Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 36 Decoupling One
Wang Weidong forgot that unmarried men and women have deep meanings for a man to ask a girl to knit a sweater. This is equivalent to asking a girl if you would like to have a date with me, and if the girl is willing, she will really knit a sweater.

No wonder Chen Jihong's face turned red all of a sudden.

From then on, Chen Jihong sat silently for two or three days, with a smile on his face from time to time.

In this small factory for the disabled, Chen Jihong is the most innocent and kind-hearted. According to people's deepest dark concept, this is stupid!
Chen Jihong, a silly girl, took Wang Weidong's joke seriously.

Every night at [-] o'clock when Wang Weidong organized everyone to watch the news in front of the TV to strengthen their studies, Shi Yueshuang and a few other people attending the TV University were immersed in installing the radio, and they wanted to make up for the workload that was delayed due to attending lectures during the day.

The first 10 minutes of the three 25-minute news are domestic news, and the last 5 minutes are foreign news.

On this day, Wang Weidong and the others saw a news on TV that two countries in the Persian Gulf were fighting.

At that time, none of them thought that this news had anything to do with Xiangyang Chemical Factory or them.

Almost every day when he reads the news, Wang Weidong can hear four words: earning foreign exchange through export!Earn foreign exchange through export! !Earn foreign exchange through export! ! !

Exporting agricultural products can earn foreign exchange, exporting shoes, hats and clothes can also earn foreign exchange, and exporting oil can also earn foreign exchange, but these products are not as strong as exporting weapons!

A few months after Wang Weidong and the others saw the news of the war in the Persian Gulf, Xiangyang Chemical Factory received a large number of foreign trade orders for the production of Type 69 tank shells from the Ministry!

Xiangyang Chemical Factory ushered in the best period since the establishment of the factory.

Factory Manager Shi said vigorously at the production mobilization meeting: "The state has given us a very good policy, and the policy is favorable to companies like us that can export and earn foreign exchange! The factory will immediately increase the quota of 20 regular workers, and the number will rise one level. There are also new policies on wages and bonuses! A large number of new machine tools and other advanced equipment will arrive soon! The factory office will decide to build another [-] residential buildings and spend [-] yuan to purchase receiving and transmitting equipment. We, Xiangyang Chemical The factory also wants to build its own TV station! Comrades, with such good conditions, we must work hard and work hard! Resolutely complete the arduous task entrusted to us by the state!"

The walls on both sides of the road in the factory are covered with large slogans promoting production. The workers on the road ride bicycles faster when they go to work. The production workshop, cafeteria, and leadership office all work in three shifts.

Accompanied by sweat and fatigue is a substantial increase in wages and bonuses. The money in hand every month has almost doubled compared to before, and wages of more than [-] are everywhere.

Workers' income has increased significantly, and their consumption power has also increased immediately. The vegetable market of Xiangyang Chemical Factory is full of people from nearby villages who come to sell vegetables, chicken, duck, fish and other agricultural products.

The family members of the employees are no longer stingy with money. They buy meat, chickens and eggs every day to go back home and cook them in different ways for their men to nourish their bodies.

A factory with good economic benefits has driven the economy of the entire Fengshan County.

Now, the employees and family members of Xiangyang Chemical Factory are full of pride when they walk outside and talk about their identities.

Following Xiangyang Chemical Factory's trend of increasing work bonuses, Wang Weidong is also quietly raising the wages of radio factory workers.

Shi Yueshuang took the ledger to look for Wang Weidong.

"Weidong, you can't do this! For more than half a year, the money transferred to our factory account by the Supply and Marketing Headquarters has decreased every month. Even if the money in our original account is included, we can only survive for a year and a half. "Shi Yueshuang said.

The radios produced by the radio factory are generally first placed at the counters of the supply and marketing cooperatives in cities and counties across the province. After being sold, the rest is collected and deducted from various expenses. Poor, so the money back is getting less and less.

"How long can we last if we don't raise wages? Two years? In the end, we still can't do it!" Wang Weidong said.

"Now that the wages of Xiangyang Chemical Factory are rising slowly, should we just watch it?" Wang Weidong continued.

"Write a report and tell the factory about our difficulties. Now that the factory's benefits are so good, it's nothing to spend a little money on," Shi Yueshuang said.

"If you want to talk about it, you can talk about it, and Deputy Director Fang will definitely give you face!" Wang Weidong said.

Shi Yueshuang is the factory director's daughter, and deputy factory director Fang must treat her better than Wang Weidong.

"I can't go, it's not good for me to go to Deputy Director Fang." Shi Yueshuang said.

"Okay, then I'll go find Deputy Director Fang." Wang Weidong said.

Wang Weidong felt that now was a good opportunity, an opportunity to completely separate the radio factory from the Xiangyang Chemical Factory.

The next morning, Wang Weidong blocked Fang Huawen's office before working hours. When Deputy Factory Manager Fang walked to the office door, he also followed in with a playful smile.

"Uncle Fang, now our factory is encountering a little difficulty, for the sake of the party-state, can you give us a hand?" Wang Weidong said.

"Watching revolutionary movies, you don't learn from good people, but from bad people! If you have something to say, speak up!" Fang Huawen said.

"The sales of radios in our factory are getting worse and worse, and the payment is getting less and less. Can Xiangyang Chemical Factory help us? The factory leader also said before that the establishment of this small factory is to provide employment for the disabled youth in the factory. There is nothing for the factory to give. Now that Xiangyang Chemical Factory is so profitable, why not give some." Wang Weidong asked.

"Weidong, so I have a good impression of you. I think you are self-reliant, self-reliant, daring to think and do it! Isn't it the same to lead more than 30 disabled youths to live well without relying on the state or the factory? Now why do you want to reach out to the factory? "Fang Huawen said.

"Isn't it difficult now, the factory doesn't care who cares about us?" Wang Weidong murmured knowingly.

"Encountered difficulties? I don't think I know how high your factory wages are? In fact, someone told me about this a long time ago, but I think you are all children of the factory, that is, our own children, and children with disabilities. Take a little and get more, after all, you earned the money yourself. But now that the radio factory is in trouble, you should think of lowering the wages instead of reaching out to the factory!" Fang Huawen said.

"Everyone can go up or down. If I lower wages for the workers, they will fight me hard!" Wang Weidong explained.

"At the beginning, the factory provided 2000 yuan of start-up capital and provided factory buildings free of charge. This support is already great. Now you have to solve problems yourself! People, you have to be self-reliant and strong! Don't always think about reaching out!" Fang Huawen said seriously.

(End of this chapter)