Chapter 57 Study Session
Factory Director Guan was naturally unwilling, but in front of so many factory directors, he couldn't continue to shirk responsibility. He could only bite the bullet and say, "Although it was Director Li's fault, I can't say that I was completely without fault. It's my fault for misjudging people. Since Director Li has already taken responsibility for his actions, I can't just leave empty-handed. It's just compensation, I'm willing to take responsibility."
In his eyes, Director Nan was nothing but a troublemaker who loved to stir up trouble.
Just then, the deputy director walked in from outside the conference room and said with a smile, "I'm relieved to see you shake hands and make peace. I was really worried that this little thing would cause you to become enemies. This is the right thing to do. Let's work together to make the chemical industry in Beijing better and better."
Factory Director Guan chimed in, "Factory Director Qian isn't the petty type. He knows this matter has little to do with me and won't implicate innocent people."
Factory Director Qian gave a fake smile. "As long as the deputy director is willing to give me compensation, there's nothing I can't forgive."
Factory Director Guan smiled and said, "I'm not such a stingy person. If I say I'll give compensation, I will. What happened this time has made me feel ashamed of everyone. I won't participate in this labor production competition. I really don't have the face to participate."
Factory Director Nan raised an eyebrow and jokingly said with a smile, "After something like this, it's unfair for you to continue participating. Besides, even if the factory workshops you manage wanted to participate, they couldn't, since they've been shut down for several days."
"You're right, I really made a mistake this time..." Director Guan tried his best to insist that this was the first time, not wanting anyone to doubt the factory's past achievements.
Unfortunately, it's not that he can't think about it, but others can't. Although the other factory directors didn't say it, they couldn't help but suspect that Guangyuan Chemical Plant's past performance was problematic. No wonder the people at Guangyuan Chemical Plant always won first place in labor production competitions.
Factory Director Guan had a bitter pill to swallow. He hadn't cheated in the previous labor production competitions. After all, there wasn't a single person who could fight, so he could win easily without any tricks.
Because of Director Li's incident, all the workers in the workshop were suspended from work for investigation. The matter between Director Li and Wen Yun was not investigated by the officials of the Chemical Industry Bureau, firstly because Director Li protected Wen Yun, and secondly because the officials of the Chemical Industry Bureau did not investigate in that direction, but focused on corruption and data falsification.
After the workshop resumed production, Wen Yun returned to the familiar place once again. In just a few days, the place remained the same, but the people were completely different. The workshop also welcomed a new workshop director, Wang Xiaoming.
Looking at the personnel changes on the notice board, Wen Yun had to admit that Wang Xiaoming was much more ruthless than her. The fates of Director Li's confidants were not good. All the comrades who participated in Director Li's embezzlement were sent to labor reform farms. Those who did not participate in the embezzlement were either transferred from their posts or demoted.
As long as Wang Xiaoming is in this workshop, they will never be given important responsibilities, and she has become one of the inconspicuous team leaders.
She turned to look at Wang Xiaoming, who gave her a friendly, cooperative smile.
Wen Yun withdrew her gaze and returned to her work station. Her former colleagues, who used to look down on her, smiled ingratiatingly at her and surrounded her, praising, "Comrade Wen Yun, you're really amazing. You actually managed to become a team leader. We're such good friends, so please take good care of me in the future."
“I’ve always thought you’re very capable at work, and it was only a matter of time before you became a team leader.”
"You've really made us women proud. With your leadership, our group will definitely get better and better."
Wen Yun revealed a playful smile. These people hadn't said such things to her before. They used to say that she dressed up all day long and that she was obviously not a respectable person. They all banded together to isolate her. It turns out they can say nice things too!
She didn't get complacent because of everyone's praise, but smiled and said, "Let's finish today's work first! We can talk about these things in private."
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly returned to their posts and began their day's work.
In the afternoon, Wang Xiaoming held an impromptu meeting, which Wen Yun also attended. She sat in the meeting room chair, her eyes filled with wonder. She had always thought that she would work in the workshop until she died, but she never expected that she would be able to sit in the meeting room chair and attend a meeting with leaders of all ranks.
Because of Director Li's sudden departure, Wang Xiaoming has a lot to do. Fortunately, the factory is no longer participating in labor production competitions, so he can slowly sort out the affairs of the workshop.
After assigning tasks to each team leader and emphasizing the precautions they should take during their work, it was time to leave. Wang Xiaoming didn't keep the team leaders any longer and told them to leave first.
Wen Yun wrote down the tasks Wang Xiaoming assigned her in her notebook, and then went home with a smile on her face.
When she got home, she was no longer met with cold words from her in-laws, but with kindness and warmth. Her in-laws learned about her promotion and congratulated her gently.
"I never expected that Ayun would be the first person in our family to be promoted. Ayun is much more capable than Shitou. Shitou has been working for so many years and is still just a lowly factory security guard," Grandma Wen exclaimed.
Grandpa Wen nodded and said with a smile, "Work hard, dedicate yourselves to the factory, and the factory will not let down any worker who works diligently."
When the neighbors heard the good news, they came to congratulate Wen Yun, praising her for being successful and becoming a leader, saying that Grandma Wen had met a good daughter-in-law.
Looking at this familiar scene, Wen Yun smiled with sudden realization. It turned out that Director Li was right after all. She really didn't understand Director Li's ambition back then. Once she was tainted by the poison of power, how could she easily give it up?
She understands now, but the price is Director Li's happiness. Director Li would probably be happy to know this, since she now understands what Director Li is thinking.
No wonder Comrade Lin Yuanshu wanted her to use Director Li's weakness to get a promotion, rather than to get money or make Wang Xiaoming owe her a favor.
This is what can truly change her life. No wonder those men would do anything to climb up the ladder. Power, it really is a wonderful thing.
If she hadn't been worried that frequent meetings with Comrade Lin Yuanshu would arouse suspicion that Director Li's affairs were related to Comrade Lin Yuanshu, she would have gone to see Comrade Lin Yuanshu long ago and thanked him properly in person.
Lin Yuanshu felt no sympathy for Director Li and the female worker's fate. If you want to harm her, you should consider whether you can bear the consequences. If you want to do bad things, you should also have the ability to do them.
She told the workers in the workshop about Director Li's situation, encouraging them to work hard to complete their production tasks and win first place in the competition.
Zhou Moli sighed from the side, "That's good. Evil will be punished. It's not that retribution won't come, it's just that the time hasn't come yet."
The team leader said with a smile, "We've actually benefited from this misfortune. Because of Director Li's matter, the deputy director is now paying close attention to our workshop's work. In the past, other factories would occasionally inquire about our workshop, but now none of them bother to ask or show their faces."
Lin Yuanshu nodded in agreement. It was thanks to Wen Yun's tip-off that the matter could have been resolved so easily. It was also thanks to Director Li for not taking Wen Yun seriously, otherwise Wen Yun would not have switched sides at the last minute.
Thanks to the efforts of Lin Yuanshu and all the workers in the workshop, the production task was finally completed on the last day of the third week of the labor production competition.
Factory Director Qian and other leaders were overjoyed, it seemed that winning first place was a sure thing, and they could participate in the foreign trade fair at the beginning of next year to secure more production tasks for the factory.
Human joys and sorrows are not shared, because Lin Yuanshu had to write all sorts of reports to submit to Director Qian and the deputy director, so he couldn't be happy at all.
After learning that the Hongguang Dye Chemical Plant had completed its production task, the deputy director arranged for cadres from the Chemical Industry Bureau to come and inspect the plant.
The other factory managers were not surprised by the result, because the production efficiency of the Hongguang Dye Chemical Plant's workshop was much higher than that of their workshop. Even if they worked overtime all night, they might not be able to catch up. So now they are all striving to be second place.
Because of the temporary withdrawal of Guangyuan Chemical Plant, the pressure on those factory directors was not so great. At the very least, they had completed their production tasks, unlike Guangyuan Chemical Plant, which was forced to withdraw from the labor production competition due to data falsification.
They may be incompetent, but they never considered going astray.
The three workshop directors were very happy that Lin Yuanshu had completed the task, because completing the task meant that Lin Yuanshu could work under them.
Director Xia was the first to go to the deputy factory director. He said confidently, "Comrade Lin Yuanshu has already spoken to me. She wants to work under me. She's not going anywhere else. You can't 'matchmake' her."
The deputy factory director did not doubt Director Xia's words. He patted his chest and assured him, "Since Comrade Lin Yuanshu has chosen you, I will not force her to be transferred to another workshop."
No sooner had Director Xia left than Director Tang came to the deputy factory director's office. She said mysteriously, "Deputy factory director, I'm not going to pretend anymore. I'll be frank. Actually, Comrade Lin Yuanshu has always been one of my people. She went to Director Xia's side to gather information from me, but she didn't expect to perform so well. Now she wants to come back to my side, and I hope you will agree."
The deputy factory director said with a heavy heart, "But Director Xia told me that Comrade Lin Yuanshu wants to work under him."
Director Tang said confidently, "He is lying to you. His intentions are despicable. His specialty is lying through his teeth. Please don't be fooled by him. I am the best choice for Comrade Lin Yuanshu."
The deputy factory director frowned and replied perfunctorily, "I understand."
If nothing unexpected happens, another workshop foreman will come looking for him.
His idea was correct. In the afternoon, Director Zhou ran into the deputy factory director's office.
He wasn't surprised at all when he saw Director Zhou. Instead, he smiled and said, "Are you also trying to tell me that Comrade Lin Yuanshu wants to work under you?"
Director Zhou nodded excitedly and said with a smile, "How did you know? Did Comrade Lin Yuanshu already tell you? Actually, Comrade Lin Yuanshu was impressed by my excellent character from the beginning and was willing to work. If I didn't want to fall out with Director Xia, I would have brought Comrade Lin Yuanshu under my command long ago."
The deputy factory director said with a sense of helplessness, "Comrade Lin Yuanshu did not say this to me, but the other two workshop directors said similar things to me. However, they both said that Comrade Lin Yuanshu chose them."
Director Zhou said excitedly, "They are just talking nonsense. You must not believe them. I am the one who was chosen. They will never appreciate Comrade Lin Yuanshu's abilities. Only I can let Comrade Lin Yuanshu show his talents."
The deputy factory director always felt like he was a mother hen, responsible for dealing with the quarrels between the children. Everyone wanted Comrade Lin Yuanshu's help, but unfortunately, there was only one Comrade Lin Yuanshu.
That's how popular capable people are; everyone wants to have her in their grasp. If he were a little younger, he would also want Comrade Lin Yuanshu to do things for him.
"Please tell Director Tang and Director Xia that I don't want to discuss these matters with you right now, and you shouldn't bother Comrade Lin Yuanshu either. We should talk about everything after the labor production competition is truly over," the deputy factory director said with a serious expression.
It's better to leave this difficult problem to Comrade Lin Yuanshu to decide himself.
Director Zhou nodded reluctantly.
After Lin Yuanshu submitted all the reports and dealt with the cadres from the Chemical Industry Bureau, the temporary workshop staff she had assembled also faced disbandment. They had to return to their original positions, and everyone was reluctant to part with each other.
The team leader hugged Lin Yuanshu and said with great reluctance, "To be honest, I'm really a little reluctant to part with you. After all, you were assigned to my team as soon as you entered the factory. Even though I taught you how to operate the equipment, you have surpassed me and been able to improve the equipment and forge a new path in the naphthalene intermediate production workshop."
Lin Yuanshu smiled and comforted him, "Team leader, there's no need to be so reluctant. I'm still at Hongguang Dye Chemical Plant, just in a different workshop for now."
Zhou Moli didn't have much reluctance. She said confidently, "The results we have now prove that my choice was right. All good things must come to an end. We are rivals, but also friends."
After all, her decision to work under Lin Yuanshu was met with skepticism from many people, who believed she was capable of leading a team and didn't need to submit to someone who had just become the team leader.
Lin Yuanshu proved to her that what he said back then was not a joke. Lin Yuanshu was her best choice. She is not without achievements now. She estimates that if she perseveres for a few more years, she will be able to become the team leader.
After the two left, the workers immediately surrounded Lin Yuanshu, each trying to say a word.
"Team Leader Lin, if you make a fortune in the future, don't forget us."
No sooner had one voice fallen than another urgent voice rang out.
"Team Leader Lin, I wish you all the best in your promotions, and that you make the chemical plant better and better, so that we can also benefit from it."
Amidst the crowd were many words of gratitude: "Team Leader Lin, thank you for giving us this opportunity to participate in the labor production competition. You have led us from backwardness to glory."
Lin Yuanshu wasn't usually such a sentimental person, but seeing these smiling faces and hearing these words of gratitude, he couldn't help but tear up.
She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and then gave a bright smile. She said loudly, "Don't leave so quickly. Don't forget that we still have compensation from Guangyuan Chemical Plant. I'm going to ask Director Qian about the details of the compensation payment."
Originally, the compensation was supposed to be given to them by Factory Manager Qian after Factory Manager Guan gave it to them. However, considering that the task completion bonus would also be given later, Factory Manager Qian planned to combine the two payments and not give them to them separately in advance.
Hearing the news of compensation dispelled some of the workers' reluctance to leave, and they said in unison, "We'll wait for you here."
Although Lin Yuanshu did not make an appointment this time, he still met with Factory Director Qian. After learning that the production task was completed, Factory Director Qian knew that Lin Yuanshu would definitely come to see him.
"Sit down," Factory Director Qian said with a smile.
Lin Yuanshu sat down on the sofa opposite Factory Director Qian without any hesitation. Before she could explain her purpose, Factory Director Qian said with a smile, "The compensation and bonuses are in the logistics department. You can collect them now or when you get your salary."
Lin Yuanshu said with a smile, "Okay, I understand."
She loves rewards. To be honest, the leaders at the chemical plant are really generous; they give real rewards, not because they think you're entitled to do these things, since it's within your job scope.
Factory Director Qian frowned and said, "Logically speaking, you are now a team leader, but you don't have your own team members. I should assign you some team members or have you recruit a batch of new workers. However, the deputy director attaches great importance to the method of producing naphthalene intermediates by solvent sulfonation and wants to promote this method in Beijing. No one knows this method better than you. The deputy director's idea is to hold a training session in our factory and invite outstanding talents from other factories to come and learn from us. I think you are the best person to be in charge of this training session. I mainly want to hear your thoughts."
Lin Yuanshu said without hesitation, "Please make me the person in charge of this study session. I will definitely make the study session a success, so that outstanding workers from other factories can learn advanced technologies and management experience and bring them back to their own factories to apply them."
Compared to completing production tasks day after day in the workshop, she prefers this kind of challenging work. Challenges mean achievements, and achievements mean promotions and raises.
Factory Director Qian laughed heartily and said, "It's good that you have this confidence. I originally thought about whether to hand it over to a more experienced comrade, but after thinking about it again, no one understands the method of preparing naphthalene intermediates by solvent sulfonation better than you, so I'll leave this matter to you. The three workshop directors will assist you. You can ask them for help if you have any questions."
"I won't stand on ceremony," Lin Yuanshu said excitedly.
If all goes well, once the task of organizing the study session is completed, she can apply for a transfer to the pharmaceutical factory. However, the prerequisite is that the leaders at the pharmaceutical factory are willing to accept her, so she still needs to win over the leaders at the pharmaceutical factory first. To be honest, she still quite likes the working atmosphere at the chemical plant and is somewhat reluctant to leave it.
It wasn't that she wanted to keep her job while looking for something better; it was that no pharmaceutical factory would accept her. Her application for a transfer was useless, and resigning to work at a pharmaceutical factory was also impossible because there was no concept of free resignation in those days. It was simply impossible to get organizational approval for leaving a job unless one became seriously ill.
Sister-in-law Xue is a different case. She is just a temporary worker in the canteen, and the management is not so strict. Moreover, she does not want to resign, but wants someone to cover for her long-term.
Lin Yuanshu chatted with Factory Director Qian for another half hour about the study session before leaving the office.
As soon as he stepped outside, he saw the deputy factory director walking over with documents in his arms. Lin Yuanshu greeted the deputy factory director with a smile.
The deputy factory director said in a serious tone, "Since I've run into you here, there's no need to call you to my office again. All three workshop directors want you to go to their workshops. Have you made up your mind?"
Lin Yuanshu was silent for a while, then said with a heavy heart, "Director Qian has given me a new task. I will probably have to stay in the naphthalene intermediate production workshop. My position will not change for the time being."
The deputy factory director nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile, "That's good. No matter which workshop director you go to, the other two workshop directors won't let you off the hook. It's quite stable now."
Lin Yuanshu chatted with the deputy factory director for a few more minutes about the labor production competition at the Chemical Industry Bureau, and then left.
She returned to the workshop and relayed Director Qian's words. The workers were overjoyed and danced around the workshop. They hadn't expected to receive a reward for completing the production task ahead of schedule; it was an unexpected surprise.
Most workers were just looking forward to getting their bonuses home as soon as possible, and they couldn't wait until payday. Lin Yuanshu thought the same way.
So after get off work, Lin Yuanshu went to the logistics department to collect his reward. The logistics department cadres all knew Lin Yuanshu. If it weren't for the large number of workers collecting their rewards, they would have liked to chat with Lin Yuanshu for a while. Lin Yuanshu had done something unprecedented: he led the chemical plant to first place in the labor production competition.
Lin Yuanshu originally intended to line up behind the workers, but the logistics department cadres said that her reward was not in their hands, but in the hands of the minister. So, she could only go to the minister's office.
The head of the logistics department warmly welcomed Lin Yuanshu and poured her a cup of hot water in a paper cup.
Lin Yuanshu, unaware of the minister's true intentions, politely replied, "Thank you."
The minister gave a kind smile. "You're too kind. You're quite the celebrity in the factory now. I was very optimistic about your plan from the beginning and even spoke up for you at the meeting. I wonder if you remember!"
Lin Yuanshu remembered that the minister hadn't spoken up for her, but she couldn't tell the truth directly. "I remember. Thanks to your support, this plan might not have been able to be implemented. And in implementing this plan, we also owe a lot to the full support of the logistics department. Otherwise, this plan really wouldn't have been able to be implemented so smoothly."
The minister tentatively inquired, "This is all I should do. I heard that the deputy director of the Chemical Industry Bureau wants to promote the solvent sulfonation method for producing naphthalene intermediates in Beijing. I wonder if our factory can get a share of the profits?"
Lin Yuanshu was taken aback for a moment, then pretended to be ignorant and said, "I don't know much about this matter. After all, it's a matter between leaders. How can small fry like us have the right to speak!"
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