Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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"The higher-ups have instructed that no one may open this gate without Section Chief Zhang's order."

Chapter 392 Successful Smuggling

Geng Feiyan was so angry she laughed. She was the deputy secretary of the machinery factory, in charge of all the work.

When I returned to my workplace, the security guard at the gate wouldn't let me in.

Being a deputy secretary is so frustrating.

"You won't even let me in?"

The security guard nodded and said, "I'll make a phone call for you."

Zhang Guangming quickly received a call and said to He Yuzhu:

"Secretary Geng has arrived."

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "Go and stall him for a few minutes, and I'll have them speed things up here."

Zhang Guangming nodded, then slowly walked towards the main gate.

He Yuzhu urged the workers to speed up so that the loaded truck could exit through the side door.

At the gate, Geng Feiyan was furious. It was winter, and she had just felt a little cold, but now she felt incredibly hot all over.

"Zhang Guangming, what do you want to do? Is this still a country ruled by the people? Are you trying to rebel?"

"Secretary Geng, you must be joking. It's nighttime now, and strengthening security was your previous request. We can only let people in after I give my approval. This is just our work procedure."

Geng Feiyan took a deep breath, knowing that now was not the time to argue with Zhang Guangming, and said:

"Open the door quickly and let us in."

Zhang Guangming shook his head and said, "Sorry, I can't let you in."

"What?" Geng Feiyan asked in surprise, and Zhang Guangming repeated it.

"Are you really trying to rebel? I can't even get into my own factory?"

"Secretary Geng, let me correct you. This factory belongs to the people and the collective, not to you."

"I'm too lazy to argue with you. Open the door and let me in."

"Where is your work ID?"

Geng Feiyan asked in surprise, "What? I need to bring my work ID to get in?"

Zhang Guangming nodded: "Of course, in order to strengthen management, the regulations require that everyone must show their work permit to enter at night."

Geng Feiyan never expected there to be such a rule. She hadn't brought her work ID with her when she came, and she couldn't very well go back to get it.

"Do I need to prove anything?"

Zhao Guangming said, "The regulations do not specify who is exempt from needing a work permit."

Jiang Hanyang took out his work ID from his bag and handed it to Zhang Guangming, saying, "I have a work ID, may I come in?"

Zhang Guangming shook his head and refused to answer: "The regulations stipulate that no personnel from other units are allowed to enter the factory at night. Only leaders and workers of this unit are allowed to enter the factory area with their work permits."

"I can't go in either?"

Zhang Guangming nodded: "No."

Jiang Hanyang got angry; Zhang Guangming was just being unreasonable and trying to stop the two of them from going in.

"I think you don't want to do this anymore."

Zhao Guangming nodded: "Don't worry, I'll resign tomorrow morning."

Jiang Hanyang and Geng Feiyan were speechless at Zhang Guangming's efficiency.

This is like guarding the gate tightly, not wanting me to come in; as for tomorrow, they've already planned their escape route.

At worst, I'll just quit.

Geng Feiyan retorted angrily, "Fine, fine, leave the machinery factory. I'll see which company will still want you then."

"Don't worry, I won't starve."

Geng Feiyan said angrily, "Go and call He Yuzhu over. I want to ask him what he's up to."

Zhang Guangming said, "Okay."

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the factory area.

Geng Feiyan and Jiang Hanyang stood guard outside the gate, determined to get to the bottom of things today.

Zhang Guangming strolled into the warehouse and saw that only a few machine tools were being loaded onto trucks.

He Yuzhu turned around and saw him come in, then asked, "You didn't let them in, did you?"

"Don't worry, of course not."

"Okay, that's all the loading done. Let's go meet them."

The two walked slowly, and it took them quite a while to reach the gate.

"Hey, isn't this Director Jiang and Secretary Geng, you two? What brings you to the machinery factory so late at night?"

"He Yuzhu, stop pretending. Why are you moving the machine tools out of the warehouse? What are you planning to do?"

"I am not only the deputy director of the machinery factory, but also the deputy head of the sales department. Of course, I have the right to sell products to external parties. This is a position I have held since the factory was established."

Previously, He Yuzhu held the position of deputy head of the sales department without any objection.

Geng Feiyan then remembered that He Yuzhu's position included this clause, and immediately realized that she had miscalculated.

"He Yuzhu, what are you trying to do?"

He Yuzhu retorted, "I'm just contributing to the factory and selling products; is that wrong?"

"Who gave you permission to sell to external parties?"

"I am the deputy factory director myself. Do I need to ask you for permission to sell products? Aren't you just running a one-man show?"

Jiang Hanyang shouted, "He Yuzhu, say nothing else but tell Zhang Guangming to open the door and let us in."

Jiang Hanyang thought He Yuzhu would refuse, but He Yuzhu opened the door readily.

Jiang Hanyang shouted, and he and Geng Feiyan entered the factory together, heading straight for the warehouse.

Looking at the much emptier warehouse, Geng Feiyan was furious; this was a huge problem.

Turning around, she saw that He Yuzhu hadn't followed her. She stormed into the office building and, sure enough, He Yuzhu's office light was still on.

He went upstairs and stormed into He Yuzhu's office, shouting, "He Yuzhu, what exactly do you want?"

He Yuzhu was brewing tea in a purple clay teapot, and said to the couple with a smile:

'What I don't want to do, is it you two who want to do it?'

"you..."

Before Geng Feiyan could say anything more, Jiang Hanyang pulled her away.

Since things have come to this, there's no point in saying anything more. It's just a batch of machine tools; we can just remanufacture them.

He Yuzhu drank the tea and then left the machinery factory. The next day, Geng Feiyan came to the office and asked her secretary to announce a meeting.

But the secretary came in and said, "Sir, Zhang Guangming, the head of the security department, has submitted his resignation, along with several other people from the security department and the logistics department."

"Okay, it's good that they all resigned. It saves me the trouble of firing them."

Although she thought it was a good idea, Geng Feiyan was furious inside. She had never won a fight against He Yuzhu.

The area around Qianmen Street was indeed bustling with activity. Looking at the warehouse full of machine tools, Director Li pulled He Yuzhu aside and expressed his gratitude.

He Yuzhu suggested that since it was winter and new factory buildings couldn't be built, they could use the existing warehouse to install some machine tools and train apprentices as soon as possible to teach them basic operations.

We'll bring in some more experienced workers so they can mentor and guide us, and we can quickly build up production capacity.

Director Li naturally adopted all of He Yuzhu's suggestions.

When He Yuzhu got home, he saw several letters on the table and asked, "Who sent these letters?"

"Take a look for yourself," Xu Huizhen said.

He Yuzhu washed his face and then came to the table. The envelopes were printed uniformly by the machinery factory, and He Yuzhu smiled.

Without a doubt, this was a dismissal order against me, and sure enough, upon opening it, it revealed my removal from office.

Because He Yuzhu disobeyed the orders of his superiors, failed to work diligently, and engaged in illegal and disciplinary violations, the leadership decided to remove He Yuzhu from all his positions and dismiss him from the machinery factory.

Below are letters from Zhao Yuezhen, Xu Zhaodi, Xu Xiaomei, and others. Without guessing, one can tell that the leaders and workers who asked for leave at the same time as them have all been dismissed.

"Looks like I've become an ordinary citizen again, that's great."

Xu Huizhi said in surprise, "Brother-in-law, are you running a fever? How can you still say that ordinary people are good when you were a section chief before?"

“What do you know? I am a worker and the master of the country. I will never be an official again.”

He Yuzhu has money and food, a beautiful wife and many children, and he can simply enjoy life every day.

As for being an official, I've had enough of that in the past two years. I've developed a small factory into a large factory with 6000 employees, and I've had my fill of being a successful entrepreneur.

The first time was still quite exciting, but if he had to do it all over again, he wouldn't want to do it anymore.