Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

On the afternoon of the day when the leaders of the State Planning Commission finished their inspection, He Yuzhu wrote a list of recipes for big pot dishes that he had summarized. The next morning, other factories in the city that lacked cooks followed the instructions of their respective ministries and sent their carefully selected cook apprentices to the canteen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to receive centralized training from He Yuzhu. Also coming with them was Director Wang of the State Planning Commission who was in charge of this centralized training.

When Director Wang saw He Yuzhu, he took He Yuzhu's hand and said kindly, "Comrade He, this time you helped the factories in Sijiucheng solve a big problem. Do you have any good ideas for factories outside Sijiucheng?"

He Yuzhu said embarrassedly: "Director Wang, when the leader of the department asked me yesterday, I was a little nervous, and I was busy answering the leader's questions. I didn't think of organizing my methods into written materials. This is the big pot recipe I put together yesterday afternoon. As long as you can understand the words on my recipe and know what they mean, even if you have never cooked, you can make big pot dishes for workers according to my recipe." After that, He Yuzhu handed the big pot recipe he had carefully compiled to Director Wang.

Director Wang took the big pot dish recipe handed over by He Yuzhu and read it carefully. After reading the recipe of the first big pot dish, Director Wang looked up at He Yuzhu and said, "Comrade He, your work is really timely. After reading the recipe you compiled, I feel that I can cook according to this recipe. I will hand over the apprentice chef I brought with me to you. I have to go back to the State Planning Commission and hand over the recipe you wrote to the leaders. After the leaders have read it, it can be promoted on a large scale. By then, all factories across the country will have this recipe you compiled, and there will be no shortage of cooks." After that, Director Wang left in a hurry.

After Director Wang returned to the unit, he immediately sent the recipe compiled by He Yuzhu to the leader's office. After the leader took a general look at it, he made the decision and said, "Director Wang, you should immediately contact the printing factory to print 5 copies of this recipe compiled by Comrade He Yuzhu. After printing, send it to the several industrial ministries below as soon as possible, and ask those industrial ministries to notify the factories under their jurisdiction to go to them to collect it."

Director Wang agreed: "Okay, leader, I'll do it right away."

With the menu compiled by He Yuzhu, the food problem of the factory workers who were recruiting a large number of workers in the city was quickly solved. He Yuzhu was also commended by the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Heavy Industry, the Ministry of Textile Industry, and the Ministry of Light Industry. Each ministry gave He Yuzhu a certificate of commendation for his contribution to solving the food problem of the workers.

After a meeting, the leaders of the Red Star Steel Mill decided to promote He Yuzhu to the position of acting canteen director ahead of schedule in order to commend He Yuzhu for his contribution in this incident. At the same time, He Yuzhu was named an advanced worker of the Red Star Steel Mill. The Red Star Steel Mill reported the decision to commend He Yuzhu to the higher-level department, the Ministry of Heavy Industry. After receiving the decision of the Red Star Steel Mill to commend He Yuzhu, the Ministry of Heavy Industry approved it.

So He Yuzhu's canteen acting director position was officially promoted in less than March, and he was also rewarded with a bicycle ticket. Then the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill broadcasted, "Comrade He Yuzhu, the canteen acting director of our factory, has been commended by many ministries and commissions for his outstanding work. After a collective meeting of the factory leaders, it was decided that the assessment period of Comrade He Yuzhu's canteen acting director would end ahead of schedule, and Comrade He Yuzhu would be officially appointed as the canteen director."

He Yuzhu was calm after receiving the appointment letter that his canteen acting director's probation period ended early and he became the official canteen director. For him, becoming the acting director and becoming the official director was a foregone conclusion. If he was the official canteen director, the reward this time would probably be an administrative level upgrade to level 19. But it didn't matter, anyway, he was still young, just turned 20.

When He Yuzhu was sitting in the canteen office studying how to make the canteen's dishes more nutritious, Xu Damao, who had just become an apprentice projectionist, heard the broadcast and was very curious whether the canteen director was He Yuzhu. So he sneaked into the canteen under the pretext of going to the toilet. After Xu Damao found an aunt to find out the location of the canteen director's office, he went directly to He Yuzhu's office. After standing at the door of He Yuzhu's office, Xu Damao tidied his clothes, took a deep breath, and knocked gently on the office door. Before Xu Damao could speak, a sentence came from the room.

"Please come in."

Xu Damao heard He Yuzhu's voice coming from inside the room, and quickly pushed open the door of the office. After entering the room, Xu Damao saw He Yuzhu sitting at his desk writing and drawing. He Yuzhu heard the door of the office open and someone came in, but no one spoke. He couldn't help but look up curiously, and found that it was Xu Damao who came in, and Xu Damao was looking at him with a sly look. Looking at Xu Damao with a sly look, He Yuzhu couldn't help but feel funny, so he asked with a smile: "Xu Damao, why is it you? How did you get into the steel mill and run to my office?"

Xu Damao replied with a sly look on his face: "Director He, guess what?"

He Yuzhu said unhappily, "Tell the truth quickly, don't waste time."

Xu Damao said proudly, "I am now an apprentice projectionist in the Publicity Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I just heard on the radio that the canteen director He Yuzhu was promoted to a regular position. I was curious why the canteen director had the same name as you, so I secretly ran to the canteen to see if it was you, He Yuzhu. I didn't expect it to be you. Brother Zhu, you are amazing. You have done so much confidentiality work. You became the canteen director of the steel rolling mill, and there was no movement in our yard."

After hearing what Xu Damao said, He Yuzhu said bluntly, "Xu Damao, your father found someone for you to work in the steel mill, right? I don't think you can get in on your own. Xu Damao, your father is really good. He arranged for you to work in the steel mill without telling anyone."

Xu Damao chuckled and said, "No matter how great you are, you are not as great as Brother Zhu. He became the canteen director and a leading cadre at such a young age, while I am still an apprentice."

After listening to Xu Damao's words, He Yuzhu said seriously: "Xu Damao, when you get off work in the evening and return to the courtyard, don't publicize the fact that I became the canteen director in the yard. If I hear from others that I was the canteen director at that time, don't blame me for being rude." After saying that, He Yuzhu raised his fist and signaled to Xu Damao.

Seeing this, Xu Damao said with a flattering smile: "Director He, don't worry, I, Xu Damao, am the most strict with my mouth. I promise not to tell anyone about your becoming the canteen director. If I say anything, it's like you've peeled my skin off directly."

Seeing Xu Damao's frivolous look, He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Okay, Xu Damao, stop smiling. If you have nothing else to do, get out of my sight. I have something else to do."

Seeing that He Yuzhu had already ordered him to leave, Xu Damao said tactfully, "Then I won't disturb Director He from working. I'll leave first." After that, Xu Damao turned around and left He Yuzhu's office, not forgetting to close the office door gently when he left.

Xu Damao left He Yuzhu's office and could no longer contain his excitement. He trotted all the way to the Propaganda Department. After returning to his father's office, Xu Damao quietly came to his father Xu Wude who was sorting out the projector and said in a low voice, "Dad, guess who I just went out to meet?"

Seeing Xu Damao's mysterious expression, Xu Wude couldn't help but ask curiously, "Didn't you just go to the bathroom? Who did you meet in the bathroom?"

Xu Damao could only tell the truth: "Dad, I didn't go to the toilet just now. I heard on the radio that the canteen director He Yuzhu was promoted. I was curious whether the canteen director was the He Yuzhu in our yard, so I used the excuse of going to the toilet to go to the canteen to see who the canteen director was. Guess what happened?"

Xu Wood said unhappily, "Let me guess what. When you went to the cafeteria, did you find out that the cafeteria director is He Yuzhu from our courtyard?"

Xu Damao looked at his father in shock and said, "Dad, so you knew that He Yuzhu became the canteen director? When did you know about it?"

Xu Wude said calmly, "After the steel mill was merged into a public-private partnership, He Yuzhu was appointed as the acting director of the canteen. I knew it was him that day. When I heard that He Yuzhu was appointed as the acting director of the canteen at the Red Star Steel Mill meeting, I was curious whether it was the He Yuzhu in our courtyard. So after the meeting, I went to ask Chief Zhang of the Propaganda Department directly. Chief Zhang told me that He Yuzhu was the acting director of the canteen, but I didn't make it public in the courtyard."

Xu Damao asked curiously, "Dad, why didn't you tell the other people in the courtyard?"

Xu Wude looked at Xu Damao with disdain and said, "Why should I tell the other people in the courtyard? He Yuzhu himself didn't promote it, so why should I help him promote it? If things go wrong, I will offend He Yuzhu. Besides, those people in our courtyard are too stupid. They didn't even find out whether He Yuzhu is the new acting director of the cafeteria."

Xu Damao nodded and said, "Dad, you are right. When I went to the cafeteria to find He Yuzhu, He Yuzhu specifically told me not to say anything when I returned to the courtyard." After saying that, Xu Damao suddenly remembered what Jia Xudong said in the courtyard before, and asked curiously, "No, Dad, I remember Jia Xudong from the middle courtyard said that when he went to the cafeteria to get food, he saw He Yuzhu still cooking in there? Isn't He Yuzhu the acting director of the cafeteria? Why does he still have to cook in person?"

Xu Wude said with a look of mastery, "He Yuzhu became the acting director of the canteen because when the Red Star Steel Mill was a public-private partnership, the working group sent by the government audited the original accounts of the steel mill and found that the original canteen director Liu Dagui had committed corruption, so he was dismissed. Lou Bancheng did not pursue Liu Dagui's responsibility because Liu Dagui had followed him for many years. He Yuzhu became the acting director, but don't forget what he did before. If he just left the job, the quality of the food prepared in the canteen at noon would definitely deteriorate, and the workers would definitely have complaints. Once the workers have complaints, his job as the acting director of the canteen would be over."

After hearing this, Xu Damao looked at his father Xu Wude with admiration and said, "Dad, you are really amazing. By the way, Dad, since He Yuzhu is now the official canteen director, can I ask him to help talk to Section Chief Zhang of our Propaganda Department and let me become a formal projectionist in advance? I don't want to be a projectionist apprentice forever."

Seeing Xu Damao's disappointing look, Xu Wude hit Xu Damao on the head and said unhappily, "We belong to the Propaganda Department, and He Yuzhu is a logistics person. Don't think that He Yuzhu is a leading cadre now, but in terms of power, he is not as powerful as the head of the Propaganda Department. If you want to become a formal projectionist, you don't have to find someone to use the back door. We projectionists rely on technology to make a living. As long as you learn the projection technology, you can directly apply for regularization. Don't think that you joined the job late, He Yuzhu has become a leading cadre. He is not as knowledgeable as you, and there is no leader above him to promote him. If nothing unexpected happens, he will only be a canteen director for the rest of his life. As long as you work hard in the future and use your brain, maybe you will become the head of the Propaganda Department and he will still be the canteen director."

After hearing the picture his father described for him, Xu Damao couldn't help but chuckle.