An Yi walked into the "Taichang" firm on the first morning of work, everyone felt that their eyes were bright, I didn't expect that yesterday was a young man dressed as a beggar, today after wearing a dark blue youth outfit so chic and straight, the most interesting thing is that his hairstyle, which is very different from the popular style nowadays, the hair and feet are neatly trimmed, and the long hair that originally covered the eyebrows has been cut in half, uneven but natural and soft, and the freshness and vitality that overflows the whole body stunned the only two young female staff in the store.

The strict shopkeeper Chen was very dissatisfied, but he couldn't find anything wrong, this newcomer was still wearing the yellow plastic sandals, the texture of the clothes was almost fresh and neat, although he had cut a hairstyle that he had never seen that was unpleasant, but the long hair was indeed cut short. Shopkeeper Chen looked angry, and deliberately let An Yi stand in front of his office desktop and wait for twenty minutes, then put down the newspaper and picked up the teacup, and tasted it comfortably and started an official tone: "You, go to the warehouse in the backyard to do a section first, if the aquatic truck picks up and delivers the goods and lacks manpower to carry you, you will go on top, usually repair the old machine in the No. 4 warehouse, if you don't have the ability to repair it, fill in the form and make a book, and then I will find a way to contact the foreign supply company to deal with it." ”

"Understood."

"Let's go, stay here and wait for me to invite you to morning tea?"

"Then I'll go to the backyard."

An Yi walked through the side door of the store alone and walked into the backyard, and saw the accountant Uncle Nine looking at him with a smile and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, Uncle Nine looked at An Yi carefully from head to toe, and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, I know how to save money, good, good!" Sure enough, it is a talent, and it compares our Guangdong beautiful boy Wang Jixin, haha! ”

"Uncle Nine, who is Wang Jixin? Singing? An Yi asked curiously.

Uncle Nine looked at An Yi in surprise: "Are you making fun of me or do you really don't know?" ”

"I really don't know, how dare the younger generation be disrespectful to your old man?" An Yi replied honestly.

Uncle Nine nodded: "It's no wonder, you are a child from a poor family, two meals a day are a problem, how can you have the heart to care about current political affairs, let me tell you, Wang Jixin is Wang Zhaoming, Ji Xin is his trade name, his real name is Zhaoming, pen name Jingwei, do you know?" ”

An Yi was taken aback: "Wang Jingwei...... How dare I compare with such a big man? Uncle Nine, you scared me to death. ”

Uncle Nine laughed: "Aren't you just kidding?" The big guys are nothing remarkable, but you have to work harder in the future, and we can't do business without understanding the current situation. Take yesterday's incident as an example, those warlords are not easy to mess with, for a little thing those barbarians dare to shoot and kill people, I see that the situation is not right and secretly call the owner for help, the owner immediately rushed over from the foreign company in the Shamian concession, and found that you handled it well, and then heard that you repaired the broken machine in three times and two times and was more happy, so I instructed the secretary to tell the shopkeeper Chen to keep you, and generously gave you half a month's salary in advance, which is in us. Taichang's firm has never done anything in more than 20 years, so you have to do it well and don't let the owner down! ”

Only then did An Yi know what was going on, and said gratefully to Uncle Jiu: "Thank you, Uncle Jiu, don't worry, your old man, the younger generation will do a good job." ”

"Okay, I'm also optimistic about you, let's go, I'll take you to the warehouse for a walk, familiarize yourself with the place and a few people, and it will be convenient to work together in the future."

Uncle Nine led An Yi to the backyard, and introduced An Yi to the driver He Shuisheng, the head of the warehouse Ou Yonghua and several employees, everyone reacted differently, An Yi was very polite, and after Uncle Nine retreated, he followed Ou Yonghua, the lean manager in his forties, to a row of warehouses in the west.

Ou Yonghua briefly introduced the goods stored in warehouses No. 1 to No. 3, and finally opened the No. 4 warehouse to take An Yi around: "All the machines stored here are broken machines, including large textile machinery accessories, electric grinders, plate cutting machines, and most sewing machines. The more than 30 units on the left are made in Germany, the more than 50 units on the right are American goods, our firm and seven or eight foreign companies are long-term contacts, is the largest sewing machine dealer in the province and Hong Kong area, so the damaged machine will continue to be sent in after the sale, these are still part of the foreigners are unwilling to take back, if you can repair it, it is the best, what tools and accessories are needed to make a watch for me, I will help you get it back, you can't repair it is not reluctant, understand? ”

"Understood...... Mr. Ou, I want to get to work now, I need a set of repair tools that are exactly the same as the one in the shop, as well as engine oil and a small vice, that's all for now. An Yi said in a low voice.

Manager Ou nodded expressionlessly: "I'll ask someone to send it to you later." ”

From this day on, no matter whether the weather is sunny or rainy, the No. 4 warehouse door in the backyard of the "Taichang" firm is always the earliest to open and close the latest, every day at 8 o'clock in the morning An Yi arrived at 7:50, and he often delayed until 7 o'clock after work at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, which is not how high his consciousness and how much gratitude, but he likes his work, like to think quietly alone.

For the first three days, Mr. Ou came to inspect every day, and found that An Yi dismantled several seriously damaged sewing machines and placed them one by one, looking at the cold spare parts like a fool, and comparing and comparing them, but he didn't see any positive actions and achievements.

Manager Ou sighed secretly, and after that, he didn't bother much, and he was not interested in taking a second look at the accessories, so he simply handed over the key to the No. 4 warehouse to the seventy-year-old doorman Seventh Uncle, and asked Seventh Uncle to open and close the door for An Yi. The colleagues in the store almost forgot about An Yi because they didn't see him, and only Uncle Jiu, the accountant, nodded with satisfaction after coming to see him once.

An Yi is also happy to be clean, every day after work back to the narrow room on Chaoxing Street, he uses the white paper and pencil he bought back to write and draw, and the next night he goes to Mr. Lao's house to read and write books such as "Mai Shenxiang" and "Tao Te Ching" in order to recognize words.

Until the tenth day, the shopkeeper Chen suddenly remembered that there was a person named An Yi under his command and couldn't bear it, he summoned Uncle Nine and Manager Ou to ask a few words, and walked to the backyard very annoyed to find An Yi who was eating for nothing.

Who knew that everyone was stunned when they went in, and the scolding Chen shopkeeper looked at the two rows of neatly wiped sewing machines on the long bench and was speechless, Uncle Nine approached the machine and put on reading glasses to look carefully, and found that there was a piece of cardboard tied to the head of each sewing machine, and on the piece of paper were rows of neat long Song characters, indicating the damaged parts of the machine, the results of the test run and the time of repair, each of the nineteen sewing machines had such a card, and the time-honored Nine Uncle was also moved to the point that he didn't know what to say. For the first time, Mr. Ou's coffin-like face had an expression, and his thin eyes flashed with excitement, appreciation, and exclamation.

An Yi, who was so involved in the oil, didn't notice the arrival of a few people at all, and sat on the ground with his back to the door staring at the half-dismantled German "Baifu" brand sewing machine, motionless like a puppet, if it weren't for the shopkeeper Chen's cough, he would still be in deep thought.

"Mr. Chen, Uncle Jiu, and Mr. Ou are in charge!" An Yi, who got up quickly, greeted while wiping his hands.

Shopkeeper Chen pointed to the nineteen sewing machines that had been repaired and asked kindly, "Have these been repaired?" ”

"It's repaired, nineteen American goods, and I haven't had time to move the dozens of German-made ones, and it is estimated that about half of them can be repaired. Thanks to the complete accessories of the Ou manager, but there are eleven American "Singer" brand machines I can't repair, the installation of transmission accessories or bobbin fasteners of the cast iron base is seriously damaged, unless the manufacturer can take the whole set of pedestals back to rework, but this is estimated to be more troublesome than building a new one, so I can't help it, I'm sorry Chen shopkeeper. An Yi explained apologetically.

Shopkeeper Chen said excitedly: "It's amazing! Do you know? The technicians of the United States' 'Shenchang' and Germany's 'Lu Lin' have long come to see these bad machines, leaving a sentence of 'irreparable' and leaving, causing us to be at a loss of tens of thousands of yuan. I'm going to report to Mr. Ou and let him reward you well. ”

An Yi smiled happily: "Mr. Chen, in fact, these machines are not difficult to repair, foreign technicians said that they are not willing to repair if they are not repaired, even if the damage is the most serious, it can be partially repaired, such as those electric grinders, it is very simple, as long as I am provided with sufficient accessories and the same type of enameled copper wire, I am sure to repair it; The four British-made medium-sized plate cutting machines are not too difficult, after the measurement, draw the drawings and take them to the foundry, let them cast the tool base and roller collar according to the drawings, and I can repair it with a new set of tools when I come back to process it; There are more than a dozen American sewing machines over there, if the east wall is demolished and the west wall is repaired, I am sure that six will be repaired, but I dare not call the shots for such a big thing, I wanted to wait for these easy repairs to be repaired and then report to you, now that you are here just right, you have an idea, if you agree, I can do it the day after tomorrow, and I will continue to repair German goods after the end. ”

"Agreed! Totally agree! If you don't repair it, you will throw it here in vain and rust, who wouldn't want to turn it into money? Ha ha! An Yi, I didn't misread you! Shopkeeper Chen patted An Yi's shoulder affectionately, and didn't care that An Yi was too tall, he had to stand on tiptoe, and smiled so hard that his fat eyes were closed in a line.

Everyone laughed, An Yi was also very proud, his work was undoubtedly recognized by the boss and his co-workers, such a good mood An Yi had not enjoyed for a long time, so he was very satisfied and happy.

What An Yi didn't expect was that after Uncle Nine and Manager Ou left, An Yi's great ability was trumpeted, which was an earth-shattering thing in their eyes, enough to involve the height of national self-esteem. The employees of the good deeds exaggerated several times, blowing An Yi more than ten times more than the foreigner technician, and even the owners of the two commercial houses next door regretted it after hearing it, remembering that the ragged Sichuan boy had also been rejected by himself, the two bosses felt a burst of heart-wrenching pain and jealousy.

From this day on, An Yi relied on his solid knowledge and hard work, honest personality and easy-going surname to win the respect of the upper and lower levels of the business house, and his status soared rapidly, and in the eyes of everyone, he could almost be equal to the shopkeeper Chen. The shrewd shopkeeper Chen found this treasure, for fear that he would not be able to keep it and be poached by other firms, so he went to the home of the proprietor Ou Yaoting to report it that night, which attracted great attention from this famous rich man in Hong Kong and province.