Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Xu Damao didn't say a word the whole time. He just looked at Section Chief Zheng who was making an impassioned speech to denounce Sha Zhu. Seeing Sha Zhu's red face and ashamed expression, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

From time to time, he secretly glanced at Li Huaide. He was really good at using someone else's knife to kill someone. He used Chief Zheng to achieve his own goal, and then he got himself out of trouble and became a good guy. It seemed that his level was still far from enough. At present, he and Li Huaide were just using each other. The relationship was not solid. It seemed that he still had a lot to learn from him.

Seeing Sha Zhu walk out of the meeting room, Xu Damao also stood up and said, "Sha Zhu was certainly wrong. Not only did he bully fellow workers in the factory, he also often beat me for no reason in the compound. But no matter what, we grew up together in the same compound. I have decided to give Comrade He Yuzhu 20 yuan in nutrition fees in my personal name to ensure his subsequent recovery and to try to get Comrade He Yuzhu back to work as soon as possible."

What Xu Damao was thinking in his heart was to spend some money to earn a good reputation. Besides, it was not easy to work in the foundry workshop. It was all dirty and tiring work that could make people tired to death. It would be great to see Sha Zhu go and enjoy his reward earlier.

"Well, Comrade Xu Damao is still magnanimous and forgiving." Li Huaide took the lead in applauding. For a moment, warm applause rang out in the conference room.

"Da Mao is really generous. He said before that no matter how much the compensation is, he will pay half of it."

"You don't have to pay this time. Section Chief Xu still gave me 20 yuan for nutrition expenses."

"I'm from a nearby compound. I heard that Sha Zhu used to beat up Section Chief Xu often. But this time Section Chief Xu let bygones be bygones and still cared about our friendship."

Section Chief Zheng also nodded in agreement. Xu Damao could be said to be repaying evil with kindness. He was definitely a good comrade with noble character. It seemed that all the rumors about Xu Damao in the factory were false and absolutely nonsense.

At this time, Deputy Director Li summed up, "Okay, the matter ends here. Let us thank the upright Chief Zheng and let the bad guys get the punishment they deserve."

There was another round of warm applause, and Deputy Director Li and Section Chief Zheng led the way out of the conference room. The rest of the people also walked out happily, arm in arm.

Xu Damao did not go back to the office directly but went directly to the radio station. He planned to show a movie in the factory in the evening as a welfare for the workers. They could bring their families to watch the movie together. Moreover, he could also give on-the-spot teaching to his two apprentices. Theory should be combined with practice.

The current announcer was not Yu Haitang, but Zhao Lijun, who was also the most beautiful girl in the steel mill at that time. Yu Haitang and He Yushui were still in high school and had not graduated yet, so it was impossible for them to work in the steel mill.

Xu Damao pushed the door open and walked in, leaning against the table, watching Zhao Lijun revising a manuscript. "Comrade Factory Flower, I'll make an announcement later. There will be a movie showing at the square at 7 o'clock tonight."

Zhao Lijun looked up at him expressionlessly, "Okay, I'll go on the air before I get off work." At the same time, she felt a little confused. Xu Damao saw that she was pretty, and he had come to the radio station to harass her before, under the pretext of showing movies in the factory. But she had heard that Xu Damao's reputation in the factory was not very good, so she did not agree. Now he is the deputy section chief, but he is her immediate superior, and Xu Damao's reputation has improved a lot recently. He will not come to harass her again, right? Should she agree or refuse? Will he make things difficult for her?

Xu Damao didn't know that the factory beauty had so many thoughts in her mind. He just came to make a announcement and it was just a matter of official business. He didn't have any other thoughts. After saying that, Xu Damao went back.

But our factory beauty Zhao was feeling a little disappointed. She didn't know whether Xu Damao looked down on her after he became an official or her charm had decreased. Now Xu Damao's salary was 87.5 yuan, plus the allowances for his part-time job as a projectionist and apprentices, which added up to more than 100 yuan. Following him, she would definitely have a good life in the future. Should she take the initiative? Unconsciously, the factory beauty's thoughts were slowly changing.

Without mentioning the wild thoughts of the factory flower, Xu Damao went straight back to his office and called two apprentices to ask them to move the various projection equipment and films to the large square where the staff meeting was held. This is called "disciples serve when there is work to do". Of course, the master has to arrange the apprentice to do the work. In the old society, the apprentice had to be an apprentice for three years and work for two years. Only by serving the master well could he learn skills. Even so, the master might still keep a trick when teaching. Teaching the apprentice to starve the master to death is not just a saying.

Xu Damao was lying in a chair, thinking about something.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for achieving the achievement "Punish the Idiot Pillar 1000". The achievement system is officially activated, and 2.0 points are awarded. You can choose a mid-level skill. The system will be upgraded to version soon. Please wait until the system is updated to check for new features. Finally, the host, please keep up the good work."

Xu Damao shuddered and sat up straight. What the hell? My system, which has a very low sense of existence, has been upgraded? It has also activated an achievement system, giving away points and skills. Compared with usual times, today's system is rare and generous.

Xu Damao was a little excited. It was a thousand points in one go. Would that be an achievement for others? Would his infertility be cured if he did it twice more? It was time for him to get married. This time he must let Moth give birth to a child for him. No, he must let Moth give birth to twins. Xu Damao was very happy.

At this moment, Zhao Lijun's clear and sweet voice sounded from the loud speaker, "Attention, fellow workers, we are now announcing that the factory has decided to screen a movie at 7 o'clock tonight in the big square. Workers who want to watch the movie, please ask your family to look after the children and bring stools to the factory on time to watch in an orderly manner."

Zhao Dachanghua played the song three times before switching to the song that represented the end of get off work. The workers in the factory also walked out of the workshop one after another, and finally formed a huge stream of people out of the factory gate. It can be seen that everyone is very excited. Going to the cinema to watch a movie costs money, but watching a movie in your own factory is free and you can watch it with your family.

This was considered a welfare benefit for some large factories. Smaller factories did not have projectionists, not to mention the various communes below. Therefore, projectionists from some large factories divided the areas into different areas to promote mutual assistance between workers and farmers, and sent movies to the countryside to enrich the spiritual life of the villagers.

At this time, the two apprentices had already moved the equipment to the square. Li Dazhuang was watching the equipment in the square, and Sun Guoan came back to report to the master. Xu Damao was not polite. He took out a big black ten and some bills and asked the apprentice to go to the restaurant outside to buy some food. He had to debug the equipment later and had no time to go home for dinner.

Not long after, Sun Guoan came back with the packed food and handed the remaining money and tickets to the master. Xu Damao took them and stuffed them into his pocket without counting.

By the time the three of them finished eating, it was already dark. There were not many people in the spacious square. Under the dim light of the street lamps, Xu Damao began to direct his two apprentices to install the equipment, while he sat at the table and smoked leisurely.

At this time, the people from the Security Department also brought a lot of benches from the cafeteria and placed them in the front row facing the screen. This was the seat that Xu Damao specially reserved for the factory leaders every time a movie was shown. Otherwise, how could people say that Xu Damao was so capable?

It was almost seven o'clock, and more and more people came. Workers and their families found seats and waited for the movie to start. There were bursts of laughter from time to time. There were also security guards from the safety department around to maintain order and prevent fights and stampedes.