Siheyuan: Xu Damao, I want to go to the moon

He came to Madagascar, did nothing, accepted an apprentice, and became a baron?

Xu Damao himself felt it was quite strange, as he had just spoken too bluntly and could not help himself, so he blurted it out.

But there's nothing I can teach him, right?

Two hours of horse stance squatting... When I was in primary school, I was punished by the teacher to squat horse stance. I cried and screamed for my parents after half an hour, and my legs were trembling. If this little yellow-haired boy named Casar can squat for two hours, it would not be a bad idea to accept him as my apprentice.

In this way, Li Mingmei will become his master's wife, and there won't be any trouble anymore, right?

After sending Casar away, we had some seafood and fruits, and talked about the current situation.

Because of Kasar's visit, the rebels and government forces have been very obedient recently. I heard that Kasar is planning to build an embassy here...

Xu Damao thought it was okay, but he left it to Li Mingmei to deal with. He had to be busy with the moon and the Sijiucheng speaker factory recently.

With Casar here, the situation will be smoother, which may not be a bad thing.

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The next day, Xu Damao continued to clean and tidy up the speaker factory. The good news was that more than 100 of the 70 people had already arrived, including relatives of martyrs, military families, and unemployed young people sent by the street office. Apprentices and carpenters from the steel mill, as well as Li Huaide's two brothers-in-law, also came to report. The bad news was that all the young people in the compound last night had come, 12 of them!

They stood in front of Xu Damao with defiant looks on their faces, some of them had toilet paper stuffed in their noses to stop the bleeding, it seemed that they had been beaten again after returning home.

Although Xu Damao is very powerful, they are all second-generation officials and are somewhat arrogant, and there are also several technical secondary school students among them.

But now everyone has to listen to Xu Damao, a high school graduate, a projectionist until recently, and the son of a poor peasant for three generations. He feels a little bit unwilling to accept it.

Xu Damao looked at Li Huaide speechlessly: "How come this place has become a nursery or something?"

Li Huaide also shrugged his shoulders: "I can't help but listen to the three bosses. My father-in-law can't even get a word in. What can I do?"

Li Huaide was also very distressed. More than a dozen people came at once, and they were all difficult to serve. He had no choice.

But fortunately, their parents have said that if they don't obey, they will be beaten until they obey. Of course, this matter must be done by Xu Damao, and Li Huaide really doesn't have the courage.

Not to mention whether his two brothers-in-law would go back and complain, among this group of second-generation officials in the compound, there are three or four whose family backgrounds are more powerful than that of his father-in-law, so he really doesn't dare to intervene.

Xu Damao also poked his teeth, saying that these were the most unstable factors and he didn't want to be a kindergarten principal.

So he asked Li Huaide: "Can we return it?"

Li Huaide rolled his eyes: "What do you think?"

"What kind of support conditions are given by the higher-ups? It's hard to manage people when they are stuffed with people for no apparent reason."

"The start-up capital of 10 yuan has been received, and the equipment application has been green-lit. All requirements will be handled quickly as long as they are reasonable."

"But the benefits of grain, meat, etc. are gone. The quotas of the grain station and the meat processing plant have all been used up this year. The steel mill is also short of food. However, they can eat in the canteen of the steel mill with the grain coupons."

"And the most crucial point is that the higher-ups have already agreed to your plan. The eldest son of the Lou family and the people from the business department will have to leave for Hong Kong in the next two days. Lou Bancheng cannot leave for the time being. I guess someone has already gone to the Lou family to notify them."

Xu Damao nodded. If they could do these things, it would be considered sincere. In this case, he would reluctantly help them discipline these little brats, which would be a slightly tiring task.

If you are willing to die, I will be willing to bury you.

So Xu Damao stood in front of the small square and began to give a speech.

"Listen up, everyone. No matter if you are a military family, a martyr's family, a retired soldier, or a child of a military compound—"

"I only have one identity here, an apprentice!"

"Within half a year, if you perform well and the factory becomes profitable, everyone will be able to become a regular employee."

"If the factory is not profitable, then we can transfer them to other factories and let them go back to their own homes and mothers."

"Because we have to race against time, we often work overtime. We only have 7 days off during the Chinese New Year. Don't tell me that the steel mill is closed on weekends. Production here is a combat mission. We have to race against time."

"So our speaker factory is experimental in nature, and many of its rules and regulations are different from those of the main factory."

"Of course, we will pay all the corresponding overtime pay, piecework fees, related subsidies and benefits without any delay."

"Let me be frank. For at least the next six months, including this New Year, we will be very tired."

"Now, if you want to quit, please leave on your own. If you don't want to quit, you will sign a detailed employment contract with the speaker factory later, and the relevant terms will be written in it."

After waiting for a long time, two young people wanted to move, but they were stopped by others. They were probably warned by their families.

Logically speaking, Xu Damao's conditions were extremely harsh in this era, and it could even be said that they had some ZB tendencies, but what could he do?

The bosses of the three departments were putting pressure on me, and I only had half a year. I had to race against time, so I might as well make it clear up front and write all the contents in the contract to avoid confusion later.

The second generation of the compound doesn't care, but these people sent by the street office know very well how hard it is to get a job now. Not only is the ration fixed now, but the price of food in the pigeon market and the black market has skyrocketed, and has increased by about 3 times. What will they eat and drink if they don't work?

There is no way they will quit.

Seeing that no one quit, Xu Damao chuckled.

"Congratulations to everyone for making the wisest choice. I am a lazy person and I am too lazy to even paint a rosy picture for you about how great the factory's profits and benefits will be in the future."

“Because I haven’t thought about it yet.”

When everyone heard him say this, they all felt a little flustered. This deputy factory director was really unreliable. He was too lazy to even think or say anything to boost morale?

Is today's decision a bit hasty?

But recently no other factories are hiring, what should I do? Will I meet a black-hearted factory manager?

But Xu Damao changed the subject: "But I believe in sending food and fodder before troops move!"

"Everyone, enter the cafeteria!"

No one was sure what was going on, but they went to the cafeteria anyway. The closer they got to the cafeteria, the stronger the fishy smell in the air became.

As soon as the door was opened, I saw the table was filled with fish, dried fish, kelp, apples and pears... and Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangqi were each holding a notebook and a scale, preparing to register.

Fresh fish include hairtail, sea bass, and skinned fish!

The dried fish was as long as half an arm. To exaggerate a little, it could be used as a dagger to chop people.

Everyone's eyes turned green. Meat! Green vegetables that you don't see in winter! And fresh fruits!

The Chinese New Year is coming, have you sent out the New Year’s goods in advance?

But they haven’t officially started working yet?

"Each person can choose about 10 jin of fresh sea fish, and one dried fish weighing about 5 jin;"

"A bundle of dried kelp weighs about 5 jin, a bag of dried scallops weighs about 2 jin, 3 apples, 3 pears, and 3 oranges."

"Sign, take the things home, then come back to handle the onboarding process. After that, clean up. Go to the steel mill to get lunch. After get off work in the afternoon, I'll ask the cook to prepare a fish feast."

"I, Xu Damao, dare not say anything else, but——"

"Follow me and there will be meat to eat!"