No sooner had they left than the security department called the personnel department and the engineering design department.
When Gu Zhiyuan arrived, Xiao Lei, the head of the personnel department, was already waiting there.
The procedures were completed very smoothly.
I started as a designer in the engineering design department, which is a technical job, and I received a technical employee salary.
Gu Zhiyuan was a graduate of Beijing University. He became a formal employee at the machinery factory, earning a grade 13 salary of 55 yuan per month.
However, Xiao Lei also said that since this is the first year, he will receive a salary of level 13. If he can perform well in the design department, he can get another salary increase next year, to level 12, which is 62 yuan.
Moreover, the factory's benefits are quite good. The canteen provides meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the prices are affordable with large portions.
There are also various receipts every month.
The factory has a bathhouse, a movie theater, a hospital, a school, and a supply and marketing cooperative.
It's practically a miniature county town.
The only problem is finding accommodation.
The factory has thousands of employees. No matter how many dormitories are built or how fast they are built, it can't keep up with the speed at which the employees have children.
Housing is tight for almost every household.
Based on Gu Zhiyuan's rank, he should be allocated a single dormitory room, but there is simply no room available right now.
Lu Kai, however, took the initiative to suggest that he could free up half of his dormitory room so that Gu Zhiyuan could squeeze in with him.
You can move out once a single dormitory room becomes available.
Xiao Lei suggested that Gu Zhiyuan and Lu Kai squeeze in together for now, and he promised that once a single dormitory room became available, it would be given to Gu Zhiyuan as soon as possible.
Gu Zhiyuan thanked Xiao Lei for his kindness, only saying that Xu Ningyan would move to the county town again after a while. Since there was no dormitory in the factory for the time being, he would ask someone to see if they could rent a house outside to temporarily stay there. They would move in when the factory dormitory became available.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lei was not displeased at all. Instead, he patted Gu Zhiyuan on the shoulder approvingly and said, "Then I'll keep an eye out for you!"
Then he personally led Gu Zhiyuan to collect the factory uniform, get an access card, and escorted him to the entrance of the design department before handing him over to Lin's father before leaving.
Lin's father had been eagerly awaiting Gu Zhiyuan's arrival.
The problem that Gu Zhiyuan overcame that day has been solved, and the model has been made without any errors.
These past few days, another new problem has arisen in another area, and everyone is currently overwhelmed with trouble.
When Lin's father saw Gu Zhiyuan, it was as if he had seen a savior.
They didn't even bother to let him greet his colleagues in the design department; they simply dragged him to his office in the inner room of the design department.
There are only seven or eight people in the design department.
There were three elderly people, and the rest were young designers around the same age as Lu Kai.
Those who can get into the machinery factory as designers are all somewhat arrogant. Lu Kai also put in a lot of effort to gain a foothold in the design department. Even so, not everyone was convinced by him.
This design encountered a problem; so many people spent months trying to solve it, but they still couldn't. It was already embarrassing.
Moreover, the final problem was solved by an outsider, and although they are now colleagues, these designers are still somewhat resentful.
In addition, Lu Kai had a private meeting with them beforehand, the gist of which was that the newcomer Gu Zhiyuan was a person not to be trifled with, and that he must have a powerful backer to be able to be exonerated from the status of a member of the "Five Black Categories".
Not to mention that Gu Zhiyuan was the one who overcame this difficulty. In the future, the leaders will probably rely on Gu Zhiyuan more and give him the important design work.
They estimated that their future work would be to assist Gu Zhiyuan and work as his assistant.
Talented people like Gu Zhiyuan are mostly arrogant and aloof, so they might be a bit haughty. Everyone should do their best to cooperate with them in future work.
No matter how bad Gu Zhiyuan's attitude is, we must be more tolerant for the sake of the machinery factory.
After all, the design department will still need Gu Zhiyuan in the future!
Moreover, the reason for this exceptional hiring of Gu Zhiyuan is that the higher-ups appreciate his abilities. It's possible that after this project is completed, Gu Zhiyuan will become their leader, and everyone's attitude will be even better.
The designers, who already harbored some resentment towards Gu Zhiyuan, had an even worse impression of him after hearing Lu Kai's words.
Someone immediately spoke up for Lu Kai, saying, "Why? Even if Gu Zhiyuan helped us overcome the difficulties, so what? Which one of us in the design department hasn't overcome difficulties? Does he think he's superior?"
"Exactly! I could have let everything else go! He was parachuted in, and his family background wasn't good before. Why should he become our leader just because of one project? This project wasn't done by him alone! Didn't we still have to rely on all of us? How come all the credit is going to him?"
“If you, Team Leader Lu, were our leader, we wouldn’t have anything to say. But he’s just an outsider, what makes him qualified? Our technical department is based on merit, not connections or backing—”
"Hmph, I refuse to accept this!"
"I disagree!"
...
Several members of Lu Kai's group who usually had a good relationship with him started complaining.
The three veteran designers next to him, along with Lin Feng and a young designer, were not involved; they were simply engrossed in drawing.
However, one of Lu Kai's group members asked him by name, "Lin Feng, what do you think? We've heard that Gu Zhiyuan was discovered by Director Lin with his discerning eye, and he values him highly. Could it be that Director Lin is his backer?"
Lin Feng glanced at him and said coldly, "I'm not looking."
The man was taken aback, his face flushed with embarrassment. He sneered, "What are you pretending for? Well, no matter who's in charge of our design department, it's not your turn!"
Someone next to him pulled him aside and told him to keep his voice down.
The man couldn't help but mutter, "What's there to hide? He's just not good enough, who can he blame but himself? If it weren't for his father, Director Lin, would someone with his skills even be able to get into our design department? Bah—"
The designer sitting next to Lin Feng, Wan Liujun, heard this and quietly comforted Lin Feng, "Don't take it to heart—"
Lin Feng sneered, "If I have the energy, wouldn't it be better to draw a couple more diagrams? It's a waste of time to argue with them!"
After saying that, he added loudly, "The design department is all about ability, not whoever has the longest mouth or the most skill. Study the blueprints more and talk less!"
The technician named Li Chao, who had been speaking, turned purple with anger. He wanted to say something, but considering Lin's father inside, he angrily flung his hand and left.
Inside, Lin's father and Gu Zhiyuan heard everything that was happening outside, but they both pretended not to hear it.
After they finished speaking, they continued to discuss the blueprints for a while before Gu Zhiyuan was about to leave.
Lin's father called him back, smiling, "Little Gu, you've only just arrived, and you've already caused everyone's dissatisfaction. It'll be difficult to get things going later—"
Gu Zhiyuan rolled up the blueprints in his hand without changing his expression, and casually said, "Let your strength speak for itself!"
After saying that, he opened the door and went out.
Instead of being angry, Lin's father was amused. He picked up his teacup, sipped a couple of mouthfuls of tea, and then slowly strolled out. In front of the design department, he announced, "Comrade Gu Zhiyuan, our new technician will be temporarily in charge of the AO3 project."
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
The entire design department was in an uproar.
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