Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

"Resign...you're crazy..."

Upon hearing Wang Dong's decision, his father-in-law, daughter-in-law Chen Jun, and younger sister Chen Li all widened their eyes with expressions of disbelief and shock.

In their eyes, Wang Dong, who became the acting director of the logistics department of the steel rolling mill at the age of over 30, must have a bright future.

If I quit my job at the steel mill now, wouldn't all my previous efforts be in vain?
Moreover, in the eyes of most people today, a regular job is more glorious than doing anything else, and Wang Dong's job is a cadre job, a height that most people cannot reach even if they work hard all their lives.

As a result, Wang Dong didn't want it anymore.

Father-in-law Chen Dehui couldn't figure it out, and even daughter-in-law Chen Jun had a look of confusion on her face.

She looked at her man with a puzzled look, hoping he could give her an explanation.

Wang Dong didn't expect his father-in-law, mother-in-law and wife to react so exaggeratedly. He smiled bitterly and replied, "Wife, mom and dad..."

"I'm not crazy..."

“I thought about this decision for a long time.”

"You all know that I joined the steel mill right after I graduated from middle school. I was lucky enough to be transferred to a cadre position, and then I gradually became the deputy director of the logistics department."

"Although my own efforts played a role, it was more due to opportunities and the environment."

"If I continue to stay in the steel mill, with my ability, the best I can do is to become the director of the logistics department."

"Wife, you are different..."

"Although you are only the head of the technical department of the steel mill now, you are educated and have vision, which will become your capital for promotion. If nothing unexpected happens, in ten years at most, you may even be the director of the steel mill."

"If you really become the director of the steel mill, as your husband, I will definitely not be able to continue to stay in the position of logistics director for fear of suspicion."

"Since you'll have to leave sooner or later, you might as well leave now to give you room for advancement."

"Director Yang has now secured his position as the director of the steel mill, and he must want to place his own people in the logistics department."

"Because I am his savior, and he was the one who made the decision to act as director, it would be difficult for me to give up the position of logistics director."

"If I take the initiative to resign, Director Yang will definitely remember me as a favor and use it on you. He will let you act as the head of the technical department in the capacity of deputy director of the production department, first raise your rank, and then slowly take power in the future."

My daughter-in-law Chen Jun is a middle-level cadre in the steel rolling mill. After listening to Wang Dong’s analysis, she showed an expression of approval.

The superiors would indeed not allow a couple to serve as factory leaders in the steel mill at the same time, because this would easily lead to the steel mill becoming a one-man show, which would be detrimental to superior management. Therefore, as long as two people rise to a certain level in the steel mill, one of them would inevitably have to take the initiative to leave the steel mill.

Relatively speaking, his development prospects in the steel rolling mill are indeed better than Wang Dong's.

For the whole family, Wang Dong's voluntary resignation from his position at the steel rolling mill was undoubtedly the best choice.

But reason is reason. In Chen Jun's opinion, Wang Dong's behavior is really unfair to himself.

The fact that he was able to serve as the acting director of the Logistics Department was indeed due to the times and the general environment, but it was also inseparable from his own efforts.

In the end, he gave up the position he had worked hard for for more than ten years for his own sake.

This is still a considerable psychological burden for Chen Jun.

After thinking for a while, he replied: "Dongzi..." "Or I can leave the steel mill..."

"I am an engineer and a section-level cadre. It is easy for me to be transferred to other factories in the city."

"With my skills, even if I leave the steel mill, my future promotion will not be greatly affected."

"You don't have a diploma. Once you leave the steel mill, even if you go to other factories in the city, it will be very difficult to get promoted."

Wang Dong smiled and explained: "Wife, you worry too much..."

"What I just said was that I was resigning from the steel mill, not transferring to another factory to continue working..."

"After resigning from the steel mill, I don't plan to continue working in the factory. I want to develop my own business..."

"Have you noticed that there are more street vendors than before? And they are no longer afraid of the police..."

"In the past, such behavior would be labeled as speculation."

"Times are different now. I heard that some private individuals have started to open small restaurants on the streets of Beijing, and they have even obtained business licenses from the Industry and Commerce Bureau."

"Your husband is most proud of his cooking skills, and he has a lot of new dishes in his mind that he hasn't made yet."

"I plan to buy a courtyard house near the street after I quit my job at the steel mill and open a big restaurant."

"I can recruit a few people from the steel mill kitchen to be my chefs, and I can be my own boss. That's much more comfortable than being the acting director of the logistics department at the steel mill."

"When the time comes, you will be a cadre in the steel mill, and I will earn money outside. If we help each other, our family will get better and better."

"Open a restaurant?" Chen Jun never thought that her man would have such an idea, and asked back with a frown.

"Honey, is this possible? Can I make money?"

"Of course you can, and you can definitely make more money than you think."

"During this time, I was in charge of logistics at the steel mill and learned a lot of things I didn't know before."

"Since Sijiu City has started to do private business and allow ordinary people to buy and sell goods privately, a large amount of food and supplies from the surrounding rural areas have poured into Sijiu City, causing the prices in Sijiu City to be much lower than before."

“No one knows better than me how much it costs to prepare a meal.”

"We have all eaten at those state-owned restaurants in Beijing. With the current prices, we can earn at least three dollars for a five-dollar meal in a state-owned restaurant."

"Besides, there is basically no service in state-owned restaurants. If I open my own restaurant, train my own waiters, and ensure the taste and service of the food, while keeping the price a little lower than that of state-owned restaurants, do you think the people of Beijing would be willing to eat in my restaurant or in state-owned restaurants?"

"In addition, over the past decade or so, because you need receipts to buy things, every household in the city has money but can't spend it, so almost all of it is saved."

"If I open a restaurant that only accepts payment and no receipts, do you think the ordinary people in the city who have money but can't spend it will come to eat?"

"If you make a turnover of 100 yuan a day, you can earn 60 to 70 yuan."

"If I can make a turnover of 1,000 yuan a day, I can earn 600 to 700 yuan, which is more than my annual salary at the steel mill."

"When the time comes, the family will not be short of money, and you and my younger sister will not make mistakes in this regard when you are cadres." (End of this chapter)