“The office is a place to hone your skills. Study hard and observe carefully. After a few years, when you’ve matured, you’ll naturally be promoted. Whether you go down to the grassroots or come to the bureau or committee, your path will be smooth.” Wang Guoqiang explained to Hou Liwei like a life mentor, showing him how to proceed in the future.
"Uncle Wang, my dad helped me get this computer. What if it can't be fixed? Will it affect my dad?" Hou Liwei asked, still feeling uncertain.
"Haha, you! Didn't you understand what I just said? It's a small matter and won't affect your dad. The computer is broken, but it will be fixed. As for that Su Ya you mentioned, your factory will probably give her a reprimand or disciplinary action. Don't take it to heart; just deal with it as usual," Wang Guoqiang said.
The two walked and talked until they reached the bus stop, where Hou Liwei accompanied Wang Guoqiang to wait for the bus. Hou Liwei had originally intended to give him a ride on his bicycle, but Wang Guoqiang insisted on taking the bus after offering him the ride.
Many people thought Suya was truly in dire straits, having damaged an imported computer, one that was quite expensive. At the very least, she should be dismissed; if she were seriously prosecuted for damaging state property, she could go to jail.
The young girl was so beautiful that everyone felt sorry for her. She was pretty and spoke sweetly, and everyone cared about her. But no one had a good idea; everyone was trying to find out more, and many admirers were even going to great lengths to pull strings.
The factory office announced that the factory leaders would study the matter and announce the results. However, apart from those few high-ranking leaders, no one knew what the outcome would be. Su Ya's fate rested on the shoulders of those few members of the factory committee.
Important people can treat what ordinary people consider a huge deal as a very small matter. There's a lot to learn about this, and the most important thing is to maintain a balance.
These days, an ordinary worker's monthly salary is only thirty-eight and a half. For an item worth more than thirty thousand, that's an astronomical price, a price one can't earn in a lifetime.
When the factory office learned the computers were broken, although they suspected some operational error, they handled them gently. A warning was given as punishment, and that was it. Those that needed repairing were repaired, and those that needed scrapping were scrapped. This computer was essentially a useless piece of junk in the factory anyway.
Apart from Suya, who trained herself in computer skills for a week, nobody in the factory knew how to operate this thing, let alone how to repair or maintain it. They'd have to go to the provincial capital to bring in an expert for repairs.
The person involved was unaware of the outcome of her investigation and kept crying, slumped over the desk in the records room. Her good colleague, Liu Juanjuan, was equally bewildered and flustered, as she had also contributed to the computer's damage.
When I saw the computer emitting smoke, I panicked and thought it was on fire. If it was on fire, I had to put it out. Just then, she was holding a teacup, full of hot tea. Without thinking, I poured the water from my cup over it.
Without her cup, the computer would have burned out, and it wouldn't have been her problem. But after she drank it, the computer even made a noise; I wonder which part inside exploded. Well, I guess I have to blame her for the computer damage too.
After the leaders came to inspect the scene, no one left a message, and everyone waited for the outcome. This waiting was the most painful and frightening time; my heart was hanging in limbo, neither rising nor falling.
Liu Juanjuan was filled with regret! She kept blaming herself for her impulsive actions. She hated Su Ya even more; printing a document had resulted in burning the computer and implicating her. Now, not many people had come to watch the spectacle, but those who had come to see the spectacle said that Su Ya's matter was serious—burning an imported computer worth over 30,000 yuan was damaging state property, which could lead to imprisonment.
Su Ya has been sentenced, and Liu Juanjuan probably won't escape either, since she's involved in this whole mess. She tried to help, but ended up getting herself imprisoned – what a mess!
I had no idea what to do. I wanted to send a message home, but there was no one to pass it on. If my family had a phone, I would have called them long ago to cry and plead my case, asking them to find someone to intercede on my behalf. But I couldn't leave at this time, and I felt anxious and uneasy.
Just then, she saw two tall boys walk past the door. She recognized one of them: Xu Shuai, the factory's go-to guy. He was often seen asking around in the factory canteen and was quite popular. Liu Juanjuan even chatted with him for a few minutes.
Xing Baohua walked up to the computer room, peeked inside, then looked around the corridors before and after him. No one was there. He simply stepped inside.
"Don't go in yet, just look around from the doorway," Xu Shuai quickly called out to Xing Baohua as he entered the computer room.
"How can we see anything if we don't go in?" Xing Baohua replied without stopping.
When Liu Juanjuan reached the door and saw the two people enter the computer room, she was terrified. Why did they so recklessly walk into the computer room? Didn't they know that the computer room was a restricted area?
He quickly followed, shouting, "Hey, stop! This isn't a place for you. Get out right now!"
Xing Baohua seemed not to hear Liu Juanjuan's words, her eyes fixed on the IBM log on the computer.
"What are you doing here? Don't you know the computer room is restricted area? No unauthorized personnel allowed. Get out of here right now!" Liu Juanjuan thought these two were here to watch the commotion again. With Xu Shuai, the factory's little know-it-all, everyone in the factory knew about everything within half a day.
"What are you here for? Of course, I'm here to repair home appliances. I thought this was a tourist attraction, a place for sightseeing?" Xing Baohua turned his head and replied, then reached out to the master-level PC.
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