Restarting life in Siheyuan

From what happened to Lao Yang, we can see that Vice Minister Chen is still very reliable. Zhu Xuefeng later considered the trust model carefully. He had no idea about it at first. He only remembered learning about it in school when he was a child. It was a monopoly model of capitalism. He was not clear about this domestic history decades ago.

However, the trust model has a positive effect on current resource integration, improving efficiency and standardized production, as well as the promotion and diffusion of advanced technologies, and is very suitable for the current domestic needs for liberating productivity.

"Director, I think the people above are farsighted, they see more and think more than us. This model should be very helpful to us now. You don't need to worry too much. Just implement it according to the requirements."

Lao Yang sighed, "Everyone has analyzed the benefits, and I believe in it, but there is one thing. As long as someone is pushing it from behind, I think it is unreliable. I hope the new model doesn't work and the current good situation is ruined."

This involves the game between factory leaders, which Zhu Xuefeng couldn't say anything about. However, Lao Yang's worries are not unreasonable. Good policies still have to be implemented by specific people. There are countless good sutras in later generations that have been distorted by the monks.

"Don't worry about such things. I have Old Chen to help steer the ship. Just work hard in your new position and achieve some results, and don't bring shame to our steel mill." Seeing Zhu Xuefeng silent, Old Yang laughed and changed the subject.

The two of them chatted until they got off work. When they heard the bell ringing, Lao Yang realized, "I didn't expect that we would chat for more than half an hour. Now it's time to get off work. Hurry up and go find your classmate. If you're any later, he'll leave."

"Okay, let's go."

I was standing downstairs of the Materials Research Institute and greeting the technicians who were getting off work. After a while, I saw Chen Zhihe and a few technicians coming downstairs chatting. When he saw Zhu Xuefeng, he quickly said something to a few colleagues and ran over excitedly.

"Old Six, good fellow, I finally see you. You have just finished your studies and are back. When did you come back?"

"I got home the day before yesterday afternoon. I went to school yesterday and heard from Director Jiang that you were here. I didn't expect that it had been more than two years since we last saw each other."

"Isn't it? I calculated and it's true. It's almost two years and two months."

"Come on, I'll treat you, let's go to a small restaurant outside and have a drink."

"The steel mill is your territory, I won't take it away, let's go." Chen Zhihe smiled and agreed, but after walking a few steps, he hesitated and stopped. "Sixth Brother, this seems a bit inappropriate."

Zhu Xuefeng was stunned. "What's inappropriate about this?"

"The factory has taken good care of us newcomers. They prepare dinner for each person every day. If I don't go back, it would be a crime to waste it."

Everyone went hungry in the past few years, and the situation has only gotten better in the past two years. However, wasting food is absolutely not allowed, and this memory will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

"How about changing the date? I'll say hello first, not prepare my meal, and we can get together again."

Zhu Xuefeng could only nod in agreement and asked curiously.

"The cafeteria prepared dinner for you? Didn't it have those who worked overtime?"

Chen Zhihe smiled, "That's different. We are not in the staff cafeteria. Let me tell you something."

It turned out that the factory treated this group of students very well and planned to arrange dormitories for them in the new family quarters, but the new building was still under construction and they would have to wait a few months before they could move in. They are currently living in the factory guesthouse, and dinner is prepared for them in the guesthouse's small canteen.

"Guesthouse? Are you staying in a guesthouse now?"

The guesthouse of the steel rolling mill is not small. It has an independent large courtyard and a four-story building. On the left and right of the courtyard in front of the building are independent canteens and bathrooms. There is also a small lake behind the building. Along the lake is a continuous forest. The scenery is very nice.

It can not only receive salesmen from various brother units, but also receive inspection teams from higher authorities. It is a very special small department. The director of the guesthouse is not of high rank, just a section-level official, and is in charge of logistics.

But because the small canteen also serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, leaders of various units who don't want to go to the big canteen like to come here. It also has close contacts with many sister units. It is a very unique place. A few years ago, Chen Dong and Zheng Xun delivered equipment here and also lived here.

"Well, it was newly renovated last year, and the conditions are very good. The factory takes good care of us. Now there are two people in a room, and more than a dozen college students occupy eight rooms. The factory leaders often come to visit us at night and understand the difficulties we face in work and life."

There are few college students nowadays, so they are very precious. The steel rolling mill can get more than a dozen of them. This is because the steel rolling mill is a key unit. Especially now, the country attaches great importance to it. It seems that the factory also attaches great importance to the newly assigned college students. These conditions are really amazing.

Later on, I also lived in the unit’s guesthouse for half a year before I got a dormitory. However, the guesthouse in the factory was built in a temporary building in the crowded alley, which took advantage of the situation. It was completely different from the guesthouse in the steel rolling mill.

"Is it the factory director or Deputy Secretary Gu who is here to see you?"

Chen Zhihe shook his head. "Neither. I met these two leaders at the first welcome party. The one who came to care about us was Deputy Director Li. He was the one who repeatedly instructed us to solve our dinner problem. I have been in the institute for several years and I have never met Deputy Director Li. He is a really good person. He is kind to others and is happy to mingle with the masses."

Seeing Chen Zhihe's face full of praise, Zhu Xuefeng's mouth twitched unnaturally. He had heard from Lao Yang that this leader was very good at taking the mass line, and now it seemed to be true. Even Chen Zhihe had such an evaluation. It was conceivable that other newly assigned college students were similar. These people would be the backbone of the steel rolling mill in the future. Li Huaide's thoughts and homework were indeed more solid than Lao Yang's.

"How about we not go to the tavern and come with me to the guesthouse. If there are any wealthy people here, we can have a meal at the guesthouse. I can tell you about the other people's situations."

Chen Zhihe had a new idea, and Zhu Xuefeng thought about it and decided to do it, since he had already informed his family. The two of them came to the guesthouse and looked in the cafeteria. In addition to the ones that had already been packaged, they were lucky enough to have a few stir-fried dishes in small bowls, and there was also plenty of staple food. In order to avoid waste, the cafeteria now prepares a fixed amount according to the number of guests staying there, and they were lucky enough to have plenty.

The two of them ordered two stir-fried dishes and three steamed buns, and took Chen Zhihe's meal, and sat down together in the restaurant hall on the first floor. The restaurant was not small, with more than a dozen round tables, which could accommodate nearly a hundred people. The layout of the guesthouse was very similar to that of later generations. The first floor was mainly a storage room, cleaning room, staff rest room, restaurant and several private rooms, and the second, third and fourth floors were the accommodation area.

The steel rolling mill treats these college students very well. Each person has steamed rice in his or her own aluminum lunch box, and the dishes are also prepared in a rice bowl early in the morning. Once they arrive, they can sign up and get some.

"No ticket?" Zhu Xuefeng asked in confusion, not seeing Chen Zhihe pick up the meal without paying the ticket. No matter how rich the steel mill is, it shouldn't be free. "Every night someone comes to make a reservation and pays at the time."

"You kid, it seems that you are afraid that you will suffer a loss if you pay the money. How much is it?"

Zhu Xuefeng bought two dishes and a steamed bun just now and found that it was a little more expensive than the cafeteria, but the dishes looked more delicate. After all, they were stir-fried dishes, although not individually cooked.

"It's OK. It's cheaper than the cafeteria. This is a special favor from the leader. My portion is three taels of meal tickets, 26 cents for vegetables, one meat and one vegetable. The leader said that it will be provided until we get our assigned dormitories."

The standard for college students is actually cheaper than that in the cafeteria, which is interesting. The big cafeteria is actually not profitable, but the price here is actually cheaper than in the cafeteria.

"Would you like to have some drinks?" Zhu Xuefeng looked at the wine, cigarettes and drinks on the restaurant counter and wanted to have a drink together. However, Chen Zhihe awkwardly looked away from the girls not far away and shook his head.

"We are all colleagues here. It's not appropriate. Let's do it later."

Zhu Xuefeng laughed after hearing this lame excuse. Can't colleagues drink together after get off work? They are not the police decades later. There are quite a few people sitting in the hall. Some of them should be on business trips, and quite a few should be newly assigned college students who haven't completely gotten rid of their student spirit yet.

Looking at the several female employees who were eating and chatting not far away, they were obviously newly assigned. Two of them looked quite good. They glanced at the two men from time to time and whispered to each other, probably discussing them.

Zhu Xuefeng knew very well what Chen Zhihe was thinking. There must be one girl that Chen Zhihe liked.

"There are a few girls over there. They seem to be looking at us. How about we go over and sit at a table together?"

Zhu Xuefeng spoke with a smile, and Chen Zhihe pretended to be calm and rejected him, not knowing that his face turned red. Seeing how deliberate he was, he could only give up the idea of ​​​​amusing him. Chen Zhihe was still a little thin-skinned. Chen Zhihe was a little older than himself, and he was 23 years old this year, which was really exciting.

The two of them ate and chatted about their roommates.

"The eldest went to the Second Ministry of Machine Building, which is also a subordinate research institute. Xue Shaohua went to Datong. The others all returned to their respective provincial capitals. Only Fang Jiaming and Zhou Jidong are not very clear. They were directly asked to leave by the higher-ups."

Zhu Xuefeng was a little puzzled. Except for the second brother, how come no one stayed in the government departments? Logically, there should be at least a few left. Besides, Fang Jiaming and Zhou Jidong were even more strange. They were leaving the army? That was unlikely. This was metal physics. What could they do in the army?

"I wonder why our class is like this, with only the second-best in government departments?" The proportion of Peking University graduates entering government departments is extremely high. If there are classmates working in government departments, many things will be much easier to handle. There are many graduates from our school working in government departments. Take the first grade for military training, for example, and dozens of trucks were mobilized. Without the help of these alumni, nothing would have been possible.

"I'm not sure either. It may have something to do with the fact that we stayed in Shu for a year."

Speaking of the entire grade being sent to Shu for a year, this is quite a strange thing. But after asking for a long time, Chen Zhihe still didn't know the reason, but it always gave people the feeling that they were exiled there.

Other departments have had similar situations. For example, the History Department spent a year in the suburbs of Beijing, claiming to be supporting rural construction, but in reality it was a form of labor reform.

As the two were talking, they saw through the window a group of people coming into the yard. The two men in the lead were obviously the leaders. They had a unique aura, looked energetic and in high spirits. There were seven or eight men and women following behind them, who must be some junior cadres.

Zhu Xuefeng recognized that the leader was Li Huaide. It seemed that he was going to entertain the business units again. Sure enough, Li Huaide walked steadily and said to the leaders around him with a smile: "Let's just have a simple meal here. This is the condition of the steel rolling mill. I hope everyone will not despise it. I hope we can take this opportunity to further deepen the cooperation between the two sides and make progress together!"

The other representative responded enthusiastically, "Deputy Director Li is too polite. The environment here is great, much better than our factory cafeteria. The ideas you introduced today are very good, and we are looking forward to it. I'll have to toast you with a few glasses of wine later. You are going to take us to take-off, hahahaha."

Li Huaide, with a rosy face, led his people into the first floor. From the restaurant, one could hear him making arrangements outside.

"This Deputy Director Li is quite impressive. I heard that he is responding to the country's call and promoting a major project. He is a capable person."

Chen Zhihe was very jealous of this kind of momentum and thought about competing for the position of squad leader back then. In the end, he only got a position of life committee member and served everyone very well for several years. Now that he has entered the factory, it seems that his heart has become active again.

"Do you want to make ideological progress and become a leader?" The two were good classmates, so Zhu Xuefeng didn't hesitate and asked in a low voice. He was really afraid that Chen Zhihe would give up his professional advantages and plunge into a career in politics. The reason why the steel mill poached him was closely related to the ability he showed in the steel mill's materials research institute. According to Lao Yang, Director Chen wanted to keep all three of them, but unfortunately the steel mill had such a small reputation, it was not easy to get one.

Zhu Xuefeng's question made Chen Zhihe obviously stunned. He thought he was going to admit it, but he just smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I thought about it when I first started school. Over the past few years, especially in graduate school, I know what I should do and where my strengths are. People like this are indeed admirable, but I don't think I can do it."

Seeing Chen Zhihe's understanding, Zhu Xuefeng felt relieved for him.

"You have been in the research institute for several years and have received very good reviews. You will be a section officer when you enter the factory. If you work hard, you will definitely be a section chief in a few years. If you make more achievements, you will become a director in a short time."

Chen Zhihe smiled, "If the section chief works hard, he should have a chance. Director, you must be kidding. That's the director level. It will be difficult for you to get to 40. Besides, there are many talented people in the institute now. They have made many achievements in recent years. Some people have won five awards. Fang Jiaming, Zhou Jidong and I have only won two awards. Let's not talk about these things. We should make some achievements first. I don't want everyone to have a lot of achievements next time we get together, and I am still resting on my laurels."

It seems that Chen Zhihe has a positive attitude. He has abilities and ideas. Zhu Xuefeng believes that he can achieve some results. Besides, he also has many ideas in materials research. They can communicate more in the future when they have time and grow and progress together.

Li Huaide's voice came from outside again, "Where's Xiao Qin? I asked her to serve in the private room, why haven't we seen her for so long?"

"Team Leader Qin is feeling a little unwell and has just gone to rest. How about I go and call her?"

(End of this chapter)