Chapter 315: Making Friends
The next day, Lin Yuhang had just arrived at the unit and had not even sat down in the office when he received a call from his superiors, asking him to go to the management office immediately.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuhang's expression was a little ugly. Lin Daoyuan had just reminded him yesterday, and today the call came. It was really annoying that such a thing happened before we had a few days of good life.
But blessing is not a disaster, and disaster is unavoidable.
As a state cadre, he could not avoid meeting his superiors when they came to see him. If he stuck his head out, he would be in danger. Lin Yuhang lit a cigarette and sat quietly at his desk smoking. When he finished the cigarette, he put out the cigarette, stood up, picked up his bag and walked quickly towards the door.
An hour later, Lin Yuhang arrived at the bureau and entered the office building after registering with the security guard.
I went straight up to the third floor, found the office of Director Chen of the Management Office, and knocked on the door.
"Hello, Director Chen." Pushing the door open, Lin Yuhang greeted Director Chen with a smile.
"Director Lin is here, hello. Hello, hello. I hope it doesn't delay your work by calling you here suddenly during working hours?" Director Chen, who was in his forties, was still very polite to Lin Yuhang. He stood up, smiled and stretched out his hand to walk towards Lin Yuhang.
Lin Yuhang is a combat hero and a demobilized soldier, and his rank is not low either. He is currently at the deputy division level, which is only one level lower than him, a division-level cadre.
In addition, Lin Yuhang's background is not simple. Outsiders may not know about it, but Director Chen, as the director of the management office, knows it very clearly.
Lin Yuhang's father, Lin Daoyuan, was a big leader in the Planning Commission, with a higher rank than his immediate superior, not to mention the power of the Planning Commission. However, Lin Daoyuan was a low-key person, and the Lin family had good family education, so Lin Yuhang did not have the problems of the children of high-ranking officials.
"No, no, if my boss wants to see me, I have to make time for it no matter how busy I am." Lin Yuhang said with a smile.
The two men shook hands and exchanged a few polite words. Director Chen asked Lin Yuhang to sit down. He personally poured Lin Yuhang a glass of water and placed the glass in front of Lin Yuhang.
"Is the factory busy now?" Director Chen asked with a smile, taking out a cigarette and handing it to Lin Yuhang.
"It's okay. The current situation at Factory 8 is pretty good. It was indeed very busy some time ago, but it has gradually gotten back on track in the past few days. As the factory director, I have time to take a break." Lin Yuhang thanked him, took the cigarette and said so, then lit the cigarette with the match struck by Director Chen.
"Director Lin... Hehe." After saying this, Director Chen suddenly laughed and shook his head, saying, "I suddenly realized that it's a bit awkward for us to address each other by our titles. In fact, this is not the first time we have met. I remember that I was the one who received you when you first reported for demobilization, right?"
"That's right, Director Chen, you have a good memory."
"Hahaha , look at what you said." Director Chen laughed. "As the old saying goes, the first time is strange, the second time is familiar, right? We are all colleagues in a large unit. It's not uncommon for us to have meetings in the bureau on weekdays. We are all acquaintances. It would be too strange to call each other by our positions. How about this, since I am a few years older than you, you can call me Brother Chen, or Old Chen. How about that, Brother Yuhang?"
Lin Yuhang also laughed. Director Chen really had a way with his words. No wonder he could hold the position of Director of the Management Office.
The main job function of the management office is to govern the subordinate enterprises. It seems that the power is considerable, but in fact, this position is not easy to hold.
After all, each subordinate unit is independent, and the level of the directors and secretaries of many factories is not low. For example, the positions of the directors and secretaries of Factory One, Factory Two and Factory Three are the same as Director Chen. Everyone is at the same level. So what if you are the leader of a superior unit?
We are usually polite to each other, and we can just laugh it off when we meet. If you really want to use your position to talk, I will ignore you. So what? Even if you are the director of the management office, so what? You can't bite me? Therefore, the actual work of the management office is more about coordination. To put it bluntly, the work done by Director Chen is similar to that of the street director.
Of course, doing such a job requires a well-mannered person, and Director Chen is such a person.
"Then why not obey your orders? Brother Chen?"
"That's right, hahaha, brother Yuhang..." Director Chen smiled and nodded repeatedly. The two of them chatted about this and that. Lin Yuhang didn't even ask why Director Chen called him here. He already knew the reason and pretended to know nothing.
But even though Lin Yuhang didn't ask, Director Chen had to talk about it. After a while, Director Chen gradually shifted the topic to Factory 8 and talked about the recent incident regarding the warm cup packaging product.
"Brother Yuhang, have you seen the document I sent you some time ago? This matter has caused quite a stir. I've been so exhausted from coordinating and handling the aftermath these days." Director Chen touched his bald forehead and sighed, "The higher-ups have taken a one-size-fits-all approach, and it came so suddenly. Those of us who do the specific work can't do anything about it. Now, the inventories of various factories are seriously overstocked, and the losses are heavy. If we can't solve the problem properly, something big might happen..."
"I know about this, but Brother Chen, this matter has nothing to do with our Eighth Factory, right?" Lin Yuhang thought, finally here it comes, Director Chen has been talking so much nonsense and finally he has revealed his true intentions and is talking about the main business.
Lin Yuhang, who was already on guard, was not polite and said directly: "Our Eighth Factory stopped producing this type of product two months before the document was issued. Similar products on the market later had nothing to do with our Eighth Factory. The things that Brother Chen mentioned were all troubles caused by other factories."
"Yes, brother Yuhang is right, it is indeed the case." Director Chen sighed, then lowered his voice and said, "But brother Yuhang, after all, Factory 8 was the first to take the lead in this matter, isn't it? Now other factories have taken the blame, but Factory 8 got away with it early. We brothers don't talk about outside things, and there are many people targeting Factory 8 and brother Yuhang at present, and there are even more people cursing behind their backs, so you have to be careful."
"That's strange." Lin Yuhang frowned and looked unhappy: "What kind of explanation is that? No one forced them to do it with a knife at the beginning, right? They all rushed in eagerly, but now they blame us, Factory 8?"
"As the old saying goes, if you are right, you can go anywhere, but if you are wrong, you can't go anywhere! We have to be reasonable in everything, right? And I remember when Factory 8 withdrew from the product market ahead of schedule, other factories were very happy and hoped that Factory 8 would quit. Now that something like this has happened, they are pushing the responsibility onto us? How can this be justified in the world?"
"Yes, yes, brother Yuhang, what you said makes sense, but brother, many things are not that simple. Even if something makes sense, a reasonable person may not be able to make sense."
At this point, Lin Yuhang no longer addressed the other party as Brother Chen, but directly called him Director Chen, and changed "you" to "you". The unfamiliarity and attitude in his words were very obvious.
"Don't be angry, brother Yuhang. I mean well. Haha, it's just a reminder. I have no other intentions. Besides, those factory directors are not easy to deal with. If they unite to make trouble, the leaders above will be in trouble."
"Make trouble? Are you afraid of them making trouble?" Lin Yuhang sneered, "I came here in the hail of bullets, and I'm not afraid of the Japanese devils in the south, so why should I be afraid of them?"
Lin Yuhang's words made Director Chen at a loss for words for a moment. Only then did he remember that Lin Yuhang was not an ordinary cadre, but a combat hero who had been on the battlefield.
Director Chen's original plan was to find Lin Yuhang first, to build a relationship between them, and then use this incident to sell it on his own, and then remind Lin Yuhang. If Lin Yuhang showed hesitation and surprise, then Director Chen could use this as an opportunity to move on to the next step.
But Director Chen never expected that Lin Yuhang's reaction would be so strong. He directly denied the accusations that were intended to be put on him without even thinking about it, and even acted as if he was ready to fight to the death. This made Director Chen at a loss as to what to do next for a moment.
"What a mistake. How could I forget that he is a military man?" Director Chen secretly blamed himself. It seemed that this trick didn't work. He immediately changed his strategy and said a few words along the lines of Lin Yuhang. His words were all to defend and justify Lin Yuhang and Factory No. 8.
As Director Chen's tone changed, Lin Yuhang's anger seemed to gradually subside. After a while, Director Chen said again: "Brother Yuhang, no one is investigating whether this is responsible or not, and it is impossible to really investigate. It is your responsibility and you can't escape it. It is their decision-making error and they can't get rid of it either. Don't you agree?"
"Brother Chen, what you said is very well said!" Lin Yuhang gave a thumbs up.
"Hahaha, what's the point of talking about level or not? Just tell the truth." Director Chen laughed a few times and said, "But the current situation is like this. The situation of several factories is very bad. One and two factories are still okay. After all, they are large and have a strong foundation, so it's not a serious problem."
"It's different for the other factories. The fifth, sixth and seventh factories entered the market late and didn't get too deeply involved. In addition, the scale of the factories was not too large, so the investment was limited. Although there were losses, they can still hold on for the time being. However, the third and fourth factories suffered a big loss this time."
"Especially Factory 3. Logically speaking, Factory 3 is second only to Factory 1 and Factory 2 in terms of scale and foundation. It shouldn't be like this, but the problem is that Factory 3 invested too much in this product. When your Factory 8 withdrew, Factory 3 was the first to take over the market. In addition, Factory 3's director Huang Baogui... How should I put it... Hey..."
As he said this, Director Chen shook his head helplessly and sighed.
