Chapter 288: An County Is My Home
Never mind Principal Tian—even Tian Xiaotao, who was reading the scripts over the radio, felt a bit guilty.
If nothing else, Xiao He was as lively as could be, sturdier and more resilient than the cows in the production team. When had she ever been sick?
But regardless of whether she felt guilty or not, Tian Xiaotao read the radio scripts with deep emotion, sounding as if she had witnessed everything with her own eyes!
For eight consecutive days, the radio station broadcasted Su He’s glorious deeds during a fixed time slot.
From saving a drowning child to courageously capturing a human trafficker, from the wild vegetable orders to over three hundred thousand yuan in foreign trade orders, from hair accessory designs to the instant noodle production line…
The effect was glaringly obvious!
The scandalous gossip concerning Su He’s lifestyle was completely replaced by waves of praise!
Some of the more literal-minded folks even ran over to the radio station specifically to give Su He condolences and gifts—handkerchiefs, leather cords, colorful headscarves, eggs, duck pears, and dried gourd strips!
An elderly man even tottered over to deliver a silk banner with four large characters written on it: “A Good Samaritan of An County!”
Well, look at that. Before the other candidates could even show their faces, Su He had already locked down the title of A Good Samaritan of An County.
In no time at all, Su He’s big name was known by everyone throughout An County.
Su He?
Now that was a genuinely good person!
Though young, she had made monumental contributions to our An County!
Whenever Su He went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, she didn’t have to line up at all because everyone would actively let her buy first.
If Su He walked down the road carrying packages, someone would invariably run over to help her carry them, because… they were terrified she would fall sick from exhaustion again.
Anyone else would have found it incredibly awkward. But Su He thoroughly enjoyed it, seizing the chance to recognize a few more relatives. How wonderful!
An uncle every two steps, a maternal uncle every three steps, and a grandmother every five steps. An County was her home, and relatives were everywhere!
Principal Tian was so green with envy!
He felt his seat as the factory director wouldn’t be secure for much longer!
Now, the entire food factory had become that girl’s relatives—even the elderly doorman was her newly recognized third great-granduncle!
Envy aside, the old man admired Su He tremendously.
This girl was truly formidable!
And it wasn’t the ordinary kind of formidable either; she always defied convention to catch her opponents off guard and secure a surprise victory!
That Shen Ruyi must have a loose screw in her head. Of all the people you could cross, you just had to provoke a girl like Su He!
Don’t look at how Little Su was merely reacting to the blows and defending passively right now—that was only because her feathers hadn’t fully grown yet.
Once her wings were fully fledged, a hundred Shen Ruyis wouldn’t be enough to fit between the gaps of her teeth.
It would be fine if the Shen family didn’t get involved. But if they did, the entire Shen family would likely be pulled up by the roots.
If this girl had lived in ancient times, she would probably be another Wu Zetian!
At this moment, Shen Ruyi had also caught wind of the situation on Su He’s end, and she was nearly dead from rage!
The pinky finger on her left hand trembled uncontrollably!
Why?
When she had encountered this kind of situation back then, she had been left utterly defenseless with no way to explain herself. Yet how could this b*tch Su He resolve it so effortlessly?
Not only had she resolved it, but she had even seized the opportunity to earn a massive wave of excellent reputation.
What was even more infuriating was that the b*tch Su He had escalated the nature of the matter into sabotaging export earnings, nearly dragging the Shen family down with her!
Right at this moment, Qi Yuansheng came over to find her.
Qi Yuansheng was deeply stifled with anger. Ever since they arrived at Capital University, Shen Ruyi had started to distance herself from him.
When others asked, she merely claimed they were ordinary friends.
However, he didn’t dare to do anything to Shen Ruyi; after all, he couldn’t afford to offend the Shen family.
All he could do was fawn over her and shower her with attentiveness, hoping Shen Ruyi would have a change of heart.
“Ruyi, you don’t look very happy. Did something happen?”
Shen Ruyi’s mind stirred. “It’s nothing. I just heard that Su He is thriving in An County, and it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.
“Originally, I didn’t want to target her either, but you saw what happened on the train before. She really pushes people too far!”
Mentioning Su He made Qi Yuansheng gnash his teeth as well. She was clearly a countryside girl he had dumped, yet she repeatedly made him lose face. Truly detestable!
“Ruyi, she has neither family background nor academic credentials. No matter how much she tosses about, she can’t stir up any real waves. It won’t be too late to deal with her once we free up our hands.”
Shen Ruyi suppressed the impatience in her heart and said, “Yuansheng, although what you say is correct, I still feel uncomfortable.
“By the way, when I was at home earlier, I heard your dad chatting with my dad, saying that the provincial machinery factory’s performance hasn’t been very good. Why don’t we do this—you give Uncle Qi a phone call…”
Qi Yuansheng looked a bit hesitant after listening. “Ruyi, isn’t it a bit inappropriate for us to meddle in matters concerning work?”
Shen Ruyi smiled. “Yuansheng, how can you call this meddling?
“You’re merely making a suggestion to Uncle Qi. Whether he adopts it or not still requires a meeting for collective research, right? If you don’t want to make the call, just forget it. Pretend I didn’t say anything!”
Qi Yuansheng weighed the pros and cons, then said, “Then I’ll call my dad tomorrow to mention it. Ruyi, the drama club has a performance tonight, shall we go watch it together?”
Shen Ruyi smiled. “Alright.”
On this day, Su He was at the food factory discussing the newly improved tomato and egg noodles with Master Jin when Director Feng came over and said:
“Little Su, Old Hu says there’s an urgent matter and wants you to go to the machinery factory right away! From his tone, it doesn’t sound like anything good!”
Su He didn’t dare delay and rushed over to the machinery factory.
Among these three factory directors, Director Hu was the one who caused her the least worry.
He possessed both a view of the big picture and knew how to handle matters well. Therefore, Su He rarely had to worry about the machinery factory’s side.
The moment Su He stepped into Director Hu’s office, Director Hu let out a sigh.
“Little Su, we’re in massive trouble!”
Su He asked in surprise, “Director, what happened? Did some quality issue occur with the simple seed drills?”
Director Hu shook his head. “No, the sales of the simple seed drills are very good. And it’s precisely because of this that the trouble has arrived! There’s also a machinery factory at the provincial level, you know that, right?”
Su He nodded. “Yes, I know. Its scale is even larger than our factory’s. But I heard they are all relatives of the steel mill, their management is quite poor, and their performance is mediocre.”
Director Hu sighed. “The provincial machinery department called, saying that our machinery factory has excellent momentum, and the project for the simple seed drills is also highly profitable.
“Therefore, they intend to merge our machinery factory with the provincial machinery factory, turning our machinery factory into a branch of the provincial one.
“They claim this will tap into the potential of the provincial machinery factory and better serve the construction of the Four Modernizations.
“Little Su, it doesn’t really matter to me. Whether it becomes a branch factory or not, my benefits remain the same.
“But if this turns into a branch factory, the power of decision-making will no longer be in our hands. Those people will bound to make a mess of things, and our factory will be ruined!”
Su He furrowed her brows. While it wasn’t surprising that a piece of fat meat like the An County Machinery Factory was enticing enough to be targeted by the provincial machinery factory, she couldn’t help but feel there was something fishy about this.
At that moment, it suddenly struck her that on the train, Shen Ruyi had casually mentioned that Qi Yuansheng’s dad had been transferred to the provincial machinery department.
This incident happened right after the rumor incident had just passed; it was ninety-nine percent certain that Qi Yuansheng’s dad was behind this!
Was Shen Ruyi planning a total undercut?
If the machinery factory turned into a branch factory, it would come under the direct jurisdiction of the province. When that time came, even the leaders of An County wouldn’t be able to shield her.
At that point, they could remove her whenever they wanted to, and her hard work would instantaneously go down the drain!
If this operation with the machinery factory succeeded, the textile factory and the food factory would bound to be next…
It had to be said that this move was vastly more venomous than spreading rumors!
