Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already spring of 1964.

In this sunny season of revival, everything seems so vibrant and full of hope.

In a bright and spacious office, Sun Zhengguo was sitting at his desk, staring intently at the drawings in his hands.

This office is located in the new building of the Mechanical Research Institute.

This new building was completed last year. In addition, there are three workshops, large, medium and small, next to it.

In addition, it is also equipped with warehouses, canteens, testing laboratories, staff dormitories and other buildings. It can be said that the supporting facilities are all available.

I remember when the relocation was announced, a bunch of bigwigs showed up and participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, it was very lively.

After the Mechanical Research Institute was officially established, the higher authorities fulfilled their promise and completed all the missing departments.

In the current research institute, except for the positions of Sun Zhengguo and Chen Lianshan, all other changes are significant.

The person who has changed the most is Zhou Weimin. He has now become the director of the institute's office and also serves as Sun Zhengguo's secretary. He is definitely a full-time section chief.

In addition, some former team leaders have also been promoted to deputy section chiefs.

Of course, section chiefs are appointed by their superiors, probably to prevent someone from having the final say.

Finally, let’s talk about these technicians. Four of them were promoted to deputy section chiefs.

Two of them are former technicians, and the other two are Zheng Wenhua and Zhang Yucheng, who are deputy section chiefs of Technical Sections 1 and 2 respectively.

"Dong dong dong...!"

Hearing the knock on the door, Sun Zhengguo put down the blueprint and shouted toward the door, "Come in."

After the door was pushed open, the person who walked in was none other than Zhou Weimin.

"Director, it's time for the meeting, and you're the only one missing."

"Yeah! Okay, you go first and I'll come."

After finishing speaking, Sun Zhengguo put away the drawings, walked out of the office and went to the meeting room at the corner.

When he arrived at the conference room, all the participants had arrived. Except for Zhou Weimin who was sitting at the back taking notes, the rest were uncles transferred from higher-level departments.

When talking about these uncles, Sun Zhengguo gets very angry.

Originally, he thought it was a good thing that the higher authorities had not appointed a party secretary. At least any resolution he made should be easily passed at the Standing Committee meeting.

But it seemed like God was playing a joke on him. The newly transferred deputy secretary Cheng Wanli and deputy director Wu Zhen were both veterans.

These two people relied on their seniority and didn't take Sun Zhengguo seriously at all.

Therefore, whenever a meeting started, they would exclude Sun Zhengguo at every turn, and whatever Sun Zhengguo wanted to do would not go smoothly.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting!"

After Sun Zhengguo sat down, he didn't say much nonsense. After he finished speaking, he looked directly at Cheng Wanli.

Because today's meeting was requested by him, and I don't know what trouble he is trying to cause?

Facing everyone's gaze, Cheng Wanli seemed very calm, as if he was sure of victory, and coughed lightly twice.

"Comrades! There is only one thing to discuss at today's meeting, and that is Director Zhou Weimin's part-time job."

"We all know that Director Zhou, as the office director, is usually very busy and cannot be away from work. He is no longer suitable to be the director's secretary."

When Cheng Wanli said this, Sun Zhengguo already knew what this old guy wanted to do! He just wanted to put a nail in his side and make him uncomfortable.

Originally, he planned to leave the secretary position to his younger brother, but now it seems that it is no longer realistic.

Sun Zhengguo also had another idea, which was that his brother could no longer stay in the research institute, so that no one would take advantage of him.

"What do you think of this proposal? We can discuss it, and then we can vote by raising our hands." Cheng Wanli spoke again.

In fact, today's meeting was just a formality, because among the people present, several people have already sided with Cheng Wanli.

So, voting by raising hands is just a show.

The final result was not surprising. There were seven people attending the meeting, and six of them raised their hands in agreement.

The only person who did not raise his hand was Standing Committee member Li Shengli. He was Minister Li’s confidant and was naturally on Sun Zhengguo’s side.

But even he himself did not expect that Sun Zhengguo would actually raise his hand to agree to this matter, which was really hard to understand.

Cheng Wanli was very satisfied with the result. He felt that Sun Zhengguo was a bit desperate, so he struck while the iron was hot and nominated a new secretary.

Needless to say, this new secretary was the thorn he wanted to plant.

There was another round of voting by show of hands, and the new secretary candidate was successfully approved.

Even the people attending the meeting did not expect that today's meeting would not only be fast, but also almost free of controversy.

After the meeting, Sun Zhengguo returned to his office as if nothing had happened.

Not long after, Zhou Weimin walked in, full of anger.

"Director, Hu Xinmin is such a jerk. He couldn't wait to hand over the work to me right after the proposal was passed. It's obvious that he had planned this all along."

"Wei Min, calm down. If he wants to hand over, just do it with him. It's nothing else to do. Why don't you get off work early and go home to hug your son?"

"Hehe!" When mentioning his son, Zhou Weimin laughed twice, and the anger in his heart disappeared without a trace.

Yes, you heard it right. In October 63, Sun Zhenghong gave birth to a big fat boy for Zhou Weimin and named him Zhou Chengdong.

"Director, what are you doing today? Deputy Secretary Cheng is clearly targeting you, so why are you still raising your hand to agree?"

"Haha!" Sun Zhengguo smiled faintly, "My disapproval can't change the outcome. He came prepared, so let him do what he wants."

"By the way, if he wants to hand it over, you should hand it over clearly to him, so as to avoid any arguments in the end."

"Okay! I'll go right away."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Weimin returned to his office and prepared to conduct a comprehensive handover with Hu Xinmin.

At the same time, he wondered if his brother-in-law had any other tricks up his sleeve, why wasn't he in a hurry at all?

In fact, Sun Zhengguo had no backup plan. He was completely disappointed and tired and didn't want to try anymore.

You say that in a research institute, there are about 200 people now, but less than half of them are actually working.

What kind of people are left? They are nothing but scoundrels.

Anyway, if there is any problem, just take the lead and don't look for us. When you get the credit, I'm sorry, it must be shared equally.

It would be fine if you said you didn't work and just took credit for the work, but you just like to do little things behind the scenes.

Sun Zhengguo has never had any experience in officialdom in his two lifetimes, and he is not interested in such internal friction at all.

In that case, I'll just lie down and you guys do whatever you want.

By then, the entire Mechanical Research Institute will have no scientific research results, and the worst that can happen is that we will all be doomed.