svetikya Chapter 264: Introducing Nanjing University of the Arts to Li Huaide
Chapter 264: Introducing Nanjing University of the Arts to Li Huaide
Soon, the two sat down in the office. Zhang Lei took the cigarette from Li Huaide, lit it, and said, "Director Li, please don't be angry about this. Sha Zhu did this simply because he's the only decent chef in the factory, and you have to rely on him for everything."
Li Huaide nodded, sighed, and said, "Yes, but there's nothing we can do about it. All the good chefs work in restaurants; who would want to come to our factory? Besides, our factory only offers a maximum of level six. Which top chef outside would deign to come here?"
Zhang Lei smiled and said, "Director Li, that's not necessarily true." Li Huaide said, "What? You know someone like that?" Zhang Lei nodded, "I guess so."
Li Huaide said excitedly, "Really? You can bring him here, I'll pay him a high salary." Zhang Lei smiled and said, "Director Li, I can't invite this person, but if you want him to come, it's just a matter of a word."
Li Huaide was somewhat taken aback: "What? I can transfer him here with just one sentence?" Zhang Lei nodded: "Yes, I heard about this person from my wife. He's Ding Qiunan, a master craftsman named Nan Yi from their machine repair shop. I heard that his cooking skills are no worse than Sha Zhu's."
Li Huaide was somewhat taken aback: "Really?" Zhang Lei nodded: "Really. If you don't believe me, you can issue a transfer order to the machine repair shop and let Nan Yi come over for a trial. If his skills are good, you can keep him on. Then our factory will have two good chefs. Think about it, whoever is obedient can be promoted. With them checking and balancing each other, I believe neither of them will dare to give you a hard time."
Li Huaide laughed heartily, "Good, good, Zhang Lei, you're truly my lucky star." Zhang Lei smiled and said, "Director Li, I'm, after all, one of your soldiers, so I should at least help you out."
Li Huaide laughed even more heartily and said, "Zhang Lei, if everyone under me was as capable as you and could solve my problems, what would I have to worry about?" As he spoke, Li Huaide pulled out a bicycle ticket from the table and said, "This is this year's bicycle ticket. I have an extra one. You can take it."
Zhang Lei looked at the bicycle ticket, thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Then I'll thank you, Director Li." Li Huaide nodded and said, "Alright, don't be so polite." Zhang Lei chatted with Li Huaide for a while, then left the office directly.
Li Huaide smoked a cigarette, thought for a moment, and then called his secretary to investigate the person from Nanjing University of the Arts. The secretary quickly relayed the findings to Li Huaide.
When Li Huaide saw the information about Nanjing University of the Arts, his smile widened: "Good, good. Since they're being persecuted, suppressed, and ignored, that's even better." He looked at his secretary and said, "Go get my transfer order and transfer Nanjing University of the Arts to the steel rolling mill." The secretary asked, "Now?" Li Huaide said, "Now. The sooner the better."
After the secretary left, Li Huaide smoked a cigarette, tapped the table, and said with a smile, "Silly Zhu, silly Zhu, let's see how you'll get cocky when Nanjing University of the Arts comes."
Meanwhile, Sha Zhu was still boasting in the cafeteria about how he had given Li Huaide a hard time and embarrassed him, unaware that a pair of eyes were watching everything in the cafeteria intently.
In Director Yang's office, after listening to his secretary's report, Director Yang thought for a moment and said, "Go and invite Li Huaide to my office. Tell him I have something to discuss with him." Li Huaide, who was working, frowned when he heard Director Yang call him. The two of them had been vying for power for a long time, and he couldn't figure out what Director Yang wanted to talk to him about.
Soon, Li Huaide arrived at Director Yang's office. Looking at Director Yang, he said, "Old Yang, what brings you here?" Director Yang looked at Li Huaide and smiled, saying, "Old Li, I've come to talk to you about the canteen."
Upon hearing about the canteen incident, Li Huaide frowned, wondering if Director Yang had found out about how Sha Zhu had embarrassed him. He frowned again and said, "You mean Sha Zhu from the canteen?"
Seeing Li Huaide's angry expression, Factory Director Yang smiled and said, "Alright, I didn't come here to make a fool of you. I just wanted to tell you that Sha Zhu is too lawless. He doesn't do his job properly and even gives the leaders attitude, causing the factory to lose such a large order. This matter needs to be addressed."
Li Huaide thought he had misheard and said in surprise, "Are you serious?" Factory Director Yang smiled and nodded, "Yes, it is. Our business is our business, and we can't let it harm the factory's profits."
Li Huaide looked at Factory Director Yang with some surprise, but thinking that since he had said that, it would only benefit him, he said, "So what do you want to do?"
Factory Director Yang said, "Since he's so unrepentant, let him go to the workshop to toughen him up, so he won't be so arrogant." Li Huaide thought for a moment, nodded, and agreed, "Okay, let's do it your way."
With both factory managers agreeing, the subordinates naturally dared not say anything. Soon, Li Huaide's secretary arrived at the canteen with the transfer order. Upon seeing it was Li Huaide's secretary, the canteen staff quickly dispersed and continued with their work. Sha Zhu, however, nonchalantly remarked, "Hey, isn't this Li Huaide's little lackey? What's he doing here?"
Li Huaide's secretary looked at Shazhu without caring. He was used to Shazhu's personality and said, "Shazhu, this is a transfer order decided by Director Yang and Deputy Director Li. Starting today, you will be working in the workshop."
Hearing this, Sha Zhu said in astonishment, "What? Impossible! What did I do wrong? Why am I being transferred to the workshop?" Li Huaide's secretary looked at Sha Zhu and said, "What did you do wrong? You deliberately made the food so bad that the factory lost such a large order, and you still say you did something wrong? It's good enough that you weren't fired."
Sha Zhu said nonchalantly, "What do you mean I lost such a big order? Their leaders are incompetent, so they blame me, right? Huh? Do they think we workers are easy to bully? I won't accept this!"
Li Huaide's secretary didn't mince words either, saying, "You're not satisfied? You can confront the two factory managers directly. Besides, this whole thing really happened because of your cooking; your vegetables were so salty that even the salt seller would complain. If you're still not satisfied, you can continue making a scene."
Hearing Li Huaide's secretary say this, Sha Zhu was stunned. He hadn't expected Li Huaide to actually do this to him. He angrily said, "Fine, fine, you're going to treat me like this? I'll see who cooks for them without me. They'll be begging me then!" With that, he threw his chef's uniform and hat onto the table and said, "Get out of the way, Grandpa's going to the workshop!"
Li Huaide's secretary didn't pay any attention. Looking at everyone, he went directly to Li Huaide to report on Sha Zhu's situation. Upon hearing the secretary's report, Li Huaide angrily said, "Outrageous! Go and tell the workshop director to give Sha Zhu a good beating, so he won't have so much energy to cause trouble." The secretary responded and quickly ran to the workshop.