The director and eighth-level worker at the Beijing Steel Factory, earning over 100 yuan a month. He is Tang Xiaoxiao's father and initially agreed to let her go to Xiang Province despite the family's original plan for her to go to Heilongjiang. He decided to give Tang Xiaoxiao 300 yuan from the Educated Youth Office plus 50 yuan monthly allowance, more generous than the 30 yuan she received in her previous life.
