Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 20 Model Worker Selection

"Model worker?" Duan Yun was stunned when he heard the words, and then asked Han Zhong, "How much bonus can you give for a model worker in our factory?"

"Last year, the model worker in the factory was awarded 20 yuan per person..." Han Zhong thought for a while, and then said: "There is also a certificate and some prizes."

"It's only 20 yuan!?" Duan Yun was immediately disappointed when he heard the words, but quickly asked again: "Then why are you giving me any prizes?"

"Enamel washbasin, water cup, and thermos..."

"..."

Hearing this, Duan Yun suddenly felt cold.

There is only so much reward for working so hard, it's really not as good as he repairs a few more radios!

As for the certificates and honors given by the factory, Duan Yun scoffed even more. This was not the era of the 60s and [-]s when the proletarian sense of honor was overwhelming. In those days, workers would be very happy when they heard a word of praise from the leader. People who are reborn in later generations have a more direct need for material things.

When he thought of making technical improvements, it was aimed at the piece-rate bonus in the workshop. He originally thought that the honor of being a model worker would bring him extra surprises, but now it seems that it is not as good as a chicken rib!
"Duan Yun, you are still young. If you can win the honor of a model worker with this technical transformation, it will be very important to your future." Han Zhong said.

"Yeah, it's really important. If I send a washbasin cup or something, I can use it for many years." Duan Yun showed disapproval on his face, and then joked: "Either I just ignore fame and fortune, who is this model worker? Love when I give it to someone."

"Huh? It's so hard that you don't even want the opportunity to split the factory?" Han Zhong said with some surprise.

"What? Split room?" Duan Yun was stunned for a moment.

"Yeah, workers in our factory who can be rated as model workers will be given priority to be assigned rooms at the end of the year, don't you know that?" Han Zhong asked.

"..."

At this moment, Duan Yun's mood suddenly became excited.

You know, the Duan Yun family of three still lives in a small house of more than ten square meters. The place is so small that it is impossible to put an extra bed. The mother and sister can only sleep on the bunk.

In addition, Duan Yun is now engaged in maintenance, and there is no place to work at home. If more and more electrical appliances are sent for repair in the future, Duan Yun will not even have enough place to put these things, and if they are kept in the rented warehouse for a long time, On the one hand, it is easy to get wet, and on the other hand, it is not safe, and there is a danger of being stolen.

All in all, Duan Yun is in urgent need of a house now.

However, the concept of commercial housing has not yet existed in most places in the country these days, and the division of housing by state-owned enterprises is the only opportunity for Duan Yun to obtain a house at present!

"Does our factory still have an existing house?" Duan Yun asked.

Duan Yun has been in the factory for more than half a month, and he has not heard about the construction of a new house in the factory.

"The new house was handed over last month, and the leaders have been keeping it from spreading the word. Otherwise, people who run away from the relationship will annoy them to death." Han Zhong said to Duan Yun in an 'insider' tone: "It's just the new house. It is a little far from our factory. It occupies the land allocated to our factory by the city, and there are only three buildings. It is said to be a dormitory building, but it is actually a unit building. design."

"Not bad." Duan Yun said in surprise.

Although in later generations the apartment buildings with two bedrooms and one living room belonged to small houses, but in the 80s, residential buildings with such a configuration were already considered luxury houses!
In addition, the most important thing for Duan Yun is that this new house has an independent kitchen and bathroom, and now Duan Yun has to use the public toilet in the corridor in the dark when going to the toilet at night. , this is undoubtedly torture for Duan Yun...

"Yes, yes, but it's too difficult to get a room." Han Zhong shook his head and said.

"Then what are the criteria for evaluating model workers?" Duan Yun asked repeatedly after hearing this, his eyes lit up.

"The evaluation criteria for a model worker are mainly based on a person's work attitude, how much he works, and his contribution to the factory." Han Zhong paused, then said, "It stands to reason that you are an apprentice who has been in the factory for less than a year. You are not qualified to be selected as a model worker, but with your technical transformation project, the daily processing volume is definitely the largest in the entire workshop. If you show more performance during this period, I think you still have a good chance!"

"Show more?" Duan Yun pondered for a while, then said, "Master, how do you think I should behave?"

"Go back and write an application for joining the party first..."

"Is it useful to write this stuff? New workers like me don't have the chance to join the party, right?" Duan Yun said with disapproval.

"Whether you can join the party or not is another matter, the key is that you must have this attitude!" Han Zhong obviously wanted to give Duan Yun some advice, but he continued to say: "You can't see the leader just by working, everything is useless! If you go back and write an application for joining the party, and then show your enthusiasm in front of the secretary, he will pay more or less attention to you, and if you do more work than others during this period, you will definitely get it slowly. The secretary's attention, in the future, if you do something about this technical transformation project, so that the secretary can also benefit from this project, he will definitely take care of you..."

"Uh." Duan Yun was stunned when he heard the words.

Han Zhong undoubtedly reminded Duan Yun.

In the past two years, people's sophistication is similar to that of later generations. The more people who work by the leader's side, the easier it is to improve.

The factory evaluates the model workers every year, and the team leader is the workshop director.

Duan Yun is working so hard in the workshop now that he may be able to ask the workshop owner to give him a nomination, but the list will be reported to the factory director secretary. With his qualifications and length of service, there are nine out of ten cases where he will be directly rejected by the big leaders, so he will play a role. It's just a role to accompany the prince to read.

"Tomorrow will enter August. Every year, our factory will select a new batch of model workers before the National Day. I estimate that the factory will formulate and select this year's model workers in one week soon, so you have to act as soon as possible. ." Han Zhong reminded.

"I understand." Duan Yun nodded and said, "I'll go back and write an application for joining the party."

Master Han Zhong's remarks are indeed of great help to Duan Yun. There are some things that must be fought for. For Duan Yun now, the room is very important. It can even be said that it is even more important than his current business of repairing electrical appliances. important!
As long as there is a new house, the life of Duan Yun's family will be greatly improved, and Duan Yun's living and working conditions will be greatly improved in the future, so this is definitely Duan Yun's top priority now!

"Okay, clean up your workstation now. You're going to get off work soon. You've been tossing around all night. Go back and rest early." Han Zhong glanced at his watch and patted Duan Yun on the shoulder with a smile.

"Done!" Duan Yun responded, and immediately began to pack up the tools and parts on the ground.

Considering that the people on the day shift will use this machine tool to process other parts, Duan Yun quickly disassembled some external equipment on the lathe and put it into the toolbox.

For Duan Yun, he will not disclose his technical transformation project without clear benefits. He knows that this lathe automation improvement is a card that he can use in the future and cannot be easily exposed. After a conversation with the master just now, he already had other plans.

(End of this chapter)