In the hall outside, Liu Qiwen was eating while still holding the copper hand stove in her arms. For her, this copper hand stove not only represented warmth, but also had a special meaning.
"Qiwen, when did you buy the copper stove? Isn't it expensive?" asked a confidential secretary in the telecommunications room.
"I didn't buy it, it was given to me by Director Lu." Liu Qiwen said with a red face, showing a bit of pride in her expression.
"Director-General Lu gave it to you?" the confidential secretary asked in surprise.
"Qiwen, is this true or false?" Several other confidential secretaries also gathered around and asked.
"Of course it's true. This morning, Director Lu saw that I was too cold sitting in the corridor, so he specially added charcoal to the stove and brought it to me." Liu Qiwen said happily.
"You are so lucky to have Director-General Lu's care."
"That's right, why don't we have such a good life?"
"No, we have to ask the road manager for a hand stove. It's too cold, and we also need warmth."
"Let's go find him together later."
Several confidential secretaries became more and more enthusiastic as they talked, and soon reached an agreement, and they went to find Director-General Lu together.
The first batch of people who became the confidential secretaries of the Blue Clothes Club all had some social background and had seen the world to some extent. They were roughly eighteen or nineteen years old, which is the age when they are bold enough to speak and act boldly.
"Hey, this can't be done. Can you please stop causing trouble to the chief?" Liu Qiwen was anxious.
"Why, just as Secretary-General Xinglu takes care of you, can't he take care of us?"
"That's right, how can we girls cause trouble to the commander?"
It is said that three women can perform one opera, but there are enough girls here to sing two operas.
While they were eating, they stared at Lu Ming and Kang Ze's private room, preparing to go up and ask for treatment as soon as Lu Ming came out.
Liu Qiwen was uneasy. She didn't know if their actions would have a bad impact on her. What if the director-general of the road blamed them?
But she couldn't stop these sisters. Although she was Kang Ze's confidential secretary, she was not higher in rank than other confidential secretaries. Everyone had the same status.
As soon as Lu Ming walked out after dinner, he was surrounded by several female confidential secretaries.
"Secretary-General Lu, we also need a hand stove, and it needs to be the same copper hand stove as Secretary Liu."
"Yes, it's the kind with a fur cover on the outside. It's warm and looks good."
"Director-General Lu, we are girls too, and we also need warmth. You must treat us equally."
Lu Ming looked at these bold and aggressive girls with some embarrassment. He didn't expect them to be so cute when they started making noises.
In the office, these female confidential secretaries are well-behaved. They are always on call and do whatever they are told. They never make any requests or ask any questions. They only know how to obey orders.
But it's not working time now, so it's not easy to treat them with the requirements of work.
"Don't worry, Director-General Lu is broad-minded enough to give you all the warmth you deserve." Kang Ze couldn't help but laugh after understanding the situation and joked.
"They are all there, they are all there, I will send them out in the afternoon." Lu Ming turned his face away, not daring to face these girls, and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone.
He couldn't stand the enthusiasm of these girls, but he felt that he had started the matter and it was up to him to put an end to it.
"You can't lie to us," said the confidential secretary of the Intelligence Unit.
"The only good thing about me is that I never lie to girls." Lu Ming raised his head and said to the air.
"Well, the people of Shanghai can all vouch for Director-General Lu on this point," Kang Ze said with a smile.
The division chiefs, section chiefs, and adjutants who gathered around to watch the excitement in the cafeteria burst out laughing when they saw this scene.
They didn't expect Chief Kang to tell jokes, at least none of them had heard of it.
"By the way, how many lesbians are there in our club?" Lu Ming asked.
"It seems that the General Affairs Office knows this," an adjutant said with a smile.
"Well, I'll go to the General Affairs Office to check later. All lesbians will be given a copper stove in the afternoon, which is exactly the same as the one in Secretary Liu's hand." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Long live Secretary-General Lu." Several girls cheered.
"Director-General Lu, we boys need it too."
"That's right. It's still a little cold in the house at night. Can you provide us with a stove so that we can at least drink boiled water?"
The two adjutants also took the opportunity to make requests.
"You are so shameless. Our girls' dormitories don't even have stoves. Are you more delicate than girls?" Liu Qiwen said.
Lu Ming said sternly: "This is a good suggestion. Stoves should be provided in every house where people live. I will ask the General Affairs Office to buy it in the afternoon. I will notify everyone to pick it up. If you have any difficulties in life, just ask. As long as
If it’s not outrageous, I will try my best to be satisfied.”
As soon as this opportunity was opened, everyone actually made a lot of requests. Lu Ming agreed to them one by one and asked the people in the General Affairs Office to record them and solve them as soon as possible.
Although Kang Ze felt that every request was a bit excessive and basically just a joke, he didn't want to care about it. It didn't cost him any money anyway. As long as it didn't misappropriate the company's office funds, if Lu Ming was willing to be taken advantage of, then let him do it.
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Lu Ming went directly to the General Affairs Office. When he saw the Director of the General Affairs Department, he first asked him to buy a stove and a copper hand stove for girls immediately in the afternoon. He should buy more of each type and prepare enough firewood and charcoal.
Fan Xilin, the director of the General Affairs Department, smiled bitterly and said: "Director-General Lu, I know I shouldn't say these things. These people are just unworthy of the family and don't know how expensive food and rice are. If you follow their demands, there will be no end. They are all revolutionary soldiers,
Bleeding and sweating is commonplace, but if you suffer a little bit, you will complain all the time? You shouldn't agree to them."
Lu Ming smiled and said: "Director Fan, they are not on the battlefield now, and they are not soldiers, but civil servants. They cannot always follow the strict standards of military personnel. They should be given normal treatment as national civil servants. Besides, this is a large country.
In Shanghai, if conditions permit, the treatment should be more generous."
"I know you have good intentions and want to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, but if you spend money like this, there will be a shortage of funds in the future." Director Fan said worriedly.
"Don't worry, Director Fan, I'll be here for one day and I guarantee you won't worry about money." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"That's fine. With your words, I'll just spend the money that needs to be spent." Director Fan became excited.
He immediately asked someone to write out a request for funds for the purchase of stoves, copper stoves, firewood, and charcoal. Lu Ming signed it neatly, and then Fan Xilin followed Lu Ming to the Finance Department to withdraw the money.
Yuan Ziyuan and two female accountants had just returned from a meal out. When they saw that Lu Ming's signature was already on the order, without saying a word, she opened the safe, took out the money and handed it to Fan Xilin.
Yuan Ziyuan was not used to the large pot of rice in the cafeteria, so when the general manager came to set food standards for her, she simply refused, saying that she would pay to eat out and not eat free meals in the cafeteria.
This is her style. Even in Sheng's, she eats out, not in Sheng's cafeteria.
Relatively speaking, Lu Ming is more casual about eating and drinking, and is not that particular. He has been a reporter for several months. In his free time, he and his companions eat seafood, and when he is busy, he can just eat a bowl of noodles.
"Are you starting to win people's hearts now?" When there were no outsiders in the room, Yuan Ziyuan whispered to Lu Ming and smiled.
"Yes, you have to win people's hearts early, and you have to start with small things." Lu Ming also laughed in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Yanning entered the room.
Yuan Ziyuan took out a paper bag from the drawer and hurriedly went to meet it and said: "Adjutant Huang, I was just looking for you. I see that you don't usually wear a coat, so I specially knitted a woolen scarf for you. You can try it on."
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"I... No need, I'm not cold..." Huang Yanning looked awkward, neither answering nor pushing.
"Adjutant Huang, oh no, Section Chief Huang, just accept it. It's a little bit of my sister's kindness. You can't buy the warm brand ones outside." Lu Ming joked.
"Lu Ming, don't talk nonsense." Yuan Ziyuan put the paper bag into Huang Yanning's hand and said, "Brothers and sisters, they are all revolutionary comrades now." After saying this, she couldn't help but laugh.
Huang Yanning had no choice but to take the paper bag and said to Lu Ming: "Director-General Lu, you can't pamper them like this. This money is like running water. I can't stand it anymore. There will be many places to use money in the future."
"What I spent was Duke Sheng's money, but what Ziyuan spent was her own money. Haha, it's different." Lu Ming said with a playful smile.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, I just bribed Adjutant Huang, so what?" Yuan Ziyuan turned around and picked up a bag of tea on the table and handed it to Huang Yanning and said, "There is also a bag of good tea here, take it and drink it.
give him."
Huang Yanning had no choice but to take the scarf and tea, find an excuse and run away quickly. He was afraid that Yuan Ziyuan would bring out something later.