Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

If Li Jiuzhou were to be promoted to the rank of director-general, he could move to a high-ranking department-level compound.

The conditions there are excellent; there's heating, everything you could want, and no one would say anything if you bought a TV.

But I haven't reached the required level yet.

Because of Li Jiuzhou's matter, Secretary Nie organized a meeting, which decided to build several houses.

Housing specifically provided for cadres.

All the leaders agreed to the decision by raising their hands.

Because all the other factories have already been built, damn it!

Leaders from other factories all lived together in groups, but the leaders of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill were scattered all over the place.

Li Huaide agreed; after living at his father-in-law's house for so many years, he was bound to have his own home sooner or later.

Of course, we need to brainstorm ideas on how to design housing.

Secretary Nie, the top leader, undoubtedly needs a detached house.

Yang Ligong wanted it too, Li Huaide wanted it too. Li Jiuzhou also secretly wanted it.

Who the hell wouldn't want that? So Secretary Nie waved his hand and ordered the construction of nine two-story buildings with courtyards.

This is the housing for the factory committee members; there will only be nine of them, no more.

The rest of you can stay in suites.

The main reason I wanted to build it was because I had money and wanted to spend it.

It also requires the approval of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry.

The Ministry of Metallurgy naturally agreed, as a way of returning the favor.

Last year, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill handed over all the extra money in its accounts, and this year they would be too embarrassed to ask the Ministry of Metallurgy for more.

Leaders also have to save face; they can't go too far.

Minister Wang signed his approval with a wave of his hand and also allocated a small sum of money as a token of appreciation, which was a way of showing the leaders' goodwill.

After the Ministry of Metallurgy gave its approval, the factory immediately began preparing to acquire the land.

The address naturally had to be within the compound, and coincidentally, the cadre housing was chosen on a piece of wasteland next to Nanluoguxiang.

Director Wang was as happy as a child; it was such a wonderful thing!

The biscuit was smashed in her face! Agreed, absolutely agreed!

This vacant lot is giving her a real headache; it's not big enough to build a factory.

They had no money to build houses, but then the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill came along.

Give them to them, they must be given to them, the only condition is that they be given more openings when hiring in the future.

Without exception, all the leaders agreed to this condition. What's the difference between this and giving it away for free?

Of course, the money still needs to be paid; one thing at a time, business as usual.

The date for breaking ground was set by Secretary Nie, and he personally went to the site that day to dig the first shovelful of soil.

The plan is to build nine two-story buildings with small courtyards for leaders.

The remaining twenty apartment buildings are all built to the standard of six stories.

Units 1 through 15 each have two households per floor, with a standard layout of 89 square meters, three bedrooms, one kitchen, and one bathroom.

This is the housing provided for division-level cadres. Of course, there are more; one building houses twelve households, so five buildings would house 60 households. However, there are not more than 60 division-level cadres in the factory.

Units six through fifteen are built to be larger, with four units per floor, each unit being 45 square meters, which can be configured as a two-bedroom apartment plus a kitchen, with only one shared bathroom.

There aren't many division-level cadres in the factory, but there are quite a few section-level cadres.

Units 16 to 20 have even larger floor areas, with six households per floor, each household measuring 35 square meters. They are staff dormitories with shared bathrooms, typical of a tenement building.

Most importantly, there is heating, which makes life much more convenient.

As for greening?

Originally, no one would have thought about this greening project.

But Secretary Nie had just thought of that.

Fortunately, the area is large enough that twenty buildings won't be too crowded.

The design drawings were mainly drawn by Secretary Nie himself, and they were quite well-organized.

Li Jiuzhou could also discern something from his own knowledge, which was feng shui!

If he doesn't point it out, it won't be fun; the key is, he doesn't dare to say it either.

Aren't you afraid Secretary Nie will get back at you? Even if you did say it, do you have any evidence?

Secretary Nie said that I designed it just for fun, and if you can understand it, you're awesome!

The allocation of the houses has also been decided: Nie Shuji will be assigned to Building 1, Yang Ligong to Building 2, Li Huaide to Building 3, and Li Jiuzhou to Building 4.

The nine two-story houses are all neighbors, making it easy to visit each other.

The design inside and out is basically the same. As for the interior decoration, you can have your own opinions and pay for the decoration yourself.

But no one objected; at this point, no one would act recklessly, and everyone was in agreement.

Although there are ten buildings for employee housing, it is still a drop in the bucket for the factory.

With over 30,000 employees in the factory, there's hardly enough housing.

These houses are generally allocated to workers with outstanding performance or special circumstances.

Applying for this job is extremely difficult.

Of course, the factory built too many houses for cadres, some of which were also prepared for those with connections.

Since the factory built its own building, Li Jiuzhou no longer needed to rent out the house separately; it was a legal private residence.

After construction began, many leaders liked to visit the construction site whenever they had a spare moment.

Just kidding, they'll be living there from now on.

Many department-level and section-level cadres went to see what was going on; they wanted to stay there too.

Xu Damao was the most enthusiastic because it was close by. He would go there before work and again after get off work, and he was very happy.

Given his rank, he might be eligible for a two-bedroom apartment.

It's not a matter of maybe getting a share, it's a certainty that you'll get one.

The reason for building this building is to include all the cadres in the factory.

People call them "children of high-ranking officials," and they can be considered "children of high-ranking officials" to some extent.

Living here from now on, the children will grow up together, and their backgrounds and relationships will be quite astonishing if word gets out.

Building these 39 buildings used one-third of this land, which is the limit of the factory's available funds.

Let's leave the rest for now. We can't spend all the money at once; we can add more later.

The factory also finds this to be a good deal; they'll build it later when they have more money.

This cadre compound has also acquired a very down-to-earth name.

It's called "Red Star Steel Rolling Dormitory Compound"!

This is the official name; simply put, it's "Red Star Compound"!

The original intention was to call it the Steel Rolling Mill Compound, but that's what the cadres' housing at the First Steel Rolling Mill was called.

It would be confusing for them to keep calling them by that name.

Although Secretary Nie's original intention was to include housing for all the factory's cadres, it cannot be announced yet.

Li Jiuzhou and the others would not tell anyone, so as not to cause unrest among the people.

Jia Dongxu was in turmoil and asked his master, Yi Zhonghai:

"Master, with so many houses being built at once, aren't you entitled to one of them?"

Yi Zhonghai is a very deep thinker; even if he wants a house, he won't easily reveal it.

You're lying when you say you don't want a house.

But what if he has one, and the factory gives him a set?

How can he maintain a relationship with his apprentice's family if he moves there?

Will I still be able to support myself in my old age?

So he smiled and patted Jia Dongxu on the shoulder:

"Dongxu, don't worry about these things for now. Once it's built, that'll be next year."

"Besides, we're living quite well in our compound. Moving to a tenement building might not be any better."

"Alright, Master, I understand..."