Meng Zening followed Su Xiaoli into the car. As a grown man, he was not afraid of being molested and would not suffer any loss.
Su Xiaoli handed him a few books she had just bought and said, "These are all for you. I'll make it short." She also asked where Meng Zening lived and started the car to take him home.
Meng Zening nodded, wanting to see how this little girl was going to take advantage of him.
Su Xiaoli briefly introduced the status of her old equipment and said, "The day after tomorrow is Sunday, are you going to work?"
"No...what's wrong?"
Meng Zening is indeed off duty the day after tomorrow, but what does this girl mean by this? "That's easier. I'll pick you up at your house on Sunday and we'll go directly to my factory." Unable to wait any longer, Su Xiaoli made the decision for Meng Zening.
Meng Zening calmed down and hesitated.
No matter how unpopular he was, he was an engineer in a state-owned enterprise. If he took work privately, it would not be allowed by the system and he would be punished.
Su Xiaoli understands that due to the current social environment and talent flow system, technical personnel's "part-time" work in personal enterprises is not allowed and even involves great risks.
A few years ago, an engineer from a state-owned factory in Hanjiang and his three partners designed two sets of drawings for the production of sewage purifiers for a local township enterprise. They also wrote a 20,000-word technical description of the product, which brought the enterprise back to life from the brink of bankruptcy.
To express his gratitude, the factory director gave several people 600 yuan each by the end of the year.
It was this 600 yuan that sent the engineer to jail.
When the relevant leaders of the state-owned factory learned about this, they immediately reported it to the public security bureau. The engineer was found guilty of "technology speculation and profiteering".
The first-instance judgment sentenced him to 300 days in prison, which, in the engineer's own words, was "equivalent to spending two yuan a day in jail."
This matter is still a controversial and entangled topic in China at that time, and even now.
One of the fiercest opposing views is: engineers work in state-owned enterprises and receive state salaries, so how can they use "state resources" to fill their own pockets? Most of these engineers come from state-owned research institutes and state-owned enterprises. When they go to township enterprises and private enterprises to "moonlight" on weekends, they are defined by newspapers as "Sunday engineers."
However, in the south, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian, they have long taken advantage of the "Sunday engineers" in the surrounding big cities and have become a strong radiation area of the intellectual and technical skills resources of the big cities.
"Come quietly, work quickly, and leave quietly." This is the daily routine of many "Sunday engineers".
After arriving late on Saturday night, people usually find a bathhouse or a small hotel to stay in, and then take a bus to the towns and private enterprises in the early morning on Sunday.
I worked all day to quickly resolve on-site issues, and then on Sunday night I had to squeeze on a bus back to my original city. I had to be at work on time on Monday morning.
Otherwise, if the leader can't see anyone on Monday, everything will be a mess.
Knowing this situation, Su Xiaoli does not emphasize "part-time job" or "moonlighting", but instead uses another term: "on-site practical learning".
"You are not taking private work. I provided you with some equipment to exercise with, and you didn't ask for any compensation. How can it be considered taking private work?"
Meng Zening looked at the several books in his hand, all of which he wanted to buy but could not afford. Adding them together, they amounted to two or three yuan.
Is this considered a reward? Meng Zening felt unhappy.
In theory, he is very short of money now, which doesn't matter to him, but he has always wanted to take good care of his mother.
"Okay! Then I'll try it!" Meng Zening hesitated for a while and finally made up his mind.
The car stopped in front of the door of his small house. The lights were on in the house. It must be his bedridden mother waiting for him to come back.
"8 o'clock on Sunday morning!" Su Xiaoli rolled down the car window and shouted.
Meng Zening looked at the back of the jeep and sighed.
He is a filial son, but he has no money to provide his mother with better medical conditions. He also wants to get started as soon as possible so that his job title and salary can be raised.
Just like what the girl said, accumulate practical experience first and take it step by step.
Meng Zening has a bit of a bookish air and only uses the simplest logic to adapt to society.
If it weren't for the pressure of life and the fact that these books just happened to suit his taste, otherwise, given his stubbornness at work, it would have been difficult to negotiate.
Su Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhou Tian wanted to see whether the young engineer had solid technical skills.
Even if it is not solid, she is not worried. It is better than her and Zhang Yu who know nothing about it. Besides, according to common logic, engineers also have their own circles. As long as you know one of them, you can know a group of them.
She didn't expect that Meng Zening was a "lone wolf" who couldn't get into any circle in the unit.
Su Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief, and Deputy County Mayor Xia, who had been anxious these days, also breathed a sigh of relief.
After concluding the first meeting with the Hong Kong businessmen, Deputy County Mayor Xia immediately reported the preliminary results of the meeting to several major team members.
We are naturally happy about the initial results, but it is unheard of that the policies of several counties are different. The members are definitely not convinced.
The county magistrate's surname is Fan, and he is an old revolutionary.
At first, no one was willing to come to this poor county to be an official, so the organization had no choice but to ask him to take over for two years.
He is about to reach the age of full retirement, and the old man does not want to fail to achieve results while in office.
There was no opportunity before, but there is an opportunity now. The small county town will soon be able to develop, so how can we allow such a thing to happen?
The meat that is about to be eaten is being snatched away by other counties. How can we just accept this?
There is indeed competition between counties. In the past, when there were investment projects, they were always fought over among those rich and powerful counties. Lingzheng County did not have the strength to win, so it gave up the idea.
Now it is finally the turn of Lingzheng County, one of the “100 poorest counties”, to have development opportunities. Hong Kong businessmen have specifically requested to invest in Lingzheng County. So, do they want us to give it up for nothing?
No way!
Whoever wants to swallow this anger can do so, but Old Secretary Fan can't!
Without saying a word, the impatient Secretary Fan dragged Deputy County Chief Xia and Secretary Li into the car and drove straight to the municipal government compound.
Secretary Fan looks skinny and older than his actual age, but he is in good spirits.
He had a lot of experience and broke into the office of Mayor Du Shuji directly. The secretary at the door couldn't stop him.
Du Shuji was in his fifties, and his expression was a little strange at the moment. "Old man, why did you come in as you said? You didn't even knock on the door!" He glanced at the embarrassed secretary and waved him out.
He still respected the old revolutionaries, at least on the surface. The old secretary had a very tough character, so he couldn't help but soften his stance when speaking.
"Shuji Fan, how come you have time to come to my place today?" He brought a glass of boiled water to Fan Shuji.
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