Captain Huang: "I'll go and ask about this."
Currently, what Captain Huang wants to do most is to get rid of the "Twin Stars" status. As long as the team gets electricity, they will be the first in Dongyuan Commune, and even if Xiafen Brigade raises a few more pigs, they still can't catch up with them.
Imagining them getting electricity and the other brigades looking up at the Shangfen Brigade, Brigade Leader Huang felt that he couldn't waste any time and had to speed up his pace.
There are still more than two months until the Chinese New Year. If he can get the power lines, the Shangfen Brigade might be able to use electricity this year.
With this in mind, Captain Huang rushed off to the commune.
When Director Liu heard Captain Huang's request, he looked at him suspiciously: "If that educated youth Gao really has such ability, why would he go to your place?"
Captain Huang said, “They are college students with high awareness. They actively respond to the country’s call to support rural development. Our Shangfen Brigade is in the countryside. Why can’t they come here? You mustn’t try to take advantage of Gao, the educated youth.”
Where there's no shortage of talent like Gao Shujing? Even at the provincial level, he'd be highly sought after by major factories.
Captain Huang, who managed the brigade, knew more about the outside situation than the people in the brigade. He was worried that Director Liu would take a fancy to Gao Shujing and transfer him away, which would make him devastated. That's why he thought of blocking Director Liu's way in advance.
President Liu: "I was just asking, why are you getting so worked up? Besides, if he's really that good, wouldn't it be a waste of talent to keep him in your brigade?"
Captain Huang said, “I would never do anything to waste talent. Every time a young educated youth comes, I ask them if they have any special skills. If they do, I will arrange for them to do what they are good at. If they don’t, then I will arrange for them to farm.”
“When the educated youth came to our brigade, I tested him on our tractor after I learned that he knew how to use machinery. After he was repaired, I immediately set up a repair shop in the brigade and made him the head of the repair shop.”
"You know that I'm wasting talent by searching all over the world for abandoned bicycles, radios, sewing machines and other such things to repair for him and generate income for the brigade."
Captain Huang had reported the establishment of the repair shop in Shangfen Brigade to Director Liu. Only when it was registered with the commune could it be considered a legitimate public unit.
Director Liu: "He's been here for three or four months. How many things has he repaired? How much revenue has he generated for the brigade?"
Captain Huang: "In addition to the tractors and water pumps used by our brigade, we also repaired several bicycles and radios, generating more than 400 yuan in revenue. Today, we also delivered a repaired sewing machine."
"The problem is that we have a limited amount of scrap material. After repairing the better parts, what's left are the most difficult parts to repair."
"Chief, could you please make a call to the other communes? If they have any of these things, they can send them to us, and we'll trade with them."
Director Liu smiled and nodded at him: "You're quite something, trying to get your hands on me. It's a good thing to generate revenue for the brigade. Okay, I'll ask around for you."
His subordinates were actively seeking ways to improve their lives, and as their leader, he had no reason not to support them. Only when each brigade performed well could he, as the head of the brigade, achieve results and be promoted.
Supporting the brigade is supporting himself; it's just a matter of making a phone call. For the sake of the commune's development, one has to be thick-skinned.
Captain Huang: "Thank you, Chief. As for the power lines, I'd also appreciate it if you could help me contact the power supply station. I'll go there with Gao Zhiqing. Don't worry, we'll exchange them with the brigade's own things; we won't take advantage of them."
President Liu: "It's easier to talk about things like discarded bicycles. They're just scraps anyway, so even if we don't manage to salvage them, we won't suffer any losses."
“Electric wires are different; they are a scarce resource in the country, and there is a shortage everywhere. The power supply department has its own tasks, so if I call them, it probably won't do any good.”
Captain Huang: "Whether it's useful or not, we'll only know after we've fought it. When the Chinese Communist Party was founded, who dared to guarantee that it would definitely be able to establish a new China? It's not like we've gotten to where we are today by taking it one step at a time."
“I think what Gao Zhiqing said makes a lot of sense. Some things, even if you try them, may not have a result, but if you don’t try, you will never have a result. Boss, let’s give it a try.”
President Liu smiled good-naturedly and said, "You're quite the talker. As the president, I'll listen to you and work for you, okay?"
As President Liu had predicted, they refused to provide the wires.
After hanging up the phone, President Liu said, "Did you hear that? I told you that electrical wires are in short supply everywhere, and they're not so easy to get. Now you've given up hope, haven't you?"
Captain Huang returned to the brigade unwillingly. After much thought, he couldn't come up with a solution, so he went to Gao Shujing and told him about the outcome.
Yu Rujia, who had overheard the conversation, interjected, "If it doesn't work with the president, let's try going to the power supply station ourselves."
"Electricity costs money, and not all team members are willing to use it. We don't need as much power as we thought. We'll find the power supply station and see how much they can distribute, and then we'll use that amount first."
Captain Huang: "The power supply station doesn't even give face to the head of the community, so how can they expect to give face to us?"
Gao Shujing: "Supplies are tight in the city. We'll take our team's supplies to them. Maybe they'll waver when they see the supplies. If that doesn't work, we'll bring the supplies back."
Yu Rujia: "That makes sense. It's difficult for us in the countryside to eat meat, and the people in the city aren't much better off. Meeting someone adds three points to the bond, and seeing meat adds another three points. You've already won six out of ten points, so your chances of success are very high."
And let me tell you, it's much more convenient to eat meat in the countryside than in the city. In the city, you can only get meat by using meat coupons or the black market. In the countryside, you can get meat by going into the water or going up the mountain. Of course, you have to be good at it. If you're not good at it, you might end up as prey for the prey in the mountains.
Captain Huang thought it made sense. Few people could resist the temptation of meat. He thought that the late rice harvest was almost over, and after delivering the grain in a few days, he would organize a hunting trip up the mountain. Whether it would be useful or not, he would try his luck first.
Captain Huang: "After we finish delivering the grain, we'll go up the mountain and give it a try."
Captain Huang was a diligent man. Under his management, there were few lazy people in the brigade, and the late rice harvest was plentiful.
The day before the task was to be handed over, Captain Huang told Gao Shujing that he would be a tractor driver for a day on the day the grain was delivered.
The brigade has one tractor driver who makes many trips back and forth on the day of grain delivery. There are many people on the road, so for safety reasons, Gao Shujing, who can drive a tractor, is available as a backup. The brigade does not need to rely on just one tractor driver all the time.
The grain delivery period was only two days. If you were at the back of the line, you wouldn't be back until midnight by the time you finished delivering the grain.
In order to complete the mission as soon as possible, the team leaders were trying their best to get their teams at the front of the line.
The same applies to the Shangfen Brigade. In order to get to the queue early, Gao Shujing got up and left home in the middle of the night.
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