They had gotten used to Wang Shouren.
Some of the acquaintances greeted him, saying, "Hello, Grandpa Wang."
"well!"
As people get older, they enjoy seeing the vibrant energy of young people; it brings them joy.
"Who is this Zhang Ren?" Even though Qin Jingru was at an age where she should be kind and gentle, she still had a keen interest in gossip.
"A good young man, it's just a pity."
"It's a pity. Tell me, why don't people these days know how to respect others?" Qin Jingru nodded in agreement, then noticed the strange look in her boss's eyes. She touched her cheek, which was no longer as smooth as it had been in her youth and was now a bit wrinkled. "What's wrong?"
“People in the past were truly ignorant of respect,” Wang Shouren said irritably. “You’ve forgotten, your sister used to be too afraid to go back to the village by herself. Comparing the past to the present is rather ungrateful.”
"Tsk, can't we even give our opinion?"
"Okay, okay, make way."
Most people make judgments based on how difficult their own lives were and how great their era was.
In fact, objectively speaking, life in China is getting better day by day, and various laws and regulations are constantly being improved.
Those who say that things are worse now than before are nothing but a product of outdated perspectives; at least, that's what Wang Shouren thought.
While they were leisurely enjoying their rice noodle rolls, an important meeting in Beijing had just concluded.
A middle-aged man walked out with a sigh, and his companion beside him looked equally worried.
"Why can't we just work with them? We're always thinking about this and that."
"Alright, alright, the decision has already been made above. Besides, it was Old Master Wang himself who said it; he must have his own considerations. There are some things that are beyond our control."
"Sigh... I know, it's just a little heartbreaking."
Isn't it heartwarming?
Who isn't?
The middle-aged man sighed, packed his things, and dragged his tired body home. They had been up all night the previous night.
As soon as I got home, I saw my father happily drinking porridge.
The middle-aged man greeted him, "Dad."
"Yes, you're back." The old man responded, "Sit down, have something to eat before you rest."
“Okay.” The middle-aged man didn’t stand on ceremony. He picked up something on the table and started eating it. While eating, he said, “Dad, tell me, what are you guys upstairs thinking? Well, a few days ago you made us research this and that, and now you’re saying you’re not going to do it anymore? Isn’t this just pointless meddling?”
"Ha, you even managed to find your father here when you were asking around?" The old father glanced at the man.
He knew exactly what his child was planning to do the moment he lifted his bottom.
In fact, everyone within the system is shrewd and calculating.
He knew that his son was genuinely upset.
"If you can't say it, then don't say it." After all, he still has an elderly father, so the middle-aged man didn't mind.
"There's nothing wrong with saying it, but someone stopped me."
"Stop? Who did it? Was it Old Master Wang? You tell me, Old Master Wang's influence is really quite extensive."
"Testing your father?" The old man raised an eyebrow. "Come on, Old Wang isn't that level yet, he's his father."
"His father? Who is that?" The middle-aged man was taken aback.
The old man paused for a moment, then chuckled, stroking his gray beard: "I never thought he would be forgotten one day."
"Dad, who is it? Please tell me."
"Wang Shouren was the founder of the Universiade."
That's it?
"That's it." The old man nodded.
"The Universiade... it's pretty impressive, but not that impressive, is it..."
"Ha, that's because you don't know what's behind it. He was the founder of Dayun, the pioneer of Tiantongyuan, the first real estate developer of commercial housing in China, the person in charge of the 1780 project, the number one person in foreign exchange before the 21st century, the number one philanthropist, and in the field of scientific research, more than 70% of the research institutes in China have some connection with him."
"Oh, and he also invested a lot of money in most infrastructure projects."
"Furthermore, in the early 1990s, he was the one who handled things on the Big Brother's side. Without him, we wouldn't have been able to enter the WTO so smoothly; it would probably have been delayed by two or three years..."
The old man talked on and on.
The middle-aged man became increasingly confused: "No, Dad, are you telling a myth?"
There are reasons why middle-aged people look down on most businessmen.
Most businessmen rise to prominence by riding the wave of the times; some become nouveau riche, accumulating wealth in just a few decades, while others fall from grace. To him, these things were things whose fates could be decided by a single word. But the sudden emergence of a legendary businessman couldn't help but pique his curiosity.
It's still in that initial stage.
"curious?"
"Curious." This time, he didn't beat around the bush.
"It's good to be curious. Even today, some people at the top are still curious about how this person's brain works, to be able to make arrangements so many years in advance. Oh, by the way, when he left the ministry, his position was higher than yours. And he was only 33 years old that year."
"No, Dad, can you tell me about it?"
"Alright, let's talk about it then." The old man was clearly also aroused to talk.
"He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Institute of Beijing in 1965. That year, he joined the steel rolling mill as a junior technician. But, less than a year into his job, guess what? He stood out. He discovered a way to improve work efficiency, a method that is still in use today."
"A five-star management system?!" The middle-aged man immediately realized.
This system can be said to have been a constant throughout the country's industrial history. As time went by, it not only did not become outdated, but it became more and more useful.
"That's right, it was that system that made him a permanent employee. You know, in that era, our industrial level, to be precise, wasn't even that of an assembly line. Most workstations required experienced workers to operate them. Now you understand how amazing this system was."
Isn't that amazing?
Normally speaking, the right tools are used in the right environment; this is the rule of nature.
For example, if you need to chop vegetables, the first thing that comes to mind is a kitchen knife, not a lightsaber.
Although this analogy is a bit far-fetched, the five-star management system, in a sense, is not a cleaver for cutting vegetables, but a lightsaber, because later people found that it was really suitable for assembly line operations.
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