Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1353 - 659: Subscribing to a Magazine

Chapter 1353: Chapter 659: Subscribing to a Magazine

Boss Niu was aware of Liu JinXue as well, and upon hearing Liu JinXue’s voice, he couldn’t help but glance at the wall calendar, and then at his wristwatch, a look of surprise on his face. "If I remember correctly, today is still the fifth day of the new year, right? Manager Liu coming over at this time must mean he took the train last night, didn’t he? I’m not criticizing you, Younger Brother Yan, but after all, the guy is a technician, and you as his boss are a bit too..."

Without having to finish his sentence, Yan Fei knew exactly what he meant: After all, the guy is a professional technician, and during the big holiday, you have him pack his things and rush over on the fourth day of the new year? As his boss, don’t you think you’re a bit too inconsiderate of your employees?

If it had been a few more years, Boss Niu probably wouldn’t have said that. But now, people’s concepts of celebrating the new year haven’t changed much; even if they’re really busy, at least let them stay home until after the fifth day of the new year—known as Po Wu, the day that marks the end of many New Year’s taboos that start from the first day.

Besides, the situation at Yan Fei’s place was different from other enterprises; the technical area managed by Liu JinXue really didn’t have much going on during the new year.

Hearing Old Niu say this, Yan Fei protested his innocence: "I already gave him leave until the fifteenth. Just wait for him to come in and ask him—am I that much of a capitalist? Didn’t I set up a lab here? You don’t know what Old Liu is like..."

Before he could finish, Liu JinXue had come in. When he heard Yan Fei talking about him, and it didn’t seem to be anything good, he immediately jumped into the conversation: "What about me?"

Yan Fei glared at him annoyed: "I was saying that during the new year, you were dragging your feet and not going home, and in the end, I had to send you home myself. What about it? Did I wrong you?"

Upon hearing this, Liu JinXue suddenly felt both old and new grudges rushing to his mind: "I told you, I was at a critical stage with my experiment. Do you realize that by having me go home and back again, I’ll have to start all over? Do you know that you’re wasting time, manpower, and resources?"

Yan Fei didn’t argue with such people: "Brother Niu, did you hear that? Am I wronged or not?"

Boss Niu had already realized his mistake and felt a bit embarrassed, candidly admitting his fault: "I was wrong, brother. I misunderstood you."

Yan Fei laughed heartily: "I can’t help it. You don’t know—when I hurried him home for the new year, he looked at me like I was his nemesis, almost ready to come up and throw a few punches..."

Liu JinXue wanted to interrupt with a stern look, but Boss Niu was already speaking with a look of envy: "Younger Brother Yan, you’re really blessed to have such a conscientious and good employee like Manager Liu. If I had someone like Manager Liu in my factory, I’d wake up laughing from my dreams!"

Seeing the two of them talking among themselves and ignoring him, Liu JinXue didn’t find it appropriate to argue further with Yan Fei in front of someone else; he glanced at the documents on the table and the chairs, and couldn’t help but pick up the article Yan Fei had ’written’ and start reading.

People do things differently; despite Boss Niu’s admiration for Boss Yan’s ’noble integrity,’ if those things were on the chairs, he would pick them up, set them aside, sit down, and at most glance at the titles, but would never read them carefully.

But Liu JinXue hadn’t even sat down and started reading those articles while standing.

After less than two minutes, Liu JinXue couldn’t help but want to interrupt the conversation between the two, thought for a second, then picked up another article to read. After a brief look at a few articles, he really couldn’t hold back: "The method is in the front, and the professional terminology is in the back; who exactly are you writing these for, and what reader base do you want to read them?"

Yan Fei was listening to Boss Niu talking about some ’news’ between the county’s and city’s enterprises, and replied without much thought, "Whoever can use it should read it!"

Although Yan Fei usually read newspapers, he just looked over the news. To truly understand the situation of surrounding enterprises, he still relied on Boss Niu, the man who knew everything—even though most of the information was of little use to Yan Fei, some of it was still beneficial.

For instance, because Boss Niu had just mentioned the issue of stone material transportation to Yan Fei, he now casually mentioned some news about the Stone Material Factory: a certain county’s Stone Material Factory was built by some influential locals, had connections above, and thus caused severe environmental damage nearby, making life miserable for the residents without anyone managing it, and so on.

Yan Fei felt this was quite useful to himself; at least if he genuinely wanted to fix the river embankments, he would definitely exclude such enterprises from his list of suppliers. The reason was simple: although he couldn’t manage everything, he could still avoid cooperating with such conscienceless enterprises.

Because he was still preoccupied by these thoughts, the answer he gave to Liu Jin was somewhat perfunctory. Liu JinXue immediately voiced his opinion: "The content at the beginning takes up too much space; if..."

"That’s the detailed operating method; I need it to be clear enough so that illiterate old farmers can understand when someone reads it to them. Of course, I have to be detailed. The latter part is meant for more professional people to read. Whoever wants to read can choose the part they’re interested in. Is there something wrong with that?" Yan Fei retorted.

Boss Niu immediately added from the side: "Right, Manager Liu, when I came earlier, Brother Yan was saying that he’s using the holiday to write this material so the people who can use it can see it earlier. I can’t compare to his dedication. Honestly speaking, I’m just a rough guy, don’t know much, but I think Brother Yan’s point makes sense. If what’s written isn’t understood by the reader, wouldn’t that be a waste?"