Courtyard House: A Carefree Life Begins with a Lottery of Wish Power

The day of the exam has finally arrived.

The annual performance evaluation is a major event for the factory.

Because it directly relates to the vital interests of the vast majority of employees, it has attracted particular attention.

Besides apprentices becoming level one workers and level one workers becoming level two workers, there are also quota restrictions for level three workers and above.

It's not like you can just take the exam whenever you want. Even if your skills meet the standards, you'll have to wait if there are no available spots.

Moreover, the upper limit for different job types in different organizations naturally varies.

For example, although Sha Zhu has excellent cooking skills, he will definitely not be promoted as quickly or as high as he would be in a state-run restaurant.

However, if you work as an electrician in a restaurant, no matter how well you do, it's difficult to get a grade eight electrician certification.

A space in the forging workshop had been cleared out early on for the exam.

The examiner explained the important points to note during the exam.

To ensure fairness and impartiality, the factory specially invited experienced workers from other units to serve as examiners for this exam.

Lin Zhuo didn't care, but some of the workers who weren't very skilled were a little worried.

If it's from your own factory, you'll see each other all the time, so people will give you some face.

Since I don't know anyone at the external factory, I have to rely entirely on my own abilities.

As the exam proceeded, those who passed were overjoyed.

Those who failed the exam were dejected, and some with poor mental fortitude even burst into tears on the spot.

Liu Haizhong was also watching from the sidelines, feeling very frustrated.

He didn't want Lin Zhuo to pass the exam from the bottom of his heart, and he tricked Lin Zhuo into entering the forging workshop just to set him up.

However, in the past few days, he had secretly watched Lin Zhuo work and knew that passing the exam was definitely not a problem.

By bringing Lin Zhuo to the forging workshop, I actually ended up helping him.

Who knew he had worked as a blacksmith in the countryside, and was so good at it?

The workers in the forging workshop were all around the examination hall, and even some workers from other workshops came to watch the excitement.

Everyone had heard that a forging worker who had been working at the factory for less than a month had taken the exam, and they all wanted to come and see what was going on.

At this moment, the examiner picked up a list and read aloud:

"Those who participated in the Level 3 blacksmith exam are Zhang San, Li Si, Lin Zhuo..."

Standing next to Lin Zhuo, Huang Fusheng didn't say much, but gave Lin Zhuo a encouraging look.

The onlookers stirred.

Many workers who were not familiar with the situation began to whisper among themselves.

Who is Lin Zhuo?

"That's the youngest one."

Lin Zhuo was the youngest among those taking the Level 3 exam, and he stood out from the crowd.

"Level three? Did I hear that right?"

"This is outrageous! He's only been working at the factory for less than a month."

"Could it be someone with connections?"

"I'll give you a connection, let you take the Level 8 exam, would you dare to take it?"

"Don't be ridiculous, he's asking for Level 8, he wouldn't dare take the Level 5 exam."

The examiner announced the exam content and was just about to announce the start of the exam when a group of people suddenly walked into the workshop.

The crowd of onlookers immediately became somewhat agitated.

"The factory manager is here."

Lin Zhuo looked at the person who had come, and it was none other than Factory Director Yang.

Factory Director Yang waved to the chief examiner, signaling for the exam to continue, and only then did the examiner announce the start of the exam.

Upon seeing Factory Director Yang arrive, Director Zhou quickly walked up to him and respectfully said:

"Old Commander, you've arrived."

Factory Director Yang frowned and feigned criticism:

"I've told you so many times, you have to call him the factory manager in the factory."

Director Zhou agreed with a smile.

Factory Director Yang looked at the workers who were taking the exam and said:

"Old Zhou, which kid you've been praising to me so much is this? I want to see for myself if he's really as amazing as you say."

"You've been working at the factory for less than a month and you're already insisting that he take the Level 3 worker exam. We haven't seen anything like this in our factory in recent years."

Director Zhou pointed in Lin Zhuo's direction and said:

"That youngest one, he's the son of Mr. Lin, who died in a work accident a while ago."

"Factory manager, don't you know me? I wouldn't dare to tell you anything I'm not sure about. Just wait and see."

"If Xiao Lin fails the exam, you can fire me, the workshop director, if you want."

Factory Director Yang knew his old subordinate quite well; he was just a little curious about this young man named Lin Zhuo.

Hearing the exam content, Lin Zhuo felt more confident.

The exam was of medium to high difficulty for a Level 3 exam, but it was no problem for Lin Zhuo at all.

Under Lin Zhuo's control, the steam hammer struck the red-hot workpiece repeatedly, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes light, sometimes heavy.

Lin Zhuo held the large pliers and turned the workpiece over from time to time.

Soon, Lin Zhuo was the first to raise his hand to indicate that he had finished.

Lin Zhuo finished the 20-minute exam in just 10 minutes.

The crowd gasped in surprise.

"That's way too fast."

"Others have only finished half of it."

"Don't just focus on speed; we don't know about the quality."

A few more minutes passed before the other workers finished.

After the workpiece cooled down, the judges took their measuring tools and began to inspect it.

Soon, the judges finished inspecting all the workpieces.

The examiner compiled the scores from the judges and prepared to stand up and announce the results.

One of the judges looked at Lin Zhuo and asked:

"Old Wang, by the way, who's that young man?"

The examiner glanced at it and said:

"That's Lin Zhuo, the apprentice who just joined the factory this month."

The judges looked on incredulously and said:

"How is that possible?"

"To achieve this level after ten years is quite impressive. You're telling me this is just an apprentice?"

The examiner also looked completely innocent and said:

"Why would I lie to you? It's clearly written in the documents."

"It is said that he learned blacksmithing in his hometown before."

The judges then understood. Otherwise, to learn like this in less than a month would truly be the work of a god descended to earth.

"Old Wang, we just had a discussion, and we think Xiao Lin is more than qualified to be a third-level worker. In fact, it's a bit of a waste of his talent."

"We hope to directly classify him as a level four worker."

Upon hearing this, the examiner looked troubled.

"Directly promoted to Level 4 worker? Our factory has no precedent for this."

"Old Wang, have you thought this through? He's so young and has such great skills. We can't let him waste his potential."

"If your steel rolling mill can't get him rated, I'll go back and have our factory manager transfer him to our machinery plant, and we'll give him a level four worker rating."

"Old Zhang, don't be delusional. Our car factory can also produce level four workers. Our car factory is much bigger than yours."

"Old Li, how can you cheat like this? I was the one who brought it up first, okay?"

When the examiners saw that several judges were arguing, examiner Wang quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Don't worry, everyone. Our factory manager is right here. I'll go and ask him for instructions."

The examiners were slow to announce the results, and the crowd of onlookers began to discuss the matter.

"Is there something wrong with someone's exam results?"

"That's possible. This time, we've hired all the foremen from other factories, so they don't give us any special consideration."

"Maybe it's just that the apprentice is unqualified. He's still young, impulsive, and only cares about speed."

"The forging workshop is in a really bad position now."

Liu Haizhong in the crowd was also hoping that Lin Zhuo wouldn't make it through.

I vaguely heard the judges mention Lin Zhuo's name just now; it's probably because his performance wasn't good.

Lin Zhuo failed the exam, and the factory director happened to be there. Director Zhou lost face in front of the factory director, so Lin Zhuo's life was going to be difficult from now on.

Lin Zhuo, Lin Zhuo, you're still too green to fight me.

Thinking of this, Liu Haizhong looked smug.

Director Yang frowned slightly as he watched the results remain unannounced for a long time.

At this moment, the chief examiner came to Director Yang.