Siheyuan, my new life

At one o'clock in the afternoon, workers from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill walked into the workshop one after another. As usual, some drank tea and some smoked. Several middle-aged workers in their thirties and forties were gathered in a corner, talking and laughing in low voices, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.

Workshop director Lu Dayou walked into the workshop with a frown on his face, and sighed helplessly at the scene in front of him. He was transferred from the army to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in August this year. The habits developed by a soldier made him very dissatisfied with the casual attitude of the workers in the workshop. He once held a meeting to emphasize work discipline and work attitude, but unfortunately these workers agreed verbally, but after the meeting, they still looked free and casual.

Lu Dayou also reported this problem to Jin Mancang, director of the Production Planning Department, but Jin Mancang said that he had just come from the army to work in the local area and needed to slowly adapt to the local environment. He also emphasized that the situation of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was rather special. It was the first state-private joint venture of the Ministry of Industry, a large medium-sized enterprise. As long as the workers could complete their respective work tasks on time, it would be fine.

Without support from the leaders of the competent department, Lu Dayou could only helplessly record all the problems he found and wait for the right opportunity.

At this moment, three consecutive "Hello, Hello, Hello" sounds suddenly came from the loudspeaker of the steel rolling mill's radio station. The workshop suddenly became quiet after hearing the sounds from the loudspeaker. Even the few people who were chatting and laughing just now pricked up their ears to listen to what was said in the loudspeaker. A few guys who were near the workshop gate ran out directly and stood outside the workshop listening carefully.

A clear female voice spread throughout the factory through the loudspeaker. "Comrades and cadres of the Red Star Steel Mill, I am now announcing a personnel appointment. The Ministry of Industry leaders have decided to appoint Chang Changzheng, the former deputy secretary and director of the Second Steel Mill, as the Party Secretary and Director of the Red Star Steel Mill. Xiao Jianguo, the former acting director of the Red Star Steel Mill, has retired due to personal reasons. I hope that the cadres and workers of the Red Star Steel Mill will work hard and create greater glory under the leadership of the factory leadership team headed by Chang Changzheng!"

The loudspeaker broadcast three times in a row. At this time, all the clerks in the office building and the workers in the workshop in the steel mill gathered together and talked in a low voice.

Recently, the leadership team of the Red Star Steel Mill has been almost completely replaced. The former secretary Guo Sanhu, director Song Jiefang, and deputy directors Yang Weimin and Dong Dongliang have been arrested one after another. Even Yang Weimin and Dong Dongliang were shot together with the boss of the Lou's Steel Mill, the famous Lou Bancheng. No one expected that the acting director Xiao Jianguo, who had just taken office, would retire directly due to illness.

The voice of the loudspeaker continued to sound: "Comrades and workers of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Comrade Xie Xuewu, the custodian of the scrapped special steel parts warehouse of the Production Planning Department of our factory, is conscientious and proactive in his work. He just took up the post of custodian of the scrapped special steel parts warehouse and found that there was a problem with the number of scrapped parts in the warehouse. He immediately reported to the superior department. After the joint investigation of the Security Department of our factory and relevant departments, a group of enemy agents who colluded with internal and external forces to steal scrapped special steel parts were successfully cracked. In order to commend Comrade Xie Xuewu for his conscientious and responsible work attitude, the factory leaders decided to exempt Comrade Xie Xuewu from his internship period in advance, increase his salary by two levels, and reward him with 50 yuan in cash and various bills. After hearing the broadcast, Comrade Xie Xuewu, please go to the personnel department of the factory to handle the formalization procedures. I hope that the cadres and workers of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will learn from Comrade Xie Xuewu, take the factory as their home, work hard, and build the motherland."

The loudspeaker continued to broadcast the news three times in a row. If it was the factory leader's appointment just now, everyone would just talk about it casually. However, the news about Xie Xuewu's early regularization, a two-level salary increase, and a reward of 50 yuan in cash and various bills immediately caused an uproar in the whole factory. Many workers were talking about this lucky guy, and many people couldn't help but envy and jealousy. How great it would be if they were the ones who received the salary increase and rewards.

Xie Xuewu, who was checking accounts in a warehouse of scrapped special steel parts, was in disbelief at first when he heard the broadcast from the loudspeaker, and then he couldn't help showing an expression of surprise.

You should know that the reason why Xie Xuewu reported the problem to his superiors immediately after discovering it was actually to protect himself.

His family spent more than 400 yuan to buy this job from Li Youfu. Xie Xuewu didn't want to take the blame for others. If the difference was only a little bit, it didn't matter. Although he had just started working, the elders in his family had taught him a lot of tricks. His second uncle was a custodian at the grain station, so he knew a lot of tricks. He also told Xie Xuewu that it is said that if you live by the mountain, you can eat by the mountain; if you live by the water, you can eat by the water. For him, as a custodian of the grain station, every month he just cleans up the garbage left in the warehouse. The flour on the mats on the floor of the warehouse added up to a considerable amount. Every time the flour on the mats was moved out, his second uncle would immediately sweep it with a broom. Although there was only a small handful of flour on the mats from each pile, it accumulated over time. In this way, his second uncle could collect one or two kilograms of flour every day, put the flour into a specially sewn belt, and secretly take it home when he got off work. According to his second uncle, his family hardly spent any money on food all year round.

Xie Xuewu had already known in advance that there must be something fishy in the warehouse of scrapped special steel parts, so he carefully checked the accounts after taking over. He soon discovered the problem, and it was a big one.

According to the number of incoming goods, there should be at least 2,872 scrapped special steel parts in the warehouse now. But looking at the things piled in the corner, it is impossible for there to be nearly 3,000.

At the same time, Xie Xuewu was secretly complaining in his heart that the Production Planning Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was really careless. When these scrapped special steel parts were put into storage, the workshop workers would just deliver these scrapped parts, count the specific quantity with the warehouse keeper, and then take a receipt issued by the warehouse keeper back to the workshop for registration. The scrapped special steel parts were not weighed at all, which left room for manipulation. At that time, Xie Xuewu thought that if he wanted to get some benefits from it, there were many ways to do it.

It’s just that Xie Xuewu has just started working and has not yet completed his internship period. He can only be converted to a full-time employee after the three-month internship period.