Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

A workshop in a steel rolling mill.

Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang were forced to start working as soon as they recovered.

The two men had just delivered a box of raw materials to the workshop and were about to sit down to catch their breath when Banggeng's scolding rang in their ears.

"What are you doing? Did I ask you to stop? Hurry up and work. Neither of you can rest until I give you the nod..."

Faced with Bang Geng's threat, Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang could only stand up from the box with painful expressions on their faces.

Although the other workers who were working around didn't say anything, most of them had a look of sympathy on their faces.

A few people wanted to speak up for Director Yang and suggested that Yi Zhonghai let them take a break to avoid getting exhausted again.

But they were stopped by the workers nearby.

Seeing this scene, Bang Geng felt particularly proud and subconsciously thought that these workers did not dare to speak because they were afraid of their identities.

He immediately said with an arrogant expression: "What are you looking at..."

"They are two people who have made mistakes and are undergoing labor reform. Do you want to speak up for people who have made mistakes?"

"Tell you."

"Team Leader Yi of Team 5 is not only my master, but also my godfather."

"If you intercede for someone who has made a mistake, I will tell my uncle, and then the leader will punish you as well."

"Stop for a moment..." When Bang Geng wanted to say something else, the voice of the workshop director suddenly sounded in his ears.

This is the person in the workshop who should not be provoked the most. Although Banggeng was very unhappy that the workshop director interrupted him from showing off in front of the workers, he swallowed the words back at the first moment and turned to look at the workshop director standing in the middle of the workshop.

After more than a hundred workers gathered around, the workshop director finally spoke: "I have an announcement to make."

"Since Comrade Yi Zhonghai took over the leadership of the Fifth Production Group of our Workshop 1, the superiors have been very satisfied with his performance and have decided to formally appoint Comrade Yi Zhonghai as the leader of the Fifth Production Group of Workshop 1. Let's applaud..."

There was immediate warm applause in the workshop.

Yi Zhonghai's face turned red with excitement.

I didn't expect that after working as an eighth-level fitter for seven or eight years, I still didn't become the workshop production team leader. Now I have been demoted to a fourth-level fitter, but I have become the production team leader.

This appointment also further strengthened Yi Zhonghai's idea of ​​currying favor with Director Li.

Ever since he betrayed Director Yang and used his position as temporary team leader to severely suppress Director Yang, he felt that his luck was starting to change.

Now he has become the official team leader of the fifth production group in a workshop. If he continues to get closer to Director Li, curry favor with Director Li, and cling to Director Li's thigh, he may be promoted to deputy director or even director of a workshop.

Wang Dong is the director of the steel rolling mill's kitchen and a section-level cadre. No matter where he goes in the steel rolling mill, people will respectfully address him as Director Wang when they see him.

If I can be promoted to the director of a workshop in the steel rolling mill, I will be a section-level cadre, and others will respectfully call me Director Yi.

When I return to the courtyard, my neighbors will no longer look down on me because of my changed status, and I might even become the boss of the courtyard again.

Even if he meets Wang Dong again in the future and wants to plot against him, he will not suffer because of his low status.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai immediately made up his mind that he must continue to torture Director Yang and further suppress them in the future.

Director Li and Director Yang have been at odds for several years. The harder Director Li suppresses Director Yang, the happier Director Li will be.

The factory director was happy, and future promotion was just around the corner. He immediately assured the workshop director, who was also a close confidant of Director Li: "Please rest assured, I, Yi Zhonghai, will be a good team leader, complete all the tasks assigned to me, and help the leader share his worries."

The stick terrier standing in the crowd was very excited.

Yi Zhonghai is the source of his confidence in showing off his power in the workshop.

When Yi Zhonghai was the temporary team leader of the fifth production team, the workshop workers did not dare to offend him.

Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang, who had made mistakes, obeyed my orders and did not dare to go against me.

Now that Yi Zhonghai has become the official leader of the fifth production team, won't he be even more lawless in the workshop in the future?

But when he thought of his current identity, Banggeng's excited face instantly turned into one of dissatisfaction.

My grandfather Yi Zhonghai became the leader of the fifth production team by suppressing Director Yang.

Ever since I started working in a workshop at the steel rolling mill, I became the one who suppressed Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang. It can be said that I was the person who contributed the most to this matter.

Now that Yi Zhonghai has been promoted to the leader of the fifth production team because of this incident, can I also be promoted to a regular employee ahead of schedule because of this achievement?

Seeing that the workshop team members said a few words to Yi Zhonghai and were about to adjourn the meeting, Banggeng, who felt a little dissatisfied, became anxious.

He shouted to the workshop director who was about to leave: "Director Wang..."

"And me?"

“Did the leader praise me…?”

"During this period of time, I have been watching Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang work. Even if I have no credit, I have worked hard..."

"The leader can't just turn a blind eye... Or else I can get a permanent position early..."

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he cursed in his heart.

Banggeng, if you want to show off to your superiors, you can go to the workshop director privately. How can you tell everyone about the suppression of Director Yang in public?

This is telling the more than 100 workers in the workshop that they were able to become the team leader of the workshop production team not because of their own abilities, but because they suppressed Director Yang and curryed favor with Director Li, and only then were they able to become regular employees.

Once the news gets out, what prestige will I have in the workshop?

Even if he became the leader of the workshop production team, not many people under him would obey him.

He immediately winked at Bang Geng, telling him to shut up, and cursed, "Bang Geng, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"You just started working at the steel mill. How can you become a regular employee so quickly?"

"Besides, keeping an eye on Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang is your job. You have done your share of hard work even if you don't have any credit."

"We are all workers in the same workshop as Director Yang Yang, but we have a different revolutionary division of labor and each person has a different production task. How can we be suppressed?"

After saying that, he flattered the workshop director who was on the verge of losing his temper: "Director..."

"Bang Geng took over from Comrade Qin Huairu. He has just entered the steel mill and does not know the rules of the steel mill. I just said something wrong. Please forgive me. I will definitely teach him a lesson later."

The workshop director glared at Yi Zhonghai and replied, "If you don't know how to speak, don't speak."

"There are so many people in the workshop. If someone spreads what I just said and says that our workshop deliberately suppressed Director Yang who is undergoing labor reform, not only will I be in trouble, but you, the newly appointed production team leader, will also have a hard time." (End of this chapter)