He Yanzhi picked up Guan Wenru and brought her home. After the family had dinner, Grandma Guan took Tajiguli and Maowa back to Courtyard No. 2.
As soon as they left, He Yanzhi closed the door and continued to 'bully' Guan Wenru.
As a result, Guan Wenru had great difficulty opening her eyes the next morning.
I didn't get enough sleep that night!
But today is the day the factory breaks ground, so she has to be there.
...
In fact, once Guan Wenru provided the design drawings, He Yanzhi finalized everything else regarding the factory construction, so she didn't need to worry about anything.
When the soldiers started construction, He Yanzhi would take time to give them guidance.
During this period, Guan Wenru devoted herself to the work of recruiting employees.
In this era, very few people have received any formal education.
Everyone's skill level is about the same. Fortunately, the army contributed this time, so the commune didn't have much say.
After discussing with them, Guan Wenru decided that there would be ten slots for military dependents, and the remaining twenty-eight slots would be selected from among the commune members.
There are many military dependents in the family compound, and ten spots are simply not enough, so there is competition.
Most unemployed military dependents wanted to join, but Gu Siyu was an exception.
She knew that Guan Wenru had become the factory director, and she never even considered signing up.
With one less competitive spot, the other military families were happy to see it happen.
The day of the interview arrived quickly.
In addition to Guan Wenru, the interviewers included two deputy factory directors selected by the commune: Lei Yongkang and Zhou Tianlei.
Both of them were in their early forties.
The assessment consisted of three parts, as decided by the three factory directors.
The first part assesses the interviewee's basic qualities and cultural background.
We need to see if they can do some simple arithmetic, since the feed formulation will require calculations in the future. In addition to testing their basic calculation skills, we also need to see if they can read and write commonly used characters.
The second part is practical operation and physical strength, to see how many bags of feed ingredients of a specified weight they can carry within a specified time.
This is to test their physical strength, endurance, and whether they operate according to procedures. It also tests their ability to identify common raw materials, such as corn, soybean meal, and wheat bran, and whether they can tell the quality of the raw materials.
The third part mainly assesses the interviewee's sense of responsibility and adaptability, such as how to handle slightly damp raw materials, and what to do if a coworker is seen violating operating procedures.
When she learned that the interview would include an arithmetic test, Liu Guiying was the first to explode. "What? An arithmetic test? Guan Wenru knows that many military dependents are illiterate, yet she deliberately does this. It's obvious she looks down on us military dependents!"
Standing next to her, Zeng Chunlan rolled her eyes at her. "This isn't a rule set by Xiao Guan alone. Besides, getting into the factory means you'll have a government job. If the assessment isn't difficult, wouldn't everyone be able to get in? So tell me, who should we choose?"
Liu Guiying: "Of course, it's up to the man who's more capable to choose!"
Many military families scoffed at her words.
Her husband is the regimental commander, so of course she can say that.
Does that mean men who aren't military family members of regimental commanders aren't entitled to work?
Nobody bothered to talk to her.
Even Jiang Zhaodi, who was close to her, didn't say a word.
Because Jiang Zhaodi's husband was only a deputy battalion commander.
If people were selected according to Liu Guiying's method, Jiang Zhaodi would not have been selected at all!
After Guan Wenru, Lei Yongkang, and Zhou Tianlei arrived, they announced the start of the interview shortly afterward.
When asked to do simple arithmetic, many military family members looked bewildered and were mostly looking around in confusion.
Guan Wanxin had already taught Hua Xiaoyu some arithmetic problems a few days ago, so Hua Xiaoyu was the fastest to answer among these military dependents, and her answer accuracy was also the highest.
Liu Guiying scratched her head and kept glancing to the side, making Guan Wenru and the other two want to roll their eyes.
Perhaps knowing that Guan Wenru was also a military family member, and not wanting to reprimand these neighbors, Zhou Tianlei walked over when Liu Guiying was about to copy someone else's answers:
"Sir, if you try anything again, we'll have to disqualify you from the interview."
"Who...who's up to no good!" Liu Guiying actually wanted to take advantage of her husband's power and act arrogantly.
But then she thought, this person isn't from the same system as her man, so she's not afraid at all.
If she says anything, she'll only offend people badly, and there are other assessments to come.
So she had no choice but to endure it!
In the end, I just wrote down a few numbers haphazardly and handed them in.
The practical exam follows the written test.
During the handling process, Zhou Tianlei kept time.
The military dependents completed the weight and number of repetitions required, which was really tiring, leaving them drenched in sweat.
Liu Guiying is actually quite strong, but she is clumsy and almost broke the bag. Moreover, while working, she kept complaining, "This is not work for a human being!"
When Guan Wenru and the two factory managers heard this, they simply noted down her performance silently and said nothing.
When it came to the raw material identification stage, Lei Yongkang took out samples and let the military families look at, smell, and touch them one by one.
This step mainly assesses whether they can accurately name the ingredients and detect color differences and slight musty smells in damp soybean meal.
After the morning assessment concluded, Guan Wenru and the two deputy factory directors discussed for about an hour and finalized the list.
The list of ten people includes Hua Xiaoyu and Jiang Zhaodi, but not Liu Guiying.
Once the list was written out, Zhou Tianlei posted it.
The military dependents who came for the interviews rushed forward, some happy and some disappointed.
When Liu Guiying saw that her name wasn't on the list, she immediately flew into a rage and rushed forward, trying to tear the list off.
"This is unfair! This is completely unfair! Guan Wenru, you're pulling strings! You're bullying us military families! You just don't like me, so you won't let me into the factory. Everyone, look at this! Factory director Guan Wenru is abusing his power!"
Liu Guiying tried to incite several military dependents to join her in making a scene.
But these military families who failed the exam didn't have the courage to make a scene. When they were doing the math, they just wrote things down randomly, and even the numbers they wrote were crooked and messy.
Although Zeng Chunlan did not attend the interview, she was present at the moment and stopped Liu Guiying from tearing up the list.
Zhou Tianlei was the first to appear. Seeing that it was this woman causing trouble again, he frowned and shouted, "Comrade! Stop! Tearing down the notice is vandalizing public property! If you have any opinions, please raise them according to organizational procedures! Gathering a crowd and causing trouble here, what kind of military dependents are you!"
“Procedure?” Liu Guiying shook off Zeng Chunlan’s hand, rushed in front of him, and pointed at him. “Your procedures are a black box! It’s clearly Guan Wenru deliberately making things difficult for us! Testing arithmetic? Testing us to carry heavy loads? We’re here to be workers, not animals! She just looks down on us uneducated military dependents! She doesn’t deserve to be the factory director!”
Zhou Tianlei laughed in anger, "We have a shady deal? Comrade, you need evidence to support your claims! Today's assessment had scoring sheets; you should know whether it was fair or not! You know why others were chosen and not you!"
"I don't know! Guan Wenru, you get out here right now! You're deliberately using your position to settle personal scores; someone like you doesn't deserve to be the factory manager!"
Liu Guiying yelled loudly, throwing a tantrum and rolling around on the ground, completely ignoring Zhou Tianlei's words.
She was thinking that she was, after all, the commander's wife, and yet out of ten spots, she wasn't chosen!
This is absolutely Guan Wenru settling a personal score!
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