Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 727 Overtime Meal

"Are you teaching me how to be a manager?" Xu Liang's face darkened upon hearing this.

At this moment, Xu Liang's self-esteem seemed to be severely hit. He never thought that a girl who looked so quiet would say such a thing.

"Please forgive my bluntness, but that's what I think." Cheng Qingyan seemed not afraid of Xu Liang at all, and said calmly.

"You guys..." Xu Liang pointed at Cheng Qingyan, but he seemed speechless again, snorted, turned and left.

"Manager Xu, you haven't read the resignation application we wrote..." Jia Zhiqiang said to Xu Liang at the door of the technical department with the resignation application.

"I don't agree!!" After leaving this sentence, Xu Liang ignored Jia Zhiqiang and came to the workshop quickly.

At this time, Xu Liang was extremely anxious and angry, the machine could not be repaired, several college students were about to resign, and Cheng Qingyan from the technical department just humiliated him face to face, which made him feel unacceptable, but he was helpless.

After all, a company is not an army, and it cannot use strict rules and regulations to force workers. Besides, the status of workers is quite high in this era. Even if Xu Liang is the manager, if they really quarrel with workers like Cheng Qingyan, it is he.

The repair of the machine may not be possible, but the production must continue, and foreign trade orders cannot be delayed no matter what, Xu Liang is still well aware of this.

"Manager Xu, this machine..." Seeing Xu Liang return to the workshop, the workshop director Luo Fei immediately went up to him and asked.

"Isn't there still a furnace that can operate normally? Tonight, the whole factory will work overtime until 12 o'clock. You can arrange dinner for everyone in the cafeteria." Xu Liang said to Luo Fei.

"12 o'clock..." Hearing this, Luo Fei was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked: "Manager Xu, everyone has already worked overtime at noon, and we will have to work overtime until 12 o'clock tonight, I'm afraid some workers I can't take it..."

"If you can't stand it, you have to suffer! Do you know how tight our factory's production orders are? If we can't deliver on time, we will not only lose money, but also compensate other foreign businessmen for losses! Who will pay for the money? You will pay for it. Or should I go?" Xu Liang said angrily.

"This... alright." Luo Fei could only do as he heard.

Then Luo Fei went to each team in the workshop to inform the workers to work overtime, and Xu Liang glanced at the carburizing furnace that had stopped running, then turned around and immediately went to carry the workpiece.

At this moment, Xu Liang's mood was in a mess, but the work still had to be done. Since the machine was broken, the workers could only do more work, and no matter what, the production progress must be guaranteed.

At this time, after the workers in the workshop were notified to work overtime until 12 o'clock, they were all silent. Apart from the roar of the machines, no one spoke in the huge factory, and the atmosphere seemed very strange.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and at around 6 o'clock in the evening, the cafeteria finally delivered overtime meals.

The food delivered by the cafeteria tonight is a large bucket of stewed vegetables, steamed buns and rice.

The cafeteria of the labor service company has changed a lot since Duan Yun arrived.

In state-owned enterprises, the canteen can be regarded as a kind of welfare for employees. Every meal is subsidized by oil and food stamps, and the meals brought from home are basically equivalent to small cooking.

Food in the cafeteria here is relatively cheap. Soup is 5 cents, vegetarian dishes are 1 cents, tofu is 5 cents, meat is 2 cents, and stir-fry is slightly more expensive, but it is only 2 cents.

Usually the workers go to the cafeteria to eat at this price, but when they work overtime to deliver meals to the workshop, Duan Yun will always add one or two extra meat dishes to the workers, and the money for these meat dishes is calculated in Duan Yun's account Yes, it will be automatically deducted when the salary is paid.

So in fact, the monthly salary Duan Yun actually gets is not much money, and he doesn’t like the salary of 80 yuan. That's why they paid out of their own pockets to give the workers such benefits, and after the workers learned about this, they all admired Duan Yun a little more.

However, after Xu Liang took over as the manager, all departments in the factory began to reduce their expenses, and the canteen was no exception.

Of course, the price of the meals in the cafeteria cannot be changed, but the overtime meal is not as rich as before. It is a simple stew, basically there is not much oil and meat, and the staple food is full.

The workers in the factory used to like to work overtime very much, because on the one hand, Duan Yun was given a high bonus for working overtime, and on the other hand, the meals delivered by the cafeteria were good. He is trying to improve the food, so as long as Duan Yun said that someone needs to work overtime, the people who sign up are very enthusiastic.

But now the bonuses have begun to shrink, and the meals delivered by the cafeteria are not so luscious. There is no doubt that there is not much temptation for these workers who work overtime in the front-line workshops.

"Eat it quickly, the task is a bit tight tonight!" At this time, Xu Liang, who was covered in oil, took a lunch box and made a bowl of stew, then grabbed a steamed bun, sat cross-legged next to the machine, and ate it.

Xu Liang was really hungry. A man of his physique could eat and be capable, and he was not picky. He ate a steamed bun in two or three bites.

The machine was broken, and he had no choice but to extend the overtime hours. For a demobilized cadre who has been in the army for many years, the orders of his superiors are military orders to him. Even if he is desperate, the task must be completed.

But Xu Liang thought so, but the workers next to him didn't think so.

After eating 4 steamed buns and a bowl of stewed vegetables, Xu Liang wiped his mouth and got up to continue working.

However, at this time, he found that the workers next to him were eating very slowly, and some of them didn't even eat at all.

"Hurry up, everyone, try to assemble 45 gearboxes tonight..." Xu Liang said with a frown.

"Manager Xu, I can't work overtime tonight, I have to go home early..." At this time, a senior worker walked up to Xu Liang and said.

"Master Liu, you are also an old technician in our factory. Now the factory has such a heavy production task, so you can work hard." Seeing that the person speaking was one of the three highest-level old technicians in the factory, Xu Liang frowned. Said.

"Manager Xu, I also know that the current production tasks in the factory are heavy, but I am also an elderly person. Some time ago, I found out that my lumbar disc is protruding and I cannot work for a long time. I have been working for a day now. I really can't do it anymore." Said the old master surnamed Liu.

"Manager Xu, I also want to ask for leave. My wife is about to give birth recently, and she complains of stomach pain every day. There is no one to take care of her at home. I'm afraid something will happen..." Another young worker came out from the side and said to Xu Liang. Said.

(End of this chapter)