Congratulations, Manager Liu

  Wishing everyone a happy Lantern Festival!

  At three o'clock in the afternoon, the security guards had just finished eating a pot of the world's most expensive five-spice stewed dog meat and were hugging their bellies on the grass, when the news came from the bidding center that Zhicheng Group had successfully won the bid, with great success.

  Liu Ziguang announced the good news to everyone, and although the security guards were just the lowest-level temporary workers under the group, they were also considered part of the group. Everyone suddenly cheered and threw their hats into the air. Liu Ziguang stretched out his hand and pressed down on them, saying: "Brothers, gather your things, pack up the leftover dog meat and take it back home, we'll set off this afternoon."

  The bidding was successful, and the subsequent contract matters were all handled by the project team. It's a waste to open so many rooms, so it's better to leave early. Anyway, everyone didn't have much luggage to pack, so they directly loaded the Tibetan mastiff's fur and leftover braised meat into the Dongfeng truck and triumphantly returned home.

  Long Shao was captured, and Longyang City is no longer in danger. Liu Ziguo also didn't need to stay any longer, so he bid farewell to Cao Dahua and left with his brothers. After the project team returned to the hotel, Li Ni sent someone to knock on Liu Ziguo's door and call him over for a meeting, only to find out that he had already checked out and left.

  "Director Li, shall we call him back?" Wei Zixuan asked with a expressionless face.

  "Never mind, let's talk about it when we get back." Li Nian waved her hand. This matter was not clearly explained by herself, and Liu Ziguang had already made arrangements with Cao Dahua before he left. He didn't do anything wrong, but this also gave Li Nian another feeling - this man seemed to be difficult to control.

  Although Zhicheng Group won the bid, it was a hard-won victory. Huang Baozi from Pingchuan Jia Yuan was also determined to win this time. His company's strength is not weak, and its relationship with local banks is good, so borrowing tens of millions is no problem. In order to thoroughly crush him, Li Ni offered a high price of 1.5 billion, which finally succeeded in winning the bid.

  1.5 billion, not a small amount for Zhicheng Group either. After returning, there were still many things to do, contacting banks for loans, and setting up a subsidiary on the Longyang side to operate, waiting for General Manager Li to take care of it. She didn't have the energy to think about other things, leaving behind a project team of ten people, Li Ni also set off on her return journey.

  The journey back to Jiangbei was smooth, and she slept for over an hour in the car before arriving. Li Ni, who had been eager to return home, did not go back to the company but instead rushed to the kindergarten to pick up her beloved son. At this moment, however, she was unaware that a big show was being staged at the entrance of Zhicheng Garden.

  ……

  Because the truck couldn't enter the city, the brothers got off in the suburbs and took a bus. Some people went back to their homes to rest first, while others went directly to work at Zhicheng Garden. The property management of the community was on three shifts, and they were originally supposed to change shifts in the morning, but they had already been delayed for more than ten hours. In the past, they would have definitely been fired by the strict Captain Bai, but this time everyone wasn't worried at all - after all, it was a task from the group's headquarters, so who would dare to be afraid?

  Everyone got off the bus, chatting and laughing in groups of three or five, walking towards the residential area. It wasn't until they reached the entrance that they realized something was wrong. General Gao was standing at the entrance with Captain Bai by his side, waiting for them with an air of authority.

  It just so happened that Liu Ziguang had arranged to switch shifts, but the security team still had a mole from Gao's side. Captain Bai was sensitive and discovered that today's shift was still the same as yesterday's. If it were a shift change, it would be an individual behavior, how could it be a full shift change? Moreover, all the people on duty were older, and none of the young and strong ones were present.

  Captain Bai immediately reported to General Gao, who attached great importance to this matter. Recently, the company's atmosphere has been unfavorable, and with the smooth collection of property fees, Liu Ziguang's prestige has been rising, almost overshadowing General Gao's authority. General Gao was worried about this situation and decided to seize Liu Ziguang's weakness and suppress his arrogance. Captain Bai's report was timely and hit the nail on the head.

  Collective absenteeism, this is still tolerable. Director Gao decided to catch someone in the act. It's already six o'clock in the afternoon and he still hasn't returned home. He stood at the gate with Captain Bai, waiting for who-knows-how-long before giving up.

  They walked over with a smile, saying something to the temporary workers. General Gao puffed out his chest and stood at the gate, while Captain Bai followed closely behind, waiting to see Liu Ziguang's joke.

  Who would have thought that Zhong Baoan actually didn't show any sign of acknowledging his mistake, but instead smiled and greeted Gao Zong one by one, shouting "Gao Zong" repeatedly, then tried to walk through the main gate.

  Gao furrowed his brow, Captain Bai observed the situation and noticed the leader's displeasure. He immediately stood up straight and shouted: "You're just coming to switch shifts now? What do you think you're doing?"

  The security guards were stunned, and then they all looked at Captain Bai in unison. Captain Bai was about to show off, but suddenly found that the gaze contained not admiration... but contempt.

  "Director Gao, Old Bai, why haven't you left yet after work?" Liu Ziguang walked over from behind with his clothes slung over his shoulder. Director Gao knew that Liu Ziguang had gone on a business trip with Director Li, but he didn't expect him to return so soon. He quickly adjusted his expression and smiled: "Little Liu, the management of the security department still needs improvement. If you're busy, I'll let Captain Bai assist you."

  "No need, Old Bai's body is not good, let him rest more, brothers, let's go." Liu Ziguang said, leading the security guards into the neighborhood, and Gao was so angry that he didn't dare to speak out against White Captain, this is also too disrespectful to leadership.

  "Hao Zong, I'm fine, don't listen to Liu Ziguang's nonsense." Bai Duizhang said with a very wronged tone.

  "What's good about it?!" General Gao's face changed and he walked away on his own.

  ……

  The next day, Gao gathered a large pile of black materials, all of which were evidence of Liu Ziguang's various crimes, such as inciting workers to confront leaders, collective absenteeism without organizational discipline, and entanglement with the underworld. There were also signatures from several department heads on it. He took these materials, along with living witness Bai Duizhang, to personally file a complaint against Liu Ziguang at the group headquarters.

  Two people walked into the headquarters gate, Liu Ziguang was sitting in Li's office, drinking coffee and enjoying himself. The wide leather sofa was very comfortable, outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, busy office workers were rushing around like ants, from this angle, looking out over Jiangbei City, it really had a sense of overlooking the world.

  Early this morning, General Manager Li's secretary called Liu Ziguang and asked him to report to the headquarters. Liu Ziguang asked which department he should report to, but the other party surprisingly said that he should directly report to the general manager's office. After he arrived, the front desk didn't even make an announcement, and directly took him to the door of the general manager's office. The front desk attendant, Miss Jiang, looked at Liu Ziguang with a gaze that was both admiring and adoring, almost sparkling with little stars.

  Mr. Li was still holding the morning meeting, and his secretary brought Liu Ziguang into the office, sat him down, poured him a cup of strong coffee, and left. After waiting for about ten minutes, the morning meeting ended, and Li Hong walked in with a file folder, accompanied by Wei Ziyuan, and saw Liu Ziguang, enthusiastically greeting: "Hello, Little Liu."

  Wei Ziqian didn't say a word, her eyes didn't meet Liu Ziguang's either, she just quietly gathered the documents and said to Li Ni: "I'm going out to do something."

  Li Ni nodded and watched Wei Zixuan leave. She had already guessed that there might be something between Wei Zixuan and Liu Ziguo, but compared to work, such trivial matters could basically be ignored.

  "Hello, Director Li." Liu Ziguang stood up politely and greeted him. Today he was still wearing his own jacket, a very out-of-style piece of clothing.

  "You sit first, it's like this, I have a position here, which is the head of the group's security department, with relatively good treatment. I think you are more suitable for this position, and the group also needs talents like you. How about it? You consider it." Li Xian was straightforward and laid his cards on the table.

  "Thank you, Director Li, I don't want to do it." Liu Ziguo rejected without hesitation.

  "Oh? Why?" Li's eyebrows rose in surprise, her hands clasped together under her chin, looking at Liu Ziguang with great interest. This person was getting more and more interesting. He would rather be a security guard in the residential area than a mid-level executive in the group. He probably still didn't understand the difference between them.

  "Before you make any decision, let me introduce the treatment and level of the Security Group's security manager. Generally speaking, this position is one level higher than your branch company's Jinbao, with better benefits and basic salary comparable to that of a director, around 15,000 yuan per month, excluding various insurance premiums. I think this condition in Jiangbei City is not low."

  Li Yan once again detailed the treatment of the security captain, but Liu Ziguang remained unmoved.

  "Director Li, I've thought it over and I think it's better to stay in the first phase branch but as the head of the security department. The security task for this group is too much for me, let Cao Dahua and them handle it." Liu Ziguang said bluntly.

  "Are you sure?" Li Wan stared at him and asked, as if she wanted to see through this man's heart.

  "Confirmed."

  "Alright, according to the property company's report, your first-phase branch has greatly improved its property fee collection rate this quarter. You've made significant contributions to this achievement. How about I promote you half a rank and make you the deputy manager of the first-phase branch, concurrently serving as the head of security? What do you think?" Li Ni thought for a moment before proposing a compromise.

  Li Niang's brain is quick, Liu Ziguang doesn't want to come to the group headquarters to work, he must be thinking of developing himself. Such talent, no matter what, the company wants to keep him. What might hold him back are those security guards, it's worth trying to probe this aspect.

  As expected, Liu Ziguo took the bait and nodded his head saying: "Alright, I agree."

  "Alright then, I'll get the HR department to issue a formal notice, along with the one about raising the security guards' salaries. Congratulations, Manager Liu." Li Ni stood up and extended her hand to Liu Ziguang.

  "Thank you." Liu Ziguo squeezed Li Nian's soft and boneless small hand twice.

  ……

  The Human Resources Department office, Gao Zong is tearfully accusing Liu Ziguo, Bai Team Leader follows behind him in a duet, occasionally inserting one or two sentences at the right time, and the two of them are extremely tacit.

  The head of the Human Resources Department was flipping through the materials brought by Gao with a shocked expression, occasionally adjusting his glasses and glancing at Gao who was speaking enthusiastically.

  Gao thought he had succeeded and continued to boast, with his saliva flying everywhere. At this moment, the Minister's email reminder sounded, he looked at the computer, it was from the President's office, opened it and smiled.

  "Lao Gao, is this Liu Ziguang the one you complained about?" The director asked, pointing to Liu Ziguang who was shaking hands with Li in the corridor outside the transparent partition of the office.

  Gao suddenly turned his head and was instantly petrified.

  "Old Gao, congratulations to you, Liu Ziguang is now your deputy, the deputy manager of Zhicheng First Branch Company. You two should cooperate happily. As for this report, take it back first, I'll pretend I didn't see it."

  The first season of Orange Red Years has come to an end. The division of this season is not based on content, but rather time, serving as a dividing line for convenience. Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new week and month. I hope everyone will continue to support Orange Red Years, promote this book, and let more people see it.

  Here is the translation:

  "I'd like to clarify that I think this book is not a gangster novel, nor a business or officialdom novel, but a youth inspirational novel. The philosophy it conveys is that everyone has their own unique talents and abilities, and people from marginalized groups such as security guards, laid-off workers, dropouts, migrant workers, and street thugs are also part of this society, with their own vibrant youth. As long as they are given the opportunity to shine, they can create something brilliant."

  Alright, done showing off, now announcing the cast list

  In recent episodes, some friendly guest stars have been added, including the owner of a car repair shop wielding a large wrench played by reader Xuanzi.

  The young man wearing a red shirt is played by reader Hong Tuantuan.

  Liu Ziguang's neighbor, middle-aged worker Deng Yunfeng is played by reader Deng Yunfeng. This role also has a son and will have some father-son confrontations later on.

  Two Tibetan Mastiffs, who wants to play? Come and claim them yourself.