The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen and Xiao Xu said: "Everything else is easy to handle, but it takes time and manpower. It's the fourth item. Dressing neatly is a bit of a headache. Many workers probably don't even have a decent shirt."

Zhang Chen told the truth. At that time, the standard equipment for workers on the construction site was a pair of grass-green, fat military trousers, some of which were patched, and a pair of liberation shoes on their feet, some with their toes exposed, and a pair of trousers on top. A grass-green military uniform or labor cloth overalls.

This kind of blue labor cloth work clothes was also the standard at that time. Workers in all factories wore the same style. Migrant workers who went to work in the city felt that they were workers now, so they would also buy work clothes of this style. This, on their construction site, is basically not for wearing, but for covering.

The weather in Haicheng is hot. There is no air conditioning at the work site, and even fans are not allowed. The workers live in work sheds and are shirtless. When they go to work in the morning, they will take their work clothes and put them on themselves. When they arrive at the construction site, they are ready to work. Just hang the clothes somewhere and go into battle shirtless.

When I was about to get off work, I found a windy place to collect my sweat. Then I put this clothes on my body, shirtless underneath, and went to the cafeteria to eat.

Of course Xiao Xu knew this situation, so he had to dress neatly. Zhang Chen asked Xiao Xu, isn't it wrong for workers to dress neatly when working on a construction site in such a hot weather?

Xiao Xu smiled and said: "Brother, it's not me who wants it. It's the mayor and the TV station. You can't let the news come out and the cameras are full of shirtless people? Just for an hour or two, let everyone bear with it." "

Zhang Chen understood, and he said to Xiao Xu: "I know, I will arrange this. At the worst, the company will spend some money and go to Jiefangxi to buy some clothes."

"Okay, okay, I'll tell my eldest sister about this, and you'll make the arrangements here."

Xiao Xu nodded. The eldest sister he was talking about was Gu Shufang. She suddenly had to buy so many clothes on the construction site. Although the clothes at the Jiefang West stall were cheap and did not cost much in total, she would definitely be curious.

"By the way, don't look like new clothes at first glance." Xiao Xu and Zhang Chen said.

Zhang Chen said clearly, I understand this.

"Please, please!" Xiao Xu cupped his hands towards Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "What are you talking about? This is also our own business."

As soon as Xiao Xu left, Zhang Chen said to Xiao Wu, help me buckle the pole.

"Where did this idiot go?" Xiao Wu asked.

"He is suffering greatly now, suffering from hunger and cold. He is probably still being liberated."

As Zhang Chen said, Xiao Wu understood and laughed a little. He really sang "Rooster" and the world was white.

What they said were all opera words. The old actors who had performed in "Gunshots on the Plains" and "In the Silent Place" all had these words in their mouths. In the theater troupe, everyone knew them all.

Zhang Chen walked to the door and saw a worker passing by, so he stopped him and told him, please help me go to several construction sites, call all the squad leaders, and ask them to come to the office for a meeting immediately.

The worker turned around and ran forward. Zhang Chen walked towards the work shed by himself. There were also several night shift monitors who should be in the work shed now.

All the squad leaders arrived, Zhang Chen told them the matter, and sure enough, there was no doubt about anything else. Isn't it just work? Clean when asked, tidy up when asked, do what you are not doing, and you can still have a good meal in the middle of the night. , also very good.

The complaints focused on being neatly dressed, but when Zhang Chen said that everyone was given a piece of clothing, the complaints turned into excitement. Zhang Chen told them, please count up the sizes. If you like shirts or T-shirts, All is fine, Xiaowu will go shopping in Jiefangxi later.

He told Xiao Wu not to buy light-colored clothes. Light-colored ones look like new clothes, while dark-colored ones are harder to see.

"Also, pass out the clothes and check them out. If he has decent clothes, let him wear his old clothes. He can put the new clothes away. By the way, those who want to wear new clothes can wear them at night. Wash the clothes so they will be dry tomorrow morning, and they won’t look like new after washing them once.”

"Mr. Zhang, do you often do this kind of thing? How do you know so much?" Zhang Chen said, and the monitor asked, and everyone laughed.

Zhang Chen also smiled and said, "I have never done this before, but if you give me a new dress, I can make it old for you."

"Hey, I know how to do this. Just use scissors. I can make new clothes into rags."

Everyone laughed again, and while they were laughing, Liu Ligan came in. He asked Xiao Wu, Master Wu, why are you urging me to win thirteen gold medals?

"Have you ruined your good deeds?" Xiao Wu scolded.

A squad leader shouted: "Reporter Liu, the zipper is not zipped properly."

Liu Ligan quickly lowered his head to take a look, only to realize that there was something good there. The other person was lying to him, so he pretended to hit that person, but the others held his hand and stood up.

Liu Ligan has been on the construction site a lot, and he has become very familiar with these squad leaders for a long time.

Zhang Chen told Liu Ligan about the matter, and Liu Ligan shouted, "There is no need to write this. If you do, you have to memorize it, which gives everyone a headache."

The squad leaders kept nodding. They also felt that it was really a headache for the workers to carry this.

"If you memorize it, you still need to be able to perform. If your acting skills are not good, it will be obvious at a glance that you are endorsing it." Liu Ligan continued.

"Yes, reporter Liu is right, we are so rough, how can we do such a thing as acting." A monitor agreed.

Liu Ligan clapped his hands and shouted:

"I'll teach you a trick. Let the workers below you pretend that they don't understand Mandarin, let alone speak it. No matter what questions are asked, they should answer in their hometown dialect and use the simplest words. Sichuan people Just say "need" and "good", Henan people say "zhong" and "guai dejin", and Guizhou people say "袄" and "cesheng".

"It's the same in other places. Anyway, that's all. You don't understand what he said, and he doesn't understand what you said. There is no way to continue this conversation. Anyway, only they are officials. They can talk nonsense. We workers, It’s normal to be a bit stupid.”

"Okay." "Yes." "Yes, Reporter Liu's method is very simple. You can do it as soon as you say it."

More than a dozen squad leaders all agreed with Liu Ligan's method. Zhang Chen also thought that it was good like this. If you talk too much, you will be wrong. If you talk too much, you may be betrayed. Although his construction site is not a fake one. Factory, there is nothing to cover up.

"By the way, Zhang Chen, where is this new mayor from?" Liu Ligan asked Zhang Chen.

"How do I know?" Zhang Chen said, "What are you doing?"

"Don't let him meet a fellow villager. If he meets a fellow villager, it will be a long story." Liu Ligan said.

"wait."

Zhang Chen thought it made sense, so he quickly picked up the phone on the table and called Xiao Xu's office. Xiao Xu didn't know where the new mayor was from, so he said he would ask.

Not long after Zhang Chen put down the phone, the phone rang. It was Xiao Xu. Xiao Xu told him that it was from Wujin, Jiangsu.

"Do we have anyone from Wujin, Jiangsu Province here? If so, let him have a day off tomorrow and let him play instead of on the construction site." After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen asked the monitors.

The squad leaders thought about it, but they couldn't find anyone from Jiangsu below them. The squad leader from Henan shouted: "Mr. Zhang, I'm from Wujin, can I have a rest?"

Before Zhang Chen could speak, Liu Ligan glared at him and cursed: "I'll beat you to death, you idiot!"

Everyone laughed.

After the meeting, Xiao Wu tallied up the clothing models of each team, and went to Jiefang West Road to buy clothes with Liu Ligan. Zhang Chen led a dozen people to sort out the storage yard and warehouse sheds on Daying Road. , he walked into the practice hall, looked around, exited, and returned to the office.

Zhang Chen took out a pen and paper and wrote the words "Strength, body, health, body, happiness, welcome, Olympics, luck", and asked people to line up in a row and paste them up in the training hall. At that time, Beijing was bidding for the host country. This slogan was posted here during the 2000 Olympic Games. It was just right for the occasion and could well reflect the new look of migrant workers.

At seven o'clock, all the construction sites stopped and started cleaning. By ten o'clock, the cleaning had been completed. Zhang Chen looked it over by himself and found that there was no problem. He called Xiao Xu. After a while, Xiao Xu accompanied him. Mr. Fu came down and Zhang Chen accompanied them. After looking at all the places, Mr. Fu was very satisfied.

"It's just too clean." Mr. Fu said, "It's so clean that it doesn't look like a construction site."

"Starting at 9:30 tomorrow morning, half an hour is enough, and the construction site will look like a construction site again." Zhang Chen and Mr. Fu said.

"That's good, that's good. In this way, everything is foolproof." Mr. Fu nodded.