The following morning, around 9 a.m., sunlight streamed through the warehouse windows and onto the ground, creating bright patches of light.
Sun Zhengguo and his team were working busily in the warehouse.
Meanwhile, a group of workshop workers were carefully moving a machine that had just been repaired.
The machine is huge, but the workers are skilled and work together seamlessly.
Factory Director Yang came to the site in person, his face beaming with satisfaction, and he kept shouting, "Slow down, be careful, don't damage the machine again."
Finally, after much effort, the machine was successfully loaded onto the truck.
As the truck slowly drove out of the warehouse, Factory Director Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief, a smile of satisfaction spreading across his face.
Just as Director Yang was about to step forward and say a few words of encouragement to everyone, a person suddenly walked in through the door.
The newcomer was none other than the chubby Nie Jianjun. He spotted Factory Director Yang standing in the crowd at a glance and quickly walked over to greet him, saying, "Hello, Factory Director Yang!"
Factory Director Yang responded with a smile, "Oh, it's Xiao Nie! What brings you here today?"
Nie Jianjun quickly replied, "Director Yang, I came here specifically to convey a notice from higher authorities."
Upon hearing this, Director Yang nodded slightly, indicating his understanding.
"Oh, is that so? That's perfect. I also have something I'd like to say to everyone. Let them pause their work for a bit."
After saying that, Director Yang turned around and shouted to Sun Zhengguo, "Deputy Section Chief Sun, please pause your work for a moment. The higher-ups have important news to announce."
Everyone stopped when they heard Director Yang's shout, wondering what news was about to be announced. They all looked at Sun Zhengguo.
"Stop it, everyone! Let's all listen together."
Seeing that everyone had stopped, Nie Jianjun began to show off. He first coughed loudly twice to attract everyone's attention before making his announcement.
"Following instructions from higher authorities, it has been confirmed that Zhao Guoping and two others have been subjected to long-term suppression. As Huang Guangquan is already detained due to other cases, this new charge will be subject to final judgment by the People's Court."
"To compensate Zhao Guoping and the other two, the Party Committee of the Ministry decided that each of them would be promoted to a higher technical level once, with no limit on the number of times they could be assessed in the next assessment. In addition, each of them would receive 50 yuan in cash and 10 jin of grain coupons as compensation."
"yeah……!"
"Thank you, leader. Thank you for standing up for us."
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As soon as Nie Jianjun finished making the announcement, the three parties involved cheered and kept expressing their gratitude.
After announcing the news, Nie Jianjun nodded to Sun Zhengguo, then said goodbye to Factory Director Yang and left the warehouse.
This unexpected good news caught Director Yang off guard.
He originally only wanted to offer a few words of encouragement, but look at how the department is handling things – promoting technical skills and providing cash compensation – how could he possibly open his mouth?
"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub," Director Yang said, steeling his heart and being generous for once.
"I have seen everyone's hard work recently. In order to encourage everyone's enthusiasm, our factory leaders have decided to reward all personnel involved in the renovation work with five yuan in cash and two jin of grain coupons. I hope everyone will continue to work hard and strive to complete the task as soon as possible."
"yeah……!"
"Thank you, factory leaders!"
Just now, it was three people cheering, but this time, everyone in the warehouse was cheering. The deafening sound could be heard more than two miles away.
With so many positive developments, both workers and technicians are full of energy.
In the afternoon, the news reached the workshop. The key technical personnel who were involved in manufacturing the parts, knowing that they would also receive a reward, came over to express their gratitude, citing their lack of understanding of the blueprints.
Liu Haizhong came over two or three times. Seeing that Sun Zhengguo's attitude was very good, he thought that his dream of becoming an official should be realized soon.
So he decided to go back and make some connections tonight, hoping to settle the matter of becoming an official as soon as possible.
When Sun Zhengguo returned home that evening, he had just finished dinner with his family and was about to go back to his room to write his work notes when he saw Liu Haizhong, holding an enamel mug, arrive at the Sun family's door like a Maitreya Buddha.
"Second Uncle, is there something you need? Let's go inside and talk."
Liu Haizhong accepted Sun Zhengguo's invitation without hesitation and strode into the main room of the Sun family home.
Lin Wencui guessed that Liu Haizhong had something to discuss with his son, so she gave her daughter-in-law a wink, and the two of them left the main room, leaving them space to talk.
"Second Uncle, we all live in the same courtyard. It's just the two of us in the house now, so please just say what you need."
After Lin Wencui and the other person left, Sun Zhengguo asked the question first.
“Zhengguo, your second uncle sees that you have a good relationship with Director Yang. How about this, could you put in a good word for me and get me a management position? I don’t need to be a workshop director, even a group leader or team leader would be fine. What do you think…”
His grandmother, Sun Zhengguo, thought that this old man had come to see him for something, but after all that commotion, he had forgotten about it. This guy is just a power-hungry official.
However, Sun Zhengguo had already prepared a plan to prevent anyone in the institute from asking him for favors.
"Second Uncle, you may not know this, but I can't talk to Director Yang either. I'm not one of your steel rolling mill employees. Why should a big factory director like him listen to me?"
"No, Zhengguo, although you're not from our steel rolling mill, you're from the Ministry of Metallurgy! You're a leader of a higher-level department. Do you think Director Yang won't give you this much face?"
So that's what Liu Haizhong was planning. Sun Zhengguo didn't waste any words and directly took out his work ID from his pocket and handed it to Liu Haizhong.
"Second Uncle, look at yourself, which unit do I work for? Do I even have the ability to speak on your behalf?"
Although Liu Haizhong didn't understand what this meant, he still took the work permit and looked at it.
Although he wasn't highly educated, only having a primary school education, he could still recognize the characters for "Ministry of Machinery".
"This, this... when did you end up in the Ministry of Machinery again? Then why are you working at our steel rolling mill?"
"Second Uncle, let me put it this way! If you were working in a machinery factory, a machine tool manufacturing plant, or even a tractor factory, I could speak up for you. But right now I'm on temporary assignment at the steel rolling mill, and I won't be here for more than a few days. By then, will Director Yang even know who I am?"
Sun Zhengguo's words were like a bucket of cold water poured down on Liu Haizhong's burning heart.
After all that fuss, it turns out he was just being presumptuous, rushing to ask for an official position without even understanding the situation.
“Zhengguo, since you can’t help, your second uncle won’t blame you, but about tonight…”
"Don't worry, Second Uncle, as long as you leave this door, I'll pretend you were never here. How about that?"
Sun Zhengguo understood what Liu Haizhong meant; he was probably afraid of losing face, so he reassured him.
Sun Zhengguo didn't expect that Liu Haizhong lacked martial ethics. The next day, everyone in the compound found out that Sun Zhengguo was all show and no substance, only temporarily assigned to the steel rolling mill and unable to help at all.
However, this suited Sun Zhengguo's wishes, so that no matter who he was, would come to him for help, and he would have to waste his breath explaining.
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