Chapter 89: The Future "Yingzi is already the deputy director, and you are still a little...
"Deputy Director!"
As soon as Wang Ying said this, everyone except Tian Yulan gathered around and looked at Wang Ying in surprise.
Zhou Qianjin hurriedly said, "Why don't you congratulate the deputy director?" After that, he led the applause.
"Yes, congratulations to the deputy director!" Several people also applauded.
Wang Ying smiled and said, "Thank you, everyone! This wouldn't be possible without your support." The factory hadn't announced any rewards for the employees in Workshop 4 yet, and since it was only her first day at the company, it wouldn't be appropriate to bring it up right away. So, she held off on discussing it for now, only hinting, "I see everyone's hard work and efforts, and I remember them."
"This is what we should do. The train runs fast thanks to the locomotive. It's all thanks to the team leader!" said Zhou Qianjin.
Wang Ying smiled and said, "It's impossible for me to spoil half a ton of goods in just a few days."
The team members all laughed, and Zhou Qianjin asked again: "What about our R&D team?"
"Yes, yes, we are not from the fourth workshop, team leader, no, not deputy director either, right?" Wu Haiyang followed.
"The team is still there, and I am still the team leader. We are still a team independent of the workshop," said Wang Ying.
"I understand." Zhou Qianjin nodded.
"Then you guys continue. If you have any questions, come to my office." Wang Ying said.
Several people watched Wang Ying leave. Another worker in the workshop came over and asked, "Is the team leader now the deputy director?"
"Yes." Zhou Qianjin said.
"Wow, that's impressive! He's only been at the factory for a short time, and he's already deputy director! And he's still young, only about 21!"
Zhou Qianjin didn't respond and started doing his own thing. Wang Ying and the other team members each had their own thoughts and didn't stop working.
Zhou Qianjin thought to himself: He and Wang Ying had joined the factory together, and in just a few months, she had become deputy director, while he was still a junior employee, not much different from a workshop operator. He had originally thought that Wang Ying's promotion to deputy director of Workshop 4 would open up the position of R&D team leader, and he might be able to compete for it. He hadn't expected her to also serve as R&D team leader.
Zhou Qianjin was genuinely happy for Wang Ying, but at the same time, he felt uncertain about his own future. Wang Ying said she saw their hard work and remembered it, but how much outstanding work had he done since joining the factory that she had seen? She wasn't directly involved in the improvement of the peach cakes, so was it because they hadn't had a chance...
The rest of the people more or less had similar thoughts to Zhou Qianjin.
During their free time, Xu Lili and Tian Yulan said, "We started working at the same factory together, but the gap between me and our team leader is getting bigger and bigger. How come he's running so fast even though we started from the same starting line?"
Tian Yulan said, "You only appear to be on the same starting line. But she knows more, can direct production, and guide employees. Others can copy her proposal framework and get the factory to produce new products for her. Can we do that? Our individual qualities are so different that there's no point in running together."
Xu Lili looked at Tian Yulan and said, "Sister Yulan, this is the longest speech I've ever heard you make... When we first arrived, you didn't say a word."
"This is also thanks to the team leader. She... taught me a lot, and I have changed too." Tian Yulan said with a smile.
Xu Lili sighed. She seemed to have the most contact with her team leader and felt like she was learning a lot, keeping work diaries and production notes, but was it really useful? She couldn't seem to come up with any proposals. She felt like she was just lucky to have been selected for the job, and her performance since joining was mediocre, so she could only follow orders and do what she was told...
Wang Ying's promotion had a profound impact on her team members. She was aware of this, and while they were reflecting on themselves, she was also recording her observations in her notebook. She kept a close eye on their daily work logs and their performance.
When Wang Ying returned to the office, she saw that Xiang Huaimin had already put all the folders back on her desk, and there was only a piece of paper and a pen in front of him.
Wang Ying thought, could he be like her son Zhao Yunsheng, who is a workshop director on the surface but actually wants to be a writer, so he said he doesn't want to do anything when he first arrived, and actually he just wants to write quietly?
Wang Ying spent the whole morning quietly sorting out reports. During this time, the mixer in the workshop got stuck and the employees came to the office to look for them. Xiang Huaimin didn't even raise his head. It was Wang Ying who asked someone to repair it.
When it was lunch time, Wang Ying stood up and stretched her shoulders and neck. She turned her neck and saw that the paper in front of Xiang Huaimin was not filled with words, but with numbers, symbols and graphics.
"Director, are you trying to solve a math problem?" Wang Ying asked. She remembered that studying math had been very popular for a few years, perhaps because a mathematician had solved an internationally difficult mathematical problem.
"Yeah." Xiang Huaimin nodded.
Wang Yingxin thought, no wonder she looks like a math teacher, she is really good at judging people.
"Are you studying some international problems?" Wang Ying asked cautiously.
"You won't understand even if I tell you," said Xiang Huaimin.
Wang Ying really didn't understand... She didn't ask any more questions, but just said, "It's lunch time, do you want to go to the cafeteria together?"
"You go first," Xiang Huaimin said, "wait until I finish this step."
"Do you know where the cafeteria is? Or I can wait for you." Wang Ying felt that it was only Director Xiang's first day, so it would be better to take good care of him.
Xiang Huaimin looked up at Wang Ying and said, "Forget it, let's go eat first."
Wang Ying brought Xiang Huaimin to the cafeteria. It was Xiang Huaimin's first time there. He looked at the dishes in the window and said with satisfaction, "The food is good, better than the one at the enamel factory!"
"After all, we are a non-staple food factory. The stews and sauces in the cafeteria are all good, and the sauces in our factory are delicious." Wang Ying said.
"Well, let me try it." Xiang Huaimin said.
After they finished their meal, Wang Ying asked Xiang Huaimin, "Director, do you want to go with me to eat with our team members?"
Seeing Xiang Huaimin remained silent, Wang Ying added, "We're usually together, and you haven't even greeted the staff yet."
"Then let's go together." Xiang Huaimin said.
The two walked towards Zhou Qianjin, Xu Lili and others.
"Here they come! The team leader has brought the director here!" Luo Wenshu said in a low voice.
"I told you that the team leader would eat with us," said Xu Lili.
"It's the deputy director!" Zhou Qianjin reminded them.
Wang Ying and Xiang Huaimin were walking together when she suddenly said, "Director, if we have any calculation problems, can we come to you?"
"What kind of calculation problems can you encounter? How many kilograms of flour should be put into how many kilograms of water and oil? Do you still need me?" Xiang Huaimin said.
"What if we need a more precise algorithm? I once heard that the origin of the world is mathematics. There must be many places where mathematics can be used!" said Wang Ying.
"'Number is the origin of all things,' Pythagoras said. You've actually heard of this." Xiang Huaimin was impressed by Wang Ying. "Well, if you have any questions, you can ask me."
"Okay." Wang Ying said with a smile.
The two walked to the seats reserved for them by the team members, and Wang Ying introduced them: "This is our workshop director, Director Xiang. When you encounter problems such as unclear calculation of ingredients or difficulty in obtaining an accurate formula when refining the formula, you can consult Director Xiang."
"Hello, Director Xiang!" Several people greeted Xiang Huaimin.
Xiang Huaimin glanced at Wang Ying. This guy really knows how to take advantage of others! But in front of the team members, the new director Xiang still agreed.
"Thank you, Director Xiang. How was your morning? I waited in the office for a long time, but no samples were delivered." As usual, Wang Ying talked to them about production problems while eating.
Xu Lili was discouraged. "Don't mention it. The one I tried this morning was really hard! I was afraid it might hurt the team leader, oh no, the director and deputy director's teeth, so I didn't send it to you."
"It's been roasting for too long." Wang Ying said.
"Well... I think if I bake it a little longer it won't break easily..." said Xu Lili.
"The furnace I made breaks if touched..." Luo Wenshu continued
Wang Ying laughed: "Are you guys being too radical? Changing the formula so much at once?"
Luo Wenshu pushed his glasses up. "Yes, that's a bit radical... but that Lu Zhongming is pretty radical too."
"They say a slight error can lead to a huge mistake. If you radically change the formula, that will definitely be a huge mistake," Wang Ying said. "You'd better take it easy. Although we now have a director who can help us apply for more raw materials, we can't be so wasteful. The country's resources are precious."
Xiang Huaimin paused, his hand on the spoon pausing. Were Wang Ying and Gu Xuan talking about the same person? Why did he feel like this was a complete swindler, skilled at deceiving others?
Wang Ying winked at the team members as he spoke. Zhou Qianjin understood and said quickly, "Director, we will definitely try it carefully. Please ask for more raw materials for us when the time comes. We will definitely test out the most perfect formula!"
Xiang Huaimin felt like Wang Ying was putting him in a bad mood, so he just said "OK." He thought to himself, "I should have known not to have dinner with Wang Ying earlier!"
After lunch, the group returned to the workshop. Wang Ying and Xiang Huaimin returned to the office. New work badges had arrived, and she put them on, discarding the old ones in a drawer. In less than six months, she had been promoted to deputy director, and she was already quite satisfied.
In the afternoon, Wang Ying went to the workshop to check inventory, went to the warehouse to replenish missing ingredients, resolved a minor friction between employees, inquired about the R&D team's experimental progress, went to the logistics department to get office supplies and teacups from Director Xiang, and also asked them to restock the workshop with masks, shoe covers, and other items. He then went to submit a production report to Director Zhao...
Their workshop director, Xiang Huaimin, sat at his desk and spent the entire afternoon solving difficult international math problems. Then, before leaving get off work, he tore up the paper on which he had written all the calculations for the day and threw it into the trash can.
Wang Ying looked at the papers in the trash can and felt like laughing. Director Xiang’s whole day was wasted!
The working hours have been adjusted, and Wang Ying and his colleagues now get off work at six o'clock.
As soon as six o'clock arrived, Director Xiang immediately stood up, drank the tea in the teacup, said, "Time to get off work," and left in a leisurely manner without asking a single question about production.
Wang Ying felt that having a boss like this wasn't a bad thing...
Wang Ying was not as punctual as Director Xiang. It was already past six when she finished her work and left work.
The workers in the workshop generally don't leave until this time. As usual, Wang Ying leaves work with Xu Lili and the others.
Xu Lili whispered, "Deputy Director, it seems the Director hasn't appeared in the workshop all afternoon?"
"Well, he has other things to do." Wang Ying said.
"I guess he's in the office looking at reports or something. He just came here. There must be a lot of things to look at," said Xu Lili.
Wang Ying nodded, but did not say what Director Xiang was doing in the office. Anyway, after a long time, they would definitely know what kind of person their director was.
"Tsk tsk, he's here regardless of weather conditions! He's here to pick me up again!" Xu Lili saw Zhao Yunsheng at the factory gate.
Wang Ying joked, "This is a husband's duty, and he should do it."
Xu Lili gave her a thumbs up and said, "I want to learn from the deputy director and find a husband who strictly fulfills his duties as a husband."
Arriving at the factory gate, Xu Lili and the others said goodbye to Wang Ying. The repeated "Goodbye, Deputy Director" made Zhao Yunsheng, who was waiting nearby, raise an eyebrow. Their Yingzi was now Deputy Director? How could she be Deputy Director? Wasn't she the Director?
"Let's go." Wang Ying said to Zhao Yunsheng.
Zhao Yunsheng looked at Wang Ying's work badge and saw that she was indeed the deputy director. He smiled, got in his car, and drove away with Wang Ying.
As soon as he got home, Zhao Yunsheng shouted in the yard, "Mom, come out and greet your deputy director's daughter-in-law."
Wang Ying raised his hand and patted Zhao Yunsheng: "Stop shouting! The neighbors will hear you! How embarrassing!"
Chen Xiuqin was cooking dinner in the kitchen and came out with a spatula.
"Yingzi is the deputy director, why isn't she the director?" said Chen Xiuqin.
"That's right, that's what I wanted to say too." Zhao Yunsheng and his mother had the same idea.
Wang Ying said, "A director was parachuted in from above."
"He was airdropped, why didn't your dad tell me about it?" Chen Xiuqin asked, "Which unit did he belong to?"
"Dad doesn't know either. He used to work in an enamel factory." Wang Ying walked into the main room and put down her bag. Chen Xiuqin followed her into the main room with a spatula and talked to Wang Ying.
"So what's this director like?"
Wang Ying smiled and said, "It's good."
"Is it true? How old is he?" Chen Xiuqin was still worried. What if someone like Director Fang came again?
"Under 40, probably." Wang Ying said, "That's pretty good... Mom, the pot seems to be burnt."
"Oh my! My tofu!" Chen Xiuqin turned around and ran to the kitchen.
Wang Ying's family ate half-burnt tofu in the evening.
Chen Xiuqin was still worried about Wang Ying's leadership, and she also ridiculed Director Zhao, saying, "Old Zhao, you've been wasting your time at the non-staple food factory. You didn't even know Yingzi was going to parachute in and take over!"
Director Zhao's face darkened. He had been feeling uneasy all day because of this matter, and now he had to listen to his wife talking about this when he got home.
"Didn't you say we're not allowed to talk about work while eating?" Director Zhao said unhappily.
"This time is different!" Chen Xiuqin said, "Is it being kept secret from you, or are your factory leaders unaware of it?"
Director Zhao's face turned even darker. This matter was indeed kept secret from only him. Qian Tongsheng and Zheng Liancheng both knew about it in advance.
"It's probably because of the special relationship between my father and me," said Wang Ying.
Seeing Director Zhao's face darken, Chen Xiuqin said with a smile, "Okay, okay, don't be angry. My daughter-in-law got a promotion, which is great news, hehe."
Director Zhao rolled his eyes at her and said, "This Xiang Huaimin is no ordinary person."
"Why is it not simple?" Zhao Yunsheng asked.
"He graduated from Qinghua University and made great contributions at the enamel factory," said Director Zhao.
Wang Ying was in awe of him. "No wonder you want to study mathematics! Our Director Xiang spent the whole day solving math problems today."
Director Zhao said, "Old Qian said he wasn't originally going to be transferred here, but for some reason he was temporarily replaced. It's a good thing for Yingzi that he's the director."
Wang Ying nodded. "Indeed, he said as soon as he arrived that he would not be in charge of anything else except holding meetings and conveying the spirit of the meetings. Everything else was left to me."
"That's pretty good. I'm just afraid that someone will come and try to be more competitive and start a new fire," said Chen Xiuqin.
Wang Ying smiled and said, "He never set a fire. He only went to the workshop once today, and I took him there. He really doesn't care about anything."
"Yingzi doesn't have enough qualifications now, and it's already an exception for her to be the deputy director. It's just right for Yingzi to be assigned a director like this one," said Director Zhao.
The whole family nodded in agreement. After Chen Xiuqin ridiculed her husband, she began to ridicule her son: "Look at you! Yingzi is already the deputy director, and you're still just a clerk!"
Zhao Yunsheng didn't mind at all: "I'm fine being a clerk, as long as Yingzi doesn't despise me."
Wang Ying said, "I don't mind."
Chen Xiuqin rolled her eyes at Zhao Yunsheng and said to Yingzi, "Don't spoil him. Give him a little ear. No matter what, he can't just muddle through like this."
"Okay." Wang Ying agreed, not taking it too seriously. Everyone has their own aspirations. Zhao Yunsheng didn't like the work at the cultural center to begin with, so forcing him to improve was pointless. Perhaps he could force him to write a few more novels...
After the family had dinner, Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng were washing dishes in the kitchen. Chen Xiuqin sent Zhao Yunsheng away and came over to talk to Wang Ying.
"Yingzi, don't think I'm nosy," Chen Xiuqin said. "You still have to pay attention to Yunsheng's affairs. It's useless for us to talk about him. You have to speak up."
Wang Ying said as she washed the dishes, "Mom, I really don't mind. He's doing fine this way."
Chen Xiuqin sighed, "That's because you just got married, and Yunsheng knows how to coax people. But as time goes by, and you become more and more successful, there's no guarantee that he'll still want to think this way and coax you like this. It's not just him, it's you too. As time goes by, if the gap between you grows, there's no guarantee that you won't always despise him for his lack of success, isn't that the truth?"
Wang Ying stopped and nodded.
Chen Xiuqin said, "You're very good. Your father said you have a bright future. But Yunsheng has never been very motivated. Mom thinks you should put some pressure on him. This is for the sake of your future. He will listen."
"Okay, I'll talk to him tonight," said Wang Ying.
Chen Xiuqin smiled and said, "Of course Mom hopes that you will love each other for the rest of your lives, but when two people are together for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be some rifts. Some things that can be tolerated for the sake of love may not always be tolerated."
"You are right." Wang Ying nodded.
After Chen Xiuqin finished her conversation with Wang Ying, she went back to her room. Zhao Yunsheng immediately returned to the kitchen, took over the work Wang Ying was doing, and asked her, "What did Mom say to you? Why did she deliberately send me away?"
Wang Ying repeated Chen Xiuqin's words to Zhao Yunsheng. Zhao Yunsheng put away his playful smile and washed the dishes silently without saying a word.
It wasn't until they returned upstairs, washed up, and lay down that Zhao Yunsheng hugged Wang Ying and said, "Yingzi, even if I want to make progress and pursue something, my pursuit is not in the cultural center. Can you understand me?"
Wang Ying said softly, "Yes."
"But my ideal is so far away," Zhao Yunsheng sighed. "So far away that I can never achieve it in this lifetime. I may never publish a single work in my lifetime... I'm really a little scared of Yingzi."
"No, it will definitely be published," Wang Ying said. "I believe you."
"You can't trust me blindly and have expectations of me. I might really achieve nothing in my life," said Zhao Yunsheng.
Wang Ying said, "What about you? Are you prepared to achieve nothing in your life?"
Zhao Yunsheng smiled and said, "No, I haven't. My passion for writing hasn't dried up yet. I still have dreams for the future, and my literary heart is still alive."
Wang Ying looked up at Zhao Yunsheng and said, "Then continue on this path! This is the path we've chosen today. No matter what happens in the future, we'll face it together."
Zhao Yunsheng gazed deeply at Wang Ying and nodded emphatically. He hugged Wang Ying again and murmured, "With a wife like you, what else could a husband ask for?"
Wang Ying smiled: "No, you ask for a lot. For the sake of my wife, you have to ask for it too."
Zhao Yunsheng laughed: "Yingzi, you really..."
"What's the real deal? It's a killjoy?" Wang Ying also laughed, completely ruining the corny atmosphere that Zhao Yunsheng had just created.
"No, it's fine." Zhao Yunsheng wanted to laugh for some reason, and his whole body was shaking with laughter. He lowered his head to kiss Wang Ying again.
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