Reborn Industrial Tycoon

A Yaosan0 light truck drove into the maintenance workshop area. Large cardboard boxes were unloaded from the truck. Several car repairmen immediately stopped to watch.

"Aren't these the gaskets and rubber rings from the Red Star Rubber Factory?"

"The quality is not up to standard and I was told to return it. Why did I have to return it?"

"I asked about it, and I heard that the purchasing department wouldn't refund it to us."

"Why! They bought it originally, but now the quality is not up to standard, why can't they refund it?"

"Not only will they not be refunded, but I heard that these substandard parts will be included in the expenses of our workshop."

"Calculating the expenses of the workshop? Doesn't that mean we have to deduct our bonus?"

Although state-owned enterprises in the 1980s were eating from a big pot, the big pot often referred to basic wages, and bonuses were calculated independently. Especially for state-owned enterprises with good profits, bonuses accounted for a large part of their income.

At that time, many people would rather work in enterprises than become civil servants, because under the state-owned system, both workers and civil servants had guaranteed incomes during droughts and floods, but enterprise workers received more bonuses than civil servants.

If you work as a worker in a state-owned enterprise with good remuneration, you will not be replaced by a department-level cadre who is a civil servant!

Also because of accounting bonuses, companies are becoming more and more sophisticated in cost control.

For example, in the repair shop where Li Weidong works, old parts can be replaced when repairing the car, but new parts will never be replaced. The purpose is to save a certain amount of workshop expenses during accounting. The saved expenses become repairs.

Each regular worker has a share of the workshop bonus.

Nowadays, the batch of unqualified parts from the Red Star Rubber Factory is used as an expense for the repair shop. The most direct result is that the workers in the repair shop will have to deduct part of their bonuses to offset this expense.

At this time, someone suddenly said: "I heard that Wang Haibin, the director of the Procurement Department, was causing trouble, so the Procurement Department did not return these parts to us."

"Wang Haibin? Why did he do this? When did we sin against him?" someone asked.

The person who just spoke leaned forward, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "I also heard from the gossip that Wang Haibin's son Wang Lei is working as a temporary worker in our workshop. Wang Haibin wants to get his son a full-time job.

However, there are only a few places for full-time workers per year, which is really too limited, so Wang Haibin set his sights on the progress of the workshop this year."

The person next to him nodded in sudden realization: "If Wang Lei can get a workshop first, the chance of becoming a full-time employee is really high."

"Didn't the advancement of our workshop this year already go to Li Weidong?" someone asked again.

"The key is here. Wang Haibin wanted Li Weidong to give up the workshop to his son Wang Lei. Li Weidong was definitely not willing to do it, so he refused Wang Haibin."

"If it were me, I wouldn't want to. The workshop is advanced and only has one per year. Why should I give it to others?"

"You mean that Wang Haibin deliberately came to cause trouble because Li Weidong refused to give up the workshop to his son?"

"Wang Lei is still in our workshop. If Wang Haibin does this, he won't be afraid of offending our workshop. Then we will give his son some shoes?"

"Anyway, Wang Lei is just a temporary worker now. At worst, he will be transferred to another department. Besides, Wang Haibin is also the director of the Procurement Department. As long as Wang Lei can be made a regular employee, they don't mind offending us car repairmen."

Everyone was talking about it, and the matter quickly spread throughout the repair shop.

…

A few days later, someone went to the Purchasing Department to inquire about the news. Wang Haibin had secretly said that as long as Li Weidong was willing to give up the workshop to Wang Lei, the Purchasing Department would go to the Red Star Rubber Factory to return the goods.

In that case, these unqualified parts will not be counted as expenses of the auto repair shop, and the bonus of the auto repair shop will not be deducted.

Almost overnight, the trend in the auto repair shop changed.

…

The bell for getting off work at noon just rang, and Li Weidong immediately rushed to the cafeteria. He must be the first to eat!

Sixteen-year-old Li Weidong, who was just growing taller, filled his lunch box with vegetables, took three large steamed buns, and sat at the table to devour them.

The chef who steams the steamed buns in the cafeteria is from Jiaodong, and he makes authentic Jiaodong steamed buns. A steamed bun is about the same size as a child's head. However, people in that era were generally short of oil and water in their stomachs, so they would eat three Jiaodong steamed buns in one meal.

There are also a lot of people there.

Li Weidong was eating happily when he saw a man in his forties sitting opposite Li Weidong.

Li Weidong looked up and saw that this person was a car repairman named Liu in the auto repair shop. Li Weidong called "Master Liu" as a greeting and continued to eat with his head down.

However, Master Liu took the initiative to chat with Li Weidong, and they kept talking about all kinds of petty things.

"In my impression, although Master Liu is very talkative, he doesn't talk so much, just like Monk Tang reciting a mantra." Li Weidong thought to himself.

Finally, Master Liu got to the point: "Xiao Li, I heard that you have been having a serious dispute with the Director of the Purchasing Section Wang recently?"

"Let's not talk about the stalemate. He wanted my workshop to advance, but I didn't give it to him." Li Weidong said.

"We are all colleagues from the same company. We meet each other with our heads down but not our heads up. Why should we do this? It will be so embarrassing when we meet in the future!" Master Liu let out a long sigh.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? He's from the purchasing department and I'm from the auto repair shop. Our company is as big as yours, with thousands of people! Except for the year-end summary meeting, we can't meet each other." Li Weidong said with a smile, already feeling a little worried in his heart.

I understand Master Liu’s purpose.

Master Liu went on to say: "Wang Haibin is also a middle-level leader of the company, and he may be promoted to a higher level in the future. You are still young, and it is not worthwhile to offend him in order to advance in a workshop."

"Can he still fire me?" Li Weidong chuckled and continued: "I am a formal employee."

Regular employees of state-owned enterprises, as long as they have not committed serious violations of laws and disciplines, cannot be fired even if the top leader comes.

Master Liu wanted to persuade him again, but Li Weidong stuffed the last bite of steamed bun in his hand into his mouth, stood up and said, "Master Liu, I'm full, you eat slowly."

After lunch, Li Weidong returned to the auto repair shop, found a sunny corner, sat down leisurely, and basked in the sun.

"It would be great if I had a cup of tea at this time!" Li Weidong thought to himself.

At this moment, a voice came from the side: "Xiao Li, drink tea, I just made it."

Li Weidong looked up and saw a man walking over carrying an enamel teapot. This man's surname was Wang, and he was also a car repairman in the workshop.

"Thank you, Master Wang." Li Weidong was not polite. He took the enamel tea jar and took a sip. The sweet and bitter taste of the big leaf tea instantly occupied Li Weidong's taste buds.

Putting down the enamel teapot, Li Weidong asked: "Master Wang, you have something to do with me."

Master Wang chuckled, pointed to the enamel tea jar, and said, "Xiao Li, what do you think of my tea jar?"

Li Weidong looked at the enamel tea jar, which read the slogan "Be determined, not afraid of sacrifice, overcome all difficulties, and strive for victory."

Seeing these lines of words, Li Weidong said: "This tea vat must be old, right?"

"In 1977, I won the advanced workshop title. This was a reward at that time." Master Wang took a breath with some aftertaste and continued:

"Xiao Li, although it is an honor to be advanced in this workshop, it only sounds nice. In fact, it only gives you a teapot and a washbasin. But the bonus we get every month is enough to buy a few

Ten teapots, don’t you think? It’s not worth losing so much bonus just for a name!”

Li Weidong picked up the tea cup, took another sip of tea, spit out two tea leaves, and continued to laugh without saying a word.

Master Wang then advised: "Xiao Li, even if you are not short of these bonuses, you still have to think about the other masters in the workshop. Everyone is senior and junior, and they are counting on this bonus.

I’m here to support my family!”

"Okay, Master Wang, I understand. What you mean is, let me give up the workshop to Wang Haibin's son first, and then everyone will not be deducted bonuses. Sacrifice me, and the workshop will be rich, right?" Li Weidong

asked with a smile.

"Well..." Master Wang smiled awkwardly, and then said: "It's all for the collective. We are willing to dedicate ourselves, regardless of personal gains and losses, and contribute to the four modernizations. This is how our generation lives.

of."

"When it comes to dedication and sacrifice, who should we choose? Comrade Lei dedicated his life to the people. This is a true selfless contribution. But what do I mean by dedicating the advanced workshop to Wang Haibin's son? You don't care.

Is this called dedication?”

Li Weidong paused and then said: "And I think whether Wang Haibin's son can become a formal employee will not affect our country's four modernizations."

Master Wang was choked back by Li Weidong's few words, and had no choice but to sigh helplessly, pick up the enamel tea jar and return to the workshop.