Chapter 2742
Inseparable from Everywhere
Chapter 2742 Inseparable from Everywhere
As night fell, Yang Xiaotao emerged from the conference room, accompanied by a somewhat dazed-looking chubby boy.
At noon, Xiao Pang was still happily following Shu Xingbei, excited about being able to participate in the satellite phone research project.
But in the blink of an eye, he was called into the conference room by Liu Lixue.
Everyone was curious, but he was even more curious than the others.
Then he met Yang Xiaotao and understood why he had been asked to come.
Then, as if listening to a book from heaven, I felt like I was floating in the sky, and then I felt a little incredulous.
That's how he became the deputy leader of a project team.
Keep in mind, he's only been with the Ninth Division for less than a year!
This progress is too fast!
"How has your uncle been feeling lately?"
After discussing work, the two started chatting casually.
Little Fatty was still in a daze. When Yang Xiaotao asked him again, he nodded hurriedly, "Dad is in good health. He can eat two steamed buns in one meal."
"He's a heavy smoker, and he smokes secretly. My mom has talked to him about it several times, and she's managed to get him under control."
"But we just can't figure out where Dad got his cigarettes."
As Xiao Pang talked about his family's daily life, Yang Xiaotao quickly looked away, feeling a little uneasy.
"As long as you're healthy, that's all that matters!"
Yang Xiaotao spoke with a smile, and then Xiao Pang started talking about his family situation.
After the two walked out of the office building, Little Fatty glanced at the sky and then said to Yang Xiaotao, "Director Yang, I'm leaving now."
Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Okay, go home and rest early."
Don't put pressure on yourself at work!
Xiao Pang nodded after hearing this, then glanced at Liu Lixue, who was following behind Yang Xiaotao. However, the latter's attention was focused on Yang Xiaotao. In an instant, Xiao Pang lowered his head and said, "Director Yang, I'll be going now."
After saying that, he ran towards the bicycle shed.
Yang Xiaotao watched Xiaopang run away, then turned to look at Liu Lixue, "I have a feeling that Xiaopang is a little afraid of you."
Liu Lixue was reflecting on the day's achievements, her mind filled with the arrangements for each project, and she was also making assessments in her mind.
Hearing Yang Xiaotao's question out of the blue, he quickly looked up at the chubby boy walking away, then smiled and said, "We played together when we were little."
Yang Xiaotao wasn't interested in learning about their past, so he just said a few words and prepared to go home.
After seeing Yang Xiaotao leave, Liu Lixue returned to her office. She had a lot to do today and needed to organize some documents.
In particular, the exchanges between Yang Xiaotao and the project leaders should be recorded as soon as possible, as this is also part of the project.
On the other side, Little Fatty rode his bicycle home against the northwest wind.
I opened the front door, carried the bicycle inside, and then quickly walked into the house.
The lights were on in the room, and there was a porcelain bowl upside down on the dining table. Little Fatty knew that this was his mother's dinner.
Because I had been working overtime a lot recently and didn't know when I would be back, the elderly couple ate dinner first.
"Little Fatty, why are you back so early today?"
A man came out of the study next door; it was Uncle Deng.
Little Fatty put down his backpack, then walked up to his dad and took a deep sniff.
"Go away, stop sniffing around here."
The uncle, feeling a little guilty, pushed his son away, afraid that the boy would smell something.
"Dad, have you been secretly smoking again?"
Little Fatty asked with certainty, raising his eyebrows and glancing into the room next door.
"Nonsense, what do you mean by 'smoking secretly'?"
"I smoke two cigarettes a day!"
Little Fatty chuckled and said, "You don't smell like you've smoked two cigarettes."
As the father and son were talking, the curtain was pulled open, and the mother came out with needle and thread.
Seeing her son return, she rushed over to help him with his bag, saying, "Why are you back so early today?"
"Are you cold? Are you hungry? Hurry up and warm yourself up."
"Oh, right, I'll fry you an egg. I just bought it at the supply and marketing cooperative today."
He then headed to the kitchen to cook.
Little Fatty shook his head at his mother, saying, "Mom, I'm fine, not very hungry."
He knew perfectly well that these eggs were saved for his father.
He usually got his hands on plenty of oily food at the Ninth Department's canteen, so he naturally saved these eggs for his family.
Then, looking at his father, he said, "Dad, I had a meeting with Brother Xiaotao for half the afternoon today. It just ended, and Brother Xiaotao sent me back home."
"Meeting?"
Upon hearing this, the uncle immediately asked, "What did Xiao Tao say to you?"
Little Fatty didn't try to hide anything and was about to explain the situation.
"Sit down and talk. We're a family, what kind of behavior is this, standing around talking?"
As the mother spoke from the side, the father and son hurried to the table.
Then my mother opened the porcelain bowl, which contained stir-fried cabbage and pork, with two steamed buns on top.
Little Fatty was hungry after riding his bike all the way back, so he picked up a steamed bun with his chopsticks and started eating.
"Eat slowly, have a drink of water."
The uncle smiled from the side, and the chubby boy nodded. After swallowing a mouthful of steamed bun, he said, "Mom and Dad, do you know?"
"Nine of our departments submitted white papers, which is a total of ten projects!"
"It's said that several other departments were also involved this time!"
Little Fatty suddenly lowered his voice and said, "I overheard my colleagues talking about how those people in the machine department are really desperate to get involved."
Upon hearing this, the uncle habitually reached into his pocket, but found nothing. He then rubbed his hands together and said in a deep voice, "What they say is what they want, but don't get involved."
"Also, it's a good thing that more departments are involved; otherwise, would Xiao Tao have agreed?"
Little Fatty nodded in agreement, then continued, "This time, Brother Tao is going to personally lead a project."
"This time, our project team has ten people, but only one of them is personally led by Brother Tao."
The little fat boy spoke with great excitement, and the old couple just smiled and listened to him continue.
"I was asked by Brother Xiao Tao to be his deputy team leader this time."
"Deputy head?"
The elderly couple were curious, and the father even asked, "He asked you to be the deputy team leader?"
"Yup!"
"At first, I couldn't believe it either, but Brother Tao said that he was the only one who knew how to do this project, and he would teach me step by step, and then tell me to work hard and strive to be able to handle things independently in the future!"
"By the way, our project is a pager."
"Dad, do you know what a pager is?"
The uncle shook his head, saying that if Yang Xiaotao hadn't brought it up, probably no more than one person would know about it.
"This pager is really amazing."
"Brother Tao said that this pager is just a signal receiving device. We can call the paging station, tell them what we want to say, the paging station converts these words into digital signals, and then sends them to this pager. This pager then converts the digital signals into text, and that's how we can see them."
Little Fatty almost completely repeated what Yang Xiaotao had told him.
Still not satisfied, he added, "If this thing were made, people all over the world could communicate in real time!"
After Xiao Pang finished speaking, smiles appeared on the faces of the two elderly people in the room.
For no other reason than that their son will be successful, which will make them happy as parents.
Of course, the uncle also knew that this was all thanks to Yang Xiaotao's support of his son. Otherwise, with Yang Xiaotao's abilities, he could have easily found someone of similar ability and gotten the job done.
With this achievement, Little Fatty won't need to worry about him much in the future.
Even the other family members might benefit from it!
"Dad, you have no idea, Brother Tao is amazing!"
"Oh? What's so great about it?"
The uncle asked with a smile, but his eyes were full of admiration.
Little Fatty immediately put down his chopsticks and began listing, "Dad, let me put it this way, every single one of these ten projects is closely related to Brother Tao, whether it's direct technical guidance or indirect overall direction..." "You don't know, Brother Tao's confident demeanor is just like a great general commanding his subordinates to conquer cities and seize territories..."
"That's amazing! That's fantastic!"
The chubby boy spoke excitedly, his face full of admiration.
Little did he know, his uncle had known all along, and he also knew that the nine departments had not released ten white papers this time, but eleven.
Even at the higher levels, a separate day was held to discuss these eleven projects.
Of course, the meeting ultimately resulted in the current situation.
Let the nine departments do their own thing.
The family chatted for a while longer before Little Fatty prepared to go back to his room to rest.
But as soon as he entered the house, his mother walked in with a smile on her face, which made Xiao Pang's heart skip a beat.
Sure enough, I heard my mom ask, "Little Fatty, you and Xiaoxue both work at headquarters, you should talk to each other more often!"
Little Fatty felt even more bitter after hearing this.
Ever since my mom started working at the Ninth Department, she's been constantly talking about her marriage.
When I learned that Liu Lixue was also in the Ninth Division, I made a special inquiry. It turned out that neither of them was married and both had partners.
So they encouraged the chubby guy to take the initiative, since in a relationship, the guy has to be the one to take the initiative.
But Little Fatty knew in his heart that this was not something he could do on his own initiative.
No one was interested in me.
And I'm scared too.
Last time, after listening to my mother, I specifically sought out the other person and mustered up the courage to say that I wanted to date, but the terrifying memories from my childhood resurfaced.
That day, my ear was almost twisted off.
Finally, she even said that he wasn't her type.
At that time, Xiao Pang knew that there was no possibility between him and Liu Lixue.
However, this is also good. After all, the two of them have been playing together since childhood, and it's nice to keep things pure.
If we really get together, how will I live my life from now on?
"I'm talking to you!"
Seeing that Xiaopang seemed a little absent-minded, his mother quickly patted him on the back. Xiaopang immediately shook his head when he realized what was happening.
"Mom, I've tried!"
"But Xiaoxue doesn't like someone like me!"
Little Fatty decided it was best to tell the truth to avoid trouble.
Hearing what Xiao Pang said, Mom sighed inwardly, then pouted, "This girl is getting more and more picky. She's almost thirty and still relying on others!"
"I'm not afraid of not being able to get married!"
"How worrying!"
Little Fatty was speechless. "I'm almost thirty, are you still pushing me into a fire pit?!"
Oh my god!
Mom shook her head and left the room. "You really need to hurry up and find someone, don't put it off!"
As he left the room, Xiao Pang could still hear his mother and father talking about the Liu family.
Little Fatty didn't care. He was still young, and besides, so what if he was a little older?
Are marriages and having children different?
He looked down, took out a pen and notebook from his bag, and began to recall what Yang Xiaotao had told him.
He was still a little excited before he started writing. If he completed this task, would he be considered to have achieved great success?
By then, will he still be her type?
……
the next day.
When Yang Xiaotao returned to the Ninth Division, he sensed the changes within it.
Most of the people I encountered seemed very excited, and some even smiled while running.
Yang Xiaotao understood that this was during the planning and organization phase of each project, and those who received the assignments were naturally happy.
After greeting the people on the street, Yang Xiaotao went into the office to start working.
During this period, various projects were in their initial stages, and he was needed to oversee the overall situation. There was a lot to do, so Yang Xiaotao had no time to deal with official business.
When someone comes, I deal with the problem; when no one comes, I stay in the room and read a book for a while.
The difference this time is that the books Yang Xiaotao is reading are all about computers.
This was also borrowed from the library by Ran Qiuye, whom Yang Xiaotao asked to help.
The morning passed, and in the middle, Lao Dao and An Zhongsheng came over, mainly to discuss cooperation with the Alloy Bureau. The two of them couldn't grasp the appropriate level of cooperation, so Yang Xiaotao's side called Wang Junhong. Without saying a word, the latter drove over to the Ninth Division.
Yang Xiaotao directly instructed the two old Taoist priests to handle the matter, and that it would be under their jurisdiction from now on.
Apart from the two of them, no one else came, so Yang Xiaotao had some free time.
At lunchtime, Yang Xiaotao went out but ended up going into Yang Youning's office.
Knock on the door, and Yang Xiaotao opens it.
"Old Yang, dinner's ready!"
Yang Youning was engrossed in the documents on his desk when he heard Yang Xiaotao's voice. He looked up briefly, then lowered his head again. "No, I'm busy!"
"Look at all this trouble! You guys have it easy running a project, but have you even considered how we'll promote it?"
"If we don't keep up, what will the higher-ups think?"
"You guys can just pat your hands and wash your hands of the business, but we can't do that..."
Yang Youning looked resentful, and his words were full of sourness.
Yang Xiaotao didn't care. He walked around and glanced at the few projects that had been submitted. Most of them were publicity-related and required the cooperation of local departments.
After all, this is a major undertaking and needs to be heavily publicized.
"Alright, there's so much work, we can't finish it even if we don't eat!"
Yang Xiaotao came up to Yang Youning and pulled him outside, saying, "Let's eat first, then we'll get back to work!"
Yang Youning was pulled up by Yang Xiaotao, and without saying much, he followed her outside.
The two then went to the logistics office and, following the same procedure, called Chen Gong out, before heading towards the canteen.
"Our budget this time is quite large."
After the three of them got their food and found a place to sit down, Chen Gong was the first to complain.
"To meet the current demand for loans, we'll have to empty half of our savings!"
"Especially the cooperation with the Second Ministry of Machine Building accounted for the majority."
"I'm saying, can we give you a smaller amount?"
Chen Gong stirred the food in his lunchbox with his chopsticks, his face contorted with pain.
"It'll be a lot. Once the location is finalized, we'll transfer the money. I estimate that 30 million might not be enough!"
Yang Xiaotao took a bottle of chili sauce out of his pocket and casually said, "This might not be enough. Let's prepare more."
Chen Gong sighed again upon hearing this.
Yang Youning picked up the chili sauce on the table, smacked his chopsticks hard, and then said, "If all else fails, just allocate more from below!"
Yang Xiaotao shook his head after hearing this, "These projects are inherently related to various factories!"
"For example, the research and development of new drugs is basically funded by pharmaceutical companies!"
"And engine development is also supported by airport profits!"
Yang Youning had no argument with Yang Xiaotao's words. Most of the profits earned by these factories had to be handed over to the central government. Then, of the funds allocated by the higher authorities, the headquarters would set aside a portion for reserves, and only the remainder would be given to the local factories.
Of course, this amount is not much, but it is basically enough to cover the factory's daily expenses, welfare and rewards, etc.
This part now also has to bear the cost of research and development.
Headquarters will only provide assistance when there is a severe shortage of funds.
Of course, they also benefit from the new products they develop; this can only be considered an investment!
Chen Gong, however, had a different opinion: "This won't do!"
"It's best to distribute money through headquarters. Even if the pharmaceutical factory gives it to the research institute, it shouldn't be exempted from headquarters' approval!"
Yang Xiaotao took a couple of bites and thought it made sense, then nodded, "Then let's get the headquarters logistics and internal audit departments involved to prevent any problems!"
Chen Gong nodded, "I'll arrange it later!"