Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

It takes three to six months for the relevant departments to review the qualifications of engineers, so Yuan Xia has to work hard before the results of the review come out.

Although he still goes to work normally every day, his shift is getting more and more leisurely.Since the beginning of the year, some production lines in the factory have been in a state of semi-shutdown. It is considered good to be able to run for three days a week, which shows that the factory is reducing production.

The fundamental reason is that the produced steel cannot be sold, the funds cannot be returned, and the upstream raw material factories cannot afford to pay back the money. The raw material factories do not provide raw materials, forcing the production capacity to decline.

Faced with this problem, except for a few far-sighted people who are anxious, most people don't take it seriously. Although there is no overtime pay and bonus, everyone's salary is still paid every month, which is not a lot.

Workers who have no work still have to go to work normally every day. They sleep, chat, and play poker in the workshop, because their wages will be deducted for taking leave, and no one wants to be deducted from wages.

September 9th is Teacher's Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. This day is Monday and there is no holiday.

Yuan Xia returned home early, and went back to see off the festival with Ma Jianshe on Saturday night.

Yuan Xia brought back mooncakes, fruits and Jianning's specialties.

Grandpa and younger brothers and sisters were very happy: "Did all these come from your factory?"

Yuan Xia answered vaguely, in fact, those six hard five-nut moon cakes came out, and he bought the others himself, yes, only the moon cakes were distributed by the factory.

Unlike the distribution of sugar, rice, noodles, oil, etc. during the Chinese New Year, only a few months of cakes are distributed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is not shabby. In fact, even these mooncakes are issued by the factory gritted their teeth.

Tang □□ has been in the factory for several years, and has always demonstrated his ability with high benefits and maintained the authority of the factory manager. However, the income is small and the output is too much. He has already used up the little family money that Liang Hongchang saved, and even started to go into debt. , the money for the raw material factory is still not paid.

Yuan Xia has never received overtime pay or bonuses since February this year, only 55 yuan a month.

Because wages are allocated by the Provincial Department of Finance, while overtime pay and bonuses are paid by the factory, the factory is already in debt, and naturally has no money to pay bonuses.

After leaving home, he didn't go to Yu Xingyi's again, because there was not enough time.

On the way back to Jianning, Ma Jianshe sighed and said, "I didn't expect your factory to be so difficult now, and it's almost catching up with ours. My parents only gave out a few months of cakes and a few oranges during the holidays this year."

The "your factory" he mentioned was Hongxing Factory, and "our factory" was Suyang Agricultural Machinery Factory.

Since the promotion of the household contract responsibility system for joint production at the beginning of last year, the sales of agricultural machinery have dropped sharply. After all, individual farmers cannot afford agricultural machinery.

The agricultural machinery factory can only produce simple agricultural tools, and even pots and pans have been built, but it still cannot stop the cliff-like decline of the factory's profitability. After all, how many hoes have to be sold to support one machine.

Yuan Xia smiled wryly: "Actually, it's not as good, we only gave out cakes for a few months."

"This factory has buried you too much." Ma Jianshe was indignant. His own unit was much more stable than that of Yuanxia. As long as there were hydropower stations in the world, he would never be unemployed. It was a waste of talents to go to such a broken factory.

Yuan Xia smiled indifferently: "It's okay, so I won't have any psychological burden when I walk."

Ma Jianshe stared at Yuan Xia for a moment, then said, "Are you planning to go into the sea?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "I have already planned it. No matter where I am assigned, I will leave. Entrepreneurship is my pursuit."

If it was in another unit, Ma Jianshe might have to regret it, but he would not regret it at all for the Red Star Factory. The Red Star Factory is not worthy of Yuanxia!

Ma Jianshe believes in his friend's ability very much: "If you work alone, you can definitely do better."

Yuan Xia didn't deny this, he said: "When I leave the Red Star Factory, you can hide it for me at home, the old man definitely wants me to have a stable job."

Ma Jianshe said: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you hide it."

At noon on the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone ate in the cafeteria.

Lao Huang Pa, who was sitting across from Yuan Xia, pulled the radish and greens in the bowl, and said, "I haven't seen meat for many days, I don't know what I'm going to give everyone to eat tonight."

A middle-aged colleague in the equipment department said: "What do you worry about, you can go home to eat anyway, and those of us who have homes and can't go back will suffer."

Lao Huang looked at him: "It's really not good, you guys go out together to make a tie, let's cook a few dishes in the restaurant."

Song Xiaoliang looked at Yuan Xia eagerly: "Brother Yuan, are you going? Let's go out to eat tonight."

Yuan Xia said, "Let's see." In the past, during the holidays, the factory had to add more vegetables anyway, but this year's situation is not easy to say.

Lao Huang wanted to say something, when he suddenly heard a loud sound from the loudspeaker: "Comrades, there is an extremely important matter to be announced today, everyone is invited to gather in the auditorium."

Yuan Xia heard that it was Liang Hongchang's voice, and he was obviously angry. He didn't dare to hesitate, so he quickly took a bite of his meal, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and followed everyone out.

The other workers also looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all got up after a while.

The auditorium is very large and can accommodate more than 2000 employees.At this moment, Liang Hongchang's face was livid, and he stood on the stage with several people from the security department. Among them stood two people with their heads down, looking ashamed of others. One of them seemed to be a warehouse worker.

Liang Hongchang saw quite a few people, and holding a loudspeaker, he said loudly: "Recently, I have always heard that there are thieves in our factory. I still don't believe it, but today I caught them with my own hands. Day and night defense, house thieves are difficult to guard against, warehouse managers Wang Yuanxiong actually led people to drive into the factory in broad daylight to pull steel and sell it as scrap! It is simply lawless and a serious violation of state property! This kind of theft of an extremely heinous nature must be severely punished!"

All the spectators in the audience started to discuss, Wang Yuanxiong is a relative of the factory director, how dare he steal it!

Wang Yuanxiong raised his head and scanned the crowd, as if he was looking for someone, then lowered his head again and did not speak.

Liang Hongchang said: "Since the nature of the theft is too bad and the amount of theft is huge, I have sent someone to call the police. I called everyone to warn everyone that the factory belongs to all of us, and all the property in the factory belongs to the state. No one can take it away. The property in the factory is regarded as your own, and it is pocketed. If you move a little today, and I will move a little tomorrow, wouldn’t the factory be evacuated? I repeat, everyone must be strictly disciplined. In the future, anyone caught stealing property from the factory will be punished Call the police and deal with it, and it happens that the crackdown is still going on, so come and try if you are not afraid of being jailed and shot.”

Wang Yuanxiong didn't expect this at first, but when he suddenly heard the word "strike hard" and realized the seriousness of the problem, his face turned pale with fright, his legs went limp, and he said loudly, "No, no, no, I'm not stealing to sell, It was the factory manager who asked me to pull it out and sell it."

As soon as he said this, the audience fell silent for a moment.

Liang Hongchang sneered: "Stop talking nonsense, how could the factory manager let you steal steel and sell it!"

At this time, someone coughed lightly at the entrance of the auditorium. Everyone looked over and saw that Tang □□ had arrived, and he put down the fist on his lips: "Old Liang, I did instigate this matter. Those steel materials are flawed and cannot be sold." , It’s useless to pile them there. Isn’t it a holiday today, I want to sell some scrap steel for everyone’s meal.”

As soon as he said this, the audience was in an uproar.

Liang Hongchang sneered: "What the factory director means is that your nephew Wang Yuanxiong is taking the blame for our entire factory employees? We are a steel factory, and we usually go outside to collect scrap iron for processing, but now it's the other way around, pulling steel Go out and sell it as scrap, and then we can buy it back at a higher price, right?"

The price of selling scrap products must be the cheapest. Recycling scrap iron from scrap yards must be higher than the price purchased from scrap yards. People’s scrap yards are making this price difference. Tang □□ is going back and forth like this, no matter how you explain it, it is unreasonable.

Tang □□ lost face immediately: "Of course not in normal times, this is not the special situation today."

Liang Hongchang continued to sneer: "I really want to thank the factory manager for his kindness for everyone. The factory manager did this kind of thing not once or twice. Back then, our factory was very profitable and saved nearly a million yuan in the book. All of us They are all waiting to upgrade the production line, replace equipment, and improve the quality of steel. The factory manager has used it to send benefits to everyone. I think everyone should thank you. But now, everyone has also seen that the factory equipment is aging and the production is out. Iron and steel can only be sold as scrap, and you can’t even add a Mid-Autumn Festival meal.”

Tang □□'s face also became very ugly: "Are you blaming me for repairing the dormitory, repairing the swimming pool, and giving out bonuses?"

Liang Hongchang sneered: "How dare I? Since the factory manager is all for everyone's good, please continue to work hard and lead us all to live a good life again! Let's go away."

No one knew what Wang Yuanxiong's real purpose was to sell the steel. If he caught him, he would say that he was selling it for extra meals in the factory.Didn't catch it?Where will the money go?Even if it was really sold for extra meals, he had the final say on how much he sold and no one supervised him.

This time, Liang Hongchang completely roasted the soup on the fire, deliberately making him unable to get off the stage, and directly exposed the predicament in the factory to the big guys.

Many people are worried, but there are also many people who are blindly optimistic. No matter how poor the efficiency of the factory is, it is impossible for the state not to pay them wages.

Not long after the National Day, Qiao Mingsheng approached Yuan Xia and said very solemnly, "Xiao Yuan, I have something to discuss with you."

Yuan Xia said, "What's the matter?"

Qiao Mingsheng thought about his reasoning: "You know the current situation in the factory. In fact, the factory has been losing money since the past two years. It used to have balances in the books, and life seems to be passable. Now the money is all spent. This year, we can’t even get the tax money together. If it continues like this, it won’t last long. We don’t believe that the country will keep supporting so many idlers, so we have to do something to save ourselves.”

Yuan Xia asked: "The section chief means—"

Qiao Mingsheng said: "We discussed it with some old workers and wanted to write a petition to replace Tang and replace Liang as the factory manager to manage the Red Star factory. But we are all a bunch of big bosses. As long as you have a high level of education, I wonder if you are willing to write this petition? This is a bit risky, but we will keep it secret for you, so that no one will know that you wrote it, and I will be the first to sign it after I finish it."

Yuan Xia nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I'll write."

Qiao Mingsheng said: "If someone retaliates against you, we will help you."

"Thank you!" Yuan Xia is really not afraid of being retaliated, anyway, he is going to leave, and he will go into the sea at worst.

Although letting Liang Hongchang replace Tang at this time may not be able to bring the Red Star Factory back to life, everyone has worked hard to save the fate of the Red Star Factory.

Yuan Xia can also be considered to have contributed a little to the Red Star Factory.

Yuan Xia wrote a [-]-character petition eloquently, then copied it neatly in block letters, and handed it to Qiao Mingsheng.

Qiao Mingsheng slapped his thigh straight after reading it: "Okay, it's well-founded, sincere, and very well written! Just do it like this, don't worry, I won't say you wrote it."

Yuan Xia didn't care too much about this, and signed after the other colleagues in the department. Only Yang Sheng in the equipment department did not sign, and he made it clear that he was afraid of revenge.

The petition quickly spread in the factory, and finally 700 people signed it.

Some of those who were unwilling to sign were promoted by Tang □□; some felt that although Tang □□ was not capable enough, he had a good intention, that is, to let the employees live a good life, and there was hard work without credit; Most people are afraid of retaliation and choose to protect themselves wisely.

This incident couldn't be concealed at all, and it caused a lot of trouble in the factory. Before the signature of the petition was handed in, it spread to Tang's ears.

Tang □□ was very angry, he was simply a group of guys who didn't know what was good or bad, who wasn't happy when they were getting bonuses and benefits?Now I want to unload the mill and kill the donkey, but there is no way!

When two or 300 people signed, Yuan Xia reminded Qiao Mingsheng that in fact, so many people's signatures were enough to represent the public opinion, so hurry up and hand it in to avoid any changes.

But Qiao Mingsheng wanted to collect more signatures. In the end, he felt that it was almost the same. When he was about to take back the petition and hand it in, he failed to get the petition and was handed directly to Tang □□.

For a while, many people who signed the signature were in a panic, fearing that Tang would retaliate.

Tang □□ did not withhold the petition. Two days later, he returned the petition to Qiao Mingsheng and said with a sneer, "You hand it in and try to see if you can overthrow me."

After the petition was submitted to the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, it disappeared without a reply.

When Yuan Xia heard that it was handed over to the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, he couldn't help sighing: "Isn't our factory a provincial unit? It should be handed over to the province."

Qiao Mingsheng patted his thigh and cried out regretfully: "Yes, it should be handed over to the Provincial Bureau of Industry and Commerce."

Yuan Xia could only shake her head helplessly, she was still inexperienced.

The matter of the petition seemed to be a thing of the past, but soon, everyone realized that something was wrong.

When the wages for December were paid in January, all those who signed the petition were owed wages. When asked why, they said that the factory was not efficient and owed taxes to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and the Provincial Department of Finance had no money to pay wages. Only sent part of it.

Yang Sheng received his salary in the entire equipment department, and he was triumphant: "I have already said, people don't fight with officials, so why bother. As long as he doesn't default on my salary, it doesn't matter whoever is the director of the factory!"

Those who did not receive their wages went to the factory director's office to make a fuss. Tang □□ took sick leave and asked the secretary to tell everyone that there was really no money allocated from above, so there was nothing they could do to help.

The Chinese New Year is about to come, and the wages are not paid. How can I live this year?

For a time, everyone was restless and panic-stricken.

Seeing that going on like this was not an option, Liang Hongchang went to the city to inquire about the situation. The city's answer was the same as Tang's, that taxes were in arrears and the province did not allocate funds.

The city leaders also gave a new policy message. In the future, the state will no longer cover state-owned enterprises. Enterprises must be responsible for their own profits and losses. If they earn more, they will be paid more wages, and if they earn less, they will be paid less wages.

When the news was sent back to the factory, there was an uproar. Those who had gloated or secretly rejoiced and didn't sign were a little uncertain. This means that in the future, the factory will be paid when it makes money, and if it doesn't make money, there will be no salary?

They are workers of the country, and they hold an iron rice bowl. Can this rice bowl be smashed?

Yuan Xia submitted his well-written application for suspension of work without pay. In January, his engineer qualification was approved. He is now a remote worker, so he has no time to deal with the mess of the Red Star Factory. to manage.

As the factory's first application for suspension of work without pay, this incident caused an uproar, and those who were familiar with him soon learned of the news.

The colleagues in the department were all very surprised, Qiao Mingsheng was especially shocked: "Xiaoyuan, is it because I hurt you that you want to stay without pay?"

Yuan Xia quickly waved his hand: "No, no, no, Section Chief Qiao, don't think so. I don't think the suspension of pay is not a day or two. It is after careful consideration. It has nothing to do with the petition, really."

Qiao Mingsheng's heart was complicated: "The state of the factory has forced people into the sea. I don't know whether I should persuade you not to leave."

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "No need to persuade. In fact, I have been waiting for the evaluation of the title. Now that I have got the title, I should go. But it just happened to catch up with this juncture, and it really has nothing to do with you. Write a petition It is my own wish, and I also hope to do something for the factory.”

Qiao Mingcheng sighed: "We all have the same idea. I have worked here for almost 30 years, and I thought that I would work until the day I retired. I never thought that this would end up like this. I don't know if I can get back to normal. I'm retiring."

Yuan Xia said: "Chief Qiao has the skills, even if the Red Star Factory can't do it in the future, he can go to work elsewhere."

Qiao Mingsheng looked desolate: "Where can I go? There is no factory that would want me. I'll try to find someone to see if I can be transferred to another place. It probably won't work. There are too many factories in recession now."

Yuan Xia didn't make any promises, his factory hasn't opened yet, so it's too early to recruit people now, let's talk about it later.

When Yuan Xia's application was submitted, Tang □□ was still not there.

Instead, Liang Hongchang took the initiative to find Yuan Xia: "Xiao Yuan, are you really going to leave without pay? Are you not working in the factory?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Yes. Thank you to the deputy factory manager for taking care of me over the past year, but unfortunately I didn't catch up with the good time."

Liang Hongchang smiled wryly: "Yes, it would be great if you came a few years earlier. At that time, the factory was very profitable and everyone was full of energy. What do you plan to do after you leave the company?"

Yuan Xia did not hide it: "It should still be related to machinery, and some parts may be produced first."

"It seems that you have made a plan, where are you planning to go?" Liang Hongchang asked.

"Not sure yet, most likely Yuecheng." Yuan Xia said.

"It's still young people who are motivated." Liang Hongchang sighed.

"The deputy factory manager is still a treasure trove, as long as you are willing, you can still make a career." Yuan Xia said with a smile.

Liang Hongchang waved his hand, and changed the subject: "It may not be so easy for you to stay without pay. If Tang □□ plays tricks, he will hold you back."

Yuan Xia said: "It doesn't matter, I will resign automatically."

Liang Hongchang said: "If the time is too long, you will be counted as absent from work, and you will be fired. At that time, your file will not look good. It may affect your future development."

Yuan Xia shrugged: "Just fire if you fire."

Liang Hongchang said: "I will try my best to help you. If the salary is paid, I will keep it for you first."

Yuan Xia bowed to him: "Thank you, Director Liang."

Yuan Xia left the Red Star factory with his luggage before the annual holiday in the factory. He didn't get his salary for the last month, and he didn't wait for Tang to approve the application. recuperating.

Before leaving, Yuan Xia invited colleagues from the department to have a meal together.

At the dinner table, Yuan Xia tried his best to liven up the atmosphere, but everyone was frowning. No one could be happy about such a farewell meal, and it was eaten under such circumstances.

Song Xiaoliang even started to cry: "Brother Yuan, what should I do if you leave?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "Master Huang and the others are still here. You follow them and continue to learn skills."

Speaking of this, Song Xiaoliang felt even more uncomfortable. The factory has become like this before he is a teacher. Can he survive until he is a teacher?

Yuan Xia told Song Xiaoliang some things, if he received a letter from him, he would send it to Yuecheng for him.

In fact, he has already greeted most of his classmates and friends. He is going to go to sea, and he will send the letter to Yu Xingyi in the future.

But the correspondence address with my family and my cousin can't be changed. Once changed, my grandfather will know. The old man hopes that his children and grandchildren will be stable. If he knows that he has gone to sea, he won't have a heart attack.

Yuan Xia carried his luggage and went directly to Yuecheng, instead of going to school, he went straight to Yu Xing's family, and opened the door with the spare key Yu Xingyi gave him.

Just like returning to his own home, he cleaned up and made the bed.I went to the kitchen to look again. Yu Xingyi probably hadn't been back for a while, and the pot was a little rusty.

Counting the time, it's almost time for the winter vacation. He hasn't come back yet. He is probably still doing finishing work at school. He should be home in the next two days.

Yuan Xia refrained from going to school to find Yu Xingyi, and had dinner in a restaurant outside. Now that there are more private restaurants, he no longer has to worry about eating.

Waking up early the next morning, Yuan Xia went to the market and bought a lot of vegetables and necessities.I went to a farmer's market again and bought a potted plum blossom, but I couldn't find a pomegranate tree. I'm afraid I'll have to wait until I return to Suyang to find it.

In the afternoon, when Yu Xingyi came back from school, he saw that the courtyard door was actually concealed. He was startled, and cautiously opened the door.

What caught his eye was a budding plum potted plant in the yard, and there seemed to be movement in the direction of the kitchen. He was overjoyed, and quickly leaned his bicycle against the door, and walked softly towards the kitchen.

Yuan Xia was refining lard, and the room was filled with a strong fragrance. He felt that the light in the room was a little dark, and wanted to pull the light cord. He turned his head and looked, and was startled. When he saw the figure clearly, he jumped up. Come over and hug Yu Xingyi: "Xingyi! You are back, you scared me to death!"

Yu Xingyi was knocked out by this sudden hug.