industrial overlord

Chapter 9
"Is there any mistake?" Lin Zhenhua looked at Lin Fanghua's panicked back and couldn't help shaking his head.In later generations, although he was only a graduate student, he had received tens of thousands of dollars in his hands. He never thought that 200 dollars would make his sister excited and nervous like this.

No, I have to find a way to make money, Lin Zhenhua thought silently, according to the living habits of later generations, his retirement pay would not be able to withstand a few days of tossing. die?Wait, it seems that my sister means that I have to save 52 of the 52 yuan, and only 12 yuan will be left in a month. 40 yuan, according to the standard of Dongfeng Factory's dinner, you have to save for several months to eat it once?

"Zhenhua, Zhenhua!" There was a shout from outside the house, and before Lin Zhenhua could agree, the door was pushed open, and then several young people rushed in, surrounded Lin Zhenhua, and asked questions affectionately.

"Yong Qun, Hong Yang, Shao Zhe!" Lin Zhenhua excitedly called out the names of his friends, patting each other with them.These few people are all the children of the workers in the factory. Before Lin Zhenhua joined the army, they were close buddies with him in the society.

Zhao Yongqun, his father is a sand-turning worker, he himself has a lot of strength, he is tall and tall, and he is keen to settle various things with his fists. Of course, afterward, his father often takes him to settle things again.

Chu Hongyang, his father is the head of the supply and marketing section, and his family has a little money. He likes to make friends all over the world, and he often steals cigarettes and alcohol from the family to treat guests. He is very popular.

Peng Shaozhe, his father is from a technical department. He has read a few books since he was a child, and has more knowledge than other partners. He likes to call himself a smart star.Every time a few people go out to provoke and fight, he comes up with bad ideas.But every time he comes back from trouble, the only one who can avoid being beaten by the family is him.

"Zhenhua, I heard people say that you are back, why don't you go to us?" Chu Hongyang complained.

"After I came back, I ate at Aunt Wei's house. I just got home, and the house still needs to be tidied up." Lin Zhenhua explained.

"What kind of meal are you going to her house for? You should eat the meal with our buddies." Zhao Yongqun said.

Peng Shaozhe shot him a sideways look, and said, "How can we have the money to treat Zhenhua to dinner? I think Yang Xin's mother bought a lot of vegetables two days ago and prepared them long ago."

"That's not as good as our buddies eating together, right?" Chu Hongyang said.

"Why don't we have dinner together tonight?" Zhao Yongqun suggested, "I still have two yuan, so you can make some money, and we can buy some food to cook at Zhenhua's house."

"I'll bring out a bottle of wine." Chu Hongyang said, taking out a bottle of wine from behind as if conjuring.Lin Zhenhua glanced at it. It was the most common kind of liquor. The bottle cap was not the original one, but a cork was replaced.Lin Zhenhua knew that Chu Hongyang's father was in charge of supply and marketing in the factory, and he often had some pick-up and delivery business, so he had to accompany the guests for dinner.After seeing off the guests, he has the right to take home the remaining baijiu on the wine table to drink. However, he has to pay [-] cents to the cafeteria for each bottle, otherwise it will be regarded as corruption.The wine that Chu Hongyang brought had this kind of origin.

"You don't need to spend money, this meal is mine." Lin Zhenhua said.When he saw his sister coming back from the outside, he called out, "Xiaofang, go and buy some food. I still have wine in the box. Tonight, I will have a gathering with Yongqun and Hongyang."

Lin Fanghua glanced at Zhao Yongqun and the others, but didn't express any disgust. These gangsters are very good to the family. Lin Zhenhua has been serving in the army for the past two years. Sometimes when Lin Fanghua has some troubles in school, he will It was Zhao Yongqun and the others who helped her settle things down.

"Xiaofang, buy some good food and get a chicken." Lin Zhenhua dragged his sister outside the house and whispered to her.

"You're crazy, but it's not the New Year's holiday, how can anyone eat chicken?" Lin Fanghua scolded with staring eyes.

"Well, let's have some ribs then."

"There are no meat tickets." Lin Fanghua said, it is already the end of the month, and the meat tickets have long been used up.

"Then what do you say?" Lin Zhenhua was helpless, so he had to leave the decision to his sister.

Lin Fanghua didn't want to disappoint her brother, so she said, "Let me go and have a look." Then she took a vegetable basket and left. There was a small vegetable market outside the factory, and some farmers around were selling vegetables there.

"How are you doing, where are you guys hanging out now?" Lin Zhenhua went back to the house and asked a few of his buddies. Now he has to get used to using the workers' language to communicate with others.

"Where can we still be, we are all working as temporary workers." Zhao Yongqun said, "Not long after you left, we all entered the factory as temporary workers. Hongyang was in charge of the warehouse, and Shaozhe was in the drawing room. It’s a good place, but I am suffering, and I follow my father in the foundry workshop, responsible for transporting the sand boxes.”

"It's a way to make the best use of one's talents." Peng Shaozhe laughed, "For the three of us, you are in good health and strength. If you don't move the sand box, who will move it?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "I don't know what kind of job I will be assigned."

Chu Hongyang said: "No matter what kind of work you have, you are better than us. You are a regular worker, and you get 37 yuan when you enter the factory. We are temporary workers, 24 and a half yuan a month. The finance department does not directly send the money to We are all led by our father."

"Why don't you become regular workers?" Lin Zhenhua asked stupidly. He was basically an idiot about the system back then.

"Do you think it's easy to be a regular worker?" Peng Shaozhe said, "You are a veteran, and your parents' quota is empty, so you can be a regular worker as soon as you enter the factory. We have to wait for our father to change to a regular worker." My old lady has to retire before she can get a quota."

"My dad is only 42 years old. When he retires, I will retire first." Chu Hongyang said depressedly.

"What are you worried about?" Zhao Yongqun said, "Your father is also a middle-level cadre. If there is a recruitment quota, he will definitely take care of you people first. My father is a worker, and we are the ones who are really suffering."

Although Zhao Yongqun said this, he didn't feel disgusted with Chu Hongyang. In those days, it was his ability to make unhealthy trends, and he would not blame others if he had no ability.

Chu Hongyang probably agrees with Zhao Yongqun's words, so he didn't refute, but directly brought the topic back to Lin Zhenhua: "Zhenhua, have you gone to the factory manager? What type of job was assigned to you?"

This is the second person to talk to him about the type of work in a day. It seems that the people in the factory are really sensitive about the type of work.Lin Zhenhua shook his head: "Let's talk about it when I go to work tomorrow. I can do whatever job I'm assigned."

Lin Zhenhua said so, and he also thought so.The people in the factory are already accustomed to the planned economy model. Once a type of work is determined, it is a lifelong affair, so everyone attaches great importance to the division of work.But Lin Zhenhua knows that in a few years, the economic management model of the entire country will undergo earth-shaking changes. Farmers will become real estate speculators, eighth-level fitters will open breakfast shops, professors will become bosses, and bosses will also go to colleges and universities. To be a visiting professor, it will be ridiculous in the future to spend so much effort to decide what kind of job.

"Zhenhua, are you a fool for being a soldier?" Peng Shaozhe asked in wonder, "You should still have some retirement pay, right? Didn't you spend all of it? Why don't you hurry up and buy some good cigarettes and wine, and bring it to the factory manager's house at night?" Go. Now we want to attack a hill, and we can't do it without twenty rings and hand grenades."

"Twenty rings and grenades?" Lin Zhenhua was taken aback for a moment, I wonder, is this still a factory.

"Why, don't you say that in the army?" Peng Shaozhe asked, "Twenty rings are cigarettes, and grenades are wine bottles."

Lin Zhenhua laughed and said, "I don't have the money to give them gifts. I won't save the money to marry a wife? Besides, my sister will go to college in two years, so I have to save some money."

"Go to college?" Chu Hongyang smiled, "Xiaofang's grades are the same as my sister's, and she can still go to college? Don't be kidding. This year's college entrance examination, our factory's children didn't even go to a technical secondary school. You still think about Xiaofang Can I go to college?"

Lin Zhenhua was completely speechless. He really couldn't tell these buddies that he was no longer the Lin Zhenhua he used to be. He was a graduate student of Huaqing University.

Lin Fanghua came back from buying vegetables. In addition to a few vegetables, there was actually a large grass carp weighing three catties in the basket. Fenghua County has Zhangjiang River, which is rich in freshwater fish.At that time, the commodity economy was underdeveloped, and there were few people fishing, so some very large fish could often be caught.The workers in the factory do not have high incomes, and few people usually buy such a big fish to eat. Lin Fanghua gritted his teeth and bought a big fish in order not to disappoint his brother.

"Hey, there are fish, that's good." Lin Zhenhua said happily, "I will cook this fish, and I will show you my unique skills."

"You know how to cook?" Everyone, including Lin Fanghua, looked distrustful.

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "Chairman Mao said that the People's Liberation Army is a big school. I have been a soldier for two years, so I can be regarded as a college graduate. It is not difficult to be a fish. Let's do it. The vegetables are made by Xiaofang, and the fish Leave it to me, and I guarantee that everyone will be satisfied."

(End of this chapter)