Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"Sit down. You are in your forties and you don't have the composure at all," Li Huaide motioned Wang Cheng to sit down. "He has a relationship with Da Biao. He just called me. If you think you are capable, we will go to find the factory director. If you think the quality standards cannot be met, if Da Biao calls again, I will reject him," said Li Huaide.

"Li Huaide, do you still have any sense of responsibility? You are the first deputy director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Is this what you should say? Is it not okay if I say it? It must be okay. Can't it be converted into US dollars?" Wang Cheng was a little anxious.

"Really? The requirements there are not the same as in our country. The inspection is very strict. If you don't meet the standards, you won't get a penny, and the products may not be able to be retrieved," Li Huaide continued to ask.

"If you fail to meet my requirements, you can cut off my head and use it as a chamber pot," Wang Cheng swore.

"Let's go find the factory director." Li Huaide and Wang Cheng came to Yang Weihua's office. Xu Sinian was reporting on his work at that time. When the two heard about this, they found Liu Le again. The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill held a temporary factory director's office meeting. At the meeting, they unified their thoughts and required that the samples must be completed to high standards and that this order must be won to earn foreign exchange for the country. Whoever drags his feet will be the enemy of Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, and whoever affects the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill's order will be a sinner.

After the meeting, Wang Cheng organized a meeting of the quality and technology department, and Liu Le arranged capable personnel in the production workshop to start work.

After the meeting, Xu Sinian came to Li Huaide's office and sat down.

"Sinian, this is an opportunity for our entire team. Have you heard that Director Mao of the Metallurgical Bureau is going to be transferred?" Li Huaide said to Xu Sinian.

Xu Sinian was a little confused and didn't quite understand what Li Huaide meant.

"Now that Director Mao is gone, who will be the director? The deputy directors in the bureau are all old and not professional cadres. I heard that this time the higher-ups want to choose someone who understands technology and has management skills to be the director." Li Huaide mentioned Xu Sinian again.

"Director Li, do you mean that Director Yang has a chance?" Xu Sinian understood now.

"He had little chance before, but it's different now. We can earn foreign exchange. Which steel rolling mill in the country can do that now? The output of Shanghai No. 5 Steel Mill and several factories in Northeast China are greater than ours, but can they earn foreign exchange?" said Li Huaide.

"Now that Director Yang has gone up, will the higher-ups send another person over?" Xu Sinian had his own concerns.

"Of course it is possible, but we have to let Director Yang take over first. If Director Yang doesn't make progress, how can I make progress? If I don't make progress, how can you make progress? Si Nian, we can't be hesitant when doing things, we must move forward courageously. There is a bad rumor in the factory now, especially against Director Yang. Have you heard about it?" Li Huaide asked.

"I heard about it, but no one believed it. Who could believe that Zhang Cuihua and Director Yang were having an affair?" Xu Sinian laughed as he said this.

"Of course no one believes it, but what is the purpose of these people spreading this news? Zhang Cuihua has just been promoted to an officer. Working in a place as simple as the Women's Federation, she has no conflict of interest with most people. Are they trying to stir up trouble? They want to ruin Director Yang's reputation and prevent him from making progress. This matter should have something to do with Zhang Cuihua of the Women's Federation. The Women's Federation is under your charge and you must pay attention to it. If necessary, let the Security Department investigate it," said Li Huaide.

Xu Sinian had heard about this rumor a long time ago. Rumors spread quickly, and most of them come and go without a trace. When Xu Sinian heard about it, he burst out laughing. Zhang Cuihua and Director Yang were having an affair. How hungry was Director Yang to do it? He was a deputy director-level cadre. There were many young girls and wives who wanted to throw themselves into his arms but couldn't find a way. If Director Yang had such an idea, there would be many 18-year-old girls who wanted to throw themselves on him. Would he choose Zhang Cuihua? Regardless of Zhang Cuihua's beauty or ugliness, she was 47 years old this year. Not only was she so old, but she was also fat. She was 1.5 meters tall and weighed more than 150 kilograms. Who could accept this?

Xu Sinian didn't take it seriously, and the people in the factory all thought it was a joke and didn't pay much attention to it. The person who spread the news probably didn't expect that the original news was a romantic scandal, but everyone treated it as a joke.

After listening to Li Huaide's words, Xu Sinian took it seriously. Now is a critical period for Director Yang and Director Li, and it is also a critical moment for himself. He can't be in charge of work in such an unclear way. As long as the factory exports and earns foreign exchange, the higher-ups will naturally commend him, and his further progress will be a natural thing.

Xu Sinian began to investigate, but in fact, Zhang Cuihua, the victim of this rumor, had already launched an investigation.

When rumors spread, the parties involved are usually the last to know. But Zhang Cuihua is different. She has her own Women's Federation team, as well as friends like Sister Chen, and relatives like Zhang Lianhua and He Yuzhu. She knew about the rumors as soon as they spread.

As a senior widow, Zhang Cuihua had heard many rumors. Such news did not make her furious, but she was a little angry. After she got over her anger, she started to investigate both in the factory and on the street. In the factory, her women's team, plus Chen Jie and other female employees, plus Liu Lan and Meng Wutong, she found Huang Xinsheng in the security department, and these people were enough; in the street, she only found two people, one was Zhao Chunyan and the other was Liu Chuncao.

After the director's office meeting, the entire steel mill became busy. All departments and workshops set strict requirements for their employees and raised the work standards. Yang Weimin, who worked in the publicity department, sensed something unusual was going to happen at the Red Star Steel Mill, and his chance to pay back the money had come.

After Zhang Dabao placed the advertisement in the newspaper, people started signing up the next day. Zhang Dabao did not say much and asked the job seekers to come directly to the factory for the interview.

After screening, Zhang Dabiao chose a former bank manager in his thirties to serve as the deputy general manager of Huabang Commerce. The general manager was naturally his responsibility. This deputy general manager had just lost his job a few days ago because his company was burned down in a fire. By the way, he used to work at HSBC. He is 32 years old this year and has two children. The key is that he has to pay off the loan to buy a house, which puts him under great financial pressure. The reason for choosing him is that he has a family. Zhang Dabiao believes that people with families have a stronger sense of responsibility and can be serious and responsible at work under financial pressure.

After selecting the deputy general manager, he also selected an accountant and a foreign trade manager. All three of them were directly responsible to Zhang Dabao. Zhang Dabao handed over other work to the deputy general manager Hu Yongjia.

"Vice President Hu, Accountant Huang, Manager You, our work focus now is to establish the company structure. We need to recruit people first, including office staff, drivers, cooks, custodians, cashiers, field salesmen, etc. These will be used for security first, and I will find a group of people to come here later. I will leave my car in the company for now, and I will give Accountant Huang 10,000 Hong Kong dollars as office expenses." Zhang Dabao arranged the tasks, took out the money from the desk drawer and gave it to Accountant Huang.

The company has a preliminary framework, and the next step is to start business. Zhang Dabao is confident about the orders from the steel rolling mill because of the foreign exchange earnings. Until the 90s, the country's support for exports was particularly strong, and there were even foreign trade subsidies at that time.

It was not good to have only steel bars as a product. Zhang Dabiao thought of the Red Star Handkerchief Factory where Liu Guangtian worked. As a street enterprise, the factory only had five workshops, 30 sewing machines, 10 employees, and an annual output value of less than yuan. He could place a batch of orders with them. Zhong Daohao also said that these products were selling well in the West.