Chapter 485

In the end, Mr. Su smiled with envy at Factory Director Su and said, “Factory Director Su, you really raised a pair of excellent children!”
Although his own son and daughter weren’t bad, they were nothing extraordinary—just plain, occasionally causing small trouble.
Su’s son had been promoted to the position of vice-regiment commander at a young age in the military. He heard that he had even achieved a great feat during the New Year and had a good chance of getting another promotion when he returned.
Now, his daughter had come up with such an incredible thing. Since she hadn’t entered the physical test, the higher-ups would surely treat Su Hongchen with more respect.
As long as he continued to perform as before, winning two or three national martial arts competition first prizes and completing several tasks flawlessly…
Tsk, tsk… the future was unimaginable.
People in the Beijing compound, even those with family connections, couldn’t rise as fast as Su Hongchen.
Thinking this, as they left, they saw Su Hongchen waiting anxiously downstairs and patted his shoulder.
“Comrade Su, keep up the good work! Your future is limitless!”
“Yes, sir!” Su Hongchen immediately saluted.
Sure enough, his sister had submitted the new steel formula.
And seeing how pleased the leaders were, it was easy to guess that this formula was likely even better than the values published abroad.

With this, the formula certainly couldn’t have been stolen from spies.
With that thought, Su Hongchen finally let out a secret sigh of relief.

Then, guilt and self-blame surged within him.
He wasn’t a good brother at all. How could he think such bad thoughts about his own sister?
No, he had to make it up to his sister.
With that in mind, Su Hongchen immediately chased after the leaders.
Mr. Su and Su Xiaoxiao were still outside the gate, watching the leaders’ cars disappear.
Once they were completely out of sight, they began a quiet conversation.
“Dad, the job reward from the leaders this time is a level three position. But what about the reward for the energy-saving stoves? You only mentioned a job reward, but didn’t say which level it was.” Su Xiaoxiao asked playfully, tilting her head as she looked at her father.
Mr. Su answered impatiently, “You really have a quick mind! As for the job reward, of course, it’s a level three employee position. We have so many factories; would we really short-change you?”
“Is there anything else besides that? The leaders gave me five thousand yuan after all!” Su Xiaoxiao fluttered her eyes, expectantly asking.
Mr. Su, looking at her, shook his head helplessly. “We can’t give you five thousand yuan, but we can manage one thousand.”
“Only a thousand? So stingy!” Su Xiaoxiao pouted in complaint.
“You get a job with a monthly salary of 45 yuan, plus a thousand yuan bonus, and you still think it’s too little? I see your heart’s been spoiled by your husband. You’re not lacking money, so why act like such a money-grubber?” Mr. Su laughed and asked.
Su Xiaoxiao didn’t feel there was anything wrong with loving money; in fact, she proudly shook her head. “Well, no one ever complains about having too much money, right?”
“Alright, alright, if you like money, that’s fine, but remember to get it the right way,” Mr. Su reminded her, thinking about her and her husband’s business with the Whitening Pills and Moisture Pills, which made him uneasy.
Su Xiaoxiao immediately nodded obediently. “Got it!”
“By the way, how do you plan to arrange the new job you got today?” Mr. Su asked curiously.
“Of course, it’s for my cousins! My cousins’ previous job was with the supply and marketing cooperative, right? Now, we can transfer it to the two of them. One can go to the Steel Mill, and the other to the Machinery Factory. It’s perfect for them. Each one will earn 45 yuan a month, so together, the family can earn 90 yuan a month. That should be enough to support a family of four, and they won’t need to rely on Uncle, Aunt, Grandpa, or Grandma for support anymore.”
Su Xiaoxiao said this without a second thought, clearly having already planned everything out as soon as she knew about the job reward.
However, Mr. Su’s brows furrowed tightly upon hearing this.