Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 18

"Neither of us has a serious job, but after all, you can make money much better than me now." Liu Jianguo said with a sigh.

Wang Weidong glanced at Liu Jianguo's legs. His right leg was much thinner than his left.

"I heard that the factory is going to build a tofu shop, a photo studio, and a steamed bun shop in order to provide employment for people like us," Wang Weidong said.

All the production and service factories and stores in Xiangyang Chemical Factory are owned by the state, and none of them are private. According to the policy, the state does not allow private companies to start businesses, even barbershops!

"I can't do those jobs with my body. I want to be a projectionist in a movie theater, but that job is so popular that I can't get in at all!" Liu Jianguo said regretfully.

"How many people like you are there in our factory?" Wang Weidong asked suddenly.

Liu Jianguo thought for a while and replied: "There are at least a dozen people around the same age, deaf-mute, lame, and polio."

Wang Weidong was thoughtful after hearing this.

The two chatted for two hours and Wang Weidong returned home at noon.

When Wang Weidong was having lunch with his grandma, he suddenly asked, "Is the deputy factory manager Fang who runs the factory in the factory my grandfather's apprentice?"

"Yes, among the apprentices of the old workers in the factory, many of your grandfather's apprentices later became leaders! When I was looking for someone to solve your job, the first thing I thought of was Fang Huawen. When he was in his twenties, your grandfather didn't Take him home for dinner, but you are unwilling." Grandma Huang Guiying replied.

Wang Weidong began to think about things again after listening.

In the afternoon, Wang Weidong went to the savings office to withdraw 500 yuan from his passbook, leaving only a small change.

When he withdraws the money, it feels like withdrawing several 10 yuan from the bank all at once decades later.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Wang Weidong put on a clean dress and leather shoes, combed his hair before leaving the house.

He walked a few blocks to Residential Building No. [-].

Although this building has the same structure as other residential buildings, the only difference is that all the factory leaders live here.

Wang Weidong walked into the second floor of the second door, he paused and knocked on the door on the left.

The door opened quickly, and a middle-aged woman with curly hair opened the door slightly and looked at Wang Weidong suspiciously.

As a leader, there are often people with various purposes in the family who come to the house. There are too many people and it takes a long time, which is very annoying.

"What's the matter with you?" the woman asked.

"I'm looking for Uncle Fang. I'm Wang Zhenwu's grandson, and I have serious business!" Wang Weidong replied.

Wang Weidong's answer was very unserious. Has anyone approached the leader because of unscrupulous things?
The woman didn't let Wang Weidong in immediately, but turned her head and shouted into the room: "Old Fang! Someone is looking for you, Wang Wu's grandson!"

A middle-aged man wearing glasses appeared behind the woman and looked at Wang Weidong suspiciously.

"Uncle Fang, it's me Weidong! My grandfather Wang Zhenwu, you have been to my house before!" Wang Weidong said loudly.

The deputy factory director in charge of the management of the subordinate enterprises of Xiangyang Chemical Factory thought about it for a long time and finally said to Wang Weidong with a smile: "It turns out to be Weidong, come in!"

A leader is a leader. Fang Huawen pulled his wife behind him and opened the door for Wang Weidong himself.

As soon as he entered the room, Wang Weidong saw a row of people taking off their shoes in the corridor. He hurriedly took off his polished leather shoes to reveal brand new nylon socks.

"Don't take it off, don't take it off!" Fang Huawu said politely.

Now in the entire Xiangyang Chemical Factory, there should be no more than ten houses that need to take off their shoes when entering the room.

"Your grandfather did a good job teaching and leading. I was his apprentice, and he always taught us hand in hand!" Fang Huawen said to Wang Weidong affectionately as he walked into the living room with Wang Weidong.

Walking into the living room, Fang Huawen pointed to the sofa and asked Wang Weidong to sit down.

There is no place to buy sofas now, and the workmanship should be done by workers in the factory.

Wang Weidong put his hands on his knees and said, "Uncle Fang, I am here this time to report to you my recent thoughts."

After he finished speaking, he took out fifty cards from his pocket and placed them on the coffee table in front of him.

Hearing Wang Weidong's last sentence, Fang Huawen was in a daze—is there something wrong with you, kid?Come to me and report your thoughts.

But when he saw Wang Weidong's thick stack of money on the coffee table, he jumped up as if seeing a bomb!
"What are you doing? Hurry up and get out!" Fang Huawen shouted.

Because the voice was too loud, her wife also went to the living room door to look inside, and she was also stunned when she saw the 500 yuan.

When others go through the back door, they just take two bottles of wine and two cigarettes. She has never seen such a big deal from Wang Weidong!
This is the annual salary of an ordinary worker.

"Uncle Fang, you misunderstood me. I didn't give you the money through the back door. I came back from the educated youth spot in May and went to the county farmer's market to sell vegetables without a job. After half a year, the living expenses of my grandma and I were left. More than 500 yuan." Wang Weidong said.

Fang Huawen thought for a while and said, "It seems that there is such a thing. You are the model of Fengshan County's propaganda, right?"

"It's me!" Wang Weidong replied proudly.

"Just talk about things, and put away the money!" Fang Huawen said.

He watched Wang Weidong put the money away before he sat down slowly.

"It's almost winter now, and my business is over. I originally planned to spend half a year comfortably at home, and then work again after the beginning of spring next year, but I feel very uncomfortable after going to the home of my classmate Liu Jianguo today." Wang Weidong bowed his head. Said.

"You must know Liu Jianguo's parents! His father, Liu Limin, is a ministerial model worker. His mother is richer and more famous. She has been featured in newspapers and taken photos with leaders in Beijing. She is a national model worker! But he was born with a disability, and now he has hands and hands. There are a large number of people without jobs, and there is no hope for him.” Wang Weidong continued.

It was too heavy to say here, Wang Weidong suddenly slapped the coffee table with his hand and said: "I thought about it all afternoon, it's nothing to live alone, I want to take everyone to work together, so that disabled youth like Liu Jianguo in the factory can have something to do." Dry!"

So many foreshadowings have been done before, so Wang Weidong's words are resounding.

Fang Huawen, who was still in a heavy mood, suddenly cheered up. He patted Wang Weidong on the shoulder and said, "Weidong, you are right to think so! We want to make progress together."

There are so many unemployed young people in the factory, which is very troublesome, especially the pressure on the factory leaders is very high.

But what can be thought of now is to increase service industries such as haircuts, steamed buns and tofu, and young people are not willing to do it at all.

"Radios are so easy to sell now, so I want to take the lead in setting up a radio factory with more than a dozen people specializing in the production of radios!" Wang Weidong said.

Fang Huawen stared blankly at Wang Weidong, he didn't expect that Wang Weidong had such a big plan as soon as he made an exit.

"It's a good idea, but we are the Fifth Machinery Department, and the electronics department is the Fourth Machinery Department. It is too troublesome to produce radios, and we have to report to the Ministry for coordination between the ministries and committees." Fang Huawen said awkwardly.

In the era of the planned economy, no matter how few or simple production materials needed in factories, they had to be reported to the Ministry, and then the Ministry would coordinate and then assign production tasks to other ministries and commissions before dispatching them to the factories.

"Factory Manager Fang, I have already asked. The radio is nothing more than a speaker magnet and a few diodes and triodes. It is very simple! It doesn't take many components to set up a small factory. The factory even solves the employment of the disabled, how much face it is to say it!" Wang Weidong said.

In fact, what he wants to say is that this is a matter of the achievements of the factory leaders.

"If the radio factory is established, I will lead everyone to work hard and never cause trouble to the factory! The salary is completely up to us and we have to pay a little fee to the factory!" Wang Weidong continued.

This is affiliation. The current national policy does not allow private enterprises. Individuals can only use the name of state-owned enterprises and the government to establish enterprises. Enterprises are affiliated with state-owned enterprises and the government, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses.

However, due to unclear property rights, many economic disputes arose a few years or more than ten years later.Many well-run businesses were wiped out as a result.

Fang Huawen said: "I will bring this matter up at the meeting. The leaders should sit together and study it. Don't be impatient, take your time."

When sending Wang Weidong out, Fang Huawen saw the opposite door move slightly.

"Weidong, your grandfather is my master. You will come to play at home often in the future! I will definitely report your suggestions to the secretary of the factory director. You have done a good job without self-sacrifice and self-sacrifice!" Fang Huawen said loudly.

After sending Wang Weidong away, Fang Huawen went back to the living room and sat on the sofa and sighed, "I made 500 yuan in half a year!"

His wife said: "You didn't hear clearly just now, he said that after the living expenses, there are more than 500 left!"

"Yes, the society has changed. You can earn so much money as a small businessman." Fang Huawen said.As a factory leader, he has not earned as much as Wang Weidong.

People who are always concerned about national affairs are indeed more sensitive than ordinary people.

When Wang Weidong returned home, his grandma asked him where he had been just now.

Wang Weidong told everything about going to Fang Huawen's house.

"Why didn't you take me with you? If I went, he might have agreed because he had eaten the food I cooked back then!" Huang Guiying said angrily.

"If you go, it's a private matter, and it's for myself. But I went to his house not for myself, but to help the factory solve the employment problem!" Wang Weidong said aboveboard.

He felt that the more this was done, the easier it was to solve the problem. Wang Weidong showed Fang Huawen the 500 yuan to let him know that he was doing well, and he stood up for the disabled children in the factory.

It will be easy to set up a factory in a few decades, but not now.Wang Weidong felt that the matter could only be resolved by letting the factory leaders know about it politically.

The leaders of the state-owned factories don't even think about making money and making profits. What they think about is completing the production tasks assigned by the state.

(End of this chapter)