Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

When the director left a workshop with dissatisfaction, Yi Zhonghai immediately directed his criticism at Bang Geng, who still had an unwilling expression.

He pulled me to the corner of the workshop and started cursing: "Bang Geng..."

"Do you know how stupid your behavior was just now? You almost made the director lose face."

"The reason why I was able to become the leader of the fifth production team was indeed largely due to suppressing Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang."

“But can these things be said?”

"Although Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang committed mistakes and were sent to our workshop for labor reform, our superiors did not allow us to suppress them at work."

"It was entirely our own behavior to curry favor with Director Li."

"If the entire steel mill knew that we were suppressing Director Zhang in the workshop in order to curry favor with Director Li, and the workers were agitated, even if Director Li was pleased, he would not dare to promote us and give us important positions at the risk of offending all the workers in the steel mill."

"Besides, Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang were once the leaders of the steel mill."

"No one knows whether they have any backers above them."

“What if they have someone higher up and our suppression of Director Yang is made public and reaches their ears? Even if Director Li is very satisfied with our behavior, a random word from the higher-ups could make all our previous efforts go to waste.”

"Now I am the official leader of the fifth production team in workshop one."

"Except for a few apprentices and Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang who made mistakes, all other team members are regular workers of the steel rolling mill. Some of them even have a higher job grade than me."

"If they knew that I got this position as team leader by currying favor with Director Li, how would I have any prestige in front of them in the future? How would I manage them?"

"You have to know that most of them are regular employees of the steel mill. Even though I am the team leader, I have no decision to fire or punish them."

"If they don't give me face and don't obey my management at work, it will be difficult for me to manage them even if I am the team leader."

"Besides, I was just promoted to production team leader today because of my suppression of Director Yang and his team. Even if the factory leaders are very satisfied with your suppression of Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang, it is impossible for them to promote both of us at the same time."

"After all, we are still the master and apprentice, and grandparents and grandchildren."

"If I really want to make you a regular employee, I have to wait until I am promoted to team leader before I can give the order. I can't do both things at the same time, otherwise it will attract too much attention, which will be bad for the two of us and Director Li..."

After listening to Yi Zhonghai's explanation, the unwilling expression on Banggeng's face was slowly replaced by fear.

Looking at Yi Zhonghai's guilty face, he said, "Grandpa..."

"You mean the superiors didn't want to make me a regular employee, they just didn't want this incident to have too much of an impact, so they decided to make me a regular employee after a while."

Yi Zhonghai replied unhappily: "What do you think?"

"Let's join forces to suppress Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang..."

"Director Li saw everything and was very anxious. He even promoted me to team leader, not to mention something as simple as making you a regular employee."

"Let's take a step back. Even if Director Li doesn't make you a regular employee, as long as I can secure my position as a team leader and help you, it won't be a problem for you to be made a regular employee within a year."

"You were too anxious and almost offended the workshop director."

"Luckily, your uncle still has some face with the director and calmed the director's anger. Otherwise, even if the superiors and I wanted to make you a regular employee, the director could have stopped it with just one word."

"But this is not your fault."

"After all, you have just entered the steel mill and don't know anything. It is expected that you will make some mistakes."

Bang Geng became more and more frightened the more he listened, and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Yi Zhonghai: "Thank you, Grandpa Gan..." "If it weren't for you, I would have been in big trouble today."

"From now on, I promise to obey you, Grandpa, at the steel mill. If you tell me to go east, I will never go west."

Through today's incident, the sticky plot was finally revealed.

The workshop is different from the courtyard house. My cleverness is of almost no use here.

Yi Zhonghai has spent most of his life in the workshop, and no one knows the intrigues and human relationships in the workshop better than him.

In addition, Yi Zhonghai has now become the leader of the fifth production team, the person with the highest status and rank except for the workshop director and deputy director. It is definitely better to follow him than to be clever and fight alone.

He immediately expressed his loyalty to Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai was also very satisfied with Bang Geng's reaction, and replied with an expression of an elder to a younger person: "Bang Geng..."

"As long as you follow me and listen to me."

“Not only can you successfully become a regular employee in the steel mill.”

"When I am promoted to deputy workshop director, or even workshop director, the position of leader of the fifth production team will be yours."

"Ten thousand steps back..."

"Even if I wasn't promoted to workshop director or deputy workshop director."

"With my locksmith skills, I can also train you to become a senior locksmith in a steel mill."

"You usually see the old fitters in the workshop. The lowest of them is level 6 fitter. Usually, the production team leaders have to give them face when they meet them."

"If I become an eighth-level fitter in the workshop, the workshop director won't dare to scold me in front of me."

"In a word, listen to me and do as I say, and you will have a very good time in the workshop in the future."

Bang Geng was obviously shocked by the big promise Yi Zhonghai had made, and immediately assured him with an excited expression: "Don't worry, Grandpa Gan, I will listen to you in the future and do whatever you ask me to do."

"I will also study benchwork skills and strive to become a senior benchworker in the steel rolling mill."

"Then what should we do next? Should we continue to suppress Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang in the workshop?"

Banggeng is also a bad boy who readily responded to Yi Zhonghai's promise.

But when he was asked to actually learn locksmithing, he had to sit at the workbench every day and run faster than anyone else.

But when it comes to supervising the work of Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang, suppressing them, and managing them, no one is more active than him.

Moreover, Yi Zhonghai's promotion made him realize the huge benefits that suppressing Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang might bring to himself.

In addition, he is a person who particularly likes to play tricks. No matter what, he will not miss this good opportunity to get a regular job early without any effort, just by suppressing Director Yang and Deputy Director Zhang.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect Banggeng to be able to learn his locksmith skills instantly.

Of course, even if Banggeng had this ability, he wouldn't dare to teach.

After all, he still hoped to control Qin Huairu by teaching him stick-binding techniques and keep Qin Huairu firmly in his hands.

If Bang Geng becomes a master immediately, how can I control Qin Huairu through him and make Qin Huairu willingly support me in my old age? (End of this chapter)