Chapter 153
Ever since his younger sister became the deputy director of a food factory, Ye Mangui has been always prepared to go to work there and has even researched his future commute route.
The jobs he initially favored were front-line worker positions in bakery workshops, pastry workshops, and candy workshops. He even discussed privately with his wife under what circumstances he could sneak a bite.
However, after studying for most of the day, Shen Liangmei suddenly poured a basin of cold water on him.
"Don't even dream of getting a position like this that offers the chance to cheat. Lai Ya will definitely not let you go!"
Having been a sister-in-law for more than ten years, Shen Liangmei knows her sister-in-law's temper very well, but she can at least understand it to some extent.
"You're her biological brother. If you get caught eating in the workshop, it would be a disgrace to Lai Ya! Lai Ya doesn't need to say anything, Dad will punish you!"
Ye Lai Ya was already favored in the old Ye family, and now that he has become the deputy factory director, it is even more amazing.
When Old Ye is at home, he talks about his little daughter all the time.
He also asked his grandchildren to follow his aunt's example and learn from her and her uncle.
If Man Gui dares to hinder his sister at the food factory and affect her future, Old Ye will definitely tear him apart!
Ye Mangui felt that his wife's words made sense, and he didn't trust himself very much, so he ruled out the job of warehouse manager, which was prone to embezzlement.
After looking around, he finally decided on the job of security guard.
The message room at the food factory was quite large. He could work as a security guard while taking care of flowers, birds, fish and insects at the same time without any delay.
Today's life is better than the previous two years, and the business of flowers, birds, fish and insects has shown signs of recovery.
He receives a salary from his workplace and enjoys the welfare benefits of a state-owned factory. He doesn't have to pay for medical treatment or medicine, and while working as a doorman, he can also make some extra money through his hobbies.
Isn’t this a heavenly day!
Fourth Brother knew Ye Manzhi, and Ye Manzhi also knew Fourth Brother well, so they were not surprised by his ambition to become a security guard.
"Brother, our factory just fired a security guard. The job isn't easy these days. Not only do we have to split into day and night shifts, but we also have very strict management of people and vehicles entering and leaving the factory. If a bird flies into the factory, we have to verify whether it's male or female."
The fourth brother chuckled and said, "It's okay. It's okay to be a little tired at the beginning. I'm not afraid of being tired!"
The food factory has been in a state of turmoil recently, so the security guards must strictly manage the factory. It will be easy once the crisis is over.
"I'm not sure if the factory will hire security guards from outside. That position is usually for injured workers who have been transferred from the front line." Ye Manzhi urged him again, "You should prepare for the written test first. You can take the exam for the position that is available when the time comes."
The last time my fourth brother had a serious education was twenty years ago. He graduated from junior high school and then went home to live off his parents.
Ye Manzhi was not worried about anything else but that he would not pass the written test.
In such a situation where there is a shortage of jobs, she is not so shameless as to bring her brother, who failed the written test, into the factory as a regular worker.
Ye Manzhi handed over the task of supervising his fourth brother's studies to Old Ye and his third brother.
If I don’t seize this opportunity, I don’t know when the next recruitment will be!
*
At the food factory, the factory leaders not only had to quell the impact of the truth about the February 27 fire, but also had to wait for their superiors' opinions on how to deal with them.
He embezzled 3,000 yuan of state-owned assets in one year and burned down four workshops and most of the equipment. This would have been big news no matter where it happened.
Because the impact was so severe, several factory managers were called in for talks by leaders of the Industrial Department and Binjiang Municipal Party Committee.
Niu Enjiu was the Party Secretary and factory director. He failed to supervise and perform his duties in this matter, causing the food factory to suffer heavy losses.
Some people suggested that Niu Enjiu should be severely punished, at least given a serious warning within the party and removed from his post.
Some people also believe that the 2.27 fire case and the He Dali gang case should be viewed separately.
He Dali is the mastermind of the gang, and as his direct leader, Niu Enjiu should bear leadership responsibility.
However, 2.27 was a criminal case. Warehouse manager Zhao Baoming committed the crime in a fit of passion, which resulted in untimely firefighting and caused significant losses to the food factory.
In this case, Zhao Baoming is the main culprit. When holding people accountable, his direct superior and the deputy factory director in charge should be held accountable first.
Niu Enjiu has been running the food factory for several years and has made great contributions. Many people in the industrial system speak for him.
In the end, he was allowed to keep his position as factory director, but was given a serious warning within the party and criticized within the system.
Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory must also make a written inspection to the Provincial Department of Industry and the Binjiang Municipal People's Committee.
After the punishment of the responsible leader was settled, Niu Enjiu, who had retained his position as factory director, finally had the mind to deal with the current situation in the factory.
He first presented a banner to the district public security bureau on behalf of the factory leadership team with great fanfare.
Thanks to the public security comrades for helping the factory find out the truth, catching the culprit, and preventing the food factory from suffering greater losses.
Then he personally instructed Liu Hanmin, the safety officer who came to the factory to work all day, to return to work.
It is an indisputable fact that Liu Hanmin neglected his duties and left his post without permission during work, and there is nothing wrong in firing him.
However, the other party provided important clues to the public security investigation, which indirectly helped the factory recover its losses.
After his merits and demerits offset each other, Liu Hanmin can be allowed to return to the factory to work, transferred from the security post, and assigned other work by the personnel department.
As for the other security guard who was fired, he didn't even mention it.
Ye Manzhi was quite impressed by Director Niu's ability to cultivate his energy.
When the police first reported the case, she heard Lao Niu curse with her own ears, "Why is it Liu Hanmin, the troublemaker again?"
From Niu Enjiu's perspective, Liu Hanmin is undoubtedly quite hateful.
The main culprit of the speculation and profiteering had died in the fire, and their profit chain of reselling canned goods had long been cut off.
Even if the truth is not revealed, the factory will not suffer any losses.
Although the truth has been revealed, it has had no positive effect on the factory. No one can compensate for the burned factory buildings and equipment, and not much stolen money has been recovered.
Not only did it have no positive effect, it also caused him and Chen Qian to be punished.
Niu Enjiu must have hated this troublemaker.
However, in order to stabilize people's hearts and consider the overall situation, he still had to hold his nose and bring Liu Hanmin back.
After presenting the banner and recalling Liu Hanmin, he began to carry out internal rectification within the food factory.
The head of the supply and marketing department, the head of the security department, and the deputy factory director Chen Qian, who was in charge of the production planning department, were all reprimanded and held accountable.
Chen Qian had been the deputy factory director for less than two years when he was held accountable three times for the 2.27 fire, and he was completely devastated.
At the same time, all workshops in the factory conduct self-inspection and self-correction, and all suspected cases of embezzlement will be reported for thorough investigation.
Ye Manzhi held eight team meetings in a week, almost all of which were related to safety work.
Niu Enjiu was determined this time and put a lot of effort into rectifying production discipline.
Any worker who was found guilty of petty theft was severely punished by the factory to serve as a warning to others.
In just one week, the First Food Factory fired 12 workers!
Everyone in the factory was in danger, and the situation was tense. Ye Manzhi was also tired.
Only when she goes home and sees her little beauty can she completely relax.
"Mom, when will my dad come back?" Comrade Wu Yuzhuo asked again when he saw his mother at the kindergarten gate.
"I don't know. He's with your Uncle Zhou. Why are you always so worried?"
Recently, the 1062 Institute had some cooperation with Binjiang Second Machine Factory. Wu Zhengrong and Deputy Director Zhou entered the gate of the Second Machine Factory and never returned home.
She and Liu Zhenfang next door have to take care of the children at home alone.
The situation with branches full of leaves is slightly better, only one is needed.
Liu Zhenfang is going to lead four people!
"If my dad doesn't come back, he won't be able to see me perform on stage!" Wu Yuzhuo said unhappily, "I'm standing in the first row!"
Ye Manzhi tapped her forehead and said, "Wait until you're the seventh in the first row before you start showing off! I used to stand in the middle of the dance team, but I wasn't as good at showing off as you!"
The kindergarten had choreographed a group dance, and Wu Yuzhuo was short, so the teacher arranged him to sit at the very edge of the first row.
But Wu Yuzhuo always believed that her seat was the first one in the first row, just like lining up during recess, and it was the best seat.
Wu Yuzhuo kept asking, "When will Dad be back? Can he watch me dance tomorrow?"
Ye Manzhi didn't want to lie to her, so she told her the truth: "Maybe you won't be able to see it. When Dad comes back, you can perform it for him alone!"
"Okay, then I'm going to call my great-grandfather, great-grandmother, my aunt, my grandmother, my grandfather, my eldest aunt, my second aunt, my third uncle, my fourth uncle, my fifth uncle, my eldest uncle, and my youngest uncle, and ask them to bring my brother Maiduo, my brother Cheche, my brother Qiuqiu, my sister Niuniu..." Wu Yuzhuo listed all the aunts and uncles she could think of as if she were reading out a dish, and finally said, "Let them come to see my performance!"
"..." Ye Manzhi teased her deliberately, "Do you want to bring Lihua and Kuihua to watch your performance together?"
Hearing this, Wu Yuzhuo actually thought seriously for a while, then shook his head and said, "I won't take them with me anymore. When I'm dancing at home, they don't obey the rules at all and always run around!"
Ye Manzhi thought to himself, that’s because you jumped too many times.
Wu Yuzhuo was raised by Lihua and Kuihua since childhood.
Especially Lihua, who seemed to treat Wu Yuzhuo as her own cub. When the cub was an infant, she even caught mice for her to eat.
Lihua was quite tolerant of this human cub. Every time Wu Yuzhuo danced, it would sit beside him as a loyal audience.
But the mother cat’s patience is limited. After watching the same dance for nearly two months, she has become too lazy to watch it recently.
As soon as Wu Yuzhuo danced, it disappeared.
The great dancer drew up an invitation list, went home, hurriedly washed her hands, ran to her father's study, and quickly called all her aunts and uncles.
However, the others had either already left work or did not have phone calls. The only ones who could answer her call were the old couple of the Wu family and Ye Shouxin, who was working the night shift in the workshop.
The great dancer once again invited her great-grandparents, grandma and grandpa to bring their families to watch her performance. She talked about all sorts of things for a long time, even mentioning that she had eaten red bean paste buns in kindergarten today. Finally, she put down the receiver reluctantly.
Ye Manzhi called her outside to eat, and Wu Yuzhuo jumped off the chair. When she was about to close the door, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
She quickly climbed back into her chair and picked up the phone again.
"Hello, Comrade Wu Zhengrong hasn't finished get off work yet. Only Comrade Ye Manzhi and Comrade Wu Yuzhuo are at home."
A chuckle came from the other side, "Well, I'll look for Comrade Wu Yuzhuo."
"Dad!" Wu Yuzhuo called out in surprise, "Dad, when will you be back? Can you go to our kindergarten's performance tomorrow?"
"I'm afraid I'll miss it tomorrow..."
Wu Zhengrong explained to her, coaxed her into submission, and then spoke to his wife for a few more words before hanging up the phone.
At the military academy's switchboard, the female operator disconnected the call and said to her colleague next to her, "That call was from Chief Wu."
In the switchboard team, there is only one Wu, and that is Deputy Director Wu of Institute 1062.
The colleague immediately perked up and, imitating Director Wu's cold voice, asked, "Did he say, 'Hello, could you please transfer me to Deputy Director Wu's home?'"
"Yes, yes, very precise. His daughter answered the call today," the female operator nodded, then changed her tone and said gently, "Well, I'll talk to Comrade Wu Yuzhuo."
"Hahaha, he was laughing when he was talking to his lover last time, calling her Director Xiao Ye!"
After that, the two young operators looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Although Wu Suo did not work at the Military Academy, he became a celebrity there because he lived in the staff quarters.
Putting aside his identity, just looking at Wu Suo's face is enough to make him a hot topic.
As he walked on the street, everyone around him was overshadowed by him.
The key point is, there are actually two faces like this! His daughter looks like he was cast in the same mold!
The young operator said, "Every time I get a call transferred from his daughter, I want to laugh when I think of her calling me 'Auntie' in front of Chief Wu."
"Don't answer other people's phone calls!" another person warned, "Be careful the squad leader finds out!"
"I didn't eavesdrop. I only listened to the beginning and then got lost."
*
After receiving a call from his father, Comrade Wu Yuzhuo finally stopped asking when his father would come back.
However, the next day when she went to attend the Children's Day performance in the city, she would look up at the sky every few seconds.
"Baby, what are you looking at?" Ye Manyi was also made to look up at the sky by her.
"My dad said he can't spend Children's Day with me, but he can give me a gift," Wu Yuzhuo said with anticipation, "The gift is in heaven!"
Ye Manzhi: “…”
What gifts can there be in heaven?
Is this what Dr. Wu is exaggerating about?
"Stop looking!" Ye Manzhi straightened her head. "You're about to go on stage to perform. Don't look up at the sky when you're on stage!"
She had already made up her mind that if all else failed, she would buy a balloon for her daughter. It was a major holiday and she couldn't let the child down.
After fixing her daughter's hair and repeatedly telling her not to look up at the sky, Ye Manzhi handed the child over to the kindergarten teacher.
The dance choreographed by the Military Academy Kindergarten was "Flowers Towards the Sun", and they performed very front row, making them the second program.
A group of little kids walked onto the stage under the guidance of their teacher and immediately won applause from the audience and parents.
This was the first time the kindergarten dance class organized a public performance, and the children were inevitably nervous about their first time on stage.
After more than ten seconds, some people still couldn't find their place.
Wu Yuzhuo was the first one in the first row, standing at the very edge, which made it easier for him to find a spot.
As soon as the music started, she started to move.
Grandpa Wu stood beside the stage, holding a camera, and kept encouraging his great-granddaughter: "Hey, Youyan danced so well! Good, good, good!"
Grandma Wu pulled him aside and said, "Don't talk to her, or you'll forget the moves!"
"I can't forget it. He's been dancing for two months now. It's such a simple dance, and Youyan can do it with his eyes closed!" Grandpa Wu pressed the shutter and said, "Looking at Youyan's posture, maybe he can really become a dancer in the future!"
Ye Manzhi: “…”
Even my own mother wouldn't dare to brag like that.
She stared at the contestants on the stage. The rhythm was accurate, the movements were standard, and the smile was sweet. Her daughter was so cute!
Unfortunately, I always look up to the sky.
The dance lasted less than three minutes in total, and Wu Yuzhuo looked up at the sky at least five times under the cover of dance movements!
The children next to him also looked up at the sky.
The audience thought this was a movement choreographed by the teacher!
Ye Manzhi complained in her heart that if this dance didn't get a ranking, it would all be Wu Zhengrong's fault!
After the performance, Wu Yuzhuo bowed and left the stage with the other children.
However, just as the children stood up straight, they heard a roar coming from the sky in the distance.
A dozen seconds later, a green plane flew over the city.
Wu Yuzhuo waited for a long time and finally received the gift from his father. He pointed at the plane in the sky and said, "My dad!"
She grabbed the hand of a kid nearby and said excitedly, "I, I, I, that's my dad!"
The little boy who was being held back exclaimed in admiration: "Is your dad the one flying the plane? Your dad is awesome!"
Wu Yuzhuo replied seriously, "My dad is awesome!"
The plane only appeared in the field of vision for about ten seconds, but this sudden appearance of the plane made Wu Yuzhuo excited for the whole afternoon.
The phone call yesterday made her firmly believe that the person flying the plane was her father, and this was the Children's Day gift her father gave her!
So, when Wu Zhengrong completed his mission and returned home, he not only received admiring looks from his daughter, but also enjoyed the VIP treatment of watching a dance performance alone.
"Are you happy today?" Wu Zhengrong touched her messy braids.
"Happy!" Wu Yuzhuo nodded vigorously.
Ye Manzhi couldn't stand the two people talking at cross purposes anymore, so she said to Dr. Wu, "Your daughter thinks you're the one flying the plane!"
Wu Zhengrong: “…”
Not really.
The military airborne computer developed by their institute has been officially applied to the aircraft. Today is the third test flight. The test flight range is much larger than the previous two times and can fly over the city.
Since neither he nor Lao Zhou could spend the holiday with their children, they planned to use this trick to coax the children.
After he finished the call, Lao Zhou followed suit and told the same thing to the four children in his family.
Children are usually very excited to see an airplane, which is enough to keep them happy for a while.
Unexpectedly, the kid in his family was not only happy, but also had a rich imagination. He actually thought he was the one flying the plane!
He simply explained: "I wasn't on the plane at the time, but part of the plane was provided by my father's unit."
"Wow, Dad, you build airplanes!" Wu Yuzhuo said, imitating the children's words, "You are so awesome!"
Wu Zhengrong: “…”
This understanding does not seem to be entirely wrong.
Wu Yuzhuo didn't care at all whether her father was a pilot or an airplane builder.
Today she danced on stage, saw an airplane, rode a train with her great-grandparents, and ate popsicles. She was very happy!
*
Dr. Wu made a big mistake, which made Ye Manzhi laugh for half the night.
When she went to work the next day, she was still thinking that Dr. Wu must either learn to fly a plane or learn to build a plane, otherwise it would be difficult to make up for his boast.
She first checked in at the factory, then immediately went to the Municipal People's Committee to attend the "Citywide Industrial Learning from Daqing Mobilization Conference."
Because a scandal had just broken out at the food factory, Niu Enjiu was almost fired because of it. He had been busy rectifying production discipline in the factory recently and didn't want to show up in public for the time being.
Therefore, almost all provincial and municipal meetings were attended by Ye Manzhi and other deputy factory directors.
When Ye Manzhi came to the city and district for meetings, he had several regular meeting partners.
For example, Director Zhang of the Second Brewery, Deputy Director Lu of the Textile Factory, and Director Guo of the Sugar Factory.
We are all female factory managers, so we have more things to talk about when we sit together.
As soon as Ye Manzhi entered the meeting room, she began looking for her meeting partner, but she didn't see anyone today.
She saw Deputy Director Feng of Binjiang Second Brewery and greeted him with a smile: "Director Feng, it's rare to see you lately. Most of the time it's Director Zhang who comes to attend meetings."
"Haha, Director Zhang is working in the workshop today. I happened to be free, so I came over to listen to the leader's speech."
Ye Manzhi asked curiously, "Director Feng, does your factory director need to go down to the workshop?"
"Well, one day a week, we work in the workshop. Not only the factory director, but all the cadres have to go there," said Deputy Factory Director Feng. "Our factory is currently implementing the 'two participations, one reform, and three combinations' system."
Ye Manzhi nodded in understanding.
It seems that the brewery has applied the Angang Constitution.
A few years ago, the province promoted the Anshan Constitution for a period of time, and many large state-owned factories responded to the call and used this method to manage their enterprises.
The so-called "two participations, one reform, and three combinations" means that cadres participate in labor, workers participate in management, unreasonable rules and regulations are reformed, and then cadres, workers and technical personnel are combined.
The First Food Factory also carried out this kind of reform, allowing cadres to work in the workshops and allowing workers to participate in factory management.
However, just looking at the current situation in the factory, we can see that the original reform was not successful.
Niu Enjiu holds the final say, so how could he be willing to let workers participate in management?
Ye Manzhi held a meeting in the city for the whole morning, had lunch in the cafeteria of the Municipal People's Committee, and conveyed the spirit of "Industry Learns from Daqing" at the team meeting in the afternoon.
Ever since the factory leaders were held accountable, Niu Enjiu has held team meetings every day to listen to rectification reports from relevant departments and workshops.
After Ye Manzhi conveyed the content of the meeting, he thought that today's topic would be related to the rectification of various departments.
However, Niu Enjiu proposed at the meeting that the factory had been overwhelmed with work recently and that the vacancies of deputy chief of the supply and marketing department, chief of the production planning department, chief of the security department, and director of the finished product workshop three needed to be filled as soon as possible, and asked the personnel department to be responsible for nominating several candidates.
Ye Manzhi thought to himself that the head of the personnel section was promoted by Niu Enjiu.
Isn’t the candidate he nominated the one that Director Niu likes?
So what is the significance of this rectification?
Ye Manzhi smiled and continued, "Recently, all aspects of our factory's work have improved significantly, and the factory is thriving."
"Ah," Niu Enjiu sighed, "I'm afraid some employees won't understand my efforts. Seeing me fire so many employees for stealing, they might even resent me in their hearts!"
Ye Manzhi smiled and said, "We're all doing this for the good of the factory. However, I think our approach is still a bit too mild. Catching a few examples and firing a few workers can only temporarily alleviate the pain and itching. Once the storm has died down, the old ways might return. The food factory's products are actually quite tempting. A can of food costs just over one dollar, so it's hard not to be tempted."
"If you ask me, we'd better completely plug the loopholes in the system. It's not too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been lost. We should find a solution as soon as possible to show our superiors our determination for this reform."
Niu Enjiu asked, "Since Director Ye has brought it up on his own initiative, do you have any good ideas?"
The big moves he made recently were partly to plug the loopholes in the factory and partly to show off to his superiors.
Having caused such a big mess, the leadership team of the food factory must take a stand.
Ye Manzhi said, "When I worked at the Provincial Department of Industry, all cadres, from top to bottom, had to do three months of grassroots labor every year, working in the fields in production teams. But after coming to our food factory, I found that there were no regulations requiring cadres to participate in grassroots labor. Aside from a few factory managers who went to the workshops every week to do their own work, other cadres rarely went there or went deep into the grassroots. Working this way is actually very detached from the masses!"
"Also, this time, our factory has been involved in a canned goods resale ring involving a huge sum of money, and it's been going on for a year. During this period, was it true that no one noticed their suspicious behavior? In fact, many things are kept secret from the top, not the bottom. Some people may have discovered it, but, thinking less is more, they simply chose to remain silent."
"I think this phenomenon is due, on the one hand, to a lack of close ties between cadres and the grassroots, a disconnect between them and the masses, and, on the other hand, to a lack of a strong sense of ownership among the working class, and a weak sense of treating the factory as their home. In recent years, many large factories in the province have implemented the Anshan Iron and Steel Constitution, which encourages cadres to participate in labor and workers to participate in management, making everyone both a manager and a producer. Our factory might as well try implementing the Anshan Iron and Steel Constitution to show higher-ups our commitment to reform."
The opportunity is right in front of him, and Ye Manzhi doesn't want to watch Lao Niu continue to have the final say.
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