"Neither of us has a serious job, but you can make more money now than I do." Liu Jianguo said with a sigh.

Wang Weidong glanced at Liu Jianguo's legs, his right leg was much thinner than his left leg.

"I heard that in order to get jobs for people like us, the factory wants to build a tofu shop, open a photo studio, and a steamed bun shop." Wang Weidong said.

All the production and service factories and shops in the Xiangyang Chemical Plant are owned by the state, and none of them are private, and according to the policy, the state does not allow private enterprises to open enterprises, even barber shops!

"I can't do any work with my body, I want to work as a projectionist in a movie theater, but that job is so hot that I can't squeeze in!" Liu Jianguo said regretfully.

"How many people like you are there in our factory?" Wang Weidong asked suddenly.

Liu Jianguo thought for a while and replied: "There are at least a dozen people of the same age, deaf and mute, lame, and polio." ”

Wang Weidong listened thoughtfully.

The two chatted for two hours, and Wang Weidong returned home at almost noon.

Wang Weidong suddenly asked when he was having lunch with his grandmother: "Is the deputy director of the factory, who is in charge of the factory, my grandfather's apprentice?" ”

"Yes, there are many apprentices of the old workers in the factory who later became leaders of your grandfather! The first thing that comes to mind when I want to find someone to solve your work is Fang Huawen, when he was in his twenties, your grandfather took him to his house for dinner, but you didn't want to. Grandma Huang Guiying replied.

After listening to this, Wang Weidong began to think about his thoughts again.

In the afternoon, Wang Weidong went to the savings bank and took out 500 yuan from the passbook, leaving only a fraction.

When he withdrew his money, it felt like he had withdrawn hundreds of thousands of dollars from the bank at once decades later.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, Wang Weidong changed into clean clothes and leather shoes, combed his hair and walked out of the house.

He walked a few streets to Residence No. 5.

Although this building is structurally identical to other residential buildings, the only difference is that the factory leaders live here.

Wang Weidong walked into the second floor of the second door, and he paused and knocked on the door on the left.

The door soon opened, and a middle-aged woman with a small wavy head opened the door and looked at Wang Weidong with suspicious eyes.

As a leader, there are often people with various purposes in the family to find the family, and there are many people and it is very annoying after a long time.

"What's the matter with you?" The woman asked.

"I'm looking for Uncle Fang, I'm Wang Zhenwu's grandson, and I have serious business!" Wang Weidong replied.

Wang Weidong's answer is very improper, is anyone looking for a leader because of something inappropriate?

The woman did not immediately let Wang Weidong in, but turned around and shouted loudly into the house: "Old Fang! Someone is looking for you, the grandson of Wang Hewu! ”

A middle-aged man with glasses appeared behind the woman and looked at Wang Weidong suspiciously.

"Uncle Fang, it's me Weidong! My grandfather Wang Zhenwu, you have been to my house before! Wang Weidong said loudly.

The deputy director in charge of the management of the subordinate enterprises of Xiangyang Chemical Plant thought for a long time, and finally said to Wang Weidong with a smile: "It turns out to be Weidong, come in!" ”

A leader is a leader, Fang Huawen pulled his wife to the back and personally opened the door to Wang Weidong to greet him.

As soon as he walked into the room, Wang Weidong saw a row of undressed shoes in the corridor, and he hurriedly took off his shiny leather shoes to reveal brand-new nylon socks.

"No need to take it off, no need to take it off!" Fang Huawu said politely.

At present, there should be no more than 10 people who need to take off their shoes to enter the door of the entire Xiangyang Chemical Plant.

"Your grandfather did a good job of helping us at that time, I was his apprentice, and he always taught us hand in hand!" Fang Huawen walked into the living room with Wang Weidong and said affectionately to Wang Weidong at the same time.

Walking into the living room, Fang Huawen pointed to the sofa and asked Wang Weidong to sit down.

Now there is no place to buy a sofa, and it should be done by workers in the factory.

Wang Weidong put his hands on his knees and said, "Uncle Fang, I came this time to report to you about my recent thoughts. ”

After he said this, he took out fifty pieces of unity from his pocket and put them on the coffee table in front of him.

Hearing Wang Weidong's last sentence, Fang Huawen was stunned - there is something wrong with your kid, right? Come to me and report on the situation.

But when he saw the thick stack of money that Wang Weidong put on the coffee table, it was like seeing a bomb!

"What are you going to do? Grab it and get out! Fang Huawen shouted.

Because the sound was too loud, her wife also walked to the door of the living room and looked inside, and when she saw the five hundred dollars, she was also stunned.

Others walked through the back door to take two bottles of wine and two cigarettes, she had never seen Wang Weidong so generous!

That's a year's worth of wages for an average worker.

"Uncle Fang, you misunderstood, I didn't give you this money to go through the back door. When I came back from the educated youth point in May, I went to the county farmers' market to sell vegetables without a job, and in half a year, I had more than 500 yuan left after the living expenses of my grandmother and me. Wang Weidong said.

Fang Huawen thought for a while and said: "It seems that there is such a thing, that typical example of Beeshan County's propaganda is you, right?" ”

"That's me!" Wang Weidong replied proudly.

"Say things, talk about things, hurry up and put the money away!" Fang Huawen said.

He watched Wang Weidong take the money and sit down slowly.

"Now that winter is approaching, my business is over, I originally planned to spend half a year comfortably at home, and then I will do it again after the spring of next year, but today I felt very uncomfortable after going to my classmate Liu Jianguo's house." Wang Weidong bowed his head and said.

"You must know Liu Jianguo's parents! His father Liu Limin's ministerial-level model worker, his mother Fuguirong is more famous, has been in the newspaper and entered Beijing to take a photo with the leaders, and is a national model worker! But he was born with a disability, and now there is no hope for a large number of people with hands and feet who do not have jobs. Wang Weidong continued.

Speaking of this, it was too heavy, Wang Weidong suddenly slapped the coffee table with his hand and said: "I thought about it all afternoon, my life alone is nothing, I want to take everyone to do it together, so that disabled young people like Liu Jianguo in the factory have something to do!" ”

There is so much foreshadowing in front, so Wang Weidong's words are loud.

Fang Huawen, who was still in a heavy mood, suddenly cheered up, he patted Wang Weidong on the shoulder and said, "Weidong, you are right to think so!" It's about making progress together. ”

It is a headache for so many unemployed young people in the factory, especially the factory leaders are under great pressure.

But what can be thought of now is to increase the service industry of haircuts, steamed buns, and tofu, and young people are not willing to do it at all.

"Radios are so good to sell now, so I want to take the lead in setting up a radio factory with a dozen people to specialize in the production of radios!" Wang Weidong said.

Fang Huawen looked at Wang Weidong in a daze, he didn't expect Wang Weidong to have such a big plan as soon as he exited.

"This is a good idea, but we are the fifth machine department, and the electronic department is the fourth machine department, and it is too troublesome to produce radios, and we have to report to the ministry for ministerial coordination." Fang Huawen said embarrassedly.

In the era of planned economy, no matter how few and simple production raw materials needed in the factory, they had to be reported to the ministry, and then the ministry coordinated, and then the production tasks were assigned to other ministries and commissions, and then transferred to the factory.

"Director Fang, I have already asked, the radio is a horn magnetic rod, a few diodes and transistors, very simple! The establishment of a small factory also requires not many components, that is, it is a matter of plugging the teeth, and now solving the employment is a big deal, and the Xiangyang Chemical Plant has even solved the employment of the disabled, and it is more face-saving to say it! Wang Weidong said.

In fact, what he wanted to say was that this was a matter of political achievements by factory leaders.

"If the radio factory is established, I will take everyone to work hard and never cause trouble to the factory! The wages are completely on our own, and we have to pay a little fee to the factory! Wang Weidong continued.

At present, the state policy does not allow private enterprises, and individuals can only borrow the names of state-owned enterprises and the government to set up enterprises, and the enterprises are attached to the state-owned enterprises and the government, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses, and they pay the affiliation fee.

However, due to unclear property rights, many economic disputes have arisen after a few years or more than a decade. Many well-run businesses have been wiped out as a result.

Fang Huawen said: "I will mention this matter at the meeting, and the leaders will sit together to study and study. Don't rush, take your time. ”

When sending Wang Weidong out, Fang Huawen saw the door on the opposite side move slightly.

"Weidong, your grandfather is my master, you will often come to the house to play in the future! I must respond to your suggestion to the secretary of the factory director, forget selfishness, sacrifice yourself for others, you have done a good job! Fang Huawen said loudly.

After sending Wang Weidong away, Hua Wen returned to the living room and sat on the sofa with a sigh and said, "I earned 500 yuan in half a year!" ”

His wife said, "You didn't hear it clearly just now, he said that there are more than 500 left in addition to living expenses!" ”

"Yes, society has changed, and being a small trader can make so much money." Fang Huawen said. As a factory leader, he didn't earn as much as Wang Weidong.

People who are always concerned about national affairs are indeed more sensitive than ordinary people.

When Wang Weidong returned home, his grandmother asked him where he had just gone.

Wang Weidong told Fang Huawen's house in 1510.

"Why don't you take me with you? If I had gone, he might have said yes because he had eaten what I cooked! Huang Guiying said angrily.

"If you go, it's a private matter, it's for myself. But I didn't go to his house for myself, but to help the factory solve the employment problem! "What Wang Weidong said is bright and bright.

He felt that the more this happened, the easier it would be to solve the problem, Wang Weidong took out 500 yuan to show Fang Huawen to let him understand that he was doing well, and he stood up for the disabled children in the factory.

It would be easy to set up a factory in a few decades, but not now. Wang Weidong felt that the problem could only be solved by making the factory leaders politically aware of it.

The leaders of the state-owned factories now do not think about making money and making profits at all, they just want to complete the production tasks assigned by the state.