Chapter 34
A Stunning Business Trip 1
This small radio factory for disabled people has held many cadre meetings before, but everyone felt that this meeting was the most exciting and important.
"Tomorrow morning I will go to the savings bank to withdraw money. Wei Dong will go with me." Shi Yueshuang said.
"There is another very important thing. When do TV University lectures usually take place?" Wang Weidong asked.
"In the morning" Shi Yueshuang replied.
"So you people who are studying in TV universities can't install radios in the morning, but we can't make specializations, and your workload can't be reduced. When other workers work overtime in the evening and watch the news and study, you have to make up for the workload you owed for the day.
"Wang Weidong said.
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
Including Wang Weidong, no one in this small factory is out of work.
The next morning, Wang Weidong pushed his wheelchair and Shi Yueshuang to the savings bank.
"Weidong, thank you!" Shi Yueshuang said.
"This is not all for you. Nine of the more than 30 people you just asked in the factory are willing to enroll in TV University," Wang Weidong said.
In this era, people see college students just like they saw the Jinshi who were named on the gold medal list in ancient times. Things like catching a son-in-law under the list also happen frequently. Several department heads, section chiefs and even higher-level leaders at Xiangyang Chemical Factory who have daughters at home have several secret entrustments.
Isn't it because people came to Wang Weidong's landlord Sun Youcai's house to propose marriage because Sun Youcai's son was a college student at Dalian Institute of Technology?
However, both Sun Youcai and his wife kept these people away on the grounds that their son already had a partner. In fact, they felt that marrying a daughter of a director's family would wrong their promising son!
Although the first batch of college students after the new college entrance examination have not yet graduated, the national policy is already known to everyone.
Once you graduate from college, you will become a state cadre immediately. Promotion in the future will be slow, and your salary and other job opportunities will be much higher than those of non-college students.
In this social atmosphere, who is a capable person who doesn’t want to get a college diploma?
Of course, people like Shi Yueshuang don't care about things like salary, but it is also a good thing to be able to study further. Even when talking to others, saying that you are studying at a TV university is a face-saving thing.
I took back 600 yuan and a thick stack of 60 big tickets.
Wang Weidong said to Bao Qihang: "We each carry 300 yuan of these 600 yuan. The travel expenses are completely in accordance with the standards of Xiangyang Chemical Plant. We will go back to Deputy Director Shi for reimbursement."
Bao Qihang nodded seriously. This was his first business trip, and he was doing such an important thing for the factory. Bao Qihang felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
Wang Weidong took the manuscript paper with the title of Xiangyang Chemical Factory and asked Shi Yueshuang, who had the best handwriting, to write a letter of introduction and then stamped it with the official seal of the Radio Factory.
In this era, it is common practice to carry a letter of introduction from your employer when you go out.
"After dinner at home in the evening, you meet me at my house, and then we go to the train station together." Wang Weidong said to Bao Qihang.
In the evening, Bao Qihang arrived at Wang Weidong's house carrying a small bag.
"What's in here?" Wang Weidong asked.
"Ten boiled eggs, let's eat them on the road!" Bao Qihang said.
"Weidong, where do you keep your money?" Bao Qihang asked.
"I put the three hundred yuan inside." Wang Weidong said as he unbuttoned his coat and put a pin on the pocket of the inner coat.
"I put it inside too!" Bao Qihang said. He also unbuttoned his coat, and the pockets of the clothes inside were densely sewn with needlework.
These two people have made great contributions to maintaining the dignity of the entrepreneurial radio factory, otherwise they would have sewn a huge sum of three hundred yuan into their pants!
The two of them rushed to the train station. Wang Weidong paid for two train tickets to Mushi. After waiting for half an hour, the two of them boarded the train to Mushi.
There were not many people on the train, so the two of them chatted all night for fear of an accident if they fell asleep.
After arriving in Mushi the next day, Wang Weidong decided to find a guest house to sleep and rest. After recuperating tomorrow morning, he would go to the department store to buy a TV and then take the train back.
The two people walked into the Forestry Machinery Guesthouse. Most of the residents in this guesthouse were people who came here from all over the country to buy forestry machinery.
The person at the guest house carefully checked the two people's border security certificates and read the letters of introduction and said: "It turns out they are from Xiangyang Chemical Plant."
After registering, Wang Weidong said: "We need a double room for work."
"Five yuan!" said the person at the guest house.
The two men walked into a room on the second floor carrying a kettle and a key.
The room was very simple, with nothing else except two beds and a table.
Wang Weidong put down the kettle and fell asleep on a bed.
But Bao Qihang felt that everything was very fresh. He stood in front of the window and looked outside for a long time before going back to bed to sleep.
Wang Weidong slept until the afternoon before waking up. He turned over and saw Bao Qihang sitting on the bed smoking.
"I haven't eaten for a day and I'm really hungry," Wang Weidong said.
"I just went downstairs and asked. The guest house canteen is open from five to six in the evening and closed at other times. It's only after three o'clock and we still have to wait for more than an hour," Bao Qihang said.
"These people only have one hour to eat because they are afraid of trouble. They all earn a dead salary. The more guests there are, the more trouble they have. They are only happy when there is no guest in the guest house!" Wang Weidong said.
Bao Qihang had no opinion on this matter. He thought it was natural.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the two hungry people hurried downstairs to the canteen to eat.
At the entrance of the canteen, there were already several people who came to buy machinery from state-owned forest farms from various places, waiting to eat.
The forestry machinery factory in Mu City is the largest forestry machinery factory in the country. The emperor's daughter has no worries about getting married. If it is more than ten or twenty years later, if you come to buy machinery, it is natural for you to be treated to a meal.
There are two kinds of rice: rice and steamed buns, and two kinds of dishes: tofu and cabbage soup and fried potato slices.
Wang Weidong ate two steamed buns and a bowl of soup before returning to the room. After a while, Bao Qihang also came back.
Since both of them carry huge sums of money, it is not appropriate to go out for a walk and watch the excitement.
"It's hard to get to Mushi, but I can't go out yet! If I have another chance in the future, I must go to Jingbo Lake to have fun!" Bao Qihang said regretfully.
Although Xiangyang Chemical Factory is very large, most of the people in the factory have never been to a city as big as Mushi.
"Qihang, I want to criticize you again. Why do you want to have fun as soon as you get here?" Wang Weidong said seriously.
"If you think about the education we received before, this area turned out to be the place where the Anti-Japanese War fighters went through life and death to fight against the RB devils! Also, we have all read the novel Lin Hai Xueyuan. The bandit-suppressing hero in the forest Hai Xue Yuan also died in the end.
Here, right? His tomb should be nearby! If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely bring all the factory workers and cadres here to receive revolutionary education!" Wang Weidong continued.
"Weidong, I was wrong!" Bao Qihang said sincerely.
Chapter completed!