Chapter 221 Promotion... I never expected this!
As evening fell and the last rays of the setting sun faded away in the evening breeze, the square in the residential area of Feiyan Textile Factory was packed with people. In front of the huge screen, a dense crowd of people sat one after another.
Besides factory workers, there were also representatives from domestic light industry units who came to Feiyan Textile Factory to learn, all sitting here watching the movie "The Blue Sea and the Silver Shuttle".
Qin Xiangxiang sat at the front with a numb expression, occasionally answering questions from other factory representatives, looking utterly hopeless.
“Whenever a group of cadres comes for training, we organize a movie screening. Every time a group comes, we have to watch a movie. This is torture for me, Qin Xiangxiang.”
Assistant He grinned from ear to ear and leaned over to say, "Factory Manager, what are you whispering about?"
Qin Xiangxiang said, "I'm already tired of watching this movie."
"How could we get tired of it... Everyone is excited! They all wish we could show the movie every night. Some people are even asking when the next group will come to learn. Let's show this learning movie again!!" Assistant He was full of energy. Although he had seen the movie at least ten times, he was still very enthusiastic. Of course, his enthusiasm was not for watching the movie, but for explaining the story behind the film's production to the factory cadres who came to learn, as well as the advanced organizational and production experience of their Feiyan Textile Factory.
I never get tired of this kind of "public sagacity" even if I experience it a hundred times.
The other workers in the factory did the same. Many of them brought their relatives and friends to watch the movie, and members from several nearby communes also came to watch the movie for free, showing off and bragging to these people... They never got tired of watching it a hundred times.
"When the typhoon hits, I'll be there! Look closely at my big face!"
"Oh dear, my expression isn't right. I'm sure I can act better next time I'm making a movie."
"The typhoon that day was incredibly dangerous. Some people on the film crew were even crying from fear. Just then, our factory manager appeared before the director like a god and said, 'Don't be afraid, I'm here...'"
...
Qin Xiangxiang rubbed her temples, unable to tell whether the scene in the movie was more shameful or the "artistic embellishment" by the surrounding crowd was more shameful.
"Sui Sui, come here, come to your brother's side!"
The mother was sitting in the front row, feeling uneasy. Meanwhile, Little Fatty, with his younger sister Sui Sui, was playing with the children from the factory, along with some children of cadres who had come to the textile factory for training. The group of about twenty children gathered together to play games, hide-and-seek, tag, and had a great time.
He didn't care about his own mother's embarrassment at all!
"Li Qingfeng, your mother is really amazing. I want to learn from her when I grow up."
Li Xiaopang: "My mom...sigh..."
Little Fatty paused for a moment, unsure how to describe his mother, so he said, "My grandma says my mom works too hard, like an old ox, always working and never taking a break. She always says she's not tired..."
"Wow!"
Sui Sui hugged her older brother: "But brother, I'm so tired and exhausted."
Fatty: "???? Little sister, you didn't do anything! You ordered your brother to move all this stuff for you? How are you tired?"
Sui Sui: "It's so tiring and hard. Dad said I helped Mom share the burden."
Little Fatty: "..."
It is said that his "very hard-working" mother, lazy younger sister, and confused father all put the burden of life on his chubby brother's shoulders.
When the movie reached the ending scene of a happy reunion, and Qin Xiangxiang saw the man's affectionate eyes once again, she was unmoved and coldly ate a bite of cream cake.
Finally finished watching! Time to call it a day! Call it a day!
"Director Qin, today's learning experience has been truly inspiring!"
"This movie is so amazing."
...
With a blank expression, Qin Xiang finished all her social engagements and prepared to take her son and daughter back home. She had housing at the factory, and if Li Jianzhi didn't come home, she would often stay there with her children. Her mother-in-law, Wu Xueyan, also lived there.
"Factory Director, you look incredibly lucky today!" Representative Xie said with a smile, offering his congratulations.
Qin Xiangxiang really wanted to spit on his face right now, thinking to herself, "How can you expect to have good fortune when I look like this?"
Representative Jie: "I've received a notification, Factory Manager, something good has happened at our factory! I won't tell you right now, you can guess what it is."
Qin Xiangxiang said coldly, "If you don't want to talk about it, why did you come to me and say you're having good luck?"
“Okay, I’ll tell you.” Representative Jie said in a low voice, “My appointment notice is almost here, and yours will be soon too. Our Feiyan Textile Factory will most likely be upgraded to a deputy county-level unit… There will be a big change in the organizational structure of our factory. Factory director, you will soon be a deputy division-level (deputy county-level) cadre. We’re just waiting for the appointment letter to come down.”
Qin Xiangxiang: "You got a raise?"
"It's not just a pay raise; our Feiyan Textile Factory has been upgraded to a deputy county-level unit, and our planning targets, funding allocations... all these aspects have improved!"
This means that the entire Feiyan Textile Factory is going to be upgraded, officially becoming a deputy county-level unit. As the factory director, she will also be promoted, and all the other leaders and cadres in the factory will be promoted to a higher level.
She was a deputy director-level factory director, while the other deputy factory directors were at the section chief level. Of course, their Feiyan Textile Factory had no deputy factory directors in the previous makeshift leadership team, only Assistant He, who was the factory director's assistant.
With the factory being upgraded, their original production department will be transformed into a production planning department, the finance office will be upgraded to a finance department, and new units such as a publicity department will be added...
This also means that there will be many more cadre positions and a significant increase in the number of government-funded positions.
He's been promoted to deputy director level?
Qin Xiangxiang didn't know whether she should be worried or happy. The entire factory's framework had doubled in size, and their small island workshop was becoming more and more standardized, which also meant that the burden on her shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.
Qin Xiangxiang: "I never thought I'd actually become a deputy section chief."
Two days later, a new appointment letter arrived. She was appointed factory manager, and the factory was upgraded along with her. Inside the factory, everyone was in high spirits, shouting that they were going to slaughter a pig to celebrate.
However, most people applauded and celebrated without understanding what was going on, and many were quite clueless about these organizational structures.
"What are the benefits of our factory becoming a deputy county-level unit?"
"I'm not quite sure either."
"It should be a good thing!"
"Are you all stupid? Of course it's great news! All departments have been upgraded, and a new batch of department heads and deputy department heads will be appointed soon! More positions! More leadership opportunities!"
At this moment, a red banner was hung in the auditorium of Feiyan Textile Factory, which read "Warmly celebrate the promotion of our factory to a deputy county-level unit and the appointment ceremony of Comrade Qin Xiangxiang". Various local leaders, leaders and secretaries of the Industrial Bureau, and the bewildered Qin Xiangxiang were sitting in the auditorium.
The leaders on the stage read out lengthy appointment documents, saying that the Feiyan Textile Factory's great achievements to this day were due to the correct leadership from higher authorities, the joint efforts of all workers, and the personal role played by Comrade Qin Xiangxiang, and so on...
Qin Xiangxiang was getting sleepy listening to the lecture, and when the appointment letter for deputy director-level cadre was finally presented to the public, she almost dropped it.
Because she wanted to say: From the past to the present... I think it's easy, right?
They achieved inexplicable results without even realizing it.
...
When it was Qin Xiangxiang's turn to give her speech, she certainly couldn't say, "I inexplicably got to where I am today." Instead, she pulled out the promotion reflections that her deadbeat husband had carefully written for her.
"We've come this far thanks to the collective efforts of all the factory's employees..."
...
Thank you everyone.
If the movie only brought fame, then the promotion in job rank was real. It wasn't just Qin Xiangxiang who was happy; it was a case of "some happy and some sad." The small workshop with a hundred or so people used to have military representatives who were only company-level officers, but now they all rose in rank along with the factory's upgrade.
"Actually, our factory should have been upgraded to the deputy county level long ago. I think we will be upgraded to the full county level sooner or later, or even the deputy department level!"
"Deputy director-general level? Stop dreaming!"
"This is the goal we should strive for!"
Assistant He, who can now also be called Deputy Factory Director He, serves as both Deputy Factory Director and Assistant to Factory Director Qin Xiangxiang. Qin Xiangxiang is quite familiar with him and doesn't want to replace Su Peisheng for the time being.
In the newly established propaganda department at the factory, Li Jinling and her husband Yang Zhixia became the union chairman, Gao Rong became the workshop director, and Xiao Zhier, because of her literacy, passed the assessment and became a staff member in the administrative management department. Even Zhuang Xiaoman, the farm manager, now has an administrative rank and has become a deputy section-level farm manager. Professor Shen, Dr. Ye, and others have become technicians...
Zhuang Xiaoman clicked her tongue in amazement: "I came here to grow vegetables and raise pigs, and now I'm a cadre? I even have a rank!"
“My husband said, this is equivalent to being a company commander! I’ve been promoted! I, Zhuang Xiaoman, am an officer now!”
While Feiyan Textile Factory was "collectively promoted," the entire Navy and Army Family Compound was in an uproar. This caused a huge stir, because many people had received official ranks, which was equivalent to being promoted to officers and becoming part of the formal organization. For example, workshop director Gao Rong and farm manager Zhuang Xiaoman, who were at the deputy section chief level, were now equivalent to company commanders.
"Back then, no one had high hopes for Feiyan Textile Factory. Who would have thought it would develop to where it is today... At the beginning, many family members even said they didn't want to come because they thought it was too tiring."
"Many of the female relatives have become cadres now!"
"When the factory is doing well, everyone benefits!"
...
Many officers were overjoyed. Originally, they had arranged for their wives to work as textile workers, but now they had been promoted to positions like clerks or deputy section chiefs. This not only meant an increase in salary and benefits, but also a boost in prestige.
Not only Qin Xiangxiang was confused, but Zhuang Xiaoman, Gao Rong, and others were also confused. As the factory expanded, they were all promoted to cadres.
Gao Rong: "When I first joined the factory, I never thought I would become a manager!"
Zhuang Xiaoman: "I didn't expect that either."
Qin Xiangxiang: "...I never expected this!"
"Factory Manager!!! Don't be so modest! This is all part of your plan! Let's follow you!"
Qin Xiangxiang: "??????"
Qin Xiangxiang is now a deputy division-level cadre, which is roughly equivalent to a deputy regimental level in the military. Because she is the actual factory director, there is no one in the entire factory with a higher rank than her, and her treatment is even better than many deputy regimental level cadres.
While everyone on one side was confused about the collective upgrade, many others were heartbroken, envious, and regretful to the point of wanting to slap their thighs in despair. He Xiuxiu's husband couldn't help but complain to her: "If only you had chosen Feiyan Textile Factory back then! With this collective upgrade, so many more positions have been created. If you had gone to Feiyan Textile Factory, you could have easily gotten a deputy section chief position."
"Even if you become a workshop director, you'll still be a deputy section chief. I see that Feiyan Textile Factory is developing rapidly, and who knows, you might even rise to a higher position and become even stronger!"
"Even Zhuang Xiaoman from our department has become a deputy section chief!"
Listening to her husband's complaints, He Xiuxiu felt inexplicably irritated. The Hongxing Textile Factory was a complex place with far more positions than available ones, and there were many factions within it. It was impossible for a small factory like Feiyan Textile Factory, which had only been established for a few years, to have its organizational structure expanded and cause mass promotions...
She originally didn't intend to become a leader; she only wanted to improve her technical title and become a senior female worker, like Zeng Jinfeng, an eighth-grade female worker. However... if she went to Feiyan Textile Factory, she would indeed have a good chance of getting a deputy section chief position. Missing out on such a great opportunity always made her feel uneasy.
Just as unhappy as He Xiuxiu was Jiang Changtian's wife, Xiao Ye. Jiang Changtian didn't mention sending Xiao Ye to Feiyan Textile Factory at the moment, but Xiao Zhi'er became a staff member in the administrative department of the textile factory.
Xiao Zhier and Xu Guangming brought good news: they had fallen for each other.
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