Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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"She's very pretty!"

Xu Xiaomei said, "I've met her once, and she is indeed quite beautiful."

Although Xu Xiaomei didn't say it explicitly, there was a hint of jealousy in her tone.

The girl seemed well-mannered and refined, with the appearance of a girl from a modest family, and she admitted in her heart that the other person was indeed prettier than herself.

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "Are you worried that he will steal your man?"

"Pah, you big scoundrel! I'd be happy if you stole it from me. You would never do that. You're just being a scoundrel in the office."

Xu Xiaomei spoke words she didn't mean, wondering if He Yuzhu would really be bewitched by Lü Xiaomi and abandon her.

He Yuzhu looked up and saw her worried face. He laughed and said, "Silly girl, what are you thinking about again? Go out and get to work."

He handed her the completed drawings and told her to take them to the workshop for small-batch production.

When Heizhu made the brushless motor, his first thought wasn't an electric fan, but an electric drill.

With a slow-speed electric drill, you can quickly drive screws in, saving a lot of assembly time and improving work efficiency, as long as you use the appropriate tools.

Of course, due to the lack of a suitable battery, a long cable has to be attached to provide power.

Xu Xiaomei said "oh" and didn't leave in a hurry. He Yuzhu said, "Don't worry, you won't go hungry."

"You're such a scoundrel, I'm ignoring you."

Xu Xiaomei got a satisfactory answer, turned around and left, while He Yuzhu tidied up and then went out.

They went directly to the heavy machinery factory in the suburbs and found Tong Zhi working in the completed workshop.

Tong Zhixian made him a cup of tea and asked, "What's the matter?"

"There are two things I need to ask you to give me a copy of the blueprints for that small blast furnace, and also a copy of any other blueprints I may need."

"You want everything? And what do you want the blueprints for the small blast furnace? Do you want to produce it yourself?" Tong Zhi asked.

"That's the plan."

Previously, He Yuzhu's idea was to focus on a few key products, such as machine tools, tractors, and equipment for making glass bottles.

But his thinking changed after he got the job of an inventor.

At that time, as long as you had connections, you could get a copy of the production drawings for free by finding the right person.

I wanted to make a copy of all the heavy machinery plant's blueprints to enrich my database and then see if I could upgrade or modify them.

Tong Zhi never expected He Yuzhu to have such great ambitions, and asked, "We only have one copy of some of the blueprints. Can you send someone over to survey and copy them?"

“Okay, no problem. I’ll write a letter of introduction and have some skilled workers come over later.”

The machinery factory was just a small collective unit before, so it was impossible for them to have college students, or even vocational school graduates.

He Yuzhu had to choose from among the lame, and after going through layers of tests, he selected several junior high school students to serve as intern technicians.

After discussing the blueprints, He Yuzhu said, "Our machinery factory will soon become a full-fledged department-level unit, expanding to 3000 people."

"So many? And it's a unit at the level of a section chief. Congratulations, Section Chief He."

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "These are all minor matters. Would you be interested in coming to serve as the head of the technical department and enjoying the benefits of a deputy section chief?"

Chapter 292 Factory-Run School

Asking for the blueprints today is a minor issue; the main thing is that I want to poach Tong Zhi.

Tong Zhi is not a college student; he only attended a vocational school and worked as a technician. Now he is mainly responsible for production design in the precision manufacturing workshop.

A vocational school graduate who is promoted to administrative level 25, or level 7 clerk, only earns 37.5 yuan a month.

However, he was promoted once during his many years of work, and is now at administrative level 24, a level 6 clerk, with a monthly salary of 43 yuan.

However, if one becomes the head of the technical department and enjoys the benefits of a deputy section chief, their salary will be raised to administrative level 18, a jump of 6 levels.

My salary will double to 87.5 yuan.

Tong Zhi was stunned by this incredible good news and hesitated for a moment.

He Yuzhu had previously invited him to work at the machinery factory.

However, Tong Zhi was somewhat unhappy because the machinery factory was too small at the time.

"Can your unit really become a section-level unit?"

"Don't worry, the street office has already agreed and is reporting it to the district. It will be fine as soon as it's approved."

He Yuzhu said, "There is a lot of construction going on right now, and the district will not veto it."

The small canteens run in rural areas are now thriving, and the situation is very promising.

The district has no reason to reject the street's proposal; wouldn't that be turning back the clock?

If they wait until next year when things get tough, they might not agree to expand the scale and instead send a large number of temporary workers back.

Tens of millions of workers across the country were driven back to the countryside from the cities.

Of course, the pace of expansion would also be scaled back. He Yuzhu seized this window of opportunity and quickly obtained approval for the factory plan.

Tong Zhi hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should leave the state-owned heavy machinery factory to join a collective enterprise.

He Yuzhu said, "Brother-in-law, would I cheat you? As long as you go there, I'll give you a courtyard, three houses facing south, an open space and a kitchen. It's much bigger than your old tenement building."

After Tong Zhi got married, his work unit only allocated him one room in a dormitory building, which was no more than 15 square meters.

There was no kitchen; they just set up a stove in the hallway outside the door.

There are no restrooms, of course; there are two public restrooms on each floor.

Living in a single room surrounded by other families' rooms, you could hear each other doing things at night.

Although living in a tenement building sounds nice, it doesn't necessarily make you happy.

"The benefits are indeed quite good. I'll go back and discuss it."

At this moment, Da Zhuang came over and said, "Congratulations, Director He. Why don't you transfer me over there?"

Da Zhuang's skills are indeed a bit worse than Tong Zhi's, but he is still a veteran.

He said, "If you want to transfer, I'd certainly welcome you. How about I let you be a workshop foreman?"

"Great, of course I'd love to!" Da Zhuang said with some surprise.

In the precision manufacturing workshop, Da Zhuang was just a team leader, not even a section chief; to be precise, he was just an ordinary worker.

But things would be different if I were the workshop director in a machinery factory.

The workshop director and the directors of various departments are at the same level, both being deputy section chiefs.

This completed the transformation from an ordinary worker to a leader in one fell swoop.

He Yuzhu said, "Then it's settled."

Tong Zhi was also tempted, and refused to let He Yuzhu leave no matter what. Instead, he and Da Zhuang took leave and invited He Yuzhu to their home.

Then go and tell Meimei to come back.

When Meimei saw He Yuzhu, she quickly greeted her cousin-in-law before discussing her resignation from the heavy machinery factory and her new job at Limin Machinery Factory.

"Are you really going to be appointed as deputy section chief?"

"Would my brother-in-law still try to cheat us? I'm thinking of going there."

"But can the compensation be guaranteed?"

"Don't worry about that. Once you're promoted, you won't be demoted for no reason. As long as I'm the factory manager, I won't let you suffer any injustice."

Meimei thought for a moment and said, "I have no objection. It's a big decision for you men to discuss and decide."

Tong Zhi said, "Then it's settled. I'm willing to transfer once the formalities are completed on your end."

He Yuzhu said, "Then you all wait for my good news."

Once the district approves the transfer, He Yuzhu can directly issue a transfer letter to move people away from the heavy machinery factory.

Even if the heavy machinery factory doesn't approve it, it doesn't matter; we can just transfer their personnel files directly.

He Yuzhu's biggest regret is that he is a chef by profession, and now he has to cook for himself at his cousin's husband's house.

It's all because Meimei's cooking is terrible!

Fortunately, Tong Zhi helped her, so she only needed to cook and he didn't have to do the other chores.

In the afternoon, He Yuzhu went to the street office and found Director Li to report that he had poached two technical section administrators from the heavy machinery factory.

Director Li was very satisfied and said, "Your work attitude is good. We should start recruiting some talent in advance."

He Yuzhu said, "The factory originally had a training course, but the training was all short-term, at most three months."

“I’ve always felt that you’re different from others. You value technical training and don’t think about waiting for your superiors to solve problems.”

He Yuzhu said, "You can't set up a factory without qualified skilled workers. Not to mention college students, even vocational school graduates don't want to be assigned to street factories."

"Yes, they all want to work in big factories."

He Yuzhu said, "I plan to take this opportunity to turn the training class into a secondary vocational school."

"Oh!"