The booming era begins with the director of the Propaganda Department!

Chapter 504: Steel Mill, the Wind Rises!

After Xu Damao was driven out of the kitchen by Sha Zhu, he yelled a few words to the back, venting his dissatisfaction.

He stood at the door of the small private room, took a few deep breaths, got rid of the gloom on his face, revealed a flattering smile, and then pushed open the door of the small private room.

But when he saw the person sitting inside, he was stunned.

How could this be him?? ! !

"Da Mao? Why are you standing at the door like an idiot? Come in quickly..." Zhang Shenfei looked at Xu Damao at the door and greeted him with a smile.

"Ah? Oh, well... come in right away..." Xu Damao was a little dazed and didn't know what to say. He walked in stupidly.

As he walked, he observed the people present and thought to himself.

Didn’t Director Wang of the Ministry of Metallurgy say that today’s banquet is to introduce the new factory director to everyone?
However, he just looked around and found that all the people present were old acquaintances in the factory, and there were no new faces...

Could it be that... A bold guess suddenly came to Xu Damao's mind.

No way!!! No way, no way?
He was extremely nervous, but he knew that he was just a small clerk and had no right to ask directly.

So he could only suppress his speculation and walked to an empty seat below and sat down.

Soon, more people came and the round table was soon full.

Wait until everyone is present and seated.

Deputy Director Nie on the side looked at Xu Damao with a smile and said, "I remember that you and Director Zhang lived in the same courtyard, right?
It seems like you two worked together in the Propaganda Department of our factory before? ? "

Without waiting for Xu Damao to speak, he continued talking to himself?

"So, our Director Zhang is indeed a young and promising man!

I started working less than two years earlier than Xu Damao. Now Xu Damao is still an executive, and you have become the factory director..."

hiss!
It was indeed Zhang Shenfei!! He really became the director of the steel mill!!
Xu Damao felt as if struck by lightning when his guess was confirmed.

Although Zhang Shenfei used to be the director of a peeler and grater factory.

But after all, that factory only has a few hundred people, which is far from comparable to their large steel rolling mill with tens of thousands of people.

This is a factory with 10,000 employees!!! Zhang Shenfei is only 31 years old, and he is in charge of 10,000 workers at Shanghai International Studies University? ?

No... They were both the Five Little Gentlemen of the Siheyuan Courtyard at the beginning, how come I am so far behind them now???

What happened in the past ten years???

Xu Damao was very confused and sad. He immediately pinched the lemon and felt as if a bottle of five flavors was broken in his heart, with all kinds of tastes, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty.

But before he could think about it, he heard Zhang Shenfei speak slowly: "Yes, Damao and I are childhood friends.

When we were little, we always played house together..."

"Ah, yes." Xu Damao smiled, "At that time, our Director Zhang was very good at playing house."

How can it not be excellent?
At that time, they were playing house, with Zhang Shenfei as the groom and Tian Xiaozao as the bride, but they asked Xu Damao to be the pug they kept at home...

When Xu Damao thought of this, he burst into tears.

But now I have to say things against my will and curry favor with the other party.

After feeling sad, he thought again, Zhang Shenfei confirmed his relationship with him in front of everyone, which seemed to be a good thing? ?

Could it be that Zhang Shenfei wanted to promote himself? ? ?
Xu Damao's mind was full of thoughts, and the next moment, what Zhang Shenfei said confirmed his thoughts.

"Ah, childhood is always the happiest time in a person's life..." Zhang Shenfei said with a smile, and then looked at Xu Damao, "Come on, Damao, pour some wine for everyone. Let's toast together and celebrate a better future for our steel mill."

At the dinner table, there are also rules for who the leader arranges to pour the wine.

Generally speaking, they command their own confidants.

After Xu Damao filled everyone's cups, Zhang Shenfei began to praise him again: "My brother Damao is still very reassuring in what he does... He has always been so reliable."

If instructing Xu Damao to pour the wine just now was just a subtle expression, then this sentence was a blatant support for Xu Damao.

Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Nie immediately smiled and said, "Isn't it? I have always felt that Director Xu is courageous and capable in doing things."

"That's right. In my opinion, Secretary Xu will be promoted soon." Chairman Yu, chairman of the factory labor union, also said.

"Comrade Xu Damao is a probationary member of the party, right? You still have a good chance to join the party in the future..." Secretary Yang, a party official of the factory, also said.

"I also think Comrade Xu Damao is very good." Deputy Director Lu smiled.

An officer received praise from the factory director, with whom he had an old relationship, so his inscription was set in stone.

They are saying these things now just to do a favor.

Although they are in competition with Zhang Shenfei, they still know what kind of person Xu Damao is.

They didn't care about promoting such a useless person, nor did they think that it would help Zhang Shenfei pose any threat to them.

Zhang Shenfei understood what these people were thinking, but he didn't care.

After the two sides looked at each other, they just smiled with their own thoughts.

However, Xu Damao didn't understand what the leaders were thinking. When he heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Although he is not as thoughtful as his leaders, he is not the kind of fool who has just started working. He knows what his leaders' words mean now.

Realize you'll be promoted soon!!!
Xu Damao was immediately overjoyed.

He no longer envied Zhang Shenfei for becoming the director of the steel mill. After all, if he hadn't become the director, how could he have been promoted? ? ?

If you become rich and powerful, you will never forget each other. Zhang Shenfei really did it! ! Xu Damao thought excitedly.

Excited, Xu Damao stood up and said: "Thank you all leaders for your cultivation. I would like to toast you all.

Well, I have a rule when it comes to drinking, which is one big and three small, two is ten."

As soon as he finished speaking, a leader immediately asked in a flattering tone: "What do you mean by one big and three small, two, five, and ten?"

Xu Damao had been waiting for someone to ask questions.

Hearing this, he immediately said smugly: "The leaders are great and I am small. To show my respect to the leaders, if the leaders drink one cup, I, a small person, will drink three cups."

This is one big and three small ones.

"Hey, that's interesting. What if we drink three cups?" said Deputy Director Nie.

"Three threes equals nine! The leader drinks three cups, so of course I, Xu Damao, will drink the wine cup!!" Xu Damao said while patting his chest.

He is very good at building relationships with leaders and never fails to do his job.

Even so, he began to toast the leaders present one by one.

As he said just now, if the other person drinks one cup, he drinks three cups. If the other person drinks three cups, he drinks nine cups.

After drinking one drink after another, he soon became friends with the leaders.

Zhang Shenfei watched from the side and nodded with satisfaction.

It is now the winter of 1965, and the wind is rising.

At this time, he chose to return to the steel mill, the place where he started his journey, because this was his base camp and he had a strong mass base here.

Secondly, after the wind starts, this factory with a population of tens of thousands and a huge security force and militia organization is the safest place.

As the saying goes, great people hide from the world, so Zhang Shenfei plans to hide for the next few years.

Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong were the smoke bombs he released.

Although these two people seem to be smart and treacherous at ordinary times, they can still play a big role if used properly at the critical moment.

Many things that are inconvenient for me to deal with can be handled by these two people...

Moreover, these two people's style of doing things is extremely high-profile, which makes them easy to be hated.

After the wind stops, I can let these two people absorb the firepower, and I can retreat to the second line...

By then, if we say that Director Zhang’s policy is good, but Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong are just twisting it, won’t the problem be solved? ?

At today's drinking party, he planned to push Xu Damao out first, and then Liu Haizhong...

After he has fully supported these two people, he can then semi-retire leisurely and reap the benefits...

After Xu Damao toasted the leaders present one by one, he finally came to Zhang Shenfei with a bottle of wine.

"Brother Dafei, I came here to toast you for the last time, please don't pick on me.

It’s not that I don’t respect you enough, on the contrary, I respect you too much…”

After a while, after drinking more than half a pound of wine, Xu Damao was already drunk, with two red spots on his cheeks.

He raised the bottle of wine and said stumblingly: "It is said that there are many good horses, but few good horse trainers.

The reason why I, Xu Damao, was able to become an executive was all thanks to you, Brother Dafei, who helped me with advice behind the scenes.

Now, you have once again become my benefactor and my mentor.

I won’t say much about my thanks, it’s all in the wine…”

After saying that, he raised the wine bottle and started blowing it.

This is liquor, not beer! Drink directly from the bottle??!
Everyone present was shocked.

Some people were stunned by Xu Damao's huge capacity for words, while others were thinking about what Xu Damao had just said.

Some people even lamented that Xu Damao was quite thoughtful.

At first glance, those few words just now seemed as if he was just thanking Zhang Shenfei.

But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that he is telling everyone the depth of his relationship with Zhang Shenfei.

Ten years ago, Zhang Shenfei could have helped him become an official.

Ten years later, it was Zhang Shenfei who said in front of everyone that Xu Damao was my good brother.

What does this prove? This proves that Xu Damao’s backer is Zhang Shenfei! !
Of course, some people think that Xu Damao is short-sighted.

Zhang Shenfei had clearly already spoken for him before, but he had to go through the trouble of repeating it again...

It seems that this person is not very useful...

The fact that Zhang Shenfei chose to employ such a person proves that he himself has no ability...

It seems that Zhang Shenfei is nothing to be afraid of...

In short, the people present here have all kinds of thoughts.

Zhang Shenfei watched Xu Damao drink one-third of the bottle of wine, and then snatched the bottle away:

"Brother, let's not do this between us...

Later, when I return to the steel mill to take charge of the work again, I will ask you to help my brothers solve their problems..."

Zhang Shenfei said this to him in front of so many leaders, and Xu Damao's face turned even redder with excitement.

He proudly puffed out his chest and straightened his back, feeling that he would soon be on equal footing with these leaders: "Brother Dafei, leave it to me! From now on, just wait and see!"

……

At around nine o'clock the next morning, when the workers at the steel rolling mill were busy, Sha Zhu was directing his apprentices to cut vegetables in the kitchen.

suddenly,

Yu Haitang's familiar voice rang out from the factory's loudspeaker.

Fellow workers, here is a new announcement... The Ministry of Metallurgy has decided... Comrade Zhang Shenfei will serve as the director of our factory... effective immediately...

Hiss! The big teacup in Sha Zhu's hand fell to the ground.

After a long time, he finally came to his senses and grabbed his apprentice Ma Hua and asked, "Mahua? Did I hear it correctly? What did the speaker say?"

Ma Hua smiled at his master and said, "Master, you heard it right. It is Comrade Zhang Shenfei, your sworn brother, who has become the director of our factory."

Hiss! It’s really a big fly!!! Shazhu was completely excited.

Although there had been rumors in the factory that Director Yang was going to be transferred, everyone was speculating who would take over Director Yang's position.

There are several deputy factory directors in the large factory with tens of thousands of employees, and they are in charge of different positions.

Everyone has deep roots in the steel plant and has his own sphere of influence.

Every deputy factory director has the possibility of becoming the factory director, and Sha Zhu often discusses this with everyone in the kitchen.

But he really racked his brains and could not imagine that the new factory director was actually Zhang Shenfei who was parachuted in.

"No, Dafei has left our factory for so many years... The situation in the steel rolling mill is very complicated now. Can he stay here?" Sha Zhu said worriedly.

"Master, you don't have to worry about this. Director Nie and Director Liu do have deep roots, but Director Ren is no pushover either!!!" Ma Hua analyzed as he cut vegetables, "Director Ren was the head of the publicity department of our factory before he became Director Yang's secretary. He then went to college and was transferred to the peeler factory...

Although he is only 30 years old, he is young and promising. He has been in the officialdom for so many years. What storms and waves has he not seen? ?
I would say that if someone dares to come to our steel mill to take on this porcelain job, he must have the diamond drill."

After thinking about it carefully, Sha Zhu felt that what Ma Hua said seemed to make some sense.

He patted Ma Hua's shoulder vigorously with joy: "Hey, you have a good brain! It seems that I was wrong when I said you have a twisted brain!!"

Damn it, Ma Hua was cutting cabbage and Sha Zhu’s slap almost cut his hand.

The young man cursed in his heart, but still smiled: "Of course, don't you see whose disciple I am...

The master is so outstanding, how can I, as his disciple, be any worse than him?"

Shazhu felt very comfortable with the flattery, and the two of them looked at each other and laughed together.

The news that Zhang Shenfei returned to the steel rolling mill and became the factory director spread throughout the courtyard like wildfire.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, when Zhang Shenfei was leaning against the head of the bed reading a book, someone knocked on their door.

"Who is it? It's the middle of the night..." Tian Xiaozao said as he put on his clothes and opened the door.

"Uncle, why are you here so late at night?" she asked curiously, "What are you holding in your hand..."

(End of this chapter)