Chapter 776 He Xiao's Decision
He Xiao never thought that he would have such a good life today.
A few years ago, He Xiao was just an educated youth who had just returned to the city and worked as a temporary worker in a branch factory in Nandu. However, he and his brother He Wei lost their jobs not long after they started working there because of some trouble in the factory. In the blink of an eye, they became unemployed again.
At that time, He Xiao felt that the whole world was bleak, and he still remembers those days vividly.
At that time, He Xiao even had the idea of collecting waste. If his father He Maoyong had not come home excitedly one day and told He Xiao and his brothers to go to the factory early the next morning to meet the new leader Song Yuanchao, no one knows what would have happened to him later.
On the day he met Song Yuanchao, He Xiao was 30% expectant, 30% nervous, and 40% uneasy. But he never expected that he, who originally thought he would never have the chance to work in the first branch factory, could get a new job as an employee of the first branch factory.
It was the arrival of Song Yuanchao that gave He Xiao and his brother a new life. Although the new job was completely different from the previous one, and He Xiao and his brother had no idea what it was like when they first followed Sun Yaoliang to learn sales, He Xiao still went ahead and did it.
He studied hard and pondered hard during those days, and followed Sun Yaoliang to visit all the tobacco and paper shops of all sizes in Jinling. In order to deliver the goods on time, he even rode a tricycle, personally moved the goods up and down, chatted with customers, smiled at them, handed them cigarettes and said nice things... Because he knew very well that this job was hard-earned and he should cherish it.
In the blink of an eye, a few years have passed. The original Nandu Branch 1 has long become Si Te Company. The He Xiao brothers, who were the earliest sales staff of the branch, have also become old employees of Si Te and are members of the most important sales company in Si Te Company.
My elder brother He Wei is now in the second business department and is the backbone of the second department. He Xiao works in the first business department and was promoted to a supervisor-level employee last year.
Although Sit is not a state-owned enterprise, its salary and benefits are very good, and employees at He Xiao's level can earn quite a lot. Moreover, the sales company is different from other . The company not only has performance appraisals for each department of the sales company, but also has performance bonuses.
He Xiao now earns a little over 200 yuan a month, not including other benefits, etc. In addition, the performance bonus is not small. In the first half of this year, He Xiao received a performance bonus of 3,500 yuan. This number is very amazing. You have to know how much his father He Maoyong's monthly salary was when he was in the first branch? 3,500 yuan, which took four and a half years to save without eating or drinking, and now it is only He Xiao's bonus income.
Life is getting better and better, and the conditions at home are no longer the same as before.
Ever since the He Xiao brothers returned to the first branch factory, and then the first branch factory separated from Nandu to become Si Te Company, the company has grown in scale, with more products and better performance in recent years, and the He family has also changed a lot.
Originally, Lao He's family lived together. The family conditions were very poor. There were five brothers and sisters, plus He Maoyong and his wife, a total of seven people in the family.
After the children returned to the city, in order to find a job for the eldest son, He Xiao's mother retired early and let him take over the job. Then, the eldest sister, He Maoyong, begged for a job in a paper box factory. But the He Xiao brothers had no other choice but to work. They finally got a job as a temporary worker in a branch factory, but they lost their job not long after they started working.
Everyone knows what the He family was like back then, but the He family is no longer the same as before.
He Maoyong has not retired yet and has been very active in the past two years.
Brothers He Wei and He Xiao both work in sales companies and earn a lot of money.
The eldest brother, He Hua, replaced his mother in the company, so he still works in the original unit. Although his income is not as high as his two younger brothers, it is considered stable.
He Chun, the younger sister, originally had a job after graduating from high school, but after the establishment of Si Te Company, the entire company was in urgent need of staff. Under the persuasion of He Xiao, He Chun applied for a position at Si Te Company. Because she only had a high school education, she was assigned to the quality inspection position after joining the company, and later transferred to the R&D center. She is now Tao Tao's subordinate.
The eldest sister He Qiu's job at the paper box factory was boring, so she later joined Sit and became a worker on the production line. Although her jobs were not as decent as those of her two younger brothers and younger sister, the front-line workers at Sit were still very good compared to other companies, especially with high wages and good benefits, which was much better than the previous paper box factory.
Brothers He Wei and He Xiao have been married for a long time, and now the children of both families are old enough to help with the cooking.
After they got married, they moved out. Last year, the welfare housing of Si Te Company was completed. Considering the contributions of Si Te’s old employees and the He Xiao brothers, two houses were specially allocated to them.
He Xiao was so happy, this was a building with a flush toilet! You know, it was not easy to get a building in those days, and the houses of He Xiao and his brother were both two-bedroom units, covering 52 square meters (there was no public area back then).
He Xiao happily moved into the building. Looking at the bright room and the newly made furniture, his mouth was almost crooked with smiles.
When he got home, He Xiao could smell the smell of fried fish in the corridor before he even entered the door. He knew without asking that it must be his wife's cooking. Apart from his wife, who else could fry fish with such a good smell? He Xiao happily lifted his foot and stepped over the last two steps of the stairs, walking quickly towards home.
"Dry-fried hairtail? Haha, I'm in for a treat today!" As expected, the door to the corridor was open and my daughter-in-law was busy in the kitchen. The fried hairtail was placed in a bowl, and two pieces were sizzling in the pan.
"Go wash your hands quickly, dinner will be ready soon." He Xiaojia said to her husband when she saw him coming back.
He Xiao walked around his wife and went inside. He took off his coat and hung it on the hanger in the bedroom, and then hung his bag on it.
The son was reading a comic book in his little room. He Xiao happily went over and hugged him. The little guy struggled and was a little reluctant, but how could he escape his father's "claws"? He Xiao kissed his son for a few times and deliberately poked his son's face with his beard, which made the little guy scream and call his father a bad guy.
"Come on, come on, wash your hands and eat!" He Xiao laughed and carried the little guy to the bathroom to wash his hands, then took him back to the kitchen.
The kitchen is also the dining room. The daughter-in-law has already fried all the fish. A folding table is opened and three dishes and a soup are placed on it. The daughter-in-law is setting the chopsticks. He Xiao picks up the bowl to serve the rice and sits down next to his wife after he is done.
The family of three started eating dinner, and just after a few bites, a familiar voice was heard at the door.
"Third brother! Third brother!"
"Hey, second brother, why are you here? Have you eaten? Let's eat together?" Looking up, he saw that it was the second brother He Wei who came. He Xiao quickly stood up to greet him.
The wife put down her bowl and chopsticks and called out "Second Brother". The little guy also called out "Second Uncle" crisply. He Wei smiled and touched the little guy's head. He said to He Xiao and his wife, "I've eaten. You guys eat yours. I have something to talk to you about."
"Okay, come in and sit for a while. I'll finish eating soon."
"Forget it, I'll wait for you downstairs and have a cigarette." He Wei hesitated and pointed outside. He Xiao didn't care. After all, his brother was not an outsider. He responded immediately and continued to eat after He Wei went out.
He finished the meal in a few bites, poured a glass of water to rinse the bowl and drank it, then He Xiao got up and went back to his room to get cigarettes, a lighter and keys, said something to his wife and went out.
When they got downstairs, He Wei was smoking against the corner in front of him. Hearing footsteps and seeing He Xiao coming, he turned around, took out a cigarette and handed it to He Xiao.
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Well, let's talk." He Wei nodded, took a puff of cigarette and asked, "It's about the company's adjustment. How have you been thinking about it these days?"
"What about you, second brother?" He Xiao asked instead of answering.
He Wei frowned and thought for a while, then sighed: "I just came to ask you because I couldn't make up my mind. If I had made up my mind, why would I come to you?"
He Xiao nodded without saying anything. The two brothers smoked in silence. They didn't know how much time had passed. He Xiao threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stepped on it to put it out.
"Brother, to be honest, I plan to sign up."
After these words came out, He Wei was stunned for a moment, and looked at He Xiao: "Are you really ready? This is a tough job, and don't forget that if you go, you don't know when you can come back."
"I've thought about it." He Xiao nodded and said, "This time the company is making a big adjustment to the branch. You also attended the last meeting. The group's strategy will be different from before. In my opinion, the importance of the branch will be no less than that of the headquarters in the future. I think this is an opportunity. I want to give it a try."
"It's hard to say whether there will be an opportunity, but you'll be gone for at least three or four years, and your child is still young." He Wei couldn't help but persuade him. At this point, he added, "It looks good outside, but you'll be gone for such a long time, and you won't be back many times a year. I'm worried that the separation will cause problems for you and your wife, and your child is so young. If you leave like this, he might not even recognize you when you come back."
"Don't get carried away and act on impulse. I've been thinking about this for the past two days. Now that I think about it, it's not bad to stay at the headquarters. The business departments are all there. This time we're implementing the coexistence of branches and business departments, not directly abolishing the business departments. Besides, the opportunities at the headquarters are no less than those outside. Maybe even greater."
"I know, I've thought about it, but I still want to try." He Xiao said seriously, "From the first branch to the current group, I can be considered an old man in Si Te. But although I have done well over the years, I have never had the opportunity to be independent. I still want to give it a try this time. I won't know if it works until I try. Then again, it's okay if you don't go. We two brothers, one in the group and the other in the branch, can take care of each other. What do you think?"
He Wei didn't say anything for a while, just thinking quietly. After a long time, he sighed and nodded to indicate that what the third brother said was not wrong.
