened. Yang Ligong was demoted by half a rank for failing to properly discipline his subordinates.

Yang Ligong had no complaints about this treatment, after all, the secretary was his person, and afterwards he only wanted to do his job well and be reinstated.

Two years have passed, and he has not only accomplished this, but also expanded the steel rolling mill from a small factory with more than 3500 employees to a large factory with 10,000 employees.

Yang Ligong was reinstated to his original position for redeeming himself, and there was even a hint that he might be promoted further.

He was highly regarded by his superiors. Although he had made mistakes, he had corrected them, and even though his subordinates had implicated him, the leaders were discerning.

His father-in-law also subtly hinted that he should prepare to take over Secretary Nie's position. He was very excited and thrilled, feeling that his efforts had finally paid off.

But the rope always breaks at the thinnest point, and he just happened to fall into the same pit again, falling terribly, leaving the higher-ups at a loss for words.

Are you saying Yang Ligong is unlucky?

I don't even have the right to complain, damn it, I really can't utter a sound!

The secretary made the mistake, but you picked the person, so you must have done the right thing, right?

If you make a mistake once, your boss and colleagues will understand. Everyone has their bad days, right?

But you, Yang Ligong, have been unlucky twice already, which is a bit surreal. Sometimes luck is part of promotion.

Yang Ligong's two misjudgments of the wrong person made the leader think that he might not be the one who could grasp the overall situation.

After all, if you can't even manage your own secretary, how can you manage a factory with tens of thousands of employees?

Of course, the leaders did not completely dismiss Yang Ligong and promoted Li Huaide instead. This was because Li Huaide was indeed outstanding, organized, and shrewd, and he was often the one to handle negotiations and collaborations with various factories.

Secondly, it was to give Yang Ligong a warning, so that if he didn't do his work carefully and meticulously, someone else would have to do it.

Don't think your position as Party Secretary is secure. Let me tell you, it's a long way off.

Yang Ligong could naturally see it; he understood without his father-in-law reminding him.

Before Secretary Nie retired, Li Huaide was already a competitor. Whoever won would become the head of the steel rolling mill and have absolute power.

Why did Yang Ligong insist on becoming the top leader? He was already at the level of a department director, so there must be a key reason for this.

If someone is transferred to a local position with the status of a top leader, they are basically still a top leader. Even if they are not the top leader, it will only be a transition period of six months or a few months at most.

If the person being transferred is the second-in-command, it will almost certainly be a lateral transfer, because they are not dealing with people's livelihood, and their main focus is different.

Moreover, a resume with experience as a leader is more convincing than anything else.

Yang Ligong can leave now if he wants to. His father-in-law has the ability. If he were to govern a region, there really wouldn't be a good place for him. If he did go, he would only be a deputy or acting governor.

A department-level cadre is very important, and there's a specific position for every one of them.

If you won't refund the original one, tell me where the hell you're going?

Just like Secretary Nie, if he doesn't step down, Yang Ligong and Li Jiuhuaide will have to stand still and behave themselves.

Yang Li's quick reinstatement was also due to the expansion of the steel rolling mill into a large factory with 10,000 employees.

If it weren't for the fact that the higher-ups only intended to give the expansion project to one department-level cadre, then it would have been Secretary Nie.

Yang Ligong had just made a mistake and been demoted at that time. Later, the factory expanded, and the leadership team naturally had to be expanded as well.

It was reasonable to have another director-general, so Yang Ligong took over, and there was a top leader and a second-in-command, each in charge of different affairs.

Li Huaide is now naturally ambitious. He's already a full-fledged department head, and the vice-ministerial level is just around the corner. As long as he takes one small step, the world will suddenly become much bigger.

Li Huaide is also full of passion for the future.

It's fair to say that progressing at each level is extremely difficult; none of them are easy.

As the saying goes, some people start as deputy section chiefs, while others remain deputy section chiefs their entire lives.