Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zeng Wangcai never expected to meet Old Man Liu at the steel rolling mill.

"Brother Wangcai, what a coincidence, are you here to report to the steel mill today?" Old man Liu rolled down the car window but did not get out.

While fishing that day, Old Man Liu asked Zeng Wangcai about his work and other situations.

But Zeng Wangcai didn't know what Old Man Liu was doing: "Uncle, what are you doing..."

"Haha, just like you, I'm here to work." Old Liu in the car said with a smile, "Continue this Sunday, don't break the appointment."

"Okay, of course. See you at the old place!" Zeng Wangcai agreed readily.

It was just a few words, which took less than a minute in total. After that, the car continued to move and stopped at the office building. The leaders of the steel rolling mill came forward to greet them.

The jeep, the driver, the deputy-department-level leader of the steel rolling mill personally welcoming us...all of this added together can explain a lot.

Director Zhang smiled meaningfully and said, "Wangcai, you are so good. You didn't even tell me that you knew such an important person, and I still brought you here to report."

"It's unfair, Aunt Zhang!" Zeng Wangcai cried out, "I don't even know who this uncle is. I just met him when I was fishing on Sunday."

Zeng Wangcai was not exaggerating. He didn't know what Old Man Liu did specifically at the moment, but everyone could guess that Old Man Liu's identity was not ordinary based on the current situation.

Because Director Zhang is a good person, compared to a little meat and a few fish, what Director Zhang is doing now is much more valuable than what Zeng Wangcai has paid.

In this situation, there is really no need to pretend to be cool and lie, it is better to be honest.

Director Zhang smiled even more cordially when he heard this: "You are honest. I tell you, in the steel mill, if anyone asks you about your relationship with this chief, you should not say that you met him while fishing like you did just now. Just say that you know him and that's it. Remember?"

"Uh..., what's the point here?" Zeng Wangcai really didn't understand, mainly because he didn't know the identity of Old Man Liu. "Tell me, what kind of official is Uncle Liu?"

"You are so innocent sometimes that it makes people feel sorry for you." Director Zhang said unhappily, "Does the First Ministry of Machine Building know about this? The steel rolling mill belongs to the First Ministry of Machine Building. Did you see that among the people who came down to greet us, there are the factory director Yang Weiguo, the deputy factory director Li Huaide... all the top leaders are here. This person must be a senior leader of the First Ministry of Machine Building."

Zeng Wangcai had never heard of the Ministry of First Machine Building. He had only heard of the Ministry of Industry. In fact, these two are the same thing.

Frankly speaking, it is normal for ordinary people who are not in the system, do not watch the 30-minute happy news, do not care about the "big things" that have nothing to do with them, and do not know about the First Ministry of Machine Building.

To put it bluntly, many people don’t even know who the top leader of the city they live in is.

This is the feature!

Now, after being reminded by Director Zhang, Zeng Wangcai suddenly thought, could this Uncle Liu be the big leader that Sha Zhu would meet later?

We can only guess, we cannot confirm!

There is very little information available about this era in later generations, and those who understand the reason will understand it.

"Aunt Zhang, I don't think Uncle Liu is a high-ranking official. You see, no one from the factory went to the door to greet him." Zeng Wangcai guessed.

"You don't understand. Different leaders have different styles. Some leaders don't like that. Don't guess blindly. Let's go in and handle the formalities. Don't talk nonsense later. I will help you speak. Maybe I can help raise your salary grade." Director Zhang carefully instructed.

Zeng Wangcai really didn’t understand the logic behind this, so he naturally just thanked him and followed his orders.

He wanted to say that since Uncle Liu was coming today, all the leaders in the factory were alarmed and the formalities could not be completed. But then he thought that the formalities were under the jurisdiction of the Personnel Department, and the Personnel Department was not qualified to meet with a leader of this level.

As for the plot in some novels where the protagonist reports for work on the first day and is sure to meet the factory director regardless of his or her relationship, Zeng Wangcai now feels that this is unlikely.

In a factory with tens of thousands of people, the factory director has to meet every person who enters. Isn't this a mess, unless the person entering has a special relationship.

After waiting for Uncle Liu and everyone from the factory to leave, apparently to go to the workshop, Zeng Wangcai followed Director Zhang to the factory office building.

The office building has three floors. The first floor is where the Labor Protection Section and other departments are located, the second floor is where the Personnel Section, Propaganda Section and other departments are located, and the third floor is where the offices of the factory director, deputy director and directors of various departments are located.

Go up the stairs to the second floor and turn left to reach the Personnel Department. The Propaganda Department that Zeng Wangcai is about to enter is also here.

"Dong dong!"

Director Zhang knocked on the door of the Personnel Department and told the young girl at the first desk inside that he was looking for "Section Chief Yu."

The personnel department's office is a large open space with many people inside. There are two doors on the left wall and rooms inside.

Director Zhang is indeed very familiar with the personnel department of the steel rolling mill. He not only knows the people in the large office, but also knows the location of the head of the personnel department.

After saying hello, Director Zhang waved directly to the second door on the left. As if getting a response, he took Zeng Wangcai in.

"Chief Yu, I'm here to bring troops to you!" Director Zhang said in a familiar tone after entering the office which had only one desk.

Section Chief Yu here is a middle-aged woman in her forties, wearing a steel mill work uniform, which is very clean and refreshing.

"Why did you come today instead of earlier?" Section Chief Yu rolled his eyes at Director Zhang, "Didn't you see just now? The senior leader came, but the factory director was not here, and no one signed." After that, Section Chief Yu ignored Director Zhang and said to Zeng Wangcai with a smile, "You are Xiao Zeng, right? Sit down, don't be polite. I'll get your formalities done today and transfer your organizational relationship, but the salary grading will definitely not work without the leader's signature."

From Chief Yu's words, Zeng Wangcai could tell that Director Zhang really cared about his affairs, and that his father's finding of a way was also a factor.

"Thank you, Chief Yu!" Zeng Wangcai thanked him and sat down.

Section Chief Yu got up and went out, and asked a comrade to come in. He first poured water for Zeng Wangcai and the others, then went to get the materials for the formalities, and asked Zeng Wangcai to go out and fill out something.

After Zeng Wangcai left, Director Zhang whispered in Section Chief Yu's ear.

"Is this true?" Section Chief Yu was shocked after hearing this.

"Why would I lie to you?" Director Zhang glared at Section Chief Yu. "You can't lie about this kind of thing. A lot of people saw it, and I guess your leader saw it too. I think someone will come to you this afternoon to ask about it."

"Okay, thanks!" Section Chief Yu thought for a moment and said, "Leave it to me. I'll mention it when the grading is signed. I can't guarantee whether it will work or not."

"Haha, maybe you don't need to mention it, but it's best if no one asks you." Director Zhang said with a smile, "We are just helping, it doesn't matter whether it works or not. Let me tell you, Wangcai is a really good kid. The day before yesterday, several of his friends caught more than 200 kilograms of fish in one day..."

"It's so scary, stop talking nonsense, more than 200 kilograms of fish..."

"Why would I lie to you? I've sold the purchasing station. Anyway, just keep it to yourself and don't tell anyone. I've made an agreement with Wangcai. I'll call him to report the number on Saturday. He'll go fishing on Sunday and deliver whatever he catches to your home."

"Count me in. The meat I got from you last time was so good that the three of us ate it all in one meal and kept saying it wasn't enough..."

In the era of material scarcity, whoever has milk is the mother...

Zeng Wangcai filled out the information and gave it to Section Chief Yu for review.

Seeing Zeng Wangcai's beautiful handwriting, Section Chief Yu's eyes lit up: "This handwriting is... really beautiful, not to mention the Propaganda Department, there is no one in the entire steel rolling mill who can write better than you..."

When Section Chief Yu saw the handwriting, he had an idea in his mind.