Chapter III 20-21
Liu Jianhua came to the conference room early in the afternoon, prepared tea and turned on the air conditioner, and sent me to fetch a pot of boiling water. In the morning, I heard Zhao Yiming say that his wife had just given birth to a pair of twins, or dragon and phoenix twins, and it was estimated that he was also going to have a bumper harvest in his family and career, so he tried his best to be courteous in front of the manager, and I don't know if the lover outside would feel disgusted when he saw his face. When I came back, I found that the manager had entered the conference room, and the director was chatting with him, and Liu Jianhua was beside him, opening his mouth and sticking out his tongue twice from time to time to show respect.
Yu Li sat on the other side of the manager, and when she saw me coming in with a warm pot, she smiled and said, "Yo, hard work." β
Liu Jianhua hurriedly greeted me and said, "Zhou Wen, hurry up and pour tea for everyone, just use the bucket of tea I just put there." β
The manager looked at me and asked, "Is this kid new?"
The director said to him: "That's right, manager, this is Director Liu's college student from his school, who has come for an internship, and has been here for a semester. β
"Oh, Jianhua, you still brought a lot of people from the school! It seems that there were two students from the last democratic life meeting, right?" the manager finally said a word to Liu Jianhua.
"Yes, yes, yes. Liu Jianhua replied immediately, and then pointed to Ma Chao and Liu Jia and said, "It's the two of them, Ma Chao and Liu Jia, Ma Chao is still a graduate student!" Ma Chao nodded embarrassedly at the manager.
"Yes, yes, young people have a bright future, and they will work hard in the factory in the future. Jianhua This is the wealth of our factory, you have to keep it. β
"Don't worry, manager. Liu Jianhua definitely didn't dare to tell the manager that Ma Chao was already looking for a job.
I put the tea leaves in the cup, poured the water and put the cups in front of these people, and then I heard the manager ask Liu Jianhua again: "Jianhua heard that you are happy to have a dragon and phoenix fetus?
Liu Jianhua was flattered and hurriedly replied: "Okay! Manager, don't worry, I will definitely not be able to delay my work." Just talk about Ma Chao, I haven't cultivated him a lot recently, isn't it Ma Chao?" Liu Jianhua was counting on Ma Chao's mouth to be able to say some plus points that would make him better show himself in front of the manager.
Ma Chao looked at Liu Jianhua, then at the manager, bowed over and said, "That's right, Teacher Liu taught me a lot of things." In addition, Mr. Liu, you see that I only learned today that you like to be a father, and I would like to congratulate you. β
When Ma Chao said this, I was handing Yu Li tea, and when I heard him say the words "happy to be a father", I almost didn't hold the cup steady, but fortunately, Yu Li quickly took it, but she looked at Ma Chao with wide eyes, and then looked at me. In good conscience, I think Ma Chao must simply think that "happy to be a father" means to congratulate the other party on becoming a father, so he dared to say these three words so naturally, but I saw that all the people in the conference room were stunned, and even the manager looked at Ma Chao speechless for a long time.
Fortunately, Yu Li broke this embarrassing atmosphere in time, she first coughed her throat, and then asked Li Tianlei: "Comrade Li Tianlei, are you ready for your inauguration declaration? Will you read it aloud or recite it to us later?" I looked at Yu Li, and she also stole a glance at me, and I mouthed her and said "Thank you." She gave me an "OK" gesture with her hand hidden under the table, but Ma Chao was still stunned and confused.
Halfway through the meeting, I came out to go to the bathroom, and when I finished washing my hands and was about to go back to the conference room, I saw Yu Li also walking out, she saw me, smiled and whispered, "That friend of yours is stunned." β
I was surprised how she knew that Ma Chao and I were friends, because the office building where the Party Work Department is located is located near the gate of the factory, and our workshop is located in the deepest part of the factory. The meat dishes that the canteen generally provides to us are fish-flavored chicken strips and mushu meat, which can be called meat dishes even if there are many vegetarian dishes, and the price is twice as high as ordinary vegetarian dishes. When Ma Chao and I went to the cafeteria that day, it was almost half past 12, originally we thought that there was nothing left of vegetarian dishes, but I didn't expect to look in from the rice window, there were a series of pure meat dishes such as ancient meat, sweet and sour tenderloin, chicken cutlet and chicken thighs, etc., Ma Chao and I were dazzled, thinking that today was a "food festival", because only on the day of the food festival will the canteen make chicken legs. I asked the rice seller for ancient meat and chicken steaks, and Ma Chao asked for sweet and sour tenderloin and chicken thighs in another window, we thought about ordering two more vegetarian dishes, and then eating these four pure meat dishes together, but what I didn't expect was that the rice aunt glanced at the two of us in our work clothes and said, "I don't sell meat dishes." The two of us were puzzled and asked my aunt why, but she didn't explain. It wasn't until later that a person in an office building wearing a suit came over (the work clothes of the office building are suits), he walked to Ma Chao's window and said to the people inside that he wanted sweet and sour tenderloin and another vegetarian dish, and the people inside quickly helped him serve a dish and then asked him what the staple food to eat, he said that he wanted two steamed buns, and then took the meal card and put it on the card reader, the canteen meat dishes were 10 pieces of vegetarian dishes and 5 yuan, and the steamed buns were 6 cents a, and his meal should be 16.2, but I saw that the aunt only pressed 15, and the actual consumption amount displayed by him here was 7.5, that is to say, his staple food is not counted as money, although the dish is counted as money, it is a 5% discountγ Ma Chao and I didn't eat that meal in the cafeteria later, and went out of the east gate to the restaurant we frequented during the night shift. Thinking about it, it is probably the scene when Yu Li saw the two of us chasing my aunt in the cafeteria that day to ask for an explanation.
"He certainly doesn't know what he means by that, but thank you for helping him out. "I'm so grateful for what Lee did.
"You're welcome, you're welcome. But I want to warn you that he just said that, and it's better to look for another job. β
I felt that Yu Li's eyes were full of sincerity when she said this, so I told her through and said, "Actually, the two of us have already started looking for jobs." β
"I didn't expect you to move very fast, so have you found it?" Yu Li seemed to be interested in our job search.
"I have invested in a few private companies and have not yet been interviewed, and Ma Chao went to the machine tool R&D center yesterday is estimated to have a play. β
"Aren't you with him?"
"I don't want to look for this kind of unit anymore. β
"Haha, well, I don't think you're suitable for this kind of company, but if you want to go to that R&D center, just tell me, I have acquaintances over there. Yu Li said.
"Sister, can I ask, why are you helping me so much?" I looked at Yu Li and asked.
"It's nothing. Yu Li paused and continued: "I just think that this energy in you is quite attractive to me." β
I laughed when she said this: "Then if I am really in trouble, I will look for you." β
"Okay, I'll recognize you as a younger brother. β
Ma Chao was remorseful after learning the true meaning of "happy to be a father", and he described himself as committing another SB like the last time his resume was discovered.
"I really don't know what this word means, I still wondered when I saw that you didn't speak after I finished speaking!" Ma Chao sat in the subway, holding his head and said.
"Okay! Fortunately, Sister Li helped you cover it, aren't you about to find a home?" I comforted Ma Chao and said.
"Well, I didn't expect Yu Li to help me, she's pretty good. Ma Chao said, "Aren't you going to the interview tomorrow?"
Before getting off work, I asked Liu Jianhua for a day off tomorrow, I told him that I was going to celebrate my girlfriend's birthday, he seemed to be angry at the time, and he probably didn't hear what I said and said "um", in the afternoon, Ma Chao said those three words in front of the manager made him embarrassed, he should be thinking about how to remedy it.
"Yes, one in the morning is a salesman, and in the afternoon it seems to be a manufacturer of electronic components. β
"You're so employed. β
If it weren't for the fact that some companies didn't accept my resume because they didn't see me as the right professional, I would have planned to invest in a few human resources. β
"Do you want to change careers completely?" Ma Chao asked me.
"I thought I would change if I had the chance, but I couldn't do some work that wasn't too close to machinery in a company that was mainly engaged in machinery. β
"Then our factory is quite suitable for you, and the work you do now is not related to machinery. β
"Forget it, I want to vomit when I see the machine now. β
Ma Chao laughed when he heard me say this, and he finally regained some of his spirits.