Director Shen was already getting impatient waiting. Seeing Director Zhang watching with great interest, he was too embarrassed to interrupt and could only endure it.
Fortunately, the waiting time was not too long, and Du Ruo had already put away the knife.
She handed the work to Director Zhang, who held the stone carving in his palm and couldn't stop praising it: "Wonderful, wonderful, the lines are smooth and natural, simple and majestic, and it is a masterpiece of nature."
Several leading comrades nearby also gathered around to watch and expressed their admiration.
One comrade pushed up his glasses and said, "This knife skill can be called master-level. Look at the charm and lines, it's absolutely amazing. This is just an ordinary piece of stone, but it's simply transformed into something magical!"
Another comrade said, "The most important thing about this carving is the charm. The stone is like it has been given life and has come alive."
Director Shen's eyes almost popped out of his head. He had been in this business for many years and was a connoisseur.
The truth is simplicity. There are not many lines on this stone, but with just a few strokes, the character's spirit is portrayed vividly, as if it came alive.
To be fair, this was indeed a master-level skill. However, he turned around and glanced at Du Ruo, a lesbian...
Du Ruo looked at Director Shen's eyes and sneered in her heart. She had seen such eyes many times.
Not to mention this time, even in that era decades later, people often looked at her with this kind of eyes.
What happened to the woman? Did she eat their rice and flour?
These people all have the attitude that women should stay away and are not suitable at all.
What a joke! Isn't it time to show your true colors in action? What's the point of just talking?
Director Shen said, "This carving is indeed good, but Comrade Du, they say learning never ends. We have made some progress, so we can't be proud.
Let’s put it this way, you don’t have to take the factory exam, this will be considered as your exam, and you can directly become an intermediate worker.
I hope you continue to work hard. Master Li is old, so you should learn from him."
Du Ruo was so angry that he laughed. This was a blatant cover-up.
She looked at Director Shen intently. Oh, this red line occupies more than half of the area, and there is a purple-red edge at the end. It must be of great origin, right?
She also discovered an interesting phenomenon: when Director Shen approached Director Zhang, the purple-red edge on his head would appear.
The farther away you are, the fainter it will be.
This is interesting. Does Director Shen's future depend on Director Zhang? What is their relationship?
One comrade pushed his glasses up on his nose and frowned, saying, "Intermediate worker? Director Shen, that's inappropriate, isn't it? Can all the intermediate workers in your factory achieve this level of skill?"
Director Shen blushed. This was definitely not allowed, but she was a lesbian...
Director Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "How about this? Let's assign Comrade Xiao Du a senior worker position. She's definitely worthy of it."
He then said to Du Ruo, "It's not a bad thing for young people to suffer some setbacks. I hope you will strive to reach greater heights. As for Master Li, I'll take a pay cut."
Senior workers no longer need to work under Master Li, and this result is acceptable.
The matter was settled. Director Shen accompanied Director Zhang to inspect other places. When he left, he whispered a few words to Secretary Zheng.
Secretary Zheng walked up to Du Ruo and said to her, "The factory director wants you to be the leader of Group 5. I've already completed the promotion procedures. I'll complete the process later and also pay you last month's salary. Do you have any other opinions?"
Five groups? Du Ruo smiled.
Group Five is the place that specializes in cleaning up messes. Any carving errors or damaged objects will be sent to Group Five.
Those that can be repaired are repaired, and those that cannot be repaired are thrown into the warehouse.
Working in this place is not tiring, it all depends on your mood. After all, everything thrown here is already waste, and no one has the ability to turn decay into something magical, right?
Du Ruo said: "I will obey the organization's arrangements."
Isn't it just exile and sitting on the bench? When she was an apprentice, she sat on the bench a lot. Half of her Qi-cultivation skills were cultivated during that time.
Secretary Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Du Ruo would make a scene again, so he said directly, "I'll complete the paperwork for you this morning. You can go and register first."
After Secretary Zheng finished speaking, he hurried out. He had to continue the inspection with the factory director.
Master Li's salary was demoted. He sneered and said, "This young man just likes to be lazy. Now he's satisfied? Group 5 is a leisurely place. If you don't want to move raw materials, go play with the scrap materials!"
Du Ruo didn't care what he said. He walked to the wall, took off his coat, put it on his arm, and walked out of the workshop to Group 5.
Group 5's workshop is in a corner at the back of the factory, next to the waste warehouse.
At that time, the jade business had just started to take off, and raw materials were not so scarce. Good raw materials were expensive, and ordinary ones were really nothing.
As soon as Du Ruo arrived at Group 5, he found it very noisy. When he walked in, he saw it was a very lively scene.
There were two or three female workers sitting on stools knitting, laughing happily while knitting. They must be chatting.
At the other end of the workshop, several men were playing poker. There were dimes and fifty cents on the table, and they were having a great time.
Seeing Du Ruo come in, a male comrade shouted: "What's going on? Are you here to deliver scraps or pick up scraps?"
Du Ruo asked, "Who's in charge here?"
Hearing her question, a man in his thirties came over. He looked Du Ruo up and down and was secretly amazed at how beautiful this woman was.
He said, "I'm Wang Jun, the deputy team leader. We haven't appointed a team leader yet, so I'm temporarily in charge. Comrade, what can I do for you?"
Du Ruo smiled and said, "Director Shen asked me to be the leader of Group 5."
Wang Jun laughed. What a joke! Sending such a delicate and frail woman to be the leader of Group 5? Aren't Group 5 leaders always veterans nearing retirement? They're all there to retire.
Du Ruo said, "Secretary Zheng asked me to come here. If you don't believe me, go ask him."
Wang Jun looked at Du Ruo doubtfully and said, "Comrade, take a break here. I'll go ask around."
When the others saw Wang Jun running out, they all started murmuring to themselves.
Du Ruo ignored her and walked around the workshop.
This workshop is not small and has all the necessary machines and tools. However, most of them are covered in dust, which means no one has used them for a long time.
There was a pile of waste materials in the corner that had not yet been put into storage. Du Ruo walked over, bent down and picked through them one by one.
Many of them are scraps and the quality is very average. There are also a few small pieces that are barely acceptable, but they are all failed products.
Du Ruo reached out and picked up a jade token. She frowned. The lines were not smooth enough, the characters were portrayed stiffly and rigidly, and the carving knife was too heavy. There was no way to remedy it.
She picked out several failed works one after another, looking thoughtful.
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