National Tide 1980

Chapter 457: Not the taste

The real person does not show his appearance, and the real person does not show his true appearance.

Ning Weimin truly understood this sentence today.

He knew that any words about "disrespect" or "long admiration" at this time would be very tacky and hypocritical.

He simply used his wits and told a joke that would happen thirty years later.

"No wonder, I have been using my hobbies to challenge your major. Oops, I overestimated my abilities and made you laugh."

Sure enough, the middle-aged man, Ye Hemin, laughed heartily because of his teasing.

"Young man, don't belittle yourself. Knowledge is knowledge. I am engaged in this job because I love ceramics. As for my eyesight being better than yours, it is actually just because I am a few years older than you and have more experience. The key is that in any field Knowledge all takes time to accumulate, and there is no shortcut for any of us."

When it comes to the departmental setup and personnel arrangements of Chongwenmen Hotel, it is more state-owned.

It also better reflects the superiority of the system back then.

First of all, speaking from a general perspective, there are almost no temporary workers in the unit.

Even loaders, cleaners, dishwashers, floor sweepers, and toilet cleaners are all officially established employees.

The key point is that no matter how hard or tiring the job is, it can become neither hard nor tiring.

Nothing else, the secret is just having more people.

If a job that can be done by one person is shared by three people, who can complain about being tired?

Secondly, there are differences in job titles between our state-owned hotels and those in Western capitalist countries.

Although the departments are also divided into the front office, guest room department, catering department, engineering department, finance department, and administrative department.

Each department also has managers.

But it’s different when you subdivide it further down.

There are no supervisors or foremen in state-run hotels.

The grassroots cadres who can benchmark against supervisors and foremen are team leaders and deputy team leaders.

For example, the political work team and logistics team that Ningwei Private Office went to for entry procedures are all under the administrative department.

The same goes for the front office department, which is divided into the reception group and the operation group, which can also be referred to as the first group and the second group.

The functions of the reception team are mainly responsible for leading the daily layout of the conference room, cooperating with the inspection work of the competent department, and recording messages, letters, and newspaper delivery.

The functions of the operation group are to handle passenger check-in and check-out procedures, telephone reservation business and train ticket purchasing business.

If you don’t count the boss and the cashier assigned by the finance department.

If all the grassroots employees were added together, there would be seventeen people.

In addition, the organization of these two groups is not so rigid. Except for the team leader and deputy team leader, the grassroots employees can be replaced with each other.

One can imagine how easy it would be to take this class with such a surplus of personnel.

In fact, except for the night shift, two people are arranged to be on duty.

Regardless of the morning shift or the middle shift, each shift in the front office can have at least five people lined up.

At the busiest time of the day, there were almost twelve people sharing the work, and the workload was minimal.

So for people in the front office, most of the time there is nothing to do.

Whether chatting, reading newspapers, magazines, eating snacks, or even hanging out in other departments.

As long as you don't go too far, you can do whatever you want.

However, including Ning Weimin, there are only three men in the entire front office, and those two have been "welded" to the night shift position for almost a long time.

So it goes without saying that the job of turning on the water every morning must be Ning Weimin.

In addition, as a newcomer, he has to take over some chores that others find trivial.

For example, go to the warehouse to pick up some office supplies and receipts.

Or dealing with people at the post office, delivering newspapers to the leadership office and distributing letters to various departments every day.

It's a bit like the errands the old man in the mailroom does.

But even so, he still had a lot of free time, and Ning Weimin fully realized his original intention of coming here to live a comfortable life.

It’s just that things in the world will not be so perfect after all, and there are some distortions between reality and imagination.

There are some minor worries that Ning Weimin didn't expect, namely gender differences.

As the saying goes, three women perform a drama.

There were four major dramas performed around him every day, and he gathered together the "Twelve Golden Hairpins". Think about how lively it must be.

As for these big girls and young wives, everyone regarded him as the target of ridicule, and even "driving" from time to time.

He really treats him as a little brother who doesn't understand anything.

But the problem is that he actually knows everything, so what does it feel like?

It's not okay to just ignore it, it's not okay to make someone blush when you start talking, it's even less okay to tease someone out of your mind.

The blessing of staying in a beauty's nest is not so easy to bear.

Fortunately, after more than half a month of work experience, a colleague who worked the night shift got a fever and was given an intravenous drip.

Ning Weimin was transferred to the night shift in advance and began to partner with another male colleague.

This time he was liberated and completely pure.

He really didn't expect that the job he was least willing to take would now turn into an opportunity to save him.

And to be honest, only when you work night shift can you know the benefits of night shift.

Because no one would ask to stay in a hotel at night these days, and the latest train from Beijing Railway Station is at ten o'clock.

Therefore, even for the morning shift and middle shift workers, the workload of the night shift in the front office is pitiful.

People working the night shift don't even need to provide morning wake-up calls, they just deal with occasional emergencies.

For example, if a customer is seriously ill and needs to call an ambulance.

For example, if there is water leakage or power outage in the room, the engineering department must be notified to arrange a room for the guest in a timely manner.

Another example is cooperating with the public security department in inspections and arrests.

Or if there is a fire, cooperate with the political work team and firefighters in evacuation work.

Other than that, the most I can do is answer outside calls and record messages for guests or leaders of the unit.

Then you can pass the long and boring night by reading books, reading newspapers, chatting, or even playing cards with employees from other departments, or sleeping on the table or lying on a chair.

In addition, the unit also provides supper and breakfast, and the night shift subsidy is 50 cents per day.

It’s a wonderful job where you can make money while eating and drinking enough.

I'm afraid there is no job in the entire capital that is more worry-free than doing this.

Staying up late is harmful to the body, of course.

But young people, who would be afraid of exploding until midnight?

What's more, sleeping on the table is still sleeping. It's just that you go to bed later and don't sleep so comfortably.

Compared to the reward, this flaw is nothing.

That is to say, working in the dark and inconvenient transportation is not very convenient for lesbians.

Only male compatriots can enjoy this blessing.

Ning Weimin even felt that if he became familiar with his new partner.

It's not a problem if he occasionally takes off work and sneaks out to visit the ghost market.

The only thing that made him a little worried was that he had promoted a girl's position, which would probably disappoint another male colleague and then make him resentful.

But as he worked the night shift on his first day, even this worry dissipated.

Because as the leader of the reception team, I introduced him to his new work partner.

The young man named Zhang Shihui, who was a few years older than him, not only expressed his heartfelt welcome with a friendly smile.

Even after the team leader left, he was so enthusiastic that he thanked him as if he was his savior.

"Brother, thank you so much. You came and saved me completely."

"Oh, don't be so polite. If you want to scare me away, you'll have to watch the night shift alone."

"Haha, I'm not kidding. You'll understand as soon as I tell you. The post you hold was originally mine. We met while working the night shift. But the bad thing is, from then on, she started to have sex with me and others. I'm worried about the night shift and insist on staying with me. If not, I'll accompany myself to the hospital. Now that you're here, we'll be partners, so my partner can rest assured. And it can be rotated, and I can see the light of day again. It’s been a long day, shouldn’t I still thank you?”

Ning Weimin finally understood. Behind the co-authorship was a romance about the night shift, and the sadness of being a wanderer all year round.

"I should, thank you for the great merit I have accumulated. Then you can't just say thank you, you have to give me a banner with the words 'Helping Others' written on it."

As soon as this was said, the two people talking were amused by each other.

Zhang Shihui took the initiative to hand over a cigarette, but his mouth was still empty.

"Hey, buddy, the pennant is just a pennant, but you have to let me embroider it slowly. As for now, let's do something affordable. Come on, risk one..."

Ning Weimin thanked him and took it, but he didn't dare to order it just like that.

"Dude, can I smoke here?"

Zhang Shihui didn't hesitate to do that, and directly struck a match and handed it to Ning Weimin.