Officialdom: Reborn in the 90s, all I want to do is quit my job and make money.

Outside.

Everyone seemed to be frozen in place, completely still.

Secretary Liu's mouth was agape in an "O" shape, and her eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets.

In the corridor, the expressions on the faces of the group of cadres who had craned their necks to watch the spectacle changed from gossip to fear, and finally to pure, incomprehensible bewilderment.

he....

Did he close the door?

In front of a worker who was kneeling on the ground, his head bleeding from kowtowing.

He actually just closed the door like that?!

"state."

A dull, soft sound.

It was the man who had been kowtowing; due to inertia, his last head struck the cold, hard mahogany door.

He looked up, his forehead covered in blood mixed with sweat, blurring his vision.

He stared blankly at the tightly closed door, the last embers of hope in his eyes extinguished.

"ah--!"

A piercing, inhuman wail burst from his throat!

That wasn't pleading, that was despair!

"He doesn't care about us! He doesn't care if we live or die!"

"Liars! They're all liars!"

boom!

That sound was like a spark that instantly ignited the entire city hall building!

Downstairs, the thousands of workers who had been holding onto a sliver of hope and eagerly awaiting their arrival were completely enraged!

"Fuck him! What kind of savior is he?!"

"Charge in! Demand an explanation from Li Dakang!"

"Smash that son of a bitch!"

The angry roars coalesced into a black torrent, crashing violently against the fragile defenses of the city hall building.

The sounds of shattering glass, overturned tables and chairs, and screams of security guards filled the air, creating utter chaos.

The entire building was shaking.

in the office.

Lin Yu leaned against the door, listening to the roaring sounds outside, the increasingly loud and frantic pounding on the door.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his chest was heaving violently.

fuck!

What the hell did I do?!

close the door?

I actually closed the door?

Is this something a human being would do?!

No.

This is not what he wanted to do.

It was that burning anger that had been building up all the way from Jiangcheng to the Han River, the humiliation of being made a fool of and manipulated like a pawn, that consumed all his reason in that instant!

He thought that closing the door would keep all the troubles out.

The results of it?

He's stirred up an even bigger hornet's nest!

Li Dakang!

That name was all that remained in Lin Yu's mind.

That old Deng must be hiding in some corner right now, watching all this with that sinister "everything is under control" smile on his lips!

Didn't you want to see me fail?

Don't you think the greater the pressure, the higher I bounce?

it is good!

it is good!

it is good!

Today, I'll show you!

What the hell was that yelling?! *Bang!*

A thought, even more insane than before, yet tinged with a chilling resolve, took shape in his mind.

Lin Yu suddenly turned around.

He looked at the door that was being banged on by people outside.

Then, he raised his hand and grasped the doorknob.

Amidst the terrified screams of Secretary Liu outside the door.

Amidst the horrified gazes of countless people in the corridor.

He suddenly yanked the door open!

"Squeak—"

All sounds outside suddenly ceased.

Everyone seemed to have been put on pause.

They watched the young man who had left but then returned.

Lin Yu's face showed not a trace of panic or fear.

His gaze passed over the worker representative who was crying his eyes out at the door, and over the group of dumbfounded cadres in the corridor, and went straight to the end of the corridor.

There, Li Dakang was leading a group of people, rushing over.

Eyes facing each other.

Li Dakang's pupils suddenly contracted.

Lin Yu smiled.

She smiled radiantly.

"You want me to save you?"

He spoke, his voice not loud, but it resounded like thunder in everyone's ears.

All eyes instantly turned to him.

"Do you want to revive the Hongqi Steel Pipe Factory?"

He stepped out of the office.

He walked up to the man kneeling on the ground and looked down at him.

"Okay."

He slowly uttered two words.

The man suddenly raised his head, his blood-stained face filled with disbelief.

Li Dakang, standing at the end of the corridor, paused, a knowing smile spreading across his face.

He knows it!

This kid is like a spring!

however.

Lin Yu's next words froze everyone's smiles on their faces.

"However, I have one condition."

Lin Yu looked around, his gaze sweeping over everyone's astonished faces, and finally landing on Li Dakang.

That look in his eyes was a blatant provocation.

"Starting today, Hongqi Steel Pipe Factory will undergo shareholding reform!"

Joint-stock company?

What is this thing?

Everyone looked bewildered.

Li Dakang's brow twitched violently.

Jiangcheng's experience! He's going to start replicating Jiangcheng's experience!

"I, personally investing, will acquire 51% of the shares of Hongqi Steel Pipe Factory!"

boom!

These words were even more shocking than the workers' riot earlier!

Secretary Liu's legs went weak, and she almost knelt down.

personal?

Acquisition?

Fifty-one percent of the shares in a large state-owned factory?

crazy!

This kid has completely gone mad!

Do you know what that means? It means tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars!

You're just a young man in your early twenties, where would you get so much money!

"You're being ridiculous!"

Li Dakang finally couldn't hold back any longer. He rushed over in three steps, pointed at Lin Yu's nose, and shouted sternly.

He wants a solution to the problem, not the ramblings of a madman!

"Am I being ridiculous?"

Lin Yu looked at him and smiled even more broadly.

"Mayor Li, don't rush, I haven't finished speaking yet."

He paused, then his voice suddenly rose, each word deliberate and forceful.

"I'll invest 100 million!"

"Acquire 51% of the shares of Hongqi Steel Pipe Factory!"

"The remaining 49 percent—all the workers present, and all current and retired employees of the factory—will have their owed wages converted into shares!"

"From today onwards, this factory is no longer state-owned, nor is it owned by the city!"

"It belongs to all of us!"

"I'll be the major shareholder, and you'll be the minority shareholders!"

"We'll distribute the profits according to our shareholdings! At the end of the year, we'll give you a dividend!"

"If we lose money, it's all on me! I'll use my 100 million to cover your salaries! Not a penny less, you'll all be paid!"

The whole world fell completely silent.

You could hear a pin drop.

Everyone was stunned and dumbfounded by these shocking remarks.

The man kneeling on the ground forgot to cry, forgot the pain, and just stared blankly at Lin Yu, as if he were looking at a god who had descended from the sky.

Exchange unpaid wages for shares?

The factory, to become their own?

He took out 100 million to cover the losses?

This……

This is fucking a windfall! And it's pure gold!

Li Dakang was also stunned.

He stared intently at Lin Yu, his Adam's apple bobbing, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

One hundred million?

Damn it, do you think that's a coin?

Is it funded by an individual?

Even if you sold Liang Wenyuan, you still couldn't raise that much money!

What exactly is this kid up to?

Is he solving a problem?

Do not!

He's fanning the flames! He's pushing things in a direction that's even bigger and more unmanageable!

He's trying to force the emperor to abdicate!

Force Li Dakang, force the entire Hanjiang City government, to admit in front of thousands of workers that he himself cannot come up with 100 million yuan! Force him to admit that he himself cannot save this factory!

So cruel!

So poisonous!

At this moment, Li Dakang finally understood that what he was facing was not a spring at all.

It was a spiked club covered in nails and coated with deadly poison!

Do you dare to bet?

OK!

Let's all die together!

Li Dakang's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

He looked at Lin Yu's young face, which was filled with madness and determination.

He glanced around at the workers, whose expressions had shifted from anger to fanaticism and greed.

He knew he had gone too far.

"How is it?"

Lin Yu looked at him, his smile as radiant as a blooming poppy.

"Mayor Li, what do you think of my plan? Is it feasible?"

His gaze then turned to the worker representative on the ground.

"Are you willing?"

"I do!"

The man practically roared as he leaped to his feet, his eyes bloodshot, and raised his arms in a shout.

"We are willing!"

"willing!!"

"We're all willing!!!"

Downstairs, the thousands of workers seemed to sense something and joined in with a thunderous roar.

The sound was deafening.

Li Dakang's face turned deathly pale.

He was stuck on the fire and couldn't get down.

Lin Yu stood opposite him, amidst the fervent roar of voices.

A barely perceptible, cold smile curved the corners of his mouth.

You want me to do the work?

Sure.

First, bring me 100 million.