The train driver in the courtyard

Work on laying rail tracks at the apple orchard site has come to a halt.

Other work is still in progress.

The foundation of the subway station has already started. Due to the lack of cement mixers, the big guys will use human cement mixers.

Groups of four picked up shovels and took turns mixing the cement mortar.

Under the scorching sun, everyone was exhausted and sweating profusely.

Li Aiguo also joined the mixing team. After working for a while, he felt that the mixer had to be made as soon as possible.

Isn't it just an electric motor and a big can?
simple!
At noon, the secretary of the Publicity Section of the Engineering Department sent two photos.

One photo shows the boss handing over a silver-plated shovel to Li Aiguo, and the other photo shows shaking hands with the gentleman yesterday.

After taking the photo, Li Aiguo smiled so hard that he couldn't stop.

He originally thought that these photos would be kept confidential, but he didn't expect that they could be hung openly in his home.

But such precious photos should be saved first to avoid them getting wet by sweat.

On the way back to the tent, I actually met Deputy Director Li and Deputy Director Chen of the steel rolling mill.

They looked at each other and fell into silence.

The first to speak was Deputy Factory Director Li: "Hey, patriotic brother, your business scope is quite broad. Were you assigned here to support the construction work?"

Li Aiguo greeted: "Deputy Director Li, you are here."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Deputy Director Chen.

"Old Li, let's stop wasting time here and go see the leader. Section Chief Wang's tone on the phone doesn't sound good. Who knows what big problem has occurred."

Deputy Director Chen looked Li Aiguo up and down. He was wearing an old railway soldier's uniform and his shoes were covered in mud. He looked like a front-line worker.

Deputy Director Li was disgusted by Deputy Director Chen's interruption and frowned: "Old Chen, Aiguo is my nephew from a distant place. He works at the construction site and might know the leader."

As he spoke, Deputy Director Li looked at Li Aiguo and said, "Come to think of it, that leader is actually a relative of ours. He is the second-in-command of your construction site."

Li Aiguo had a strange look on his face, as this leader was quite familiar to him.

"Forget it. This young comrade obviously doesn't know him. After all, he is a big leader. It's normal for a small worker like him not to get in touch with him. Let's go to the Materials Department to find Chief Wang first."

“Work is important.”

Deputy Director Chen was so anxious at this time that he was furious. Seeing Li Aiguo's strange expression, he didn't bother to ask.

Deputy Director Li was also concerned about his work, so he followed Deputy Director Chen and left in a hurry.

"Patriotic, if you have time, let's drink together."

"Okay, go quickly and don't delay anything." Li Aiguo waved at the two of them. He had originally planned to go back to the tent, but after thinking for a moment, he changed direction and walked towards the office.

Deputy Director Chen was right when he said that work is important.

Deputy Director Chen asked questions along the way and ran towards the materials department.

"Old Li, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you still have the time to chat with a worker when the situation is critical."

"You don't understand. Aiguo is not just an ordinary worker. This guy is quite capable and has even been a train driver."

“No matter how capable a worker is, isn’t he still a worker? Can he still have contact with the project leaders?
This subway project is the largest project in our country. Even the people in charge of each project have the same rank as Director Yang."

Deputy Director Li also felt that there was nothing wrong with Deputy Director Chen's analysis.

The significance of the subway project renovation far exceeds that of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. In addition, there is a group of bigwigs behind it, so the level requirements for selecting talents are very high.

If some levels cannot be compared, they can be compared with managers.

Although the Engineering Bureau, which was responsible for local workers, was a bureau-level unit, it was in charge of engineering construction work in the capital area and its status far exceeded that of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

Commander Zhang of the Railway Corps commanded more than 20,000 railway troops.

Of course, Li Aiguo is a magical existence.

After all, he is still a worker.

But he is doing the job of deputy commander-in-chief.

If the gentleman had not personally stood up for him, I'm afraid there would be people criticizing him behind his back.

Li Aiguo also knew that Deputy Director Li and Deputy Director Chen came here because of the unqualified rails.

But for such a large-scale project, procedures must be followed.

Dedicated people are responsible for specific projects, and everyone only needs to be responsible to their direct supervisor.

This is more conducive to carrying out work and also provides protection for staff.

This didn't stop them.

Li Aiguo returned to his office, poured a cup of tea, took out a blueprint and began to draw a blender.

The mixer has a simple structure and does not require redemption of points.

Every bit of savings counts, as the landlords don’t have any surplus food.

Moreover, the waterproofing project had been completed, and several railway technicians including Jiang Gan were also in the outer room of the office, and they could be recruited to serve as free labor.

Just as Li Aiguo was drawing the cylinder, he heard someone knocking at the door, followed by a timid voice: "Excuse me, is Deputy Commander Li here?"

When Li Aiguo heard the familiar voice, he knew that it was Deputy Director Li and the leader who had arrived, so he put the drawings into the drawer.

Deputy Director Li took a look inside and saw only a few railway soldiers drawing maps. He turned to look at Deputy Director Chen and said, "Hey, Old Chen, did we get the wrong place? The officer from the Materials Department was obviously pointing to this place."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Chen took two steps back, looked at the name on the plaque, and nodded, "Yes, this is the office of the deputy chief engineer."

Jiang Gan had already stood up and walked over, asking, "Comrade, what can I do for you?"

Deputy Factory Director Li took out his work ID and handed it over: "We are from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. We received a notice from Section Chief Wang of the Materials Department to come and see the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, but Section Chief Wang went to the Materials Bureau."

Jiang Gan looked at his work permit and handed it back: "Yes, it's here, follow me."

As he spoke, he led the two into the office.

Jiang Gan knocked on the door of the inner office: "Commander, Deputy Director Li and Deputy Director Chen of the steel rolling mill are here."

Hearing a response from inside, Jiang Gan pushed open the door.

When Deputy Director Li and Deputy Director Chen saw that it was Li Aiguo sitting at the desk, they were stunned for a moment.

"This"

"This"

Both of them felt dazzled.

Rubbed it.

It’s still that little worker!

Li Aiguo saw the two men's expressions and pointed to the high stool next to him: "Two big leaders, I am a small worker and I only have a stool here. I am sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."

Deputy Director Li was so embarrassed that he almost twisted a subway tunnel with his feet.

Deputy Factory Director Chen smiled widely, his eyes narrowed into slits: "So you are Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li. I have to 'criticize' Comrade Huaide. We are old acquaintances, but you kept it a secret and didn't say a word!"

He laughed heartily: "Our Director Li has always been very strict and impartial in his work. In his eyes, rules and regulations are more important than the sky! But then again, this kind of perseverance is exactly what our factory needs!"

As he spoke, his expression became serious and his eyes were firm. "When I return to the factory, I will definitely set you two as role models! I will call on all the employees in the factory to learn from you - learn from your professional skills and resoluteness, and learn from Comrade Huaide's dedication to duty and adherence to principles!
If these two forces come together, what difficulties can't be overcome? "

This is what a master is.

Be able to turn decay into magic, turn passivity into initiative, and flatter without leaving a trace.

He deserves to be the deputy factory director.

Deputy Director Li was in no mood to deal with this sycophant at the moment and was deeply shocked.

No one knows Li Aiguo better than him.

This kid does have some skills, but this is the position of deputy commander-in-chief.

You can't get it just by relying on your own skills.

This is really amazing.

Deputy Factory Director Li decided that he would never bargain with Li Aiguo when buying medicinal liquor in the future.

When Deputy Director Chen saw that Li Aiguo did not respond, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

After the two sat down, Li Aiguo's expression gradually became serious: "Are you here on behalf of the steel mill to deal with the problem of the batch of substandard rails?"

Deputy Director Li straightened his chest and pointed at Deputy Director Chen and introduced him: "Old Chen is the person in charge of the rail production plan. He knows the specific situation best."

Deputy Director Chen and Deputy Director Li had already discussed this on the way here.

The best way this time is to insist that it was just a mistake. Deputy Director Li will apologize to the leadership first, and then he will explain.

As soon as they met, Deputy Director Li sold him out.

However, Deputy Director Chen could only bite the bullet and said, "Leader, you are not in the steel rolling business, so you may not know that any steel has errors. Besides, the error of these rails is only a few millimeters, which is normal."

"Normal?" Li Aiguo shook the phone and connected to the technical department: "Call the technicians stationed at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

After a while, a technician wearing glasses came in.

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief."

"Explain this to these two leaders."

The technician placed a thick stack of information in front of the two men.

"This time, the selection of steel, production steps, and process requirements were all handled by our subway engineering department. The engineering department even sent me to train your workers. It can be said that as long as the production is carried out according to the regulations, such a large error will never occur."

The two men also knew that the technician had been living in the steel mill for some time. Faced with the evidence, they blushed and were speechless.

"Jiang Gan, you and Liu Jiji take the two senior leaders to the construction site to take a look at their rails and explain to them what the problem is with them."

Jiang Gan responded, put down his work, and walked towards the construction site with the two of them.

After leaving the office, Deputy Director Li's eyes turned, he took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket and handed them to Jiang Gan and Liu Jishu.

"Hello, Leader Jiang, Leader Liu. I want to ask you something."

"Comrade Li Aiguo is really your commander-in-chief? Don't get me wrong, Comrade Li Aiguo and I are somewhat related."

"No." Both of them waved their hands to refuse the cigarette. Jiang Gan said seriously, "Sorry, Deputy Commander Li's situation is confidential."

Deputy Director Chen was originally looking forward to it, but when he heard this, he suddenly felt a little discouraged.

However, he soon perked up again. Didn't these words further confirm Li Aiguo's identity?

Deputy Director Chen pulled Deputy Director Li aside and whispered, "Old Li, this is such a big thing. You are a relative of Deputy Commander Li, so you have to take responsibility for this matter."

"Old Chen, I know Comrade Li Aiguo best. He is a tough guy. I can't help him this time."

Deputy Director Li said perfunctorily.

For nothing else.

It was because he had long been unhappy with Deputy Director Chen.

Deputy Director Chen was transferred to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill last year. Relying on his superb flattery skills, he snatched the power to preside over daily work from him as soon as he arrived.

Afterwards, he took firm control of the rail production plan.

When fighting for credit, kick people away.

Now I'm in trouble and want someone else to be my gun.

What a wonderful thing! When they arrived at the site, they saw that the construction work had been stopped because the rails were substandard, and they both felt heavy-hearted.

When several people came back from the scene, Wang Liao was reporting to Li Aiguo.

"Deputy Commander, I have coordinated a batch of materials and am currently negotiating with a steel rolling mill to hand over the subsequent rail and steel production work to them."

There are currently three steel rolling mills in Beijing. The First Steel Rolling Mill, formerly known as the Jianguo Steel Rolling Mill, is the oldest steel rolling mill.

Standing on the Xizhimen city wall, you can see the big chimney behind the Civil Engineering College, which is the No. 1 Steel Rolling Mill.

The second rolling mill is called Hongye Steel Plant, located in Changping, and mainly produces automotive steel plates.

Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is the third steel rolling mill, and its main competitor is the first steel rolling mill.

Upon hearing the news, Deputy Director Chen was very nervous, and Deputy Director Li was also in a bad mood.

In order to obtain this batch of production plans, everyone in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill put in a lot of effort.

If it was really stolen, all of these leaders would be given serious punishments.

Deputy Factory Director Chen stepped forward immediately and said, "Commander, this is a huge misunderstanding! Please rest assured that our factory will promote production with the highest standards and strictest requirements, and will never allow similar problems to occur again in the future!"

"From now on?" Li Aiguo slammed the table and stood up.

The majestic aura he exuded was like an invisible wave blowing towards us.

Deputy Director Chen and Deputy Director Li stumbled back instinctively, their backs hitting the filing cabinet heavily, making a dull sound.

"If the hidden dangers on the rails had not been discovered in advance, who would be held responsible if an accident occurred during the subway operation?" Li Aiguo leaned forward with his hands on the table, his eyes filled with anger that almost burned people.
"Who should cover the losses caused by the delay in construction? Do you think it can be easily brushed off with a word of 'misunderstanding'?
I think you don’t realize the seriousness of the problem at all! "

Every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting the two men's faces pale.

Deputy Director Li's throat tightened, and he suddenly remembered the scene where the old leader in the department slammed the table and gave a lecture. At this moment, the aura emanating from Li Aiguo was not inferior at all.

He hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and stepped forward: "Deputy Commander! On behalf of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, I solemnly promise to set up a special investigation team immediately. No matter who is involved, we will investigate it thoroughly and punish them severely!
We also agree to accept your management representative! "

In order to ensure the quality of the rails, the subway command once proposed to follow the model of military factories and send representatives to the steel rolling mill.

Unlike technicians who can only play a supervisory role, factory representatives have management authority.

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill felt that the representative on site might undermine them, so they refused.

Zhang Liao also whispered, "Deputy Commander, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill now has the capacity for large-scale production. If we change it hastily, it may delay the progress of the project. I think we should give them another chance."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Li's eyes lit up and he made another promise: "Three days, just three days, I will definitely get to the bottom of this matter."

"Okay, then. Just three days!" Li Aiguo sat back down and glanced at the two men with a cold gaze. "Please remember that this batch of rails and steel materials concerns the lives and safety of tens or even hundreds of thousands of people."

"Understood!" The two men were as if they had been pardoned. They hunched their backs and backed out of the office. It was not until the door was closed that they realized that the cold sweat on their palms had already soaked through their shirts.

On the way back, Deputy Director Chen suddenly scratched his head and said, "Old Li, something is wrong. If we want to change the manufacturer, we have to go through the procedures in the department and re-draft the production plan. It's not that easy.

Just now, the deputy commander-in-chief and Zhang Zilan played the villain and the good guy respectively. Did they fool us?"

Deputy Director Li sat in the back seat and rubbed his brows: "You still don't take this seriously, Lao Chen, this is a major project related to war preparedness.

The deputy commander-in-chief's handling of the situation has saved our face.

What do you think will happen to us if the Engineering Department directly reports this to the higher authorities?"

Deputy Director Li actually looks down on Deputy Director Chen.

This guy is good at bragging and flattering, but he has no sense of the overall situation.

Deputy Director Li is different. Although he also does all those messy things, he is quite sensitive to the direction of the wind.

Li Aiguo was indeed playing the role of the bad guy and the good guy, but he just didn't want to delay the progress of the project.

If the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill dares to be perfunctory, the command center does not mind changing the material supplier.

At this time, the rails and steel that passed the inspection were transported back to the construction site, and the track laying work continued.

Li Aiguo was busy until dusk, when he rode his bicycle to the logistics department of Qianmen Locomotive Depot to look for abandoned oil drums.

It's the kind that is round and more than one meter tall.

In fact, this thing is also available at the apple orchard construction site.

However, the construction site management system is quite strict, and even if it is waste, you need to apply for a report before you can take it away.

"My mother's family is still very supportive."

After the staff of the Logistics Department learned of Li Aiguo's needs, they quickly obtained a waste oil barrel, and also got seven or eight discarded iron sheets, a dozen steel pipes, two belts and a pile of discarded gears.

"Driver Li, do you want me to deliver these things to your home?"

"No, I can handle it myself."

Li Aiguo went to the maintenance workshop to borrow a flatbed truck from Director Zhang and also got an electric welding machine.

The soldering on the iron bed in Aunt Liu's house had come undone, so she took this opportunity to fix it.

I rode the flatbed cart back to the courtyard and met the workers getting off work.

Several workers said to Yi Zhonghai: "Master Yi, your output this month is the highest among all the people. Do you have any experience? Let us improve ourselves."

Yi Zhonghai saw Li Aiguo coming over on a flatbed cart, coughed twice, and said modestly: "When doing work, you have to love what you do, and you can't be distracted. If you are a driver today and a project worker tomorrow, you will end up doing nothing well."

Jia Dongxu wiped his nose and tilted his head back: "Yes, we can't be indecisive. Everyone should learn from my master."

So excited!
Li Aiguo didn't even look at them and parked the flatbed truck at the door.

Liu Haizhong saw it and came over to help: "Aiguo, you have so many things. Come, I will help you carry them back."

The two of them worked together to unload the things from the car and delivered them to the doorstep.

Yi Zhonghai finally had a chance to be glorious, and had intended to show off quietly, but others ignored him.

He was so angry that his heart was pounding.

"Come on, Dongxu, today is a good day. I'll ask your aunt to cook some dishes, and we can have a nice drink together."

"Have a drink!" Jia Dongxu excitedly.

The materials were placed at the door. Li Aiguo first went to Aunt Liu's house to weld the iron bed, then returned to the eaves and picked up a pair of hydraulic pliers to cut the oil barrel.

Liu Haizhong had been staring at this side, and when he saw him start to get busy, he came over.

"Aiguo, what are you doing? Let me help you."

"That's perfect." Li Aiguo pointed at the oil drum, "I plan to cut the lid of this thing open, and then install a rotating shaft with three fan blades inside."

"Fan blades? Install a fan in a bucket?" Liu Haizhong felt that Li Aiguo was messing around again.

"Can I do it?"

"Yes! This little job is easy for me."

Liu Haizhong started to get busy, and Zhang Gangzhu and Nan Yi also came to join in the fun after work.

There is strength in numbers. In less than a moment, something strange was done.

“Is this thing a fan?”

"It doesn't seem like it. Who would sleep in a barrel with a fan on? Wouldn't they be afraid of having their head chopped off?"

"Hey, Li Aiguo has started to connect the electric motor. Wow, the fan blades are turning. That's it?"

Seeing that only the fan blades were moving and nothing else was happening, the onlookers looked at each other in confusion.

Xu Damao scratched his head: "Patriotic brother, what is this thing?"

"Mixer, something used in engineering projects." Li Aiguo cut off the power.

The simple mixer is ready, but a movable baffle needs to be installed at the bottom to control the opening and closing through the lever principle to pour the concrete.

We can do these things at the construction site tomorrow.

Li Aiguo washed his hands and was about to go back to the house to eat.

Two security officers from the steel rolling mill came hurriedly from outside.

The security officer found Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong in the crowd.

"Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, both of you report to the factory immediately."

Yi Zhonghai was surprised: "It's so late and we haven't had dinner yet. Even if there is an urgent task, we have to wait until we have dinner."

Liu Haizhong was also surprised: "Well, give us half an hour, I'll go home and eat some steamed bread."

The two security officers didn't listen to them and went straight up to take the two men away.

Although he was not handcuffed or tied up, his rough attitude still shocked the residents.

"Did Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong get into trouble?"

When the aunt heard the news, she hurriedly found the Jia family and asked what had happened to Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu was also confused: "This shouldn't be the case. My master has exceeded the task quota again today and was praised by the workshop director."

Qin Huairu saw that the aunt was worried, so she poured her a cup of water and brought it to her, consoling her: "Don't worry, Master Yi is an eighth-level master chef. Even if you make some mistakes, the factory will take care of you."

"Besides, wasn't Liu Haizhong also taken away?"

The aunt thought about it carefully and realized that it was true, so she gave up the idea of ​​looking for the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady's health has been getting worse day by day since the beginning of spring, and it is unknown whether she can hold on until Sha Zhu is released from prison.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were taken away with confused faces, and then escorted to the security department with confused faces. They were even more confused as they saw a lot of people gathered in the security department.

These people are all workers involved in the production of railway tracks.

The workers were talking about it, but were also confused.

Deputy Director Li walked in with the head of the security department.

Deputy Director Li's first words immediately stunned the workers.

"From now on, I will take over from Deputy Director Chen and be in charge of production planning."

Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat. He hid in the crowd, pinched his nose and asked in a low voice, "Where is Deputy Director Chen?"

Deputy Director Li scanned the crowd, but didn't find anyone. He said in a cold voice, "Deputy Director Chen has made a serious mistake. After discussion by the factory committee, it has been decided to suspend all his duties."

When talking about this incident, Deputy Director Li felt a pang of fear in his heart.

Just when the two returned to the factory and were about to start an investigation.

Director Yang of the steel rolling mill received a mysterious phone call.

The level of the person on the phone was frighteningly high.

The content of the call was simple.

The steel rolling mills were required to deal seriously with the incident of substandard rails.

The whole thing escalated.

The factory held an emergency meeting of the factory committee, at which a resolution was passed to remove Deputy Director Chen.

Deputy Director Li was given an important position because of his outstanding performance in temporarily retaining the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill's qualification to supply materials.

Deputy Director Li was glad that he had once again seen the situation clearly and stood on the side of the general trend.

But he always felt something was weird in his heart.

Li Aiguo was still drinking with him two years ago, how come he became a big shot in the blink of an eye? !
(End of this chapter)