Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 25 Change is a Quiet One
Factory director Shi was originally a cadre in the ministry. Three years ago, he was sent to the grassroots to come to Xiangyang Chemical Factory as the factory director.

His wife is one of the country's few experts in translation of weapons materials, and she is still working in the Ministry, so the husband and wife can only temporarily separate.

The reason why Director Shi brought his daughter Shi Yueshuang here is to let her relax in this quiet place in northern Xinjiang.

Her daughter has been among the best in school since she was a child, and she usually reads quietly at home. Due to her mother, Shi Yueshuang's foreign language is much better than her peers.

More than a year after arriving at Xiangyang Chemical Factory, one thing hit Shi Yueshuang hard, that is, the country reopened the college entrance examination.If it wasn't for polio, Shi Yueshuang must be sitting in a classroom of a key university now.

Shi Yueshuang became silent, even autistic, shutting herself in the room to read all day long.

This time, the factory set up a factory for the disabled. Director Shi encouraged his daughter to come out to work, of course not for the mere [-] yuan.

Director Shi was very happy to see the smiles on his daughter's face increasing day by day.

But now holding his daughter to honor his big front door, I feel a little uncomfortable.

"We workers have power and are busy working every day..."

This sonorous and powerful song sang the pride of the working class in this society.

As a cadre sent down from above, Director Shi keenly felt that society was slowly changing.More than 70 yuan a month, even a skilled veteran worker in a state-owned factory can't earn that much.

Over the past 30 to [-] years, the tens of millions of workers in this country have received meager wages, and they have nothing left but to support their families, but they have relied on their hard work and selfless labor to support this country.

Foreigners call these people blue ants, which is a compliment to Chinese workers!
But now a worker in a small disabled factory attached to Xiangyang Chemical Factory can earn more than 70 yuan a month.

As the leader of a large state-owned factory, Director Shi felt a little uneasy.

This is how much they earn with overtime pay, Factory Manager Shi comforted himself in his heart.

The end of the year is the busiest time for factory leaders. They have to summarize the work of the year, report the list of ministerial-level model workers, and conduct evaluations to evaluate factory-level model workers and outstanding labor collectives.

Wang Weidong went to the office of deputy factory director Fang.

"Factory Director Fang, the chemical plant has provided so much help to our small factory in the past few months. All the employees of our disabled factory held a meeting and unanimously decided to give fifty radios as prizes to the model workers in the factory." Wang Weidong said .

Over the years, the factory’s rewards for model workers have been things like vests, tea mugs, mirrors, and kettles. The workers don’t think the rewards are cheap, because they value honor more!
Of course, it would be even better if there were better rewards.

Now Wang Weidong came here and proposed to provide [-] radios to the factory for free. Deputy Factory Director Fang was surprised and even more happy when he heard it.

"Weidong, it's right for you to do this! You young people are the children of our Xiangyang Chemical Factory, just like our elders' own children! Especially except that you are all disabled youths, helping you is what we should do You did it! But you are worthy of being the children of Xiangyang Chemical Factory, it is really rare to be so selfless!" Deputy Factory Director Fang praised.

Wang Weidong also held a competition in a small factory with only eight people. The two girls, Shi Yueshuang and Chen Jihong, were the March [-]th Red Banner Bearers. Five people including Liu Jianguo and Bao Qihang were model workers. Only he was not.

Wang Weidong ingeniously bought seven big pig heads at the Fengshan County Farmer's Market as prizes for everyone. It was almost Chinese New Year, and he just bought books worth tens of dollars as New Year's goods.

"We should not forget to strengthen our study after work!" Wang Weidong said.

After New Year's Day, the Spring Festival will be celebrated in less than a month, but for all people, the Spring Festival is only a three-day holiday, and it will pass quickly.

Shortly after the Spring Festival, deputy factory director Fang found Wang Weidong in his office.

"Weidong, there are [-] to [-] disabled youths in our factory. When your factory was first established, most of them were worried and didn't sign up. Now they have figured it out, and they have come to me and asked to enter your radio factory. Look at this What should we do?" Deputy Factory Manager Fang asked with a smile.

Almost every day these days, disabled young people and their parents come to his home to ask to enter the radio factory, and even some able-bodied unemployed young people find their home.

"Factory Manager Fang, you were involved in the formulation of the production plan last year. The raw materials for production were allocated according to the number of these people. If they were allowed to enter the factory now, they would have nothing to do. Wait until October to formulate the next year's production. When planning, we will increase the production plan, and I will definitely let them enter the factory!" Wang Weidong said.

"You're right, let's do it!" Fang Huawen nodded.

As long as there is an explanation to those people, it doesn't matter if it is late.

In February, a sudden war broke out in the southwest, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The production tasks of Xiangyang Chemical Plant also suddenly increased, and overtime became commonplace.

Two months later, the Ministry issued a document allowing Xiangyang Chemical Factory to increase the number of regular employees by [-]. The unemployed youths happily passed on the good news. Soon after, most of them changed their identities to become regular workers of Xiangyang Chemical Factory. .

Even so, the Xiangyang Chemical Factory is still busy, the production area is lit up at night, and the lathes in the workshop are rumbling.

Wang Weidong ordered several newspapers and magazines for the radio factory. Others were mainly concerned about war affairs, while Wang Weidong was concerned about changes in national policies.

In October, the radio factory made a production plan of [-] radios, and Xiangyang Chemical Factory gave up another [-] square meters of factory buildings for the production and warehouse of the radio factory.

One month later, when the electronic components were distributed, more than 20 disabled youths from Xiangyang Chemical Factory entered the factory, and now the factory has more than 30 employees.

In November, Wang Weidong finally saw an article discussing township enterprises in the country's most authoritative newspaper.

In the evening, Wang Weidong was found by his mother again. On the way home, Li Yufeng complained with an ugly face: "To have children is to owe debts in the previous life! There is no way, now times have changed, parents' arms are getting thinner, children's The thighs are getting thicker and thicker, and the arms can't twist the thighs! Your elder brother must marry that Xiaomei, your father can't help at all, I really can't stand it alone, today the whole family is discussing your elder brother's marriage thing."

"My brother's marriage is his business, I don't have any money!" Wang Weidong said angrily.

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