The next day.
At the entrance of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, workers dressed in dark blue overalls were arriving one after another.
Among them were Sun Dajiang and his wife, accompanied by Lin Jiguo. The three of them were chatting and laughing, constantly talking.
"Ji Guo, take this pack of cigarettes. When you're with your master later, be a little sweet-talking and offer him plenty of cigarettes. It's never wrong to be polite."
As he spoke, Sun Dajiang took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes and handed it to Lin Jiguo.
"No need, Uncle, I have money, I can buy it myself."
"Why are you buying this? Just accept it. These are gifts from others. Your uncle doesn't smoke. Come back for more when you've used them. Why are you being so polite?"
Lin Wencui said, feigning anger.
Lin Jiguo had no choice but to accept it, silently remembering this kindness in his heart.
After entering the factory, the three separated, and Lin Jiguo followed Sun Dajiang to the electrical engineering section.
After everyone had arrived, Sun Dajiang clapped his hands and said.
"Attention everyone, today I'd like to introduce a new colleague. I hope we can all be united, friendly, and helpful to each other. Come on, Ji Guo, why don't you introduce him to everyone?"
"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Jiguo, I am 17 years old, and I am here as an apprentice in our electrical engineering department. I hope you will all take good care of me in the future. Thank you."
After speaking, he didn't forget to bow.
"Alright, in a bit, Lin Jiguo will be assigned to a group. Group leader Liang Quanfa will stay. The rest of you can leave."
After Sun Dajiang finished speaking, his subordinates took their electrician's bags and went to the workshop or patrol and inspect. Soon, everyone was gone, leaving only Sun Dajiang, Lin Jiguo, and Liang Quanfa at the scene.
"Old Liang, let's talk in the office. I happen to have a pack of good cigarettes."
Upon hearing Sun Dajiang mention good cigarettes, Liang Quanfa grinned. The two had worked together for many years and had a very good relationship, being both teacher and friend. Liang Quanfa didn't even bother with formalities before following along.
After the three sat down, Sun Dajiang opened a drawer, took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, and tossed it directly to Liang Quanfa.
"Hey, Zhonghua, that's good! Dajiang, what's the matter? Just say it, we're all family here."
"Old Liang, I'll be frank then. Ji Guo is my nephew, and I'm planning to have you mentor him."
Sun Dajiang didn't waste any words and spoke directly.
"Alright, from today onwards, Lin Jiguo will be my apprentice. Don't worry, I will teach him everything I know. Is that alright?"
They both smiled at the same time, everything understood without a word.
At noon, in the steel mill canteen, Sun Dajiang and his wife were eating with Lin Jiguo. Neither of them spoke, but listened to Lin Jiguo talk about his work experiences. When they heard something that made them happy, they couldn't help but smile.
The three were chatting happily when they suddenly heard the steel rolling mill's broadcast.
notify:
Attention all department heads! Please arrive at the meeting room promptly at 2 PM to attend the meeting. No department may be absent.
After being broadcast three times, the broadcast stopped, leaving the employees discussing it amongst themselves.
"Section Chief Sun, will you be at the meeting this afternoon?"
Lin Wencui joked with Sun Dajiang.
"You didn't understand. Department heads, that means as long as you are the head of a single department, you can go. Don't look down on me because I'm not a big shot, but our electrical engineering section is a separate department."
When Sun Dajiang saw Lin Wencui laughing at him, he forced an explanation.
At 2 p.m., in the steel rolling mill conference room, Sun Dajiang arrived and casually found a seat. Soon after, the leaders in the front row also arrived, and the meeting officially began.
The meeting was chaired by Director Nie, the director of the factory office, and Secretary Zhou, the party secretary, gave a report before finally getting to the main topic.
After the public-private partnership, the steel rolling mill wanted to expand its scale and has now purchased a batch of equipment, including a batch of machinery donated by the "elder brother" (referring to a major state-owned enterprise), which will arrive in about a month.
All the documents, instructions, and installation requirements have been retrieved, but they are all in Russian. There are too many documents to translate in time. Each department should take its own documents and find a translator. The steel mill will cover the translation costs.
Departments without the documents were happy, while those with the documents caused their managers' brains to freeze.
After the meeting, Sun Dajiang also received a stack of documents, all of which were related to electrical equipment. The factory paid him 6 million yuan for translation, but that wasn't much; the translation fees for the two new workshops reached 40 million yuan.
Sun Dajiang calmly walked out of the meeting room, intending to go home and discuss it with his son.
That evening, after the family returned home, Sun Dajiang took out a document from his bag and handed it to Sun Zhengguo.
"Come on, son, help Dad see if you can translate this."
Sun Zhengguo took the document and flipped through a few pages.
"Dad, these documents are some instruction manuals and installation precautions. Most of them are fine, but for some technical terms, you should consult our teacher."
Sun Dajiang was relieved after hearing what his sons said.
"If you can translate it, that's fine. Dad will give you 6 million yuan. You can help Dad translate it."
"This is a lot, three times more than what we used to do, but it took a bit longer."
Upon hearing this, Sun Dajiang hurriedly asked, "How long?"
"Teacher Ma, Zheng Wenhua, and I will probably need about 10 days. If it's urgent, we'll need to find someone else."
"Don't bother looking for anyone anymore. The factory has given us a month, that's plenty of time. Why don't you contact them tomorrow?"
That evening, Sun Zhengguo began translating the documents, planning to take the rest to the school the next day.
The next day, Sun Zhengguo brought the documents to school, and the group divided them up, beginning their life of translating documents while attending school.
The busy life passed quickly, and after tireless efforts, the three teachers and students finally completed all the documents on the 9th day.
When Sun Dajiang returned to the factory with the documents, the steel rolling mill cadres were shocked. Director Guo of Workshop 1 hadn't even found a translator yet, while Sun Dajiang had already completed the task. How could they possibly accept this?
All day long, the electrical engineering section was bustling with activity. Sun Dajiang became a hot commodity, with everyone coming to him for help. If he couldn't finish the translation, things would get really messy once the machine arrived; he might even lose his job as a cadre.
The next day, Teacher Ma arrived at the steel rolling mill in the morning. With Sun Dajiang's help, he took away all the remaining documents, and the translation fee reached a staggering 60 million yuan.
Teacher Ma took the documents, returned to the school, immediately found people, distributed the documents, and then everyone started working like crazy.
Twenty days had passed since all the documents were completed. During those twenty days, Sun Zhengguo stayed up all night every day, and he was completely exhausted.
Of course, the results were impressive. Adding to the previous documents from his father, Sun Zhengguo earned a whopping 6.5 million yuan this month, bringing his total savings to over 10 million yuan. (10,000 yuan from the first set of RMB was equivalent to 1 yuan from the second set; otherwise, Sun Zhengguo could have easily made a fortune.)
After all the documents were handed over, the old hens in the market suffered, Lin Wencui gave her son seven days' worth of nutrition, and the animals in the compound suffered, their noses tormented for seven days.
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