Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

At noon, workers coming and going in the Third Machining Plant headed to the canteen.

Their factory only has two single-story canteens, one large and one small.

On the way to the big canteen

Zhang Renkang and Li Huaide listened to the workers talking about the recent changes in the city.

look at each other

Li Huaide said in a low voice

"Listen, now the workers are guided by public opinion and believe that this is a reactionary attack."

"Now it seems that the ideological committee you set up in advance at the Red Star Steel Mill was absolutely correct."

"It gives us a lot of room to deal with the first round of impact."

"I have been doing some research at the Third Mechanical Processing Institute these days."

"It's almost impossible to get involved here. If you want to get a hold of it, you have to confront the so-called workers' congress and the workers' propaganda team first."

“The situation is not optimistic.”

Zhang Renkang nodded

The nature of the regime determines that the current ecology is still represented by the supremacy of workers, especially the workers' congresses in various factories. To some extent, the chairman of the trade union is no less important than the secretary of the factory committee and the director.

They could even bypass the factory secretary and director to decide whether the whole factory should work or hold a rally.

In the current environment, mobilization meetings and promotion meetings are often held, which seriously affects the orderly development of production work.

He had planned in advance to take over the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and had used the Ideological Committee to sideline the then chairman of the labor union, firmly grasping the power of the entire factory in the hands of Li Huaide and his men.

So no matter if Liu Xuan or the trade union wanted to agitate the workers, they could handle it.

The Xinxing Automobile Manufacturing Factory was developed by Zhang Renkang from a backward machine repair factory in three years.

All organizational structures and workers’ ideological education are led by the factory committee

Qian Minghua got support from the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so he naturally obeyed Zhang Renkang's orders. The organizational structure of Xinxing is actually a large research institute, with the test workshop and R&D department as the core, and it has its own production capacity.

The workers are basically the original skilled workers of the machine repair factory. After the survival of the fittest, the team of workers in the machine repair factory has been diluted by self-cultivation and recruitment in the past three years. No certain factions or gangs have been formed in the factory.

Zhang Renkang naturally felt that there was nothing in the factory that he couldn't control freely.

However, Li Huaide is currently facing the long-established workers' group of the Third Mechanical Processing Institute and their long-standing union leadership. He wants to reform personnel relations, but these people are conservatives and naturally do not want any changes to affect the current stability.

Facing the conservative forces, Li Huaide wanted to establish his authority in the factory and regain the power of Ji Minsheng as the secretary and director of the factory. He had to divide and conquer these people.

This is also the reason why he is willing to transfer some people to Xinxing Automobile Manufacturing Plant. By transferring some people away and introducing some new groups from Xinxing Automobile Manufacturing Plant, the original dominance of the Third Mechanical Processing Institute will be openly dismantled.

The salary at Xinxing Automobile Manufacturing is high, so we are not afraid that they will not want to leave.

Ji Minsheng still didn't realize the new Secretary Li's methods, and really thought that what he talked about with Zhang Renkang was just to win orders for the factory and stabilize sales.

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"I'm afraid someone won't be able to pay you back within a year"

"The most difficult thing here is that you cannot grasp the authority of the military control and the rights of the security department."

"How can we talk about politics without guns?"

The security department of the Third Mechanical Processing Institute is only a deputy-department-level unit. It is not very famous here. Apart from processing some parts, there is no other work. There are not many people in the security department, just over a hundred. Their job is to patrol the factory and guard the factory gate and warehouse.

But after all, the security department has the power to enforce the law in the factory. If Li Huaide can get the power to enforce the law, he can effectively deter some people from taking action.

Li Huaide hummed.

He also understood it in his heart, but he still needed time to consider how to take control of some departments.

He came alone and did not bring anyone from the Red Star Steel Mill with him as his confidants. It was not easy for him to take control of the Third Mechanical Processing Institute.

As soon as he entered the cafeteria, Zhang Renkang saw Sha Zhu

The kitchen of the Third Mechanical Processing Institute is connected to the canteen, but is separated by a table. One fifth of the area is the kitchen. There are big pots of food and steamed buns on the table. There are several large iron buckets on the ground filled with today's porridge. Workers line up to get their food and then go back to the dining area to eat.

Li Huaide explained with a smile

“The conditions here are not as good as those in Red Star.”

"There is an empty room next door. I asked someone to clean it up and use it as a reception room."

"But I am curious about where He Yuzhu has been transformed in recent years."

"Wow, you're so polite, I thought you were a different person."

"I was the one who sent him from the cafeteria to the toilet, right?"

Zhang Renkang shook his head, not wanting to discuss this issue with Li Huaide, and said with a smile

"Who knows?"

"He Yuzhu has indeed changed, but it's good that he has changed"

"Who knows what this person will be like in his lifetime?"

The two of them smiled and went to the small private room next door. Ji Minsheng had already packed everything up.

There are four meat dishes, four vegetarian dishes and two soups on the table.

Ji Weimin said with a smile

"The conditions are simple, Secretary Zhang, please bear with me."

“These are some ingredients that our factory managed to find.”

"If it weren't for Master He's great skills, Secretary Zhang would have been embarrassed today."

Zhang Renkang smelled the smell and said with a smile

“You’re not shabby.”

“Half chicken stewed with mushrooms”

“This half chicken is made into spicy chicken, right?”

"I see there is also a twice-cooked pork dish, and this mapo tofu is a must-try."

"Director Ji, just relax. I know Shazhu's craftsmanship. It won't be bad."

Ji Minsheng was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile

"You mean the silly pillar?"

Zhang Renkang laughed and explained

"Shazhu is He Yuzhu, we are neighbors"

“I still appreciate his craftsmanship.”

"Director Ji, you're welcome, please take a seat."

Zhang Renkang sat on the left side of Li Huaide and said with a smile

"It's a bit of a waste for the three of us to have a table together."

Li Huaide said with a smile

"I've asked someone to call Tang Qi to come and eat together."

"Director Ji and I will be with you here, so don't call anyone else."

“A few dishes, too much to eat”

"Don't be fooled by the fact that there are four chickens with meat on them. I got the whole chicken by myself. I divided it into two parts and made two to make up the number."

"When you get back, send me some meat from your factory, otherwise your brother Li will be skin and bones in a few days."

Li Huaide explained it jokingly, which helped Ji Minsheng out of the predicament.

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Alright"

"After eating, I have to ask Director Ji to take me to your workshop to have a look."

"To be honest, I'm really curious about how you can use such backward equipment to make such refined rice parts."