Also referred to as Jiang Jinwang and Comrade Jiang, he is the director of a steel factory in the city. He has excellent conditions and is described as someone who eats state grain in the city. He specifically named Gu Yijia as the one he wants to marry and sent Aunt Wang to propose. He was unwilling to accept the refusal and did not want to believe Gu Yijia had rejected him directly.