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

Even though Xu Ping'an is very confident in his abilities, he still needs to adopt the right attitude in the face of the upcoming public-level assessment!

After carefully inquiring about the content of the chef assessment, Xu Ping'an had a better understanding of the process.

This differs from the emphasis placed on highly skilled technical workers by higher-level authorities.

The evaluation of chefs is almost entirely determined by the factory management...

Xu Pingan, who had been a little worried at first, was now completely relieved.

Let alone this kind of ranking assessment, Fatty Wang probably wouldn't even get a word in edgewise.

Even if he manages to get into the assessment team through Lou Bancheng's connections, he probably won't make things difficult for himself.

After all, during this period, although Xu Pingan had been close to the work group, he had not completely offended Fatty Wang.

When it's time to coax, coax; when it's time to comfort, comfort.

I didn't offend either side...

Ultimately, Xu Ping'an was just a cook, and he didn't have the obligation to take sides.

This is the advantage of having a low social status.

Those with relatively lower social status, who play irreplaceable roles, are even more likely to thrive.

Xu Pingan had a very pleasant week.

I clock in at the factory every morning as usual.

Then they said they were assigned the task of steaming buns.

In fact, why would Xu Pingan need to be involved in such a matter?

So he came to work as usual every morning and left at the same time every afternoon.

Although he also wanted to leave halfway through, the factory had just undergone a major transformation from public to private ownership.

It's fine to ask him for the key if there's nothing wrong, but if there's a problem, it's just asking for trouble!

Although he couldn't leave early, during that period, Xu Ping'an mostly found a crowded and lively office to listen to everyone chatting and bragging.

The steel rolling mill has an expansion need.

But as the saying goes, "An army marches on its stomach."

If a factory that originally had two or three thousand employees wants to expand to the desired scale, the first thing to do is to build up the management structure.

We can't have all the workers recruited by then, only to find that management is inadequate.

So these days, quite a few people have been coming into the factory one after another.

Among them, one of the people Xu Ping'an got along with best was Zhong Lang from the technical department.

This young man is 20 years old and has just graduated from a junior college. He was assigned here as a technician.

It is said that he was originally from Sichuan, attended Northeast Institute of Technology, and after graduation, he did not stay in Northeast China but was transferred to Beijing.

Zhong Lang can be said to have traveled through the southwest and ventured into the northeast.

Because she liked Sichuan cuisine and had heard that Xu Ping'an was a chef who specialized in Sichuan cuisine, she took the initiative to befriend Xu Ping'an.

Besides the technical department, which was completely newly built, the other department is the security department.

The security at the steel rolling mill originally belonged to Lou Bancheng's private bodyguards.

Calling them private bodyguards isn't entirely accurate; they're basically just people who get paid by their bosses and then do the job!

But how many of those who worked as guards and protectors before liberation were truly clean-cut?

The steel rolling mill in the future will be a proper state-owned enterprise. How could they let these people continue to slack off here?

So after Monday, the next day all the original guards were transferred away by Lou Bancheng.

Of course, whether it was a transfer or a dismissal was unknown to others; these matters were handled privately by Lou Bancheng.

Another person who had a good relationship with Xu Ping'an was his elder sister, Sun Xiuying.

This woman also worked in the factory during Lou Bancheng's time, but she was very capable, had clear accounts, and her assets could withstand scrutiny.

After careful consideration, the working group not only kept her on, but even gave her a slight promotion...

The head of the finance department was a middle-aged man named Zhou Mingyuan who had just been transferred from the municipal finance bureau!

As for the former section chief, Lao Jin, he had already packed his bags and left long ago.

He himself is fine, but it's impossible for him to continue holding such a position that controls the company's finances.

Old Jin suffered because of his high position and power.

For someone like Fatty Wang, his situation is simple. If he wants to leave, he can just submit a report and leave. If he doesn't want to leave, he can still work as a manager without any official title or position!

We have to give Boss Lou some face, more or less.

So apart from sensitive departments like the security department, finance department, and technology department, almost no one else belonging to Lou Bancheng was touched.

For example, Xu Fugui could just play his movies peacefully without anyone bothering him!

Of course, this excludes cases where they themselves choose to file a report and leave.

There was no way to persuade them to stay; the factory leaders were practically ready to set off firecrackers to celebrate their departure.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday passed in succession, with good news and bad news constantly coming in from the factory.

Because the steel rolling mill belongs to the heavy industry sector, the higher-level leadership attaches great importance to the performance evaluation of senior workers here.

They all sent experienced senior engineers working in the ministry to serve as examiners and conduct the assessments.

All I can say is that the pressure was pushed to the limit.

In such circumstances, those who can still achieve good results are truly skilled.

For example, Liu Haizhong, who was always shouting and yelling in the yard.

This time, he passed the exam and became a Level 5 fitter!

This is already a fairly high level of work.

Originally, according to the instructions of the higher-level leadership, they were only willing to assess workers at level six and above.

The problem is that it's only 52. Let alone an eighth-grade worker, in just three or four days, the number of people in the steel rolling mill who successfully passed the sixth-grade worker exam couldn't even be counted on two hands...

Finally, as a last resort, some workers who applied to take the Level 5 worker exam were reluctantly agreed to.

That's why Liu Haizhong passed the fifth-level fitter technical assessment with great joy.

There was nothing he could do about being unhappy. He applied for the Level 6 fitter certification exam but failed.

If it weren't for the large number of people failing the exam, he wouldn't have had the chance to take the Level 5 worker exam these past few days.

Besides, the salary of a level 5 worker is not small.

Previously, Liu Haizhong's salary was 45 yuan per month.

Now that I've passed the Level 5 worker exam, starting today with the notification, my salary has officially been changed to 580,000 yuan per month.

This increase is quite substantial, and Liu Haizhong expressed great satisfaction.

As for upgrading, we can think about that later.

Yi Zhonghai, who had been observing the whole thing with a cold eye, felt as if his heart was bleeding.

Yi Zhonghai has a relative assessment of his own abilities.

The simplest way to compare is that he knows roughly how much better he is than Liu Haizhong...

The entire factory has only produced six Level 6 fitters so far. If Yi Zhonghai's arm is fine, he could become the seventh Level 6 fitter in the factory this time.

Not only could they gain recognition in front of factory leaders, but they could also be registered with the Ministry of Metallurgy.

But now, it seems that all these honors are slipping away from him...

To be honest, I feel like my arm isn't fully healed yet.

Even if I went back to Jia Dongxu's wedding on Sunday and got some of the good luck, my arm would be completely healed...

If no one from the Ministry of Metallurgy is present next week, will people believe his exam results?

Oh, when all our people are around, the factory can't produce many level six workers.

As soon as our people leave, you conduct your own assessments, and new Level 6 workers immediately emerge. Are you kidding me?

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai felt extremely frustrated.

My colleague felt a nameless anger simmering inside him, with nowhere to vent it!

But there's nothing you can do about feeling frustrated; as the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone.

With his fractured arm, even if it's not 100 days, it will take at least a month to do anything simple.

If he were to force himself to take the assessment while in his current ailing condition, Yi Zhonghai doubted whether he could pass Level 3.

Yi Zhonghai never considered the possibility that he would fail the Level 1 and Level 2 exams.

After all, to put it bluntly, he could make even the simplest things with one hand...

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai was already considering whether he should simply give up on this assessment...