The Way of Heaven Rewards Diligence in Film and Television

After rinsing his mouth, Lin Yang said irritably, "It's not that I wanted to come and keep him company while he drinks; that old guy tricked me into coming. He said he was going to treat me to dinner, but it turns out he just wanted me to come and fend off the drinks for him."

"Are you stupid? You believe him just because he says so? Why would he invite you to dinner?" Li Xiaoyue was both amused and exasperated.

"Old fox, too cunning," Lin Yang said, shaking his head, briefly explaining the silent battle between himself and Director Chen.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyue couldn't help but frown angrily and said, "He's gone too far! How can he do something so harmful and self-defeating? Are we just going to let this go? Doesn't President Lü know he's behind this?"

"That's the workplace..." Lin Yang shook his head and said, "Even if everyone knows it, as long as it's not brought up, President Lü won't do anything to him. In business, profit always comes first. Old Chen is still useful to him and can still generate profits for the company."

"However, it won't be that easy for Old Chen to force me out. I'll meet force with force and water with water. I want to see what other tricks he has up his sleeve. I can't do anything to him, and he can't do anything to me either. I'll just wait and see."

"You really are something... why don't you just change jobs?" Li Xiaoyue couldn't understand it.

"Which workplace is easy to get by in?" Lin Yang asked rhetorically, then replied, "At least this job is close to home, and I'm used to it. I was promoted to deputy director, and the salary isn't low, so I'll just keep doing it for now! I reckon Old Chen will have a harder time than me in the future."

"I can give up anytime, but he can't afford to, and he can't leave either. After all, he owns company shares, so he's basically tied up. He's unwilling to give up everything and leave, and if he doesn't cause trouble, I won't bother with him. Otherwise, he can just wait to suffer my temper!"

"You... Master, you're quite vengeful! And quite shameless too," Li Xiaoyue said, both amused and exasperated, feeling a pang of pity for Director Chen.

"It's hard to be a good person! It's more comfortable to be a bit of a rogue. If you're too well-behaved, people will think you're a fool," Lin Yang said, adding, "How's it going to work every day? With someone protecting you, you should be adjusting well, right?"

"What do you mean, 'someone's protecting you'? It's not like I have some powerful connections," Li Xiaoyue rolled her eyes at Lin Yang, then said:

"Master, you don't know, I just arrived and the company was already laying off employees. Now there are more changes, and I guess the company is going to be in trouble from now on."

"Look, a company can fall into chaos in an instant, and it might just disappear. So, cherish every job you have! Don't just jump ship; good jobs are really hard to find!" Lin Yang said.

Li Xiaoyue nodded in agreement: "Yeah, I've already made quite a few."

Lin Yang was both amused and exasperated. Li Xiaoyue didn't like jobs with too much overtime, and companies that didn't require overtime were often really inefficient! They could go bankrupt just like that!

"By the way, do you live around here?" Lin Yang asked.

"No, I was out having dinner with friends! I didn't expect to run into you, Master," Li Xiaoyue shook her head and said, "How are you? Can you get home by yourself?"

"I'm fine, much more awake now. I'll just take a taxi home," Lin Yang said. "It's getting late, so please be careful."

As he spoke, Lin Yang hailed a taxi and got in.

"Be careful! Send me a message when you get home," Li Xiaoyue waved and said.

As the taxi weaved through the traffic, looking at the bustling streets and towering buildings around him, the familiar yet unfamiliar scene gave Lin Yang a dazed feeling, as if he couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion.

Finally, it was the driver who woke Lin Yang, who was still half asleep. After paying the fare, Lin Yang got out of the car and walked towards the residential area, heading towards his building.

After that, every few days, Director Chen would drag Lin Yang to drinking parties, both at noon and in the evening.

He used the excuse of maintaining clients and attracting business, so Lin Yang couldn't very well refuse, since Lin Yang was now nominally his deputy.

Director Chen seemed determined to groom Lin Yang as his successor, and no one could say anything about it.

Lin Yang also discovered that by frequently going out for drinks, his alcohol tolerance had improved, and he was becoming able to drink more and more.

Even Director Chen was surprised. This kid can really drink! Was he faking it because he couldn't drink at first? He's practically born to do this.

Lin Yang was somewhat impressed by Director Chen. How could his liver withstand drinking like this all year round?

That afternoon, near the end of the workday, Lin Yang went to the director's office to report on his work. Before he could even speak, he saw Director Chen clutching his chest, looking as if he were in pain.

"Director, what's wrong?" Lin Yang stepped forward and asked with a frown.

"I... have liver pain, please help me..." Director Chen said, sounding somewhat strained.

Seeing that he was in so much pain that he was almost lying on his desk, Lin Yang didn't dare to delay and quickly took out his phone to call for an ambulance.

The ambulance arrived quickly, and Lin Yang went to the hospital with Director Chen.

Before they knew it, it was getting dark. In the doctor's office, Lin Yang, who had accompanied Director Chen to the examination and was too in pain to move, sat down on a chair in the corridor to wait for him. He came to see the doctor alone.

"Doctor, hello, have Chen Heng's test results come out yet?" Lin Yang asked.

"He's outside, right?" She glanced at the doctor outside the door and lowered her voice, "His condition isn't good. There's a tumor in his liver, very likely liver cancer. We'll need to investigate further..."

Before the doctor could finish speaking, a thud was heard outside.

Lin Yang, who was busy going out, saw Director Chen lying on the ground.

"Why? All I wanted was to get rid of you, and I didn't even succeed. It's not like I deserve this kind of retribution, is it?" Director Chen looked distressed and disbelieving.

"What retribution? It's just that you drank too much," Lin Yang said.

"Drinking?" Director Chen's expression grew increasingly bitter and desperate. "What can I do? Can I not drink? I have to support my family. My son is still in college, and he's not married yet... No, I can't get liver cancer, I can't be sick, I can't lose my job, and I can't become a burden to my wife and children..."

No? Impossible? Lin Yang looked at Director Chen with a complicated expression. Can one decide one's own illness?

He was indeed annoyed by Director Chen's schemes against him and wanted to retaliate and make Director Chen unhappy.

But seeing Director Chen like this now makes him realize that the retribution of fate can sometimes be even crueler.

Director Chen was hospitalized, and after a thorough examination the next day, it was indeed diagnosed as liver cancer, and the condition was already quite serious.

Fortunately, it's not incurable yet, but the hope of a cure is equally slim; at most, it will only prolong life by a few more years.

In this state, he was naturally unable to continue working, so General Manager Lü, who had personally spoken with Lin Yang, officially made him the director.

The newly appointed Lin Yang naturally wouldn't attend drinking parties all the time. Except for a few unavoidable ones, he would avoid them as much as possible.

Moreover, Mr. Lü's requirements for him are not high; he just needs to maintain good relationships with existing clients for the time being.

Whether or not they can get work depends mainly on how well their company's marketing plan is done.

Therefore, Lin Yang focused more on perfecting each plan.

At the same time, Director Chen's situation made him realize even more clearly the importance of health.

Therefore, in his spare time, Lin Yang also spends more time exercising, and even got a membership card at a gym near his community to start exercising more systematically.