Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

As the struggle between Director Yang and Deputy Director Li in the steel rolling mill became increasingly fierce, it took a long time for both sides to determine the ownership of each position in the mill.

Everyone wants to have one more position in their hand and one less position in the other party's hand.

As one gains strength, the other loses strength, and you will have a better chance of winning in the next struggle.

Deputy Director Li is better.

He actually took advantage of my misfortune and asked me for several deputy section-level positions.

Under normal circumstances, Director Yang would not agree to anything.

But not now.

If Deputy Director Li does not perform well in the following days and fails to bring back sufficient supplies for the station chief to ensure that the workers have enough food, he will definitely not be able to complete the production tasks assigned to him by his superiors.

As the director of the steel mill, I must bear the main responsibility. If things go wrong, I may even lose my position as director of the steel mill.

Compared with the overall situation, giving Deputy Director Li a few deputy section-level positions is obviously nothing.

Although I was very unhappy, I still nodded and said, "Okay..."

"But there are only three..."

"You can decide on the three deputy section-level positions yourself. Any positions above three must be discussed at the factory headquarters meeting before a decision can be made."

After getting the benefits he wanted, Deputy Director Li immediately had no more worries. Under the gaze of all the senior leaders, he replied: "Since the director trusts me so much, believe me..."

"As the deputy director of the steel mill in charge of logistics, I will definitely try my best to ensure that the workers have enough food to eat and live up to the trust and support of the director."

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The kitchen of a canteen in a steel rolling mill.

Wang Dong is arranging the cooking task for today's lunch.

Today is the first meal after the steel mill started working. We must not let the workers make a fool of themselves in the canteen. We must ensure that the workers who come to eat have good food and drink.

Liu Lan, who went to the logistics warehouse to get the ingredients, soon walked into the kitchen, followed by dozens of kitchen helpers and apprentices carrying things in their hands and on their shoulders.

Seeing Liu Lan's serious expression and his hesitation to speak, Wang Dong immediately asked, "Is there any problem with the ingredients you brought back?"

Liu Lan shook her head: "The ingredients are fine, but the quantity is much less than last year?"

"The grain supply is 20% less, there is no pork, cabbage, radish, and potatoes are also 20% less than last year, and rapeseed oil and peanut oil are 50% less than last year..."

"How can we prepare meals for thousands of people with just this little bit of food..."

"We almost had an argument with the warehouse manager, but he told me that the supplies of the entire steel mill had been reduced, and our canteen was only reduced in proportion, and there was no discrimination..."

After Liu Lan finished speaking, a worried expression flashed across her face as she looked at Wang Dong: "Squad Leader..."

"Last year, after the canteen reduced its food supply, the workers became very dissatisfied and almost blew off the roof of our canteen."

"Not only have we not replenished the food supply that was reduced last year, but we have reduced the supply by another 20%. Our canteen will be scolded to death by the workers..."

“Canola oil has dropped to half of last year’s level.”

"Although the amount of food was less last year, at least there was still some oil in the food."

"Not only has the amount of food been reduced, but there is no oil or water either. How can the workers get enough to eat?"

Wang Dong knew that the shortage of materials in Sijiu City this year would be more serious than last year, but he did not expect that the steel mill, as a key material guarantee unit in Sijiu City, would also have problems with the supply of food and materials. The steel mill is a large factory with more than 10,000 workers.

If the workers started to riot because they were hungry, it would be a big deal.

As a result, Sijiu City still reduced the food supply to the steel rolling mill, which showed that the shortage of materials in Sijiu City was more serious than he had imagined.

Looking at the worried faces of the people around him, Wang Dong felt helpless, as if a good cook could not cook without rice.

But he couldn't conjure up food, and had no solution to this problem. He could only think of more ways to process the food, and figure out how to make limited food feed more people.

He sighed and ordered, "Everyone, cook according to my previous request."

"We explained to the workers when they were getting their meals that the food supply at the steel mill had decreased, and we in the canteen couldn't do anything about it. We could only try to make sure everyone had as much food as possible."

“But we will certainly try to do everything we can to resolve this issue.”

After saying that, he left the canteen and hurried to the office of Deputy Director Li.

If we can't find a way to increase the food supply and add more oil and water to the food, the more than 10,000 workers in the steel mill will sooner or later have problems with hunger.

Although there will be tall people leading the way, as the canteen monitor, I will have to bear some responsibilities to a certain extent.

Wang Dong also hopes to get the position of deputy director of the steel mill's kitchen this year and must not be punished.

Otherwise, no matter how much Deputy Factory Director Li trusted and supported me, he would not be able to push a punished person to the position of deputy director of the kitchen.

When Wang Dong knocked on the door of Deputy Director Li's office, Deputy Director Li and all the leaders of the logistics department were gathered here to brainstorm, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

"Pa..." Deputy Director Li slapped the table and cursed.

"Normally, when you were not allowed to speak, I couldn't stop you. Now that it's time for you to speak, you can't even say a word. What's the point of having you?"

The head of the purchasing department suppressed his inner worries and answered, "Director...it's not that we don't work hard, it's just that it's difficult for the purchasing department to buy food in the surrounding rural areas."

"There is drought everywhere, and many places have no harvest. But people are not stupid. If they have any food, they will save it for use when they need it."

Deputy Director Li had already signed a military order in front of Director Yang, and took the opportunity to ask Director Yang for three deputy section-level positions. Even if this task was extremely difficult, he had to find a way to complete it.

He ignored the explanation of the purchasing manager and continued to ask with anger on his face: "I don't want to listen to these explanations..."

"There are so many rural areas around the city. I don't believe that we can't buy any food..."

"When ordinary people can't buy food, you won't go to the village to buy it, but go to the commune to buy it..."

"Now all communes are eating from the same big pot, and the limited food is all concentrated in the commune.

If one commune can produce 10 kilograms of grain, hundreds of communes around the city can also produce thousands of kilograms of grain. "

"Although it's not much, it will definitely be enough to fill the food gap in the kitchen."

Seeing that Deputy Director Li had made up his mind to ask the purchasing department to buy some food every day, the purchasing department chief had no choice but to compromise since he could not refuse.

He lowered his head and answered with gritted teeth: "Director..."

"The maximum amount of food per day is 200 kilograms, and it's all expensive food. If it's more, I won't be able to complete it..."

The purchasing chief finally decided to divide the indicator into two parts, giving half to his buyers and completing the other half himself.

But this number obviously did not meet Deputy Director Li's expectations. (End of this chapter)