Material Empire

"Director Jin, I have something I want to talk to you about."

After wandering around the door of Jin Shanping's office for nearly an hour, Yu Lihong finally mustered up the courage to knock on the door and walk in. Standing in front of Jin Shanping's desk with his report on suspension of pay and leave in his hand, he actually felt a little trembling.

This was already three days after Yu Lihong talked with Xia Yangjie and Yu Haitao. During these three days, Yu Lihong hardly fell asleep for a moment, thinking about various things in his mind. The report in his hand is just over 200 words, but he spent 5 hours writing it.

That day, he and his daughter were driven home by Yu Haitao. As soon as he entered, he told his wife Li Hongmei what happened in the restaurant. Li Hongmei was still annoyed at the previous quarrel between the husband and wife, and planned to give Yu Lihong a cold face. Hearing Yu Lihong said that someone was willing to offer him a monthly salary of 600 yuan to hire him to work, Li Hongmei immediately forgot about the dispute with Yu Lihong, stared her delicate eyes as big as copper bells, and looked at her husband in surprise.

"Old Yu, aren't you talking nonsense!" Li Hongmei asked, she was a little worried, could it be that she stimulated her husband too much and made this honest man mad?

"Mom, what are you talking about!" Yu Xiaojuan next to her quit, "It was Peng Tingting who brought the leaders of her unit to talk to Dad, and you saw the Pusang car they drove over. ?"

"Is this why Tingting came here?" Li Hongmei asked. Peng Tingting took Yu Haitao and the others to the house first to find Lihong. When Yu Xiaojuan went out to show them the way, Li Hongmei also took a look from the balcony and saw the extremely cool Pusang sedan.

Yu Lihong fully explained the cause and effect of the matter to Li Hongmei. Regarding the glass fiber topic that Xia Yangjie was studying, he also made some plays based on what he knew, saying it was a major issue related to the national economy, the people's livelihood, and the status of a big country. Special.

"Old Yu, what do you think about it?" Li Hongmei was a little uncertain, even though she usually likes to make decisions for Yu Lihong, she manages Yu Lihong submissively in every detail. But in the face of this kind of big right and wrong, she immediately felt that her knowledge and vision were insufficient, and she looked forward to her husband's decision.

Yu Lihong gritted his teeth and said, "I want to try."

"But, they are a private company." Li Hongmei said worriedly.

Yu Lihong said: "Whether it's private or state-run, I figured it out. No. 7 Factory can't give me much money. This Haijie company only pays 600 yuan for a salary, and there are thousands of bonuses for doing a project. Even if it It’s private, so what? Now it’s all about the bold and the timid, and there’s a supply and marketing section chief at the No. 5 Plastic Factory named Lao Xing, do you remember?”

"Remember." Li Hongmei said.

"He went to sea last year, and what he did was to stay without pay. He said he went to start a company with a friend. In fact, he resold resin and made money through connections. I heard from people in the fifth factory that he is rich now. The suits I wear are all custom-made at the suit factory, and they cost one or two thousand yuan a set." Yu Lihong described in a yearning tone.

Being able to have money to go to a clothing factory to customize clothes, this sentence destroyed Li Hongmei's will. When she was a girl at home, there was an aunt in the neighbor who had a dress custom-made in a clothing factory, and it was the most beautiful dress in the whole alley. Owning such a set of clothes was Li Hongmei's highest inner ideal in her teenage years. After getting married, the income level of the working class is naturally not enough for her to realize this ideal, but she has mentioned this topic at least 100 times in front of her husband, which also makes Yu Lihong regard this as an important sign of a rich person.

That night, the couple discussed countless topics, involving the risk of leaving the job and how to use the money after they were rich. The next day, both Yu Lihong and Li Hongmei took leave of absence at work, rushed to Haijie Company to visit the workplace, and had a long discussion with Yu Haitao, Ning Mo, Xia Yangjie and others. In the end, the couple finally made up their minds and planned to let Yu Lihong go through the formalities of suspension without pay and go to Haijie Company to seek gold.

After initialing an employment agreement with Haijie Company and confirming the monthly salary of 600 yuan in written form, Yu Lihong began to make various preparations before leaving the job. He sorted out the work at hand one by one, ready to hand over to the person who replaced him at any time. After that, he carefully wrote a report on suspension without pay, and then came to Jin Shanping.

"Old Yu? What's the matter?" Jin Shanping, who was reading the newspaper with a cup of tea and a cigarette, raised his head and asked Yu Lihong in surprise.

"I... I have a report here. If Director Jin is not busy, can you take a look at it?" Yu Lihong hesitated again and again, but he still couldn't say the words of suspension of pay and stay at work, but just handed over the report .

"Is it the report on a new set of technological equipment that you mentioned last time? Didn't I say that, and now in the factory..." Jin Shanping took the report and said casually. However, when he opened the report and saw the first line of the report, he stopped suddenly, raised his eyes and began to look at Yu Lihong seriously.

"You want to apply for suspension without pay?" Jin Shanping asked.

"Yes..." Yu Lihong replied timidly like a child who has done something wrong, "There is a unit...they have a research project...there is a shortage of manpower, er, my Xiaojuan just happens to be with someone from their unit. People know each other, so they..."

"Not bad, Old Yu!"

Before Lihong finished speaking, Jin Shanping had put down the report, walked around the desk and walked to Yu Lihong's side. He put a hand on Lihong's shoulder, pressed him to sit on the sofa beside him, and then said with interest: "I can't see, Lao Yu, you still have such a connection? How about it, then How much money did I promise to give you a month, is there 300?"

"Uh..." Yu Lihong felt confused, shouldn't Jin Shanping be furious? Or, at least he should be heartbroken, and generously reprimanded Yu Lihong for not having a collective concept. However, all the reactions he expected Jin Shanping to make did not appear. Jin Shanping's performance was almost exactly the same as Yu Xiaojuan's, with envy in his eyes, and even... Yu Lihong also read a few words from it. Very jealous.

"Director Jin, do you not object to my resignation?" Yu Lihong asked cautiously.

"Why would I object?" Jin Shanping asked in surprise as if he had heard some strange words, "The purpose of staying without pay now is to make a fortune. Old Yu, we entered the factory back then. Back then, we were bachelors. We often go out to eat together, do you remember? Think about it, with our friendship, why would I stop you for such a good thing as suspension of pay and job retention? Isn't that too unreasonable? "

"Uh uh... yeah yeah, I also think the conditions over there are okay, I want to give it a try." Yu Lihong suddenly understood a little bit, he felt that he would not transfer without the No. Chang didn't have this idea at all, because the earth never rotated because of the existence of a certain person. Maybe, Jin Shanping had long felt that Yu Lihong was in the way, but he just cared about his feelings and didn't have the nerve to tell him to leave.

"You haven't said yet, how much money is promised to you over there, it must be 300 a month, right?" Jin Shanping is still talking about the question he raised just now, it seems that this is the decision whether to allow Yu Lihong to leave key.

"Now I'm just going to try it first. They said that if I can be independent, my salary can reach... 600 yuan." Yu Lihong is not a liar, so he told the truth directly.

"How much? 600 yuan!" Jin Shanping yelled fussily, "My dear, why are you hesitating? Tsk tsk tsk, you technical people are still popular. These days, if you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you won't be afraid to travel all over the world. If I stayed in the technical department and didn't go into administration, do you think someone would pay me 600 yuan a month now?"

"There should be." Yu Lihong perfunctory, dumbfounded, please, you, Jin Shanping, have never been good at scientific research, so don't make such unrealistic assumptions.

"Okay, that's great!" Jin Shanping said unabashedly, "I'll approve this report for you right away, and you can't delay making money. Don't worry, Lao Yu. Suspending without pay is not resignation, let alone expulsion. You When you don't want to work outside, you can come back at any time. Haha, of course, I was just talking, how can you not want to do it when they give you such a good treatment?"

The movement in the factory director's office quickly attracted the attention of the administrative department staff. The director of the factory office came, the chief of the technical section came, the old accountant from the finance department came, and so did the little typist in the mail room. With joy on their faces, everyone enthusiastically complimented Yu Lihong, who was about to have a bright future, and discussed what kind of a wealthy life one could live with a monthly salary of 600 yuan.

Yu Lihong's mind was blank, and he thanked everyone for their blessings with a stiff smile. It wasn't until he walked out of the factory gate in a daze that he remembered that the handover materials he had prepared hadn't been handed over to his colleagues at all. After thinking about it, the chief of the technical section was also present just now, and he didn't mention this matter at all. Maybe, he just didn't care whether he made the handover or not.

Looking back, the large characters "Pujiang Plastic No. 7 Factory" on the factory gate are still clear, and the bicycle bells of the cadres and workers entering and leaving the factory gate are still ringing. Hong seemed to be able to hear their unscrupulous teasing. The No. 7 Plastic Factory, which no longer has Yu Lihong, is no different from the past. But Yu Lihong himself is no longer who he was yesterday.

Should I feel happy, or sad? Yu Lihong shook his head, he really couldn't figure it out. If you take this step, maybe you will never look back, right?

The bus was coming, Yu Lihong jumped on the bus, shook the monthly pass to the conductor, found a seat and sat down. When the car started, a sour, salty resinous smell wafted in from the window, which is a unique smell in this chemical industry area. All the passengers in the car covered their noses with their hands in disgust, only Yu Lihong took a deep breath, and then his eye sockets became slightly moist.

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