Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Xu Damao slept in the space until dawn, and made breakfast in the space before returning home with the dimensional walking skill. Last night, everything was in a mess and no one noticed whether Xu Damao had returned home. When Xu Damao appeared from the main room, Lou Xiaoe and the three children were still asleep. It was probably because they slept late last night.

Xu Damao finished his meal quietly, left a note and went out to do some work. While riding, he was thinking about the safety publicity task assigned by the ministry a few days ago. It turned out that in the first half of this year, safety accidents occurred frequently in factories in the city, causing many deaths and injuries. Even in the steel mill, there were two safety accidents, but no deaths were caused.

The Ministry of Metallurgy was also under considerable pressure from above. The leaders of the ministry convened a two-day meeting with the factory directors and required all factories to put safety work into practice, to work hard on production but not forget safety, and to use various publicity methods to make the concept of safe production deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As the factory leader in charge of publicity, Xu Damao was the first to bear the brunt of the responsibility. As soon as the samples of the new drawings came out, he didn't even have time to take care of them, and directly shifted his work focus to safety publicity.

The propaganda methods of radio and slogans are really too old-fashioned. Xu Damao is thinking about whether he can shoot some safety warning propaganda films similar to those in later generations, and then play them directly to the workers through a projector like a movie. In this way, everyone can feel the importance of safety more intuitively.

The Propaganda Department only has cameras, but no video recorders. I guess these are only found in professional places, such as TV stations and film studios. The Propaganda Department must have them, but there's no need to mobilize so many people, right?

It just so happened that Xu Damao had an acquaintance in the Beijing Film Studio. When he was a projectionist, he would invite a deputy director in charge of distribution to dinner at the Beijing Film Studio almost every time he released a new movie. As a result, he became familiar with the director, but he didn't know if he was still in the Beijing Film Studio.

Xu Damao went straight to the factory while thinking about it. Today was Sunday and also Sha Zhu's wedding day. There was no one in the factory except the people on duty.

"Director Xu, are you on duty today?"

"I was on duty last week. I need to use the car to go to the Beijing Film Studio for some work. It would be a bit tacky to ride a bicycle, right?"

"Yes, yes, please come in."

"Well, I'll go in first." Xu Damao entered the factory, parked his bicycle, and went to his office first. He picked up the phone and dialed the number he had contacted before, and the call was quickly connected.

"Hello, this is Beijing Film Studio. Who are you looking for?"

Xu Damao said, "I'm Xu Damao from the steel mill. I'm looking for Deputy Director Sun from your distribution department."

"Deputy Director Sun of the Distribution Department? Oh, it must be Director Sun Yaoxian, right? He is now the Director of the Logistics Department. He happens to be on duty today. Please wait a moment and I will call him for you."

"Hello, Director Xu, I'm Sun Yaoxian." Sun Yaoxian had not been in the distribution department for a year, and before that he had only been in contact with Xu Damao's apprentice, so he didn't know that Xu Damao had become the deputy factory director.

"Director Sun, I need your help with something. Is it convenient for you today? If it is convenient, I'll come over and we can have lunch together at noon." Xu Damao said.

"Sure, no problem. I have nothing to do on duty!" Sun Yaoxian also wanted to establish a good relationship with this powerful person in the steel mill. Who doesn't have a poor relative? You never know when you might need him.

"Okay, I'll drive over right away!" Xu Damao hung up the phone and went downstairs, heading for the jeep that was assigned to him. He quickly took out the key, started the car, and drove towards the gate.

The security guard saw the car coming from afar and opened the gate in advance.

"Thank you for your hard work today. Work hard." Xu Damao rolled down the window and threw two boxes of cigarettes to the security guards. Then, he stepped on the accelerator and drove out the door amid their thanks.

Just when Xu Damao was leaving the steel mill, a man who looked very similar to Cai Quanwu had already gotten off the train at the Sijiucheng Railway Station. He was walking outside with a suitcase in his hand. It was He Daqing who had taken a leave of absence to come back from Baocheng to attend Sha Zhu's wedding.

He Daqing received a letter from Yushui a few days ago. He knew from the letter that his son was going to marry a widow. He was worried and wanted to ask for leave to come and see him. Unfortunately, his unit was busy recently, and he couldn't ask for leave for several days. He finally got on the train last night and arrived in Sijiucheng this morning.

The reason he came back this time was, first, to see what kind of person his daughter-in-law is like and whether she would leave a descendant for Sha Zhu; second, Yu Shui had already graduated from college and started working, so he took this opportunity to visit his daughter; third, he came to see his half-brother who looked very much like him, and he would definitely come when Sha Zhu got married today.

Xu Damao opened the car window and flicked the ashes out with one hand while driving with the other hand. His showy appearance attracted many passers-by's attention. Xu Damao didn't care about it. Anyway, there were no cameras on the streets now, and there was no rule prohibiting smoking while driving. Soon Xu Damao arrived at the Beijing Film Studio.

However, Xu Damao was stopped directly at the door. He was not allowed to pass until he showed his work ID, registered his information, and waited for the security guard to call Sun Yaoxian to confirm.

"Director Sun, it's really not easy to enter the door of your unit!"

"Haha, Deputy Director Xu, you're joking. That's what he does. If he doesn't do his job well, he'll lose his job." Sun Yaoxian had just asked his friends who worked in the steel rolling mill for information about Xu Damao. He already knew that Xu Damao was now the deputy director, so he even changed his title and spoke in a much more polite manner.

"Yes, the division of labor is different!"

"I wonder why Director Xu is here this time?"

"We are all acquaintances, so I won't hide anything. The higher-ups gave us a publicity mission, so I wanted to shoot a promotional video. Although we are in the publicity business, we don't have a video recorder, so I thought of you."

"We do have video recorders, but they are too expensive. We only have a few and most of them are in use. Now there are only two left as backup," said Sun Yaoxian.

"Can you lend it to us first? Then you can send someone to follow us, or just use your channels to buy one for us!"

"Director Xu, we have to buy this abroad, and it requires a lot of foreign exchange! It will probably take quite some time to go through all this."

"Approximately how long will it take?"

"About a month. We also need to apply to our superiors and wait for approval before we can make unified purchases."

Xu Damao rubbed his chin and pondered for a while. It was probably too late to wait for such a long time. After all, the task was really tight and the task was heavy. Even if a new video recorder was bought, it was estimated that no one in the factory could use it except himself. He would have to train new talents in this area.

Since the factory has two spare ones, can you lend us one first? We can pay a deposit. Then you can send someone to complete the recording and teach our people at the same time. "

"It's definitely not okay for others to come and borrow it, but it's okay for you, Director Xu, to come in person. But if we need it urgently, you have to deliver it as soon as possible."

"No problem!" Xu Damao agreed readily.

The two of them discussed the details. After all, this was a big deal, and Sun Yaoxian still had to report it to the factory director.

It was almost noon, so the two of them went to Fengze Garden to have a meal. After the meal, Xu Damao sent the man back and drove back to Siheyuan. He didn't send the car back to the factory yet, and could just drive there when he went to work tomorrow.