All Novel Full Chapter 612
Chapter 612: May 19th, seeking marriage?
(Request for monthly ticket)_2 Chapter 612: May 19th, seeking marriage?
(Request for monthly ticket)_2 Zheng Dapeng made up his mind, extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, and tossed it into a nearby trash can before striding toward the hotel entrance.
“Director Zheng, have a safe journey!”
Kang Zhichao jogged to catch up and only stopped when they reached the hotel entrance, waving goodbye.
Zheng Dapeng didn’t even turn his head back but simply waved his hand in response.
Pah!
What rubbish!
…
Once Zheng Dapeng had walked away, Kang Zhichao spat fiercely.
He didn’t actually hold Zheng Dapeng in high esteem, but unfortunately, Zheng had been born into a better situation, with his father as the director of Xiangyang Steel Plant.
Whether Kang could advance further before retiring all depended on Zheng, so he had no choice but to bow his head under the roof of another.
However, Kang Zhichao failed to realize that he could take this opportunity to switch allegiances had he stood as firmly with Mr.
Yang as his own father, Kang Jingchun, did.
“The birthday banquet is about to start, hurry back!”
As Kang Zhichao was silently complaining, his wife, Wang Huixin, appeared behind him unnoticed.“Got it.”
“I was just seeing Zheng Dapeng off.”
Kang Zhichao shook his head in response.
“Always so diligent!”
“Didn’t you see the attitude of old man and second sister and the others?”
Wang Huixin rolled her eyes.
“I work at the steel plant.”
“They don’t work at the steel plant, so how can I treat Zheng Dapeng the same way they do?”
Kang Zhichao retorted, unconvinced.
“You just can’t see the situation clearly.”
“So what if you work at the steel plant?”
“With a mere salary of four or five thousand a month, if you had a good relationship with Mr.
Yang, any job he arranged for you would instantly earn you over ten thousand a month!”
Wang Huixin glared at him frustratedly and continued, “Just now, Mr.
Huang arrived, and she already promised that once back in Jiangcheng, she would let Lulu be her assistant with a monthly salary of fifteen thousand plus various bonuses!”
“Counting that, Lulu, a girl who just graduated two years ago, could be making two hundred thousand a year!”
“And you, still clinging to your petty few thousand yuan job, serving as a dog to others!”
Wang Huixin grew angrier as she spoke, not wanting to miss this chance to cling to someone powerful while her daughter was too young, not working, and she herself was too old with no significant skills.
There was still some maneuverability for Kang Zhichao, but he had unfortunately sided with Zheng Dapeng just then, as if Mr.
Yang would help him!
“My job is a secure job!”
“Who knows how long Lulu’s job will last!”
Kang Zhichao stubbornly retorted, “Even if Yang is rich and powerful, I can’t benefit from him, but my job is secured by Zheng Dongshan, and if he gets upset and decides to smash it, I’ll be jobless.
How else could I support Zheng Dapeng!”
“How do you know you can’t benefit from him?”
“With a fortune of several hundred billion, just a little slipping through his fingers is enough to have us dripping with grease!”
Wang Huixin stared hard and continued, “Besides, isn’t Xiangyang Steel Plant always working on reforms?
Once the reform is complete, the state enterprise will turn into a private company, and many will be laid off.
Can you guarantee that you won’t be on the layoff list?”
“So much for a secure job!”
“Who even has a secure job these days!”
Kang Zhichao was left speechless by the rebuke because everything Wang Huixin said was true.
Once the reforms at Xiangyang Steel Plant were complete, indeed, many people would be laid off, just as with other large state-owned enterprises that had already undergone reforms.
But Kang Zhichao was unwilling to concede.
After a moment of silence, he continued to argue, “If I maintain a good relationship with the Zheng family, then there’s no way I’d be on the layoff list!”
“Hmph, I hope so!”
Wang Huixin didn’t want to argue further on this topic.
She grabbed Kang Zhichao forcefully, her face cold as she admonished, “Just try your best to get along with Mr.
Yang during the party and don’t act foolishly again!”
Elsewhere.
Zheng Dapeng left the hotel and immediately called his father’s secretary to inquire about his father’s schedule.
He learned that Zheng Dongshan had attended a meeting in the provincial city and was already on the high-speed train back, so Zheng Dapeng hurriedly drove to the high-speed rail station and sent his father’s driver back.
After waiting at the station for half an hour,
Zheng Dapeng picked up the travel-weary Zheng Dongshan along with Secretary Liu.
“What trouble have you caused this time?”
Zheng Dongshan knew his son well; his eager trip to pick him up meant something was up, otherwise, he would have likely been gallivanting with some woman with that free time.
“Nothing, what trouble could I have caused!”
Zheng Dapeng put on a smiling face as he took his father’s briefcase, “I just happened to be near the high-speed rail station and thought I’d pick you up to go home together.”
Zheng Dongshan kept silent and quietly sat in the backseat of the Audi A6L.
Secretary Liu took the passenger seat and politely asked Zheng Dapeng if he should drive instead.
“Secretary Liu, you’ve had a hard day as well, I’ll drive.”
Zheng Dapeng smiled, waved his hand, and considerately reminded his father in the backseat to fasten his seatbelt.
Zheng Dongshan remained silent, his face showing fatigue.
He was the director of Xiangyang Steel Plant, but not actually the top leader because positions like that in major state-owned enterprises such as Xiangyang are held by secretaries.
Xiangyang Steel Plant, being a provincially-managed enterprise, had its secretary position held by a high-ranking provincial leader, and this trip to the provincial city was to discuss acquisition reforms with that leader.
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Currently, few companies were interested in acquiring shares of Xiangyang Steel Plant, practically none, as the few companies in talks were offering very low prices.
If ultimately no private capital was willing to get involved, Xiangyang Steel Plant might face bankruptcy and reorganization.
In fact, there were already precedents for this in other provinces, as the deficits of large state-owned enterprises are too substantial to easily resolve.
Take Xiangyang Steel Plant, the reality was much more difficult than what the financial statements showed, something outsiders didn’t understand, but Zheng Dongshan knew it all too well.
After resting his eyes for a while, Zheng Dongshan pinched the bridge of his nose, then opened his eyes and looked at Zheng Dapeng driving, and spoke, “If there’s something, say it fast.
If not, then forget it!”
Zheng Dongshan knew his son too well; such eager travel to pick him up surely meant something was up.
He recalled that the last time Zheng Dapeng was this diligent, he was asking for five hundred thousand.
Thus, Zheng Dongshan was ready for his prodigal son to ask for money again.
“Dad, I really don’t have anything major.”
“Just a small matter I want to report to you.”
Zheng Dapeng also knew his father’s temper and carefully chose his words.
“Speak!”
Zheng Dongshan leaned his head back and squinted as he watched the street scenes flying by the car window.
In his view, whatever Zheng Dapeng was about to say was trivial, so he didn’t take it very seriously.
“Today I went to Old Man Kang’s birthday banquet and met a girl, quite beautiful.”
“Dad, haven’t you been urging me to settle down?
Could you possibly approach Old Man Kang and speak on my behalf for a marriage proposal?”
Zheng Dapeng was actually setting a trap for his father.
He knew that leveraging his own connections to tackle Yang Hao was futile, but his father knew many high-ranking officials.
As the saying goes, “Commoners should not contend with officials.”
No matter how powerful a Yang was, he was just an ordinary civilian; if his father utilized his contacts, he should be able to make Yang see some sense.
So, what Zheng Dapeng needed to do was to have his father and Yang Hao cross paths first.
“A marriage proposal?”
“You fancy Old Man Kang’s granddaughter?”
Zheng Dongshan was surprised his son mentioned this; he took his gaze back, his expression growing somewhat serious, as it was a proper matter after all.
“Not his granddaughter, his grandniece!”
“The daughter from Old Man Kang’s third daughter’s family.” Zheng Dapeng, having learned Li Manni’s details from Kang Zhichao, continued, “The girl is a host and a graduate from a prestigious university, truly a rare good girl!”
“This matter…”
Zheng Dongshan rubbed his chin and looked through the car’s rear-view mirror at his son driving; he still felt something was off about the matter, but couldn’t pinpoint what exactly was amiss.