Now, Old Ding is no longer Old Ding, but the "Director Ding" respected by everyone in the factory. This afternoon he called Jiang Huashu to ask him to have a drink, as he felt that this guy might have some new plans.
In the evening, Jiang Huashu arrived at Lao Ding's house. Lao Ding's wife and children were not at home. He said that he had gone to a friend's house to ask about the knitting pattern of a sweater. Jiang Huashu felt that Lao Ding seemed to want to say something that he didn't want his wife to know.
The two chatted for a while while eating, and Lao Ding directly told them his new idea: he wanted to resign from his company. When Jiang Huashu heard this, he firmly disagreed.
Old Ding is the same age as me, and this year he is 55. Since 1978, our country's retirement regulations have required gay men to be 60 years old and lesbians to be 50 years old to retire.
Director Ding will be able to retire normally in five years, with a normal pension and medical insurance. It is obviously unwise to resign from the factory at this time.
Jiang Huashu was obviously interested in Director Ding's motivation for resigning. When he asked the reason, he found out that someone had instigated him to do so.
The person who instigated this was Director Ding's colleague Liu Xiqiang, who was two years older than Director Ding. He had become very close to Director Ding recently because they were from the same hometown and they were the only two from the same county in the machine tool factory, so they often looked after each other when something happened.
This matter was brought up by Liu Xiqiang. Initially, it was because he was talking about the development and construction of his hometown. There was only a very broken road in his hometown county, and even though there were hot springs in his hometown, no one came to develop it.
The two often discussed the economic development of their hometown, and gradually, the topic became close to their hearts. This generation's loyalty to their country is ingrained in their bones and blood, a feeling many younger generations lack. So, Liu Xiqiang, deeply concerned about his fellow villagers, decided to return to his hometown to support rural development.
Director Ding hadn't expected this decision. Initially, he'd thought, like Jiang Huashu, that retiring at this time was simply ridiculous. Besides, even though Liu Xiqiang was considered a responsible figure in the factory's logistics department, he was nothing outside the factory.
Liu Xiqiang's words shocked him: "Director Ding, although I sacrificed my personal interests and resigned from the factory to return to my hometown, I have no regrets. I want to contribute to our hometown and use my existing interpersonal resources to help the village attract investment and drive the economic development of my hometown. I want to take root in my hometown and help it get out of poverty and become prosperous."
Wow, after Director Ding finished repeating Liu Xiqiang's words, Jiang Huashu was really shocked. Otherwise, Director Ding would also want to resign and return home! This fellow is really a good comrade with great ideological awareness! To be honest, if this happened to Jiang Huashu, he felt that he definitely didn't have such a high level of ideological awareness. He was just a businessman full of money, and Jiang Huashu was self-aware of this.
Thinking of this, Jiang Huashu asked Director Ding, "Old Ding, has your fellow villager resigned?"
"Probably not yet, maybe next Monday."
"Well, tell him to come to my office to see me tomorrow at work. Don't resign yet."
"Why? Old Jiang, let me tell you, he should have made up his mind by now. Besides, Li Xiqiang's approach has deeply influenced me. I've already made up my mind. I want to resign and go back to my hometown with him to build it up. I want to make my fellow villagers prosperous, so you'd better stop trying to persuade me."
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