After he finished speaking, he took a sip of water and laughed, "The ones who are living the most comfortable life right now are actually the workers in the transportation company. They have connections. Every time the drivers go out to deliver goods, they can bring back grain from other places. Those drivers travel all over the country and know which places have abundant grain supplies. Some people even deliberately buy from ordinary people. They can't afford fine grains, but they can still eat their fill of coarse grains."
Mayor Qiu nodded. "This situation is quite common now, and it can be resolved quickly. I think the methods used by the transportation company can be used. I'll have someone from the transportation company come over and ask how much grain they can carry at a time and where they're transporting it from. We won't worry about the factories for now, but we must take care of the large factories, especially the heavy industries. Production tasks are heavy right now. Song, you should pay more attention to things. Often, good solutions come from below. You need to connect with other people more."
Secretary Song nodded happily, "Okay, okay, I love eating with them the most."
Mayor Qiu smiled and shook his head. He didn't care about Song's personal conduct, as long as she didn't cross the line. As long as she was capable, she was a good secretary.
At 3 p.m., the factory's car arrived on time to pick up Su Yu and the others to go to the steel mill for a meeting. Several union chairpersons who couldn't get a car even got a ride with Chairman Sun. This boosted Chairman Sun's prestige even further, and he was all smiles the whole way.
Along the way, Su Yu met two more factory secretaries. One was the bald secretary from the garment factory, and the other was the secretary from the shoe factory who was always dressed irregularly.
She looked at the new clothes worn by the garment factory worker, and then at the shoes worn by the shoe factory worker, and thought to herself with delight, "If we cooperate, wouldn't we have an endless supply of new clothes and shoes?"
Jiangdong Steel Plant is located in the suburbs of the city. After all, it is a large enterprise with a huge area. Just the rows of employee houses alone are enough to make people extremely envious.
Su Yu sighed again. "Why didn't I work at the steel mill back then? Only a large factory like that would have given me so much space."
However, her ambitions lie elsewhere now, so there's no need for her to switch jobs.
Upon arriving in Linfang, they were greeted by union officials from the steel mill.
Seeing that the steel mill's union office was inferior to the factory committee's office, Su Yu guessed that the steel mill's union was probably not very effective.
The afternoon meeting was relatively brief. It was essentially a continuation of the morning meeting, also focusing on negotiations regarding food issues.
Chairman Sun and his factory have few employees, so they hope the steel mill can help them allocate some grain.
However, the leaders of the steel mill repeatedly emphasized the same point: even the landlord's family has no surplus grain.
After the meeting, Su Yu went home with Chairman Sun in a car.
Just as they were getting on the bus, Liu Mei and the others were also getting off work. Seeing that there were outsiders, they all looked on curiously, especially since someone had arrived by bus.
Liu Mei was carrying her bag and was about to go back when she saw a familiar figure get into a car. She jumped and quickly looked again, and sure enough, she saw her sister-in-law sitting by the car window. The union members from the steel mill were still waving at the car.
"Oh my, it's my eldest sister!" Liu Mei exclaimed in surprise.
"Your older sister, Liu Xing? Doesn't seem like it. Doesn't she work at the shoe factory?"
“What? That’s my sister-in-law.” Liu Mei straightened her back and said, “That woman in the Lenin suit with short hair and a very energetic look, that’s my sister-in-law. She just got on the bus.”
"Wow, your sister-in-law is so capable! Isn't she from a textile factory?"
Liu Mei was displeased. "So what if it's a textile factory? There are big leaders there too. My older sister graduated from a vocational school and has been a union official for a long time. Maybe she's here with the leaders for a meeting. If she wasn't capable, would the leaders have brought her along?"
"Oh, Meizi, your in-laws are quite well-off."
“Of course,” Liu Mei said proudly. “Everyone in my family has a permanent job.”
"Then you'll be an apprentice."
"..."
In the car, Su Yu was also talking to Chairman Sun.
There was nothing to do about work, since she had a driver, but she did give Chairman Sun a briefing on the situation at each factory. While the leaders were in a meeting, she also inquired a few things outside.
Now's the perfect time to ramble on a bit.
"It seems like the shoe and garment factories are in a similar situation to us. The steel mills are in the worst situation, since they have a lot of workers. Also, I've noticed that the food factories aren't doing well either."
Chairman Sun was even more pleased upon hearing this. "You've only been out for a short time, and you've already inquired about the situation in these factories?"
"Of course, I know them all very well. But I haven't told them about the situation in our factory. I just took office here and don't know what's going on yet."
"Su, you did a great job."
Su Yu said earnestly, "It's all what I should do."
When Su Yu returned to the factory, it was already past the end of the workday, but she still inquired about Chairman Sun's work schedule beforehand. Learning that Chairman Sun had no plans to go out the next day, she then went home.
Su Zhi's work hours are irregular now, working three shifts. So Su Dazhi always escorts her home.
As soon as I arrived home, Liu Mei came out to greet me, "Big sister, big sister, did you go to the steel mill today?"
"How did you know? Did you see me?" Su Yu admitted directly.
Upon hearing this, Liu Mei realized it was true and laughed, "It looked like that when I left work."
Su Yu smiled, picked up her bag, and went inside. "It's nothing major, just a meeting. I'm exhausted. I had a meeting this morning, at the Municipal Party Committee, chaired by the mayor. In the afternoon, your union chairman organized a meeting. Secretary Zhou from your steel mill was very hospitable and wanted to invite us to stay for dinner. But you're not doing well right now, so I didn't feel comfortable letting you stay."
"Sister, you've even met the mayor? Is your Secretary Zhou the same Zhou from our union, the one who's always with our union chairman?" Liu Mei's eyes widened.
"Of course I met the mayor and listened to him talk all morning. As for that Secretary Zhou, he must be your clerk Zhou. But outside of us, we all call him Secretary Zhou."
Su Dazhi and Su Lin listened with astonishment. They didn't know who Secretary Zhou or Secretary Zhou were, but they both knew who the mayor was.
Oh my, I can't believe my older sister is able to attend events like this.
Seeing their admiring looks, Su Yu waved her hand and said, "Alright, go ahead and get busy. I'm going to study. I'm really working and studying for this family. I can't count on either of them."
Everyone else quickly went about their own business, not daring to disturb her. However, the things they had just heard were still swirling in their minds.
My sister is getting more and more capable.
Su Yu resigned herself to looking at the college entrance exam review materials.
Sigh, there's no way around it. She doesn't plan to be a secretary-laden person forever. Someday, she'll make her secretary like that Secretary Song, fawned over and fawned over wherever she goes.
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