Li Xingyao's mission this time is in the Sanqin area, and the focus is on exploring the mineral resources there.
On the one hand, it is allocated by the state, and on the other hand, the relevant data is compared with theirs to make advance plans for the mineral resource reserves in Gansu Province.
He has been here for almost three months. Now that his work has finally come to an end, their research team has returned to Chang'an City for technical exchanges.
After the meeting, his colleagues called him and said, "Li Xingyao, we're planning to go to the Bell Tower and Ci'en Pagoda. Do you want to join us?"
Li Xingyao smiled and declined, "No, our schedule is tight this time. I plan to go shopping at the department store and buy some gifts for my family."
He prepared gifts for everyone in the family as needed, even his eldest brother's niece. However, he hesitated when he thought of Qiu Yuling.
After careful observation, he had more or less understood Qiu Yuling. She was the kind of person who seemed easy-going, but actually had a clear mind about people and things. She was also the type of person who would not accept rewards without doing anything.
After choosing for a long time, he still couldn't find a gift he liked.
After leaving the department store, he somehow walked to the post office.
"Comrade, please line up over there to mail your parcel." The comrade in front of the counter was blocked by the light and did not even raise his head.
Li Xingyao asked him, "Comrade, I'm not sending anything, but I want to buy stamps. Do you have the latest edition?"
"We have a newly published 'Unearthed Cultural Relics'. The smallest is 4 cents and the largest is 52 cents. How many cents do you want?" The teller was used to seeing all kinds of customers and didn't think it was that strange.
"I'll take two complete sets, thank you comrade."
As Li Xingyao finished speaking, the teller put down the wool in his hand, looked up at the customer standing against the light, and swiftly took out two sets of full-value bills that had not been opened yet.
"Comrade, we have the 'Huaxia Export Commodities Fair' stamps, worth eight cents. This is the only one in the set, and it arrived just last month. Do you want any?"
"Yes, but do you still have the 'Ship' stamps from last year?"
The teller looked up at the man in front of her again. He was well-dressed and didn't look like someone trying to tease her. So she didn't answer and directly took out the steamship stamps at the bottom. "This is the only set in this entire sheet."
Li Xingyao had already calculated the amount of money. The full page of "Excavated Cultural Relics" was 9.78 yuan, and the full page of "Ship" was 8 cents, so the full page was 32 cents.
"Two sets of cultural relics for 19.56 yuan, two trade fair tickets for 16 cents, and a set of ship tickets for 32 cents. The total is 20.4 yuan. Please count it." He handed the coins and notes to the counter.
The teller used his abacus as usual and counted the bills twice. "Just right."
Li Xingyao put it into his shoulder bag and then picked up the things at his feet.
He left, and a colleague from the packing team came over to the stamp counter and whispered to the teller, "He's really rich! That 52-cent 'Painted Red Pottery Tripod', I thought I couldn't sell it at all."
The teller smiled and replied, "Some people like this. The painting on the picture is beautiful, and they have enough money..."
The two of them murmured to each other, guessing that the young man was definitely not married. "If he was married, he wouldn't be so loose..."
Li Xingyao also thought about it carefully before he felt that Qiu Yuling might need the stamps. After all, he knew from his grandfather that she had been sending packages frequently, which were sent to her and then sent to others.
Qiu Yuling has no time to think about these things. She has been harmless all these years and has managed the business quite well. Now the Fifth Branch is going to be merged into the Municipal Bureau, and one of the Agricultural Reclamation Branches will be abolished, which will lead to large-scale personnel changes.
Cao Qing made a special trip to find Qiu Yuling about this matter and asked, "Look, after the merger, will you return to focus on taking the helm of our Economic Planning Department, or will you wholeheartedly take on the responsibility and be a good director of this comprehensive factory?"
Cao Qing told her not to rush into making a decision, "The higher-ups have this intention right now, and I need to think about it more for you. Take your time to think about it, and tell me when you're done.
I'm no longer suitable to be the factory director in name only. If you can take over, I'll really do it myself this time. But no matter what, the Municipal Bureau will always be your backing..."
Qiu Yuling and Cao Qing separated and pushed their bicycles back, thinking about the conversation they had just had. Working as the head of the Economic Planning Section in the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau would provide her with a relatively stable working environment and career development opportunities.
Living a routine life without having to worry about losing her job due to factory closures or poor management is obviously very suitable for her situation of having no desires or demands.
But being the head of Zaohua Comprehensive Factory is more challenging and also more free!
She can decide on important matters such as the factory's production plan, product types, technological transformation, etc., and can fully utilize her management and leadership abilities, and have a greater chance of making remarkable achievements.
More importantly, she was the most powerful person in this small piece of land, so she didn't need to follow anyone else's lead...
Before she even reached Willow Alley, Qiu Yuling had made up her mind that she would be the factory director.
What’s the point of a life that you can see the end of, right?
Perhaps because she had a different outlook on the future, Qiu Yuling's steps were particularly brisk.
Soon, her status changed from being on secondment to becoming a corporate cadre.
Not only was the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau merged, but the Zaohua Furniture Factory, which was adjacent to their Zaohua Comprehensive Factory, was also officially incorporated into the Zaohua Comprehensive Factory, but was only called the Second Branch.
Qiu Yuling needed to appease Lu Si. Originally, they came to support the Third Front and were said to be a deputy factory, but at that time Cao Qing was just a figurehead, equivalent to a regular factory.
But now, he had officially become the top leader. Although his position remained unchanged, his salary had been reduced to that of a deputy.
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