Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Director Xu is too polite!"

When Zhou Tian saw the embarrassment on Director Xu’s face, he naturally understood what was going on immediately. He took the food from Director Xu’s hand and put it back on the table.

"It just so happens that I just felt hungry. Now with Director Xu's timely help, I can finally have a full meal!"

As Zhou Tian spoke, he opened the bag. When he saw three roujiamo in the bag, the smile on his face froze instantly.

"This, Director Xu, isn't it a little too precious?"

It's not that Zhou Tian was making a fuss out of nothing. It's just that the people in the country are generally still poor. The price of a roujiamo is not low, enough to buy three pounds of corn flour. Director Xu was so generous that he was actually shocked.

Of course, this roujiamo is definitely not important to him, but the problem is that Director Xu is not him.

"It's not precious, it's not precious. Dean Zhou is a distinguished guest that our boiler factory cannot even invite. Since Dean Zhou is here, how can we neglect him?"

Xu You still looked like an honest old farmer, but in Zhou Tian's heart, his vigilance towards Director Xu suddenly increased by more than one level. He was really scared by such enthusiasm.

Just like in the fertilizer factory, his original purpose was only to design domestic synthetic ammonia equipment, but who would have thought that due to Wu Quan's calculations, he inexplicably accepted ten apprentices.

He also planned to place the synthetic ammonia equipment in the Liaodong Fertilizer Plant for experiments. It has to be said that he was deceived by Wu Quan. He only figured this out when he left the fertilizer plant and was on his way to Heihe County.

After all, he didn't believe that Wu Quan, the director of a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, would not have his own channels to know about Big Brother's patent withdrawal. To put it bluntly, Wu Quan took advantage of his inexperience and his sympathy to dig a big hole for him.

It is estimated that Wu Quan had probably figured out his mission and even his personality through his network of connections as early as when he left Sijiu City.

Now Xu You is using the same trick again, how can Zhou Tian not be alert? After all, some tricks only work once. If he does it again, wouldn't he really be a fool?

And if he heard correctly just now, Director Xu called him Dean Zhou. If Director Xu didn't know all his information, he would definitely not call him that!

"Director Xu, you should take this precious thing home and give it to your child. If you have anything to say, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse!"

After figuring out the whole story, Zhou Tian didn't hesitate to refuse and rewrapped the three meat buns. However, he still left him some room in his tone. After all, it was up to him to decide whether he could do it or not!

"Hey, President Zhou, maybe you've figured it out. It's because our boiler factory is too poor!"

After listening to Zhou Tian's words and watching his actions, Xu You instantly understood what Zhou Tian meant. He knew that it would not work as he did before. Perhaps Dean Zhou had already figured out Wu Quan's plan, so he became wary of him. However, Xu You was a very capable person, and his experience was not comparable to Zhou Tian's.

Soon, he thought about it and came up with a countermeasure. Since his plan failed, he might as well get straight to the point. As he spoke, he did not feel embarrassed after being discovered by Zhou Tian, ​​but instead began to complain to him.

"Originally, our superiors asked us to set up a boiler factory to provide boilers for coal mines, breweries, and food factories, but there are only a few coal mines, breweries, and food factories in the country! Moreover, domestic transportation is not well developed, and our boiler factory can only provide some boilers for North China and Liaodong!"

As he spoke, Xu You took out his pipe, struck a match, lit it, and began to smoke. The wrinkles between his brows became more obvious, forming a tight "川" character.

"Even though the entire boiler factory still has some tasks assigned by the higher-ups, they only last for three months. If we don't find a way to solve the problem, the factory will be out of food in three months!"

"It doesn't seem right. Wait! Director Xu!"

Zhou Tian originally thought that he had seen through Director Xu's plan, and that Director Xu would think of some other means, or give up, but he did not expect Director Xu to tell him about the situation of the boiler factory. Zhou Tian was stunned at first, but when he heard that the higher-ups had only allocated three months of production to the boiler factory, he could not help but interrupt and said, "I seem to remember that the country's allocation tasks are allocated according to the size of each factory!"

"Director Xu, if I remember correctly, your boiler factory has 3,000 employees. Logically, this situation shouldn't happen!"

Before coming to the boiler factory, he had seen the data of the boiler factory, so he naturally would not easily believe what Director Xu said. After all, Director Xu's words were obviously inconsistent with the reported data.

As he spoke, he looked at Director Xu with a strange look. After all, the scale of the factory did not match the actual data. So, apart from the other party concealing the number of workers, or taking bribes, he really couldn't figure out what other aspects could have led to the error in the task above.

Needless to say, the number of workers was concealed. At that time, the factories did not have the right to recruit workers independently as in later generations. This had to go through layers of approval. Otherwise, the value of the workers would not be called "iron rice bowl" by people in later generations!

Generally speaking, the number of workers in a factory must be reviewed by the higher-ups, and funds will be allocated based on the number of workers. This is no joke.

As for the allegations of corruption and bribery, Zhou Tian shook his head. Judging from the way Director Xu dressed, he didn't believe that he would be such a person. After all, the first impression he gave Zhou Tian was that of an honest farmer.

"Well, come to think of it, this is actually my fault!"

Perhaps knowing that he could no longer hide it, Xu You opened up, took a few puffs of his pipe, and then continued, "President Zhou, you should know about the Peninsula War!"

Zhou Tian nodded silently, secretly puzzled as to why Director Xu suddenly mentioned the Peninsula War.

"A few years ago, many passionate young people in Heihe responded to the country's call and resolutely went to the battlefield on the peninsula. But the war was cruel and ruthless, and very few people returned, leaving behind many orphans and widows.

Although the state has given some compensation, you know the current situation of our country. It is still too poor. These compensations are just a drop in the bucket for those broken families. "

At this point, Xu You's voice trembled slightly, and a trace of incomparable sadness and helplessness suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"I watched those kids grow up, and I was the one who sent them to join the army.

Now they have died in a foreign country, and I feel extremely guilty.

So, in order to ensure that those orphans and widows had enough food to eat, I took the initiative and let them work in the boiler factory.

Although working in the factory is not easy, at least they can have enough food and clothing, and have some income every month. Plus the martyr allowance issued by the state, they can barely raise the descendants of these martyrs to adulthood. "

"But in this way, the number of workers in the boiler factory far exceeds the scale originally stipulated by the state, which is why these difficult problems arise today."

After he finished speaking in one breath, Xu You's face was already covered with tears!