Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

On this day, Director Li convened a meeting of the cadres of Qianheyan Street and all the directors of the neighborhood committees under his jurisdiction. Everyone had to get a piece of the big pie of the embroidery factory.

Director Li spoke first. He said: "The main topic of today's meeting is the preparation for the establishment of an embroidery factory. If the embroidery factory is established, it will be a hundred benefits to our street office. First, it can solve the employment problems of many female comrades. Secondly, it can improve the living standards of the residents in their jurisdiction and contribute to national construction. Comrade Xu Huizhen will be the director of the embroidery factory, and we all need to support her work."

Director Li spoke eloquently, and as soon as he finished speaking, the people below began to chatter and discuss excitedly.

Director Li raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet. He said, "Now, please let Comrade Xu Huizhen talk about her ideas. Everyone applaud and welcome her."

Applause broke out again. Everyone looked at Xu Huizhen eagerly, as if they were looking at the God of Wealth. They all silently thought in their hearts: "We must get along well with Xu Huizhen in the future. Maybe we can arrange a job for our family. These days, it costs more than 400 yuan to buy a job."

Xu Huizhen made a speech: "First of all, I would like to thank Director Li, Director Wang and other leaders for their trust in me. I will definitely go all out to run the embroidery factory and achieve results. Secondly, the power of one person is limited, but the power of a group of people is infinite. There is a saying that goes, a small sapling can withstand wind and rain, while a hundred miles of forests can withstand the cold of the year. I hope that all the comrades present here will work together to run the embroidery factory well. Do you have confidence?"

"Yes! Yes!" everyone answered her in unison.

Xu Huizhen went on to say, "Everyone must be very concerned about the recruitment of workers in the embroidery factory. Let me explain here that we will recruit workers for the following positions in the first batch: the first position is to recruit two security guards. There is no age limit for this job, and disabled soldiers are preferred. The second position is sales staff. Currently, only two are needed. If the factory expands in the future, more sales staff may be needed. The third position is the workers who do embroidery work. The first batch will recruit five people and they will start work as soon as possible. Comrades Han Qingqiu and Hu Yingzi will be responsible for training. They can become team leaders in the future. After the factory officially starts work, we will recruit workers in large quantities. The conditions require good conduct, dexterity, and age between 16 and 30 years old. Priority will be given to those with difficult family conditions, martyrs' families, and those with high cultural level. We will be fair and just and select the best."

As soon as the words fell, everyone started a heated discussion. Someone asked whether the recruitment scope was the entire street or just the Daqianmen neighborhood committee? Someone asked what the salary and benefits were?

Director Wang took the lead: "This factory is run by our neighborhood committee, so of course we have to recruit workers in our area."

Most of the street cadres are not from the Daqianmen neighborhood committee, so some people argued: "Director Wang, a single flower does not make spring, a hundred flowers in full bloom make spring. Good things cannot be monopolized by you, we must take care of all the neighborhood committees under our street, we must let a hundred flowers bloom."

So the people from the Daqianmen neighborhood committee started arguing with each other, and for a moment it seemed as if there were 30 ducks quacking in the room.

Director Li stopped them loudly, saying, "Okay, what's the point of arguing? Let me tell you this. We should focus on taking care of the Daqianmen neighborhood committee, but we should also take care of other neighborhood committees. Director Wang, you can't just look at the immediate benefits. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done by the street office. Didn't Xu Huizhen just say that unity is strength?"

After hearing what the director said, Director Wang also knew that he couldn't eat the whole cake. He nodded. Xu Huizhen interrupted and said, "I have a suggestion. How about you listen to it, Director Li?"

Director Li: "Tell me about it."

Xu Huizhen: "Everyone sitting here probably has relatives or friends who are unemployed. How about this, everyone sitting here is assigned a job quota. But they have to take up the job one after another, and they can't all be arranged at once. They will be arranged in order of their positions. For example, Director Li has the highest position, so his quota will be arranged first, and then and so on, according to needs. Each of the remaining jobs requires a deposit of 100 yuan. If you perform well after work, 50 yuan will be returned after one year, and all will be returned after two years. This can not only improve everyone's work enthusiasm and consciousness, but also solve the current difficulty in raising funds. After one year, the factory will make a profit, and the remaining money can be returned to each employee. If there are employees whose family conditions are particularly difficult, the factory will consider it as appropriate."

Upon hearing this, Director Li clapped his hands and said, "Comrade Xu Huizhen has really thought it through. This will give us more start-up funds and speed up the construction of the factory."

Other staff also expressed satisfaction because everyone received tangible benefits. Each person got a job quota, which was equivalent to 400 yuan. In that era, the salaries of cadres were not high, so this was almost equivalent to a year's salary. How could people not be excited?

Who is Xu Huizhen? She has silenced everyone with real benefits. Moreover, as long as someone from her family enters the embroidery factory, they will be closely related to the interests of the embroidery factory. That means it will benefit everyone and save a lot of trouble at work.

In short, everyone was grateful to the young Director Xu, and no one would make random comments anymore.

Xu Huizhen added, "When you go back, write down the specific information of the person you want to recommend, such as age, gender, expertise, etc., and give it to Director Wang in the form of a resume. We will make arrangements as appropriate."

Then, they discussed some other issues in view of the need to build a factory, and the meeting ended. After everyone else left, Director Li stayed and said to Xu Huizhen, "How about asking Fan Jinyou to do sales? He is educated and eloquent, so he should be able to do this job."

Xu Huizhen heard that it was Fan Jinyou again. Why could she not avoid him wherever she went? Director Li must have taken advantage of Fan Jinyou. He failed to become the public manager of the tavern, so he set his sights on coming here again.

Director Wang lowered her head and said nothing. She had rejected Director Li last time, so she would not step forward this time. Director Li was her immediate superior and she could not afford to offend him.

Xu Huizhen had no choice but to say, "Director Li, logically I shouldn't give you a hard time, but I really have to say it. Fan Jinyou is eloquent, but he's not very capable at work. He made Sihai Restaurant a mess, and you were almost implicated. He and I have a grudge, and the case has even been reported to the police station. If you don't believe me, go ask Chief Song. I have his confession in my hand. Our factory is under the watchful eyes of the mayor, and we must not allow any chaos to occur."

Director Li: "Ah, I really don't know the answer to this question. Fan Jinyou always likes to be secretive and only reports good news but not bad news."

Xu Huizhen: "Fan Jinyou was beaten a few days ago and his legs were broken. You can see how many people he has offended. The police station even called me over for questioning because Fan Jinyou suspected that I was the one who beat him. Isn't that ridiculous?"

After hearing Xu Huizhen's analysis, Director Li had to give up. He felt very uncomfortable inside. Although Xu Huizhen's words were reasonable, he was rejected so decisively by his subordinates that it would be strange for him to feel comfortable.