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Chapter 627: Ma Shouchang, Trouble Comes

Zhou Chen has always believed in a saying: A little bit of rice is a favor, a big bit of rice is a grudge.

Sometimes good intentions may not necessarily be rewarded with sincerity, and may even cause more problems.

Just like he helped Sun Ganchao, if Xiao Guoqing lost his job like Sun Ganchao, and he only helped Sun Ganchao, Xiao Guoqing would definitely have some thoughts in his mind even if he didn't say it.

The reason why he chose to help Yu Hong was, firstly, because cooking on a construction site was not a very good job and even if people knew about it, it would not cause much reaction; secondly, he saw that Yu Hong was a hardworking and down-to-earth person.

Although in the original plot of the TV series, Yu Hong pretended to be pitiful in order to gain sympathy in order to get a house, to be honest, if gaining sympathy and pretending to be pitiful can get a house, I think most people would not mind doing it.

He helped Yu Hong out of Sun Ganchao's favor and also because Yu Hong was not as annoying as Wu Qian.

For Zhou Chen, this was just a trivial matter.

But for Sun Ganchao and his wife, this is great news.

As for whether it is hard or tiring, these are all nonsense. Life is hard to make, so why talk about hardship and fatigue? It is enough to have a job and make money.

"Kun'er, it's really no problem. Although Yu Hong's cooking is not as good as the chefs in the restaurant, she can definitely make big pot meals. No matter how hard or tiring it is, can it be harder than the pedicure workers in the bathhouse?"

Sun Ganchao is a man after all, and he doesn't understand the hard work of cooking. What's more, the construction site of the factory and building is particularly large, and there must be a lot of people, so it must be hard work. However, Zhou Chen naturally cannot just find a cook.

What he wanted to say was that to do this job, one must be able to endure hardships and work. He said this in advance to prevent Yu Hong from not wanting to do it after a few days and ending up being blamed.

"Okay, since you think it's okay, then go back and tell Yu Hong the specific working hours. Three days later, when you go to this place, just say that I asked you to go."

Sun Ganchao remembered the place Zhou Chen mentioned and nodded quickly, saying, "Okay, I'll remember it. I'll go there with Yu Hong when the time comes."

After discussing the matter, Zhou Chen invited Sun Ganchao to have dinner at his home. However, Sun Ganchao, who had received the good news, was anxious to go back and tell his wife, and refused Zhou Chen's attempt to keep him.

When Sun Ganchao returned home and told Yu Hong the news, Yu Hong was completely stunned and spoke incoherently with excitement.

These years were the beginning of a wave of layoffs, and too many people could not survive because they had no jobs. If it weren't for Zhou Chen's help, their family would have definitely had a hard time in the past few months.

When Zhou Chen said he would help Sun Ganchao find a job, the couple believed it without a doubt, because Xiao Guoqing became rich only with Zhou Chen's help.

Now, when he heard that Zhou Chen not only helped Sun Ganchao solve his work problem, but also found a job for himself, although it was a cook on the construction site, Zhou Chen said that the salary would not be low.

For someone like her who can't even find a cleaning job, this is great news.

"Catch up, we must thank Bingkun very much, or we should find some time to treat him to a meal?" Yu Hong suggested.

Sun Ganchao waved his hand and said, "Don't join in the fun. Kun'er is so busy now, how can he have time to eat with us? Even if we invite you to dinner, I will go when the time comes, so forget it."

Yu Hong did not object, but just said: "Bingkun asked you to study with his father, which shows that he values ​​you. You must study hard to catch up with him."

"Of course, Kun'er won't treat me badly, and Uncle Zhou treats me like his own son or nephew, so don't worry so much."

"Let's dress up well these few days and buy two new sets of clothes. We can't lose face for Kun'er."

After hearing what her husband said, Yu Hong said, "Ganchao, I think we should keep a low profile. If others misunderstand that we are relying on Bingkun's relationship, wouldn't that be bad for Bingkun?"

Sun Ganchao was stunned and felt that what Yu Hong said made some sense.

"You're right. Kun'er arranged work for both of us because he was taking care of us. We should work hard and not cause any criticism for Kun'er."

He was just too happy just now, and he and Zhou Chen had known each other for so many years, so he didn't think about these things. It was only after Yu Hong reminded him that he realized that things are different now.

"Catch up, it's great that the two of us can work together, but is it okay to leave our son to your parents?"

"That's not a problem. Although my parents are not in good health, they can still help us take care of the children."

"Then I feel relieved. I will study hard at home these few days to find out how to make the food taste better."

Yu Hong, who had not worked for a long time, was very excited and nervous at the moment. Although she cooked at home, she had never cooked at a construction site, so she had no confidence at all.

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These days, Zhou Zhigang has not left his house, studying the blueprints at home every day. Work is about to start. Being extremely responsible, he is unwilling to waste a single minute on work. Even when Ma Shouchang came to play chess with him, he didn't have time to respond.

Zhou Zhigang ignored Ma Shouchang, so Ma Shouchang could only find Zhou Bingkun.

"Bingkun, what's wrong with your dad recently? I asked him to play chess but he just didn't play. He just studies a blueprint every day."

Zhou Chen explained, "Uncle Ma, my dad is too idle at home, so I found him something to do. Our company bought a piece of land, and we are about to start construction on it, mainly to build factories and residential buildings. My dad happens to be a construction worker, so I asked him to go over and keep an eye on it."

"I originally just wanted him to have something to do to kill time, but who would have thought that he would be more concerned about it than I am."

Speaking of this, Zhou Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't expect Zhou Zhigang to be such a workaholic. He didn't know whether this could be considered as shooting himself in the foot.

Zhou Zhigang is so old, he is really afraid of hurting Zhou Zhigang.

But now he had no choice but to rely on his medical skills, keep an eye on Zhou Zhigang at all times, and give Zhou Zhigang more supplements on a regular basis.

In fact, in the TV series, Zhou Zhigang was in good health, but he eventually fell ill because of playing chess with his grandson.

Zhou Chen didn't know what the specific disease was, but it was most likely an acute disease such as acute cerebral infarction or heart failure, which was why he died in a short period of time.

To be honest, it is really difficult to prevent an acute outbreak of this kind of disease. We can only take care of ourselves slowly in our daily lives while maintaining an optimistic attitude.

When Ma Shouchang heard that Zhou Zhigang was going to work at Zhou Chen's company, he also became interested and his eyes widened.

"Bingkun, I finally found a chess friend of your father, and now he's working for you, what should I do? No, you have to find me something to do. I'm bored to death at home every day, arguing with Lao Qu all day long. You have to find me a job."

Zhou Chen was stunned. After a long while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Ma, why are you joining in the fun?"

Ma Shouchang said in a deep voice: "I'm not kidding you. I'm serious. I don't care. Since you've ruined my chess friends, you have to find me something to do to kill time. If you don't agree, I'll come to block your door every day. If you still don't agree, I'll follow your dad to the construction site every day."

"Uncle Ma, you are making things difficult for me. You said you finally retired and it would be great to rest at home. Why did you have to do this?"

Zhou Chen understood that people of the older generation like them had come from an era when labor was glorious, so even after retirement, they could not sit idle.

But Ma Shouchang is different from Zhou Zhigang. Zhou Zhigang is his father and he can take the responsibility.

Ma Shouchang was a retired senior state official, and he had no blood relationship with Ma Shouchang. If any problems occurred in his place, he would not be able to bear the consequences.

Ma Shouchang started to act shameless: "I don't care, I am like this anyway, you can do whatever you want."

Faced with the rogue Ma Shouchang, what else could Zhou Chen do? He could only go to Zhou Zhigang for advice.

Zhou Zhigang has been with Ma Shouchang for several months and has gained a certain understanding of this elderly friend. He also knows that Ma Shouchang has similar ideas to him, but he also understands his youngest son's concerns.

"I'll go talk to him."

Zhou Chen originally thought that Zhou Zhigang could convince Ma Shouchang, but the final result was that Zhou Zhigang was convinced by Ma Shouchang instead.

"Bingkun, I have discussed this with Lao Ma. You can let him go, but he won't do any work. You can give him a management position and let him be in charge of managing people. He used to be the dean of a military academy, so he will definitely have no problem managing people."

Facing these two old men, what else could Zhou Chen do? He could only compromise and gave them many instructions, asking them not to do anything rash. He also sent them a car to pick them up from get off work every day.

In the end, Zhou Zhigang and Ma Shouchang both went to work at Zhou Chen's construction site, and Zhou Chen had no choice but to let them do as they pleased.

With these two responsible old men taking care of the construction site, Zhou Chen saved himself a lot of trouble and had more time to do other things.

More than two months passed in a flash.

During this period, Zhou Zhigang and Ma Shouchang did not have any problems, which made Zhou Chen feel relieved. However, what surprised him was that in addition to these two old men, Qu Xiuzhen would occasionally go to the construction site with them.

However, Zhou Zhigang's salary goes through the company's finance department, but Ma Shouchang does not receive any salary from the company. After all, he is a retired cadre and he also values ​​his reputation. Although he manages people on Zhou Chen's construction site, he does not receive any salary.

Although he didn't get paid, Ma Shouchang still worked hard. He wore the safety helmet every day and walked around the construction site. When he was tired, he went to the air-conditioned office. There were people talking everywhere around him. His life was much happier than being stuck in the provincial compound every day.

Because of this, Ma Shouchang was happy every day, which caused Qu Xiuzhen's dissatisfaction, and later she would follow him to the construction site.

The behavior of these three elders made Zhou Chen really helpless. After looking around, his own old lady was the most stable. She stayed at home every day, cooking, taking care of the children, and cleaning.

In the two months since returning to Jichun, although Zhou Chen seldom went to the construction site to check on the progress, he was not idle either, because he wanted to rest, but some people did not want him to rest.

Ever since they learned that he was the chairman of Chenxing Group and had bought a large piece of land in Jichun to build a factory and a building, the city and provincial officials could no longer sit still. They contacted Zhou Chen through various connections every now and then, hoping that Zhou Chen could invest, etc.

Being on someone else's turf, Zhou Chen had to give face, so he turned down those invitations that he could, and for those that he couldn't, he had to accept the invitations.

However, keeping the appointment is one thing, but whether or not I can get investment from him is another matter.

In more than two months, Zhou Chen only made a few investments, most of which were charitable, such as building two primary schools, renovating the middle school buildings, donating money to poor areas, etc.

Not much money was spent, but his reputation as a philanthropist spread.

As time went by, those people saw that Zhou Chen did not invest in other industries, and they more or less understood what he meant, and later stopped pestering him for investment.

That day, Zhou Chen had just had dinner with the city leaders and negotiated an investment to acquire a garment factory. When he returned home, he met someone he didn't want to see.

"elder brother!"

The familiar voice made Zhou Chen alert immediately, and he quickly glanced around.

There were quite a few people sitting in the living room on the first floor. Li Suhua and Zheng Juan were sitting on the sofa, Qiao Chunyan, Chunyan's mother and Wu Qian were sitting next to them, and Cao Debao was there too. In addition to them, there were several other women and young people. Zhou Chen had the impression that they should all be old neighbors of Guangzi Pian.

Zhou Chen was so perceptive that he guessed most of these people's purpose almost instantly.

"Hey, Mom, are these all the aunts you called here to reminisce about the past? Hello, aunts."

As soon as Zhou Chen opened his mouth, it was as if a switch was turned on, and all these people stood up.

"Oh, big boss Bingkun is back."

"Bingkun, do you still remember me? I'm your Aunt Liu. When you were a kid, you stole our chicks..."

"Bingkun is getting more and more handsome. He is indeed a college student from the capital. Look at his outfit. He is totally different from us."

"Mother Bingkun, you are so lucky to have such a good son."

"Yes, Suhua, you are so lucky. Your eldest son is a senior official in the country, and your youngest son is a big boss. You are unique in the whole Guangzi film."

"..."

Li Suhua did not show any joy despite the series of compliments. Instead, his expression was very calm, as if these people were praising strangers rather than his son.

"Kun'er, these are our old neighbors in Guangzi. Everyone is here to get to know each other today."

Zhou Chen immediately understood what Li Suhua meant. It meant that these people came to her house on their own initiative and had nothing to do with her. They were just old neighbors, so he should be more careful.

Zhou Chen said with a smile: "It's a rare opportunity for everyone to come here, Juan'er, why don't you hurry up and cook."

Zheng Juan immediately stood up obediently and was about to go to the kitchen, but was stopped by Chunyan's mother.

"Juan'er, don't, we have already eaten, so let's not bother."

Zheng Juan said: "No trouble, no trouble."

Chunyan's mother and others were a little embarrassed. They looked at each other, and finally everyone signaled with their eyes that Chunyan's mother should speak first.

Chunyan's mother looked embarrassed. It was obvious that she didn't want to be the first to take action, so she looked at her daughter Qiao Chunyan.

Qiao Chunyan is thick-skinned and relies on the fact that she is Li Suhua's "goddaughter", so she feels that she is closer to the Zhou family than others.

"Brother, I heard that you are the big boss now. Are you the one who arranged the work for Gan Chao and Yu Hong?"

Zhou Chen replied calmly, "It is true that I helped to contact Gan Chao and Yu Hong for their jobs, but as for the big boss you mentioned, forget it. I am just an employee."

When they heard Zhou Chen admit that he had helped find jobs for Sun Ganchao and Yu Hong, Qiao Chunyan and the others were delighted. As for the second half of Zhou Chen's sentence, they simply chose to ignore it.

"Bingkun, we are old neighbors in Guangzi Pian. Our son was laid off and still hasn't found a job. Can you help Ganchao and his wife find a job? Can you also help our Xiaoliu find a job?"

"Our Xiaofei doesn't have a job either. Bingkun, Xiaofei used to call you brother all the time. Can you help Xiaofei and find him a job?"

"Our family..."

Several middle-aged women couldn't wait to call out to Zhou Chen, looking at him with longing on their faces.

Facing these gazes, Li Suhua and Zheng Juan both had unhappy expressions, but Zhou Chen remained calm.

"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, I'm just an employee. It doesn't matter who I hire or who I don't hire. What's more, the construction site is full now and there's no point in hiring anyone. It's useless for you to come to me."

When the hopeful women heard this, their faces suddenly changed.

One of them couldn't help but yelled, "Bingkun, don't lie to us. We heard that you surpassed the couple just by saying one word. We also heard that you are the big boss and the big leaders in the city and province are lining up to find you."

"Yes, Bingkun, we have been neighbors for decades. We have helped your parents before. You can't turn your back on us."

"Bingkun, you came from our Guangzi Film Studio. You should never forget your roots."

"..."

The more these people spoke, the more unpleasant it became. Zhou Chen was so irritated by them that he started laughing. What the hell, who are you talking to each other? Do I know you?

These people were so ungrateful that Zhou Chen was too lazy to give them any face.

"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen. I've been busy all day and I'm very tired. I need to rest. We can talk later. Please go back first."

But since these women's plans failed, how could they be willing to leave easily? When Zhou Chen couldn't convince them, they turned their attention to Li Suhua.

"Suhua, we have been neighbors for many years. You have watched Xiao Liuzi grow up. You can't just ignore him."

"Yes, Suhua, we have known each other for so many years. I beg you to help me."