"Huo Qiqi, it's bad, it's really bad. I heard that Director Chen has been urgently hospitalized due to health reasons. If Director Chen's health cannot recover, he will most likely have to retire."
Huo Qiqi had just arrived at the office and hadn't even sat down when she heard Xiao Wu's words.
With Director Chen in the hospital, Huo Qiqi was worried. Huo Qiqi knew that her ability to relax and enjoy herself at the food factory was largely due to Director Chen's appreciation for her. Although she often slacked off, her work aptitude was still the most impressive among the other staff members. Huo Qiqi was a female CEO with advanced 21st-century management experience. In her daily work, she'd simply made a few mistakes, yet Director Chen praised her profusely and gave her special training.
Last week, as the New Year was approaching, the food factory received more orders. In order to improve the workers' enthusiasm, the factory director solicited good suggestions from the entire factory. Once the suggestions were adopted and proved to be effective, the person who made them would be rewarded.
Among the many suggestions, the performance system proposed by Huo Qiqi was highly recognized by the factory leaders. In order to make the factory workers better accept and implement this performance system and make the factory more efficient, and also to better commend Huo Qiqi, Director Chen went to the front line and explained the performance system to the workshop workers. Director Chen's efforts were not in vain. The workshop workers went from resisting to recognizing the performance system, and the factory's production efficiency was greatly improved, but Director Chen fell ill.
After get off work, Huo Qiqi briefly told Tang Lili about her plans. When no one was paying attention, she took out a gift suitable for this era from the space and went to the hospital.
When Huo Qiqi arrived at Director Chen's ward and saw Director Chen lying on the bed, she was still very touched. Since Mr. Huo left, Director Chen was one of the few people who was sincere to her.
After Huo Qiqi handed the gift to Director Chen's daughter, she started chatting with her.
"Sister Xiu, what did the doctor say? What happened to Director Chen?"
Guo Xiu is Director Chen’s eldest daughter and works in the street office. Since Huo Qiqi has visited Director Chen’s home, the two gradually became familiar with each other.
"Hey, the doctor said that the situation is not good. Mom was a premature baby and her physical foundation is not very good. During the war years, for the cause of the party, she followed the army to travel all over the country. As she got older, her old illness became more and more serious. The doctor said that my mother's health is too bad and she needs to be well nourished. Hey..."
Huo Qiqi knew the situation of Director Chen's family. Director Chen's family had three workers. Director Chen and her husband, Master Guo, earned more than 100 yuan a month. Guo Xiu worked in the street office and earned more than 40 yuan a month. The family's total income was 150 yuan, but part of this money had to be mailed to both parties' parents in their hometown, and they also had to subsidize their two sons who went to the countryside every month. Director Chen and his wife insisted that their daughter not subsidize the family too much, so life was very stressful.
After hearing Guo Xiu's description, Huo Qiqi felt much more at ease.
"Sister Xiu, don't worry. I'll go out for a while and be back soon."
After a while, Huo Qiqi came in with a package.
Director Chen lives in a single ward with great privacy, so Huo Qiqi is not worried about revealing too many secrets.
When Guo Xiu took the package handed over by Huo Qiqi, he thought it was some food. After opening the package, Guo Xiu opened his mouth wide. Inside the package were several ginsengs that were thirty or forty years old. Guo Xiu wrapped the package again and returned it to Huo Qiqi, refusing to accept it.
"Sister Xiu, you know the situation of my family. These things are not very rare to me."
Guo Xiu knew a little about Huo Qiqi's family situation. For a young lady from a wealthy family like Huo Qiqi, these few ginseng roots were nothing. Her mother was in serious health, and these few ginseng roots would surely help her recover.
"Qiqi, thank you. These ginseng roots will be of great help to my mother's health. I know the price of these ginseng roots. I will go to my father later to collect some money."
Seeing the determination on Guo Xiu's face, Huo Qiqi smiled faintly.
"Sister Xiu, Director Chen's care for me cannot be expressed in one sentence. Director Chen's hospitalization this time has something to do with me. I have always been clear about gratitude and resentment. These few ginseng roots are really nothing?" After saying that, he left the hospital without waiting for Guo Xiu to speak.
Director Chen's body needs to be slowly adjusted. Director Chen's wife, Master Guo, specially found several trustworthy old Chinese medicine practitioners and prescribed a nourishing prescription combined with ginseng.
After three days of recuperation, Director Chen returned to the company, looking well. After greeting his colleagues, he went to the factory director's office. That afternoon, the HR department received a notice from the factory leadership that Huo Qiqi had been commended for recommending a performance-based system that had helped the factory improve its performance and efficiency, and that she would be promoted to deputy director of the HR department.
In just a few months, Huo Qiqi was promoted from a clerk to deputy director. Such a speed of promotion caused heated discussions among other new and old clerks in the Personnel Department. Some sincerely congratulated her, but more were envious and jealous.
Huo Qiqi's promotion to deputy director has been the most difficult for Deputy Director Xu. Previously, Huo Qiqi was a new clerk in the Personnel Department. While highly capable, she wasn't very motivated or eager to show off, so Deputy Director Xu had always ignored her, and their relationship was average. But things are different now. After Director Chen experienced health problems, Huo Qiqi was quickly promoted to deputy director. Could it be that Director Chen had decided that Huo Qiqi was his successor?
Huo Qiqi knew that with this promotion, Director Chen was returning the favor, so these ginseng roots were not given away in vain.
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