Chapter 63

Listen to Brazil!

The Kingdom of Football.

Liu Hao's familiarity with Brazil began in 1994.

At that time, he was only ten years old and was very interested in two things.

The first was the 1994 American Summer, when Brazil won the World Cup, and of course, the sad back view of Italy's Baggio.

The second was watching the Japanese anime "Captain Tsubasa," where the god-like Robert told Tsubasa that there was a team in Brazil called São Paulo.

His passion for football started from that time.

Back then, he was so obsessed with the various shooting techniques in "Captain Tsubasa" that he was like a fool, and every day after school, his friends loved practicing Tsubasa's straight-bending shot.

But, that was impossible.

Even more terrifying was that he and his classmates actually imitated the flying sky shot of the Tachibana brothers, almost trampling the students below to death...

Years later, he found out that the straight-bending shot was actually the axe kick of Cristiano Ronaldo, which could really be done, but with his talent, whether he could get one in out of a hundred tries was really uncertain.

Now, a straight-bending shot? Didn't Liu Hao score from over forty meters away last week?

He could now go to Brazil to participate in a competition, even though it wasn't the World Cup, it was still a world-class event.

However, going abroad and going on a business trip were two different things.

Even though it was only one day, the round trip would take at least three days.

Finding an excuse to go abroad was a troublesome matter, and a visa was also needed.

But, no matter what, he had to go to the competition!

Of course, all of this was two months away, on June 10th, just two days before the World Cup started.

Good news makes one feel refreshed. When he arrived at the office, his chubby face was smiling all the time.

"Hey, you know about it?" Yu Baojin's face showed the same excitement, and he greeted Liu Hao as he entered.

"You know too? But do you have to be so excited?" It's not like you're the one going to the competition, why are you so excited? I don't have money to help you with the travel expenses, brother...

"Rubbish, I came earlier than you, how could I not know? This time, you've finally made some progress, you've become a deputy section chief." Yu Baojin patted his shoulder, comforting him.

Deputy section chief? Liu Hao froze. He thought they were talking about the same thing, did he get promoted?

Deputy section chief!

Liu Hao rubbed his eyes, unable to believe it.

After ten years of hard work, he was finally promoted.

After ten years of hard work, there was no movement, but why did he get promoted recently without doing anything?

Could it be that the leadership was happy with his performance, so they promoted him? That seemed a bit too casual!

The position didn't change, but the rank did.

The salary didn't increase much, but the prestige did, which was better than nothing, right?

"Where's the document? I want to see it." He suddenly remembered he hadn't seen the document yet; a red-headed document would be the real proof.

"It's not officially decided yet, just 'proposed,' but it's almost certain. The document will be issued tomorrow. This time, your rank has gone up, and your responsibilities have increased. You must do a good job, or I'll be in a difficult position too." Yu Baojin's expression was serious, and his words were filled with concern.

"What does it matter to you if I do a good job or not? Look at your leadership tone, do you think... Ah! Could it be that you also got promoted?" Liu Hao suddenly realized and slapped Yu Baojin's arm, "Chief Yu, congratulations!"

"Does that mean Chief Pan is moving to the third floor?" Liu Hao pointed at the ceiling with his index finger and asked quietly. If Yu Baojin was promoted to chief, then Chief Pan would either be transferred to the same level or promoted.

"Rubbish, the old chief retired, of course, he will take over. The position of the head of the transportation management department, who else could it be? But Chief Pan doesn't seem to have any expression, he must have known about it for a long time."

Oh! Although Chief Pan was still his superior, at least he was a bit further away, which made him feel much safer. Most importantly, his buddy became his direct superior, so wouldn't things be easier in the future?

"Cough, Chief Yu, I'll treat you tonight, just say what you want to eat..."

The two were best friends, and now they were in a superior-subordinate relationship, so they were absolutely close and inseparable.

However, Liu Hao's surprise was only half right.

He was promoted, and Yu Baojin became his superior, but Pan Zhi did not, as they had guessed, take the position of the head of the transportation management department.

In the morning, everyone knew about Pan Zhi's transfer.

Pan Zhi was appointed as the captain of the Yinzhou City Traffic Police Brigade...

Wasn't that his father-in-law's position? If Pan Zhi went there, where would his father-in-law be transferred?

Although he didn't like his father-in-law, he was still Zhang Yu's father, his father-in-law, so he was very concerned. What if his father-in-law was demoted...

His worry was unnecessary.

Because he soon saw another document.

Zhang Nan was transferred to the head of the Yinzhou City Transportation Management Department!

"My God!" Liu Hao couldn't help but scream, his mouth trembling uncontrollably.

"Are you seeing ghosts? Shaking like that!" Yu Baojin grabbed the document and glanced at it, "Surprised! This name looks familiar, wasn't he the captain of the traffic police brigade? Did he and Chief Pan swap positions?"

"I'd rather see ghosts..." Liu Hao's face was gloomy, and he had no spirit left.

He thought he had a good deal, and he could follow Yu Baojin to eat and drink, but then a big boss came, his most feared father-in-law...

"He's your father-in-law!" Yu Baojin also realized, having heard Liu Hao complain about his father-in-law many times, "My goodness, what are you going to do now? Brother, if he comes, I really won't dare to 'collude' with you anymore, especially about your football thing. If your father-in-law finds out, won't you lose both your legs?"

"Ah! Probably so." Yu Baojin's words made Liu Hao feel cold all over. If his father-in-law found out that he was idle and not working hard, the result would definitely not be good, "Xiao Bao, do you think I can change my environment?"

"Sure, you can talk to Chief Pan and say you want to be a traffic assistant on the street. Chief Pan will definitely help you..." Yu Baojin laughed, "Or you can be transferred to the sanitation department as a worker, so you can always avoid your father-in-law's sight."

"Cut it out, don't gloat. If he's here, every move I make will be heard by him, and my wife will easily know what I'm doing. This is a big deal, a real big deal!" Liu Hao was dejected, with no solution.

Yu Baojin shrugged, "I'm powerless. I can't help you cover up the facts and risk losing my job. You really need to face this properly, don't always sneak around like you're cheating. Why? Isn't it tiring? If I were you, I'd just tell my wife the truth. I'm not stealing or robbing, and I earn some extra money playing football on weekends, why not?"

"You make it sound easy. My wife isn't scary, but they are. They are simply... forget it, I won't say more, sigh." In Liu Hao's eyes, his in-laws were like the Buddha, and he was the monkey under the Five-Finger Mountain, no matter how much he struggled, it was useless...

What was coming would eventually come, and Zhang Nan arrived the next day.

A cold, dark face, and on his first day of work, he held a meeting.

And he greeted each of his subordinates one by one.

When he shook hands with Liu Hao, he didn't show any special meaning, and his eyes even seemed a bit disappointed.

No one wants their son-in-law to be a section chief after ten years, let alone their subordinate. Liu Hao could understand this, but he felt the pressure on him increase even more.

Worse, he had to have dinner with Zhang Yu at home that night, which made him even more headache.

Zhang Nan didn't say a word to him during the day, but dinner was different.

However, Zhang Nan's face remained unchanged, whether as a leader or as the head of the family, he always had a stern look, as if everyone owed him money...

His mother-in-law, Chen Pei, looked kind and was chatting happily with Zhang Yu.

But Liu Hao knew that this mother-in-law was even more terrifying, this was just a facade of being a good teacher...

How could such strict, stern, and strict parents give birth to such a delicate and clever Zhang Yu? Liu Hao had pondered this question countless times.

"Next week, there will be a work adjustment. I plan to transfer you to the grassroots for training, either in Lingshui County or Punan County, you choose one." As expected, after putting down his chopsticks, Zhang Nan began to issue his orders.

Yes, it was an order, not a discussion.

Liu Hao stopped eating, and a sense of joy suddenly arose in his heart.

Was this... a good thing? He admitted he was a bit selfish, really selfish.

Being away from his father-in-law, going to the county was fine, as long as he could play football, he wouldn't mind the hard work...

But, he wasn't the only one being selfish.

"What are you talking about, transferring him so far? Who will take care of Zhang Yu and Liu Bao? I disagree!" His mother-in-law was the first to reject Zhang Nan's decision.

This time, Chen Pei was really thinking about her daughter.

"Dad, Mom is right. Don't you just want Liu Hao to get promoted faster? Is this method so old-fashioned? He has already suffered enough, and you want to send him down? Do you think he's twenty years old? He's thirty!" Zhang Yu also expressed her opinion, rare for her, as she didn't want her husband to be sent to the county.

This isn't asking for my opinion, why are you arguing... Liu Hao didn't say anything, used to it, he would express his determination after they finished talking. But the chicken wing in front of him couldn't be eaten now, if he still cared about eating at this moment...

"What do you know? How can you come up without going down? This is decided, let's eat." Zhang Nan's strong side immediately showed, no one could change his mind.

"What are you eating? Old Zhang, are you getting more confused as you get older? Why must he go to the county? Can't you just leave him in Yinzhou South District? My classmate is the director there, let him do more basic work, be more flexible." His mother-in-law, Chen Pei, wasn't scared, after all, her rank was a half level higher than his.

Not going... Liu Hao protested in his heart, what's the difference where he goes? Wouldn't he still be under the control of her classmate, even worse than now, at least here he had Yu Baojin to back him up.

"This... is fine." Zhang Nan rarely accepted an opinion.

This made Liu Hao feel like a death sentence had been pronounced...

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