Chapter 184
Accountant Xiao Wu was captured by the leader of the children's group. Although it was surprising, it was also reasonable.
If an accountant is absent from work for three months, it is a big deal in any company.
Besides, Accountant Xiao Wu hasn’t asked for leave from the team leader yet.
"I've asked for leave!" Wu Yuzhuo burst into tears. "I told the commander I'd bring him some delicious food when I got back from Guangzhou!"
Wu Zhengrong leaned aside, crossed his arms, and asked, "How long have you been on leave?"
"A month and a half," sobbed former Accountant Xiao Wu. "My mom said she'll be back in a month and a half."
"So, you also thought you'd be back in a month and a half," Wu Zhengrong kindly calculated for her. "You left on April 9th, and today is July 15th. Accountant Wu, you've been away for over three months."
In his opinion, there were actually early signs of his daughter's unemployment.
The children's group is not large, but it has two accountants, Youyan is responsible for accounting, and the other is responsible for recording work points.
If Youyan had kept the money jar all the time, his career might have been longer, but the children's group opened a bank account, and Youyan went from managing cash to managing passbooks.
During the slack season, the children's group had little income and expenses, so her role as an accountant was not very prominent.
It was the busy farming season in spring, and there was an urgent need to purchase seeds, seedlings and farm tools. This was the time when an accountant could be of use, but she was away for more than three months.
Unemployment is indeed understandable.
Ye Manzhi used straw paper to wipe her daughter's nose, and then wiped her wet long eyelashes with a handkerchief.
"Baby, you've been away from work for quite some time. Mommy's company can't do without an accountant for even a single day."
It was just that she was joining a tour group for the elderly. Grandpa Wu and Grandma Wu were old, so the tour group moved very slowly. They had to rest on the island for two months.
"When you go out with your elders, you have no control over where you go or how long you'll be gone. So if you're unsure, don't promise a return date. Don't you have an accountant in your group? Why didn't you hand over your work to that kid before you left?"
Wu Yuzhuo was still wiping tears with the back of his hand. He sniffed and said, "I don't know! I gave the passbook and account book to the regiment commander."
"You see, this is the result of having too little work experience. Before Mom left for a business trip to Guangzhou, she had to hand over her work to other factory managers to avoid delaying the factory's work."
Wu Zhengrong: “…”
What kind of work experience can a 5-year-old have...
Most members of the children's group have to go to school and there are only two or three activities a week. The child was particularly excited before leaving. He was surprised that he remembered to hand over his passbook to the group leader and not delay the production of the children's group.
Dr. Wu was indifferent to the return of the clingy guy, but he is quite protective of his son.
He made an unreasonable and short-sighted comment about the group leader Tao Xueyi.
"Okay, stop crying," Wu Zhengrong said. "Aren't you children's corps members the successors of communism? Successors must be both civil and military, capable of both leadership and command. First, look for the reasons behind this incident within yourself. If you can't become an accountant, strive for other advancements."
Accountant Xiao Wu has had a smooth life in her short six years. She actively participates in group activities and is a cheerful and optimistic budding figure of the motherland. This unemployment is a heavy blow to her.
"Baby, now that you're no longer an accountant, will you still participate in the children's group's activities in the future?"
Wu Yuzhuo sulked for a while, then calmed himself down and said reluctantly, "Go ahead and join! I want to be the leader of the Children's Group like Uncle Lei Feng!"
Ye Manzhi and Wu Zhengrong: "::::::"
My ideals are quite ambitious and it seems that I don't need my parents to worry about me.
*
Neither the husband nor the wife intends to interfere in the children's affairs.
If my daughter has the ability to become an accountant again, then everyone will be happy. If she can't, there's nothing we can do about it. It can be considered as letting her experience the pain of growing up in advance.
As August 1st was approaching, Ye Manzhi had a lot of work to do in the factory. She was the only military dependent in the leadership team, so since she came to the food factory, she was responsible for all the work related to supporting the military and caring for the families of soldiers.
In order to boost the morale of the troops and strengthen the struggle to support Vietnam in its fight against the United States, all units must carry out activities to support the military and their families this year.
There are 28 military dependents and 17 demobilized soldiers in the food factory. According to the requirements of her superiors, she has to hold seminars for them to educate them on internationalism and patriotism.
But she herself is a military dependent, and if Wu Zhengrong also goes to the battlefield, nothing others say to her will be of any use.
She didn't want to hear those big truths either.
Therefore, although she organized a symposium for this year's military support and family care activity, she did not talk about too many serious topics. The factory paid for peanuts, melon seeds, fruits and candies, and she sat with everyone, mainly to show concern for the lives of military families and demobilized soldiers, and to help them solve some practical difficulties.
As for those big truths, she was not very good at expressing them herself, so she asked others to express them for her.
Recently, a hero reporting group came from Beijing and was invited to give reports to some units. Anyone who could give a report was a combat hero, and they talked about real stories that they had personally experienced.
Ye Manzhi took the initiative to find the person in charge of the reporting group and invited him to come to the food factory to give a situation report.
That day, all the factory workers gathered in the auditorium to listen to the glorious deeds of the combat heroes. Applause filled the entire venue, and many people were moved to tears.
The work of supporting the military and caring for the families of soldiers is in full swing at the unit, and since the family compound is the place with the highest concentration of military families, such activities are naturally indispensable.
The neighborhood committee director went door to door to mobilize the group, and even went to everyone's house to say, "Xiao Ye, you and Xiao Liu are both representatives of military families. The commune is holding a symposium for military families tomorrow, and you must actively participate!"
Ye Manzhi had just held a symposium for people at work, so she naturally knew what to talk about at the symposium.
She didn't want to listen at all.
Therefore, Ye Manzhi pushed her daughter out and said, "Director Zhao, our unit is also working on this project. I may not be able to make it in time to attend the symposium. Can my daughter Wu Yuzhuo represent the whole family? She is also a legitimate military family representative!"
“…”
Director Zhao looked at the child in front of him. Although he was young, he was still a human being after all.
The neighborhood committee has a task, so it’s okay to let the children go to the symposium to make up the numbers.
"Alright then, let's get your Wu Yuzhuo to the meeting on time!" Director Zhao asked worriedly, "Little Yuzhuo, do you know where the commune compound is?"
Wu Yuzhuo nodded quickly, "Grandma Zhao, our children's group always goes to the commune to look for Uncle Fang. I even went there to get a letter of introduction."
Director Zhao exclaimed, "Ouch!" Such a small bean had already been to the commune.
She told the military family representatives to bring their own benches tomorrow and not to be late, and then hurried to the next house.
Wu Yuzhuo had never attended any event on behalf of her family, so she attached great importance to this symposium.
The next day after school, she carried a small stool and urged her father to take her and Yi Yi to the commune for a meeting.
Yi Yi is also the military representative of the Zhou family next door.
The two girls can go to the meeting together.
Wu Zhengrong didn't know his wife had passed the invitation to the meeting to his daughter, so he asked in confusion, "What kind of meeting is this?"
"It's a military families' forum. Let's go together!"
Wu Zhengrong was speechless for a long moment before he veered off topic and complained, "I'm not a military family member. Why would I want to attend a symposium with you guys?"
Although he expressed disgust, he still sent the man to the commune.
The meeting place was in the commune compound, and they both arrived right after school, so they were considered to be arriving quite early.
With their rich experience in watching open-air movies, the two children brought benches and sat at the front of the venue.
This was also Yi Yi's first time attending the symposium. When they were in kindergarten, the two of them had been chirping with crickets all day long.
Sitting at the conference site at this time, I felt even more excited.
Yiyi couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Do we need to raise our hands to speak in a meeting?"
"My mom said no, we only need to speak when we are called upon."
It was a great honor to attend the symposium as a representative of military families. The two of them were quite disciplined, sitting in the front and speaking quietly. They ate watermelons and candies prepared by the commune while waiting for the symposium to begin.
However, after the meeting officially started, what Uncle Fang said left them dumbfounded.
Yi Yi asked fearfully, "Is our father going out to fight in the war?"
"No, I don't know!"
Wu Yuzhuo listened to Uncle Fang's speech with wide eyes. She didn't really understand what he said, such as the military families' thoughts should not fluctuate too much, and they should improve their ideological and political awareness, and support and encourage their relatives to serve with peace of mind.
The two children were sitting in the front row, their eyes filled with tears as they listened to the speech, which frightened the commune secretary Fang who was in charge of mobilization.
He knew one of them, so he called out and asked, "Wu Yuzhuo, why are you two crying?"
Wu Yuzhuo wiped his eyes and asked, "Uncle Fang, are my father and Uncle Zhou going to the war?"
Secretary Fang: “…”
How would he know the arrangements in the army!
The military families' symposium is a regular program around August 1st every year, which aims to provide ideological work for the military families.
"I'm not sure about this either. Go back and ask the parents."
He couldn't help but complain in his heart, who is so unreliable that he brought two children to the symposium?
And sitting in the first row!
The two children controlled their temper and attended the symposium.
After returning to the family compound with the other aunts, they ran back to their respective homes hand in hand.
After picking up the child, Wu Zhengrong went back to work overtime. Now only the unreliable Ye Manzhi was at home.
Ye Manzhi greeted them warmly: "The military family representatives are back? What was discussed at the symposium? Was it fun?"
"It was fun at first, but then it stopped being fun." Wu Yuzhuo asked anxiously, "Is my dad going to war?"
Ye Manzhi didn't know either, but she said firmly, "You don't have to go for now. Everything depends on the news your father brings back."
After hearing this, Comrade Xiao Wu finally felt relieved and was in the mood to talk about what she saw and heard at the symposium.
Even though she didn't quite understand some of the content, she still repeated the content of the meeting to her mother.
Ye Manzhi listened to her daughter's talk for a quarter of an hour, handed her the teacup, and asked, "If there is a similar meeting in the future, would you like to go?"
Wu Yuzhuo took a big gulp of boiled water, nodded and said, "I want to go!"
There were watermelons and fruit candies at the symposium, and she and Yi Yi ate so much that they were full!
*
Ye Manzhi decided that from now on, all large and small meetings related to military families in the family compound could be attended by her daughter to help her share the burden.
But she still cannot miss the meetings at work.
At the end of the team meeting of the new week, Niu Enjiu announced a piece of news.
"The Provincial Party School is organizing a 'Theoretical Core Research Class', primarily to help leading cadres improve their theoretical skills. All provincial units have nomination quotas, and our factory also has one. If any comrades would like to improve themselves, please contact me to sign up. Everyone should go back and think about it. This research class is full-time study, so please arrange your work appropriately at that time."
Ye Manzhi didn't want to sign up at first, but after the soda workshop moved out, the banquet food workshop was officially established.
She has been very busy with work recently.
But Zhou Ruyi came in and reported, "Director Zhu went to Director Niu's office, apparently to register."
Ye Manzhi: “…”
Today is Director Zhu’s first day back at work after his injury. Everyone was puzzled this morning. They say it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, so how come Director Zhu was able to return to work after only two months of recuperation?
So he is waiting here!
I guess he had heard about this training opportunity a long time ago and came back to the unit to sign up.
By then, I can study at the Party School and recover from my foot injury at the same time without any delay.
This calculation is very precise.
"Did anyone else go to see Director Niu? Did Director Jiang go?" Ye Manzhi asked.
"No," Zhou Ruyi revealed, "Director Jiang went to the Municipal Party School for training two years ago."
Ye Manzhi quickly thought about it in his mind.
The person who can be called the "theoretical backbone" in the entire factory must be the party committee secretary or deputy secretary.
Niu Enjiu is the secretary, Jiang Wenming and Zhu Kehai are deputy secretaries, and the three of them are the most qualified to be recommended.
But Jiang Wenming had already attended the theory class to improve his skills in the past two years, so there was no need for him to take up this place.
The research class requires full-time study, and if Niu Enjiu leaves, Zhu Kehai is likely to cause trouble. So judging from what Niu said at the meeting, it seems that he does not intend to take up this training opportunity.
After looking around, it seems that this spot can only be given to Zhu Kehai.
He had taken two or three months of ideological and political study courses at the factory, so his theoretical level must be acceptable.
Ye Manzhi felt that compared with Zhu Kehai, the possibility of him being recommended was lower.
She is only a member of the Party Committee and deputy factory director. She usually pays more attention to production, and party affairs have nothing to do with her.
However, Zhu Kehai has been working in the factory for half a year, spending more than three months on ideological and political studies and more than two months recovering from his foot injury.
Apart from some achievements in publicity work, he has not achieved any results in logistics, soda factory, and glutinous rice paper workshop.
Why should such a person be allowed to occupy the only training spot in the factory?
It was a rare opportunity to study at the Provincial Party School, and she actually wanted to apply for it. After all, no one said that only the Party Secretary and Deputy Secretary could go.
Ye Manzhi made up his mind and went to the factory director Lao Niu to register for himself.
…
In the end, there were three people who applied to attend the Party School advanced training class: Zhu Kehai, Chen Qian and Ye Manzhi.
Who to recommend is decided by the factory party committee, which is roughly equivalent to Niu Enjiu.
Ye Manzhi felt that Lao Niu might not want Zhu Kehai to go to the Provincial Party School for further studies, but judging from his identity and theoretical level, Zhu Kehai was indeed the most suitable among the three.
If there is no reasonable reason, Lao Niu cannot blatantly prevent the deputy secretary from making progress.
This was something that Director Lao Niu needed to worry about, so Ye Manzhi signed up and put the matter aside.
In the past few days, three of the four deputy directors of the canning workshop submitted development reports of the banquet food workshop to her.
Only one person remained silent.
"Ruyi, has Deputy Director Dong from Canning Workshop 3 submitted his report?"
"No."
“…”
Among the eight directors and deputy directors, only Chen Guilan and Dong Xiaohua are female comrades. Ye Manzhi actually wanted to see Dong Xiaohua's report.
But if the other person doesn't take the initiative to ask for progress, she can't force him.
Ye Manzhi thought that since the other party had no intention of being the director, it would be fine.
However, when she saw Dong Xiaohua in the cafeteria at noon, she couldn't help but join in the conversation.
"Director Dong, do you have any ideas about the development of the banquet food workshop?"
"Director Ye, I haven't finished writing that report yet," Dong Xiaohua said embarrassedly. "My child was sick a few days ago, and I was so busy with him that I didn't have time to start writing."
Ye Manzhi nodded in understanding: "The child's matter is more important. If you really don't have time to write, you can tell me the general idea first."
The two found an empty table in the corner. Dong Xiaohua said, "I haven't really thought about it yet, but I'll just give you a rough idea."
"OK."
"We used to use the 'Binjiang' trademark on our canned goods. While it's already well-known, using a place name as a trademark might be fine on other canned goods, but when it's used on banquet cans, it easily evokes associations with northern cuisine. Now that our factory has registered the 'Hometown Cuisine' trademark, I think we should capitalize on this. We shouldn't just focus on Shandong cuisine, but we should also gradually develop specialty dishes from other cuisines to expand our product range. For example, Sichuan, Cantonese, and Zhejiang cuisines all have well-known dishes, but it seems there aren't many manufacturers capable of producing these canned specialties."
Ye Manzhi smiled and said, "It's pretty good, but it's hard to find technicians to develop dishes, and some of the ingredients are only grown in the south, so we still have to think carefully."
"Yes, I just haven't figured out where to find a chef who specializes in southern cuisine. The ingredients are also a problem, so it's a bit difficult when I start writing."
Ye Manzhi thought Dong Xiaohua’s idea was very good.
Now the types of banquet dishes in the factory are relatively single. We can indeed choose some distinctive dishes from different cuisines and the raw materials of which are easy to purchase, and add them to the list of banquet dishes and hometown dishes.
After chatting for lunch, she asked Dong Xiaohua to hand over the completed report to her as soon as possible, and then contacted the head of the human resources department and asked him to help her recruit two technicians.
Section Chief Zhu was stunned and asked, "Director Ye, aren't you only hiring one technician?"
"Director Niu and I previously agreed to hire one person first, but now the situation has changed. It would be best to hire two. Please think of a solution for the staffing issue."
The banquet dishes orders received at the Canton Fair have already started production and have even been shipped to Europe.
But after Ye Manzhi tasted it, he always felt that the taste was not as good as the batch of canned food he had in stock before.
The canned food in stock was produced a few years ago. At that time, the factory invited the master chef from Yanbinlou to the workshop to provide guidance.
Although the recipe is still the same, the taste created by the workers seems to be a little off.
So, she wanted to arrange a dedicated technician for the banquet food workshop.
Section Chief Zhu asked, "Director Ye, do you have any requirements for these two technicians? If we need to recruit university and technical secondary school graduates, we can only transfer them from other units. The placement of this year's graduates has already been completed."
"Haha, no academic qualifications required, I just want to hire two chefs."
To prevent the speechless situation of Wang Shihu's nephew, where the pastry chef was rejected because of his written test score, Ye Manzhi added: "It's enough to be able to read and write. The main thing is to see the chef's cooking skills."
Section Chief Zhu was shocked: "Are you asking the chef to be a technician?"
It’s not that he hasn’t hired cooks before, but they were all for the canteen.
Technicians must have a secondary technical school degree or above, but cooks rarely have a high level of education.
"Leave professional matters to professionals," Ye Manzhi introduced the banquet food workshop to him, and then said, "We'll hire two professional chefs to help control the taste of the canned food in our workshop. We must ensure it is authentic."
She comes from a working-class and peasant family, and she knows the workers' situation very well.
We are all working class and have basically no chance to eat in big restaurants.
Not to mention making banquet dishes, some of the dishes have never even been eaten by anyone.
Without any knowledge in this area, how can you make delicious canned food with authentic taste?
Therefore, it is best to arrange a chef who has experienced and tasted the food in the workshop.
Section Chief Zhu thought what she said made sense, and then asked, "Do you have any requirements for this chef?"
"It's best to have experience as a chef at a well-known restaurant. This time at the Canton Fair, I found that many customers highly recognized the reputation of large restaurants. When I mentioned the connection between our canned food and Yanbinlou, they were particularly impressed. So, we're trying to recruit people from well-known restaurants. The local restaurants in Binjiang primarily serve Shandong cuisine, so we'll start by hiring a Shandong chef from a local restaurant. Also, we'll recruit another chef who can cook any of the following: Sichuan, Cantonese, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangsu, or Anhui cuisines. But he or she must have a background in cooking and the flavors must be authentic!"
After hearing her request, Section Chief Zhu felt as if he was not the personnel chief of a food factory, but the personnel chief of a restaurant.
He has been working in human resources for so many years, but he has never hired such a prestigious chef!
"Chefs from big hotels are hard to find, so it might take some effort."
"That's okay, Chief Zhu. Feel free to recruit someone, even a retired chef. We shouldn't limit age. It's best to pick a few candidates. Fame is important, but skill is more important. We can then organize a cooking competition in the factory and let everyone get a taste of the cuisine of a big restaurant."
Section Chief Zhu swallowed his saliva and felt a little greedy.
In order to taste the food in a big restaurant, he has to look for someone carefully!
*
Ye Manzhi entrusted the task of finding a chef to Section Chief Zhu. In the following days, everything in the factory was normal and calm.
But several deputy factory directors were actually paying attention to what was happening on Niu Enjiu's side.
The recommendation for the candidate to study at the Provincial Party School has been pending, and Niu Enjiu obviously does not want Zhu Kehai to go to the Party School for further studies.
But the registration deadline is approaching, and even if he is not happy about it, this spot will most likely go to Zhu Kehai.
On the surface, Zhu Kehai did nothing wrong. As the deputy secretary of the Party Committee, he used his spare time to teach ideological and political courses to employees, helping everyone improve their understanding.
Although he was an average deputy factory director, he was qualified to be the deputy secretary.
If there is no suitable reason, this training place will belong to Zhu Kehai.
Zhu Kehai was also aware of this, so he was not too anxious about Niu Enjiu's procrastination. Anyway, the spot would definitely be his.
In recent days, he has paid special attention to the department and workshop under his charge, and has made preparations for full-time study.
"Ruyi, has this month's Binjiang Political News arrived?"
Director Ye had already asked twice, so Zhou Ruyi had been staring at the newspaper for the past few days. He smiled and nodded and said, "It's delivered. It just arrived this morning!"
"Binjiang Political News" is the official newspaper of the Binjiang Municipal People's Committee. It is published only once a month and is not distributed publicly. Only government agencies and enterprises and institutions will subscribe to it.
Zhou Ruyi folded the newspaper, put one of the articles on top, and handed it to Ye Manzhi.
So, as soon as Ye Manzhi took the newspaper, she saw the bold title of the article -
"Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory has made significant progress in its "two participations, one reform, and three combinations" system by maintaining close contact with the masses, constantly improving leadership style, and pushing enterprise management levels to a higher level."
She read the entire article carefully, then looked up and found the author's signature below the title.
[Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory is full of leaves].
Ye Manzhi stared at her own name for a while, then she handed the newspaper back and said with a smile, "Ruyi, please give it to Director Niu's secretary for me."
Zhou Ruyi: “…”
The ready-made reason was presented to Director Niu.
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