Restarting life in Siheyuan

"We have agreed to open a dedicated route that can go directly to Beijing and deliver the goods ordered here from time to time. We no longer need to transport them by train, which can shorten the logistics cycle."

This is very impressive. It is the first one now. Although it can only transport its own goods and personnel, it is also a good start.

"Also, the office can send out invitation letters to invite scholars, professors and other people from all walks of life here to go to Hong Kong for discussions and to help companies speed up project research. There are too many details to go through. Anyway, Qianqian said that if anyone here needs to go there in the future, the invitation letter will be useful. We need to fly there, and the office can handle it..."

This is to support Dongsheng Company to accelerate its development. This is an unexpected surprise. Zhu Xuefeng did not expect the higher-ups to be so straightforward. Of course, he has to ask Wu Qianqian for too much detail. He doesn't know much from what these two have relayed, just a general idea. It seems necessary to make another trip to Hong Kong to understand more clearly and make the best use of this hard-earned convenience.

"By the way, Qianqian also said that if you have time, you'd better go again. The gift the prince sent has arrived, and she has a headache and doesn't know how to deal with it."

"What gift? Why not just put it away? It's not easy to deal with it."

Xia Yuhong was so happy that she lay on Lin Na's back, grinning.

"You're so smart, guess what? Let's make it clear first, I want to choose this gift, and so does Sister Na."

Yan Zi really didn't know what the gift was. It was given to her senior brother by someone else. These two were his senior brothers' wives, so she couldn't snatch them away. The key point was that she was curious about what it was.

"I can't guess. How can I guess without any clues?"

Lin Na patted Xia Yuhong's hand on her shoulder and said, "He's already grown up, and you're still teasing him like this. Tell him it's getting late, let him go to bed early."

Xia Yuhong then reluctantly said, "Thirty-two Arabian horses, but unfortunately, when the freighter arrived at the port, two of them couldn't stand the sea waves and fell ill and couldn't be saved."

Zhu Xuefeng felt a headache. The Arabian horse was of course a good thing and he liked it very much. Last time he went to promote fireworks, he wanted to give it to him, but he was traveling with a tour group and could not accept it. This time, it was sent directly to Hong Kong.

I don't have a racecourse in Hong Kong. There is a Hong Kong Jockey Club, but it is a non-profit club organization. According to the requirements of the Hong Kong government, it is mainly responsible for providing horse racing and Mark Six lottery activities, sports and gambling entertainment. It is a charity organization specializing in horse racing. It now implements a club membership system. I am not a member. Besides, with more than 30 horses, even a member cannot accommodate them.

"It looks like we can only send him to the autonomous region to be raised. Never mind, there's nothing else to do. Let me rest early today. I have to report to the factory tomorrow, and I have to go to Xiangshan the day after tomorrow."

"Brother, there are so many horses, can you let me pick one?"

"It's not a big deal. There are so many. You can pick whatever you want. But it won't work in the short term. You have to go to Europe with me to do business."

"Xiaofeng, why are you going to Xiangshan?"

"Well, there is an orphanage over there. Xie Junjie and the others have made an appointment with me. We will take a day off tomorrow and go check it out the day after tomorrow." Zhu Xuefeng briefly explained the thoughts of these second-generations, which made the three of them stand in awe.

"How about we join in, too? This is a good thing."

"Don't get involved in this matter. Don't ask why. Use your energy to improve yourself, Nana. Especially you. I heard that the school system will be shortened when school starts. This means you will graduate next year and there will be a lot to prepare for."

Lin Na nodded. It was true. She was going to graduate next year and she still had one year of homework and one year of internship. It all depended on how the school arranged it. Seeing that Lin Na couldn't get involved, Xia Yuhong didn't mention it again.

In the bedroom, Lin Na took out a few letters and said, "This is what my father asked me to bring to you before he left. He said he had told you the details."

Zhu Xuefeng accepted the letter and held Lin Na's shoulders apologetically. "I'm sorry, your father must be very disappointed."

"He's fine. He knows you're going to disaster relief and he said he's proud of you. It's okay. My dad is an open-minded person. But my mom didn't go with you. I don't know how they arranged it. My mom is still in the library. The school won't take back the house it allocated to us. They said my dad was only on a short-term loan and would be back."

"I guess your mother is worried about you." He put away the letter, "You guys take a break first. You still have internship tomorrow. I'll go warm up and then rest."

Knowing that the two would be somewhat dissatisfied, he stretched out his hand and scratched their noses twice to ease the atmosphere. Zhu Xuefeng did not want the two of them to reveal their flaws when they went to internship tomorrow, so he could only hold it in and practice to vent his abundant energy.

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"Comrade Xiao Zhu, it's really unfortunate that the leaders are in a meeting. How about I help you open his office and wait for the leader."

Zhu Xuefeng thought about it and decided that it would be more appropriate to go visit other acquaintances and then go to the vehicle factory to see Lao Xia and Professor Xu. He didn't have much time and according to the plan he would not come to the steel rolling mill again.

"Forget it, I'll go look around other departments, and you can tell the boss when he comes back."

"Okay then, I'll talk to my leader." Xiao Ma originally wanted to ask Zhu Xuefeng about their disaster relief efforts, but seeing that he had something else to do, he stopped talking.

The steel rolling mill is summarizing the rescue work for the flood.

The first half was relatively normal. The rescue personnel who went to Jinhai, led by Director Liu, were highly praised. Comrade Lin Yilan, the security section chief of the Security Department, was specifically praised for her revolutionary spirit of fearlessness of sacrifice and selfless dedication. The work of Deputy Director Li and Director Zhang of Logistics was also commended.

Especially the comrades in logistics, in more than 69 days, 3000 comrades in logistics dispatched more than 600 times, cooperated with the street to solve many emergencies for the workers' housing, repaired and reinforced nearly houses, protected the property of the workers, and ensured that no one was injured, ensuring that the workers went to work without worries. The meeting gave a long applause to the work of the two leaders. The factory stopped production for half a day due to a gap in the courtyard wall, and it took another day to clean up after resuming production. The promise of not stopping production was not fulfilled at that time. Director Yang made self-criticism on behalf of the comrades who stayed behind, and also won the understanding of the cadres present.

"No matter how complete the plan is, accidents will happen. The collapse of the wall was not what we expected, but Lao Yang was able to maintain engine production as soon as possible. I think he has done a good job. He also asked me to lead a team to support the vehicle factory as soon as possible. I don't think Lao Yang needs to apologize or criticize himself for this. Fire and water are ruthless, but people are kind. The majority of cadres and employees have seen what you have done."

Deputy Secretary Gu was speaking. She was also an important cadre who stayed in the factory to give command.

"This shutdown was completely unexpected. I really admire Mr. Yang for his prompt decision to shut down the flooded workshop immediately. That's why our steel rolling mill was able to avoid any casualties in the face of such a disaster. As we all know, after the flooded workshop at the machinery plant, they forced construction, resulting in multiple people being electrocuted in the water and one death. Many other units also experienced cases of electrocution while working in the water."

There was a lot of discussion below. Everyone knew the news, but they didn't take it to heart. No one thought about why no one was electrocuted at the steel mill. But when Deputy Secretary Gu mentioned it, everyone suddenly realized the reason.

"That's right. Lao Yang reminded everyone at the first flood prevention meeting. Many workshops paid great attention to it, which helped avoid these accidents." Deputy Director Jiang added promptly.

Secretary Liu looked unhappy. Originally, he had asked Director Yang to engage in self-criticism for not fulfilling his promise at the meeting not to stop production. Unexpectedly, Deputy Secretary Gu, who had always been in tacit agreement with him, suddenly defected, and Deputy Director Jiang, who seldom expressed himself, also took the opportunity to express his opinion. It seemed that it was impossible for Yang to continue to engage in self-criticism.

After once again praising the various departments for their ability to resist disasters and produce and go out to support disaster relief, Secretary Liu's expression finally relaxed, and he seemed to be a little proud, and smiled and spoke again.

"Also, I have good news for you all. Quiet down, quiet down." Faced with the buzzing discussions about the praise, Secretary Liu stretched out his hands and pressed them forward, then smiled again.

The venue was silent again. "Everyone should know that the assault boats provided by our steel mill played a great role in the disaster relief work in Tianjin, Hebei Province and Beijing, and made great contributions to protecting the lives and safety of the people and transferring state property. For this, the municipal government will focus on commending us! The ministry and the higher-ups should also commend us!"

There was warm applause in the meeting hall. Nothing made everyone more proud than collective honor. When they heard that so many superiors wanted to commend the steel rolling mill, there was thunderous applause. After everyone finally quieted down, they realized that unlike the secretary who was in high spirits, Director Yang seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Old Yang, there's something wrong with your mood." Secretary Liu frowned. How could Old Yang have such no sense of collective honor? He was even worse than the middle-level cadres in the workshop.

"Secretary, I have an idea. I want to discuss it with you. I wonder if it will work."

"Why not? Our internal meetings should be discussed clearly so that everyone can further unify their thoughts and move in the same direction. Only with a unified and consistent pace can our steel mill achieve brilliant results time and time again."

Secretary Liu was very proud. This time he was transferred to the higher level for centralized command. When he learned that there was a shortage of ships everywhere, he thought of Lao Yang's suggestion and had an idea. He expressed that the steel rolling mill was willing to provide 3800 sets of assault boats, which was praised and commended by all parties. Although the news soon came down from above that Dongsheng Company donated these assault boats free of charge, Secretary Liu still reaped some unexpected rewards.

"Then let me talk about the popular speedboats out there. Let me remind you that these speedboats are not owned by our steel mill!"

Director Yang's words woke up all the cadres present. Yes, this batch of assault boats did not belong to the steel rolling mill at all. The secretary had made it clear last time. Director Yang continued.

"It belongs to our partners. They are the ones who are willing to donate for free for disaster relief. The steel mill deserves this honor."

Secretary Liu's face turned red, and his eyes looked like they were about to bleed. This Old Yang was too outrageous. He had severely damaged the revolutionary enthusiasm of the majority of cadres and workers. He actually gave such an important honor to the Hong Kong capitalists. There must be something wrong with him. Just as he was thinking of some reason to stop Old Yang, he was shocked by what he said next.

"Our steel mill not only did not contribute anything in the rescue work of the speedboats, but also made mistakes. The higher-ups are investigating why our steel mill could only provide 3,800 of the 4,000 speedboats we promised. Where did the other 200 go? If we had 200 more, wouldn't we have been able to save more national property and rescue more comrades in distress in a more timely manner?"

The bustling venue became deathly silent. No one knew the details, but the fact was that two hundred speedboats were missing. What Lao Yang said was right. The steel rolling mill had no credit, only faults!
This was a serious matter. Secretary Liu was so embarrassed that he didn't even realize that his voice had changed. It seemed that he had talked too much and his throat was a little tight. He cleared his throat twice.

"Old Yang, don't be suspicious of things that haven't been investigated. We can accept the investigation. There is no such situation in the steel rolling mill. The 3,800 figure was reported to the city by me. This is correct. These 3,800 assault boats did play a huge role, and in some places they played a key role. These are all recognized by the city. These have nothing to do with the capitalists. In our factory, we control them. This is correct."

Secretary Liu reached out his hand to stop Director Yang's questioning. "Let me finish what I'm saying. As for the 200 ships you mentioned missing, I know about that. It's just a small statistical error. The actual ships are still on the production line. This is a statistical error. Old Yang, we all understand that you are worried about the disaster."

Secretary Liu felt his throat tighten again, and he unnaturally picked up the teacup and took a sip. The warm tea seemed to calm his mood, and his expression also became calm. He put down the teacup and said meaningfully.

"Now that the disaster has passed, we can speed up production. Small errors in these data do not affect our great victory over the flood. This has been mentioned in the above meeting and is beyond doubt. This is a great victory for the city's commanders and fighters, the working class, and the general public and the masses."

Seeing that Secretary Liu had defined the matter and brought up the victory in flood control, Lao Yang stopped talking. He had been a little impulsive just now. Denying the secretary's words in front of so many cadres was both right and wrong, and both reasonable and unreasonable. It violated the most basic principles.

A summary meeting ended inexplicably, but Li Huaide was still very excited when he returned to the office. He felt that he had come back at the right time. Although he had suffered a lot, he had always been rooted in the front line and handled many emergencies in a timely manner. He received unanimous praise from the majority of cadres and employees, which added a lot of points to himself. For this return, Li Huaide gave himself full marks.

What is even more gratifying is that silly old Yang actually wants to play a counter-acting role with the secretary. How naive! How did this political idiot get to such a high position? This is not a battlefield. One has to know how to be roundabout. Only a fool would rush forward headfirst. With the way Old Yang works, he will eventually fall flat on his face one day.

"Old Yang, what can I say about you? Hey, didn't I tell you not to make it public and let the higher-ups handle it? Otherwise, how would the minister know that there were still 200 units without engines in Curry? You are too impulsive, too impulsive!"

Lao Chen criticized Lao Yang bluntly on the phone, saying that this old partner was too straightforward.

"Old Chen, I was wrong. I just couldn't stand him hiding his mistakes and feeling smug about stealing the world's credit. I was impulsive at the moment."

"It's good that you know you're wrong. Next time, think about what you say before you say it. You need to change your habit of not being able to speak until you get it off your tongue." (End of this chapter)