Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Two days later, on the eighth day of the ninth lunar month, the workers of the steel mill came to the steel mill early. Today was a big day for the banquet, and some workers had already told them to come to the steel mill early to help before leaving get off work the day before. Of course, the busy work would not be in vain, and there were benefits.

Xu Damao and some people from the Propaganda Department were working on the promotional signs. A large banner was written at the entrance of the steel mill: "Welcome our brother units to visit our Red Star Steel Mill for guidance." Li Huaide was standing at the entrance with his hands behind his back, inspecting and commenting from time to time.

Li Huaide thought the arrangement was pretty good, he smiled and said, "Well, it's pretty good. You must pay attention, you are decorating the facade of our Red Star Steel Mill. You must be careful, careful and careful. Hey, go and move a few pots of flowers we just bought yesterday and put them in front of the steel mill as an embellishment."

Xu Damao hurriedly went to move the flowers. The blooming chrysanthemums were so beautiful. Li Huaide accepted He Yuzhu's suggestion and bought them from the black market at a great price. Li Huaide was reluctant at first, but when he heard that He Yuzhu could turn waste into treasure and make these flowers into food, he joined her in making trouble.

Yang Jianye and his men came over, looked at the time on his watch and said, "Old Li, I estimate that the senior leaders will be here in ten minutes. I'll watch the door here, you go to the cafeteria first to see how He Yuzhu and the others are doing with the food."

Li Huaide cursed in his heart that Yang Jianye was really good at ordering people around. He asked him to do such errands and took over the most flattering work for the leader, but left it to him. Isn't this Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone knows it? But he couldn't say it openly, and he couldn't refuse the task of being the factory director. If this got out, once the higher-ups knew about it, it would be quite detrimental to his reputation.

Li Huaide nodded with a smile, and prepared to go to the cafeteria with his people to take a look. He Yuzhu looked at the ingredients on the table with a serious face, nodded and said, "Okay, classify each ingredient. When the workers from the brother factory come, I will prepare the dishes. I will definitely cook the big pot dishes well this time. Liu Lan and Ma Hua stand beside me and learn. How much you can learn depends on your ability."

The two nodded quickly, their eyes full of gratitude. Looking at the pile of melon seeds, she said, "Auntie Ma, you and the female comrades should divide the melon seeds. They must be evenly distributed. Make sure that every comrade attending the meeting has a handful of melon seeds. The big pot dishes cannot be cooked in advance, so this handful of melon seeds is like a prelude. You must do these things well."

Aunt Ma nodded quickly and said with a smile, "Master He, don't worry. I will definitely lead people to do a good job on this matter." He Yuzhu then said to Gao Weiming and He Hongtao, "This time, you two will cook the vegetables, and Master Yang will be in charge of the noodles. When there is still half an hour before the start time, the three of us will start cooking."

Everyone nodded, and Li Huaide also came in with his people. He Yuzhu came over and said to Li Huaide with a smile, "Director Li, we are all ready. Our three chefs are cooking the big pot dishes, and Chef Yang is mainly responsible for the noodles. The steamed corn bread and white flour buns are already in the steamer, but if the big pot dishes are cooked too early, the taste will be reduced."

Li Huaide nodded with a smile and said, "I know nothing about cooking, so you, a professional chef, have to check it. Anyway, I have only one principle for today's matter, which is to make this banquet beautiful. You must remember that not only the workers from the brother units will come to participate, but also the superiors. I heard that there will be reporters accompanying them this time? Don't destroy the reputation of our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, understand?"

Everyone in the cafeteria nodded, indicating that they would definitely not destroy the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill's signboard. Li Huaide saw that he could not play any role in the cafeteria, so he simply planned to leave. This important event of showing off in front of the superiors could not be left to Yang Jianye alone.

There were already many tables and stools on the playground of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. This was the venue arranged according to He Yuzhu's plan, and there were many workers busy on the playground. Jia Dongxu was undoubtedly one of them, and he was quite resentful in his heart. He didn't expect that he would be conscripted, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

About half an hour later, people from other factories came to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Cui Dake, the head chef of the canteen of the machine repair factory, came in with two lackeys. Cui Dake said pretentiously, "Wow, they are a big factory. This is much bigger than our machine repair factory."

The lackey A smiled and said, "Brother Cui, you are really insightful. Otherwise, how could it be that their factory is big? Our small machine repair factory only has a few people." The lackey B also agreed and said, "What Er Gou said is right. I heard that the chef in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is a level 4 chef. This time we can..."

The lackey A hit the lackey B immediately and said with a bad face, "What do you mean by that? I think the dishes cooked by our brother Cui are so delicious. The fragrance lingers in your mouth as soon as you smell it, and it's endless aftertaste." Cui Dake nodded with satisfaction, patted the lackey A's shoulder and said, "You are a good judge of vision, and I will definitely prepare more food for you. Let's go and take a look at the style of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Is it really like them, talking better than singing?"

After Yang Jianye waited for about half an hour, a number of luxury cars drove towards the entrance of the steel mill. Yang Jianye hurried over to greet these big leaders and flatter them. Most of the big leaders who came this time knew each other.

Yang Jianye said with a smile, "Welcome all leaders to our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill for guidance. Please come in first." Yang Jianye's old leader Liu Hanshan said with a smile, "Xiao Yang, why are you always so formalistic! You must have spent a lot of money on so many chrysanthemums, but they only serve as decoration. It seems that the gain is not worth the loss."

These leaders have all experienced hardships, and they all think what they said makes a lot of sense. Li Huaide, who happened to run over, smiled and said, "Hello, leaders. I am Li Huaide, the deputy director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I bought these chrysanthemums specially to decorate the place. In fact, it can't be said to be a waste. The chefs at our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill are very skilled. They told me that these chrysanthemums can be made into flower cakes when the time comes."