Courtyard House: Starting as a mediocre engineer

I thought the plenary meeting was over. But unexpectedly, there was still one more topic to discuss.

Holding a large teacup, Yi Zhonghai slowly and deliberately said, "You should all know the current situation. A very unfortunate thing happened in Dongxu. The Jia family is left with only an orphan and a widow, and even Huai Ru is pregnant. We are a civilized courtyard house, and we value respecting the elderly and caring for the young, as well as unity and friendship. We, as fellow residents, cannot turn a blind eye. Let's donate money and goods according to the principle of voluntariness. I'll set an example first: 20 yuan!"

Uncle Liu Haizhong glanced sideways and said, "I'll donate 20 too."

As he took notes, Uncle Yan Fugui said, "My family is large and our circumstances are rather poor. I'm donating 2 yuan as a small token of my appreciation."

"Then I'll donate 5 yuan," Xu Damao said, offering a standard amount. It was a donation that was neither too much nor too little; he wasn't going to be a sucker. After all, Yi Zhonghai was Jia Dongxu's mentor, so donating more was reasonable. As for Liu Haizhong secretly competing with Yi Zhonghai? That was just his second uncle being crazy.

Unexpectedly, He Yuzhu was fully recovered in a short time. He raised an eyebrow: "Silly Mao, Sister Qin's family is so pitiful, how can you only donate 5 yuan? I'll donate 10 yuan, that bastard is a miser."

"Who are you calling a idiot? You, Sha Zhu, should have donated 12 yuan. You still owe me 2 yuan."

"grass!"

"..."

Amidst the arguing and laughter, it was Zhuang Zhongchen's turn. He spread his hands: "Gentlemen, you know me, do you need me to write an IOU?"

The entire room erupted in laughter. Everyone else simply ignored Zhuang Zhongchen. Please! Let this kid pay back the money first!

But at that moment, Zhuang Zhongchen vaguely sensed that Qin Huairu behind him was giving him several vicious glares...

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The plenary session finally adjourned. Zhuang Zhongchen was quite satisfied with the outcome of today's meeting.

At least He Yuzhu, a potential threat, has been eliminated, preventing him from continuing his sycophantic behavior. If he continues to pester Qin Huairu, he'll be doomed. And given his prideful nature, He Yuzhu would never break his promise.

To be honest, according to the original plot, He Yuzhu wasn't actually dependent on Qin Huairu. She was just his childhood sweetheart.

At least with Teacher Ran Qiuye, He Yuzhu wasn't passively going on a blind date; he actively pursued her. It was just that his second uncle, Yan Fugui, ruined things. Later, when Ran Qiuye came again, Qin Huairu completely thwarted her plans.

So, other women are fine too, it can't be worse than the original plot, right?

From a certain perspective, He Yuzhu should indeed thank himself. Yes, yes, I'm such a good person!

Unfortunately, although it changed He Yuzhu's fate, it wasn't proactive intelligence and couldn't trigger a system task, so he lost dozens of shopping vouchers!

As for what Qin Huairu thought, Zhuang Zhongchen didn't care at all. It should be said that the original owner of this body was always generous to his women, far exceeding the generosity of He Yuzhu's few women. And in other aspects, he was completely superior.

This is precisely why the original owner's economy collapsed. There was no other way; too much money had been spent on Qin Huairu and Mi Cuicui!

When the night was deep and quiet, Zhuang Zhongchen came to Mi Cuicui's house again.

However, upon seeing Zhuang Zhongchen, Mi Cuicui pleaded coquettishly, "Chenzi, my legs have been weak all this time. Please, just hold me while we sleep tonight, okay?"

Zhuang Zhongchen chuckled: "Here you go."

Upon seeing the mixed noodles, lard, and eggs, Mi Cuicui's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't help but beam with joy: "Wow! Good brother, you're so naughty, you just know how to charm people. Hmph."

"hehe."

"..."

Another night of madness ensued. The next morning, after saying goodbye to Mi Cuicui, who was like a lump of mud, Zhuang Zhongchen arrived at his workplace, the Labor Bureau, on time.

The Labor Bureau later underwent government restructuring and became the Labor and Social Security Bureau. Therefore, during that era, there were no labor arbitration and social security fund institutions.

Currently, the most important department in the Labor Bureau is the internal affairs department that manages personnel files.

As previously mentioned, workers are under the jurisdiction of the Labor Bureau, while cadres are under the jurisdiction of the Personnel Bureau. All employee files compiled by workers are managed by this department.

When employees join a company, are transferred to another company, or retire, their personal files need to be transferred through the labor bureau.

It's impossible for the employer to deliver it themselves; how can it be delivered all over the country? And it's also impossible for individuals to carry their own files—what if they're destroyed or forged? Therefore, it must be done through the Labor Bureau.

But the most important thing is—recruiting!

The importance of finding a job these days needs no introduction, right? It's practically every child's top priority.

If any enterprise or institution cannot obtain employee files when recruiting, then what is the point of recruiting? It must also go through the labor bureau.

Therefore, the power of the archives management department is considerable and it is also very important!

All fieldwork at the Labor Bureau is not currently divided into separate departments or sections, but is instead unified under the General Affairs Department.

The main work of the General Affairs Department is divided into two parts: one is handling safety incidents.

Wherever a safety accident occurs, the Labor Bureau's Comprehensive Division will rush there. They will supervise the entire handling of the accident and ensure proper follow-up.

Let's put it this way! If a workplace has a safety accident, the labor bureau will arrive with its imperial edict and make sure they're either killed or severely injured!

The other part is safety monitoring.

Such as boiler monitoring stations, high-pressure vessel monitoring stations, crane monitoring stations, and later elevator monitoring stations, etc.

At this point, many of you might find this familiar? That's right. Later, both of these areas were separated from the Labor Bureau and established as a separate government department—the Safety Supervision Bureau!

As we all know, environmental protection, safety supervision, and fire protection departments wield considerable power for businesses and institutions.

Therefore, Zhuang Zhongchen's vocational skills section was actually just an adjunct to the general affairs department. It wasn't even a department; it was just an inconspicuous section.

To put it bluntly, they're like stepchildren, the least valued and marginalized department by the Labor Bureau!

By the way: there are very few engineers these days. A few years ago, statistics showed there were only 5 engineers nationwide. Now, 61 years later, there certainly won't be more than 8.

By the time of the Industrial Cthulhu Age, the country will be able to train millions of engineers every year. So, 5 nationwide? This is something later generations can hardly imagine.

Therefore, every engineer treats it like a treasure, not an exaggeration at all. They are afraid of dropping it if they hold it in their hands, and afraid of it melting if they keep it in their mouths.

Before this, the entire Beijing Labor Bureau, including the municipal bureau and all district bureaus, had a total of two engineers. Later, with the addition of Zhuang Zhongchen, that number became three.

Of course, it should have originally been placed under the safety supervision section of the general affairs department. This would have facilitated safety supervision and the handling of safety incidents.

However, Zhuang Zhongchen was utterly hopeless. He simply didn't have the ability, you know? In the end, he could only be helplessly "exiled" to the vocational skills sector.