Siheyuan: Since 1962

Chapter 184 Surface
After the meeting, Guo Xiangming and Zhou Weimin walked side by side on the way back to the office, occasionally greeting the leaders of various departments who passed by.

After no one was around, Zhou Weimin said softly, "Xiang Ming, how are you doing recently? I was busy with the pastry business and didn't come back to see you."

"It's still the same thing. It's just the same thing over and over again."

Guo Xiangming said this casually, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes.

He remembered everything Wu Honggang and Yang Shibin said at the meeting, and was afraid that the matter of finding the house in the end would still fall on the shoulders of the purchasing department.

Zhou Weimin patted him on the back and said lightly, "Don't think about it. It's useless. Let's go to your place for a drink after get off work?"

Guo Xiangming understood what he meant and said with a smile, "Okay, my old man has wanted to see you for a long time, but I didn't call you because you were busy. Now he finally called you today."

If Zhou Weimin really wanted to drink with him, he would never say go to his house. It would be much more comfortable to just go to a small bar. He really had something to tell him.

"Let's put it this way. I'll come see you after get off work."

Zhou Weimin waved his hand and walked quickly towards the office.

The factory held a skills competition, and the task in their canteen was not easy.

He had to gather a few chefs from the canteens and quickly decide on the menu for the competition.

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Half an hour later, in the canteen director's office.

Zhou Weimin briefly explained the situation to Nan Yi, Sha Zhu and others, and then said to them: "The organization has just issued instructions for the Five Antis Movement. I hope that this time, whether we are entertaining leaders or comrades from other factories, we must reflect our ideological awareness in this regard. Everyone, please share your ideas. There are only a few of us here, so don't hide anything."

"Wei Min, just entertain people. There's no need to worry about cooking. Just do what I tell you to do and just give the dish a name."

Seeing that no one spoke, He Yuzhu smiled slyly and said something clever.

The chef of a cafeteria rolled his eyes and said, "Stop it, Silly Zhu, just stop it. If the leaders see your superficiality, all of us will suffer."

If what Sha Zhu said hadn't been too outrageous, he wouldn't have stood up and retorted to him.

"Hey, if you can't do it, then you can't do it. We were called here to give you suggestions. If you can do it, then tell me what dishes you want to cook. We only have seven days. How can we come up with so many new dishes?"

He Yuzhu immediately retorted, and then continued with a roll of his eyes: "Nan Yi, aren't you making some snacks? Why don't you make some more and bring the words with you?"

"That's simple, but it's not good to just serve dim sum. I think that new dishes are not that difficult. Our cafeteria has the same dishes over and over again, and we just cook them in different ways. This time, we posted something about opposing extravagance and waste, and opposing decentralization. We just need to highlight these two things."

Nan Yi did not reject He Yuzhu's proposal, but followed his words and expressed his own thoughts.

"That's a good idea, Nan Yi, please elaborate on it."

Zhou Weimin nodded slightly. When it comes to cooking, Nan Yi does have a lot more ideas than others.

Even though the chef of the cafeteria scolded Sha Zhu, if he really had to make a decision, he might not even be able to come up with the same method as Sha Zhu.

After all, most of these chefs who cannot entertain guests live with the attitude of "doing nothing is good enough" and rarely have ideas of creating innovative dishes.

"It's easy to oppose extravagance and waste. We can make some vegetable dumplings, and the leftovers can be taken away. Even if they fall on the ground, we can still eat them after dusting them off. As for this decentralization, I don't have any good ideas yet. There are too many people to entertain, so we can't make too delicate dishes. But we must ensure that the dishes for leaders and workers are the same, otherwise it will be accused of bureaucracy." Nan Yi said as he thought, but he smiled bitterly at the end.

He had suffered some hardships in some things, so he couldn't help but be cautious.

Zhou Weimin glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was looking down, as if they wished he couldn't see them. He immediately said, "Nan Yi's idea is very good. Let's decide on the vegetable dumplings first, and everyone else can go back and think about the others. The organization attaches great importance to this skills competition. It is an opportunity for our cafeteria and also for you. Everyone, do your best. Nan Yi, you stay for a while, and everyone else can go back."

When the cafeteria chefs heard what Zhou Weimin said, they all breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the office with their heads down.

Only He Yuzhu did not move. After everyone left, he said with a straight face: "Wei Min, I can also make new dishes, which will definitely not be worse than Nan Yi's."

Zhou Weimin glanced at He Yuzhu and said in a deep voice: "Well, come to me when you have made it. Public matters are public matters and private matters are private matters. If you can make it, I will not use your dish for personal reasons."

Nan Yi saw that He Yuzhu looked like he wanted to compete with him, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Master He, this is all for this skills competition. I will be very happy if you can make a good new dish."

"Anyone can say nice things, just wait and see. Don't blame me for stealing your limelight when the time comes."

He Yuzhu glanced at Nan Yi, and without saying anything more to the two of them, he walked out of the office.

He just wanted to compete with Nan Yi. He was not as skilled as him before, but he would not lose this time.

You have to know that he is not alone. His father is back, and the two of them can't be better than Nan Yi alone.

As long as he defeats Nan Yi this time, he will still have a chance to get back the job of host.

His father is back, and that’s his confidence!
Zhou Weimin and Nan Yi looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"We can put the new dishes aside for now, but there must be no problems with the pastries."

"I've done this several times, there will definitely be no problem, and I won't let you down."

"Well, I trust you to do the work. Come with me after get off work on Friday and save some time. Don't be too tired these days, have a good rest, and don't let me down when the time comes."

Not only Zhou Weimin's side, the skills competition made the entire steel mill lively.

The busiest place is definitely the workshop.

The senior workers in the workshop are all eager to try their best, hoping to make a name for themselves in the competition.

The workshop directors of each workshop also tried their best to motivate these senior workers, hoping to outperform other workshops in the competition.

Just after lunch, Lu Chunan, the workshop director of the second workshop, took Liu Haizhong to the technical department and blocked Yu Dewen and Zhou Weibing at the door.

"Technician Yu, Technician Zhou, have you eaten?"

Yu Dewen smiled and nodded to the two of them, then asked casually, "I just came back from dinner. Director Lu, what are you doing?"

Of course he knew the purpose of the two people. Not only them, but also the workshop directors of several workshops had come to the technical department before the meal.

They all come here to inquire if there are any new technologies, for fear that their technical department may have developed new technologies without them knowing, and they may be outshined by other workshops in the skills competition.

(End of this chapter)