Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

After Xu Damao had lunch in the branch factory cafeteria at noon, he went straight back to the steel rolling mill office to rest. In the afternoon he had to discuss housing issues with Li Huaide.

At this time, Li Huaide was galloping on the back of his other old lover. He had already sent his secretary to eat and told him not to come back before work time.

Over the years, Li Huaide has been taking the blue pills he got from Xu Damao. Although his condition is better than before, there are still some side effects. Now he can no longer live without the pills.

"Okay, here are some money and tickets. Just pack up and leave. Be careful and try not to be seen by anyone." Li Huaide said while panting.

"Well, I'll go first." The woman first straightened her clothes, then put away the money and tickets on the table. When she turned her head, she glanced at Li Huaide coquettishly, and then left the office.

"This enchantress, at this age, not only does she not look old, but she becomes more and more attractive." Li Huaide muttered softly while rubbing his waist.

Soon, the sound of work music began to play from the factory's loud speakers, and Li Huaide began to sit up straight and look through the documents.

Xu Damao also opened his eyes from his chair. He had just leaned back in his chair and fell asleep. No, this must be because he was overworking his brain. It seems that he still needs to resolutely follow the path of slacking off. What is the point of working so hard every day?

Xu Damao poured some water from the thermos and washed his face to make himself feel more refreshed, then he wiped his hands and went out.

He first went to see Deputy Director Wang Jinshan, who was in charge of logistics at the factory. After briefly explaining the problem, the two went to Li Huaide's office together.

When they arrived at the door, Xu Damao deliberately lagged behind Wang Jinshan, and the two entered Li Huaide's office one after the other. After all, Wang Jinshan was a veteran leader in the factory with a lot of experience, so it was not shameful to let him step behind, not to mention that he came here for his own business.

Wang Jinshan was very satisfied with Xu Damao's behavior of being one step behind himself. He felt that this young man was good, neither arrogant nor discouraged, and was generous in doing things. He would definitely achieve great success in the future.

However, as soon as Xu Damao came in, he smelled a strange smell. He was too familiar with this smell. This Old Li really liked this smell. It was estimated that sooner or later he would fall into trouble with a woman.

Li Huaide raised his head when he heard the noise at the door, and his heart skipped a beat. Could something serious have happened in the factory? Even if something happened, it must not be a work-related injury. It was basically impossible for the two deputy factory directors to come over and chat together.

"Hey, Lao Wang, Damao, why are you two here together? Did something happen in the factory?"

"No, but I do have something to discuss with you. Since it's related to me, Damao called me here as well." Wang Jinshan said.

"Oh, tell me about it." Li Huaide took out two boxes of cigarettes from the drawer and walked to the sofa and sat down.

Wang Jinshan and Xu Damao were also frequent customers here, and they were not polite to Li Huaide. They drank tea and smoked by themselves to have enough food and clothing.

"It's like this. Section Chief Liu, who is in charge of logistics at our branch, came to me this morning to report the workers' housing problem. As everyone knows, when we first recruited people, they were basically young people. Now these young people are of marriageable age."

"It's because of the housing shortage. The higher-ups haven't designated a residential area specifically for our branch factory. Old Liu was so worried that he came to me to report the problem. There's no way I can solve such a big problem by myself, so I came to you to discuss it with us," said Xu Damao.

"The housing problem is indeed a big problem. The demand for housing here is huge, but the housing gap is even greater," said Li Huaide.

"The young people we recruited at our main factory have all reached age and need houses. The director of logistics comes to me to report every day." Wang Jinshan said.

Xu Damao asked: "Is there any good solution?"

"You can apply to your superiors and ask them to allocate an area as the accommodation area for your branch factory, but the hope is not great. There is a shortage of houses everywhere in the entire city." Li Huaide said.

"The remaining two options are to negotiate with the street office in our area. However, the housing market is tight and we can't coordinate a few houses, which can't meet our needs at all."

Wang Jinshan also said: "The remaining way is to build your own house. This not only requires approval from superiors and the district, but also basically they are tube-shaped buildings. Because there are too few and the area is limited, they are usually allocated as cadres' housing. It is difficult for ordinary workers to get one."

This is still his euphemism. It is not only difficult for ordinary workers to get a share, but they cannot get one at all. There are only so many tube-shaped buildings, and so many leaders are still waiting in line.

"Can we apply for some land, and then raise funds to build houses for employees? We can reduce the area appropriately."

"Reduce the area of ​​tube-shaped building housing? I haven't thought about this before, but maybe it will work." Li Huaide said after thinking for a while while stroking his chin.

Wang Jinshan also expressed his own opinion, "In the past, the construction of houses was funded by the upper level, and our factory would also contribute a part. What exactly is this self-raised funds you mentioned?"

"Self-raised funds means that our factory contributes a part of the funds, and then we can ask the employees who want to get houses to contribute another part of the funds. In this way, after the house is built, the ownership belongs to the factory, but the right to use it belongs to the workers," Xu Damao explained.

"If we ask everyone to pay for the house before they even see it, will the workers be willing to do that?" Li Huaide asked.

"This amount of money can be used as a qualification for housing allocation. Nowadays, people generally prefer to live in tube-shaped buildings. I guess there will still be many people willing to pay this money."

"What if the money is collected but there are not enough houses to go around?"

"We can build houses according to demand. We can ask the design institute to design the house type for us, and we can build as many houses as there is demand. If our factory does not have enough funds, we can build and deliver the houses in batches."

In fact, the various operations that Xu Damao mentioned already have some of the meaning of commercial housing in later generations, but the ownership of the house is still public and is only allocated to everyone for temporary residence.

Then the three of them fell silent, apparently thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

There was a silence that lasted for ten minutes. Finally, Li Huaide slammed the table and said, "Let's do it. Since there is a problem, we leaders should find a way to solve it. Even if we make a mistake, it is better than doing nothing."

"Okay, we will all listen to you. Just arrange the tasks." Wang Jinshan said.

"Yeah, Brother Li, we will do whatever you say!"