Chapter 52

The most effective way to instill a sense of responsibility in workers is to scare them! This makes the workers feel a sense of crisis!

Education? Don’t even talk about it! As a business manager, so-called corporate education is much harder to implement than intimidation!

These days, the country does not allow the dismissal of workers, so the factory can only adopt the method of job rotation.

The supervisors of each workshop, upon receiving orders, immediately announced the job rotation notice. This notice immediately caused a significant stir among all the factory workers.

The workers who were diligently working lowered their heads and quietly discussed who had been reassigned. The "smart" ones were very interested in speculating about what kinds of jobs there were in the car modification factory and whether they were as boring as the current ones.

In large-scale production, each worker is a small screw in the assembly line. Every day, they do the same thing, responsible for a specific processing task in a certain component, performing the same action all day, which is naturally very tedious and frustrating, and many people have a lot of complaints.

The next day, more than 100 workers were pulled out from their original workshops. They were notified to take shovels and picks and participate in labor on the eastern wilderness of the car factory.

"Hey, we were pulled out just to do this?" Lu Guangming, at the front of the crowd, looked at the vast, grass-covered wilderness and called out, feeling very disheartened.

"What else do you want?" Another leading worker glared at him.

Lu Guangming turned his head and saw Xu Ke from the casting workshop. He opened his eyes wide, looked him up and down, and shouted, "What are you looking at?"

Xu Ke looked at him sideways and said contemptuously, "What are you looking at?"

Lu Guangming: "Not convinced?"

Xu Ke: "Not convinced, what can you do?"

Lu Guangming: "Hey? F*ck!"

Lu Guangming lifted the shovel from his shoulder, and Xu Ke gripped the pickaxe with both hands. The two of them stared at each other, ready to fight.

"Enough! What are you doing!" Master Wang Daming, at the front of the line, turned around and saw the two workers about to cause trouble. He roared loudly, and the two were immediately intimidated.

Lu Guangming and Xu Ke looked at each other and turned their heads away.

Lin Qiangsheng stood next to Wang Daming, turned around, and looked at these greenhorns, who all looked不服不忿 (unconvinced and resentful). He smiled and said, "Director Wang, why bother with them! Let them fight! Fight, and one less person, our factory doesn’t lack people!"

Lu Guangming and Xu Ke both glanced at Lin Qiangsheng, grunted softly, and turned their heads away.

The son of the factory director is just that awesome! Workers usually dare not offend Lin Qiangsheng easily. Not only do they not dare to offend him, but when he walks around the workshop, the workers try to behave well, fearing that Lin Qiangsheng might give them a hard time. Of course, Lin Qiangsheng wouldn’t bully these workers.

They might have been straightforward originally, but in the countryside and in society, they have long been bent by reality!

At the end of 1978, the educated youth began to return to the cities in large numbers. This period is indeed as Lin Qiangsheng said, there are plenty of people in the city who want jobs, and they really don’t lack these few!

These workers who have already entered the factory rely on the fact that the factory cannot fire them, so they were initially a bit casual. But when the factory got serious with them, they really became afraid! Now they are all anxious.

To establish the car modification factory, the factory also transferred a few old hands, like Gu Hongliang and Li Zheng. Wang Daming, as a former master sheet metal worker, was transferred to be the acting director of the modification factory due to his damaged hearing, which made him unsuitable for workshop production work, after consulting with him.

Lin Qiangsheng called Gu Hongliang and Li Zheng over, explained the general scope of work, and instructed them to lead the workers in starting the work.

Gu Hongliang was very happy to be transferred. He was glad to get off the production line. Li Zheng, however, became listless from the start.

"Gu Hongliang, Li Zheng, you two are responsible for organizing these workers. If any worker doesn’t work seriously, you should note it down and report it to me!" Lin Qiangsheng said to the two of them.

"Got it, you’ll see!" Gu Hongliang said happily. In his view, working outside is more comfortable than on the production line, which is too monotonous!

Li Zheng’s expression was like a bitter gourd. He asked in a listless voice, "If I report to you, won’t I be dealt with by the workers?"

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "No, they can’t do much! You can report to me! Li Zheng, I’m giving you a chance. On the production line, you were just a worker, but now you’re a small leader! Put in some effort, lead the workers well, and you’ll be a team leader in the future. Maybe you can even become a management worker, what a great opportunity!"

"Right, Li Zheng, work hard with me, Qiangsheng won’t let us down!" Gu Hongliang said loudly.

Li Zheng pursed his lips and nodded helplessly.

After the discussion, Wang Daming led Gu Hongliang and Li Zheng, loudly urging everyone to start working. They were to build a small factory about 100 meters long and 50-60 meters wide.

Around 8:30 in the morning, from the distant road, came the sound of military slogans:

"1-2-1, 1-2-1, 1-2-3-4!"

"1! 2! 3! 4!"

Lin Qiangsheng put his hand over his eyes and looked into the distance, immediately smiling. He shouted to Director Wang Daming, "The soldiers are here, let’s go and meet them!"

Wang Daming looked in the direction Lin Qiangsheng pointed and smiled, nodding.

Brigadier Zhang Tiesheng had promised to send a battalion of soldiers to assist in the construction of the modification factory. They came around the city from the east under the guise of a training exercise.

Lin Qiangsheng and another person ran to the front of the line and saw the leading officer, Gao Jun, who was still sitting in the jeep.

Lin Qiangsheng now understood that Gao Jun, around 35-36 years old, was already a regimental political commissar. No doubt, he was a rocketing official! Above him were deputy divisional and divisional political commissars.

A battalion of over 500 soldiers, two in a row, formed a long line.

"Commissar Gao, thank you for coming to help!" Lin Qiangsheng greeted the driver, Dong Cheng, and then smiled as he spoke to Gao Jun, who had gotten out of the car. As he spoke, he looked at the soldiers behind them, feeling a deep sense of familiarity with the military.

Gao Jun smiled and said, "Since our unit needs your factory’s help, we naturally have to put in some effort. It’s just that we have a lot of people!"

Lin Qiangsheng, who was now about 1.72-1.73 meters tall, looked like a young man. Gao Jun had felt that this young man was very mature after several interactions, so there was no barrier in their conversation.

"Alright, you go to the construction site first. We entrust the infrastructure part to you. We are confident in your unit!" Lin Qiangsheng said.

Wang Daming, standing beside him, smiled and nodded repeatedly. Lin Qiangsheng’s words were also his words.

Gao Jun turned around and waved his hand vigorously. The battalion commander and political instructor shouted orders, and the soldiers began to advance, changing from two rows to three rows, running towards the construction site.

The soldiers, wearing 65-style green military uniforms and green military caps, each carried tools like shovels. They shouted slogans as they passed by Lin Qiangsheng, who felt as if he had become part of them.

Gao Jun smiled again and said, "Our unit will never let the factory that helps us suffer. Our brick factory has already started firing bricks, and in a few days, the bricks and cement needed by the factory will be delivered!"

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and nodded, saying, "That’s great, preparing these building materials is really not easy!"

At that time, especially at the division level, the military had their own brick factories, and some even had their own cement factories, so they were not short of building materials.

Thinking about this, Lin Qiangsheng’s eyes lit up: Hey? Cooperating with the military really has many benefits! Not to mention, in the current era, building materials are extremely scarce in the country. Ordinary people can’t even find places to buy bricks and cement. With the support of the military, it would be much more convenient to carry out construction!

Seeing Lin Qiangsheng’s surprised look, Gao Jun smiled and said, "Not only bricks and cement, but our unit’s leadership, to thank your factory for helping the unit, has specially allocated two truckloads of supplies to you!"

Lin Qiangsheng laughed and said, "What supplies, you are too polite! Helping the soldiers is what we should do!"