Chapter 62 Success "It smells so good! Team leader, we succeeded! ...
As soon as Wang Ying arrived at work today, he had a brief morning meeting with his team members and was then called to the factory director's office.
Qian Tongsheng smiled as he saw Wang Ying. "Comrade Wang Ying, Director Zhao requested the warehouse's batch of dried fruits and nuts for your team yesterday, and I've approved it. However, resources are limited, and these raw materials actually have other uses, so I can only give them to you for your initial use. Once you've submitted your complete proposal, we'll still have to see how much we allocate from higher-ups to sustain your subsequent development and production."
"Thank you, Director. I am also trying to complete the task. A good cook cannot cook without rice. No one can create a new product out of thin air. Please understand me, Director. I am not doing this for myself." Wang Ying said.
"I understand, I understand," Qian Tongsheng said. "As long as you can make better use of these goods and satisfy the people, no one will complain."
"I'll try my best," said Wang Ying.
"Okay, go ahead. If you want any auxiliary materials, just go to the warehouse, fill out the form and get them." Qian Tongsheng said.
"Okay, thank you, Director." Wang Ying thought. Neither Director Zhao yesterday nor the Director today mentioned who had ultimately handled this batch of goods. Wang Ying feared that the factory's leadership was involved, perhaps even Qian Tongsheng himself. After all, raw materials, unlike finished products, couldn't be easily shipped out. Getting them out would be difficult.
When Wang Ying returned to the office, Zhou Qianjin and others had already gone out to do statistics, and only Wu Haiyang was left in the office.
When he saw Wang Ying coming back, Wu Haiyang stood up from his workstation and said, "Team Leader, you're back. Does the factory manager want to talk to you about something?"
"The factory director approved the batch of raw materials we asked Director Zhao for yesterday," said Wang Ying.
"Really? That's great!" Wu Haiyang said happily. "Shall we start testing the new product today?"
"Well, I'll write a work plan first, and then we'll go to the workshop together." Wang Ying said as he took out his notebook and wrote a work plan.
Wu Haiyang was a bit bored. He and his team leader were the only ones in the office, and he was itching to look back, wishing he had eyes on the back of his head. After a few minutes, Wu Haiyang couldn't help himself and turned around and said, "Team leader, can I see you writing your work plan?"
"Okay, you can see what happens," Wang Ying said. She had a pretty good impression of the people in their group. She wanted to train some useful people for her future and bring them along with her to build her business, so she was willing to guide and teach them whenever she could.
Wu Haiyang turned his chair over and sat down to watch Wang Ying write her work notes. He only looked at the following written on Wang Ying's notebook: Current Task - New Year's Benefits; Task Participants: The Entire Team; Current Work Assignment...Task Item Details...Task Focus...Task Difficulties (Expected Solutions)...
Wu Haiyang looked at Wang Ying's work plan and was full of admiration.
"Team leader, you're amazing." Wu Haiyang gave Wang Ying a thumbs-up. "I don't know what to do when I get to work. I need to learn from you."
Wang Ying smiled and said, "Because I haven't assigned you any individual tasks yet. Once you have your own tasks, you will think about how to complete them. If you still don't know what to do by then, you can learn from my watch."
Wu Haiyang nodded straight: "Thank you, Team Leader. The factory didn't ask an experienced employee to lead us. Thanks to you, Team Leader, otherwise we would probably all be sitting here rolling our eyes."
Wang Ying thought to himself, if it weren't for me, you might have been sent down to the countryside by now, busy with the autumn harvest and preparing for winter, and there would have been no such exam in your previous life.
"Haha, I'm also learning and exploring at the same time," said Wang Ying.
"Team leader, how did you learn all this? Did Director Zhao teach you?" Wu Haiyang asked.
"Part of it." Wang Ying did not deny it completely, so that others could accept it more easily.
Wang Ying wrote out the work plan and said, "Let's go to the workshop and start testing the new product today."
Wang Ying and Wu Haiyang arrived at workshop 4 and greeted the workers in the workshop enthusiastically. A few responded to her vaguely, but most of them ignored her.
Fang Hongjun was also in the workshop at the moment. Wang Ying walked over to greet him, "Director Fang, good morning. I'm about to start testing new products today. Could you please send me some help?"
"What new product do you want to try?" Fang Hongjun asked.
"Improved version of Yunpian Cake." said Wang Ying.
"Oh, this is how nuts and dried fruits are used." Fang Hongjun snorted, "What kind of new product is this? What a waste of resources."
"Wouldn't it be a waste if those nuts and dried fruits were left to expire?" Wang Ying stood firm on her position no matter what others said.
"When did it expire?" said Fang Hongjun.
"Then where did they spend it?" Wang Ying asked. "Did they eat it all in the cafeteria? I'll ask the old employees how much they ate."
Fang Hongjun looked at Wang Ying and said with disdain, "You're just a young man, you don't know anything."
"Hmm, I don't understand. Director Fang, give me the person." Wang Ying didn't want to waste time talking to him.
"I'll give you two, and with the five of you, that's enough," Fang Hongjun said. He didn't care where the other three were; the development team was five people anyway.
"Okay." Wang Ying agreed readily, because she also knew that adding some nuts to the recipe was not a difficult problem at all.
"Yang Jianshe, Tian Yulan, you two follow Team Leader Wang first." Fang Hongjun said.
At Director Fang's command, two comrades, a man and a woman, approached. The man was frail and looked barely taller than Wang Ying. The woman was equally tall, her head lowered, her bangs visible at first glance. She walked with a slow gait, as if she were about to be executed. It was obvious that these two were either Director Fang's trusted advisors or his subordinates, perhaps even disdained by him.
One of these two comrades is in the material preparation area, and the other is in the operation area making dough. It can be said that neither of them has mastered the "core technology".
However, Wang Ying still welcomed them. She clapped her hands and said, "Welcome Comrade Tian and Comrade Yang to join our team. You are both veteran employees. I will be bothering you from now on."
Wu Haiyang saw her clapping and joined in, saying, "Excuse me, old comrades."
When other people in the factory heard this, they were very dissatisfied. What kind of old comrades were they? They were just two taciturn people who were not good at anything, but this Team Leader Wang didn't despise them.
Tian Yulan looked up at Wang Ying, and when she saw Wang Ying smiling at her, she lowered her head again.
Yang Jianshe scratched his head and said nothing, looking a little embarrassed. These two men seemed to be honest people.
Fang Hongjun had hoped that Wang Ying would dislike these two people and even quarrel with him. Seeing her happily accepting the two people, he snorted in his heart and said, "Team Leader Wang, the people have been given to you. Now it's up to you to take care of yourself. Don't say that I don't support your work."
"I appreciate Director Fang's support, but this isn't just my job; it's our factory's job," Wang Ying said. "If we don't complete the task, we'll all be lagging behind."
Fang Hongjun didn't want to argue with the woman, so he said, "Team Leader Wang, do your best."
Wang Ying looked at his three men and said, "Let's go to the warehouse to get the raw materials first."
It is not yet the production season for Yunpian Cake, and the workshop only has ingredients for making peach cakes.
Wang Ying and his companions arrived at the warehouse, where they met the same lame warehouse manager. Upon seeing Wang Ying, the lame warehouse manager seemed a little more polite than he had been the day before. Wang Ying handed him the form for collecting materials, which Wang Ying signed after reviewing. He then readily let them take their belongings. They didn't take much, and they were given small carts.
After leaving the warehouse, Wu Haiyang whispered to Wang Ying, "I feel like the warehouse manager's attitude has improved. Team leader, do you know why?"
"I don't know. What do you think?" Wang Ying had a suspicion: the lame warehouse manager might be embezzling the raw materials because he couldn't stand the corrupt officials in the factory. But it was just a guess, and he couldn't say it.
"I don't know either..." Wu Haiyang said. He had some guesses in his mind, but since Team Leader Wang didn't say anything, he didn't say anything either.
The four returned to the workshop.
The production of cloud cake is different from peach cake and biscuits. No oven is needed. Cloud cake is made by frying glutinous rice flour first, then mixing the auxiliary ingredients, sifting, putting into molds, and finally steaming. The production process is not difficult.
"You have made cloud cakes before, so you know how to make them, right?" Wang Ying asked Tian Yulan and Yang Jianshe.
Both of them lowered their heads and said nothing. Wu Haiyang was a little angry: "Aren't you old employees?"
"We are only responsible for part of it," said Yang Jianshe.
Wang Ying wasn't angry at all. He asked, "Which part are you responsible for?"
"I just fry glutinous rice flour," said Yang Jianshe.
"What about you?" Wang Ying asked Tian Yulan.
Tian Yulan said: "I will just sieve it..."
"Okay, then you can still do these two things," Wang Ying said. "It's not easy to do these two things well."
Both of these jobs required physical effort, and looking at their small statures, Wang Ying was certain that they were not favored by Fang Hongjun. Wang Ying felt that this was just as well; it would have been far worse if Fang Hongjun had sent one of his trusted aides to constantly disrupt and trip her up.
"Then, shall we do everything else?" Wu Haiyang said.
"Let's do it together," Wang Ying said. "We have the recipe, the materials, and the mold. We can just follow the recipe."
Wu Haiyang didn't have much confidence, but Wang Ying didn't think it was difficult.
"Let's try making two kilograms first," Wang Ying said. "Comrade Yang, go fry the glutinous rice flour. Comrade Tian, prepare the ingredients. Crack the walnuts and pit the red dates..."
Under Wang Ying's command, the four people began to divide the work and cooperate.
At this time, in the cultural center, Zhao Yunsheng found his colleague, Qiu Zhenhua, who was drawing propaganda posters.
"Zhenhua, I'd like to ask you for help with something." Zhao Yunsheng said.
"What could possibly happen to you? You're already a top executive at work, how could you possibly have another problem?" Qiu Zhenhua said.
Zhao Yunsheng chuckled. He actually didn't like the work at the cultural center very much. He always felt that it eroded his soul and restricted his creative inspiration. So he was a real stamina member at the cultural center and could not be moved.
"It's my personal matter. My wife works in a non-staple food factory. She wants to make a new package for the Yunpian cake. I thought of you, a professional talent." Zhao Yunsheng said.
Qiu Zhenhua became interested when he heard this and asked, "What kind does she want?"
Zhao Yunsheng said: "She has high requirements. She wants something simple and with Beichong characteristics. The wrapping paper should be easy to open and not be torn. It would be best if the wrapping paper can be reused later."
"Yunpian cake is made of just two thin layers of paper, how can we make so many different shapes out of it? If we use hard paper, the cost will go up again, which is not cost-effective," said Qiu Zhenhua.
"That's why I'm looking for a professional like you!" Zhao Yunsheng said. "Think about it. I've already praised you in front of my wife and I'm sure you can do it."
Qiu Zhenhua rolled his eyes at Zhao Yunsheng and said, "I didn't ask you to brag. I'll think about it later when I have some free time."
"Okay." Zhao Yunsheng left with a smile. After walking a few steps, he ran into Song Yin, but he pretended not to see her. Song Yin wanted to say hello, but seeing that Zhao Yunsheng ignored her, her eyes darkened and she said nothing.
Seeing Zhao Yunsheng talking to Qiu Zhenhua, Song Yin also went to talk to Qiu Zhenhua: "Comrade Qiu, your propaganda poster is really well drawn."
"Not bad." Qiu Zhenhua said. Song Yin was interested in Zhao Yunsheng, and many people in the cultural center knew it. Now she suddenly started talking to Qiu Zhenhua, and Qiu Zhenhua didn't want to pay attention to her.
"What did Comrade Zhao say to you just now?" Song Yin asked.
"He said he would treat me to a meal," said Qiu Zhenhua.
Song Yin heard Qiu Zhenhua's impatient tone, so she didn't continue to pester him and turned away.
Song Yin felt wronged. She just couldn't let go of Zhao Yunsheng. What could she do? At work, he was always there, shining like a star. How could she bear to let him go? She knew she should devote herself to building the motherland, but she couldn't control her inner longing for love.
"Comrade, please tell me where is your logistics office?"
Just when Song Yin was feeling sad, a girl spoke to her.
"I'm from the non-staple food factory. This is my letter of introduction." Xu Lili took out the letter of introduction from her bag and pointed to the work ID on her chest.
Song Yin looked at Xu Lili, a nice-looking girl. Although her skin wasn't white, she had a pair of attractive eyes. She should be from the same unit as Zhao Yunsheng's wife, or even the same department.
Song Yin smiled and said, "Hello, comrade, what do you want to do with our logistics department? I'll take you there."
"Thank you, comrade." Xu Lili said with a smile, "I came here to calculate how much benefits our cultural center will distribute this year."
"It seems that there has been no statistics in previous years?" Song Yin said.
"Well, it's the new policy this year." Xu Lili didn't say much.
"Is that so? You guys are really busy, running from one company to another?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Xu Lili felt that running outside was much better than smelling the scent of peach cakes in the workshop but not being able to eat them.
Song Yin brought Xu Lili to the logistics office. The person on duty today happened to be someone Song Yin was familiar with. Song Yin winked at him, and he immediately understood. He pretended to make things difficult for Xu Lili, and then Song Yin said some good words for Xu Lili and got the job done.
After leaving the logistics office, Xu Lili said gratefully, "Thank you, comrade. What's your name?"
"You're welcome. My name is Song Yin. I see that you are young, and it's not easy for you to be sent out to do this job." Song Yin said with a friendly smile.
"Thank you, thank you." Xu Lili said, "By the way, let me treat you to a meal. Doesn't your cultural center cafeteria have a window for selling food to the public? It's almost lunchtime."
"That's my treat. Next time I go to the non-staple food factory, you can treat me again. I think we get along well, let's be friends." Song Yin said.
Xu Lili saw that Song Yin was pretty, had a sweet voice, and was kind-hearted, so of course she wanted to be friends with her. As they talked, it was time to get off work, and Song Yin took Xu Lili to the cafeteria.
When they got to the cafeteria, Xu Lili wanted to treat Song Yin, but she couldn't grab it. She had no choice but to say, "Then I'll treat you next time."
While the two were having dinner, Song Yin quickly got Xu Lili to tell him that she was in the same group as Wang Ying and was Wang Ying's subordinate, and they had a good relationship.
Zhao Yunsheng had dinner with Qiu Zhenhua today. He went to the window outside and bought a plate of braised pork for Qiu Zhenhua, hoping that he would come up with some good ideas after eating the meat.
During the meal, Qiu Zhenhua suddenly said, "Who is the girl with Song Yin? She doesn't look like she's from our cultural center."
"Who cares who she is!" Zhao Yunsheng didn't even want to look at them.
Qiu Zhenhua chuckled, "She even asked me what I told you today. This little girl is the same. There are so many people in our cultural center, but she just can't stop thinking about you, a married woman."
"That's not true, don't spread rumors." Zhao Yunsheng said.
Zhao Yunsheng and Qiu Zhenhua ate quickly. When they left the cafeteria, Zhao Yunsheng saw the girl with Song Yin. Wasn't that his Yingzi's subordinate? Why was she here, and with Song Yin? The two seemed to know each other very well.
Zhao Yunsheng took another look and confirmed that it was Wang Ying's subordinate. He kept this in mind and prepared to go back and tell Wang Ying about it.
At the food factory, Wang Ying also took his team members to eat lunch together. The three who had gone out had not returned today, so Wang Ying took Wu Haiyang and two temporary team members with him.
Tian Yulan and Yang Jianshe were reluctant at first, but Wang Ying said that their group had a rule that they must eat together, so they had no choice but to force Wang Ying to go.
When they arrived at the cafeteria, Tian Yulan took off her mask, and Wang Ying discovered a petal-shaped birthmark on her left cheek. Her skin was quite fair, and the bright red birthmark was particularly noticeable. Wang Ying didn't think the birthmark was unsightly, but Tian Yulan was clearly concerned. After removing her mask, she lowered her head even deeper into her study.
Wang Ying ignored the birthmark on Tian Yulan's face and spoke to the two temporary team members as usual, summarizing the morning's mistakes. Tian and Yang were silent at first, but under Wang Ying's encouragement, they gradually began to speak and express their thoughts.
Wang Ying's team's first batch of cloud cakes failed. She had already figured out the reasons for the failure, but she didn't share them. Instead, she let three other team members speak first. After they finished speaking, Wang Ying praised them and then offered her own summary.
After summarizing the situation, Wang Ying smiled and said, "It turns out that we still need the guidance of experienced employees. Thanks to your experience, we were able to identify the problem so quickly. We will definitely succeed this afternoon."
Tian Yulan blushed a little. She knew that Team Leader Wang said that on purpose. Although she was not talkative, she was not stupid.
After the four of them finished their meal and returned to the workshop, Tian and Yang were obviously more motivated than in the morning. They succeeded in their first pot in the afternoon.
The aroma of the red dates was so overbearing that as soon as they came out of the pot, everyone in the workshop looked towards them.
"It smells so good! Team leader, we succeeded!" Wu Haiyang said excitedly.
"Yeah, it'll definitely work. Once it's cooled, we'll slice it," Wang Ying said with a smile. Next, she'd just wait for the packaging to arrive. She hoped Zhao Yunsheng would give her good news. If that didn't work out, she'd have to do it herself.
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