When they left together, they all warmly saw Secretary Song off.
Secretary Song exchanged a few listless pleasantries with them before heading to get her bicycle. Just as she was about to leave, she saw Su Yu walk to the side, where a quiet, unassuming man, about her age, was standing timidly pushing his bicycle.
That's not important; what's important is that the car belongs to Su Yu.
Su Yu walked over, and Su Dazhi got on the bike. Because there were many people around, he couldn't talk much, so he could only grin at his older sister.
Secretary Song: "..." That's so lewd!
Su Yu sat in the back seat, waved to everyone and Secretary Song, and said, "Goodbye, goodbye. I'll treat you next time."
He patted Su Dazhi on the back. Su Dazhi then rode away on his bike.
Watching Su Yu drive away, Secretary Song felt a sudden tightness in her chest.
I felt like chasing after it and kicking the car over.
Such a nice car, and yet such a sleazy person is sitting in it. It's such a waste of that car. After all, he pulled some strings to buy it!
If I had known this car was for people like this, I would never have bought it for him!
Just as Secretary Zhou and Secretary Gao were about to leave, they saw Secretary Song standing there, sulking. They exchanged a glance, then cautiously approached her. Secretary Zhou asked, "Secretary Song, what's wrong? Is something the matter?"
Secretary Song looked blank. "It's nothing. The person who just left with Comrade Su was too ugly. It was uncomfortable to look at."
Secretary Gao had met Su Dazhi before, and she felt a little embarrassed when she heard this, but she still reminded him, "Secretary Song, you shouldn't do this in front of Secretary Su. He's her own brother."
The younger brother is ugly, but isn't Secretary Su ugly too? They're born of the same parents.
Secretary Zhou was actually thinking, "That guy doesn't seem bad-looking at all. Secretary Su's son is quite good-looking, how could his younger brother be bad?"
Hearing Secretary Gao's words, Secretary Song suddenly realized why she felt so uncomfortable looking at that person—it bore a striking resemblance to Comrade Su. That's why she didn't like him!
"It's okay, I'm fine with whatever, I won't do it next time." Then he waved and rode away on his bike.
Watching him leave, Secretary Gao asked curiously, "Old Zhou, aren't your Secretary Song and Secretary Su acting a bit strange? From what I heard, Secretary Song didn't seem to like Secretary Su very much. But he didn't seem to reject her either. I heard from Old Zhu that the two of them had dinner alone together a while ago. Has your Secretary Song ever had dinner alone with any of us?"
Secretary Zhou said, "Who knows? Anyway, I think Secretary Su is a very nice person. She's witty and pleasant to listen to, and I don't think there's anything about her that's annoying. I guess Secretary Song doesn't interact with women much, so she doesn't know how to handle them."
Secretary Gao thought it was possible. "Luckily, Secretary Su is a magnanimous person, otherwise she would have been so angry with Secretary Song that she wouldn't have dared to come to dinner."
On her second day at work, Su Yu brought up the idea of organizing a social event with the steel mill with Chairman Sun.
Chairman Sun was quite pleased to hear that it was a joint event with the steel mill.
There are many factories in the provincial capital. Even though everyone is supposedly equal now, dating still involves considerations of social standing, and this applies to factories as well. Those working for large factories tend to date within larger factories because of the guaranteed benefits and compensation. Steel mills usually have partnerships with coal yards.
This time, Su Yu finalized the deal with the steel mill over a meal, which Chairman Sun found quite satisfactory.
"I just don't know what the steel mill's opinion is, since it's only Secretary Zhou who agreed. But I think the chances are still pretty good, since Secretary Song was there too. He was supportive."
Chairman Sun smiled and said, "Then there's no problem. I'll call the steel mill in a bit."
Sure enough, I called the steel mill in the afternoon, and the chairman of the union there didn't object and quickly agreed.
The timeframe is set for this year, which is not far off.
As soon as the union sent out the message, the textile factory became lively again.
Steel mills offer great benefits; most employees are provided with housing, and the canteen provides ample food. It's also a key provincial enterprise; dating someone from such a place is a great deal.
Especially her extended family members were very happy, praising Su Yu for being capable.
Unlike the previous arrangements of dating people from fertilizer factories, shoe factories, or clothing factories, this was pointless.
In order to find a good partner for their daughters or sons, every household has started preparing to make new clothes.
There is also a large demand for clothing from steel mills.
After hearing the news from Secretary Zhou, Su Yu immediately thought of the problematic fabric in the warehouse.
The batch of used materials in the warehouse were all defective materials, the kind that wouldn't be sold on the market and would usually be reprocessed. However, due to the heavy production schedule, they had been sitting in the warehouse, with Su Yu and others usually clearing some out, leaving quite a lot behind.
“Chairman Sun, we can’t just put that batch of materials directly on the market, but reworking them will delay production. The New Year is coming soon, and everyone is short of money. Why don’t we take out these materials, hire our retired workers as temporary workers, process them into garments, and sell them cheaply to the steel mill? This way, our factory can have some income, and the workers can earn more. Everyone can also wear new clothes to participate in social events.”
Chairman Sun's mind lit up when he heard about the plan, and he stood up and said, "I'm just worried that the steel mill won't accept it."
"Of course we need them! It's almost Chinese New Year. Who doesn't want to wear something new? If the social gathering doesn't use them all, the others can use them too. Besides, we're preparing for the social gathering and considering the workers' individual needs. It'll be a good story if word gets out."
Chairman Sun cares most about his reputation. Hearing Su Yu's words, he didn't hesitate and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll go and inform the factory committee."
After seeing Chairman Sun off, Factory Director Gao slammed his fist on the table in the Factory Committee office. "You're all in charge of production, how come you don't have the same ideas as the union comrades? You need others to come up with suggestions, where's your face? Where's your face?" He patted his own face.
The factory committee members: "..."
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