Chapter 29 Done
"Uncle Ma, let me go to the workshop. It's a front-line position and it will help me get familiar with the job. Besides, it's not appropriate for a young man like me to sit in the office." Song Yuanchao's attitude was firm. He said there was no need to think about it too much. He came here to work, not to enjoy himself, so it would be more appropriate to put him in the workshop.
Director Ma seemed very happy about Song Yuanchao's statement. In this era when labor is glorious, it is advocated to work on the front line. But in fact, in many people's minds, working on the front line is far less easy and decent than sitting in an office. Everyone wants to go into the office, and they reject front-line positions from the bottom of their hearts.
Song Yuanchao was different. He took the initiative to ask to go to the workshop, which made Director Ma very happy. Moreover, as he said, Lao Luo was in poor health and was very likely to retire due to illness. The workshop needed someone to replace Lao Luo. Song Yuanchao was young, had studied in high school, and was an educated youth. It would be great if he could replace Lao Luo as the workshop director.
Of course, whether Song Yuanchao has this ability remains to be seen, but judging from Director Ma's current situation, he is very satisfied with the attitude of this young man Song Yuanchao.
"Okay! Since you asked for it, go to the workshop then. I will guide you for a while, and then you will have to rely on yourself after you are familiar with it." Director Ma said happily.
"Thank you, Uncle Ma. Don't worry, I will work hard."
"Hahaha! Young people learn quickly. I am definitely at ease." Director Ma was a straightforward man. He patted Song Yuanchao's shoulder and laughed.
Near noon, Song Yuanchao took the initiative to invite Director Ma to dinner. Director Ma initially refused this suggestion. He said that Song Yuanchao had not officially started working yet and had not received a salary, so there was no need to have dinner with him. Besides, there would be many more opportunities in the future.
In response, Song Yuanchao explained that he had just arrived and still had many questions to ask Director Ma. Today, he wanted to take the opportunity of a quick meal to get a good understanding of the situation in the factory so that he could get started earlier after reporting in.
This legitimate reason was beyond the reach of Director Ma. What's more, Song Yuanchao was young and strong. He ignored Director Ma's refusal and half-dragged him to a nearby state-owned restaurant. When they arrived at the restaurant, he ordered four dishes and a soup, and a bottle of wine.
Drinking and talking, and with Song Yuanchao deliberately trying to please him by calling him Uncle Ma or Leader one after another, he soon narrowed the distance between them and Director Ma.
People all like to teach others, especially those of Director Ma's age. As Song Yuanchao asked about things in the factory, Director Ma naturally opened up after two cups of rice wine. He smiled and took the initiative to tell Song Yuanchao a lot of things.
Song Yuanchao listened and took notes in his mind, and from time to time he would appropriately praise Director Ma for his good leadership, which made Director Ma even more interested.
After three rounds of drinks, the two men became closer and closer. Director Ma was very satisfied with this young man, Song Yuanchao, and even took the initiative to offer to be Song Yuanchao's master.
Master and apprentice.
This kind of relationship is very common in this era. Usually, when a unit has new employees, they must be led by the old employees in the unit. This is a long-standing tradition, also known as "old helping new".
This tradition was first formed in the revolutionary ranks, which allowed new comrades to quickly familiarize themselves with the ranks and integrate into the collective. Since this method was very effective, it was later promoted and became a common practice in all enterprises.
As soon as Director Ma made this suggestion, Song Yuanchao was overjoyed. Without saying a word, he toasted Director Ma with a glass of wine and started calling him Master.
Director Ma drank the glass of wine with a smile, which meant that the master-disciple relationship was established. With this relationship, the two of them immediately became one step closer.
"Master, I'll toast you again."
"Okay, okay, Yuanchao, you drink too, let's drink together!" Director Ma was in a good mood today. He raised his glass and clinked it with Song Yuanchao, then raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
Putting down his glass, Song Yuanchao refilled Director Ma's glass and continued to ask about things in the factory. Director Ma told Song Yuanchao everything he knew about his new apprentice. In his previous life, Song Yuanchao had not only worked at the grassroots level but also in management. He appropriately put forward his own opinions on some issues, which made Director Ma look at Song Yuanchao with admiration. He was happy and felt that he had made the right choice to accept him as his apprentice.
At the dinner table, Song Yuanchao took advantage of Director Ma's good mood to mention Li Daqi . Of course, he said it very artistically, praising him a little bit like "Master, you have a wide network of friends and stuff like that." He said that he had a good brother who was also an educated youth and had just returned home and had no job. He asked if he could help ask which factory could arrange a job for him. It didn't matter if he didn't have to be a formal worker, a temporary worker would be fine, which was better than staying at home doing nothing.
Director Ma was not confused about what Song Yuanchao said and naturally understood his intention. However, Director Ma was in a good mood today and since this was his apprentice, he took advantage of the alcohol and smiled and told Song Yuanchao didn't need to look for other factories. It was still difficult for the school-run factory to formally hire people, but he, as the factory director, had the final say on arranging a temporary worker. After all, temporary workers were paid per day's work and did not take up any staff space.
"Thank you, Master. You've been a great help." Song Yuanchao was overjoyed and quickly toasted Director Ma with another glass of wine. Director Ma did not refuse and drank the glass with a smile.
The dinner didn't end until two o'clock in the afternoon. Song Yuanchao took Director Ma, who had brought more wine, back to his office, arranged for him to lie on the sofa in the office, and found a coat for him to put on to prevent him from catching a cold.
Before leaving, Song Yuanchao specially filled Director Ma's teacup with water so that he would have something to drink . After doing this, Song Yuanchao closed the door quietly and left the school-run factory.
On the way home, Song Yuanchao was in a very happy mood. Today's work went very smoothly.
Not only did he solve his own problems at the school-run factory, he also recognized Director Ma as his master. With this relationship, everything would go much more smoothly for him in the school-run .
In addition, Li Daqi's work problem was also resolved. In fact, Song Yuanchao had never thought of mentioning Li Daqi's matter to Principal Zhou at the beginning. After all, he was different from Li Daqi. Song Yuanchao was assigned to work as a formal school worker, and this had to be done by Principal Zhou.
But Li Daqi was just a temporary worker, and it was inappropriate to ask Principal Zhou for help with a temporary worker's problem.
Although as the principal, Principal Zhou could come forward, that would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. Therefore, Song Yuanchao had already decided that it would be more appropriate to approach the factory leaders directly about this matter. The county magistrate might as well be in charge. As long as the factory leaders nodded, there would be no problem in arranging Li Daqi as a temporary worker.
And this is indeed the case. Director Ma agreed to it very readily. Doesn't this solve the problem?
I went to Li Daqi's house on the way and told Li Daqi about this. Li Daqi was very happy to know that his work problem had been resolved.
After sitting at Li Daqi's house for a while, drinking two cups of tea and drinking some wine, Song Yuanchao left. When he returned to his own alley, Song Yuanchao found a letter in the mailbox when he opened the door. For a moment, Song Yuanchao was a little excited, and quickly took the key to open the mailbox and took out the letter lying inside.
