Chapter 98: A Noble Person (5th update) He was an old revolutionary with a bad temper...
Director Zhang and Lu Yuan have only one son, who was born the same year as Xiao Xingxing, but with a birthday about a month apart.
Ever since Lu Yuan went to jail, Director Zhang had no choice but to ask his mother to come and take care of the child. However, his mother didn't take good care of the child, and the child often got bumped and bruised.
The reason was simple. His mother loved chatting with people all day long, and she even set up her knitting needles and devoted herself to her work. She even knew which daughter-in-law had stolen an egg from her mother-in-law.
As for the kids? They're all free-range these days, and there are so many kids playing in the yard, it's no big deal.
As a result, Director Zhang often had to run back to the staff dormitory at the back during working hours to check on the child. Fortunately, he was diligent in checking, otherwise the child would have fallen into the ditch a few days ago.
Since it was a rare day off, he took care of the children himself for the day.
While missing Lu Yuan, he also resented Yao Zhizhi with resentment.
But no matter how much resentment he felt, he didn't dare to do anything to Yao Zhizhi anymore. He could only make things difficult for the Cao brothers and make them suffer in secret, because the brothers' wives also had the surname Yao.
There's nothing he can do. He's a man of average ability and doesn't dare to joke about his work.
After working at the non-staple food factory for so long, his greatest contribution is to arrange for special personnel to guard the raw material warehouse and absolutely not allow the mistakes made during the time of Director Cao to be repeated.
As for whether the production capacity can keep up, whether the employees' skills have been improved, whether the factory's efficiency can be improved, and whether new features should be added to the product line?
He doesn't care about any of these. He doesn't seek to achieve anything, he just wants to avoid making any mistakes.
This is the general thinking of many production line foremen, workshop directors and even factory managers in this era.
So this is not a problem of Director Zhang alone, but the innate laziness of human beings, which makes them lie on the mountain of planned economy, hoping to follow the rules and wait for death.
Anyone with a little sensitivity can realize that this model will not last long.
Unfortunately, Director Zhang is not such a person.
Therefore, when faced with Yao Zhizhi's arrival and the new products she proposed, he was completely uninterested.
Even if the raw materials were already available in the factory, and even if she had prepared the recipe, he just had to ask the workers to mix and make it accordingly.
He refused without hesitation: "Editor Yao, please find someone else. I don't have the courage to cooperate with someone like you. If you end up getting me into trouble, I won't know who to cry to."
Well, I still insist that Lu Yuan is innocent and it was all Yao Zhizhi's fault.
Yao Zhizhi laughed angrily: "Remember what you said today. In five years, you will be crying and begging me to give you the formula. If you don't believe me, we'll see."
Factory Director Zhang, with a shortsighted gaze, scoffed, "Don't try to scare me! This factory has been producing these foods for years, and no one has ever said anything bad. Why should I look for trouble? Why should I listen to you? What if no one buys the food we produce? Who will be responsible then?"
He stood up and squinted at Yao Zhizhi. "You're not trying to make me make a mistake so you can get rid of me and replace me with one of your relatives or friends as the factory director? I'm telling you, there's no way!"
Yao Zhizhi is not as tall as him, so when it comes to stretching the neck and glaring, she still has to rely on Qi Changxiao.
Seeing Director Zhang take a step forward, as if about to attack, Qi Changxiao immediately took two steps forward and pushed him back: "Let's go, don't bother with this idiot. He's just sitting in a well and looking at the world. Sooner or later, he will cry."
Yao Zhizhi didn't say anything more and turned away.
No wonder this kind of person was fooled by Lu Yuan, he deserved it.
What an enterprise fears most is losing its creativity, its enterprising spirit, and its motivation to keep moving forward.
Non-staple food factories, just wait, as soon as the spring breeze of reform and opening up blows, I will come to take you over and rule the mountain as the king!
It’s almost here, just a few years!
Not long after Yao Zhizhi left, Yao Taotao also came.
She came to support the Cao brothers.
Director Zhang thought she was joking and couldn't help but narrow his eyes and raise his eyebrows, staring at Yao Taotao with a look of extreme disdain: "Just based on you, you expect me to let you off the hook? Are you that high-ranking?"
Yao Taotao has no identity, but she knows how to use the rules.
She smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether I have an identity or not. All you need to know is that the broadcast at noon yesterday said that the new Director Yuan is going to set up a public mailbox to listen to public opinion and actively deal with the problems raised by the people. If you don't want to be the factory director anymore, then you can continue to make things difficult for them. If Director Yuan finds out about you, don't blame me for not notifying you in advance."
Director Zhang was a little surprised. He did hear the broadcast, but he ignored it.
A new official has three things to do when he takes office. I guess Director Yuan is just doing it for show and it's just a face-saving project.
But this woman actually took it seriously?
I couldn't help but laugh: "You don't really think that anyone will take care of such a small matter?"
"Then we'll see! Don't cry when the time comes. You're an adult now, you made your own choice and you have to go on your own." Yao Taotao shrugged indifferently and turned away.
Judging from her attitude, once Director Yuan opens a mailbox for the people, she will definitely write a few letters of complaint and put them in it as soon as possible!
Director Zhang doesn't care; he trusts his own judgment.
It was not until his father came back from playing chess and had dinner with him and reminded him at the dinner table that he finally realized that this time they might be serious.
He was a little bit incredulous: "Has anyone tried it? Has it really been dealt with?"
"We've tried it. A projectionist at the cinema heard the broadcast yesterday and wrote a letter of complaint to the authorities. Today, the person he reported was investigated." Lao Zhang was a little uneasy. He didn't know about this matter originally. It was a bad chess player who told him.
Director Zhang still held onto some hope and asked, "Could it just be a show? After all, the report was sent directly to the authorities."
Old Zhang despised his son's stupidity and asked, "So what? It's just a boss borrowing money and not paying it back. Someone is taking care of such a small matter. Doesn't that prove something is wrong?"
Director Zhang was silent. Okay, starting tomorrow, he would not cause trouble for the Cao brothers.
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When Yao Zhizhi returned home, the first thing she did was to do the accounting and count the money to see how long she had to work hard before she would have enough money to get rid of people like Director Zhang!
Well, I only saved a little over 10,000!
Although this amount of money sounds like a lot, it is still far from enough to acquire a factory!
As expected, she still needs to open up the market and let her magazine reach the whole province and even the whole country!
Then make good preparations and go to the provincial capital to develop the market in two days!
For this reason, she specifically asked Uncle Ning if there were any precautions she should take when meeting with the leaders in the provincial capital.
Ning Zhengrong immediately gave her a thumbs-up when he heard her idea. "Well done! Young people should be pioneering! I'll call Lao Zhong and ask him to show you the way. As for precautions... there is indeed a weirdo over there."
"Weirdo?" It was the first time that Yao Zhizhi heard an elder describe someone like this, and she couldn't help but feel curious.
Ning Zhengrong gave a brief description. In short, the man was rather unfortunate. His wife and children had all died, and he was alone. He had a strange temper and liked to scold people, but because he was an old revolutionary, no one dared to say anything to him.
Ning Zhengrong warned: "If you run into him, don't argue with him, just walk away quickly."
"What's his name?" Yao Zhizhi didn't want to cause trouble, so she decided to find out.
Ning Zhengrong wrote three words: Thank you, my dear friend.
Yao Zhizhi didn't think much about it. Although her mother's surname was Xie, Xie was not a special surname.
She also asked her mother, and found out that apart from an uncle and an aunt, there were no other relatives in the Xie family.
My mother did have an uncle, but unfortunately he disappeared in the war. Later, he was scattered all over the world in the flames of war and no one knew whether he was alive or dead.
According to the Xie family's way of addressing, Yao Zhizhi should call that man "Second Uncle".
But my second uncle’s name is not this either.
She also asked about age, appearance and position.
It turned out to be a sloppy old man in his seventies, with long, unkempt hair. His boss had asked him to retire a long time ago, but he refused and insisted on going to work as usual.
The leader sympathized with his situation and had to let him go, giving him a leisurely civilian job and asking him not to cause trouble.
Yao Zhizhi took note and said, "If you can't afford to offend me, just run away. She's young and can run fast! Don't be afraid!"
When they got home, the third brother was mysterious and wanted to take her to see a house.
The brother and sister left Qi Changxiao alone to look after the house and the children, and walked along the Yu Lake outside their home for most of the way, and stopped at the back entrance of the Qi Tiao Hutong.
Yao Zhizhi was confused: "Brother, what do you want to say?"
Yao Weihua walked to the gate of the house on the right: "See that yard in front? It's empty!"
"I know this. Their family was sent down to the countryside and their house was taken back." Yao Zhizhi would usually stroll around the area and knew this yard.
The neighbors around were very secretive about it, so I finally had to ask my mother-in-law.
I heard that he had serious ideological problems and would not come back.
Yao Weihua turned around and asked excitedly, "How about we go to the neighborhood office and rent this place for Dad to live in? Mom can come over too! Then my second sister's two older children can come here to go to school nearby. We can discuss how to arrange for the two younger ones later."
Yao Zhizhi thought her father was going to a retirement home!
It would be nice to be here, but after all these years, this yard has been empty. Is it really possible to rent it?
Yao Weihua knew her worries and comforted her, "Can you tell me the place first? If so, I'll find a way."
"Of course! It's just that no one has lived here for so many years, so we have to clean it up when the time comes." Yao Zhizhi had no objection. Of course it would be nice to have dad live nearby, that's what she wanted!
Yao Weihua said cheerfully: "Okay, go back. I'll go to the street office to ask when I have time."
No, there is still Uncle Chang. He is a very prestigious person!
Yao Zhizhi got up early two days later. Taking the train was convenient, although it was a bit slow. However, there was no need to reverse and she could get off directly when she arrived at her destination. It was convenient to take the train or walk.
Qi Changxiao was worried and wanted to go with her, but she didn't want him to feel restless at home, so she agreed.
At the last minute, I asked my mother-in-law to take a day off. What if they couldn’t come back that night and Xiaoyue made a fuss about sleeping?
Third brother can’t take care of it all by himself.
Although it is usually the third brother who takes care of the child, they will go back at noon, giving the third brother some time to rest.
Tang Fengyuan did not hesitate and immediately swapped his rest days with Lao Qiao so that he didn't have to ask for leave.
The train is shaking so much at this moment, it's really hypnotic.
It was the first time for the couple to leave their child at home and go on a long journey, and they always felt a little uneasy.
Yao Zhizhi couldn't help but mutter, "If I had known earlier, I should have let Mom come with me, and you could stay with the kids. It's not going to be a good look when Mom and Dad aren't home."
"Okay, let's finish our work as soon as possible and try to get back." It would only take more than four hours anyway.
Yao Zhizhi sighed. It’s different now that she’s a mother. She has ties wherever she goes.
It is happiness, but also responsibility.
Qi Changxiao comforted her with a few words and told her to get some sleep. He would watch over her and call her when the time came.
As a result, Yao Zhizhi had just dozed off for less than five minutes when Qi Changxiao himself fell asleep due to the shaking of the train.
Fortunately, Yao Zhizhi slept lightly after having a child, and she woke up when the train stopped in Weicheng.
With eyes open, she stared at this arrogant man all the way to the provincial capital.
She didn't call him, just wanted to see if he would wake up.
Very good, everyone in one section of the carriage was almost getting off, but the old man was still sleeping soundly, pressing her shoulders until they were numb.
Yao Zhizhi was so angry that she pinched his nose to see if he would still sleep.
Qi Changxiao suddenly woke up and subconsciously called out to his wife, "We've arrived at our destination."
Yao Zhizhi rolled her eyes, picked up her luggage, and went out without saying a word.
Qi Changxiao quickly followed: "Luckily you woke up, you almost missed your stop."
Yao Zhizhi stood at the exit and looked at him angrily: "You broke your promise!"
"How did I break my promise?" Qi Changxiao was confused. He didn't realize that his wife had been staring at him for almost three hours.
I quickly caught up and took the luggage from her.
Dr. Zhong was waiting at the exit. As soon as Yao Zhizhi came out, she saw him and quickly greeted him with a smile.
The couple followed him, took the bus for three stops, and walked for more than ten minutes before arriving at the government building in the provincial capital.
Doctor Zhong smiled and turned around: "Here we are. I have another consultation this afternoon, so I won't be with you."
"Thank you, Uncle Zhong." The couple said in unison.
As soon as Dr. Zhong left, the smile on Yao Zhizhi's face disappeared. She reached out and twisted his arm: "Qi Changxiao, remember this!"
"What did I do wrong? Tell me!" Qi Changxiao was extremely anxious.
Yao Zhizhi wanted to make him angry today because he lied to her.
As a result, this comrade realized it himself!
He quickly caught up with her: "Were you awake a long time ago? I slept all the way?"
"Hmph! If I had missed my stop today, you would have tricked me into going to the capital! You better reflect on this!" Yao Zhizhi was very angry. She turned around, took out the sample magazine from her suitcase, and walked straight into the building.
The building is not tall, with only three floors.
But it is very long, very wide, and has a yard.
The distance from the door to the steps in front of the building is at least thirty meters.
Yao Zhizhi was walking briskly, and out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a sloppy old man.
I subconsciously stopped and took a look.
But I saw the old man commenting on something in front of the bulletin board on the east side of the yard, talking to himself, and he really seemed to be mentally unstable.
Yao Zhizhi respected this old revolutionary very much, but she didn't want to cause any trouble, so she took the letter of recommendation and went to see the leader of the propaganda department.
Unexpectedly, the old man had already noticed her. As soon as she entered the Propaganda Department office, the old man followed her in, muttering, "Is that Xing'er? Xing'er? Xing'er, don't you recognize me?"
Qi Changxiao had already reached the corridor, but he turned back and walked a few steps outside to lend a hand.
The old man pushed him away excitedly and continued walking inside.
Not seeing Yao Zhizhi's back, he simply knocked on the doors of each office.
Qi Changxiao frowned, Xing'er?
After hesitating for a moment, he still supported the old man and went to the propaganda department.
What if?
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