After listening, Dong Qing remained silent for a moment, then said, "You've helped me a lot in the past, and I'll help you with anything. Go to the provincial capital tomorrow and find Fang Lin. Ask her to arrange a job for you in the technical department of the automobile manufacturing plant. That's your specialty. If you're willing to go, I'll help you make the connections."
Yi Feifei was unaware of Dong Qing's acquisition of the real estate company and the automobile manufacturing plant, and even less aware that Fang Lin was now the general manager of the branch.
In those days, information was scarce, and besides, Dongqing had acquired the company in the provincial capital, so it was normal for Yifeifei not to know.
She was an exceptionally intelligent woman; she didn't ask any further questions. She simply said, "Thank you, Chairman."
This was the first time Yi Feifei had addressed him like this. Dong Qing had never changed his way of addressing Yi Feifei before; she had always called him "brother." It was just a title, and Dong Qing had never cared about it. He never expected that she would change her address now.
Dong Qing laughed and said, "I don't feel comfortable with being addressed like that. Let's just call each other 'brother' instead."
Yi Feifei smiled and said, "I wasn't your employee before, so you could call me whatever you wanted. But after I started working at the car manufacturing plant, I became an employee of one of your subordinate factories, so I have to call you that from now on."
Dong Qing said, "It really doesn't matter what you call me, whatever makes you happy."
Dong Qing really doesn't care about titles. Even now, when he sees Fang Lin, he still calls her "sister." He has never looked down on his old friend. No matter how high a person's career goes, they should never forget the people who helped them in the past, and they should never forget who they are. Dong Qing has done this.
Dong Qing then called Fang Lin and told her about Yi Feifei's current situation.
After hearing this, Fang Lin said, "I'll call the factory manager and tell her to report to the personnel department of the car factory tomorrow morning."
After ending the call with Fang Lin, Dong Qing told Yi Feifei the address of the car manufacturing plant. He said, "Fang Lin will arrange everything for you in advance. You should leave tomorrow morning and report directly to the personnel department of the car manufacturing plant in the provincial capital."
Yi Feifei said thank you, stood up, said goodbye to the couple, and went home.
The next morning, Yi Feifei arrived at the car factory according to the address and went into the factory's personnel department.
She handed her resume to the staff member, who smiled and said after reading it, "You're a university graduate majoring in automotive mechanics. The factory manager just specifically instructed us to appoint you as the deputy head of our technical department. Do you have any objections?"
The factory manager will definitely treat the people introduced by the branch general manager specially. Yi Feifei has been in the officialdom for so many years, she knows all these routines, so she was not surprised when she heard it. If she were the factory manager, she would do the same.
After the staff member finished speaking, he handed her a work contract. She glanced at it briefly; the monthly salary was 4,000 yuan.
This salary was twice as high as what she earned working in a government office back home. She believed that the salary wasn't based on personal connections; even a deputy section chief in a large factory in the provincial capital received such a high salary. Yi Feifei signed her name.
After I signed the employment contract, the staff member said, "The factory manager instructed me to complete the formalities and then go to the factory's residential area to get the keys from the housing manager. Our factory's residential area is on Guangming Street. You'll have to go there yourself."
Single employees should live in dormitories, so why was she assigned a house in the family quarters? This really isn't about showing favoritism.
Yi Feifei is a deputy section-level cadre and is entitled to housing benefits. It's normal for her to be given a house when she first joined the company.
After the staff member finished speaking, he gave her a housing permit for the family area, which the section chief then signed, stamped with the official seal, and handed to her.
Yi Feifei took the housing receipt, said thank you, and turned to leave the personnel department with her employment contract.
Yi Feifei walked out of the car factory with her luggage and saw a red car parked in front of the factory gate. She walked up to the car and the door suddenly opened, and a woman in her thirties got out of the car.
The woman was none other than Fang Lin. She said, "Get in the car, I'll take you to the family quarters."
Yi Feifei and Fang Lin used to live in the same residential area. Later, Yi Feifei was the matchmaker for Fang Lin's marriage. The two of them were old acquaintances, but they didn't have a deep relationship. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come directly to see Yi Feifei.
"I've caused trouble for the general manager."
This was the first time Yi Feifei had addressed Fang Lin in this way. She was now a deputy section chief in the branch company, while Fang Lin was the general manager of the branch company. Since she hadn't been very familiar with Fang Lin before, she should address her in this way.
Fang Lin said, "Please call me by my name when we're not around. But I need to remind you that you need to be mindful of your image while working here. I don't need to spell it out for you, right? Of course, I don't object to normal dating."
We can't be too blunt about her conduct. After all, Yi Feifei is over forty years old. We should at least save her some face and dignity. She's not a fool. We should just hint at it.
Fang Lin really didn't need to be so blunt about this. Yi Feifei is such a smart woman, doesn't she know her own flaws?
Yi Feifei thought to herself: I may have been a bit indiscreet in my youth, but what can I do now that I'm almost 50? This girl is really disrespecting me.
She's not stupid; she really can't blame anyone else for this.
In fact, Fang Lin's reminders were unnecessary. Yi Feifei's daughter is already twenty-two years old this year. A woman of this age should be settled by now. Besides, the flower has already withered. Even if someone wants to pick flowers, they won't pick her. Even an old cow eats young grass. An older man with the means wouldn't be able to pick flowers for her.
As the saying goes, fortunes change, and things can change in a hundred years.
Time has pushed her to the west bank of the river. There are plenty of young, beautiful, and vain girls now. He is old and faded, and even if he wanted to be a womanizer, she wouldn't be his chance. She has that much self-awareness.
Women who are unfaithful when they are young will regret it when they are old, and will understand how important a good reputation is to a woman's life.
Young people don't know the value of chastity, and it's too late to regret it in old age. Yi Feifei's bumpy life makes her understand this even more.
The path one walks in one's youth is one's own to take, so there's no one else to blame. Whatever Yi Feifei thought in her heart, she couldn't say it aloud. She said, "Don't worry, I won't let you down, and I certainly won't disappoint you at work."
Fang Lin nodded in satisfaction after hearing this. She said, "I believe you. Work hard at the factory and find a suitable man your age to be your companion."
Fang Lin's last words were her true feelings: a woman in her forties should find herself a companion. After saying that, she started the car and drove towards the family residential area.
Fang Lin drove to the residential area of the car manufacturing plant, and after parking, she said, "Sister Feifei, I won't go in with you. You can go in and get the key from the administrator yourself."
Fang Lin still addressed her as before, which warmed Yi Feifei's heart. Only now did she truly realize that although time had ruthlessly abandoned her, her old friends had not abandoned her. If anyone had abandoned her, it was her own youth when she had abandoned the chastity that a woman should possess.
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