Chapter 253
"good."
Ye Fuyue then followed Director Chen to the production line. Seeing the furniture she designed turned into real objects one by one, she felt a little proud.
On the production line, they ran into Director Cai, who greeted them both.
Ye Fuyue also saw Tian Hao who was busy.
Tian Hao didn't even notice them. He was very focused on his work and seemed to have adapted to his current job.
Ye Fuyue only wandered around for a while before saying goodbye to Director Chen and Director Cai.
She was a free person, but Director Chen and Director Cai seemed to have things to do, so she didn't waste their time.
Ye Fuyue wandered around the Xiangyang Furniture Factory alone for a while. It was almost time for lunch, so she went to the Propaganda Department to find Wu Qiaoer.
She hadn't seen Wu Qiaoer yet, but Yu Wanying saw her first.
"Fu Yue, you're here!" Yu Wanying greeted Ye Fu Yue happily.
Yu Wanying did not deliberately lower her voice, so many people in the department looked towards the door, including Wu Qiaoer and Huang Xiu.
Ye Fuyue first smiled at Yu Wanying and nodded, then looked at Wu Qiaoer, raised her eyebrows, and gave Wu Qiaoer a look.
"Are you here to see Director Chen?" Yu Wanying came over and said.
"I've already met Director Chen. I'm here to see Wu Qiaoer." Ye Fuyue pointed at Wu Qiaoer.
"You know Qiao'er?" Yu Wanying was surprised.
"Yeah." Ye Fuyue smiled.
Yu Wanying suddenly realized what was happening and whispered to Ye Fuyue, "So it was you who recommended Qiao'er to join the Publicity Department?"
Ye Fuyue also said in a low voice: "I guess so."
It happened to be lunch time, and everyone from the Propaganda Department came out and prepared to go to the cafeteria to eat.
Wu Qiaoer came over and said to Ye Fuyue, "You can have lunch in our cafeteria. I'll treat you."
Ye Fuyue had originally planned to go to the state-owned restaurant with Wu Qiaoer. Since Wu Qiaoer said she would treat her to a meal in the cafeteria, she also wanted to try the cafeteria at Xiangyang Furniture Factory, so she happily agreed.
Huang Xiu came over with his aluminum lunch box and snorted, "I was wondering about this recruitment. Our Propaganda Department clearly didn't hire anyone, yet they still managed to squeeze someone in. Turns out he's someone with connections!"
Although Wu Qiaoer had never told anyone why she joined Xiangyang Furniture Factory, but today Ye Fuyue came to see Wu Qiaoer. People who knew how much Ye Fuyue had contributed to Xiangyang Furniture Factory could basically guess that Wu Qiaoer's ability to join the Propaganda Department of Xiangyang Furniture Factory at this time was more or less related to Ye Fuyue.
"Aren't you related?" Yu Wanying rolled her eyes. "Everyone in our Propaganda Department is related! When has the Propaganda Department ever officially recruited anyone?"
Huang Xiu's face turned pale for a moment, and he took the lunch box, pursed his lips and walked away.
"It turns out that your Propaganda Department has never officially recruited people from outside." Ye Fuyue said.
She had never paid attention to Xiangyang Furniture Factory before, so she didn't know about this.
"That's right," Yu Wanying admitted. "Anyone who gets into the Propaganda Department has some connections to the factory. I don't know what's wrong with Huang Xiu. He makes it seem like he didn't get in through connections."
"Then whose connection did you rely on to get in?" Ye Fuyue asked with a grin, not knowing whether this question was sensitive or not.
"I have a relative who is a section chief in the factory, so I was assigned to this position," said Yu Wanying.
Ye Fuyue understood and asked, "Whose connections did Huang Xiu rely on to get into the Propaganda Department?"
"I don't know," Yu Wanying said truthfully. "Although we all know that we got in through connections, we won't tell you what kind of connections they used."
Ye Fuyue nodded and asked Wu Qiaoer, "Did Huang Xiu bully you?"
"No." Wu Qiaoer said, "He just likes to make a sour face. But he likes to make a sour face, so who cares about him?"
"That's right!" Yu Wanying nodded repeatedly.
The three of them went to the cafeteria chatting and laughing.
They arrived a little late, and the cafeteria was already crowded with people.
"Fu Yue, go and reserve a seat first. Wan Ying and I will go get the food." Wu Qiao'er arranged skillfully.
"good."
There are still a lot of seats because everyone is queuing up for food.
Ye Fuyue chose a table with few people and sat down.
After sitting down, Ye Fuyue felt several pairs of eyes looking towards her from different directions.
As she looked around following these gazes, she could see some people secretly looking at her, some whispering to their companions while looking at her, and some even met her gaze and quickly lowered their heads to pretend to eat.
Ye Fuyue looked herself up and down with a puzzled expression, then touched her face.
There's nothing on her face, and her clothes are fine! What are people secretly staring at her for?
When Ye Fuyue was puzzled, Wu Qiaoer and Yu Wanying came over with lunch boxes.
There are only a few dishes in the cafeteria every day, but today's staple food includes multi-grain porridge and mixed flour steamed buns, as well as dumplings stuffed with mushrooms and pork. The only difference is that the quantity is limited. If Wu Qiaoer and Yu Wanying were not lucky, they would not be able to buy them at all.
"Come on, come on, have some dumplings." Wu Qiao'er said happily, "Dumplings are in limited supply. Each person can only buy one or two ounces. Wanying and I each bought one or two ounces."
"If dumplings are not enough, there are still steamed buns." Yu Wanying said.
Ye Fuyue nodded.
The food in the cafeteria was just so-so, not as good as in state-owned restaurants. But the cafeteria was primarily there to provide food and clothing for the workers, so taste was secondary.
"By the way, what happened to translator Jiang Yuejiang later? Did you settle his translation fee?" Ye Fuyue suddenly remembered this and asked Yu Wanying.
Although the organizers of the Bamboo Fair provide translation services to various factories, the factories need to settle the translation wages themselves, and the specific settlement standards are determined by the organizers.
Yu Wanying said, "We did settle the deal, but they deducted quite a bit from him. After all, on the first day, when the foreigner came to our booth to look at furniture, he complained of a stomachache and ran away. If you didn't speak English, our first order might have fallen through. Director Chen deducted all of Translator Jiang's first day's wages and only paid him for the next two days of translation."
"Translator Jiang was quite upset and even complained to the organizers. He didn't know that Director Chen had already reported his situation to the organizers, and he wanted them to seek justice for him. The organizers said Director Chen was right to deduct the money and fined Translator Jiang half a day's translation fee. Translator Jiang was furious and argued with the organizers, saying that he didn't want to have a stomachache at such a critical moment, but he couldn't help it."
"The organizers said they didn't care about that. Since he was assigned to Xiangyang Furniture Factory, he had to do his job well. He knew the importance of the Bamboo Fair, so he shouldn't have eaten anything that could upset his stomach, and he should have come up with his own emergency plan. He didn't leave when all the foreigners were in the exhibition area."
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