A courtyard house, equipped with a fishing system, living in an era.

Xu Pingan had been aware that the small kitchen would be closed down.

Sing the right song for the right mountain, do the right thing for the right era.

In the early stages of this public-private partnership, when the working group had officially taken over, such small kitchens that clearly exhibited hedonistic tendencies were definitely to be eliminated.

Xu Ping'an's attitude is unimportant, and even Lou Bancheng's attitude is unimportant...

In this day and age, doing things right is more important than doing them well.

"Plans? Isn't that just following the factory's arrangements?"

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide smiled and asked, "Don't you have any thoughts of your own?"

"I remember a saying we have: 'I'm a brick in the revolution; I'll go wherever I'm needed!'"

"Such a high level of awareness?"

"Hey, I'm spending all my time with you guys and getting influenced by your culture, how could my awareness not be high?"

Li Huaide helped peel the remaining potatoes and put them all into the vegetable basket.

"You're right to think that way. When I discussed this topic with Comrade Wang Zongchang yesterday, he was quite resistant to the suggestion..."

Xu Ping'an didn't even need to listen; he knew that Fatty Wang definitely wasn't saying anything nice.

After all, his thinking hadn't changed; his body was in Xinhua, but his heart was still in the old society.

I always felt that Lou Bancheng was able to stand firm for three or four dynasties during the war, but now that someone else has taken over, the outcome will probably be the same as before.

Before liberation, which side was easier to get along with: the Japanese devils or the skinheads?

As a result, rulers came and went, changed and changed, but Lou Bancheng remained steadfast...

All Wang Zongchang needed to do was flatter Lou Bancheng.

As for what working group?

If it works out, great; if not, forget it...

Sometimes it's really hard to judge whether their ideas are right or wrong.

When you're in the thick of it, you often can't see through the fog.

Looking at the country's current external environment, it's absolutely terrible.

Not only now, but for many years to come, we will be fighting amidst a pack of wolves...

Without a God's-eye view, it's impossible to know what the future holds.

However, Xu Ping'an was, after all, a person who had traveled from another time, someone who had a god-like perspective and came here with the answers to solve the problem.

"Manager Wang has been with Boss Luo for so many years, while I've only been here for a few days. Of course, our ideas are different."

Li Huaide has already offered a way out, why don't you hurry up and distance yourself from Fatty Wang?

"Besides, he's over 40, while I'm still young and quick to embrace new things."

Li Huaide could talk about Wang Zongchang's problems, but Xu Pingan definitely couldn't.

After all, it was Lou Bancheng and Wang Zongchang who gave him this job.

Li Huaide sighed, "You're right, I can't expect them all to be as enlightened as you!"

Xu Pingan smiled but didn't reply.

"Alright, you've been quite cooperative since we started working here. If you also have such strong resistance, our job won't be easy!"

After a pause, Li Huaide added a sentence.

"Our policy ensures that no worker will suffer a loss..."

Xu Pingan understood.

In summary, just wait patiently for the reassignment and don't cause trouble.

Even if there's no way to improve my job, my salary won't be lower than it is now.

Xu Pingan was very confident about this.

After all, when I was researching before, I looked up which groups of people had the highest salaries in the early days of the People's Republic of China...

Xu Pingan fell silent after reading to the end.

He is neither a worker, nor a teacher, nor a scientist.

It's the Peking Opera profession...

The reason given was that since it's now the new China, we can't let them earn less than they did before liberation, can we?

Therefore, if Xu Ping'an is currently earning a monthly salary of 40 yuan, then after the company's merger, his salary cannot be lower than that...

For a chef working in a small kitchen, this salary is not outrageous!

What if Lou Bancheng deliberately sabotaged things and paid Xu Ping'an, a cook, a salary of 400 million yuan?

The working group could not possibly agree to something so outrageous; that would be considered a violation of the rules.

However, to be honest, a salary of 40 is not considered high in the chef industry.

Not to mention that head chefs in major restaurants nowadays can earn over a million yuan a month.

Take Xu Ping'an's predecessor, He Daqing, for example; his salary was 58 yuan a month.

These are all documented and verifiable!

Therefore, Xu Pingan was not worried about his salary.

After Xu Pingan prepared lunch here, he ate lunch at the same table with the work group.

"Xiao Xu's skills are really good! What made you decide to work in a factory in the first place?"

Team Leader Han enjoys spicy food and particularly appreciates Xu Ping'an's Sichuan culinary skills.

Unfortunately, he was in charge of overall coordination and had part-time jobs outside, so he didn't work at the steel rolling mill most of the time.

The joint venture plan for the steel rolling mill was coordinated and promoted by Yang Duchuan, the deputy team leader, who will become the future factory director.

However, Xu Ping'an had this advantage of arriving at the steel rolling mill early: he could become familiar with all the people there.

"Team Leader Han, I didn't dare apply. I heard that the kitchens of big restaurants these days are basically run by a master chef with a group of apprentices... and the bigger ones have two or three master chefs with their own teams, and they basically don't recruit from outside!"

Han Zhiyuan smiled.

"I honestly don't know, after all, every industry is like a different world!"

"But if you work hard at the factory, there's good potential for the future!"

……

After exchanging only a few words, they got down to business.

"Team Leader Han, we're almost done with preparations. We plan to hold the skills assessment for all technical workers next Tuesday..."

These days, there's basically nothing in the factory that can't be known to outsiders.

After all, Lou Bancheng, this big capitalist, was still in the leadership position in the factory.

The current discussion is about appointing him as the executive deputy factory director!

At this time, Lou Bancheng held real power!

It was several years later before Lou Bancheng was truly marginalized and pushed to the edge of power.

Therefore, the nature of steel rolling mills dictates that they cannot undertake any confidential tasks...

It can be said that as long as Lou Bancheng still owns shares in Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, the research and manufacturing of special steel, military projects, and classified projects mentioned in those novels will naturally be completely isolated from the steel rolling mill!

Anything confidential will not involve the steel rolling mill.

The people in the working group clearly knew this, so they spoke without much restraint...

The food was mostly finished.

These days, we can't afford to waste anything!

Xu Pingan's remaining tasks were just washing dishes and such!

After cleaning the small kitchen, he could leave.

He obviously wouldn't delegate these tasks to the work group; otherwise, wouldn't all this flattery be for nothing?

After lunch and cleaning, Xu Pingan estimated it was close to 2 p.m.

It gets dark quickly in winter... and Xu Ping'an had already achieved his goal of "making a name for himself" today, so he didn't continue fishing but returned home.

Both younger sisters stayed home to study and did not go out.

"So serious? Have you had lunch yet?"

"have eaten!"

"What did you eat?"

"Cabbage, potatoes, and steamed buns made with a mixture of wheat and vegetables!"

Xu Pingan nodded; he would give the food a passing grade.

Regardless of their true relationship, as long as Xu Ping'an still holds the title of their elder brother, it is his duty to take good care of the two sisters.

Unfortunately, whether it's because they're used to hardship or frugality, saving money and being careless seem to have become ingrained in their souls. Changing their lifestyle will require a lot of effort.

"Aren't you going out to play on Sunday? If it snows in a few days, you won't be able to play at all!"

Xu Fang remained silent for a moment.

"My little sister wants to skip a grade next year... She gets such good grades, I can't be at the bottom of the class and drag her down..."

"Hmm, not bad, then you two keep it up!"

"Brother, the Jia family from the Intermediate People's Court brought back a sewing machine this morning."

Sewing machine?

Is the plot progressing to the point where Qin Huairu is going to marry into a courtyard house?