When will I have a long tassel?

At the same time, the home of Gu Jiacheng, deputy director of the Retirement Management Office.

"Lao Gu, what's wrong with you?"

His wife Li Fengying looked at her husband sitting on the balcony smoking a cigarette and asked worriedly.

Gu Jiacheng looked up at Li Fengying and asked, "Fengying, do you think I am interesting as the deputy director?"

"Huh? Lao Gu, are you okay?" Li Fengying asked in surprise.

Gu Jiacheng has just turned 40 this year. Being able to become the deputy director is already considered very good among his peers. When Li Fengying chats with her sisters, who doesn't envy her husband for being a middle-level cadre? Although the Retirement Management Office is just an unpopular department, the deputy director is a deputy director after all, and he is much better than a lot of colleagues in the factory who are in their 40s and have just become department-level cadres.

In the past, Gu Jiacheng was quite satisfied with his position. Every time he came back from a gathering with his old classmates, he would proudly brag to Li Fengying, saying that his classmates let him sit on the seat and how many people toasted him. But now, he actually said that his job as deputy director was boring. Why is he so crazy?

"Tell me, would it have been better if I had stayed in the workshop instead of being transferred to the agency?" Gu Jiacheng asked again.

"What do you mean?" Li Fengying was stunned, "My dad went through so much trouble to transfer you out of the workshop. Isn't he sorry for you?"

"No, no, Fengying, you know that's not what I meant!" Gu Jiacheng quickly defended, fearing that a disagreement would cause a civil war.

Li Fengying's father was the original factory leader of Laiyi Machinery, and Gu Jiacheng was a riveter in the large parts workshop at that time. Gu Jiacheng is extremely talented and can learn everything at once. He soon became one of the top technical experts in the large parts workshop and has been awarded the model worker of the whole factory for several years. Li Fengying's father took a fancy to him because of this and asked Tan Hongliang, the director of the large-scale workshop, to act as a matchmaker and marry Li Fengying to Gu Jiacheng.

With a father-in-law who was a factory leader, Gu Jiacheng rose through the ranks. First, he was transferred to the production department as a deputy section chief. Then he was officially transferred to the cadre establishment, and then promoted to section chief and deputy section chief. When he was promoted to deputy director, there was no vacant position in the production department, so the factory asked him to work in the retirement department. Although it was not in line with his major, it was a deputy director-level position, and he was happy to take up the post. To take office.

Gu Jiacheng was promoted to deputy director without the help of his father-in-law. At this time, his father-in-law had retired, but this did not affect his promotion. The capital for his promotion was the several model worker titles he had previously won. The rule of "excellence in learning leads to officialdom" is true in all fields. Have you ever seen how many scientists changed careers to become officials after receiving honorary titles? The result is that there is one less elite in the scientific world and one more fool in the officialdom. .

"Gu Jiacheng, please tell me clearly today. What do you mean? If you think our Li family has delayed you, just say it clearly and don't hesitate." Li Fengying was annoyed.

In the past, when my husband talked about leaving the workshop, he was full of gratitude to his father-in-law, saying that without his support, he would still be wielding a sledgehammer in the workshop. It's great now. My father has only retired a few years ago. This guy actually said whether it would be better if he didn't come out of the workshop. This is obviously the sign of someone outside!

"Fengying, listen to me..." Gu Jiacheng was helpless. He asked his stern wife to sit down, and then said: "You don't know, the factory has just launched a policy to select 20 people in the workshop. The "Linji Master" is the most skilled worker in the whole factory. I met Director Tan today. He said that there are not many people who can take the lead in the large parts workshop. If I were still in the large parts workshop, this "Linji Master" 'The title must be given to me."

"What is the level of 'Linji Master'?" Li Fengying asked angrily. She works as an administrator in the factory's archives department and doesn't pay much attention to major events in the factory, so she doesn't know about this.

Gu Jiacheng said: "There are no levels, but if you are rated as a master craftsman, the factory will give you a special allowance every month. Guess how much it is?"

"How much is it? Is it 50?" Li Fengying asked casually. 50 yuan is certainly a lot of money for a Linyi machine employee, but it is nothing compared to the position of a deputy director. The deputy director's job allowance is also 50, and he also has some other gray income, which is not comparable to that of an ordinary worker.

"1,000 yuan!" Gu Jiacheng raised a finger and said to Li Fengying. In order to emphasize the weight of this "1", he used all his strength to stretch the finger so that it could be used as a cement nail.

"1,000 yuan!" Li Fengying shouted out loud, immediately raised her hand to cover her mouth, and then looked at Gu Jiacheng with a mixture of horror and excitement.

Gu Jiacheng nodded: "Isn't it? When I first heard about this policy, I was shocked. But looking back, I can't help but admire Factory Director Zhou's courage. Think about why I was willing to come out of the workshop in the first place. Isn't it because there is no boss in the workshop? Even if you work as a seventh-level or eighth-level worker, which means a salary of more than 200 yuan, any clerk in the agency can make things difficult for you, and you will lose face when you walk out.

"But with this policy, who dares to look down on workers? Not to mention our chance, how many people in the entire Linhe City can get a salary of 1,000 yuan? If anyone despises me as a worker, I will kill him with money!" "

"You mean, you want to go back to the workshop?" Li Fengying returned to reality and asked Gu Jiacheng with complicated emotions. With a subsidy of 1,000 yuan, who can resist this temptation?

Gu Jiacheng nodded: "I'm a little tempted. As a deputy director, I may have a good reputation, but I don't make more money than others, and I deal with retired employees in the factory every day. I give them warmth during the New Year and so on. It's boring. . I was thinking just now that if I work for a few more years, I might be completely useless. I can’t do anything except official speech. Wouldn’t this be a pity for my abilities?”

"But if you go back to the workshop, what can you expect?" Li Fengying asked.

Gu Jiacheng said: "At my level, I should be a deputy director when I go to the workshop. But the large parts workshop now has a deputy director. Director Tan said that if I go back, I can only be a section leader, that is, a section leader, deputy director. The first-class salary can be retained, but you must be on the front line of production."

"After doing this for so long, I still have to go back and swing the sledgehammer..." Li Fengying muttered in a low voice.

"But I can earn an extra 1,000 yuan a month, which is 12,000 yuan a year and 120,000 yuan in 10 years. Think about it, a three-bedroom house in Linhe City only costs 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. I can earn it after working for five or six years. I can buy a house." Gu Jiacheng said excitedly.

"How about asking Dad about this?"

"I will definitely discuss it with dad. However, I have already decided. Tomorrow I will go and tell Factory Manager Zhang that I request to be transferred back to the workshop! Fengying, if we want to buy a house in Linhe City, where do you think we should buy it? most?"

"I think the area near Fengshui Lake is nice, the scenery is great, and the community is also very beautiful..."

"purchase!"

Here, the Gu family began to dream about taking their grandson for a walk in the high-end community by Fengshui Lake. In another place, Qi Yunfu, a retired foundry worker from Linyi Machinery, was actually taking his grandson to play on the swing in the family yard of the Municipal Grain Bureau. A group of unexpected guests arrived.

"Mingliang, Mengyun, Zhiming, why are you here today?"

Qi Yunfu looked at the people in front of him, feeling strange. Yu Mingliang, Cai Mengyun, and Gao Zhiming were all apprentices of Qi Yunfu, and now they all work as casters in the foundry workshop. These apprentices respected him as their master and would come to visit him every New Year. However, it was neither a New Year nor a holiday, so several of them came to the door hand in hand, carrying large and small bags of pastries, Fruits and other things look very grand, which is a bit abnormal.

What Qi Yunfu found most incredible was that Cai Mengyun also carried a huge remote-controlled toy car, which must have been given to his grandson. Qi Yunfu knew about this kind of toy car. He heard that one cost more than 50 yuan. His grandson asked his son to buy it several times, but his son was reluctant to part with it. Qi Yunfu was still discussing with his wife yesterday, planning to use his own money to buy a car for his grandson, but he had not yet taken action. But now, Cai Mengyun actually brought such a car over. This definitely didn't mean he came to visit the master casually.

"Xiaoyu, look what Auntie has brought for you."

Cai Mengyun started directly with Qi Yunfu's grandson and forced the toy car into the child's hands.

The little grandson was quite sensible. Although he was staring straight at the car, he refused to reach out and turned back to Qi Yunfu with a questioning look.

Qi Yunfu quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Mengyun, this is impossible. This car is too expensive and we can't accept it."

"Master, what you said is just a car, for children to play with. You have taught us so many things, why should we buy a toy for our children?" Cai Mengyun said it in an understatement, as if it was only 50 cents a car. An average car.

"You..., what's going on?" Qi Yunfu looked at the disciples and asked hesitantly. With everyone's behavior, could it be that something big had happened, and he, the master, was expected to take the blame?

"Actually, it's nothing..." Gao Zhiming, the oldest among the group, spoke first. He said in a nonchalant voice: "We just feel that we didn't learn the technique well from the master. Now we want to ask the master to spare some time for us." Make up lessons.”

"That's right, we just want to ask the master to give us extra lessons."

"Alas, when I learned skills from my master, I was too young and ignorant. Now I regret it..."

The other two apprentices also echoed, with the words "The prodigal son turns back" written all over their faces.

Qi Yunfu was not stupid. He stared at the apprentices and asked, "Tell me the truth, what happened in the factory? Why do you suddenly want to learn technology again?"