Siheyuan, don't mess with me

Chapter 158 The guesthouse makes its debut!

Director Yang went out to invite Secretary Wang, and also called all the factory leaders at home to go to the guesthouse together!

Walking into the big iron gate of the guesthouse, the feeling is obviously different. On both sides of the concrete road, Chen Zhiguo arranged to plant holly trees, which are short and arranged in a row, with a few roses planted in between!

When you enter the lobby, your first impression is that it is clean and bright, with marble floors so bright that you can even see people's shadows!

Seeing Director Yang and his group, Yu Li, who was sitting at the lobby bar, came over to greet them, "Hello, Leader!"

Chen Zhiguo told Yu Li to call everyone she didn't know the leader, and that was the right way to go. "Secretary Wang, Director Yang is inspecting the guesthouse today. Yu Li, go open the small meeting room on the second floor!"

"Secretary Wang, Director Yang, this is Yu Li, the lobby manager of the guesthouse!" While Yu Li was preparing, Chen Zhiguo hinted to Li Huaide to lead the leaders to visit the guesthouse. In the back kitchen, Director Yang saw his old acquaintance He Daqing!

Seeing the clean and tidy kitchen, not only Director Yang felt comfortable, but other leaders also felt comfortable. Such a kitchen makes eating comfortable! Now looking back at the cafeteria, although it is also clean, it is far from here!

Coming out of the kitchen, there is a large conference room with more than 300 people and a small conference room with more than 50 people. The tables and chairs are neatly arranged. The leader's seat is covered with dark red velvet. Name cards and tea cups are all laid out in a line. Even the tables and chairs below are arranged in rows horizontally and vertically!

Director Yang also nodded, "Lao Luo, this guesthouse is well built! Very thoughtful!"

In fact, Director Luo had never been here once, but that did not stop him from accepting the compliment. He smiled and replied, "This is all thanks to Comrade Li Huaide's dedication and Comrade Chen Dayong's serious work!"

Back at the lobby on the first floor, Li Huaide led the group up to the fourth floor and checked into two suites. "This is a temporary rest room we prepared for the leaders because we were worried about them working overtime. However, it's not well prepared and a bit shabby!"

Secretary Wang, Director Yang and other leaders went in for a look. "If you need anything, write a report. You can't give up halfway. You have to do it well!" Director Yang liked the environment of the suite! Secretary Wang also praised Li Huaide, which made Li Huaide secretly happy. He was right to support Chen Zhiguo this time. This guesthouse was very popular with the leaders!

I didn't go to the third floor, but went directly to the second floor, and took a brief look at the private rooms! Although there is no luxurious decoration like in later generations, Chen Zhiguo still used simple decoration to design the private rooms in a unique style! The small kitchens in the canteens nowadays are simply incomparable. Finally, I entered the small meeting room.

There was a long, oval conference table with name cards of Secretary Wang and Director Yang on the main seats. Name cards of other leaders were also in place. This was what Chen Zhiguo had written for Yu Li to prepare when they were on the first floor!

"Dayong, you're attentive!" Chen Dayong did not follow the leader to visit. With Li Huaide here, he didn't need to explain! He had been preparing in the conference room. Although he didn't need to do anything, as long as he stood here, these novice waiters would not panic!

“I’m not doing well enough yet. There are many things I still don’t know and need to learn!”

"Good! It's good to know your shortcomings and learn from them! Work hard!"

Secretary Wang and Director Yang took the main seats, and the others sat down in order according to their name tags!

"An extremely bad incident happened last night. Comrade Chen Zhiguo from our factory was attacked by two gangsters on his way home from overtime work. Fortunately, the vicious gangsters were subdued by Chen Zhiguo. Today, Director Li from the police station came to report the incident. I learned that this was actually a retaliation incident caused by dissatisfaction with work arrangements! Now, Director Li Jiefang will report the case!"

"The whole attack happened at around nine o'clock last night. Comrade Chen Zhiguo was attacked by two gangsters holding iron bars on his way home from overtime work. Comrade Chen Zhiguo, who was attacked, subdued the two gangsters despite being injured in the back. With the help of the people around him, he notified our police station. After interrogation, we found out that the two gangsters were the nephews of Zhang Yiming from the technical department of the steel rolling mill!" This situation shocked all the leaders present. What kind of situation? What kind of deep hatred required the attack on Chen Zhiguo?

Director Li Jiefang paused and continued, "When Zhang Yiming received the task assigned by the leader, he was dissatisfied and thought that Chen Zhiguo was retaliating against him. After leaving the factory without permission in the afternoon, he gathered his two nephews and waited for an opportunity to retaliate against Chen Zhiguo!"

"Zhang Long, Zhang Hu and Zhang Yiming had been squatting at the gate of the steel mill. During this period, Zhang Yiming had entered the steel mill many times to observe whether Comrade Chen Zhiguo had left the steel mill. He waited until Chen Zhiguo got off work, and Zhang Yiming identified Chen Zhiguo. Afterwards, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu followed Chen Zhiguo and attacked him with iron rods on his way home. After the first stick succeeded, Chen Zhiguo endured the pain and subdued the two men! After we finished interrogating Zhang Long and Zhang Hu that night, we immediately arrested Zhang Yiming and interrogated him. The specific situation was the same as the facts confessed by Zhang Long and Zhang Hu! This is the whole case!"

In fact, as a leader, I hate such retaliation. If you don't obey management or have opinions, you can use knives and guns at any time. Who wouldn't be afraid? How can we carry out our work in the future? Everyone has encountered troublemakers!

"People like this must be severely punished!" As the head of the steel rolling mill, Secretary Wang was very angry. Matters at work should be resolved at work. Using crooked means to retaliate, what kind of a thing would this be? If this gets out, the steel rolling mill will be embarrassed!

"Zhang Yiming was fired from the factory. What are the identities of those two people?" Director Yang said.

Xu Liye, the office director who had heard the case report in advance, said, "We have verified that Zhang Long is a first-class worker in the third workshop, and Zhang Hu is an apprentice, also in the third workshop!"

"Then fire them all and hand them over to the public security organs for severe punishment!" Director Yang said angrily. Workshop 7 and 8 were about to start operation. Fortunately, Chen Zhiguo was lucky. If Chen Zhiguo was hurt, workshop 7 and 8 might have to stop working. The loss would be huge. Moreover, Chen Zhiguo was invited back by himself. If he failed to protect him, would Li Guoqiang not be angry? Would he not blame him?

Moreover, when Chen Zhiguo reported to him, he also nodded to arrange for Zhang Yiming to go to the workshop. If he had not agreed, nothing would have happened afterwards. Director Yang felt scared at this time. It would be best if nothing happened to Chen Zhiguo. If something happened, it would be hard for everyone!

"Yes, such people must be severely punished!" Using other means to vent dissatisfaction at work is a taboo in the officialdom, and it must be severely punished if encountered! None of the leaders on the scene pleaded for Zhang Yiming, but instead asked Li Jiefang to punish him as severely as possible, in order to make an example of him!

"Zhiguo, what do you think?" Director Yang saw that everyone had reached a consensus and turned to look at Chen Zhiguo.

"I have no objection. I thank the leaders for their concern for me, and I also thank the comrades in the police station for their hard work and overtime work!"

"How about this, Zhiguo, you should go to the hospital for a check-up. Don't work when you are sick. I will give you three days off! He was injured on duty. Director Li, please pick some nutritional supplements for Zhiguo." Secretary Wang also admired Chen Zhiguo very much and spoke a little today.

"Thank you for your concern, leader. I will go to the hospital for a check-up in the afternoon!" Chen Zhiguo readily accepted the advice. He would go for a walk and then come back to work. As for the vacation, he could only save it because he really had no time to rest now!

The meeting room was over. When the door of the meeting room opened, Yu Li stood at the door and said, "Dear leaders, our guesthouse has prepared a working meal. You are welcome to try it. I hope you can give us suggestions for improvement!"

"Oh, what kind of working meals can be prepared here? Let's go and try them!"

Secretary Wang and others thought they were going to dine downstairs, but unexpectedly Yu Li opened the big private room next door and said, "Leader, please!"

The large private room can accommodate more than 30 people, but less than 20 people can sit in it, so it is naturally very spacious. As soon as we sat down, the waiter brought us hot tea and hot towels!

Less than a minute later, the waiter started serving the dishes, one for each person. Four square plates were placed in front of them. There were four dishes: braised pork, steamed fish, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and mushrooms and vegetables, and each person also had a bowl of soup!

"Leader, this is the loose wine we bought, please taste it!" Yu Li held an inconspicuous ceramic bottle and poured fine wine for each leader. The people present were all regular customers of the wine shop. What else could this wine smell like if not from the table? Oh! No, this is cheap loose wine!

"Okay! Okay! Since it's free liquor, let's all try it together. We also want to thank the comrades at the police station. They've really worked hard!"

Li Jiefang was still relatively okay at this time, but the younger policeman was almost losing control. He hadn't smelled meat for more than half a year, and he couldn't even hold the chopsticks steadily. He had swallowed so much saliva! He was just waiting for the leader to say, "It's time to eat!"

"It's all for the people. We also want to thank the steel rolling mill for its support for our work!" Li Jiefang also swallowed his saliva. The food was really delicious, and it made people even more hungry!

"Come on! Let's raise our glasses together. First, to the young hero Chen Zhiguo, who subdued the criminals. Second, to thank the comrades in the police station for their hard work! Third, the renovation of the guesthouse was very successful. Comrades Li Huaide, Chen Dayong and others have worked hard. Come on, let's drink three glasses in a row!"

Director Yang was also happy today and offered three glasses of wine right at the start!

Drinking here is comfortable. The waiter's service attitude is quick and sharp! After this meal, in the leaders' minds, the guesthouse has become their must-go place. The canteen is small and anyone who wants to go can go!

Only then did Chen Dayong know what happened to Chen Zhiguo last night, and only then did he have time to ask Chen Zhiguo, "How are you, are you not hurt?"

"No, I just got hit on the back, it's okay!"

Chen Dayong looked at Chen Zhiguo and thought that he was fine, so he felt relieved. As the director of the guesthouse, it was reasonable for him to toast his leader in such an occasion, but how could he drink well?

So, the Chen family father and son joined together, which was spectacular. "My father can't drink, so I can only express my gratitude. Leader, I toast you three glasses of wine!"

Who among you here doesn't have a tolerance for two or three catties of alcohol? The worst drinkers can drink about one catty. Even the least able to drink can still become strong after practicing! Everyone understands that Chen Dayong, who has just taken up a leadership position, naturally looks down on young people. No matter how good a drinker is, he can't have grown up with a small wine jar!

Drinking always requires an adaptation process. After getting drunk again and again, the alcohol tolerance will slowly increase. So these leaders had the idea of ​​letting Chen Zhiguo train his alcohol tolerance, drinking one glass after another!

Chapter 159 Sorry, I can’t drink much!

A working dinner earned Chen Zhiguo the title of Wine God in the steel rolling mill. This was even though he was restrained in the amount of wine he drank and did not force people to drink. Among the leaders of the steel rolling mill present, except for Secretary Wang and Director Yang, all the other leaders walked crookedly!

Li Huaide was spared by Chen Zhiguo, and he was also smart, so he pretended to be drunk!

Wine culture has a long history in the land of flower planting. As the saying goes, drinking habits reflect one's character. Young men like Chen Zhiguo, who can drink five or six kilograms of liquor, do not talk nonsense, speak in an orderly manner, and do not show any signs of being drunk, are deeply loved by the leaders!

Wine culture is not only popular among the people, but also in official circles. Welcoming and seeing off guests, entertaining leaders, and entertaining guests all require wine as a medium. Without wine, no party is complete!

Many friends in government and business circles don’t drink alcohol on a regular basis, but when they really want to drink, they often start with two kilograms. If you talk about the past in detail, who hasn’t grown up through getting drunk time and time again!

"This young man has a future!" Secretary Wang sighed. It was a pity that he still had more than a year to train him. He was a good seedling! If he could be given three to five years, Secretary Wang would have trained him!

"It's really good, he is both civil and military!" Director Yang also agreed. In a short period of time, Chen Zhiguo showed everything that was surprising. In fact, everyone knew that the reason why the guesthouse became what it is now was because Chen Dayong was his father, and Chen Zhiguo was giving advice behind the scenes for his father!

After seeing off the leader, Chen Dayong and Chen Zhiguo sat down in the lobby. When the front desk waiter saw them, he immediately brought hot tea, "Fourth Uncle, Brother Zhiguo, have some tea!" Chen Dayong was the fourth child in the family, so he was called Fourth Uncle.

To be honest, Chen Zhiguo knew all the elders in Chenjia Village, but he didn't know many of the younger and younger generations. The main reason was that he had too few opportunities to meet them. "Are you from that old man's family?"

"He is the second child of Chen Dahu's family, and his name is Erya!" Chen Dayong explained.

"Sister Erya, are you used to being here?"

"It's great here. I don't have to do any heavy work. I just mop the floor and wipe the table every day! I can also eat enough and live well!" Arya's fast speaking speed and face filled with a bright smile already show how satisfied she is with her current life!

"Tell them tonight that when they are on vacation, don't be shy and come to our house for dinner. The main purpose is to get to know each other. These sisters, brothers and sisters, when they come, they must know where your fourth uncle's house is!"

"I got it, Brother Zhiguo!" Erya said a few words and went back. Although there were no guests now, it was written in the rules and regulations that no one was allowed to leave their post. In order to work well in the guesthouse, the children from Chenjia Village tried their best to study. Before leaving the village, the old man had said that anyone who did not work well in the guesthouse would be driven back and would not be wanted by Chenjia Village!

"After this meal, the leaders' reception will be held here. There may be some discomfort and mistakes in the early stage. The waiters should be allowed to adapt slowly and give them more time. During this period, you have to keep an eye on them. These children are not confident yet, and the more panicked they are, the more chaos they will suffer! They should practice the movements required by these guest rooms and restaurants!" Chen Zhiguo reminded.

"Got it!" Chen Dayong didn't drink much today, but he was in a very good mood!

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A month later, a banquet was held in the guesthouse, in the same large private room. The leader of the Ministry of Industry, Li Guoqiang, the leader of the steel rolling mill, and Chen Zhiguo were present!

After one month of continuous trial production, the output of workshops seven and eight was 50% higher than that of ordinary workshops, and the scrap rate and defective rate were the lowest!

The excited Director Yang quickly reported the good news to his superiors that his bet had really paid off!

The new production workshop design shocked the leaders of the Ministry of Industry who had seen the design drawings! Division of labor and cooperation, different levels of work, so that senior workers can do only the most precise parts instead of completing all parts, which greatly saves time and improves production efficiency!

This is not all, the most important thing is the training of workers' skills, small meetings, weekly meetings, monthly meetings, and the gathering of all forces to carry out technical training. The effect is not just one plus one equals two, but an exponential growth!

Therefore, in the seventh and eighth workshops, in just one month, the growth of low-level workers is very obvious. Workers with smart minds can now work for higher levels! This result is very gratifying!

Improvement in technology means improvement in grade, and improvement in grade means increase in salary, which becomes a virtuous circle. Conscious learning, asking questions when not understanding, listening carefully in every meeting, including taking notes, these have become must-do things for workers in the Qi and Ba Liang workshops!

The original resistance and reluctance in meetings have turned into active participation, serious discussions, and the courage to share one's own mistakes!

In the workshop, Chen Zhiguo explained in detail to the leaders the operation of the entire workshop, the role of regional division, the principles and reasons for road traffic, and detailed production statistics, down to each person and each part, whether it is intact, average, defective, or scrap, and marked the reasons! The results of these statistics have become the basis for learning, and targeted training can be carried out every day according to the statistical table!

"Come and work with me!" The leader of the Ministry of Industry said after listening to Chen Zhiguo's explanation.

"My teacher said that we should apply what we have learned, and I want to start from the grassroots!" Director Yang's heart was like a roller coaster, ups and downs! But Li Guoqiang was very pleased that his apprentice could become a master!

The big boss looked at Li Guoqiang and said, "You have taught a good apprentice!"

"That's because he worked hard!"

"Good seedlings must be carefully cultivated. Young people are enterprising and should be given more responsibilities. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. We all learn from our mistakes and grow!"

Promoting Chen Zhiguo is a good thing, but how to arrange him is a difficult problem for Director Yang. Chen Zhiguo is now the deputy director of the technical department and the director of the seventh and eighth workshops. The leaders said that they want to increase the burden. How to increase this burden? This is a difficult problem left to the leaders of the steel rolling mill!

At today's dinner, there is a special person in the crowd. He is the original owner of the steel mill and current shareholder Lou Qingshan!

He was also invited today. He originally thought that today was just a formality, where he would walk around, listen to speeches, applaud, and finally have a meal, and that would be the end of it!

However, as soon as he arrived at the scene, Lou Qingshan saw Chen Zhiguo at a glance. Ever since Lou Xiao'e came home that day and said to him, "Chong'er was born outside, Shensheng died inside", Lou Qingshan has been unable to sleep or eat. Through contact with different people, Lou Qingshan felt something slightly unusual, but very small, which made him a little hesitant. For this reason, he restricted Lou Xiao'e's travel. When the situation is unclear, it is better to have less contact with Chen Zhiguo!

However, it is the nature of a businessman to have gone through so many ups and downs over the years. Without some means of self-protection, Lao Lou would not have gotten to where he is today. While he was arranging people to investigate Chen Zhiguo again, he was quietly transferring his property!

Not putting all your eggs in one basket, "a cunning rabbit has three burrows" can both describe Lou Qingshan's approach!

The old Lou family was wealthy and had four, five, and six caves. But Lou Qingshan hesitated as to whether to leave. It was hard to leave his hometown. Even during the most difficult times, Lou Qingshan had always stayed in Yanjing. Now that the people were in charge, he wanted to leave. What kind of logic was this? Lou Qingshan was very distressed. How should he move forward?

Watching Chen Zhiguo talking confidently in front of his superiors, Lou Qingshan was also struggling with whether it would be beneficial or harmful to prevent Lou Xiao'e from contacting Chen Zhiguo.

He knew that his silly daughter was showing some signs of being obsessed, and he also knew that Chen Zhiguo was not a simple person. But was it really because of his beauty that such a person came into contact with his silly daughter?

Lou Qingshan has always believed that beautiful women are just the scenery and delicacies in life, which can be admired and enjoyed, but even Lou Qingshan himself cannot give up everything for them!

When Lou Qingshan was about to choose an ordinary family for his daughter, the talented Chen Zhiguo came into contact with Lou Xiao'e. Lou Qingshan had to doubt the motive behind this!

What did their family have? Apart from the current family of three, what was left? Money! Lots of money! Lou Bancheng was a bit boastful, but he himself didn't know how much wealth Lou Qingshan had hidden in his hands, and he couldn't calculate it!

Just when Lou Qingshan determined that Chen Zhiguo was after his wealth, he wanted to stop Lou Xiaoe from dating him. However, after Lou Xiaoe finished talking to him in the study, Chen Zhiguo never appeared in front of him again? Playing hard to get?

Lou Qingshan read through the Thirty-Six Stratagems and Sun Tzu's Art of War, but still couldn't figure out what Chen Zhiguo's trick was!

When Chen Zhiguo just nodded at him slightly but with disdain in his eyes, Lou Qingshan felt a little regretful. Maybe he was thinking wrongly!