Chapter 67
Zhang Baosheng also looked at him lovingly. He felt that he would help Xiao Zhou get whatever he wanted, including the position of factory director.
But Zhou Jiani herself does not have such great ambitions. The higher the official position, the greater the responsibility and the more limitations.
Being a salesperson is good, but she still wants to go out and have freedom, not have to go to get off work every day, and doesn't want to have endless meetings every day.
She just had some doubts that Li Jingdang would be appointed as the factory director, so she made a joke to see his reaction.
Li Jingdang's expression was a little subtle.
Zhou Jiani raised her eyebrows, hoping she wouldn't guess it right.
Normally, Director Zhai shouldn't have caused dissatisfaction among the people in the Qianjin Brigade right from the start, thus affecting the development of the village's sideline businesses.
Zhang Baosheng and his colleagues went to a meeting, and along with them went several technical backbones including Zhang Laosi and Sheng Manliang, as well as accountant Liu Tong.
Zhou Jiani went to the processing workshop to check the woven baskets that were about to be shipped out and the newly produced storage stool samples.
As for the leadership team that was about to be formed, she knew the general arrangements that afternoon.
Zhai Xiangqiang temporarily serves as the factory secretary, but he said he would not interfere with production and development plans.
Zhang Baosheng was the factory director, Liu Tong was also the accountant for the factory and the brigade, and Li Jingdang officially reported in two days later and was appointed deputy factory director.
Zhou Jiani raised her eyebrows. "Deputy Factory Director, how long will you be deputy?"
She also has a position, the title of head of the sales department, responsible for the factory's business.
Qiu Zeming was a little puzzled. He was actually given the title of production director, which was recommended by Zhang Baosheng and others.
Zhang Laosi and his team belong to the technical research and development department.
All positions are tentative and may be adjusted at any time.
However, Zhang Baosheng and others were still a little resistant. They had finally accepted Secretary Li coming to their team to intervene in the processing workshop's affairs, but they did not expect that he would be assigned such an important position all of a sudden.
Zhang Laosi also believed that the main positions should all be given to the talents of their Qianjin Brigade, even if it was just a matter of selecting a few capable people from the educated youth.
Zhou Jiani analyzed it carefully and said with a smile: "I don't think it's a bad thing."
Everyone looked at her. They all knew that Comrade Xiao Zhou had many ideas, and that he was on the side of their forward-moving team, so they were willing to listen to Comrade Xiao Zhou's opinions.
Zhou Jiani blinked and smiled, "Didn't the director give us any compensation?"
Zhang Baosheng was stunned. "What kind of compensation? You can't arrange for a secretary to take our deputy director's position and count it as compensation. That wouldn't be us who get the compensation."
"You didn't make any requests?"
Several people looked at each other.
They were all newly appointed village factory cadres. They were overjoyed by the title at the time, and then they were secretly dissatisfied with Li Jingdang's position. However, no one dared to refute the commune leaders. How could they have anything else in their minds?
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "Didn't Mingtian call us over for a meeting? We'll see tomorrow. Secretary Li is the deputy factory director, so it's impossible for him to not show any support. Don't worry too much. We're still in the early stages, and we need to get used to each other from top to bottom. Secretary Li is close to the leader, so he's definitely knowledgeable. If the factory needs to contact other leaders or other units in the future, he's more professional than us. His presence will definitely benefit us more than it will harm us."
Everyone's discomfort was slightly relieved.
But no one could imagine what expression or compensation Comrade Xiao Zhou meant.
The next morning, the newly appointed village factory cadres went to the commune for a meeting. At the meeting, Zhai Xiangqiang formally announced the construction plan and future development plan of the Qianjin Weaving Factory.
Zhou Jiani looked at Li Jingdang who was sitting with them, and glanced over his head. Deputy factory director, well, if he wasn't afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the members of the Qianjin Brigade, he probably wouldn't have been given the title of "deputy".
It shouldn't be long before Comrade Xiao Li removes the title of "Deputy" from his head. Of course, it also depends on whether he is competent, so Comrade Xiao Li must be under a lot of pressure.
Zhai Xiangqiang sent him down. If he doesn't have the ability and can't produce any results, Director Zhai will probably be embarrassed.
However, she actually felt a little bit subtle in her heart. Although it was subtle, Zhou Jiani understood that Zhang Baosheng was still lacking in ability. Whether the village sideline business of Qianjin Brigade could develop and how far it could go depended on the management. It would definitely be the wisest choice to hand it over to someone who could shoulder this responsibility.
Zhai Xiangqiang's title of secretary is also temporary, and he will hand it over once a more suitable candidate is found.
However, Director Zhai was very good at comforting people. He had probably already agreed with Xiao Li that he would definitely remove the title of "deputy". He was worried that the villagers would be dissatisfied at that time, so he suggested to Zhang Baosheng that he should pick a few capable young people and train them as reserve cadres from now on, and let Li Jingdang lead them.
Zhang Baosheng subconsciously glanced at Zhou Jiani and thought, is this compensation?
Li Jingdang himself understood that once the news of his appointment spread within the brigade, he would probably be excluded, so he also gave a speech on the spot to show everyone his work plan.
Next, he would contact brick and cement factories to negotiate credit for materials needed for the factory construction. He also emphasized the need to complete the factory building as quickly as possible and move the small workshop into the new building before the twelfth lunar month.
Zhang Baosheng exclaimed in his heart, "Oh!" and realized that he didn't have this ability.
The team doesn't have the money to build a factory now. If they can buy on credit from the material factory and pay it back slowly later, it would be a great deal for them.
Zhai Xiangqiang nodded, his eyes sweeping over Zhang Baosheng and his group before finally fixing on Zhou Jiani's face. He asked with a smile, "Do you have any questions, work plans, or arrangements, or if you'd like the commune to provide any help, please feel free to speak up and discuss so we can learn from each other."
Zhang Baosheng glanced sideways and signaled with his eyes, hoping that Comrade Xiao Zhou would say something.
Zhou Jiani stood up and said with a smile, "Since the director said so, I won't be polite. The knitting factory's business will become more and more extensive in the future. Whether I'm on a business trip or our partners want to contact us, they can only call the commune, which is really inconvenient. I wonder if the leaders can apply for a telephone for our Qianjin Brigade."
And you have to buy on credit first.
Zhang Baosheng couldn't help but slap his thigh. He was about to sigh at Comrade Xiao Zhou's quick thinking when he saw everyone looking over. He rubbed his hands in frustration and said with an embarrassed smile, "Comrade Xiao Zhou is right."
From now on, he has to change his habit of slapping his thigh when he gets excited.
Director Zhai smiled and nodded: "Of course."
This was fulfilled, and Zhang Baosheng's old face was so happy that it seemed to bloom.
He hadn't shown any excitement when he was appointed factory director, but now he wished he could hurry back to the village and use a loudspeaker to announce that they were going to install a telephone.
This time, the discomfort in Zhang Baosheng's heart disappeared instantly. It seemed that what Comrade Xiao Zhou said was true. It was not a bad thing for them to have the commune arrange people to take up the posts there.
Whether it is installing telephones or building factories, if they do not cooperate with the commune, the commune will definitely not help them solve these problems very happily. These conditions are really speechless.
Especially since Secretary Xiao Li serves as deputy factory director, which is also his responsibility, and his network of contacts is wider than theirs.
This is indeed not something they can do.
Coming out of the commune again, not only Zhang Baosheng but also Zhang Laosi lit up their pipes, smiling and saying cheerfully, "Young comrades are still very smart."
He was thinking about going back and picking out someone from those apprentices. In the future, the technical leadership would have to be handed over to young people, and he would only be responsible for weaving baskets and training apprentices.
Zhou Jiani saw that Zhang Baosheng had a sad expression. Yes, sad. She didn't know what was wrong, but the old man looked like he was about to cry.
She walked over and said with a smile, "Director Zhang, the baskets for the First Department Store will be shipped the day after tomorrow night. New samples of storage stools are also available. I have to stay in the provincial capital for a few days to figure out how to sell them. You also need to give me a letter of introduction for two weeks."
Zhang Baosheng wiped his eyes, nodded, and said in a muffled voice: "One month is fine."
He was so excited, strictly speaking, it was a mixture of emotions.
Their village wanted to build a factory and install a telephone, and he became the factory director. However, he was upset to find that none of the projects were planned by him.
Moreover, even though the old man was slow to react, he was somewhat aware of the gap in ability between himself and Li Jingdang, and he also knew that he might not be able to stay in the position of factory director for long.
It's not that he is obsessed with officials, but he is worried that the factory will be completely owned by Li Jingdang and the commune in the future, and they will have no say. It seems that reserve cadres must be trained as soon as possible.
"One of you and Xiao Qiu has to go up." Zhang Baosheng said in a deep voice.
Zhou Jiani knew that Qiu Zeming would not stay here for long, and she herself would also take the university entrance examination after the college entrance examination was resumed.
Therefore, it is more appropriate to train the villagers.
As expected, Qiu Zeming showed little interest and recommended Bai Haoyang, saying, "Xiaobai is smart, has a good personality, and is good at interacting with people. He was a class monitor in high school and did an excellent job. Of course, you don't have to consider him for the positions of factory director or deputy director. Let him learn from me, and I'll give him the position of production director."
Qiu Zeming looked at Zhang Baosheng and said seriously, "I want to concentrate on getting the plastic greenhouse experiment going. We need to fill our pockets and our members' stomachs."
Zhou Jiani couldn't help but want to applaud Comrade Xiao Qiu. Comrade Xiao Qiu would have been fine if he didn't speak, but when he did, he could hit the nail on the head.
Sure enough, Zhang Baosheng's heart was pounding when he heard this. He almost slapped his thigh again and said, "Comrade Xiao Qiu, you and Xiao Zhou are both good comrades. The person you recommend must also be an outstanding comrade. Let him report to the village tomorrow."
He also asked Zhou Jiani: "Where is Comrade Xiao Zhou?"
Zhou Jiani said, "Let's not talk about anything else for now. I have a suggestion. The factory needs to appoint professional quality inspectors and set up quality inspection positions. I recommend Zhao Mei for this. If you still want to choose from the educated youth for other positions, I don't know them well. I'm only familiar with Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping. The older educated youth are familiar with Tian Yumei. It all depends on what the leaders think."
Although it depends on the leaders' intentions, which leader here doesn't understand what she means?
Zhou Jiani spoke frankly and said that when asked to recommend, there were only a few that she was familiar with.
When the factory is built in the future, they will definitely have to recruit more people. She is nominating a name now to make an impression on the leaders. The rest depends on Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping's own performance.
Zhang Baosheng felt a little relieved when Xiao Zhou mentioned Zhao Mei. He knew that Zhou Jiani was taking care of Zhao Mei, and Zhao Mei was a member of their Forward Brigade. Xiao Zhou cared about the people in their Forward Brigade, and everyone present felt relieved when they heard it.
So no matter who Zhou Jiani wants to recommend in the future, they will not have any objections.
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