Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 698 The Uninvited Guest

On the morning of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the weather was dry and cold. Liu Xi was wearing an old military overcoat and stood straight at the gate of the labor service company.

Today is Liu Xi's first day at work. He has an uncontrollable joy in his heart. From time to time, he rubs his blushing face with his hands, and his jet-black pupils are shining brightly.

In fact, being able to work in a labor service company has always been something that Liu Xi longed for. Before finishing junior high school, Liu Xi went home to farm. Last year, he started to help the village collect waste plastic with his father and second brother.

As the plastic factory in Majunying Village became more and more prosperous, the price of waste products also rose a little bit. Liu Xi ran from morning to night. At the highest point, he once earned 2 yuan and 5 cents a day, which was unprecedented for their annual income. For a family with no more than 1 yuan, it is considered a very high income.

However, as more and more people in the village collect waste plastics, the surrounding villages can no longer receive anything. If they want to make money, they have to travel farther, so that Liu Xi brings two corn cakes from the village at 5 o'clock every day. When I leave home, I can't go home until seven or eight o'clock in the evening. It costs 30 yuan a month.

Seeing that many people in the village work in plastic factories to earn wages, and their income is two or three times higher than his, this makes Liu Xi jealous.

But the plastic factory in the village has a limited number of workers, and most of the workers are relatives of the village head and party secretary and people from five-guarantee households. It is impossible for Liu Xi to work in the village.

And he later heard that Duan Yun's labor service company had recruited a lot of security guards from the village, and he wanted to sign up, but age became the threshold. Years old, but it's a fake age, the police station couldn't register him at all, so he had no choice but to give up.

And at the beginning of January this year, Liu Xi finally officially became an adult at the age of 1. During the Chinese New Year, his father brought a few bottles of old wine hidden for many years to the village party secretary Xu Fugui, and Xu Fugui finally agreed to recommend Liu Xi to him. Duan Yun occupies a position in the security department in their factory.

Duan Yun had agreed to this matter years ago, and on the eighth day of the lunar new year, Liu Xi was finally able to work in the security department of the labor service company, which was a great joy for their family.

Once you have a job, you will have a job. Liu Xi has long heard that the security department of the labor service company has high wages and benefits. Build a new house, and the days to come will get better and better.

Just when Liu Xi was full of joy and looking forward to a better life in the future, a middle-aged man with a short cut came to the gate of the factory on a dilapidated 28 bike in the distance.

"Comrade, work permit!" Seeing this, Liu Xi greeted him immediately.

Liu Xi felt a little strange in his heart. It was already past 9 o'clock in the morning, and the workers in the factory had already entered the factory to start work. At this time, no one should come to the collective.

Moreover, this middle-aged man did not look like a worker. He was wearing a washed-out green military uniform, and he was wearing a pair of Jiefang rubber shoes. There is a bit of an air of calmness and prestige.

"I didn't bring my work permit, I just came here to find your factory director." The middle-aged man said to Liu Xi.

"Are you looking for our factory director?" Liu Xi asked, and then asked, "Who are you, and which unit are you from?"

"I'm not from this factory, I just want to meet your Manager Duan..."

"You can't enter without a work permit!" Liu Xi said bluntly.

After finally coming to work at the security department of the labor service company, Liu Xi couldn't fail the job no matter what, so his face showed a bit of seriousness.

"Comrade, don't be nervous. I used to be comrades-in-arms with Manager Duan. This time I came here to catch up with him..." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

"Comrade-in-arms? Manager Duan doesn't seem to have been a soldier before?" Liu Xi was stunned when he heard this.

"Eh? You still know about your manager?" The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he asked him: "You look quite young, you shouldn't have been in this factory for a long time, right? How could you possibly know you?" About the manager?"

"Our manager Duan is so famous, who doesn't know?" Liu Xi frowned, and then said: "Our manager Duan is a capable person, famous in the whole city..."

"Continue to talk." The middle-aged man said with interest as he parked his bicycle next to the reception room.

"Our manager used to be a small apprentice at the main factory. He knew technology and had a good mind. He was admitted to university in only one year and became the deputy chief of the technical department at the main factory. A serious cultural person..." Liu Xi paused, then continued: "After becoming the manager of this labor service company, it only took two months to turn the factory into a profit, and it is still in our village. I started a small workshop to produce antennas, and now the business is getting bigger and bigger, and I opened an electronics factory..."

These "legendary experiences" about Duan Yun are well-known in the two villages of Majunying and Xintianbao. There are also many legends about Duan Yun, and Liu Xi has heard about Duan Yun's deeds more than once from fellow villagers, so Liu Xi can also casually tell a lot about Duan Yun's past.

The middle-aged man listened very carefully, and nodded from time to time, with a smile on his face all the time, as if he also expressed his approval for Duan Yun's matter.

"... Now the electronics factory run by our manager Duan is doing very well. It is said that it has also advertised on CCTV, and everyone in the country knows..." Liu Xi said with spit flying all over the place. A young man of his age would have liked Chasing stars, and Duan Yun is undoubtedly his idol, so when these deeds of Duan Yun are mentioned, Liu Xi also has a bit of pride on his face.

"Then what time does your Manager Duan get off work at noon?" the middle-aged man with a flat head suddenly asked.

"I can't say for sure. According to our captain, Manager Duan has been receiving customers at the electronics factory for the past two days. Recently, he seldom visits the large collective workshop..."

"Then if he usually goes to the electronics factory to receive customers, does he not care about your labor service company? Is no one to catch the production tasks?" The middle-aged man frowned slightly and asked.

"The electronics factory is making a lot of money now. Manager Duan must be busy receiving those customers first." Liu Xi curled his lips, and then said: "How much salary does the labor service company pay him now, I must take care of it now Over there at the electronics factory..."

After all, Liu Xi was young, and his temperament was relatively simple, and he heard that he and Manager Duan were comrades-in-arms, so he spoke freely without any scruples.

"I see." The flat-haired man nodded, and then said to Liu Xi: "Since your Manager Duan is so busy, I'll just find him another day."

After the flat-headed man finished speaking, a look of gloom flashed across his face, he got on his bicycle, turned around and left...

(End of this chapter)