Chapter 74: Wen Jia Meets Someone
There is useful information in the weekly meeting, but also a lot of useless information. This is the time to exercise your subjective initiative.
Wen Jiajia thought that the medical company's weekly meeting would be held in a large conference room, just like in a pharmaceutical factory.
Who knew it was held in a small conference room, not even as big as a school classroom.
What was going on? Wen Jiajia felt awkward and on pins and needles after entering.
For this kind of private weekly meeting, can I bring an "assistant" to take notes for me?
It's really possible. The factory director brought a secretary, and the directors of several departments brought assistants.
If Liang Mu were here, he would definitely mutter to Wen Jiajia: The factory is small, but it’s so impressive.
Soon, everyone arrived and the conference table was full.
Wen Jiajia glanced at them one by one. She had seen these leaders from a distance in the conference room before, but she was too far away to see them clearly. In addition, she had been away for a few days and had forgotten what many people looked like.
She didn't dare to look too presumptuous. After all, many leaders now come from the military, and although they have retired, they are still sharp.
The factory director was the first to speak.
Wen Jiajia had an impression of this factory manager, Shen Kang, who didn't speak as long as other leaders. I don't know if he would start talking nonsense after working in the factory for a long time.
Director Shen talked about the market's expectations for their factory and what kind of help would be provided.
"…This year, the number of employees in our hospital must exceed 300. But it is better to have a shortage than to have too many. The HR department should keep a close eye on it. Whether it is external recruitment or internal referral, it is not allowed to recruit people of questionable character to bring in people who will corrupt the atmosphere of the hospital. Especially for internal referrals, there are some things I don't need to explain so clearly, right? Don't be too greedy, or you will die."
"Then there is production. The city requires that our medical glass production by the end of the year must meet the needs of several hospitals in Linhe City, and it must be met stably. Next year, it will radiate to the entire province. It is expected that at least 70% of the hospitals in the province will use our medical glass products."
Wen Jiajia memorized a few key words and was busy with her hands, but she didn't forget to complain in her heart: No wonder they have to recruit more people. With such a large quantity, the one hundred or so people in the factory would never be able to handle it even if they died.
When it comes to production volume, Director Gao is likely to be criticized.
Sure enough, Director Shen changed the subject and stared at Director Gao and said, "Production is the top priority, and the establishment of the R&D office is the key. Director Gao, how did you gain from this business trip?"
This means that Director Gao is asked to report on his work.
Wen Jiajia had already summarized the results of this business trip. Director Gao flipped through the report and said directly: "There are a total of 16 students on this business trip, including 6 from Dongda University, 2 from Haida University... and four professors. Two of them used to work at the Haishi Chemical Plant. The other two, Professor Yan, also worked at a chemical plant in the northeast for nine years, and Professor Feng worked at a rubber machinery plant for eight years."
Wen Jiajia silently added in her heart that two of these four people are big names in the field of materials research.
Someone of Professor Yan's rank would probably be appointed chief engineer right after he arrives.
Actually, there are two more, but these two are a little special, and Wen Jiajia doesn’t know whether Director Gao will tell her or not.
Director Gao was still very stubborn and said, "It is not certain whether the other two will come. I will confirm it after the meeting and report back to you."
Shen Kang frowned slightly and nodded.
Director Gao's part was over, and Director Shen turned his attention to the purchasing department. The purchasing department needed to ensure that there were enough raw materials for the production department to produce.
Wen Jiajia saw the purchasing director's assistant yawn quietly, and was distracted when his department was called, so he quickly picked up a pen to take notes.
"...We have negotiated several channels, among which the main raw materials for glass bottles come from the eastern province. The current quantity in the warehouse can guarantee the production demand of ampoules in the factory this year."
Director Shen knocked on the table: "Where are the molded antibiotic bottles?"
"This... is still under discussion."
"Hurry up, I want to see the results in half a month. The production line that the market has allocated to us is not for us to leave in the workshop to gather dust."
"OK."
Then we shifted our focus to logistics. Don’t think that logistics is just about cooking and sweeping the floors. There are many things to do.
For example, when building a house, if you hire so many workers, you have to provide them with a place to shelter from the wind and rain, even if it is a shanty house temporarily.
So in fact, the busiest people in the factory now are logistics. They are so busy that they have no time to rest. The logistics director has lost a lot of weight in the past few days.
After a round, the factory manager finally spoke.
What did they say? They said the city would give them a sum of money to build a building, and that they would negotiate for a fleet of vehicles, which would make transportation easier, as well as production lines and some machinery and equipment.
A weekly meeting took nearly an hour.
After the meeting, Wen Jiajia followed Director Gao out of the conference room and went to the factory director's office.
Director Gao: "Just... forget it. Go back first and sort out the content of the meeting and give it to me before leaving get off work."
Wen Jiajia smiled: "Okay."
But in my heart I was complaining: I should have gone straight back home after leaving the meeting room, instead of climbing two extra flights of stairs for nothing.
She knew exactly what Director Gao was going to say, which was about the two "uncertain" researchers.
In the office.
Director Gao said to Director Shen, "These two people were introduced by Elder Yan and Dean. They are currently undergoing transformation in a farm in Heilongjiang Province."
Director Shen was about to pick up the water cup, but stopped when he heard this: "No wonder you didn't say it at the meeting."
"We can only discuss this in private." Director Gao sighed, "Mr. Yan said that if the two of them said anything about his colleagues in the past, he would vouch for them no matter... or their abilities."
"Then how did they get demoted?"
"When the Soviets came to help, the two of them were chosen as deputies."
After hearing this, Director Shen understood.
This is really not a big deal. In the 1950s, many factories had experienced aid. The bigger the factory, the more aid resources it received.
If you had contact with the Soviets, you would be demoted, and half of the people in factories across the country were vacant.
For these two people, they were probably unlucky and were regarded as the first to come out, or they were bullied. Since they spoke up, it means that their situation is not that bad. With some efforts, they may be able to be brought back.
Director Shen thought for a moment and did not agree immediately. He just said, "I will check it out and we will talk about it after I finish checking."
On the other side, Wen Jiajia returned to the office and began to organize the content of today's meeting.
Looking at my messy desk, I sighed and decided to tidy it up first.
She didn't know when the office would be repaired - yes, she just found out that she had an independent office, which was located in the middle of the corridor, next to Director Gao's office.
A room divided into two halves.
Each room is more than 10 square meters, but she and Liang Mu could not move in because of the need for partitions.
It was actually quite inconvenient to be in the same office with her team members, and she didn't dare to leave a lot of important information in the office.
Also, with her around, the others also felt uncomfortable and were as quiet as if they were in a classroom.
Wen Jiajia sighed, tidied up the desk, sat down again, and continued to organize the meeting content.
She was very familiar with this kind of task, so she sorted it out quickly. She even marked the more important content with a pen, especially the words said by the factory director.
It took me half an hour to finish writing it. When I saw Director Zhou coming back, I got up and went to her office to give it to her.
Director Zhou said, "On Wednesday morning, go to the station to pick someone up, take him to Qingshui Lane first, and then come back to report."
Wen Jiajia: "Is it Teacher Yan and the others?"
"Yes! They will be here on Wednesday, and several professors and students will be here. See if any of their family members are coming with them. If not, ask if they need help buying train tickets or transporting their luggage."
Wen Jiajia nodded: "Okay."
After saying that, he went out and took a look at her office.
The office partition has been almost completed and is now being applied with lime powder, entering the final stage.
The two rooms have the same layout and similar views, so either one will do.
Wen Jiajia actually wanted to add a cabinet to the office so that there would be space for the documents.
What she felt most deeply after working in the pharmaceutical factory for more than a year was that there was so much data and all kinds of documents had to be kept.
The desk is packed up day by day, even half of it is filled. When you need to find a certain document, you have to move the documents from the desk first, which is really troublesome.
But are there any intact cabinets in the warehouse now?
"Maybe I can ask Fat Sister." Wen Jiajia thought.
evening.
When we got home, the meal was already ready and Jiajia could smell the aroma of the marinated duck even at the door.
The two girls were sitting on the door frame, each holding a piece of duck meat and chewing on them. When they heard Jia Jia coming back, they hurriedly said how delicious the duck with sauce was and how fragrant the smoked fish was.
Wen Jiajia parked the car and washed her hands: "If it tastes good, eat more. We have to finish it today." If we leave it until tomorrow, it will be stale.
Wei Dai came out of the kitchen carrying dishes and said with a smile, "We haven't eaten much yet. We have been eating since we got home from school. We each ate three pieces of fish."
On the table there was a dish of marinated duck, a dish of smoked fish, and a plate of stir-fried sweet potato leaves.
Wei Dai brought out four more bowls of rice. Wen Jiajia sat down at her seat, picked up her chopsticks and asked, "Have you eaten?"
"No, I'll wait for you to come back and eat."
Wen Jiajia turned to look at the two girls and snorted, "You guys started eating without waiting for your aunt to come back?"
Wen Xuan chuckled: "We left the duck legs and wings for my aunt."
Wen Jiajia rolled her eyes and said, "There's food all over your mouth. Stop just eating the vegetables and come eat."
The duck with sauce tastes better after being steamed, and its slightly sweet and salty flavor goes well with rice. If Wen Jiajia is not in the mood to find fault, she can just eat it with the duck with sauce.
Wei Dai preferred eating fish, and he ate almost the entire plate of smoked fish.
After dinner and washing the dishes, Wen Jiajia asked the two girls to take a bath, while she lay on the bamboo rocking chair in the yard to rest.
Wei Dai was busy running around. After washing the dishes, he went to weed the land as he had to start planting some vegetables.
The sky turned from dark blue to black, the moonlight gradually became brighter, and the stars appeared one by one.
The evening breeze carried the scent of osmanthus. Wen Jiajia took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. She felt that her body was permeated with the fragrance of osmanthus.
At this time, everyone in the family is fighting.
Wen Jiajia said, "The Red Army will return to their hometown before the New Year. Let's make the New Year's goods early this year and ask the Red Army to help bring them back, so we don't have to go to the post office to send them."
Moreover, there are some things that the post office cannot send, such as wine, oil, etc. And some things that can be sent will go bad if they are delayed for too long.
Wei Dai was surprised: "Didn't he just join the factory?"
"Yes, but he said that if he doesn't go back, his mother will come all the way to kill him." Wen Jiajia laughed, "Who knows, Sister Hongmian might come to kill him too."
Wei Dai: "Then let's prepare the New Year's goods in advance, so that we can start earning meat coupons again from this month."
This is a sad topic. Human rights are never enough.
When can we eat meat freely?
On Wednesday, Wen Jiajia put her backpack in the office and rode her bike to pick someone up.
Professor Yan and others will arrive at 9 o'clock. Of course, this is only if there is no delay.
But it was normal for trains at this time to be late, so Wen Jiajia estimated that the train would not arrive until at least 9:30 or 10:00.
Wen Jiajia bought a fried dough stick and a steamed bun and started eating at the entrance of the train station.
She got up late today and didn't even have breakfast.
Break the steamed bun in half and put the dough sticks in between. Actually, you should put a fried dough cake in it, but there is no fried dough cake for sale here, so you can only put a fried dough cake in it, which is acceptable.
Eating steamed buns with fried dough sticks and feeling the sun gradually getting brighter and hotter, Wen Jiajia moved and hid in the shadow of the train station building.
It's 9:10 and I haven't seen anyone yet.
Wen Jiajia stuffed the last bite of steamed bun and fried dough stick into her mouth, chewed it slowly and swallowed it, feeling the fullness in her stomach. She thought it was quite nice to eat outside during working hours.
Just a bit boring.
Wen Jiajia started chatting with the staff next to her. After learning that Wen Jiajia was from the medical glass factory and was here to pick someone up, the staff member specially moved a stool for her to sit on.
The staff member's surname is Lu. She is a woman in her forties with a deep smile on her face and is very enthusiastic.
Sister Lu brought her a glass of water and said, "You must have choked on the steamed bun just now. Drink some water to help you feel better."
"..." Wen Jiajia smiled awkwardly, "I won't drink anymore, Sister Lu. I'm afraid I have to go to the toilet."
"Hey, it's not like there's no toilet in our train station."
Wen Jiajia still politely declined: "But I have to wait for someone. I'm afraid someone will come when I go to the restroom. The bus I'm waiting for is said to arrive at nine o'clock."
How could she dare to drink a stranger's water so easily outside, even though Wen Jiajia knew that Sister Lu probably had no ill intentions.
When Sister Lu heard this, she put her cup aside and said, "Yes, it's almost half past nine now."
After a moment, he asked again, "Who are you waiting for at the Medical Glass Factory?"
There is nothing to hide, so Wen Jiajia said, "Wait for some teachers and students."
Sister Lu sighed: "Tsk, tsk, they are all educated people. A factory needs educated people to run it. My daughter was delayed. Otherwise, with her intelligence, she could have gone to college."
"Bah! Lao Lu, you are so shameless when you talk big..." The staff on duty not far away laughed.
Sister Lu said, "My daughter grew up in the countryside and went to school in the commune. She went to high school and was always ranked first in her grade. How can you say that she is bragging?"
Then he said with a straight face, "I am not ashamed to work for the street office as my daughter. Unlike your son, he came to our train station to clean the toilet, but the station refused to accept him."
"You're talking nonsense!" The man obviously knew that the daughter was the enemy of the eldest sister Lu, so he stopped teasing her and snorted with gritted teeth, "My son has his own place to go. His uncle works in the railway signal factory. Unlike your niece, even if you beg at the gate of the signal factory, your niece can't get in. She should stay at home and wait to get married... Hey, they say that nieces resemble their aunts. Like aunts, like nieces. Your Lu family is really a lineage. You rely on getting married and finding jobs. This has been your fate for generations."
After saying that, she left, making Sister Lu so angry that her chest heaved. Wen Jiajia was afraid that she might faint from running out of breath.
"Sister Lu, are you okay?" Wen Jiajia quickly put the water she had poured for her next to her hand, "Please drink it quickly."
Being angry can cause harm to your body. What that person said was really hurtful. Even Wen Jiajia felt that he was extremely immoral.
But she was just a passer-by and didn't want to get involved at all, otherwise she would get herself into trouble.
Sister Lu forced a smile and said, "I'll make you laugh."
Wen Jiajia's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
Sister Lu took a sip of water and paused for half a minute before letting out the anger in her chest. She said, "I'm from the countryside. It's not easy for us country people to find a job in the city, even a temporary job is very difficult. Just like your medical glass factory, my niece was so happy when she heard that your factory was recruiting that she laughed out loud in the middle of the night. In the end, she was not selected because of the household registration problem. She cried so much that her voice was hoarse for three days."
Wen Jiajia frowned. Are there any restrictions on household registration in the factory?
Really! There were some in the first batch of recruits. She almost forgot that the army was not an agricultural household registration system, so the children in the army could enter smoothly as long as they passed the exam.
Those with rural household registration cannot even take the exam.
But the later batch did not have this. Most of the later batches recruited were temporary workers, and the number of people recruited was not small.
Wen Jiajia thought so and said so.
Sister Lu smiled bitterly and said, "When I heard about this, they were not hiring anymore. It was also my niece's bad luck. She happened to be back in the countryside during those days, and my mother-in-law was sick, so I didn't help her pay attention to this matter."
Wen Jiajia could only comfort him, "Don't worry, we will hire more people in the future."
Sister Lu shook her head and said, "My brother and his wife are short-sighted. Someone in the village has offered a high price for the bride price and is waiting to marry my niece off."
Even if she helps to delay it, how long can it last? Who knows when the medical glass factory will recruit again?
I heard that the recruitment process was not so strict now, so someone from her street got in through connections. But she was not the head of her family, so even if she had those connections, her husband would not use them on her niece.
Wen Jiajia was speechless and didn't know what to say.
He was silent for a moment, looked at the dazzling sunlight outside the station, and then looked at the watch on his hand.
When the minute hit "7", he suddenly asked, "If you need money to buy work, will your niece buy it?"
"That's right. Of course you buy it! If you want to work now, you have to take an exam or buy it. Those who don't need to take an exam or buy it are all lucky people." Sister Lu said.
She pursed her lips, looked around and whispered, "I'm not hiding it from you either. If you have a spot, I can, I can pay 400."
Her family can still come up with 400 yuan. At worst, she can ask her niece to pay back 450 yuan. Her husband and parents-in-law will probably agree.
Wen Jiajia: “…”
Four hundred, that's quite a lot.
But she didn't know Sister Lu's niece, and she only met Sister Lu by chance, so she didn't dare to agree easily. She had to get to know her better.
Sister Lu did not dare to urge her, thinking that Wen Jiajia still needed to learn more about the market. She just said, "If you have anything to sell, just come find me here."
Wen Jiajia nodded.
Professor Yan and his group finally arrived at a little after 10 o'clock, all carrying large and small bags. Fortunately, the bus was right at the door.
"Teacher Yan, Teacher Feng!" Wen Jiajia walked over with a smile on her face to greet them, and then called everyone one by one.
"Comrade Xiao Wen."
Wen Jiajia: "It's me. How about I take you home to put your luggage first?"
"Okay, okay! You need to rest your legs."
A group of people got on the bus, carrying a lot of luggage, and the bus was almost half full.
Wen Jiajia smiled and said to the group, "Let's go to Qingshui Lane. Qingshui Lane is only a few minutes away from the Medical Glass Factory. If someone with a loud voice shouts at the back door of the Medical Glass Factory, they can be heard in Qingshui Lane."
A student was excited: "It's so close? Then I don't need to take the bus to go to work in the morning."
"Yes! Not even a bicycle."
A dozen students chattered, looked out the window excitedly, and occasionally sighed.
Of course, I am not admiring the high-rise buildings in Linhe City. The buildings in Linhe City cannot be compared with those in Haishi.
But Linhe City is really not bad. The streets are wide and there are many people on the road. Although there are low houses after entering the main urban area, it can be seen that the housing planning is not bad.
Occasionally, you can also see a few gardens, which are very beautiful with their white walls and black tiles.
A kind of graceful beauty that is completely different from the mirage.
Passing through the main urban area, we arrived at the area where various factories such as medical glass factories and pharmaceutical factories were located.
This place is even closer to a sea city, with tall buildings everywhere. Wen Jiajia would introduce each factory she passed by until she arrived at Yi Glass.
The large building of the hospital was really eye-catching after the renovation, and she even heard some students exclaim "wow".
The gate of the hospital is also very majestic, specially built to match the ocean-like building, and it is still very intimidating just from the gate.
Next we passed by a school, which was a factory primary school where children of nearby workers went to school. There was also a group of middle schools next to it, just across the street, so it was very close.
They got off at this stop, walked along the road, crossed an intersection and turned a corner, and passed through two alleys to reach Qingshui Lane allocated to the medical glass factory.
There is a ginkgo tree at the entrance of Qingshui Lane. It is said that the tree is several hundred meters old. It was not cut down during the steel smelting period.
The tree's crown is so large that it almost covers the entire alley. The leaves are beginning to turn yellow. Wen Jiajia pointed at the tree and said, "When autumn comes, this tree will be very beautiful."
Teacher Feng looked up and said with great anticipation: "I will find some fallen leaves to use as bookmarks then."
The houses in Qingshui Lane all have courtyards, blue bricks and black tiles. There is a clear river at the end of the lane, so it was named Qingshui Lane.
Wen Jiajia pointed to the bridge across the river at the end and said, "On the other side of the bridge are mostly people from the pharmaceutical factory. There is also a small garden. The garden is not locked, and many people go there for a walk in the evening."
She sighed in her heart, regretting that she had never been there.
Teacher Yan sighed: "It's great. I think living here is better than living in a building."
Wen Jiajia smiled and said, "Right! Teacher Yan, your family of seven is allocated a whole courtyard." It would be so comfortable to live by yourself with the door closed.
When they were still in Haishi and had not returned to Linhe, Director Gao called the factory and asked them to prepare accommodation for them as soon as possible.
This Qingshui Lane was originally the site of a chemical factory. It is said that Director Shen went to the Municipal Industrial Bureau, then to the Housing Management Office, and finally had a fight with the director of the chemical factory before he was able to take possession of Qingshui Lane.
Not only that, he even went to the pharmaceutical factory to borrow a repairman and renovated the house completely.
Wen Jiajia came to take a look before getting off work yesterday, and immediately felt her heart sourer than a lemon. She thought to herself that if she had the chance, she would also like to get a house like this to live in.
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