"Director Li, I live relatively close by, so it won't take me long to get back. I just wanted to learn more."
Director Li nodded in satisfaction.
"It's good that you're a young person with ambition. May I take a look at your notebook?"
"no problem."
Yu Yao handed the notebook over.
Director Li flipped through it; it contained detailed records of the steps and precautions for each stage of fruit canning production. These were nothing special.
What truly caught Director Li's eye were the various annotations and thoughts made in ballpoint pen next to the notebook.
These annotations and reflections show that Yu Yao was truly studying diligently.
Moreover, not only did they learn the key points, they were also able to apply what they learned to other situations and offer their own opinions and thoughts.
Especially in the process of preparing the sugar syrup.
This is the most technically demanding step in the fruit canning process, and Yu Yao's notes and questions were completely unlike what someone who had never heard of sugar syrup preparation could ask.
"Did you record all of this yourself?" Director Li couldn't help but ask.
Yu Yao nodded, "I recorded it myself."
“Very good,” Director Li said after reviewing the product, then asked Yu Yao a question: “In the production process of canned pineapple, what methods can be used to prevent browning in pineapples?”
Yu Yao knew that leaders liked to test employees with questions, so she wasn't surprised and shared what she knew.
"Measures to prevent browning in pineapples are implemented throughout the entire pineapple canning process. Each processing step aims to minimize the pineapple's contact time with air to prevent oxidative browning. The focus differs at each stage, such as the cutting stage..."
Yu Yao's answers to the questions were not simply reciting the canned food production materials she had read before, but rather incorporating her own observations and reflections over the past few days, and the questions she raised were also very insightful.
Director Li himself rose through the ranks from a syrup preparer, and he knows every step of the pineapple canning process like the back of his hand.
On several occasions, he deliberately made things difficult for Yu Yao, but apart from the part about the formula, Yu Yao answered very well.
The others in the dessert workshop had just finished their work and, hearing Director Li instructing Yu Yao on how to prepare desserts, all gathered around to listen.
Having finally found a free, experienced coach willing to guide her, Yu Yao seized the opportunity to raise all her doubts and thoughts about the process of preparing the sweet soup.
Director Li answered them all very seriously.
From Director Li's answer, Yu Yao not only resolved many of her doubts about preparing the sugar water.
I also noticed from Director Li's answer that the factory attaches great importance to the preparation of sugar water.
The factory might be planning something big with the canned fruit, and she could clearly sense that Director Li was intentionally or unintentionally guiding her to break down the formula.
The people in the sugar water workshop looked at Yu Yao with surprise.
Yu Yao, a newcomer, wasn't intimidated by her superiors, which was one thing, but when someone from the pretreatment workshop asked a question, those of them from the sugar water processing workshop would have to think about it before they could even understand it, let alone answer it.
This is much better than Wan Xiaozhen, who only knows how to ask "why" when she encounters something, and still doesn't understand it next time.
Wan Xiaozhen felt the occasional glances from her colleagues.
Her hands, which were pinching the pineapple, were almost crushing it, and the smile on her face was very forced.
Watching Yu Yao engage in a back-and-forth question-and-answer session with Director Li, her lips were bitten until they bled.
That Yu Yao is so scheming!
Knowing that Director Li would come to inspect the site before leaving get off work, I made preparations in advance to make a good impression on Director Li.
Director Li was very satisfied after asking Yu Yao her questions.
The new recruits are quite capable and worth training.
As he spoke, he looked at Wan Xiaozhen standing to the side, his face full of smiles: "You're new here too, right?"
To be able to start as an apprentice in the syrup preparation workshop right away, one must be more capable than Yu Yao.
Thinking of this, Director Li looked at Wan Xiaozhen with great anticipation, his expression becoming even more amiable: "Come here."
Wan Xiaozhen was so excited that she pinched the pineapple under her hand until it was smashed, and juice was everywhere.
Director Li frowned.
Unaware of the danger, Wan Xiaozhen walked confidently to Director Li, giving Yu Yao a smug look.
"Hello Director Li, I am a new apprentice in the sugar water preparation field. My name is Wan Xiaozhen."
You know, a leader is a leader; they have a keen eye and immediately recognized her uniqueness.
Wan Xiaozhen was very adept at creating such a scene where she stood out from the crowd.
No matter what, Wan Xiaozhen is the most beautiful girl on the island, and wherever she goes, she will be the focus of attention.
Even if some pretentious scoundrels steal the spotlight, it's only temporary.
Director Li's face turned cold when he saw the messy, dirty pineapple crumbs under her feet.
"Comrade Wan Xiaozhen, could you please tell me what the first rule of the sugar water workshop is?"
Wan Xiaozhen didn't expect Director Li's question to be so simple.
She had already memorized this, and immediately replied, "We must cherish every piece of fruit and resolutely eliminate waste. Director Li, I know the rules by heart, please feel free to ask me anything."
After Wan Xiaozhen finished speaking, she was waiting for Director Li to praise her, but the workshop fell silent instantly. Apart from the gurgling sound of pineapple being cooked in the pot, no one spoke and they all stared at her.
Wan Xiaozhen was confused. She took two steps and crushed another piece of pineapple.
Director Li, unable to contain himself any longer, said sternly, "If you've memorized it perfectly, why did you make such a mistake!"
"Huh?" Wan Xiaozhen was startled by Director Li's sudden outburst of anger.
Following Director Li's gaze, she saw the crushed pineapple at her feet and her face paled.
"I'm sorry, Director Li, I didn't see it. It wasn't intentional."
Director Li didn't give her a chance at all and asked her a few more questions.
The more you ask, the simpler it seems, but in the end, you know nothing at all.
“You’ve been an apprentice in the syrup preparation workshop for almost half a month now, how come you don’t even know these most basic things? You’re not as good as people in other departments.”
It goes without saying who this "other department person" refers to.
Wan Xiaozhen looked terrible; she was almost in tears from being scolded.
Director Li gave Wan Xiaozhen a good scolding, and then stormed back to his office in a huff.
Before leaving, he said, "When Zhao Shengli comes back, tell him to come find me."
Wan Xiaozhen's face turned pale and then red, and she ran out crying.
As he passed Yu Yao, he glared at her fiercely.
If Yu Yao hadn't liked to show off, she wouldn't have been implicated and questioned.
When Zhao Shengli returned from the bottling workshop, he heard his subordinates talking about this. He glanced at Wan Xiaozhen with a grim expression and went to his office.
"It's been almost half a month, and besides a workshop standard, you know nothing about anything else. Is this how you train new people?"
Zhao Shengli also felt wronged, "It's not that I don't want to teach, it's that she forgets everything after I teach her, and then asks me again next time. But if I teach her again in a different situation, she won't remember it again."
What could he do? He was desperate.
If all apprentices were like Yu Yao—smart, eager to learn, and willing to endure hardship—it would be easier for him to train ten of them than to train one Wan Xiaozhen.
"Director Li, you should arrange for her to be transferred to another workshop. Someone like Wan Xiaozhen, who has no talent and no attitude, is really not suitable to stay in the sugar water workshop."
Zhao Shengli complained, "My hair has turned quite a bit gray while I've been teaching her. You should transfer her away and bring Yu Yao over instead."
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