Soon, the office fell silent, and everyone turned to look at Sun Zhengguo, their meaning crystal clear.
"Why are you looking at me like that! Anyway, Minister Li said that I'll take one myself, and you can decide what to do with the rest."
Alright! Sun Zhengguo's meaning is very clear: he will only take what I am entitled to, and ignore the rest.
"I'll wait a bit longer! You two discuss it."
Knowing he couldn't win, Chen Wanchun quickly withdrew from the competition.
The remaining two exchanged a glance; Lee Seung-ri clearly didn't want to give in.
Since Deputy Director Zhang had already said he was giving up, he couldn't go back on his word now.
But to ensure a smooth assignment next time, he added a sentence.
"Old Li, I won't argue with you. Let's all do it in order and not ruin the harmony."
"Thank you, Lao Zhang. I also think this is a great suggestion."
Lee Seungri reciprocated, effectively setting the tone for the matter.
In this way, any future tickets will be allocated starting with Deputy Director Zhang, then Chen Wanchun, and so on...
Seeing that the group had agreed on who would own the tickets, Sun Zhengguo prepared to give one to Li Shengli.
But now a new problem arises: the two tickets are different sizes, and the 17-inch one is clearly more popular, so he certainly won't promote any of his crappy styles.
So he decided to play a 'fair and just' game and handed both of his votes to Li Shengli.
"Old Li, how about this, to avoid hurting our relationship, you hide both tickets in your hands, and whatever I pick is what I get. It's all down to luck. What do you think?"
"Director Sun, there's no need for that. I'll just take the smaller one."
"Come on, come on! Old Li, I know you wouldn't want it even if I gave it to you directly, and you wouldn't accept it if I gave it to you either. Instead of passing it around like this, let's just have a show of whoever gets the pick."
Alright! Seeing how sincere Sun Zhengguo was, Li Shengli couldn't refuse, so he reluctantly agreed.
As expected, Sun Zhengguo got the ticket for the 17-inch TV by luck, while Li Shengli could only blame his bad luck.
After distributing the tickets and exchanging greetings, the group returned to their respective offices.
As for what to do with the people below? The leaders don't even have enough to go around, what are they thinking?
On the other side.
After the leaders left, Zhang Yucheng calmly walked into Sun Zhengguo's office.
"Director, I've come to get the documents."
"Oh! Yucheng! I prepared it for you a long time ago!"
As he spoke, Sun Zhengguo took out a stack of blueprints that he had prepared beforehand from the drawer and placed them on the table.
"Yu Cheng, this is a set of blueprints for a precision grinding machine. It contains detailed data. Go and write a report. I need it from the ministry the day after tomorrow, so you need to hurry."
"Director, rest assured, I guarantee the mission will be completed."
"Okay! Go ahead!"
After seeing Zhang Yucheng off, Sun Zhengguo initially intended to go to the laboratory, but considering the production of the new machine tool, he got up and went to the machine factory instead…
At the same time.
At the machinery factory, a new workshop is nearing completion and is currently being connected to power.
A person in charge of the new workshop is on-site directing and supervising.
Upon seeing Sun Zhengguo approaching, the person in charge immediately went to greet him.
"Engineer Sun, welcome him to come and inspect."
Sun Zhengguo smiled when he saw the person who came in. "What? Director Chen has finally gotten his wish and can finally take charge on his own."
"Not at all, it's all thanks to your help, Engineer Sun and Deputy Factory Director Liao. Otherwise, I'd still be a team leader!"
"No, no, no, this is an organizational arrangement. If you didn't have the ability, you wouldn't have been able to go from being a group leader to the workshop director now," Sun Zhengguo quickly corrected him.
While it's true that his signature is required for promotion, you also need to have the ability to do so.
Otherwise, Sun Zhengguo wouldn't have agreed.
"Yes, yes, yes! Engineer Sun is right, but no matter what, I still want to thank you for giving me more learning opportunities."
Sun Zhengguo nodded this time, accepting the other party's thanks. Then the two talked about the new workshop.
Before long, Deputy Factory Director Liao, who had received the message, also arrived. Upon seeing this, Director Chen wisely went about his business, leaving the two bigwigs to discuss the specifics.
"Director Sun, Director Chen has already introduced everything, right? This workshop will be ready for use in a couple of days, so it won't cause any problems."
“Deputy Factory Director Liao, I’m not here to see the workshop, but to see the place,” Sun Zhengguo explained immediately.
"Depending on the location???"
Deputy Factory Director Liao looked puzzled. "No, Director Sun, does this mean there's another new project? Don't worry, there are two more vacant plots of land nearby!"
“Uh…?” Sun Zhengguo patted his forehead.
"Deputy Factory Director Liao, perhaps I didn't explain clearly. What I meant was that there will be one, or even two, new machine tools launched every year. Are you sure there will be enough space for them?"
Hearing what Sun Zhengguo said, Deputy Factory Director Liao was dumbfounded.
Is R&D so worthless now? Infrastructure development can't even keep up with R&D, can you believe it?
Moreover, the biggest problem now is not this, but the lack of space.
Faced with such a lucrative opportunity as the new machine tool, Deputy Factory Director Liao could not remain indifferent and simply hand it over.
"Director Sun, how about I go back and discuss it with Lao Li? If it really doesn't work out, we can stop the existing machinery factory's business and turn it into a machine tool factory."
Look, they've tasted success. If Director Qiu of the First Machine Tool Plant heard this, the two would definitely fight.
However, all of this was irrelevant to Sun Zhengguo, because he had the same idea.
“Deputy Factory Director Liao, your idea is good. You can bring it up first, but don’t rush it, because we still have a one or two-year buffer period.”
Sun Zhengguo didn't know what the situation would be like after the wind picked up, so he could only leave it at that for now and discuss the specifics later.
"Okay, I'll bring it up when the Standing Committee meeting is held, but the specifics of how to proceed are quite complicated."
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The two then discussed work-related matters for a while, agreed to get together for drinks in a few days, and then went their separate ways...
In the evening, the Sun family was having dinner in their courtyard.
The grandfather and grandson were drinking a little wine when Sun Zhengguo remembered the TV tickets he had received that day. He took them out of his bag, intending to make his family happy.
"Wife, look what this is?"
Ning Xiaowei saw that it was a ticket, but didn't pay much attention to it and took it casually.
"A TV purchase receipt?!"
Ning Xiaowei was a little incredulous. This thing was a legendary item; even she had only heard of it and had never seen it.
"Zhengguo, was this issued by your company?"
"That's right! Otherwise, where would I get it? Besides, you need to register with your real name to buy a TV. Even if you give an ordinary person a ticket, they still can't buy one."
Sun Zhengguo offered a casual explanation, and he wasn't exaggerating.
Because the ticket contains not only the buyer's name, but also the buyer's organization, issuing agency, television model, and so on.
Even if an ordinary person gets this ticket, they wouldn't dare to buy it.
Because this isn't about money or tickets, but about your identity.
Without a matching identity, he'd probably be arrested before he even left the mall.
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