Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 8 Engineering Department

Wen Wan did not reveal her age: "You are here to report, right? Have you brought all the information?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "I've brought them all."

He opened his backpack and handed Wen Wan the transfer agreement letter, introduction letter, technical personnel grade certificate, technical secondary school diploma, household registration information and other documents.

Wen Wan finished the information and looked down attentively.

The office became quiet, and Jiang Chen, who had nothing to do, could concentrate on the beauty in front of him openly while waiting for a reply.

It doesn’t matter who his wife is, it’s always right to be nice to her eyes.

After a while, Wen Wan nodded: "Well, there is nothing wrong with the information. I will go through the onboarding procedures for you right now."

Wen Wan was very efficient, getting everything done in minutes and getting Jiang Chen to sign.

After signing, Wen Wan reached out and took it: "As expected of a top student, his handwriting is good."

"Okay, your entry procedures have been completed, and your household registration transfer-related information will be temporarily left with me until the factory handles the household registration transfer procedures next week."

Jiang Chen nodded: "No problem."

Wen Wan added: "By the way, a large number of new workers have been recruited in the factory, and the dormitories are already full."

"So, you may have to live in a rented house, but don't worry, the factory will subsidize you one yuan per month for rent."

After saying that, he took out a list from the drawer with house information written on it.

The apartment type, area, rent, distance to the steel rolling mill, etc. are relatively comprehensive.

Rental housing is something that only appeared this year. The above-mentioned agencies take the lead in integrating individual private properties for unified management and rental to meet the housing needs of some people who do not have a house.

20% of the rent was returned to the homeowners, but most of the houses later used for rent were taken back to public ownership.

As a homeowner, Jiang Chen naturally does not need to rent a house: "Thank you, Chief Wen, I have a house in Sijiucheng. I can just live in my own home!"

Wen Wan couldn't believe it: "You have a house? Is it far from the factory?"

Jiang Chen answered honestly: "It's in the courtyard in Nanluogu Lane. It only takes more than ten minutes to walk to the factory."

After Wen Wan thought for a while, she knew the place Jiang Chen was talking about: "Oh, I know that courtyard. Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong from the factory live there."

Jia Dongxu may not know Wen Wan, but she is still more concerned about senior workers like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong.

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes, that's right there."

Wen Wan: "That's fine. You live in the same place with them. We are all colleagues. It's good to have someone to take care of you when something happens."

Jiang Chen smiled and said nothing.

Colleagues are colleagues, but it's hard to say whether those two will take care of him.

Especially after his work started smoothly.

Wen Wan added: "You have just arrived in Sijiu City and need to go to the corresponding street office to register."

"Your file has been filed in the Personnel Department. I will write you a note later."

When you go to the subdistrict to register, you either have a note signed and stamped by the factory, or you go there personally with the file.

Jiang Chen said: "Thank you, Chief Wen. I already filed the record yesterday."

Wen Wan said: "You just arrived in Sijiucheng yesterday and will come to work today. Have you packed up your home?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "It's packed! Now every second counts for production. Any promising young man must get into work as soon as possible and grasp production."

"I simply tidied up my house yesterday afternoon. As a man, it's fine as long as it can be lived in. It doesn't matter so much."

Wen Wan gave a thumbs up: "The motherland needs young people like you"

"Okay, let me take you to meet your colleagues!" Wen Wan took Jiang Chen to the engineering department office
  There are only three people in the huge office.

Nowadays, technical personnel are extremely scarce. There are 40,000 technical personnel in the country, but less than 30,000 are registered.

There are so many industries and countless manufacturers, and just a few technicians are simply not enough.

Even the Third Steel Rolling Plant, which was a well-known enterprise in Forty-Nine City before the joint venture, only had three people.

After receiving the task of building a normal enterprise to set a benchmark, the leaders recruited five technical personnel, including Jiang Chen.

When she arrived at the office, Wen Wan returned to her usual cold demeanor.

She first introduced Jiang Chen to the people present.

Liu Yuanjian, 51 years old, is a grade 9 engineer and is the director and leader of the engineering department.

The engineering department of the third rolling mill is not a real department in the strict sense.

There is only a director, not a section chief.

Moreover, Liu Yuanjian is not an administrative staff; his salary is calculated according to the technical staff level.

He is the oldest and highest-ranking man here, and he has been involved in the No. 3 Steel Rolling Plant for the longest time.

Zhang Shan, 41 years old, is a grade 11 technician and an old employee of the factory.

Wan Li, 24 years old, is a grade 16 intern technician.

Their level is not high.

Technician level promotion has always been slow unless you can make a significant contribution in the professional field.

Unlike workers, as long as your technical proficiency is reached, you can improve.

Only then did people appear who were promoted to level eight workers under the age of 30.

The technical level has relatively strict requirements for theory and practical operation.

What's more important is that the learning materials are very scarce, and few people can really teach you anything. Most of you have to explore on your own.

Jiang Chen benefited from his technical secondary school education and was level 16 when he entered the industry.

After becoming a regular, it becomes level 15.

If he hadn't been promoted one level when he left, he would have actually been promoted one level in the past three years, and that was because he became a full-time employee.

Among the technicians who came to support him, Jiang Chen was the farthest and the last to arrive.

The other four have gone to work and are currently out of the office.

After introducing everyone, Wen Wan pointed at Jiang Chen and said: "Jiang Chen, from Sichuan Steel Rolling Mill, graduated from technical secondary school, level 14 technician, worked for three years."

Liu Yuanjian had a smile on his face: "Oh, I've been looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally I've got you here. With you as a veteran, we can be a little lighter."

"When I was chatting with Factory Director Yang before, he specifically mentioned you to me, saying that you are the technical backbone of Sichuan Steel Rolling Mill. If he hadn't called you personally, your factory would never have let you go."

A simple sentence, but it has a profound meaning.

First of all, he vaguely expressed that he was not satisfied with the work of the mission intern who had come to support him, and failed to lighten his burden.

Secondly, since you are here, you must be prepared to shoulder the burden, but don't dislike the fact that we have arranged too many things for you.

Finally, the special mention of chatting with Factory Director Yang shows that the relationship between the two is not an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship. You better be obedient.

No matter how dedicated the technicians are, they are all veterans after working in the factory to this age.

Jiang Chen has been a man for two generations, so he can naturally understand the meaning.

(End of this chapter)