Chapter 43
Lu Qinqiang heard the feeling of "We are not short of people" from the middle-aged man's tone.
The young man's action immediately attracted the attention of several people. Someone said disdainfully, "Who isn't a high school student?"
Lu Qin paused, raised his hand and scratched his eyebrows. It wasn't him, or rather, his original self. He felt something in his pocket. Fortunately, he had brought his "qualifications".
The young man, humiliated by the middle-aged man, turned around, pursed his lips and wiped the sweat off his face. His face was slightly red, probably because of embarrassment. His eyes passed over them and fell on Lu Qin.
Lu Qin raised his eyebrows and smiled back at him to show his good intentions. The young man paused, then nodded at him and walked to the back to queue up.
Because just as the middle-aged man finished speaking, the crowd had already formed its own team.
Lu Qin looked at the teams on both sides and then randomly picked one.
Coincidentally, the high school student was right next to him.
Xu Youzhi was the one who wanted to get preferential treatment based on his high school student status. He noticed the shadow on the right out of the corner of his eye and glanced at him sideways. There was embarrassment on his face.
When their eyes met, Lu Qin felt that he was quite brave and courageous. "Hello, comrade, my name is Lu Qin. Why don't you change seats?"
Afraid that he didn't understand, he pointed at the middle-aged man sitting in front of him, and then pointed at him.
The middle-aged man must have remembered him from the look he had just given him. It would be bad if he tried to make things difficult for him.
Xu Youzhi was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, "Thank you, Comrade Lu. You can just call me Xu Youzhi."
Like the current recruitment, recruiting 20 people for every 45 people, which is equivalent to a elimination rate of half. He was also anxious just now.
What surprised him was that Comrade Lu did not fail to remind him just because he wanted to reduce the number of competitors, which made him feel much better.
Lu Qin shrugged, "You're welcome."
Xu Youzhi hesitated for a moment, then lined up behind him. The main reason was that the two of them lined up late and everyone had moved to the front.
Xu Youzhi was five centimeters shorter than him. Seeing him lining up, Lu Qin smiled friendly.
At this time, a young man with a shaved head in front glanced over here, then said something to the person next to him and walked towards this side.
His face was filled with curiosity and concern. He glanced at Lu Qin and then at Xu Youzhi. "Youzhi, what's wrong?"
Upon seeing the newcomer, Xu Youzhi's expression, which had just softened, suddenly turned sour again. "Why don't you go ask if there are any preferential treatments for high school students?"
Wow, Lu Qin, who was sandwiched between the two, was thinking, "There's something to behold." And this guy is even more boastful than him.
The embarrassment on Zhang Gang's face flashed away. "Youzhi, what are you talking about? I'm doing this for your own good. I told you as soon as I heard about the preferential treatment. If it's not possible, then forget it. I'm not a high school student, so I won't ask. But you can do it, after all, you are a high school student."
As soon as the high school student's comments came out, they attracted the attention of the people in front.
Seeing that other people were attracted by his words and looked over, Xu Youzhi flashed a trace of annoyance. He was late in the morning because of diarrhea, and he was anxious to see so many people. Then he happened to run into Zhang Gang who was in the same family compound. Zhang Gang told him that high school students had preferential treatment and asked him to try. He saw that there was no queue yet, so he went forward to try.
Lu Qin put his hands in his pockets at first, then he hugged them to his chest, pricked up his ears, and figured out the whole process. It turned out that this Zhang Gang was a scheming person.
Xu Youzhi turned his head away, no longer wanting to talk to him.
Zhang Gang said a few more words, but no one paid attention to him. His face looked unhappy, and then he turned and left. It was obvious from his footsteps that he was angry.
Xu Youzhi's face was still green, as if he was holding his breath.
When he looked up, he saw the expression of the handsome young man in front of him. He couldn't describe that expression.
Lu Qin immediately put away his expression of enjoying himself, coughed nonchalantly, leaned forward, and changed the subject, "There are eleven people ahead of us. It hasn't even started yet, and we don't know when it will be our turn."
Xu Youzhi was stunned for a moment, then his expression softened. He realized he was talking to him, "The recruitment period ends at 11:30, so it's quick."
"Oh! Thank you, Comrade Xu, for the reminder."
"You're welcome." Xu Youzhi's mood calmed down a lot, and then he saw the young man in front of him, who had fair skin and outstanding looks.
He thought for a moment and took out a pack of biscuits from his pocket. "Comrade Lu, would you like some?"
Originally he was going to eat it for breakfast because he missed the time, but when he saw the line was so long, he didn't want to eat it anymore.
This sudden, "Ah"
Lu Qin looked down at what he was holding. The four words "Live Biscuits" caught his eye. It happened to be the name of the factory.
Glancing at his expression, Lu Qin took it and said, "I'm a little hungry. Thank you, Comrade Xu."
"You're welcome." Xu Youzhi finally showed his first sincere smile since he entered the factory.
The team ahead was already moving. Lu Qin was confused about something, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Comrade Xu, I have a question for you. What kind of people are you recruiting for today?"
Seeing that he didn't even know this, Xu Youzhi was a little surprised, but he didn't hide it. "Today, we're mainly hiring for the biscuit production side of the factory. We're looking for feeders, packers, accountants, and people who work in packaging design and publicity."
He moved forward two steps with the team and explained to him, "The first two positions probably don't require high academic qualifications, but the ones behind probably require not only academic qualifications but also skills, especially in packaging design. I heard they were full yesterday."
It’s mainly the last three jobs. You just need to sit in the office every day and walk around with an enamel cup in your hand, which makes people envious. It also looks good when you tell others about your status. Therefore, the number of competitors will only increase, not decrease.
After Lu Qin collected the information, he thanked him, "Thank you, Comrade Xu."
"You're welcome." This was the third time he thanked me.
Once the team starts moving, it will only move faster.
Lu Qin clearly heard the person in front of him talking about the information, "Laiyang County"
"What accounting position did you apply for?"
"Okay, take the test paper and go to the next room to find someone."
Of course, not everyone has to take the exam.
Some who signed up to be feeders and packers stood on the other side. There was also a middle-aged man standing there. I guess I had to take him to the factory to do the actual work.
I don't know if it was half an hour or how long it took before we finally arrived at Luqin. The short-haired woman didn't even look up. "Luqin signed up on the morning of the 12th. I'm from the Dongyang Brigade of the Red Flag Commune."
The tone of the latter part rises.
After reading it out, the female comrade vaguely felt that the name sounded familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere. When she raised her head, she was stunned when she saw the person coming.
A few days ago, she was called by the factory leader to watch a publicity event to warn people against human traffickers. She was sitting downstairs at the time and was particularly impressed by the appearance of this man.
Liang Meixiang showed a surprised expression on her face, "Little comrade, it's you"
His contribution was enormous.
Lu Qin was the one who was stunned now, but he quickly realized that he had to be polite and showed his signature big white teeth, "Hello, comrade!"
The others were attracted by Liang Meixiang's exclamation and heard her explanation, "Oh, it's him, the one who was promoting the human traffickers a few days ago."
Lu Qin reacted and realized that it was because of this incident. After all, he had a good memory and it was unlikely that he would forget someone he had met before.
Section Chief Liu next to him took a look at the young man and felt vaguely familiar with him.
Under the gazes of everyone around her, the woman in front of Lu Qin finally spoke, "You came to our factory too."
"Yes, hello, comrade."
"Hey! Hello, hello!" Looking closer, she found that the man looked even more handsome.
Huahua flipped open the notebook, which was covered with handwritten fonts. She pointed her index finger at the names and looked down. There were still a few blanks without ticks, so his was easy to find. The sixth person was him. "Lu Qin, signed up for the design job."
Her tone was surprised, with a hint of regret.
Lu Qin stepped forward to take a look, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. His Aunt Sun didn't even mention that she had registered for him.
But now, hearing her tone, he didn't know what she meant.
The next second he understood, "It was already full yesterday."
Xu Youzhi, who was standing behind him, didn't expect that he had signed up for design. He was puzzled as to why he had asked what kind of people his factory was recruiting.
It wasn't that Liang Meixiang didn't want to give him a chance. Competition for jobs in the city was fierce, and design was mostly a one-time, slow process. It didn't matter if they could produce a blueprint in two or three months, as long as they kept up with the pace of factories in the big cities. And there was no shortage of people; if there had been a vacancy, they would have already filled it. The fact that their factory had posted a quota was just a token of appreciation.
Lu Qin slowly understood what he meant, "Is that so?"
When Liang Meixiang looked up, she saw Comrade Lu with a dejected and helpless expression. She made up her mind and said, "How about this, you go to the packaging department first. There will be opportunities for internal transfers later. Can you transfer later?"
Such an outstanding male comrade should be admitted to their factory.
Lu Qinbenqin thought it was okay to take up a spot first, but he expressed it differently, "Wouldn't this be a bad idea?"
Liang Meixiang silently changed the position behind her name, and then she would say that she had made a mistake. Her tone was more certain, "It's okay, just go ahead and feel free."
Because she asked in a low voice, the other interviewers who were busy comparing personal information did not hear this sentence, but only heard her subsequent assurance.
"Thank you very much!" It turns out that participating in the performance has such a benefit.
"You're welcome, thank you! Just keep working hard!"
"By the way, wait a moment." Liang Meixiang stood up and suddenly walked into the crowd. She said something to a middle-aged man with a square face. The middle-aged man glanced at her.
After the conversation, Liang Meixiang came back quickly with a smile on her face, "Okay, Comrade Lu, work hard!"
"Hey!" Lu Qin agreed, took the note and went to the side.
He was standing not far from Xu Youzhi, so he also heard the following conversation.
"Xu Youzhi, Registration and Publicity Department, Laiyang County"
"Yeah," Xu Youzhi was a little nervous.
"Okay, take the note and go find that guy over there."
When he came over, Lu Qin greeted him, "Comrade Xu, you went to the Propaganda Department."
The Propaganda Department of this era should be responsible for propaganda in the literal sense.
Xu Youzhi nodded, "What about you?"
His eyes unconsciously glanced at the thing in his hand.
"Over there, the packaging," Lu Qin had nothing to hide, so he handed it to him to take a look in a calm tone, and he took it in his arms.
"Then, Comrade Lu, you are in for a treat."
Lu Qin didn't realize what he meant at first, until he stepped into the packaging factory and saw four words at the door: "No stealing! Ten times the amount of food will be fined!"
I don’t know when it was posted, but the paper is shattered and making a rustling sound.
As soon as I stepped in, a fragrance hit me, and I heard someone swallowing, the sound was particularly clear.
Lu Qin caught a glimpse of the man named Zhang Gang, and followed the factory director quite closely.
The factory manager was named Yang Xi, a man in his early forties with thinning hair. He wore a hat and arm-length white sleeves. He continued to lead them inside.
The lights are on in the factory, the eaves above are tightly covered, and the windows on all sides are closed as required to block out the outside sunlight or hot air and to protect the quality of the products.
Walk a few steps inside and there is a cabinet on the right.
Yang Xi stopped and said, "Put on these clothes first."
Yang Xi pointed to the white hat and suit on the table nearby.
There were about ten people looking at each other.
Yang Xi was quite friendly towards the group of young people, holding down his hat. "This is the rule here at our packaging company. Clothes must be changed every time someone comes in to avoid losing their hair. This is something our factory sent people to factories in big cities to learn."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people in front of him immediately squeezed forward and started taking clothes without hesitation.
Lu Qin "adapted to local customs" and quickly grabbed a suit and a hat. The suit was the kind that you put on with your hands, pulled it back, and then tied around your waist. It was a bit like an apron with sleeves.
He picked up the clothes with his index finger and examined them carefully. He didn't know who had worn them before. Of course, he wasn't the only one who did this, but his movements were more inconspicuous.
Yang Xi caught a glimpse of their movements and paid special attention to Lu Qin. He then urged, "Hurry up, we have to hurry."
"Oh, okay!" Thinking that they were here to work, they gritted their teeth and put them on.
After putting it on, Lu Qin looked down and found that it really did not suit his aesthetic taste.
“…” He became more determined to move out as soon as possible.
At Yang Xi's urging, a group of people put on uniform work clothes and walked inside.
The further you go inside, the stronger the fragrance becomes.
Rows of six-tiered shelves appeared before them, filled with large quantities of cookies, many of which they couldn't even buy, and people were walking around with long trays.
"Hello, Director!"
"Hello, Director!"
The workers coming and going, those busily moving about in their uniform coats, and those with quick gestures throwing biscuits into bags and sewing them up, all stopped to say hello.
When he turned around, he naturally saw these new recruits. And wow, there was a particularly handsome guy following behind them.
Yang Xi nodded in response, inspected the work, and then turned to them and said, "First, divide the work. Groups of five will learn to carry first, then learn to pack. The rest will do the reverse, first learning to pack, then learn to carry."
This division of labor meant choosing between the difficult tasks first and the easy ones, or the easy tasks first and the difficult ones later. But Yang Xi didn't seem to give them time to choose.
"Wu Bing, Zhang Xiang, come here! Each of you leads a group!"
After the task was completed, a man and a woman walked out from the shelf, patted the crumbs on their hands, and glanced at the eleven people behind him, "Okay, Director, don't worry!"
Lu Qin stood patiently behind him and accidentally met his gaze, but Yang Xi quickly looked away.
To avoid wasting time on grouping, Yang Xi directly divided the group into five people on his left and one person on his right.
Lu Qin was inadvertently assigned to the packaging group.
Yang Xi was in charge of a factory and it was impossible for him to spend all his time here. After giving the instructions, he prepared to leave.
But before leaving, he walked to Lu Qin and stopped for a moment, his voice only heard by the two of them, "Do you know our factory's production scheduling director?"
"ah"
"It's okay, just work hard." The voice returned to normal.
Just this one sentence attracted a lot of attention.
Wu Bing and Zhang Xiang shouted, "Alright, hurry up and learn. Come here quickly."
Wu Bing was in charge of Lu Qin's group. Director Yang's words just now made him take another look at Lu Qin. Under the dim light, it was unclear whether it was his clothes or his body that were white, but he was even whiter than the female comrades.
"Come on, follow me."
He led them forward until they reached the shelves. "These are all defective products. Let me give you some practice. I'll do the experiment first, and you learn from me."
Defective products will not be thrown away, but will be distributed to workers later. They are all good things for the workers.
Lu Qin was standing in the corner when suddenly someone touched him. He turned around and saw a scheming man with a polite smile on his face.
Zhang Gang asked, "Comrade, what is your name?"
Lu Qin thought that making friends was a matter of fate. He lowered his arms from his chest and reminded him, "Comrade Zhang, we've already started. We need to pay close attention."
Zhang Gang's smile froze, "Okay, thank you for your reminder."
After saying that, he walked away.
Wu Bing gestured three times, "Alright, you guys go ahead and do it first."
When watching it for the first time, Lu Qin had already memorized all the moves. To be honest, it wasn't very difficult, just a little boring.
Wu Bing asked them to sit around the table while he supervised them.
When he walked in front of Lu Qin, he saw that he looked lazy, with fair and slender features moving between the packaging bags, which was very pleasing to the eye. It was as if he was so skilled that he had done it many times, making people feel that he was doing something child's play.
He nodded and looked at others. Some had taken the first step and had stopped to think about the next step.
I couldn't help but said, "Comrade, have you learned this?"
Lu Qin finished packing a bag of biscuits and realized he was talking to him. He turned around and smiled, "Hello, comrade. I just learned this from you. Your instructions are so good that I can learn it right away."
He praised both of them at the same time, and even Wu Bing didn't react. He smiled, moved his eyes to his face, and then took out a notebook and made a mark on it.
After learning how to package, Lu Qin went next door to learn how to carry freshly baked cookies. The training was to be fast, including receiving food quickly and dodging quickly, after all, there were people everywhere when it was busy.
At the end, Yang Xi came again and told them, "Come over tomorrow to see the admission results."
Lu Qin came out of the factory and was illuminated by the dim yellow light all night. He was a little uncomfortable with the lights outside. He raised his hand to cover his forehead and squinted his eyes to look at the horizon.
The interviewers leave at about the same time.
Coincidentally, he saw Xu Youzhi again. Compared to him who was working so hard, Xu Youzhi seemed quite relaxed.
He felt that he didn't want to occupy this pit for too long, so it would be better to move out as soon as possible.
When he came out of the gate, Lu Qin greeted the old man guarding the gate.
Mr. Huang obviously still remembered him, mainly because of his handsome face. "Young comrade, how is your work going?"
"The factory environment is very good in all aspects. Thank you for your help this morning."
"Of course, our factory is the best one around here. What are you thanking me for? No need to thank me. By the way, your brother waited from morning to noon before leaving." Grandpa Huang reminded him.
"Okay, thank you, sir. Please go back early."
After saying goodbye to the old man, Lu Qin walked away. Several bicycles passed by him. At least for now, he was the only one walking.
Kong Yue came at this point, "Come up."
He didn't ask how work was today.
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