Only children in Siheyuan make choices. I want them all.

The big shot's face immediately fell when he heard this, and Director Yang immediately started to scold him when he saw this.

"Yi Zhonghai, what are you talking about? Thousands of people here are staring at Zhang Jianjun. How did he cheat? Besides, just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't do it."

Unexpectedly, the old man didn't listen to Director Yang at all and continued to yell.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! It took me more than 20 years to become an eighth-level fitter, and this kid is only 18 years old."

"He cheated, I asked for a replacement part so I could watch him finish it myself!"

The big shot said coldly: "Since you don't accept it, then you can choose a part!"

The old man was overjoyed when he heard this. He personally picked out the most difficult component to make, wanting to see how Zhang Jianjun would embarrass himself later. After all, even if he were to process this component, the success rate would only be 40%.

The big shot could tell at a glance that the old man was deliberately making things difficult for Zhang Jianjun, but he remained silent, wanting to see how the young man in front of him would respond.

Zhang Jianjun couldn't help but sneer inwardly. How could he let go of the opportunity to slap someone in the face that was given to him for nothing?

"Comrade Yi Zhonghai, do you dare to make a bet with me? If I can't make this component, I will give you the bicycle ticket and 200 yuan you just lost. If you lose, you can give me the watch on your wrist. What do you think?"

Zhang Jianjun had been coveting this watch for a long time, an 18k gold mechanical watch from the Plum brand. For this watch, the old man even held a banquet in the courtyard to celebrate.

The old man agreed without any hesitation.

"Okay! I promise you, but you only have one chance! If you fail, you are not allowed to try again, and the error must be less than three millimeters."

When everyone heard this, they all thought that the old man was quite shameless. Even if the component was processed by machine, the error would be at least three millimeters, not to mention rubbing it by hand.

Zhang Jianjun readily agreed: "Okay! You hand the watch to Director Yang, and I'll officially start."

The old man took off his Plum Blossom watch without any hesitation and handed it to Director Yang.

"Old Yi, you have to think about it carefully. You spent half a year's salary on this Plum Blossom watch. It's not too late to regret it."

The uncle scoffed at Director Yang's dissuasion. "I don't regret it, Jianjun, you can start!"

Zhang Jianjun didn't waste any time and just picked up the tools and started working. In just ten minutes, the parts were rubbed out by hand. The old man picked up the vernier caliper himself and started measuring.

But the result was unexpected, the error was only two millimeters. The old man shouted in frustration, he bought this watch for eight hundred yuan.

"Oh my God! How is this possible! I don't believe it, I don't believe it! It's impossible for someone to have such a high level of skills at the age of 18. Zhang Jianjun, you must be cheating! I demand that you redo it."

The big shot slammed the table in anger and shouted: "Yi Zhonghai, that's enough! As an old technician in the steel rolling mill, you really have no manners at all."

"Not only did you bully the newcomer right in front of me, you also yelled at me during the exam. You are suspended. I want you to go home and reflect on your mistakes. When you realize your mistakes, come back to work."

The old man suddenly looked as pale as death. He dared not say a word and could only leave the steel mill in shame.

The big shot did not punish Yi Zhonghai too much because he was an eighth-level fitter. If it were any other fitter, he would have been fired long ago.

After dealing with Yi Zhonghai, the big shot put on a smiling face and talked to Zhang Jianjun in a friendly manner.

"It's true that heroes emerge from youth. I didn't expect that at your young age, your locksmith skills are better than those of an eighth-level worker. Tell me the truth."

"Who did you learn your eighth-level locksmith skills from? Even the master Yi Zhonghai is not as good as you in terms of skills."

Zhang Jianjun did not dare to be negligent and quickly lowered his posture and apologized with a smile.

"To be honest, my father is a technician in the army. He usually teaches me some knowledge. I also like reading books, including medical books, recipes, literature and history."

The big shot also became interested after hearing this: "Oh! You said you like to read medical books? Can you help me see what's wrong with my body?"

Zhang Jianjun did not refuse and went up to take the important man's pulse.

"You don't have any serious problems, it's just that your waist isn't in good condition because of long periods of sitting. Also, you may have had a lot of social events recently, so your liver fire is high. You should pay more attention to rest."

The big shot couldn't help but praise him again and again: "Indeed, my waist has been aching these days! I didn't expect you to be a genius. You can be so good just by self-study!"

"Come to my house after get off work and help me heal my body. By the way, if you need any equipment or herbs, I'll have someone prepare them."

"No problem! I'll definitely go after get off work. You just need to prepare a box of silver needles and mugwort. Nothing else is needed."

Zhang Jianjun's words were immediately noted down by Deputy Wang who was standing beside the big shot.

The examination continued. Accompanied by Director Yang, the big shot went to inspect other workshops. The fitters present surrounded Zhang Jianjun and began to compliment him non-stop.

Zhang Jianjun was very dissatisfied with these people, but out of consideration for their relationship he could only smile and respond perfunctorily.

There's no way around it, most people are like this. When you're down, not only will they not help you, they'll even add insult to injury. When you become successful, they'll try desperately to curry favor with you, trying to get closer to you so they can get some benefits.

At this time, all the examinations had ended. As expected, Qin Huairu from the second workshop still failed to pass the first-level fitter examination. After working for more than half a year, she was still an ordinary apprentice.

She was standing in the crowd, staring at Zhang Jianjun with envy. You know, a worker's technical level is linked to his salary, taking the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill as an example.

The salary of an apprentice worker is only 17 yuan, while the salary of a first-level worker is 3 yuan, which is twice as much! And the top-level eighth-level worker can get 5 yuan per month, which is higher than the official salary of the factory director.

But it is unknown how much extra income the factory director earns behind the scenes.

At this moment, Qin Huairu thought to herself: "I must hold on to Zhang Jianjun. He is already an eighth-level worker at such a young age, and he has a huge sum of nearly 10,000 yuan in his hands."

"If that doesn't work, introduce her to my cousin from the countryside. Qin Jingru has a nice figure and big breasts. Zhang Jianjun will definitely like her."

Just then, Director Yang, who had already seen off the important man, came over with a warm smile.

"Jianjun! Come with me to the office."

"Okay!" Zhang Jianjun nodded and followed Director Yang to the office.

"This is what you won from the bet, take it now!"

Director Yang didn't waste any time and directly took out two hundred yuan, a bicycle ticket, and an old man's Plum brand watch from his pocket.

Seeing that Zhang Jianjun accepted it, Director Yang continued to speak.

"The big shots are very pleased with you. Your learning ability and technical level are obvious to everyone."

"After a unanimous decision by the organization, Comrade Zhang Jianjun was hired as a technical consultant for the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill with a salary of 128 yuan per month and all welfare benefits in accordance with the highest standards."

Zhang Jianjun scratched his head in confusion and asked somewhat embarrassedly: "Director Yang, what does a technical consultant do? Why is the salary so high?"

Director Yang smiled and did not look down on Zhang Jianjun because of his question. Instead, he felt that Zhang Jianjun was very honest.

"The technical consultant is a big shot. I asked you to arrange an easy position. You only need to walk around the workshop every day and answer technical questions that the workers don't know how to answer."

"The rest of the time you can sit in the office and drink tea. It's not a tiring job, the salary is good, and the status is high. Even an eighth-level fitter will nod and say hello when he sees you."

Zhang Jianjun didn't expect that the big shot actually thought so highly of him. Tonight he would cure the big shot's back pain to repay him for his kindness.