Chapter 161 Chapter 161 Tonight's Update (Revised)
Yuan Lan didn't quite understand: "Everyone thought you founded Huacai Garment Factory to enrich your resume. After all, you have good grades, strong abilities, and a solid mass base. You must have a good future."
Even though Yuan Lan has been the class monitor since Shen Moer resigned, Yuan Lan also holds a position in the school student union. During this period, Shen Moer has not held any other position in the school.
But Yuan Lan was very clear that whether in terms of academic performance or ability, including the evaluation of school teachers and leaders, she was simply not comparable to Shen Moli.
Indeed, Huacai Garment Factory has developed very well.
There is even a saying in the department now. Some people say that Shen Moer is laying the foundation for her future career by establishing Huacai Garment Factory.
After all, although Shen Moli had been a factory director before going to university, that was in Southern Province after all. No matter how good her grades were, they only looked better in her file. When she arrived at the Capital University, where so many talented people gathered, everything was back to zero.
It is different to run a factory in the capital, especially the Huacai Garment Factory, which was built from scratch and then improved. It was a small and inconspicuous social enterprise that grew step by step and defeated the large state-owned factories in the capital.
While others were still trying to become class leaders or student union leaders in school, she had already left school and was fighting with the directors of the capital's state-owned factories.
Such a resume is hard to ignore.
I haven't even graduated yet, but relevant units have already extended olive branches to me.
Shen Moer ate the apple with a crunch, threw the core into the dustpan, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the high evaluation of the squad leader. Don't underestimate Huacai. Any position can build socialism. I am the same in Huacai."
Yuan Lan rolled her eyes and asked, "Are you serious?"
Shen Moer nodded: "Seriously, I plan to make Huacai the largest, most profitable, and most foreign exchange-earning garment factory."
Yuan Lan: “…”
Let’s not talk about whether the garment factory can generate foreign exchange, just talk about the fact that it is the largest in scale and has the best efficiency...Huacai only defeated the Fifth Garment Factory in the Capital, not all the garment factories in the Capital, okay?
However, Yuan Lan wisely never expressed any doubt. After all, they had been classmates for almost four years, and Yuan Lan believed that she still had some understanding of Shen Moli. She was not a person who spoke without purpose and boasted a lot. On the contrary, she could often do more than she said.
After a moment of silence, Yuan Lan suddenly cursed: "Who is the shameless person spreading rumors outside?!"
Shen Moer raised her eyebrows: “In addition to good grades, strong abilities, and a solid mass base, it seems that I have other characteristics as rumored?”
Yuan Lan was immediately amused by her: "You are not in a hurry at all!"
Shen Moer smiled and said, “Why should I be in such a hurry?”
Yuan Lan nodded, then her face darkened: "There are rumors in the department that..."
She frowned and said, "They said your father-in-law is the head of the Ministry of Commerce and gave you the green light. You will probably go directly to the Ministry of Commerce after graduation. Some even said that you are aiming for the position of Minister."
Shen Moer: “…”
She couldn't help but say, "My father-in-law works in the Ministry of Commerce, but the Ministry of Commerce is not owned by my father-in-law's family."
Yuan Lan waved her hand: "Anyway, what it means is that you can immediately enter the Ministry of Commerce and call the shots by relying on your connections."
Shen Moer just thought it was outrageous, but didn't take it too seriously.
Facts speak louder than words. She had already made the decision anyway, and when the allocation details came out, the rumors were self-defeating.
But within a few days, there was a commotion in the department over the issue of graduation assignments.
Early in the morning of that day, a row of large-character posters were posted on the bulletin board downstairs in the Economics Department. The posters had red words on a white background, and the handwriting was sloppy and the ink was messy. It looked bloody and scared several students who had gotten up early to prepare for a intensive review so much that they almost lost their souls.
After work, these big-character posters were taken away and sent to the department's conference room. Some people whose names were mentioned on the big-character posters were also called to the conference room, including Shen Moli.
Shen Moli was called over as soon as she arrived at the school. Compared to other people who lived in the school, they had heard some rumors in the morning. She came in from outside the school and had no idea what was going on.
Shen Moer was standing in front of the conference table, looking at the big-character poster on the table with interest when the department head came in.
The dean of the department had gray hair and a kind face. As soon as he came in, he saw Shen Moer standing in front of the conference table. Seeing her leisurely look, he couldn't help but smile.
Many people were involved in the big-character poster, including teachers and students. The others sat aside with gloomy faces, their expressions were either solemn or angry. Shen Moer formed a sharp contrast with them.
The department head walked to the front and sat down, saying, "We won't talk to them one by one. All the people involved in the big-character poster are here. Let's confront them face to face."
Everyone in the conference room looked at each other in bewilderment. A male student from the second class of political economy was the first to stand up and say, "The poster said that I relied on my status as a native of the capital to run around and get myself a job since the beginning of the year. I admit that I did use a lot of connections, but it didn't work. My family is just an ordinary working-class family with limited connections. I could have gotten into any unit they could help me with by myself, so I gave up later."
Everyone was shocked by this guy's straightforwardness. Seeing that the department head was still smiling after listening, they also started to speak one after another.
People from the capital want to be assigned to a better unit, while those from other places want to stay in the local area. Whether it is looking for connections outside or looking for teachers in school, there are some small moves, but it cannot be said to be against the rules.
Some of them are completely fine and are purely fabricated rumors.
As they spoke one by one, it was finally the turn of Wang Sanchun who was hiding in the corner.
If it wasn't Wang Sanchun's turn to speak, Shen Moer wouldn't even notice her. She was hiding in a corner, next to a table with documents piled on it, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't notice her.
Wang Sanchun buried his head, his voice trembling a little: "I, I did give gifts to the teacher, a bag of apples, a piece of clothing...but the teacher didn't accept them, the teacher never accepted them! I know it's wrong for me to do this, but I have no choice, I have no choice..."
She began to sob.
All the department leaders frowned.
Some of the people mentioned above went to the teacher to inquire about their assignments, and some went to the teacher to plead for favors, but none of them gave gifts... Strictly speaking, giving gifts is bribery.
The teacher did not accept the money because he/she adhered to the bottom line, but the students who have not graduated gave gifts or bribes... this is a lack of morality.
The teacher in charge of the assignment sighed and said, "Wang Sanchun's behavior is indeed wrong. I have already criticized and educated her. However, she gave me gifts not to stay in the capital, nor to get a better assignment."
She glanced at Wang Sanchun, shook her head, and continued, "Wang Sanchun is from Jiangsu Province. Although she once worked in the northwest, according to the policy, all educated youth have returned to their hometowns. After graduation, Wang Sanchun will also be assigned back to Jiangsu Province.
But she told me that if she returned to Jiangsu Province, her family might force her to give up her job to her brother, and also force her to get married, so she asked me to help her assign the job to another place.
Of course, she didn't ask to go to those good provinces and cities. In fact, Jiangsu Province is a good place. They contacted our student affairs office and planned to arrange for our school's graduates to go to various units in the province. The distribution situation is still very good.
But Wang Sanchun didn’t want to go back to Jiangsu Province, nor did she want to take up quotas from other provinces, so she wanted to go back to the Northwest. She said she was willing to exchange places with her classmates in the Northwest.
Wang Sanchun was sent to work in Qing Province in the northwest. The conditions in Su Province were better than those in Qing Province anyway, so she was actually at a disadvantage by making this switch.
Originally, these were Wang Sanchun's private affairs and should not be made public, but the current situation was that if she did not explain the situation, the department might punish her.
Wang Sanchun’s behavior was certainly wrong, but it was understandable anyway. The teacher in charge had contact with her several times and actually felt a little sympathetic towards her.
The others were dumbfounded after hearing what the teacher said. The male student from Class 2 of Political Economy who spoke first couldn't help but say, "No, it's the right time now. How can such a thing still happen? You are a college student from Capital University. Your brother can't do the job you are assigned to. How can you give it to your brother? It's not like you are going to work in a factory or in an office. Your brother can't do the job! Besides, you are an educated woman. Even if your family forces you to get married, you can refuse if the conditions are not right!"
Although there is also a preference for boys over girls in the capital, most lesbians are not so easy to control, and many will "rise up in resistance."
The male classmates had seen this a lot and they didn't understand what Wang Sanchun was like.
Wang Sanchun lowered his head and sobbed silently.
The teacher in charge glanced at Wang Sanchun and sighed secretly.
"Who says that the love of a little grass can repay the kindness of three spring days?" Wang Sanchun's parents named her Meng Dongye after this poem, as if to remind their daughter to always remember her parents' kindness and do her best to repay them.
And Wang Sanchun seemed to be trapped in this moral shackles and unable to break free.
Escape was the best solution she could think of.
Everyone present had complicated expressions. While everyone was racking their brains to get a better allocation, some people were trying every possible means to move to a worse place, even at the cost of offering gifts.
There was silence for a moment.
Then everyone's eyes fell on Shen Moer who was sitting in the front.
Shen Moer raised her head, looked around, and said, "It's my turn, right?"
She picked up a big-character poster and pointed at a passage on it: "As a college student at the Capital University, I don't agree with this statement. I have never failed a course, and my grades are mostly among the best. My work is acceptable. As for the frivolous pursuits, we can't look down on Huacai Garment Factory just because it is a social enterprise. We are engaged in legitimate production and operation, just like the state-owned factories, contributing to the construction of socialism and making unremitting efforts to enrich the wardrobes of women in the capital. How can this be considered frivolous pursuits?"
Others: “…”
I never thought that Shen Moer cared more about this.
Then, Shen Moer pointed to the following words on the paper: "Relying on the power of the husband's family to call friends and form a small group in school, this logic is completely unreasonable. Calling friends and forming a small group has a good mass base.
And this, I locked up a position in the Ministry of Commerce before I graduated... Actually, I want to tell this classmate that not only the Ministry of Commerce has contacted me, but also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Council, and the Ministry of Light Industry. According to this logic, could it be that I have manipulated all these departments? Moreover, my father-in-law is a fair person, always abides by the law, and works diligently. These rumors are slander against him. "
After listening for a long time, everyone present realized that Shen Moer was not more concerned about that one sentence, but that she would refute every sentence.
The key point is that when they are trying their best to get a better allocation, they have already received olive branches from so many good units.
This is not something that can be achieved just because her husband's family has power and influence. It is because she is so outstanding that she has been noticed by many people.
Suddenly I felt a mixture of emotions.
What they didn't expect was that Shen Moer lightly dropped another "bomb": "Originally, employment choice is a personal private matter. I don't think it is necessary to disclose it to the outside world. However, these rumors in the school not only affect my reputation, but also the reputation of my father-in-law. I want to clarify one thing here. I am not going to work in any of the above units. After graduation, I will continue to be the director of Huacai Garment Factory."
"Oh, by the way, I would also like to explain that the Huacai Garment Factory will be restructured in the first half of next year and merged with the Capital No. 5 Garment Factory to become a joint venture controlled by multiple parties."
Before he finished speaking, there was an uproar at the scene.
Both the teachers in the department and the students present showed shocked expressions.
I was shocked that Chen Moli gave up so many "good units" that everyone dreamed of and chose to return to Huacai Garment Factory.
He was also shocked that Huacai Garment Factory was going to merge with Capital No. 5 Garment Factory.
The key point is that Shen Moer clearly stated that she would continue to be the director of Huacai Garment Factory after graduation. Doesn't this mean that after the two factories merge, she will still be the director!
The Capital's Fifth Garment Factory was originally quite large in size. Although it could not be compared with the previous factories, it was still a well-ranked state-owned large factory. After merging with the Huacai Garment Factory, its scale became even larger, and it is probably not much different from the previous garment factories.
Being the director of a factory like this...actually, to some extent, is no worse than working in the Ministry of Commerce.
After all, if I went to the Ministry of Commerce, I would have to start as a clerk no matter what.
I don’t know what the nature of this factory is. If it is still state-owned, then the factory director must be of a high level.
"A small social enterprise swallowed up a behemoth like the Capital No. 5 Garment Factory. Isn't there something fishy going on here? Isn't there some connection with the leaders of the Ministry of Commerce?!"
A sharp voice suddenly rang out.
It was only then that the people at the scene discovered that just across from Wang Sanchun, there was a similar table piled with documents. There was a person sitting on a white stool next to the table. This person had been hiding behind the pile of documents. If he hadn't suddenly stretched his neck and stuck his head out, no one would have been able to see him at all.
He was a thin boy with acne all over his face. He slammed the table and stood behind the pile of documents, half of his body exposed, with a sharp and angry expression on his face.
Shen Moer looked straight at him and said calmly, "The Capital Fifth Garment Factory is indeed a behemoth, but they have been losing money in the past few years. The factory leaders have made several wrong decisions, which has caused them to be unable to make ends meet. After the 'power expansion', the autonomy of state-owned enterprises has increased, which also means that they need to bear greater responsibilities. If it were five or ten years ago, the mess caused by the Capital Fifth Garment Factory could be handed over to the state to make up for it, but now it is not that simple."
She said: "There is a saying that only when the tide recedes can you tell who is swimming naked. After the reform and opening up, state-owned enterprises will face increasing competition. In the future, they will not only have to compete with other domestic enterprises, but also with foreign-funded enterprises. Enterprises that are unable to adapt to the market will be exposed in this competition."
"You only see that the Capital No. 5 Garment Factory is a huge thing, but you don't know that it has been dying for a long time. On the contrary, the Huacai Garment Factory is the 'sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning'. Is it strange that new and more vital things swallow up decayed things?"
"If this makes you feel weird, I think in the next 10 or 20 years, there will be more things like this, and you will continue to feel weird."
"Of course, as an economics student, I think what you should do is to face up to this change and use what you have learned to participate in and change it."
"The world is changing rapidly. Big-character posters and the like should have long since left the stage of history. Open your eyes and look at the world. In this turbulent era, we can do much more than just get a better distribution."
After saying that, Shen Moer gently put the big-character poster in her hand back on the table.
The whole audience was silent.
After a while, the department head sitting at the top was the first to applaud: "Student Shen is right. In this turbulent era, there is still a lot you can do!"
After a few seconds of silence, the teachers also began to applaud.
The students looked at each other in bewilderment. It was the male student from the Political Economics Class 2 who was the first to applaud and say, “That’s right!”
The acne-ridden boy's face flushed red as he stared at Shen Moer for a long while before sitting back down in frustration.
The department head made a few final remarks, saying that the department would further verify what everyone had said today, and then asked everyone to go back.
When Shen Moer raised her foot and wanted to leave, she was stopped by the department head: "Student Shen, wait a moment."
Shen Moer glanced at Wang Sanchun, who was slowly following the crowd out of the conference room, and said, "Director, please wait a moment. I'll be back after talking to Wang Sanchun."
After saying that, he chased after him.
Shen Moer called Wang Sanchun at the corner of the stairs: "If you can't go to Qing Province, or if you want to stay in the capital, you can consider Huacai Garment Factory."
Wang Sanchun covered her mouth and tears fell down: "Thank you, Moer, thank you!"
When Shen Moer was walking back, she happened to meet the boy with acne walking out of the conference room dejectedly. When he saw her, he paused and said "I'm sorry" very softly.
Shen Moer looked at him, shook her head and said, “The courage to question is valuable, but blind questioning is terrible. I hope you can use your questioning spirit in a worthy place in the future.
The boy with acne looked a little surprised, and then he seemed to understand.
She actually just said that big-character posters and the like should have been eliminated from history long ago.
She should have guessed long ago that she was the one who wrote the big-character poster.
The department called him over and said that they wanted him to hear with his own ears what those students about whom he had written big-character posters had to say. He expected to see a group of panic-stricken, guilty and shameless people, and there were indeed a few like that, but the overall situation seemed completely different from what he had imagined.
He clearly thought he was a messenger of justice, but at this moment, he felt like a clown.
Just because of some rumors you heard from others, you are indignant and feel that the department is unfair in allocating work. In fact, aren't you just venting your frustration and dissatisfaction?
The acne-ridden boy left in a daze. Shen Moer returned to the conference room, where the department head and several teachers were still there.
The dean smiled and looked kind and friendly. He exchanged a few pleasantries with Shen Moer, and then revealed his true intentions: "Hua Cai Garment Factory and Capital No. 5 Garment Factory are merging. I heard that there may be foreign investment. Such joint ventures with multiple holdings are new things in China and are good research samples. It just so happens that we are studying economics ourselves. Student Shen should not mind the teachers and students in the department participating, right?"
Shen Moer: “…”
I heard that the department head is cunning and treacherous, and it turns out to be true!
It seems that the rumors are not entirely false.
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