Having achieved financial freedom, I reorganized my workplace.

Chapter 30 Garbage is very unprofessional

After the exam, Lin Chen returned to Suicheng and went to work as usual.

As soon as I pushed open the door of the water supply station, a figure rushed towards me with the wind; it was Tang Yuwei.

"Class monitor!" Tang Yuwei cried, her voice choked with sobs, "You're finally back! I'm exhausted!"

"Mind your image." Lin Chen said calmly, gently pushing her away without making a sound.

The office is full of people and has a lot of eyes, which could have a bad influence. Lin Chen is thirty years old now, and his attitude towards women has changed. He neither takes the initiative nor refuses them. If someone comes up to him, he doesn't mind accepting their advances.

"Class monitor, you're finally back." Tang Yuwei followed behind him like a little tail, still clinging to his arm.

"With you gone this week, everything fell on my shoulders! Meter reading, inspections, handling complaints... I'm so busy I don't even have time to drink water, and my period is all messed up."

Lin Chen knew perfectly well that his job as squad leader should have been handed over to safety officer Liang Wenchao, but that guy was a hands-off manager, so the station chief had no choice but to dump all the responsibility on Tang Yuwei.

This girl truly understood for the first time what the word "class monitor" meant—not power, but endless trivial matters and responsibilities. So when she said "I miss you" on the phone, it wasn't just being affectionate; it was a heartfelt longing from someone who was simply too exhausted to bear it any longer.

Lin Chen chuckled lightly, with a hint of mockery: "The director is giving you special attention; others don't even have this opportunity to improve."

"Whoever wants this good fortune can have it." Tang Yuwei shook her head vigorously. "Now I realize how hard you work."

"Alright, do you need my help?" Lin Chen waved his hand, seeing through her little tricks. This little girl's emotions were basically written all over her face.

Tang Yuwei immediately put on a fawning smile and pushed a stack of reports onto his desk: "Class monitor, save me! This month's water loss rate statistics are driving me crazy. If I keep going like this, I'm going to die."

"Alright, you can get lost now." Lin Chen glanced at her; she was almost done, just finishing up a bit, so he decided to do her a favor.

"Long live the class monitor! I love you!" Tang Yuwei's mood instantly brightened, and she almost cheered with joy.

Lin Chen raised his hand to stop him: "Stop, speak properly."

……

The novel is becoming increasingly popular, with over 500,000 collections and an average subscription of over 58,000. It is still moving forward with unstoppable momentum and may reach the feat of 100,000 subscriptions. Lin Chen did not expect that this workplace novel with a slightly suggestive theme would be so popular.

This book is currently being discussed on various platforms.

Of course, with fame comes trouble. In the book's readership and chapters, there have been many mindless trolls and professional haters. Some people have even seized on minor issues to report the book, making it difficult to guard against.

The editor was extremely anxious and repeatedly warned him on QQ: "This must be a competitor targeting you! You need to tone it down immediately, and whatever you do, don't write anything about pornography or politics. Change all the sensitive words at the beginning, or there's a real risk of it being taken down."

Damn it, there's nothing I can do. The pie is only so big. If you take a slice, others will get less. Profit determines everything. Lin Chen could only stay up all night revising the manuscript and reluctantly delete some keywords.

Although these words don't have much impact on the plot, after rereading them, they feel like they've lost some of the warm, down-to-earth feeling, as if the soul of the character has been removed, making them quite bland.

It seems that not only are there all sorts of disgusting things in the real world, but even in the virtual world, struggle is everywhere. It's not easy to survive in this world.

Today, the county company organized an activity for all employees. The theme of the activity was "Red Party Building, Blue Volunteerism, Cleaning the Countryside and Practicing the Original Aspiration". The specific content of the activity was to pick up garbage in Daliang Village near the county and purify the rural environment.

Lin Chen and Tang Yuwei were both members of the organization and couldn't be absent. To be honest, Lin Chen didn't dislike serving the people; on the contrary, he was enthusiastic about it. Moreover, this time, Tan Huasheng was leading the team, making it a very big event.

In the morning, after everyone had breakfast, they gathered at the parking lot of the county company building.

Seeing dozens of people densely packed together, Lin Chen had no idea that the company had developed so many colleagues in the past few years, and most of them were leaders at the level of specialist or above.

Undoubtedly, this kind of identity allows for rapid entry should a need arise.

The time had come, but Tan Huasheng still hadn't shown up, so the car had to stay put. At Xinhai Company, leaders didn't have to adhere to time; the leader was time, and the leader was everything.

Zheng Shuang, director of the Party and Mass Work Department, held a bunch of volunteer vests printed with "Xinhai Water Affairs, I'm Dedicated, You Can Rest Assured" and put them on people one by one, her tone leaving no room for doubt: "Put them on, everyone, for a unified image."

Clearly, this is an activity to do practical things for the people, but it is also necessary to promote the company. This is understandable. Although the company has a high political stance, it is still a business at its core, a water-selling business. It is necessary to do some publicity.

After a long wait, Tan Huasheng finally arrived, and the convoy set off in a grand procession, arriving at Daliang Village in just ten minutes.

Lin Chen opened the car door and almost burst out laughing. This rural area was actually a rural tourism base that the local government had been vigorously developing in recent years. Although it was called a rural area, it exuded a sense of prosperity inside and out.

After getting off the bus, everyone was in high spirits and started taking photos and checking in, just like on a spring outing. The brooms and trash cans were really out of place, so everyone just threw them aside. Tang Yuwei was also overjoyed and pulled Lin Chen to act cute in various ways.

Lin Chen wasn't particularly upset. Since he didn't have to go to work, coming out to enjoy the breeze and scenery was a rare chance to relax. He also noticed that several groups of people were already cleaning up the area.

Including judicial organs, industrial and commercial organs, and teachers and students from No. 1 Middle School, basically everyone who should come came, and even those who shouldn't have come came. It seems that all the outstanding talents in the county must come here to sweep the floor.

If you don't scan it, you're accused of having a problem with your thinking, but I don't even know what the problem is.

However, most of them just used the brooms as decorations, playing with them as they walked around.

After waiting for a while, Liang Wenhan, the village chief of Daliang Village, came over and shook hands with Tan Huasheng in a warm greeting. Both of them were very politically conscious, and their hand gestures were surprisingly consistent, bowing and maintaining a smile.

"Director Tan, thank you for your hard work! You've come all this way." The village chief and the director had a good relationship because the company had just installed a new water supply for Daliang Village.

"Liang Wenhan, you're too kind. Your place is developing very well; the higher-ups value it highly." Tan Huasheng smiled amiably. "I've brought all the people; they're all at your disposal."

"Director Tan, then I won't stand on ceremony with you." Liang Wenhan rubbed his hands together. "I've taken the liberty of arranging a meal at the farmhouse across the street. We'll have a good drink together then."

"You haven't even done any work, how come you're eating already?" Tan Huasheng said, feigning seriousness.

Liang Wenhan laughed and said, "A good balance between work and rest is the best approach."

"Then let's get busy."

After the village chief and Tan Huasheng exchanged information and confirmed the time and place for lunch, everyone started working enthusiastically. Without any special assignments, the group naturally split into two teams.

One group consisted of elderly Buddhists, led by Zheng Shuang from the Party and Mass Work Department. They huddled in a shady spot, each holding a broom, like puppets, sweeping leaves back and forth, one sweeping for me, the other for you.

It's a pity for this leaf, drifting through its life only to end up like this.

Another group consisted of young radicals, led by Wang Yang, a promising young talent from the marketing department. They followed closely behind Tan Huasheng, their eyes like radar, always on high alert.

As soon as a fallen leaf appeared in the grass ahead, he would rush over and snatch it like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey.

However, because there were so many people at the site, people from various organizations swept the area several times, and there wasn't much trash left to sweep up; trash became a hot commodity.

Director Tan Huasheng wandered around for half a day without gaining anything, and his brows gradually furrowed.

He had a mission.

Wang Yang was a mind reader for his superiors. Seeing their predicament, he suddenly had a bright idea. He spotted a trash can on the roadside, rushed over, peeked inside, and was overjoyed. Then he rolled up his sleeves and personally emptied all the trash from the can onto the ground.

? ? ? ?

Everyone was stunned.

"Director Tan, come sweep here."

Tan Huasheng glanced at him, then looked around warily. Seeing that no one was watching, he picked up the broom and slowly swept the trash into the trash can.

A professional photographer quickly captured this precious moment.

Tan Huasheng let out a breath, immediately wiped his sweat, and went to drink tea.