The time came to the end of September 1984, and it had been nearly 3 months since Li Huayong crossed into this world. With the departure of Lei Yutong, as the weather gradually cools, the pile foundation work of the whole project is gradually coming to an end.

On October 1st, National Day, Li Huayong rarely gave himself a half-day holiday, but went to the owner's office to watch TV. The military parade for the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China is a must-see.

In his previous life, although Li Huayong had seen many military parades, only this military parade left Li Huayong deeply impressed and remembered it vividly. But in his previous life, Li Huayong was still young, and he was just a primary school student at that time. Now I look at it again with another identity and another experience, and it is indeed a different taste in my heart.

It was Lu Yuquan who watched the live TV broadcast with Li Huayong, and after watching the entire military parade, Lao Lu sighed to Li Huayong: "It seems that the country is really a new atmosphere." ”

Li Huayong was speechless when he heard this, and what made people feel the most impressive about this military parade was not the military appearance and military discipline displayed by our army, nor the various weapons that walked around the square, but the famous banner pulled out by several college students in the mass parade that followed.

Although the banner made of bed sheets only appeared on TV and flashed by in a flash, the impact on people was huge. The significance of that banner is that this is not an official arrangement, but a completely spontaneous act of the people.

It is precisely for this reason that people like Lao Lu will feel more deeply, and he is more "special in my heart" than Li Huayong. Therefore, after watching the military parade, he sighed about the "new atmosphere" in China.

Of course, Li Huayong, as a "person who has come over", knows that things are not so good. Let's take the parade as well. Originally, according to the convention of "a small celebration in five years and a big celebration in ten years," the military parade in five years should be grander, but what about real life? In the same square, what happened could only make people sigh.

Although on the whole, China's 80s can be called a good era. This is an ideal era, this is a vigorous era, this is an era in which "scar literature" and "hazy poetry" coexist, and this is an era in which the women's volleyball team and Lao Nie can make the Chinese people excited for a long time if they win a few victories. In this era, it seems that all Chinese are full of spirit, and everyone is full of hope for the future.

However, there are still many deficiencies in this era, and the economic backwardness and some defects in the system have left many regrets in this era.

This is an era when there are also "hooliganism" and "speculation". This is an era when there are still various food stamps, cloth stamps, meat stamps, and almost all kinds of material are relatively scarce.

"Foreign exchange volume", "Strike hard", "scissors difference", "10,000 yuan household", "official fall"... These terms, which were born or disappeared in this era, vividly outline the characteristics of this era.

On the second day after the end of the National Day, there was a burst of firecrackers at the construction site. Lei Jianjun rushed out of the office:

"Who? Who set off firecrackers on the construction site?"

"It's Li Huayong's kid. ”

"Why did he set off firecrackers?"

Today is the day when the manually dug piles are completed, and Li Huayong has already bought and hung "10,000 rings" and put them there, and he has been waiting for it for a long time. ”

Hearing the name Li Huayong, Lei Jianjun had a complicated expression on his face, and he was still awkward in his heart, although his daughter had left, how to get along with Li Huayong?

"This kid, it's quite stupid, Lao Zhang, is Lao Zhang here?"

"What's the matter with Team Lei?" Zhang Yongping, the business manager, appeared in front of Lei Jianjun.

"You go to the city now and buy me firecrackers... No, no, no, go buy me two copies, and when the pile foundation is completed, we will put it, and we must be more pompous than that kid. ”

"Okay, I'll go. ”

Zhang Yongping went out happily. Although he couldn't figure out why Lei Jianjun wanted to compete with Li Huayong, it was always a good thing to set off firecrackers. Due to the characteristics of pile foundation construction, it cannot be stopped after unfolding. Staying on a construction site like this can be very stressful. Now, after months of busy days and nights, we finally see the dawn of victory.

At present, the manual digging piles have all been completed, and more than 700 of the more than 800 piles have been poured concrete. Although the remaining tasks are not easy, everyone in the entire project department knows that with about half a month left in the contract period, the completion of the pile foundation project on time is almost a certainty.

"Manager Zhang, where are you going?"

When Zhang Yongping left the construction site, he happened to pass by the place where Li Huayong and the others set off firecrackers. Looking at Li Huayong, who was surrounded by several workers, and watching him greet himself with a smile, Zhang Yongping felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Thinking of the difficulties at the beginning of this project, it is precisely because of the appearance of this young man that it has changed. It was he who allowed the project department to open up the situation in one fell swoop, and it was he who allowed the whole project to be carried out smoothly. More importantly, even if Zhang Yongping's current source of confidence is largely because of Li Huayong-----

Since the manual digging piles have all ended, Li Huayong's hands are more abundant. When the project progresses to the present, anyone with a discerning eye can see that under the condition that other construction conditions cannot be changed, these workers under Li Huayong are the key to ensuring the smooth implementation of the project.

"Xiao Li, now that your business is almost over, what about your workers? You can't give me these workers back now. Zhang Yongping specially instructed.

Li Huayong smiled at him: "Don't worry, haven't you yet settled the bill? Even if I want to drive people out, people don't want to leave." I will leave all the workers behind, anyway, isn't it half a month, I can still afford this food fee, but when the time comes to ask Manager Zhang to sign the job, I will ask you to raise your hand. ”

Zhang Yongping laughed: "Signing is the business of the engineering department, and when the time comes, it is true that you Xiao Li has made such a great contribution to our project department, anyway, I will definitely not get stuck with you." ”

Li Huayong smiled and said, "Then let's say it." ”

The "signing work" mentioned by the two refers to the "part-time worker" in the project.

In construction, there are "part-time workers" and "piece-rate workers". "Piecework" is very easy to understand, and this form of employment is not easy to cause labor disputes, such as the manual digging pile at this construction site, everyone is calculated according to "meters", and there is a clear unit of measurement. The project department used this way to settle accounts for Li Huayong, and Li Huayong also used this way to pay wages to workers.

But in a construction site, there are always some things that you can't find an accurate unit of measurement. For example, at the same construction site, if it rains heavily on a certain day, the construction road in the construction site is not smooth enough, which affects the pouring of concrete. At this time, it is necessary to arrange a few workers to repair the road, so the question is, how to calculate the salary for this road repair?

For example, suppose that one day a leader inspects the construction site, and the project department assigns several workers to do sanitation, sweep the road, stack materials, or something. This is also looking for workers to work, and you always have to pay people to work, so how can such wages be calculated? This involves "part-time workers" on construction sites.

Generally speaking, because the "part-time worker" is not easy to measure, it is easy to rip off, and it is even easy to get tired. For example, many state-owned enterprises in later generations have clearly stipulated that "hourly workers" should be used as little as possible. But everyone knows in their hearts: in a construction site, such a thing as "part-time workers" must not be completely avoided. Therefore, the usual practice for most SOEs is to stipulate a percentage. Within a certain percentage, hourly employment is considered normal.

If that percentage is exceeded, you will be at risk of being audited internally.

Li Huayong is very experienced in this regard, as the former "Deputy Chief Engineer Li", Li Huayong is deeply in tune with the rules, so he has to say hello to Zhang Yongping in advance.

Due to the particularity of this project, and also due to the constraints of other conditions of this era, a large number of "part-time workers" were produced on this project.

How to get the money back is a question that Li Huayong needs to consider immediately.