In the grove, the thick leaves blocked the sky, making it impossible for sunlight to penetrate, and only weak light was refracted between the leaves.
The light was dim, and even during the day, Yang Weimin felt dark and scared.
Dead branches and leaves were scattered on the ground, making a rustling sound, and Yang Weimin couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Ma San glared at the uneasy Yang Weimin and sneered repeatedly, reaching out to grab Yang Weimin's shoulders: "My surname is Yang, don't think that you are a relative of Factory Director Yang and the section chief of the Logistics Department. I won't dare to touch you. If you offend me,
I, I slapped the IOU signed by you on Director Yang's face, I don't believe he dares to protect you."
Seeing Ma San's ferocious expression, Yang Weimin shivered in fright, raised his hands slightly, and explained: "Third brother, it's not that I don't want to help. There is a truckload of goods in the third workshop, and there are people from the third workshop and the security department.
Just stare, even if I have great abilities, I still can't do it."
Yang Weimin regretted his dealings with Ma San. Ever since he signed the IOU, Ma San had asked him to use his connections from time to time to get some scraps out of the workshop.
Since the leftover material is not conspicuous, it can be carried out in your pocket.
Relying on their relationship with the deputy workshop director of the third workshop and Ma San's connections in the security department, their actions were successful every time.
This time there are dozens of wooden boxes of workpieces. Even if Yang Weimin is the factory director, there is no way to handle it silently.
Ma San also knew this, and patted Yang Weimin's shoulder gently and said: "Brother Yang, don't worry, I have already inquired clearly. The third workshop will transport a batch of workpieces to the train station in the morning the day after tomorrow, with a total of two hundred tons of workpieces."
, when the time comes, we will secretly load the batch of workpieces on the truck.
I have established a relationship at the train station. When the truck is unloading, our people will hide the marked boxes.
In this case, wouldn't we be able to get something out without anyone noticing?
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He saw Yang Weimin's expression softening and lowered his voice.
"Brother, to tell you the truth, I have already found a buyer for that batch of goods. It is the owner of an underground factory. He is willing to pay two thousand yuan to buy that batch of goods.
Brother, I won’t treat you badly. Let’s add the money to each and make it five and divide it equally.
When the goods are sold, you will not only be able to repay my debt, but also earn five hundred yuan.
You can't find such a good thing even with a lantern."
The underground factory seemed to have a lot of energy in Ma San, and Yang Weimin was a little surprised.
In this era, all factories were state-owned, and even the car repair shops, steamed bun shops, and snack shops on the streets were also state-owned.
Because the number of small traders and individual handicrafts has been greatly reduced, the number of products produced by state-owned enterprises is not enough to meet the needs of the people.
In the following decades, "difficulties in eating," "difficulties in dressing," "difficulties in getting haircuts," and "difficulties in bathing" have plagued the majority of residents.
On one side are the residents who are in urgent need of various goods and services, and on the other side are the small traders and vendors who have lost their original livelihood.
The two hit it off and spawned various underground economies at that time.
The representative of the underground economy is the "underground factory".
They produce some materials that are in short supply on the market, and most of their raw materials come from purchasing from rural areas, purchasing waste materials, and illegally obtaining their raw materials from state-owned enterprises.
Human beings are creatures of desire, and they can take risks for the sake of profit. Some people do profitable business, even decapitation.
Due to the scarcity of materials on the market, the owners of underground factories were often able to obtain huge profits that were astonishing at the time.
Yang Weimin once heard someone talk about an underground factory owner who was arrested a while ago and made more than 10,000 yuan a month.
His life was extremely extravagant. He had four banquets at one time, spending 300 yuan, and spent another 5,000 yuan on furniture.
Except for the youngest, each of the seven sons has a watch and a bicycle.
Yang Weimin could only envy the huge profits of underground bosses. After all, those who dared to open "underground factories" had their heads tied to their belts.
After confirming that Ma San indeed had a way to ship goods, Yang Weimin was a little tempted.
Because of the poverty alleviation workshop, he may be assigned to clean toilets in a few days, and he will not be able to stay at the steel rolling mill.
It would be better to take advantage of the fact that the factory committee meeting has not been convened and the old connections in the steel rolling mill don't know that he has been dealt with and make a lot of money.
In this way, even if you leave the steel rolling mill, you will not be left with nothing.
Five hundred yuan is enough for him to live comfortably for two months.
After weighing the pros and cons, Yang Weimin nodded and agreed to Ma San.
"Third brother, I'm going to make arrangements now, but there's no guarantee it will work."
"Oh, I can rest assured that you will do your best."
Ma San watched Yang Weimin leave with satisfaction, curled his lips and spat disdainfully.
"Boy, do you really think that I don't know that you have fallen? You still want to divide it equally with me, and you don't even look at your own moral character now."
Ma San has been keeping an eye on Yang Weimin. After learning that Yang Weimin was dealt with, he was keenly aware that Yang Weimin might not be able to help him in the future.
In this case, it is better to let Yang Weimin play the final role.
Anyway, Yang Weimin was in charge of everything in the steel rolling mill. Even if Yang Weimin was caught in the end, he and Ma San would not be affected.
Thinking about these things, Ma San felt that he was extremely smart, and left the woods humming a little tune.
It was working time at this time, and there was a lively scene in the third workshop. The machines were roaring, the equipment was humming, and the workers were busy running around.
The workers in blue and black overalls were sweating profusely from exhaustion, but their faces were filled with proud and satisfied smiles because they knew they were making contributions to the country.
Deputy workshop director Han Laoliu put his hands behind his back and looked over the workers' hands with sharp eyes. If he encountered any problems, he would call the workers aside and explain them in detail.
"Director Han, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, all the workpieces I made today would have become waste."
"Tiedan, you're welcome, this is my duty." Seeing Zhou Tiedan looking a little uneasy, Han Laoliu comforted him: "You don't have to be nervous, you just joined the factory, it's normal for mistakes to occur if your workmanship is not good.
, just pay attention in the future. I will not record your mistake in the diary."
"Thank you, Director Han, you are such a good person."
Zhou Tiedan was so grateful that he almost shed tears. If his mistakes were recorded, his salary would not be deducted, but he would be criticized in the daily morning meeting.
If a worker who has just joined the factory is criticized, his reputation may be ruined and he may attract strange looks, which may make his life in the workshop very difficult in the future.
"Okay, keep working."
Director Han nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left, then walked around the workshop with his hands behind his back.
He enjoyed the grateful looks of the workers.
Of course, it would be even better if you could become a workshop director.
After all, the deputy director of the workshop is still a worker, but the director of the workshop is different. He can work instead of doing work and enjoy the treatment of a leader.
Director Han has been running around for most of his life in order to become a leader, but he has never gotten the chance, otherwise he would not be brothers with Yang Weimin, a young boy.
Thinking of Yang Weimin, Director Han felt a little uncomfortable.
In his interactions with Yang Weimin, he has always been on the giving side.
For example, every time the two of them go out for a drink, Director Han pays for the meals and drinks.
Every time something happened at Yang Weimin's family, he was always busy and treated Yang Weimin's parents with more respect than his own biological parents.
He even risked his life to help Yang Weimin clear out leftover materials from the workshop.
After paying so much, Director Han’s ultimate goal is to gain access to Factory Director Yang through Yang Weimin and become the workshop director as soon as possible.
It is a pity that Yang Weimin has always excused himself by saying that the time is not yet ripe.
'It seems that we can't place all our hopes on Yang Weimin. Maybe we should take the path of Deputy Factory Director Liu again.'
Just when Director Han was hesitating, a workshop worker came over and reported: "Director, Section Chief Yang from the Materials Department is waiting for you outside the workshop."
Why is this guy here now? Are you asking me to treat him to a drink when I get off work later?
Director Han left the workshop fuming.
Yang Weimin was waiting by the flower bed when he saw Director Han coming out and waved to him: "Old Han, here."
"Brother Yang, why are you here in person? If you have anything to do, just ask the department staff to notify me." Director Han said with a smile.
Yang Weimin was very satisfied with Director Han's attitude. He took out the special Chinese cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and threw it to Director Han.
"Thank you, Brother Yang." Director Han took the cigarette and naturally struck a match and lit it.
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Yang Weimin secretly cursed you, country bumpkin, for smoking such a good cigarette is really a waste.
In the past, he would definitely teach Director Han a lesson at this time and let Director Han know the extraordinary origin of this cigarette.
But now, for the sake of the big plan, Yang Weimin could only pretend not to care and said: "It's okay, these cigarettes are not expensive, a box only costs more than thirty yuan."
"More than thirty yuan." Director Han was startled, took the cigarette out of his mouth, and thought about it again and again.
For a long time, he didn't understand why this thing was so expensive.
When he saw that there was only a little bit of the cigarette butt left, he was almost heartbroken, so he quickly put the cigarette butt in his mouth and started sucking it.
That look made Yang Weimin couldn't help but curl his lips secretly.
After Director Han smoked out his cigarette, Yang Weimin put his arm on Director Han's shoulders and said with a smile: "Old Han, good things are about to happen to you."
"Good thing. Could it be that Director Yang has agreed to let me be the workshop director?" Director Han smiled happily.
"." Yang Weimin pursed his lips and said, "That's about right. We'll talk about the specific situation when we're drinking in the evening."
"Okay okay"
When he heard that he could be the workshop director, Director Han no longer cared about money and nodded repeatedly.
"That night, Dong Laishun." Yang Weimin was halfway through his sentence. He seemed to have remembered something, waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the tavern. There are fewer people there and it's quieter."
"Okay, okay, bistro." Director Han was already immersed in excitement and naturally nodded in agreement.
After Yang Weimin left, Director Han seemed very excited, eagerly looking forward to the arrival of get off work time.
I finally looked forward to the time when the bell rang for work.
Instead of pretending to work overtime in the workshop as usual, he rushed to the car shed, got on his bicycle and ran home.
Director Han knew that even if he ate in the tavern, he would pay for it, so he naturally had to prepare the money and meat tickets.
Yang Weimin never brings money with him when he eats.
Return home.
Director Han's wife Da Cui was doing laundry. When she saw Director Han coming back, she asked curiously: "Old man, why are you not active today?"
"What are you trying to be positive about? I'm going to make progress!" Director Han parked his bicycle at the door, hurried into the house and rummaged through the box.
"Progress." Da Cui was stunned for a moment when he heard this. When he realized what he said, he was so happy that he couldn't even care about washing clothes and chased him into the house.
"Old Han, are you going to be a leader?"
"Absolutely. That guy Yang Weimin seems to have mastered Factory Director Yang's work."
As Director Han spoke, he took out an iron box from the cabinet and opened it with reluctance. Inside was a pile of banknotes and seven or eight meat stamps.
The pile of banknotes seemed to be over a hundred dollars thick.
Director Han is a sixth-level blacksmith and earns a monthly salary of sixty-two yuan. The two of them have only one child and don’t have much expenses on weekdays, so they have saved so much money.
Director Han counted out fifty yuan from the banknotes, took three more meat stamps, and put them into the pocket inside his overalls.
"Will you spend so much money this time? I want to buy a new cotton-padded jacket, but you are not willing to part with it." Da Cui complained when she saw Director Han taking the money.
Director Han glared at her: "Women have long hair and short knowledge. If I become the workshop director, all the workers will have to fawn over me. Then I will have as many new cotton-padded jackets as you want."
"A workshop director has so much energy? Lao Zhu is the workshop director, and I don't see anyone fawning over him."
Although Dacui thinks that being an official is a good thing, she doesn't believe that anyone would curry favor with the workshop director.
Director Han raised his wrist and saw that the time on the watch was still early, so he sat down and took a sip of water while explaining the secret to Da Cui.
"That's because Lao Zhu doesn't know how to be an official. The position of workshop director is very critical. He handles the factory leaders at the top and manages the workers at the bottom."
"Of course you have to compliment and flatter someone."
"We need to be strict with workers and make them afraid."
"Although the workshop director cannot fire workers, he can assign work to workers."
"In the workshop, some jobs are easy and some are difficult."
"Those workers naturally have to curry favor with me in order to do easy work."
"Not to mention that the workshop director still has the power to veto when workers are promoted."
"Also, scraps from the workshop."
After saying this, Director Han woke up with a start. He knew that his wife was a big mouth.
Director Han looked at Dacui with a cold face: "Dacui, don't go out and do anything before my appointment."
Da Cui just heard about the workshop director Da Youqian Jing, her eyes started to twinkle with stars, and now she naturally nodded her head.
"Old man, don't worry, I will definitely not ruin your affairs."
She saw some oil stains on Director Han's clothes and took out a Chinese tunic suit from the room.
"How about you put on these clothes? Don't let that boy Yang Weimin look down on you."