Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 287 Wearing cadre uniforms, Xu Damao treats people to dinner!
Two days later, Li Feng went to the same tailor shop to pick up his clothes.

Last time, Li Feng ordered three sets of summer cadre uniforms here. After putting on the uniforms, Li Feng felt much more energetic.

Before coming here this time, Li Feng even got a haircut.

At this time, Li Feng's hair was long, or even short. In fact, Li Feng didn't like his hair being too long because he felt it was hot in the summer and it affected his condition.

And since there's no air conditioning yet, it's even hotter.

So it's better to shave it shorter; that would be more comfortable.

However, in fact, the cadre uniform is one of the most important garments for distinguishing cadres from workers. Although the summer cadre uniform does not have four pockets, it is still possible to distinguish cadres from workers.

After packing up his cadre uniform, Li Feng returned to the courtyard house.

It was already dark by then.

So Li Feng went straight home.

The next day
Li Feng changed into his cadre uniform and prepared to ride his bicycle away from the courtyard.

As Li Feng was leaving, Xu Damao was also about to go out. When he saw Li Feng in his cadre uniform, his eyes lit up, and he quickly pushed his bicycle over to Li Feng's side.

After Xu Damao arrived at Li Feng's side, he couldn't help but joke with Li Feng with a smile.

"Li Feng Brothers".

"Did you change your clothes today?"

"Does this mean they're not planning to engage with the general public?"

Li Feng didn't have any ill feelings towards Xu Damao, but at this moment he was just explaining to Xu Damao.

"I originally wanted to wear work clothes."

“A while ago, our workshop director told me to pay attention to my appearance, so this is the only way I can dress.”

"Why!".

"I have no choice."

"When I go to the ministry with our factory manager in the future, I can't let him lose face..."

Xu Damao was very surprised to hear that Li Feng was now actually hanging out with the factory manager!
At this moment, he thought about himself. Although he enjoyed the treatment of a cadre in the factory, he was not a cadre in the end. Moreover, although he wanted to associate with the factory leaders, the factory leaders did not give him the opportunity.

Xu Damao still felt rather upset about this.

However, when Xu Damao heard that Li Feng was now able to work with the factory manager, he couldn't help but ask Li Feng in surprise.

"Huh?"

"Brother Li Feng, you just said you were working with the factory leaders, right?"

"I remember last time you said you were the team leader, what happened?"

"Have you been transferred?"

Upon hearing this, Li Feng sighed.

"yes!".

"The factory director transferred me to the factory office, and now I am the deputy director of the factory office."

"I'm much busier now than before."

“In the past, we could usually leave work around the time we finished our shifts, but that’s not certain anymore.”

When Li Feng got to this point, a look of worry crossed his face.

However, Xu Damao interpreted these words as evidence that Li Feng was definitely being groomed for a special purpose.

Because Xu Damao knew very well what the factory office was.

That was basically the closest place to the factory director, and Li Feng wasn't just an ordinary cadre, but the most promising deputy director.

In a factory, the place that young cadres most want to go is the factory office, as the factory director's office is the closest position to the factory director.

At this moment, Xu Damao thought of the time when Li Feng said that he was not a cadre, but he did not believe it. Now, Li Feng's home is filled with photos of him with so many cadres. Li Feng said that he was just an ordinary worker, so how could he believe it?
Therefore, Xu Damao simply did not believe Li Feng's claim that he was an ordinary worker.

Now, Xu Damao looked at Li Feng, who was wearing a cadre uniform, and had just heard Li Feng say that he was the deputy director of the factory office, which meant he was definitely a very promising cadre.

Moreover, Li Feng is only twenty years old this year.

A deputy director at the age of twenty is extremely rare, no matter where you are.

Most importantly, the future prospects are definitely very promising.

Because the deputy director of the factory office will be promoted to section chief next, and it will definitely be faster than the promotion of deputy positions in other departments.

If the deputy director of the factory office performs exceptionally well, it is possible for him to be directly promoted to director of the factory office.

of course!

There are still many restrictions.

For example, if the factory office director is promoted and there is an open position, or secondly, one must be very capable of being promoted to that position.

At this point, Xu Damao felt that it was unlikely that Li Feng would be directly promoted to director of the factory office, but it was still possible that he would be promoted to a leadership position in another department.

However, at this time, Xu Damao did not know what level Li Feng, the deputy director of the factory office, was.

If we're talking about the level of a steel rolling mill, then it would definitely be at the deputy section chief level.

However, some deputy directors of factory offices in large state-owned enterprises are at the level of section chief.

When Xu Damao thought of this, he smiled and asked Li Feng.

"Brother Li Feng, what level do you belong to?"

Li Feng didn't think about anything else at this moment, and directly answered Xu Damao.

"Probably deputy section chief level!"

"But our director is a section chief but enjoys the treatment of a deputy division chief. Our factory leaders include both deputy division chiefs and division chiefs."

Upon hearing Li Feng's answer, Xu Damao immediately knew the level of Li Feng's unit.

The Third Steel Rolling Mill is a state-owned enterprise at the level of a division chief, but its director and party secretary are at the higher level of deputy director-general.

In other words, the ceramics factory where Li Feng worked was at the same level as the steel rolling mill where he worked.

When Xu Damao thought of this, his smile widened even more.

Xu Damao was the kind of person who liked to associate with officials, because he felt that it made him look good.

Xu Damao used to think he had a promising future in the hospital, but now compared to Li Feng, he is no match for him at all.

Moreover, Xu Damao believes that Li Feng will definitely be promoted to section chief in the future, and it is not impossible for him to be promoted to deputy factory director.

Within the institute, whether now or in the future, Li Feng's rank will definitely be the highest.

As for the old men in the courtyard, whether they will have the final say in the future is still uncertain.

Ever since Xu Damao learned that Li Feng was a cadre and knew so many high-ranking leaders, he had been trying to curry favor with Li Feng.

However, whenever Xu Damao tried to step forward, he was always interrupted by Sha Zhu.

This infuriated Xu Damao. He wanted to teach Sha Zhu a lesson, but he couldn't beat Sha Zhu, so he had to endure it.

Now, the opportunity has arrived.

So he directly invited Li Feng.

"Brother Li Feng, are you free tonight?"

"I'd like to invite you to dinner."

"Look, we've been friends since we were kids, so you can't say you're too busy."

Li Feng was surprised that Xu Damao would invite him to dinner. However, Li Feng could only describe Xu Damao as someone who was very cunning and lecherous.

He snatched Qin Jingru, whom Qin Huairu had introduced to Sha Zhu.

Moreover, he abandoned Lou Xiao'e to protect himself, which is a bad thing about him, but he also collected the body of Sha Zhu, who froze to death under the bridge, which shows another side of him.

The saying goes that everyone is different, and this applies to everyone.

Then Li Feng realized that Xu Damao had invited him to dinner probably because he had been appointed as the deputy director.

But his position as deputy director had nothing to do with his job at the steel rolling mill.

I can't influence him, so it's a bit strange that he invited me to dinner.

It would be normal for Xu Damao to treat people from the film station or the radio station to dinner, but why is he treating me to dinner?

Moreover, there was nothing about him that he could possibly want.

Although Li Feng thought this way, he didn't want to associate with Xu Damao.

Because Li Feng wasn't sure if Xu Damao would scheme against him, he directly refused Xu Damao's offer.

"Eating?"

"Then let's forget about it!"

“Our factory manager has been busy at the factory lately, so as his subordinate, I naturally have to stay by his side.”

"You can't expect me to leave our factory manager hanging and then go out to eat with you, can you?"

Then Li Feng smiled at Xu Damao and said...

"How about this, when I have some free time, I'll treat you to a meal, okay?"

Upon hearing Li Feng's words, Xu Damao immediately smiled at him.

"How can that be?" "Of course it's my treat."

"This time I must ask."

Li Feng simply smiled and didn't say anything more.

When the two reached the intersection, Li Feng spoke first to Xu Damao.

"Then I'll be going now."

Xu Damao quickly smiled at Li Feng.

"it is good!".

"Then let's grab a drink next time we're free."

Li Feng simply nodded slightly at Xu Damao.

When Li Feng returned to the ceramics factory, Director Zhou saw Li Feng's new look and nodded in satisfaction.

"That's more like it."

"A cadre should act like a cadre."

"At least we have to save face for the factory director. You went to the ministry with the factory director last time, didn't you?"

Li Feng didn't hide anything from him, since many people knew about this matter, so he simply nodded to Director Zhou in response.

"That's right."

After hearing Li Feng's words, Director Zhou couldn't help but ask Li Feng a question.

"Then tell me, what do the people in the government offices wear?"

"Are there any workers wearing uniforms?"

Li Feng then shook his head at Director Zhou and replied.

"No.".

After hearing Li Feng's answer, Director Zhou patted Li Feng on the shoulder.

"Isn't that it?"

“When you go out with Director Zheng, it represents Director Zheng’s reputation.”

"Besides, you're the deputy director of our factory's office. How can you not give Director Zheng some face?"

"Besides, all the drivers in the factory wear this. If you wear your work uniform, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?"

Li Feng thought about it and agreed with what Director Zhou said.

So he humbly thanked Director Zhou.

"Director Zhou, thank you for reminding me."

At this moment, Director Zhou smiled and said to Li Feng.

"fine!".

“You and Jianjun are good brothers, so it’s only right that I remind you of these things.”

He then checked the time and said to Li Feng.

"alright!".

"It's getting late, I'm going to take a walk around the workshop."

Li Feng nodded.

"become!".

"Then I'm getting ready to get to work."

A few minutes later, Director Zhou left Li Feng's office.

As for Li Feng, he was preparing to draw mechanical blueprints. Last time, Li Feng submitted an application report requesting blank blueprints for engineering use.

As for the easel, Li Feng has already had one carried to his office.

Last time, Director Zheng's task for himself was to draw up detailed blueprints.

As for that sketch from last time, it's definitely not suitable for making machinery.

Therefore, we still need to draw detailed blueprints.

Li Feng had no objections to this.

Anyway, I know how to do all of these things.

So Li Feng sat down in front of the easel and began to draw.

Detailed drawings must be accurate, so drawing such accurate drawings is quite time-consuming.

Li Feng can only draw it slowly.

Since Li Feng's mechanical proficiency skill has reached level five, his ability to draw blueprints has also improved accordingly.

Therefore, Li Feng's drawing speed is relatively fast.

In one day, Li Feng completed about one-third of the task.

At this moment, Li Feng couldn't help but loosen his arm, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Drawing blueprints is no easy task.

After sighing, Li Feng got up and started to stretch his body.

Health is the foundation of everything, so Li Feng also pays great attention to his health.

after an hour
At 5:30, Li Feng glanced at the wall clock and immediately stopped writing, then placed his pencil on the table.

Next, he went straight to the cafeteria for lunch.

Eating on time is a good habit, so Li Feng has basically always maintained this habit.

When Li Feng arrived at the canteen, he saw Zhou Jianjun, Wang Liu, and others.

After seeing them, Li Feng sat down at a table with Zhou Jianjun and the others.

At this moment, Wang Liu asked Li Feng.

"You'll get paid tomorrow, is there anything you want to buy?"

Li Feng then realized that it was almost the end of the month again.

However, Li Feng didn't know how much salary he would receive at this time, since he hadn't painted any porcelain pieces last month.

And most importantly, I became a cadre.

Will previous performance records be disregarded?

This made Li Feng somewhat suspicious.

of course!

You don't know how much you earn your salary until you actually receive it.

As for what I want to buy, there's really nothing I want to buy right now.

Li Feng plans to save the money for his wedding.

After all, getting married is quite expensive.

At this moment, Li Feng answered Wang Liu.

"I'll forget about buying things; I'm saving them to get married!"

He then looked at Wang Liu and asked him a question.

"And you?".

Wang Liu then replied to Li Feng with a smile.

"Me too."

Li Feng then looked at Zhou Jianjun, who was standing to the side, and asked him a question.

"You wouldn't be saving this up to get married, would you?"

At this moment, Zhou Jianjun shook his head at Li Feng and said...

"If I were to get married, of course my dad would pay for it, and I could spend the money however I wanted."

Upon hearing this, Wang Liu couldn't help but look at Zhou Jianjun with envy.

"Your dad is so good to you."

"I've taken care of everything for you."

"I really envy you."

Zhou Jianjun was somewhat speechless.

"It's not just me, Fusheng is too."

At this moment, Fusheng, who was eating rice on the side, looked at Li Feng and the others with a questioning expression, because his attention had been entirely focused on the rice.

Therefore, he didn't pay any attention to what Li Feng and the others were saying.

(End of this chapter)