Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

He Yuzhu was sitting in his office reading documents when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. He Yuzhu casually said, "Come in."

The door was gently pushed open, and Xu Damao walked in stealthily, "Director He, you are busy!"

When He Yuzhu heard Xu Damao's voice, he put down the documents in his hand, looked up at Xu Damao and said with a smile: "Xu Damao, why are you here?"

"Hehe, let me take a look at Director He's office. Wow, this is the director's office. It's really different." Xu Damao said with a strange smile while looking at He Yuzhu's office.

"So, Xu Damao, you are not here to see me, but to see my office. Then you should take a good look, and strive to have your own office sooner or later." He Yuzhu said jokingly.

"It's difficult. Our Propaganda Department Chief doesn't have his own office. I want to have my own office, but I don't know when it will be possible." Xu Damao said with emotion.

"Brother Zhu, for the sake of the fact that we grew up together, how about you, Director He, promote me?" Xu Damao said with a lick of his cheek.

"Da Mao, your Propaganda Department is not under the jurisdiction of the Logistics Department. Even if I want to promote you, I don't have the chance. You should wait until I become the factory director, and then I will find a way to take care of you." He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"Brother Zhu, you have reached the position of director of the Logistics Department in just over a year. I feel that it is not just because of good luck, you must have some tricks. Otherwise, you could not have reached such a high position in such a short time. Please teach me, I also want to improve." Xu Damao continued to ask without giving up.

"I really don't have any tricks, but I do have some experience." He Yuzhu shook his head and said.

"What are your thoughts? Can you tell me about them?" Xu Damao asked He Yuzhu with shining eyes.

"Brother Damao asked, so I have to tell him even if I can't. We are friends." He Yuzhu said with a smile, "It's nothing, but you can't just work silently. You have to report to your superiors."

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao looked thoughtful. After thinking for a while, Xu Damao said, "Brother Zhu, can you tell me in detail?"

"Sure, Damao is not as complicated as you think. Take yourself for example. You are a projectionist. Your essential job is to show movies for the workers. If you only satisfy the workers who watch the movies, then you are at most a good projectionist in the eyes of the workers. But if you let the head of your propaganda department know that the workers are satisfied with you, then you will be a good projectionist in the eyes of your head." At this point, He Yuzhu picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. After drinking the water, he asked, "Damo, am I right?"

Xu Damao nodded as if he had found a treasure and said, "Brother Zhu, you are absolutely right. You are the beacon of my life."

"Don't say such corny things. We are brothers who grew up in the same courtyard. How can I not help you if I can? Damao, what I told you are tricks in work. I don't care how you use them, but I have to remind you that this method can be used in an unconventional way, but it must not be crooked; you can take shortcuts, but you can't take chances. Otherwise, you will go up quickly and come down quickly. To use an old saying, you watch him build a tall building, you watch him entertain guests, and you watch the building collapse." He Yuzhu said to Xu Damao earnestly.

"Brother Zhu, don't worry. Although I am young, I am not stupid. I will never do anything that will ruin my future. Brother Zhu, do you have anything else to say? If you do, please give me some advice." Xu Damao said with a flattering look on his face.

"Let me think."

"Brother Zhu, take your time to think about it. I'm not in a hurry."

He Yuzhu gently stroked the stubble on his chin with his hand, and after a moment of deep thought, he slowly asked, "Da Mao, do you have a clear plan for your personal career development?"

Xu Damao blinked and asked in confusion, "What is a career? I've only heard of the ends of the earth."

He Yuzhu smiled and continued to explain: "The so-called career, in simple terms, is the process of a person's work in his life. Career planning is the planning and arrangement of this process. For example, if you hope to make progress, then this expectation is a goal you set for your work. And this goal is actually a plan for your future work. Since you are eager to achieve the goal of progress, we can make specific plans around it. For example, if you want to be promoted to the director of the Propaganda Department within five years, then you need to think about how to achieve this goal. Once you figure it out, you have to act according to this idea in your daily work, instead of being muddle-headed, muddled, and just doing your job for the day."

He Yuzhu paused for a moment, then continued, "Of course, you have to study harder at work. Did you know that Liu Haizhong, the second uncle in the backyard, has become the team leader of their workshop? But do you know why he became the leader?"

"When did it happen? How come I don't know about it?" Xu Damao always boasted that he was the most well-informed person in Courtyard No. 95. He was unaware of something that even He Yuzhu knew, so he asked hurriedly and nervously.

"On the same day that I became the director of the Logistics Department, everyone in the yard was paying attention to my becoming the director of the Logistics Department. No one paid attention to the fact that Second Uncle Liu Haizhong became the team leader. After all, his position as the team leader was nothing compared to my position as the director of the Logistics Department." He Yuzhu replied.

"I said that I met Uncle Er this morning when I was leaving for work. He was as happy as a flower about to bloom. I was wondering what was wrong with him. He was so happy so early in the morning. It turned out that he was following me." After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Xu Damao suddenly realized, "But what does this have to do with studying?"

Seeing Xu Damao's puzzled expression, He Yuzhu said with a smile: "The reason why Second Uncle became the team leader was not because of a sudden impulse of his workshop director, but because Second Uncle's efforts some time ago were recognized by their workshop director, so their workshop director promoted him to be the team leader."

"That's not right. When the second uncle is in meetings in the yard, he stutters when he speaks and sometimes even uses the wrong words and makes a fool of himself. Why would his leader promote him to be a member of the team?" Xu Damao asked in disbelief.

"Da Mao, there is a saying that goes 'When you meet someone after three days, you should look at him with new eyes.' It's been a long time since we held a meeting in our courtyard." He Yuzhu kindly reminded Xu Damao.

Xu Damao thought about it. Yes, it had been two or three months since the courtyard had held a general meeting. "Then how did Second Uncle figure out that progress depends on learning?"

He Yuzhu picked up the teacup with a mysterious look on his face and drank a sip of water silently. Looking at He Yuzhu's expression, the thoughtful Xu Damao could figure it out, so he said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Zhu, you are so mean. You have already instructed the second uncle, but forgot about me, your half brother." After saying that, he looked at He Yuzhu with a resentful face.

"Who is your half brother?" He Yuzhu couldn't help but smile after hearing Xu Damao's words.

"In my heart, Brother Zhu is my biological brother. Although we are not related by blood, I feel that we are closer than brothers from the same mother. Brother Zhu, can you tell me how the second uncle made progress in his studies?" After saying that, Xu Damao saw that there was not much water left in He Yuzhu's cup, so he very considerately picked up the thermos on the table and filled He Yuzhu's cup with water.

When Xu Damao opened the lid of the teacup, he found that He Yuzhu's teacup was filled with boiled water. He couldn't help but say, "Brother Zhu, you are a leader after all, why are you drinking boiled water without even a tea leaf? Boiled water tastes so tasteless. How about I get you some good tea leaves some other day?"

"Don't take the opportunity to give me a gift. If I like tea, I can live without good tea. I drink boiled water only because I don't like tea. Drinking too much tea will affect my taste buds, so I only drink boiled water. If you don't believe me, wait until you get off work in the evening and come back to the yard. I'll give you some of my good tea and you'll know after you try it."

"Brother Zhu was able to become a first-class chef because of his own hard work. Brother Zhu, how can I feel comfortable going to your house empty-handed and then taking things from you?" Xu Damao said embarrassedly after praising He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu saw through Xu Damao's thoughts at a glance, "Don't pretend in front of me, and don't think so beautifully. I'll give you some, and you can go back and taste it. If you want to drink tea in the future, go to the tea shop and buy it yourself."

"Okay, okay. Brother Zhu, let's talk about the tea issue when we get back to the yard. First, tell me how the second uncle made progress through studying." Seeing that the topic had gone off topic, Xu Damao hurriedly asked again about how the second uncle Liu Haizhong made progress through studying, something he was concerned about.

"It all started when Second Uncle passed the 7th-level blacksmithing test. After Second Uncle passed the 7th-level blacksmithing test, he suddenly came to my house one night to find me. I asked Second Uncle to sit down and asked him what he wanted to talk to me about. After all, I rarely get involved in the affairs of the yard. Guess what Second Uncle said?"

"What did the second uncle say?" Xu Damao asked hurriedly.

"The second uncle asked directly. He came to me to ask for my advice on how to be a leader. To put it bluntly, he wants to make progress just like you." At this point He Yuzhu deliberately paused and left the question in suspense. He wanted to make Xu Damao anxious.

Seeing He Yuzhu suddenly stopped talking, Xu Damao immediately asked anxiously: "Brother Zhu, my good brother Zhu, please don't be anxious about me. What do you think you told the second uncle?"

He Yuzhu laughed at Xu Damao's anxious look and continued, "I didn't say anything to Second Uncle. I just analyzed some of his shortcomings. For example, I told Second Uncle that his academic qualifications were not good. As long as he didn't solve his study problems, even if his leader wanted to promote him, he would have no chance. After all, no leader would promote someone who can't read a single word and makes a fool of himself."

"Then I told Uncle Er that the subdistrict office held literacy classes in the evenings, and if he wanted to learn and improve his literacy, he could go and attend the classes. As a result, Uncle Er really went to the subdistrict office to attend the literacy classes every night. After a few months, his literacy level did not improve much. At least it was not the same as before, and he often made jokes because of inappropriate words."

"Can you become a team leader just by relying on these uncles?" Xu Damao asked with a look of disbelief.

"Da Mao, don't be anxious. I haven't finished talking yet. This alone won't work. I told Second Uncle later that so many workers in the workshop want to improve themselves, but why would the leader promote you? You are not a relative of the leader. You have to do better than others at work. If the leader doesn't promote you, it will be unreasonable."

"No, Brother Zhu, I know what you said, but Second Uncle is a blacksmith. What did he do to make the leader feel that he is better than others? If I remember correctly, he is not the only level 7 blacksmith in their workshop."

"Da Mao, you are right. Uncle Er is not the only level 7 blacksmith in his workshop, but workers do not just work in the workshop. My suggestion to Uncle Er is that he should take on more apprentices. As long as he can take on more apprentices than other level 7 blacksmiths and teach them to be of high quality, do you think the leaders will be impressed by him? In other words, if most of the workers in Uncle Er's workshop are related to him, will his voice be less?"

"I finally understand. Even if you do the same job, as long as you do better than others in other areas, you can still stand out." The clever Xu Damao understood it immediately.