Chapter 23 Protest
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Let’s go back to before the towel incident.
Pan Huiyu stood in front of a dilapidated house, hugging the man next to her and said coquettishly, "President Feng, when can I be promoted to a regular employee? I heard that the union only has one regular employee position this time, so you can't give it to Ye Qian."
"Don't worry. Ye Qian is better than you in every aspect. If you are given a permanent position and I don't give it to her, other people will know there is a problem at a glance, and your permanent position will also be criticized." President Feng prevaricated.
President Feng thought to himself: How can you be promoted to a regular employee if you don’t make some achievements?
When Pan Huiyu heard President Feng say this, she thought he was thinking about her, "You are the leader, other people's opinions mean nothing, it's you who makes the decision."
President Feng was very pleased to hear Pan Huiyu's words. "It's not okay to let you change jobs just like that, but if Ye Qian makes a mistake, that's a different story. You should think of a solution yourself."
After Pan Huiyu pondered for several days and nights, the towel incident on International Women's Day occurred.
Even if things go wrong, you still have to be transferred to a regular position.
President Feng had no choice. The towel incident had caused such a big stir that the entire factory knew about it. He could only let Ye Qian become a regular employee, but Pan Huiyu was pestering him so he had no choice but to apply for another regular employee position. That's how Ye Qian and Pan Huiyu were both made regular employees.
Ye Qian didn't know where Pan Huiyu got the nerve to show off in front of her.
how.
Do I have to come and thank her?
I have been working here for half a year and based on my performance, I should have been able to become a regular employee. However, I was involved with Pan Huiyu, which made me feel a little uncomfortable.
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The next day, the news that Ye Qian and other workers had been converted to regular employees was published in the factory newspaper, which was written by Ye Qian herself.
The workers passing by gathered together to watch.
Worker A whispered to the people around him, "Is this Pan Huiyu the one who stole something last time? Has she been hired as a regular employee?"
Worker B thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be her. How can someone like that be officially hired? Isn't it said that people with tainted records can't be officially hired?"
Worker C remembered this person and said with certainty, "What do you mean by 'seems'? It's her. What else could it be? There must be someone behind the scenes. Otherwise, she would have been fired last time, so how could she be hired as a regular employee?"
Worker A said agitatedly, "That won't work. My son joined the company with them. He worked hard and didn't make any mistakes, but he couldn't get a permanent position. How can she, who made such a big mistake, get a permanent position? I need to speak to the supervisor."
Worker Ding echoed, "Yes, my child feels the same way. This isn't fair. So many people work hard but still can't get a permanent job. Why? Is there someone behind the scenes who's so impressive?"
At this time, the crowd watching the factory newspaper became agitated: "Yes, this is unfair, we want to protest."
This incident escalated very quickly. In less than three days, hundreds of workers gathered together and blocked the factory director and deputy director's offices downstairs, demanding that the director and deputy director resolve their doubts.
After the factory director and deputy director learned about the incident from everyone, they went to find President Feng to find out more.
President Feng also had a look of cuteness on his face at this time.
Just a matter of becoming a regular employee caused hundreds of workers to protest collectively. This has happened before, but never like this.
That’s because it takes time for people who made mistakes to correct them and time for others to forget about them.
But the towel incident and the regularization happened less than a month apart. There wasn't much entertainment in the 1960s, so workers could talk about any little thing for a long time. No one had forgotten what happened before. If he was regularized at this time, wouldn't that just put him in the spotlight?
Who to blame? It’s yourself!
At this time, the factory director and deputy director called all the protesting workers together to hold a meeting to discuss the matter.
Location: Canteen (large place).
Main personnel: Pan Huiyu, President Feng, and other union officials.
All other departments must also participate because the regularization issue involves every department.
The factory director's secretary announced the start of the meeting.
Worker A stood up from his stool and said to the factory manager, "Manager, didn't Pan Huiyu make a mistake? How can she be a regular employee?"
Pan Huiyu immediately retorted: "Can't we correct our mistakes?"
Worker B was skeptical, "We know mistakes can be corrected, but this time is too short. It's less than a month. Can she really change?"
Worker C also echoed the previous statement: "We had a similar situation at our grain factory before, and it took a long time for those people to get a permanent job. You have a problem."
Pan Huiyu: "What's the problem? I was promoted because I did a good job."
Worker Ding was a little disdainful when he heard Pan Huiyu's words: "If you do your job so well, why did the towel incident happen?"
Pan Huiyu: "I was..."
"What is it..." the workers asked below.
Pan Huiyu turned to look at Ye Qian at this time.
Ye Qian was also looking at her at this time. What? Did she want to dig up the matter again and frame herself? She was not afraid. She was caught red-handed, and so many people saw it. How could she still overturn the verdict?
Pan Huiyu shut up at this point, and the factory director asked Chairman Feng, "If that's the case, then it's really against the rules for Comrade Pan Huiyu to be officially employed at this time."
Chairman Feng explained, "We never said before that someone who made a mistake couldn't be immediately promoted. Besides, Comrade Pan Huiyu is indeed quite capable at work."
Du Xiaoli and Ye Qian had a good relationship, and she also knew that Pan Huiyu had snatched Ye Qian's official seal task. At this time, she said indignantly: "It's really good. Drinking tea and chatting every day."
The deputy factory manager asked the union staff, "Is that so? People from your union are with her every day. Does she work like this every day?"
President Feng was not in the same office as the others, so it was not convenient for him to speak at this time. Wang Juan was the union leader, so she was the most appropriate person to answer at this time.
Wang Juan also knew that Pan Huiyu was probably close to Chairman Feng, but she did not dare to lie in public in front of the factory director and deputy director. "Yes, it was fine when I first came. I would go out on field trips with Secretary Chen every day. After the Chinese New Year, I started to work less. I really just drank water and ate melon seeds every day." Wang Juan's words were the truth, impartial, and even Pan Huiyu could not refute them.
Pan Huiyu continued, "That's because I have other tasks and don't need to run field work. Didn't I take over the task of the official seal?"
Du Xiaoli was also very angry when this matter was mentioned, and said, "Isn't the job of the official seal Ye's? How did it become yours?"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar below.
Yes, it clearly belonged to Secretary Ye, how did it become Pan Huiyu’s?
Worker A asked Pan Huiyu: "It was clearly Director Ye's job to stamp the official seal. How did it become yours?"
Worker B also found it strange: "Yes, when we went to the union before the New Year, it was Secretary Ye who stamped the official seal and issued the letter of introduction for us."
Worker Ding turned to Ye Qian and asked, "Secretary Ye, please speak up. Isn't this your job? Why did it become Pan Huiyu's job?"
At this time, Ye Qian did not expect such an unexpected gain.
I still hold a grudge against this matter and have never taken revenge, so I naturally cannot miss this opportunity.
(End of this chapter)
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