Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 285 February Convulsions Incident in the Security Department

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, time soon came to the end of February.

Since the Chinese New Year, all the cadres of the steel rolling mill have been in a tense atmosphere.

Although He Yuanchao's future has been secured, in order to follow the crowd, he occasionally has to pretend to be worried about gains and losses in the office building every day.

After all, he is not a professional actor, so he can do it for one or two days, but He Yuanchao himself feels very tired as time goes by.

This month, in order to reduce the chance of showing his face in the office building, He Yuanchao basically wandered around various security rooms. When he had nothing to do, he did not even return to his office for a day.

It doesn't matter if He Yuanchao spends all day in the security room, the security guards can't bear it. When they go on duty, they wish they had more eyes, for fear that the leaders will find fault with them and say that they are not dedicated to their work.

Although there is no such thing as firing a regular employee these days, it is still very easy for your boss to change your job.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Instead of resisting He Yuanchao who oppressed them, the security guards took their anger out on ordinary cadres and workers who were commuting to and from get off work.

Before the well-informed people in the rolling mill figured out what happened in the security department! Some of those with unclean hands and feet have already been reported to the factory office by the security department, which has all the stolen goods.

As the factory radio broadcasted daily reports on these people who were harming the public and private interests, people in the steel rolling mill were also talking about everything.

Some said that the security personnel flattered He Yuanchao in order to keep their current jobs, and some said that He Yuanchao used factory people as stepping stones in order to go further...

All ten fingers have different lengths, not to mention people's likes and dislikes. Those who criticize will naturally be praised.

When they heard that someone was confusing right and wrong, some old workers couldn't help but come out to seek justice.

"If the security department doesn't clean up the petty thieves, what else will they do in the factory?"

"That is, if these people who harmed the interests of the factory are not reported, why should we commend them?"

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Because of this incident, which the workers jokingly called the "February Convulsion Incident in the Security Department," the people in the factory were divided into two groups, and they formed a gang to talk to each other whenever they had free time.

But no matter what the people in the factory say, it is obvious to all that the "performance" of the Security Department this month is much better than last month.

For this matter, Liang Weimin, the secretary of the steel rolling mill, also organized a meeting with the leading cadres of the mill at the end of the month.

At the meeting, in addition to criticizing some of the direct leaders of those involved in the theft, Liang Weimin also focused on reprimanding Xu Wenhe, who was in charge of logistics.

The reason is self-evident. Not only did these logistics cadres and employees steal more people than the workers, but the items they took were also much more valuable than those taken by the workers.

Of course, this preciousness is also relative. If someone really takes the confidential items in the factory without foresight, it can't be done by Liang Weimin just talking about it at the meeting.

In order to offend all the leaders in the factory, He Yuanchao had to report the matter, otherwise after the incident happened, he would be the first to be blamed by the organization.

At this moment, seeing Xu Wenhe blushing and neck thickened by Liang Weimin for some soap, work clothes, labor protection supplies and other daily necessities, He Yuanchao didn't show anything on his face, but he couldn't help but gloat in his heart.

The original idea was to hide in the security room for some peace and quiet, but who could have imagined that there would be an unexpected gain. Although Xu Wenhe could not be harmed this time, a comment on "not solid work and unfavorable supervision" was indispensable in the file.

At the end of the meeting, although Liang Weimin did not praise He Yuanchao, he did say a lot about the good changes in the Security Department in the past six months.

When the meeting ended, Liang Weimin even kept He Yuanchao in front of everyone.

After all the people attending the meeting had left, Liang Weimin put out the cigarette butts in his hand, looked at He Yuanchao who was sitting in his subordinate position, and said calmly: "Yuanchao, you are a young cadre who understands the overall situation and is capable. The operation carried out by the Security Section is also very good, but sometimes we have to pay attention to methods. "

After understanding the reprimand in Liang Weimin's words, He Yuanchao did not defend himself and said with an apologetic smile: "I did not consider the matter as a leader and did not report it to the organization in time. I will pay attention to it next time."

Seeing this attitude, Liang Weimin, who understood what He Yuanchao had in mind, glanced at him sideways and had no intention of pursuing further.

After all, there is nothing wrong with this matter. Isn’t that what the security department does?

The reason why Liang Weimin wanted to beat He Yuanchao was not because he was fighting Xu Wenhe, but because the timing was wrong.

Xu Wenhe was in the first grade of junior high school, and He Yuanchao was in the fifteenth grade. But now that you two are fighting, aren't you giving me eye drops? If word of this gets out, the superiors will think that I have no control over it!

Fortunately, the personnel promotion in the steel rolling mill is a foregone conclusion. Otherwise, no matter what I say today, I will have to deal with this kid.

After finishing swinging the stick, it’s time to give He Yuanchao a sweet date. After all, there will be many places to use this kid in the future!
Thinking of this, Liang Weimin put away his serious face and said with a smile:

"No need to hit the drum with a heavy hammer! I still believe in your ability to work. Seeing that you have a good attitude today, I will tell you something."

After Liang Weimin finished speaking, he glanced at the door of the conference room, then lowered his voice and said: "The meeting above has been completed, and the upgrade documents for our factory will come out tomorrow."

Looking at Liang Weimin's mysterious appearance, He Yuanchao thought he could tell some shocking news! Regarding this news, Chen Cheng's secretary Cao Wenxuan had already called him when he came to work in the morning.

Although he knew about the upgraded document in the morning, He Yuanchao still pretended to have just heard about it.

"real!"

"Keep your voice down."

Liang Weimin frowned and glanced at the door. When he saw no one was outside, he whispered, "Can I still fool you about this?"

Seeing the pride in Liang Weimin's eyes, He Yuanchao also smiled wisely and said, "Then I would like to congratulate Secretary Liang first."

When Liang Weimin heard this, even though he knew that his promotion to the deputy director's office was a certainty this time, he still said with a straight face:

"Don't talk nonsense about aiding Korea. Everything is possible before the documents come out."

Having said this, Liang Weimin paused, picked up the cigarette case from the table and threw a cigarette to He Yuanchao. After the two of them lit the cigarette and took a puff, he said again:
"Regardless of whether there are changes in duties, as long as the organization still needs us to work in the steel rolling mill, then we have to work hard..."

He Yuanchao was smoking a cigarette and pretending to be serious while listening to Liang Weimin's talk.

When he finished smoking a cigarette, Liang Weimin had almost finished talking. After a few more gossips, the two of them got up and left the conference room with a smile.

Returning to the Security Section office, He Yuanchao saw that it was time to get off work, and without hesitation, he tidied up his desk and locked the door and left the office building.

"Finally no more pretense tomorrow."

When he reached the carport, He Yuanchao murmured something, then got on his bicycle and headed home.

……

On the morning of March 1, 1959, He Yuanchao finished breakfast and rode his bicycle to the steel rolling mill as usual.

As soon as I entered my office, before I had time to take off my coat, the phone on my desk rang.

(End of this chapter)