Sun Chao led a worker to the first floor and installed the "Station Chief's Office" sign on the door of an unused restroom.
Kicking a man when he's down—that's human nature!
The moment you're down on your luck, even the lowest scum will find a chance to step on you.
After Sun Chao had installed the sign, Gou Zhongcheng pulled a pack of He Tianxia from his pocket, offered one to Sun Chao, and said, "Little Sun, a job well done!"
Sun Chao was Gou Zhongcheng's dog. When the dog did his job well, his master naturally had to reward him.
"Thank you, Chief Gou!" Sun Chao quickly bowed and scraped in gratitude.
In his current state, he was even more excited and happy than a dog that had just been given a bone by its master.
Gou Zhongcheng took out a He Tianxia for himself and placed it between his lips.
Then, he took out his collector's edition Zippo Lighter.
The thing wasn't expensive, only 1088 yuan, but Gou Zhongcheng hadn't bought it himself. It was a gift from a subordinate.
*Flick!*
Gou Zhongcheng flicked the wheel with his thumb, and the Zippo lighter sparked to life with a blue flame, lighting his cigarette.
After blowing a smoke ring and finishing his little show of dominance, Gou Zhongcheng pointed to the restroom with the new sign and said to Qin Shou, "Chief Qin, your office is ready. Please, feel free to start working inside!"
Qin Shou glanced inside the "office." Although the restroom had never been used, so there was no filth or smell, that very fact meant it hadn't even had an initial cleaning. The inside was covered in dust.
The dust on the floor was a finger thick.
Qin Shou pulled a 14-yuan pack of Liqun cigarettes from his pocket, took one out, and lit it with a one-yuan lighter.
After taking a drag, Qin Shou asked with a smile, "Deputy Chief Gou, are you the Station Chief, or am I?"
"Of course Chief Qin is the Station Chief!" Gou Zhongcheng replied.
He wasn't an idiot. He knew that the higher-ups had sent Qin Shou to the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station to be the fall guy. After all, according to organizational regulations, in the event of a major safety incident, the top leader bears full responsibility.
With the flood season approaching, if the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station's dam really were to break, he, Gou Zhongcheng, couldn't bear that responsibility. The person in charge had to take full responsibility.
Therefore, Gou Zhongcheng only wanted to usurp Qin Shou's authority; he never had any intention of taking his position as the top leader.
At least, not before the ticking time bomb at the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station went off. Gou Zhongcheng would absolutely not be the Station Chief who had to take the blame.
"Since I am the Station Chief of the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station, then all work arrangements at this station are my decision to make. I think this office is excellent.
Deputy Chief Gou has been involved since the preparations for the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station began. One could say that Deputy Chief Gou is a meritorious contributor to this station.
Therefore, I have decided to give you, Deputy Chief Gou, a special reward! I am rewarding you with this office! From now on, this office will be for your exclusive use, Deputy Chief Gou!
As long as I am the Station Chief here for even one more day, only Deputy Chief Gou will be qualified to use this office!
To show my appreciation for Deputy Chief Gou's contributions, the layout of this office must not be changed in any way. As for the desk and all that, just put it in front of the squat toilet. Deputy Chief Gou can just squat over the toilet to do his work!" Read the latest chapters at g.com.
With that, Qin Shou turned to Sun Chao and ordered, "Little Sun, hurry up and swap the signs for the Station Chief's and Deputy Chief's offices. Thanks for your trouble."
Of course, Sun Chao wouldn't listen to Qin Shou. He was Gou Zhongcheng's dog, Gou Zhongcheng's most loyal dog.
Seeing Sun Chao ignore Qin Shou, Gou Zhongcheng was very pleased with himself.
"Qin Shou, I only call you 'Chief Qin' to mock you. You really think you're the Station Chief, don't you?
You're a chief in name only, with no real power! You're just here to be the fall guy! So, you'd better recognize your place.
At the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station, I'm the one who calls the shots, not you! So, you have no right to order anyone around, you hear me?"
After speaking, intending to humiliate Qin Shou, Gou Zhongcheng reached out, wanting to pat him a few times on his chiseled, devastatingly handsome face.
Just as Gou Zhongcheng's hand reached for him, Qin Shou, without a shred of politeness, swung his arm and slapped him.
*Smack!*
The crisp sound echoed as the blow landed squarely on Gou Zhongcheng's face.
After taking the slap, Gou Zhongcheng's face immediately swelled up like a pig's head.
Except, it was only half a pig's head.
Because Qin Shou had only slapped him once, on his left cheek. So, his right cheek wasn't swollen yet.
But that was only for the moment.
Who could guarantee that this Gou Zhongcheng wouldn't continue to provoke Qin Shou, and that his right cheek wouldn't get slapped too?
Stunned by Qin Shou's slap, it took Gou Zhongcheng a long moment to come to his senses.
"Qin Shou, you have some damn nerve! How dare you slap me? I'll kill you!"
Gou Zhongcheng clenched his fist and lunged to punch Qin Shou in the face.
Of course, Qin Shou simply swung his hand again—another resounding slap.
*Smack!*
This slap from Qin Shou landed on Gou Zhongcheng's right cheek.
Because both slaps were delivered with roughly the same force, his left and right cheeks swelled to nearly the same size.
Both sides of his face had swollen into a symmetrical, pig-like head!
Having been slapped twice, Gou Zhongcheng yelled for Sun Chao to attack while flailing wildly at Qin Shou himself.
But before he could even get close, Qin Shou kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying.
*Thud!*
After tracing a graceful arc through the air, Gou Zhongcheng landed right in the squat toilet.
It was a pity there was no shit in it.
So, as Gou Zhongcheng fell, there were only his wretched screams, lacking the certain poetic justice of a man filled with righteous indignation—and feces.
Sun Chao had been about to jump in, but after seeing Gou Zhongcheng beaten to a pulp by Qin Shou without being able to land a single blow, he started to lose his nerve.
The "clever" Sun Chao quickly sent a text to Zuo Xiaolong, the head of the Security Department, telling him that Gou Zhongcheng was being beaten and to bring all the security guards.
Soon, Zuo Xiaolong arrived with a group of guards in brand-new uniforms.
The security force of the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station was undeniably impressive—a crowd of thirty to forty men.
These guards were all temporary workers.
The Security Department had a dozen or so official staff positions, but not a single one was for a guard.
Besides Zuo Xiaolong, the department head, there were also three deputy heads.
On top of that, there was a whole mess of section chiefs.
The Gatehouse Section, the Parking Lot Section, the Safety Section, the Night Patrol Section, the Day Patrol Section...
Seeing so many guards, Qin Shou was dumbfounded.
The hundred-plus staff members he had calculated earlier were only the ones with official positions. None of these temporary workers had been included.
If you counted all the temporary workers and everyone else at the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station, just how many people would that be?
A small place like the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station was supporting this many idle hands?
It would be a miracle if the county's finances weren't in trouble!
All the money was being used to support useless people. How could they possibly improve citizens' lives or seek development?
Bloated!
The Jigong River Hydroelectric Station was simply too bloated!
Now that he was the Station Chief, the first thing Qin Shou decided to do was downsize.
He was going to trim the fat at the Jigong River Hydroelectric Station