Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

When faced with such a situation, Li Huaide would not place all his hopes on Section Chief Yu. He still had his own connections, as his father-in-law was a high-ranking official.

After Section Chief Yu left yesterday, Li Huaide called and asked through his connections. Although he knew all of Old Man Liu's close relatives, people nowadays have many brothers and sisters and many relatives, so who can tell whether a person has other relatives.

Of course, this question could not be answered. Old Liu had only known Zeng Wangcai for a few days, so he could only rely on Section Chief Yu.

"Director Li, I've found out." Section Chief Yu knocked on the door and came in. "It's a little hard to say. Street Director Zhang said he didn't hear that Zeng Wangcai's family knew anyone special. In his early years, his grandfather traveled around and met a lot of people, and later returned to the countryside to live."

"As expected, you said you don't know him." Li Huaide didn't seem surprised by the answer. "I remember Zeng Wangcai came to report yesterday. The comrade from the street came with him, right? When the leader was talking to him, the comrade from the street should have been there, right?"

"Look at my memory. I almost forgot this. At that time, Director Zhang and Zeng Wangcai came in together. The leader's car stopped beside Zeng Wangcai. The leader asked Zeng Wangcai to go fishing together on Sunday. Zeng Wangcai called the leader...Uncle." Section Chief Yu said the last information.

Li Huaide's eyes lit up and he said, "Look, you have to be careful when doing your work and not make any mistakes. So, what level should Zeng Wangcai be assigned to in this situation?"

"Well..." Section Chief Yu hesitated and said, "According to the regulations, Zeng Wangcai can be assigned to level 26, and level 25 after being converted to a regular employee, in accordance with the standards for secondary technical school students."

"Isn't he a special recruit? He has a good handwriting. Whether he is in the Propaganda Department or the Factory Office, he can play a big role. So can we take some care of him in the grading? After all, he is a special talent."

"Of course you can. In Zeng Wangcai's case, it's no problem to set him at level 25."

"Then do it this way. As for the position... it won't change for now. He should report to the Propaganda Department first. Xiao Yu, when he gets here, explain the situation to him in detail. Let him know that the factory has made an exception to give him a higher grade, and ask him to do his job well."

"I understand. I'll tell him in a minute. I'll go prepare the materials first and you can sign them later."

"Go ahead!"

If Zeng Wangcai were here, he might not understand the mystery here. How did his salary level suddenly become level 25, 37.5 a month?

Seriously speaking, it's rubbish.

Li Huaide knew Old Man Liu and was sure that even if Old Man Liu had relatives or friends, he would not let them tell everyone and would keep his mouth shut. In this way, Section Chief Yu would definitely not know the details. What he wanted to know was what Zeng Wangcai and Old Man Liu said when they met yesterday, especially how they addressed each other.

After learning this, Li Huaide made a decision. He would give a small tilt, which would not be too illegal, and then let Section Chief Yu give Zeng Wangcai some pointers. That would be enough.

One day, the news about Zeng Wangcai's salary grade will be made known to Old Man Liu, and in this way, a favor will be done unknowingly. As for Li Huaide's intention to let Zeng Wangcai work in the factory office, on the one hand, Zeng Wangcai's calligraphy really touched him, and on the other hand, it was out of consideration for favors.

However, Li Huaide thought there was no need to rush. These were just his speculations, and it would not be too late to take action once they were confirmed.

Section Chief Yu naturally knew what Li Huaide was thinking. The reason why she helped Zeng Wangcai was because everything she said was true, not a single lie, and no one could find fault with it.

Of course, this is not the main reason. There are two main reasons. First, Zeng Wangcai does know the leader; second, Zeng Wangcai can now get meat and fish.

If something benefits both yourself and others, why not do it?

After returning to his office, Section Chief Yu immediately asked his subordinates to complete the formalities for Zeng Wangcai, and then went upstairs again to sign. The whole process went surprisingly smoothly.

Zeng Wangcai was told yesterday that he didn't need to report too early today, so he arrived at the Personnel Department at 9:30 and was taken to Section Chief Yu's office for a private talk.

"You have completed all the formalities. Your salary level is 25, and you will be a clerk in the Propaganda Department with a monthly salary of 37.5. There will be subsidies later. We will see when the time comes and make specific arrangements based on the actual situation." Section Chief Yu first introduced Zeng Wangcai's overall situation, and then, without waiting for Zeng Wangcai to ask any questions, he told him the whole story.

Zeng Wangcai didn't understand the ins and outs of it, but he understood it after some pointers.

"Thank you, Chief Yu. I will go to thank Aunt Zhang later. I will not go to see Director Li. I will trouble you to convey his message to me when I have the chance in the future." Zeng Wangcai stood up and thanked him.

"You're a smart young man. Come on, I'll take you to get your things and also take you to the Propaganda Department to meet your section chief." Section Chief Yu stood up with a smile.

She was very satisfied with Zeng Wangcai's answer. In his thanks, Zeng Wangcai did not put the highest-ranking Director Li first, but instead mentioned her and Director Zhang in particular. This showed that Zeng Wangcai understood who made the greatest efforts in this matter.

People are working hard for you, but you don't understand or don't know how to be grateful. Instead, you turn around and try to cling to the factory manager. Who would want to pay attention to such a person?

Section Chief Yu is willing to continue to guide Zeng Wangcai only because he is satisfied with Zeng Wangcai's answer. Otherwise, there is no point in guiding him and he can just go and ask him himself.

"Thank you, Chief Yu!" Zeng Wangcai thanked him again and followed Chief Yu out of the office.

"Your Propaganda Department is directly under the Factory Office..." Section Chief Yu introduced Zeng Wangcai as they walked. "The director of the Factory Office is Director Zhou Yongping, a very nice person. This is your Propaganda Department. The section chief is Zhou Hongbo. I will take you there in a while. Let's go to the Labor Protection Department first..."

As they were talking, the two of them went downstairs to the Labor Protection Department, received factory uniforms and other things, then came back to the second floor and went to the Propaganda Department on the other side of the corridor.

The structure of the Propaganda Department is similar to that of the Personnel Department, but there is an extra room next door. Normally no one goes there, and it is only used when large promotional materials are needed.

Zhou Hongbo is a middle-aged man in his forties who is already bald. He wears a pair of black-framed glasses and has a very old-fashioned expression.

"Chief Zhou, I have brought Zeng Wangcai to you. The rest of the matters are left to you." At the last stop, Chief Yu said with a smile.

Zhou Hongbo looked at Zeng Wangcai and said, "Young man, I heard that you have good handwriting. Show us your handwriting. Otherwise, I don't know how to arrange your work."

This sentence reveals Zhou Hongbo's character, which is a bit selfless and impartial.

Zeng Wang, the accountant, was not afraid and was taken by Zhou Hongbo to the next room. The next room was very spacious, with several large tables, and two young men were writing big characters inside.

"Xiao Wang, go make room for Zeng Wangcai." Zhou Hongbo deprived a young man of his job and pointed to a blank red paper and said, "Since you were specially recruited for this, write one. The information is on the material paper."

Zeng Wangcai agreed and picked up the material paper to read it carefully. It turned out to be a short article about learning "such and such spirit". This kind of article is very useful now. An important task of the propaganda department now is to publicize internally and let the workers learn the spirit.

The reason why these are handwritten instead of printed is, firstly, the cost, and secondly, the scale and quantity are not large, so they can just copy them and post them on the factory's bulletin board.

Of course, the Propaganda Department’s actions are definitely more than just these. For example, Xu Damao is from the Propaganda Department, and Zhou Hongbo just used this to test Zeng Wangcai.

Zeng Wangcai spread out the red paper, held down the corners with something, picked up the brush, dipped it in thick ink, and began to write.

He did not fold the red paper to make it easier to write neatly, nor did he calculate the length. It seemed that he had everything planned out.

After just a few words, Zhou Hongbo's old-fashioned face showed a smile: "Good, well written, good handwriting..."