Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"Lao Zhang, is Director Wang here?" Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"He's here, and looks quite happy." Lao Zhang said quickly.

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go find the factory manager. Please remember to treat me to a meal later. You look quite energetic with so many people here."

Jia Dongxu said with a smile and hurried to Wang Tongming's deputy director's office.

Before he entered the room, he heard Wang Tongming opening the door and talking to someone. When he saw Jia Dongxu, he quickly waved to him to come in.

"Dongxu, come and sit down! I'm just talking about some arrangements at the factory, you should listen too."

Wang Tongming said, taking out a letter of appointment from the table and handing it over, "Dongxu, your appointment as deputy director of the purchasing department has been approved!"

Then he said to the four workshop directors sitting opposite him, "This is the youngest deputy director-level cadre in our steel rolling mill! He is really young and promising!"

The four workshop directors also looked at Jia Dongxu in surprise. They were promoted to workshop directors, a section-level cadre, because of their strong technical skills and many years of production management experience.

I didn’t expect that Jia Dongxu, at such a young age, is actually a deputy-division-level cadre.

"Minister Jia's deputy minister position was approved by the minister, who said that this was to train young cadres and build a talent pool." Wang Tongming revealed another bombshell inside story.

Wang Tongming asked the four people to pass the minister's instructions internally to relieve Jia Dongxu's pressure.

Then Wang Tongming pointed at Jia Dongxu and said, "Dongxu, I will ask the Human Resources Department to notify the entire factory of the appointment."

Then he turned around and said, "Minister Jia brought back a lot of meat from the grassland, and now the vegetables are also supplied. Our factory's food is now one of the best in Beijing. Our production must keep up."

Then he looked at the directors of workshops three and four and said, "Workshops three and four have just been built. The staff must be trained and production must begin as soon as possible."

"Many key personnel have been transferred from Workshops 1 and 2. You must overcome this difficulty and raise the production level as soon as possible. The reserve talents you have trained should be promoted as needed."

"During this expansion, the number of people in the factory has directly reached more than 6000. Dongxu, your logistics department should prepare the materials and not delay production."

"Yes, Director, I will check with the minister after I come down to see how much gap there is. We will find a way to fill it." Jia Dongxu said.

He was thinking that he no longer had to worry about the supply of food, but the canteen seemed too small, so it would be a good idea to open a second canteen. Jia Dongxu was thinking that the scale of the steel rolling mill would be further expanded in the future, so the canteen could not be smaller.

Jia Dongxu thought about it and realized that the factory still lacked entertainment activities. He then said, "Directors, I have an idea to encourage production in our workshops. How about selecting advanced production personnel from each workshop to watch a movie in the cafeteria every day?"

"Okay, this is a good idea! I was just worrying about how to encourage people." Zhang Huaiqing applauded and said, "Once you came up with this idea, I feel more confident."

"Director, I support Minister Jia's suggestion. Let's start today." Zhang Huaiqing immediately turned Jia Dongxu's idea into a suggestion.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, Dongxu. You must play a good role in motivation and not delay the production on the next day." Wang Tongming immediately made the decision.

"You guys go and notify them first. I have something to talk to Minister Jia about." Wang Tongming said to the four workshop directors.

After seeing them leave, he came to Jia Dongxu and said, "Dongxu, you and Lao Yu actually had dinner with the leader!"

"I heard that the leader also gave you a precious pen?"

"Brother Wang, did Political Commissar Yu tell you everything?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Well, the minister told me, and Old Yu also told me." Wang Tongming said, looked at Jia Dongxu, then shook his head and said, "What a pity, you are still too young, it would be better if you were 10 years older!"

"What's wrong? Brother Wang, how about being 10 years older?" Jia Dongxu asked curiously.

"If you are 10 years older, I can directly promote you to deputy factory director." Wang Tongming said with a smile, "This way you will have the opportunity to get in touch with people in the department."

"Uh, Brother Wang, can't I go now?" Jia Dongxu asked puzzledly.

"What are you going to do? Your rank is too low, you need to be at least a deputy director." Wang Tongming said with a smile, "Don't look at me as a deputy factory director now, my rank is a full director, and Lao Zhang is also a full director, we are all benefits brought by the transfer."

Then he pointed at Jia Dongxu and said, "You still have a long way to go."

"By the way, do you have any ideas about logistics work?" Wang Tongming asked Jia Xu.

After hearing this, Jia Xu said without pretense, "Well, it's a bit of an immature idea, I'm still thinking about it."

"Tell me about it. Since it's an idea, let's discuss it first." Wang Tongming said with a smile. This Jia Dongxu is indeed a man who can do things. I'm afraid he will do something great in logistics this time.

"Brother Wang, the factory cafeteria is not big enough, we need to build a new cafeteria," Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while, "otherwise, more than 6000 people will eat at the same time, and they will have to queue up for meals, which is a waste of time. It is better to save this time and let the workers rest more. I suggest that the factory build another cafeteria."

"Okay, then let's build it. You write the application and Lao Zhang and I will approve it!" Wang Tongming nodded in agreement. This matter would allow Jia Dongxu to gain a foothold. With the credit of building the canteen, no one would say that he was too young.

"Another option is to set up a radio station," Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while, "and play some music and songs to encourage the workers during their lunch break."

"This is great. It will allow the workers to rest better and maintain their enthusiasm for work! If you see anything you need, write an application and I'll go to the ministry to ask for funding."

"Dongxu, you've made quite a fuss by building a cafeteria and a radio station. Can you say that's your first move after taking office?"

Wang Tongming smiled and joked. He was originally worried about production, but Jia Dongxu thought of three ways to speed up production.

Not bad, not bad, the deputy minister gave it worth it!

"Brother Wang, why didn't Lao Zhang come to your place?" Jia Dongxu asked curiously.

"Haha, what do you think? You brought back so much meat, he has to repay you." Wang Tongming said speechlessly.

"You don't know, he brought a lot of hunger to the factory from other places before. If it weren't for the vegetables and hair you sent, he would still be hiding in the factory and dare not go out."

"Ah? I haven't heard him mention it." Jia Dongxu said.

"I only found out about it in recent days. I don't know who spread the news that there are vegetables in our factory. A lot of people came to the factory a few days ago, and I just found out about it!"

Wang Tongming smiled and said, “You don’t know Lao Zhang, his face is almost black!”