industrial overlord

Chapter 58
After leaving Hu Yang's house, Lin Zhenhua went to his own house.As soon as he arrived at the door, he suddenly saw a person squatting in the dark place next to him. If it wasn't for the cigarette butt in his hand that flickered on and off, Lin Zhenhua wouldn't have seen him at all.

"Who is it?" Lin Zhenhua asked subconsciously, startled.

"Xiao Lin, it's me." The man stood up and replied.

"It's Old Xiong." Lin Zhenhua recognized him, and it was Xiong Lijun.Since he left the small room of the moving class in the morning, he has not appeared again. For some reason, he is squatting at the door of his house now.

"Xiao Lin, I've been waiting for you." Xiong Lijun said.

"Then why don't you go inside and wait?"

"Your sister is doing homework, I'm afraid to disturb her." Xiong Lijun said.However, Lin Zhenhua also understood what he meant. After all, Xiaofang is a big girl. When Lin Zhenhua was not at home, it was indeed not appropriate for Xiong Lijun to stay in the room alone with Xiaofang, so he simply squatted outside the door to smoke. up.

"Forget it, since that's the case, let's not go into the house, let's go outside." Lin Zhenhua said.

He put away his bicycle, went into the house to get a pack of cigarettes, and then walked out of the factory with Xiong Lijun.The topic they want to talk about is a bit sensitive, and if they talk in the factory, it will be troublesome if passing workers overhear it.

Hanhua Machinery Factory was built in the eastern outskirts of Fenghua County, surrounded by a piece of farmland, and further away there are several local enterprises, namely chemical fertilizer factory, phosphate fertilizer factory, pesticide factory and coking factory, all of which are polluting enterprises.This area can be regarded as the heavy chemical industry zone of Fenghua County.

The two walked out of the factory area and walked slowly along the field ridge.Lin Zhenhua handed the cigarette in his hand to Xiong Lijun, Xiong Lijun took it, touched it with his hand, and sighed with emotion: "It's another pack of Marlboro, Xiaolin, it seems that you really got rich."

"How, what do you think?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Xiong Lijun said: "I've already made up my mind to resign."

"Have you really figured it out?"

Xiong Lijun nodded. He took out a Marlboro cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it with a lighter, and said, "Speaking of which, it was the pack of Marlboro you gave me this morning that really made me make up my mind."

"You're just saying that?" Lin Zhenhua wondered.

Xiong Lijun narrated: "After I left the porter class today, I went to the Zhangjiang embankment and sat on the embankment to smoke alone, thinking about what you said. I kept thinking about noon, but I didn't think of a trick. Money is very attractive, but after a while I was reluctant to part with the iron job. After thinking about it, when I went to touch the cigarette again, I found that the cigarette had been smoked. I felt very sad at the time. I have been thinking about a box of Marlboro for so many years. If you don’t taste the taste, you will finish smoking, and you don’t know when you will be able to smoke next time.”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Old Xiong, look at what you said, if you want to smoke, just tell me."

Xiong Lijun said: "I know that you, Xiao Lin, are good buddies, but I, Xiong Lijun, stand seven feet long and stretch out my hands to ask people for cigarettes all day long. Do you think I don't feel ashamed? That's it, I figured it out , even just to be able to afford a box of Marlboro, I have to fight."

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "Old Xiong, if one day you make a fortune and start a big business, a big Marlboro cigarette case will be cast in bronze at the entrance of the business as a commemoration."

"Xiao Lin, do you think there will be a day?" Xiong Lijun asked.

"As long as you work hard, there should be." Lin Zhenhua said.According to his memory, the first batch of people who went into business in China basically made a fortune as long as they were a little smarter and more diligent.Because there are very few people who dare to go to sea at this time, and anything can be sold at random, and making money is faster than stealing money.In the mid-to-late 80s, when more and more people started doing business, the chances of making money became less and less.

"Okay, I will go all out." Xiong Lijun said, "Xiao Lin, I will go to the factory manager to apply for resignation tomorrow. Then, I will hand over my 100 catties to you. What to do is up to you."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Well, you can go to resign tomorrow first, and I will take you to see Lan Wufeng later, and the two of you will work together in the future. As for how to do specific things, we can slowly After discussing, I actually don’t have much experience in business, we all need to explore.”

"The big deal is just a few somersaults." Xiong Lijun said extremely bachelor.

The next day, Xiong Lijun really went to the factory manager. As soon as he said that he was going to resign, the factory manager Chen Weiguo became so angry that he almost grabbed him by the collar and threw him off the second floor.

"Xiong, your brain is burnt out! If you don't work for a well-behaved state employee, what are you going to do after resigning?"

"Director Chen, I don't think I have any future as a worker. I want to try other ways."

"Other way, what way? If you can tell me, I'll let you go."

"I want to be self-employed."

"Self-employed?" Chen Weiguo said with contempt on his face, "The state encourages unemployed young people to find their own way out, which is right. But you are not unemployed young people, why do you want to hang out with those unemployed young people? You don't even look at those self-employed people on the street. , a few of them are decent people, either they are usually idle, or they have been released after serving their sentences.”

Xiong Lijun said stubbornly: "Director Chen, I have really made up my mind. People only have one life. I want to do what I want to do."

Chen Weiguo sighed, and said, "Xiong, I'm as old as your father, and I can't watch you go down the wrong path. It's true that your future as a porter is not very good, but you are still young and can still learn skills. You see Xiao Lin, at a young age, he has already worked as a worker and has become the deputy chief of the technical department. You have a good relationship with him. Find time for him to teach you some skills, and strive to transfer to a technical job as soon as possible. , and then the income will be higher and the status will be higher.”

Xiong Lijun said: "Director Chen, thank you for your encouragement, but I have already made up my mind. I don't think I am a material for learning technology. I might as well venture into the society, and maybe I can make some breakthroughs." Born in life. Staying in the Hanhua factory, even if you become a technician, so what? Guo Haipeng, the salary is higher than me, and the technology is better than me. However, he was found to have hepatitis in the physical examination last month, and he will be useless for the rest of his life. Why, It is because he wants to save money to get married, and only drinks one serving of soup for dinner every day. I don’t want to live such a life. Director Chen, please fulfill the wish of this disobedient young man.”

Hearing Xiong Lijun's words, Chen Weiguo fell silent.He also knows the current living conditions of young people. As the director of the factory, he has no ability to change this situation.The country is in a period of adjustment, and state-owned enterprises have borne most of the reform costs, and are generally in a state of policy-related losses.Although employees of state-owned enterprises can still receive their wages on a monthly basis, there are very few other sources of income.Today's social atmosphere is gradually becoming more luxurious, and things like not being able to get married are very common among young people.Faced with such a situation, what reason does he have to persuade Xiong Lijun to stay?
"Have you really thought about it?"

"Think about it."

"Do your parents know?"

"I'll explain it to them."

"Alright then." Chen Weiguo took Xiong Lijun's resignation report, read it again carefully, then picked up a pen, and signed his name on it.

"Little Xiong, take this and go to the labor and management department to complete the formalities." Chen Weiguo said, "Also, being a self-employed person is very risky. If you encounter any problems and feel that the factory can help you, just talk to the factory. Said. Although you are no longer a member of the factory, Hanhua Factory is still your natal family."

"Thank you, Director Chen." Xiong Lijun took the resignation report, took a step back, and respectfully bowed to Chen Weiguo. This was the first time he felt that the director of the factory was so respectable.In the past, under the shadow of the factory, I never felt how important the factory was.Now, about to leave, he suddenly felt a little lonely.

If you take this step, you will never be able to turn back. Do you want to step out?
Xiong Lijun only hesitated for a second, then stepped out resolutely.In order not to be a "commander Tang" like Guo Haipeng, and to stop asking others for cigarettes with a shy face, Xiong Lijun finally took this step.

(End of this chapter)