60s: I have a store

Chapter 58, What brain do you need?
At the No. 1 Steel Plant in Beijing, the leadership held a morning meeting, with all leaders above the director level present.

As usual, the first thing they discussed was production issues. After all, their factory mainly focuses on production tasks. Nowadays, the country is in great need of steel, and these steel mills have a heavy burden.

"How is the production of water pumps for water pressure wells going?" asked Director Hu.

At present, drought is occurring in many parts of the country, and there is a huge demand for "magic tools" such as water pressure wells.

Otherwise, Zhou Yimin’s reward would not have been so generous.

Some people may say that the bonus for developing the two bombs and one satellite is not even this much, which is totally unreasonable.

But the difference is, that kind of merit can no longer be measured by bonuses. Bonuses are only secondary. Other care given by the country are the truly valuable things.

The bonus is just a formality, just a token of my appreciation.

"Production has already started. With sufficient materials such as steel, it will not be a problem to produce 800 pieces a day." Director Liao, who is in charge of the water pressure pumps, reported.

"Not enough. Increase production. There are instructions from above..."

Nowadays, the drought is severe and the leaders above have urged Director Hu two or three times.

Director Liao immediately said, "Then I need manpower."

"Let's transfer them from other workshops first!" said a deputy factory manager.

Director Liao had a big appetite. He made a request: "In addition to the ordinary workers, I also want Comrade Zhou Yimin, the designer of the water well. It would be a waste of talent to put such a talent in the purchasing department.

For logistics and procurement, isn't it enough to just have hands and feet? Why does it require brains?"

These words instantly irritated Director Ding, who was in charge of logistics.

you motherfucker!
Not only do they poach people in front of them, they also step on them and spit in their faces.

What you mean is that we in logistics have no brains?

Director Ding slammed the table and said, "Mr. Liao, what do you mean? You are poaching people in front of me, you bastard! Comrade Zhou Yimin is a talent of our Logistics and Procurement Department, and he is willing to continue to shine in this position.

Director, I disagree. We should fully consider his wishes.

A considerable portion of the meat you have eaten recently was purchased by Comrade Zhou Yimin. You cannot eat the food we purchased and at the same time scold us for being brainless.

Besides…”

Director Hu pressed his hand a few times and told Director Ding not to be anxious.

He was also troubled. As far as he knew, there were university professors who invited Zhou Yimin to study. If he really wanted to consider Zhou Yimin's future, he should let him go and let him go to university instead of staying in the steel plant.

The reason why Zhou Yimin didn't go was that he also liked the purchasing job.

This does require serious consideration of his own wishes.

Although he also agreed with Director Liao's words that purchasing work was fine as long as one was not disabled and did not require too much brainpower, but you couldn't say it to his face!

Isn't that offensive?
Soon, the meeting turned into a mess.

In fact, Director Liao mainly considered Zhou Yimin's fame. After all, he was reported in the newspaper and was very likely to win this year's individual advanced award.

As for Zhou Yimin's ability, it is secondary.

After all, the water pressure wells are now well designed and do not need further improvement, so the designers themselves are dispensable.

……

"Section Chief, who offended you?" Zhou Yimin came to the factory and took out the dozens of kilograms of dried fish left over to report.

When Section Chief Wang saw Zhou Yimin, he forced a smile on his face.

"Yimin, wow! Did you receive another good thing?" He knew it was dried fish as soon as he smelled it. After all, the smell was quite strong.

He is indeed the best general under his command. The others are far inferior to Zhou Yimin. Then, he got angry again and said, "It's those bastards in the production department who said that our purchasing department doesn't use brains. Damn it! If we didn't work so hard to get food from outside, they would have eaten shit!"

"Ah! They said that?" Zhou Yimin was surprised.

Section Chief Wang nodded and said, "At the morning meeting today, our Director Ding and Director Liao from the workshop had a huge argument.

Liao called you by name, damn it! Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? When will it be his turn to make decisions for our logistics and procurement department?"

Can you not be angry?
They launched a map cannon and criticized their purchasing department from top to bottom, saying they were brainless. Who could tolerate this?

Director Ding has already told the canteen to "take care" of Liao if they see him getting food. After all, the canteen is also under the management of the logistics department.

Zhou Yimin sighed twice. The people in the production workshop were really brave! They dared to mess with the people in the logistics department, and even knocked the entire logistics department down with one stick.

Don’t you want to eat anymore?
"You don't want to go to the workshop, do you?" Then, Section Chief Wang stared at Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin quickly shook his head: "I must be mentally ill to go to the workshop. Now I work in purchasing. I don't know how easy it is."

Section Chief Wang burst into laughter.

"That's right! You have to be crazy to go to the workshop. How tiring!"

Normal people would choose to work in procurement and logistics, which sometimes pays off. Especially in this era, jobs that involve food are very popular.

Section Chief Wang can guarantee that as long as they spread the word that the Purchasing Department is recruiting, everyone will be eager to get in. If it is allowed, people in their production workshop may switch jobs here.

Afterwards, Section Chief Wang left a dried fish for each of his employees, and let Zhou Yimin take the rest to register and put into storage.

It is an old tradition to keep a little bit of the money as welfare. It is also one of the important reasons why everyone likes the position of buyer.

Zhou Yimin took the money, strolled around the factory for a while, and prepared to leave.

He likes such a free job. Going to the workshop? Let others do it! That is really not suitable for him. Being tired is only one aspect. Another aspect is that he is not free. He has to apply for leave. How inconvenient!

Zhou Yimin bought corn seeds at the store in his mind, but didn't take them out immediately because there were too many.

When we returned to Zhoujiazhuang, the old branch secretary and his colleagues were directing people to reclaim the riverbed behind, and they were working hard.

"Yi Min, (Uncle Sixteen) you're here so early." Everyone greeted him.

Zhou Yimin took out a pack of cigarettes and threw them to them: "Share it among yourselves. These are corn seeds. Take them to the old branch secretary later. I won't go."

Next, he unloaded the corn seeds from the back of the bicycle.

The group of young men were overjoyed and quickly said, "No problem! Leave it to us."

Chow Tai Fook was absent-minded.

"Are you lost?" Zhou Yimin patted his shoulder.

Others laughed and said, "This guy also wanted to go to the city to find a job! He went there yesterday, but came back in disgrace and was even beaten by his father."

If it's so easy to find a job in the city, would anyone still want to work in the countryside? Just move to the city.

Who doesn’t want to eat commercial grain?

“It’s not completely without gain,” Chow Tai Fook defended.

Even Zhou Yimin was curious: "What did you gain?"

"I heard that there is a job in a bakery, but the salary is 200 yuan. How can I afford that much?" Even his family couldn't afford it.

Zhou Yimin frowned. You want to get a job for 200 yuan?
Are you afraid that someone has set you up?
Thanks to book friend 190331123718038 brother for the 200 reward!

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(End of this chapter)