405: Zhang Long was promoted

Tang Long continued, "However, inside the bag, there are also four top-quality South Sea pearls he gave. He said he opened them from the White Butterfly Shell he caught himself."

Tang Bangqiang nodded and said, "He has some sense of propriety, not bringing gold bricks directly. Since you friends have already exchanged money, I will accept this as a gesture of your filial piety."

"Go give those pearls to your second aunt."

"By the way, regarding the Zhang brothers you mentioned, isn't one of them working at the local Maritime Safety Administration? This time, it must have been the two brothers who gave Yang Qi the idea!"

"It seems they have a pretty good relationship. However, I've looked at Yang Qi's profile. He doesn't seem to be a local; he was originally just an ordinary office worker who started fishing to make money later."

Tang Long immediately replied, "Second Uncle, I actually know about this. That day, Yang Qi's luck was off the charts, and he caught quite a few large Rockfish. I happened to be with Zhang Jun, and then..."

"A while ago, I also went with them to participate in the National Sea Fishing Competition. Our group won the team championship, and the catch alone, excluding the prize money, was worth 600,000, hahaha."

"According to what you're saying, Yang Qi's fishing skills are quite excellent."

Tang Bangqiang raised an eyebrow and said.

"More than just excellent! He was practically born for the sea; every time he goes, he comes back with a full load. His ability to make money is much more impressive than that of most company owners."

"The old man of the Zhang family even said that Yang Qi is a person with great fortune. Spending more time with him can improve your own fortune."

"The one working at the Maritime Safety Administration you mentioned is the eldest of the Zhang family, Zhang Long, who is a division chief. We all have a pretty good relationship. This time, it was also the two brothers who suggested coming directly to you!"

Tang Long explained the relationships between everyone to his second uncle.

"You all handled this matter very well. I understand."

Tang Bangqiang, of course, couldn't say it explicitly, but this matter was also helpful for his own career. They were both smart people, so a hint was enough.

At their position, wanting to advance further is extremely difficult; opportunities, achievements, connections, and seniority are all indispensable.

Aren't Yang Qi and the others just bringing him achievements this time?

Among the few people in the Ministry of Agriculture who have hopes of moving up, their connections and seniority are all about the same.

Then, as long as he accumulates more achievements, when the opportunity arises, won't he have more possibilities than others?

If he took this opportunity to promote Zhang Long and groom him into his own person, after a year or so, he could maneuver again to make him the top leader.

Coupled with the strength of the Zhang family locally, it would be more than enough to secure that position, and it might even become another powerful source of support for him.

So, about half a month later, Zhang Long received a personnel transfer order from the ministry, becoming the deputy director with real power in charge of the command center, the navigation management division, and the ship supervision division.

One of the oldest deputy directors among the original deputy directors was officially appointed as the director.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see the deep meaning behind this. Even the new director, who originally had no intention of vying for the director's seat and had received a windfall of good fortune, knew it clearly and was very polite to Zhang Long.

Anyway, at his age, it was impossible to advance further. Being able to become the director before retirement was already satisfying enough.

After all, his future retirement salary and benefits would be raised by one level.

These are all matters for later and will not be mentioned for now.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi and Bai Xue had finished dinner early. Seeing that it was still early, they curled up in the living room and started playing a duo game.

Yang Qi played Sun Shangxiang, carrying Bai Xue who played Yao, and they were super god MVPs every game. The two quickly rushed from Silver to the Diamond rank.

"Bot, it's a bot!" Bai Xue shouted excitedly. This was much more impressive than when she played duo with Yao Shanshan. Being a "pendant" and watching her rank climb "pop, pop, pop" was really satisfying.

"Forget it, let's stop playing." Yang Qi felt that games weren't interesting if played too much. Playing a few rounds occasionally was fine, but he couldn't possibly get addicted.

The two dawdled until it was finally eleven o'clock. Taking advantage of the dead of night, they quietly transported the remaining treasures from the cabin back home to hide them.

Early the next morning, Yang Qi sent a box of gold bricks to Zhang Jun.

"Brother Jun, for this box of gold bricks plus those two pieces of ambergris, just pay me eighty million in total!" He said this while helping Zhang Jun move the gold bricks into the living room and sitting down to drink tea.

Zhang Jun was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Giving such a big discount?"

"If I weren't afraid you wouldn't take it, I would have wanted to give it to you for free. Brother Jun, if you hadn't given me the idea, I might not have been able to get this benefit. Don't say anything else; what kind of relationship do we have?" Yang Qi said hurriedly, seeing Zhang Jun hesitating to speak.

After listening, Zhang Jun was silent for a while, then nodded.

"Alright, this time your older brother will take advantage of you. Just watch my future actions! Once I get your overseas company set up, I will wire the money into your overseas account."

"Brother, seeing your development over the past six months, I am truly happy for you. Let's clink cups with this tea."

Yang Qi hurriedly picked up his teacup and clinked it with Zhang Jun's: "On my journey so far, I owe a lot to Brother Jun's guidance and help. Without you, there wouldn't be the Yang Qi of today. Thank you, Brother Jun, I toast you."

"Yang Qi! Don't say that; it's all the result of your own hard work. At most, I only added flowers to the brocade!"

Zhang Jun was indeed a witness to Yang Qi's journey. Only he himself knew how happy he was at this moment.

The two brothers drank tea and chatted, and time passed unknowingly until ten o'clock.

Yang Qi got up to say goodbye and leave. Zhang Jun asked, "Why not just eat something casually here?"

"I'm leaving. I'll eat at home; my mom already mentioned it yesterday."

Yang Qi said goodbye to Zhang Jun and went directly to his mother's place. He found his mother and Bai Xue chopping mutton and asked curiously, "Mom, you're generous, how come you bought two sheep?"

"Didn't you say last time you wanted Inner Mongolian sheep? Your aunt has a friend there who had two slaughtered sheep sent over for us to eat during the New Year."

"I saved one for you. I'm chopping this one up to freeze it first, and later I'll make a pot of clear-stewed mutton." Mother Yang rolled her eyes at her son and said.

"Great! Thanks, Mom, you've worked hard! Or should I do it?" Yang Qi said, preparing to take the cleaver from his mother's hand.

"Go help Bai Xue, I don't need your help!"

"Husband, I can do it myself, no need to get another pair of hands dirty." Bai Xue also refused his help. Under the disdain of the two, Yang Qi could only return to the living room to drink tea.

Thus, there was an extra dish of clear-stewed mutton at noon. It had absolutely no mutton gaminess, the soup was milky white, the meat was fresh and delicious, and the aroma was pungent.

A bowl of mutton soup, sprinkled with some chopped cilantro on top, the fragrance hit directly. After drinking it, the stomach felt warm and very comfortable!