The third uncle wanted to buy Yan Jiefang an apprenticeship for 300 yuan, but Yang Jun would definitely not agree.
This is not a question of more money or less, but a question of principle.
Yang Jun never accepts money from others, even if he doesn't care about the deaf old lady's jade Ruyi, would he care about your money?
He has no shortage of money.
He would never find a job for others just because of money. Even if he gave others a job, he would always have his own plans.
Especially when it comes to factory mergers, he can't afford to be in the limelight. There are many pairs of eyes around him staring at him.
Yang Jun pushed the money back and said with a serious face: "Third uncle, this is not a question of whether there is money or not. It is really something that cannot be done."
"Junzi, please help the third uncle. Liberation is not too early. I will be eighteen this year. If I don't find a serious job, I won't even be able to marry a wife by then."
Yang Jun saw that the third uncle was worried about the children of his Lao Yan family, so he said,
"Third uncle, it is indeed difficult to arrange for Yan Jiefang to enter the factory now. Otherwise, you can wait for another two or three months. Now they are planning to build a steelmaking plant. The factory will definitely recruit a large number of workers. I will reserve a place for you by then.
How about it?"
"Junzi, are you telling the truth?" the third uncle said excitedly, pulling his sleeve.
Yang Jun slapped his hand away without leaving a trace and shrank back.
"Third uncle, I won't lie to anyone if I lie to you. I don't need to give you any orders when the time comes. I will reserve a place for Jiefang."
Yang Jun knew in his heart that if he didn't give the third uncle an accurate word tonight, he would definitely continue to stalk him.
However, Yang Jun promised the third uncle that he would not worry about it.
When the steelmaking plant is completed, some technical backbones will definitely be transferred from the steel rolling plant, and the remaining employees will have to be recruited. At that time, he will not mind giving Yan Jiefang an apprenticeship.
"Junzi, the third uncle would like to thank you."
"Look...it's so late, Third Uncle won't delay your rest."
The third uncle's old face bloomed like a chrysanthemum. As soon as he heard that Yang Jun agreed to the matter, he immediately stopped pestering him.
"Go back, third uncle."
Yang Jun wished he could go back to bed early.
But when the third uncle left, he never mentioned the three hundred yuan.
After answering home, Yang Jun found that the light in the study was still on and Yi Qiushui was still waiting for him.
"Didn't I let you sleep first?"
Yi Qiushui stretched out lazily and said coquettishly, "Isn't that why I'm worried about you?"
"I'm going to discuss something with Lao Li. There's nothing to worry about."
Yi Qiushui pouted, stood up, spread her hands out, looking coquettish.
Yang Jun had no choice but to squat down and carry her upstairs to sleep.
After tonight, he knew that he should try to reduce the number of times he went out at night in the future, so as not to let Yi Qiushui worry about him.
…
Go to work the next day.
There were still meetings all morning. The two factories were about to be merged. There was a lot of work to be done. There was a meeting in the morning and a meeting in the afternoon every day to report on the progress of the work in a timely manner.
In fact, all other jobs are easy to do, but the most difficult one is the housing management department.
The steel rolling mill suddenly had more than a thousand people, and accommodation for these people was a big problem.
The housing problem for cadres is easy to solve. Most of them have families and have their own cadre housing. The most difficult thing is employee housing.
The large courtyards in Forty-Nine City have long been snatched up by various units. Now there is no spare house for them. These employees used to live in the machine repair factory. Now that they have been merged, they can't live there anymore. After all, they go back and forth for a couple of days.
A journey of several hours will definitely delay production.
Wu Zilou, the deputy chief of the housing management department, has broken his leg over this matter in the past two days.
There are several warehouses for storing sundries in the steel rolling mill. In the past few days, he organized people to tidy up the things in the warehouses, and then organized people to clean them again. They simply painted them white and transformed them into a real large dormitory.
It’s done.
Each warehouse can accommodate hundreds of people, and it's so crowded that there's not even a place to stay.
There is no other way but to let them live there temporarily.
However, this is not a long-term solution, and the problem still needs to be solved at the root. Yang Jun held a meeting with several leaders and decided to build two employee dormitories.
There is no shortage of steel bars and cement, and construction can start at any time. However, the weather is still cold and it is not suitable to start construction. We can only postpone it. As soon as the weather warms up, construction will start here as soon as possible.
At noon, Yang Jun took advantage of his meal time to drive to Jinshui Bridge.
As soon as they entered the yard, they saw about ten more people in the yard. Under Yang Jun's repeated urging, the Lao Wu decoration team added about ten more people.
I haven't seen you for a few days, and the house has been almost decorated.
Due to the large number of people and the strength, the decoration of each room is already in the final stage, waiting for the floor tiles to solidify.
Lao Wu found several large stoves and placed them in the middle of the house. The charcoal fire inside burned very brightly to dry the room as quickly as possible.
Yang Jun walked around each room and was very satisfied with the decoration. If he follows the decoration progress, he can move in tomorrow night.
The glass on the windows had been replaced with large pieces. If it weren't for the window lattice, he would have thought he was standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling window.
All the bluestones in the yard have been replaced with new ones, and the ones with moss on them are being transported out by a few big men.
Yang Jun stamped his feet hard on the ground. He felt very solid and did not feel empty.
"Brother Yang, if you come over at this time tomorrow, you can inspect the house." Lao Wu handed over a cigarette.
Yang Jun didn't take a closer look at what the cigarette was, so he took it and held it in his mouth.
Lao Wu quickly lit the fire.
"Master Lao Wu, you have worked hard these days. I will treat you all to a nice meal when the time comes."
Lao Wu chuckled and said, "There's no need. It doesn't matter whether we eat good food or not. As long as Brother Yang takes care of us rough guys, we have a good meal."
"Okay, that's done."
What Lao Wu said was not a polite word, but the true thoughts in his heart. These people really don't care about big fish and meat, as long as they can open their bellies and have a full meal.
Yang Jun suddenly saw a painter painting the two mottled doors of his house, so he pointed at the man and said to Lao Wu,
"Master Lao Wu, just ask the master to just paint the inside of the door, but don't paint the outside."
Lao Wu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood.
He understands the principle that wealth does not reveal wealth.
Generally speaking, wealthy people do very well on the outside. Even though they are shabby on the outside, they are great on the inside.
Lao Wu gave him an "understood" look and went over to talk to the painter.
In the afternoon, Yang Jun returned to the factory.
As soon as he entered the office, Jiang Haitao came to inform him of a meeting.
The content of the meeting was still to discuss the merger, but this time the meeting was hosted by Li Huaide. He put forward a plan for how to arrange the employees of the machine repair shop after the merger of the factories for everyone to discuss.
Most of the employees in the machine repair shop were engaged in machine maintenance, and the rolling mill originally had machine repairmen. After the merger of the two factories, there was no need for so many machine repairmen, so the content of the meeting was to discuss how to deal with the remaining labor force.
What Li Huaide meant was to implement a one-size-fits-all approach. All mechanics would compete in a skills competition, and those with outstanding results would stay while the others would make their own living.
As soon as Deputy Director Li made this suggestion, it immediately caused a commotion among everyone. Everyone present at the meeting did not agree with his suggestion.
An employee represents a family. If this is applied across the board, at least hundreds of people will lose their jobs. This is an issue related to the livelihood of hundreds of families and must not be taken lightly.
