Material Empire

Qin Hai stayed at home for a day, and drove his family around the county town, allowing everyone to enjoy the treatment of a car pick-up and drop-off. Because of the inconvenient transportation, grandma hasn't been to the county seat for more than ten years. This time, she was riding in the jeep driven by her grandson. Although she nearly spit out her intestines all the way, she kept grinning with her toothless mouth. stop.

Early on Monday morning, Qin Hai set off for Pingyuan. Before leaving, he counted out 20 cards and handed them to his mother, telling her to improve her life at home, and promised that he would soon be able to earn more money. When Zong Huiying saw that Qin Hai had given out so much money casually, he felt a little more at ease, and no longer resisted his son's talk about setting up a factory.

Grandma came out of her room, walked to Qin Hai's side, and said some nags about being careful and safe on the road. Qin Hai patted grandma on the back and said, "Grandma, you should take care of yourself at home, and ask Xiaoshan and Xiaoling to buy anything you want."

"Xiao Hai, take this dollar and buy something to eat." Grandma took out a crumpled banknote out of nowhere, and hurriedly stuffed it into Qin Hai's hand as if afraid of being seen, and whispered.

Holding the banknote, Qin Hai's eyes suddenly turned a little red, and he really felt the family affection he had endured. He carefully put away the banknotes, and then said to his grandma: "Mother-in-law, take care of your health, and when I earn a lot of money, I will take you to play in the capital."

"Okay, okay, I'm waiting to enjoy the blessings of my family Xiaohai." Every wrinkle on Grandma's face was filled with happiness.

It had just rained heavily the night before, and the air was very fresh. Qin Hai drove the car, ran over the muddy country road, and set foot on his way home. When it was almost time to work at Qingfeng Factory, Qin Hai's jeep stopped downstairs in the single dormitory.

"Xiao Qin is back?" Wang Xiaochen came out of the bachelor building and greeted Qin Hai with a smile.

"Hey, Xiaochen, I'm back." Qin Hai replied.

"There is a meeting in the factory today, do you know?" Wang Xiaochen asked.

"I don't know." Qin Hai said, "Where is the meeting held, and what is it about?"

Wang Xiaochen said: "In the big lawn, I don't know what it is. I heard that there are leaders from the city coming."

"Oh?" Qin Hai thought, "Okay, I see, I'll go up and change clothes."

"I'll wait for you." Wang Xiaochen said.

Qin Haifei ran upstairs to change into a clean overalls, and then ran down again. Sure enough, Wang Xiaochen was still waiting for him. The two chatted and walked towards the big lawn together.

The large lawn is located on the west side of the factory office building, which is equivalent to the small square of Qingfeng Factory. On both sides of the lawn, there are two football goal frames made by the factory. Young workers and children from the factory sometimes play football here. In the early days when the factory’s economic benefits were good, every weekend night, the trade union would show a movie on the lawn, attracting workers from the surrounding factories, their family members and surrounding farmers to come to watch, and the scene was very lively. In the past two years, the factory has gradually declined, and things like showing movies have become less and less.

When the two came to the big lawn, they found that many workers and cadres had already arrived. Some brought their own stools or matza, while others sat cross-legged on the lawn. Because the meeting hadn't started yet, the men were smoking and chatting in twos and threes, while the women gathered together, knitting sweaters deftly and exchanging various gossip news.

At one end of the lawn, there is a very old and simple rostrum, which is welded with angle steel to form a frame, and then covered with steel plates to build it up. People walking on it will make a rattling sound. Du Xinxin and several other staff members from the factory office are making arrangements on the rostrum, arranging seven or eight desks in a row, and covering them with thick tablecloths, which become the leadership seats. The electrician in the factory was adjusting the microphone, and the sound of "hey hey hey" and sharp howling came from the loudspeaker from time to time.

"Hey, why isn't Zhai Jianguo here?" After Qin Hai and Wang Xiaochen sat down next to a few acquaintances in the foundry, Qin Hai keenly noticed the strangeness of the scene.

"Yeah, why isn't director Zhai here?" Wang Xiaochen, who was belatedly aware of it, also discovered the problem.

"I saw him just now, his face was frightening, I don't know what happened." A worker interjected beside him.

"Master Gao, what's the meeting?" Wang Xiaochen asked the people next to him.

"I don't know." Everyone shook their heads. Like Wang Xiaochen, they only heard the notice of the meeting from the factory's tweeter the night before. As for the content of the meeting, even the middle-level cadres in the factory didn't know anything. As the director of the office, Zhai Jianguo may know something, but he has always disdained to reveal secrets to outsiders.

At 8:10 a.m., a group of people came out of the office of the factory headquarters. The leader was Wei Baolin, the director of the factory. Beside him were two leaders who looked like leaders. They were recognized by sharp-eyed people. They were the county magistrate Guo of Pingyuan County. Ming and the deputy mayor of Beixi City, Chai Peide. Behind the three of them were Zhai Jianguo, Chai Peide's secretary Xu Yang, and Pingyuan County Economic Committee Director Pan Shengjie. The most surprising thing was the old man walking at the end, who turned out to be the old factory director Ning Zhong. Britain.

"Hey, Director Ning is also here for the meeting?" Almost half of the people on the lawn were suspicious.

Ning Zhongying noticed the surprised eyes of everyone. He nodded slightly to the cadres and workers who greeted him, and answered all those who asked questions with a smile, making people wonder what he was thinking in his heart.

A group of leaders went to the rostrum and sat down respectively according to the degree of their official positions. The county magistrate, Guo Ming, took the seat in the middle and acted as the host of the meeting.

"...Comrade Wei Baolin, during his tenure as the director of Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, he forged ahead, made bold innovations, and achieved fruitful results...In the context of the current national agricultural machinery market being generally sluggish, Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory maintained a small loss , small losses, did not cause a greater burden to the country, did not make a worker's life difficult because of the failure to pay wages, this is not easy, for the work of Comrade Wei Baolin, the county government and the county economic committee fully affirmed !"

Guo Ming's words caused thunder to roll, making the cadres and workers on the lawn sweat profusely. The leader's two mouths, he can tell lies and empty words when he is on stage, he can eat turtle bastards when he is seated, and if he tears it off and adds a handle, he can equal the omnipotent army shovel invented by Qin Hai.

Experienced cadres know that Guo Ming's words are just a foreshadowing. The more he affirms Wei Baolin, the more worrisome Wei Baolin's future will be. Sure enough, after making a big detour, Guo Ming finally got to the point:

"After full market research and extensive solicitation of expert opinions, Comrade Wei Baolin made a pioneering strategic decision to enter the washing machine market. After reading Comrade Wei Baolin's report, the city leaders gave a high degree of affirmation and believed that this The report is forward-looking, scientific, and feasible, and Pingyuan County is instructed to attach great importance to it.

According to the decision of the county government office meeting, Pingyuan County will be led by the economic committee to establish a washing machine project leadership working committee, with brackets and deputy division level. Comrade Pan Shengjie, director of the economic committee, will serve as the director of the committee, and Comrade Wei Baolin will concurrently serve as the executive deputy director of the committee, responsible for daily work , and appointed Comrade Zhai Jianguo as the director of the committee office. The archives and salary relationship of Comrade Wei Baolin and Zhai Jianguo are still kept in Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, but during the construction of the washing machine project, they are no longer specifically responsible for the work of Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory. "

As soon as this remark came out, the people on the big lawn all showed expressions of astonishment. It took a while for a wise person to realize the mystery of it, that is, Wei Baolin and Zhai Jianguo no longer took care of Qingfeng Factory. What happened to the washing machine project has nothing to do with the employees of the Qingfeng factory. It is a very happy thing for these two people to leave the Qingfeng factory.

"Wow—"

Applause sounded from several places, and then spread to the audience. Qin Hai has seen what is called "thunderous applause", and even Wang Xiaochen, who has always been timid and fearful, slapped his hands redly.

"Comrade Baolin, the employees and comrades are very happy that the county has put you under the burden. It seems that everyone has a high degree of trust in your ability." Chapeide turned to Wei Baolin with a smile.

"This is the encouragement from my comrades..." Wei Baolin tried his best to put on a smile on his face, but that smile made people look so bitter.

Nima, they are celebrating me getting out, okay! Anyway, I, Wei Baolin, was also trying my best to find and run projects for Qingfeng Factory. Isn't this all to find a way out for the workers? You guys are so happy when you hear that I’m gone, have your consciences been eaten by dogs!

Wei Baolin cursed loudly in his heart, but his hands were still applauding along with the crowd. There are so many leaders on the scene, he can't lose his composure, after all, his future promotion still depends on the views of these leaders.

"Okay, I can understand the feelings of comrades, and I will announce several other decisions of the county government." Guo Ming raised his hand to signal the crowd to stop applauding, and then continued:

"When Comrade Wei Baolin was the executive deputy director of the Washing Machine Project Leadership Working Committee, experienced comrades were required to be responsible for the daily work of Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory. Through repeated work, the county government finally persuaded the old factory director of Qingfeng Factory, Ning Comrade Zhongying came out again and served as the acting director of Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, responsible for all aspects of work.”

"Wow—"

This time, the employees gave even more enthusiastic applause without even half a second of hesitation. Some veteran workers clapped their hands and had tears in their eyes. Everyone looks forward to the stars and the moon, and they hope to have a reliable leader at the helm of Qingfeng Factory. The county government was so awesome that it actually pushed back Ning Zhongying, who everyone thought was impossible to make a comeback.

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Last night, I set today’s scheduled update, but I forgot to set the time in Chapter 57, and it was sent out at 0:00. I found it at 6 in the morning, so I quickly deleted it, and then sent out both chapters 56 and 57 at the same time, which can be regarded as two updates. However, at 8:00 p.m., another chapter will be published as usual, so as not to worry everyone.

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