The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 44 Promotion to Deputy Section Chief

"Okay, let's set up a standing special task force according to your method, and put it under your technical department."

Zhao Guangzheng quickly made a decision. This suggestion left a lot of room for maneuver, and was a move that could be both offensive and defensive, while also taking into account the production tasks arranged for next year.

Moreover, the technical department is responsible for guiding the factory's production processes, and Zhou Zhiqiang is also the developer of the new alloy steel process.

It would be best to let the technical department manage it.

"Section Chief Lü, please submit a preliminary management regulation to me when you get back. I will study it and implement it after the New Year."

Zhao Guangzheng directly assigned the task to Section Chief Lü, which was actually not a difficult task.

Since it's a standing project team, we can just follow the previous management approach and basically copy it.

Upon hearing this, Section Chief Lü immediately replied, "I understand, Factory Director."

Zhao Guangzheng then asked about some other matters before letting Section Chief Lü and Zhou Zhiqiang leave.

After leaving the factory director's office, Section Chief Lü smiled and said to Zhou Zhiqiang, "Deputy Section Chief Zhou, we'll have to work together from now on."

Although his tone was joking, Section Chief Lü showed no resistance to the matter whatsoever.

Zhou Zhiqiang has strong technical skills but doesn't like management; he is the opposite, and was originally transferred to the technical department as the head of the department because of his management skills. The two complement each other perfectly as the head and deputy.

"Hey, they're all your men, Section Chief Lü."

Zhou Zhiqiang said with a smile that the administrative level 18 salary is 14 yuan more than the technical level 11 salary, and he receives 87.5 yuan per month.

Moreover, this is a legitimate cadre position.

Although workers and peasants are now considered the most glorious, there are also sayings like "If you turn the steering wheel, you won't trade it for a county magistrate position."

But most people still want to be cadres.

The distribution of benefits is in the hands of cadres, the arrangement of production is in the hands of cadres, and personnel arrangements are also in the hands of cadres.

In the decades that followed, the public's resentment towards officials grew stronger because they received too many benefits.

Back in the technical section, Section Chief Lü was about to call Zhou Zhiqiang to help organize the standing project team when he suddenly remembered that Zhou Zhiqiang's desk hadn't been assigned yet, so he asked...

"Zhiqiang, our technical department only has two offices. Why don't you move your desk to my office to work?"

"Will this fit? Won't it be too cramped?"

Zhou Zhiqiang thought for a moment and then shook his head. Their technical department consisted of a large office and a small office inside. This small office was cleared out from the storage room and used as an office for Section Chief Lü.

It's really small; there's a table and chair and two cabinets inside, and it's almost full.

If Zhou Zhiqiang were to move another table into his office, he'd probably have to lean against the wall.

“That makes sense. Why don’t you sit there now? I’ll clear the space next to the cabinet for you.”

After looking around, Section Chief Lü quickly spotted a decent spot with an empty cabinet and just enough room for a desk.

“You can use that cabinet too. Our factory office building is indeed a bit small, and the technical department didn’t have a deputy section chief position before.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiqiang quickly agreed, saying, "Okay, it doesn't matter where I sit."

Upon hearing this, Section Chief Lü quickly gave instructions: "Zhao Jiabao, you and Xiao Dong help Deputy Section Chief Zhou move his desk to the cabinet in the corner."

By the way, from now on, Comrade Zhou Zhiqiang will be the deputy head of our technical section. Everyone, please support Head Zhou's work.

Everyone else in the technical department was shocked and surprised when they heard what Section Chief Lü said.

They expected Zhou Zhiqiang to be promoted, but they never expected him to be promoted from technician to deputy head of the technical department all at once.

This isn't just a promotion, it's a meteoric rise! Ignoring the expressions and thoughts of others, Section Chief Lü called Zhou Zhiqiang over and went to his office to discuss the standing project team.

The decision to promote Zhou Zhiqiang to deputy section chief was made by the factory's Party Committee. The factory director, the secretary, and other Party Committee members all agreed to it, and no one else could object.

If the factory's Party Committee wants to retract this decision, the entire factory would have to jointly oppose it; otherwise, Zhou Zhiqiang is destined to become the deputy head of the technical department tomorrow.

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The Second People's Hospital.

When Guo Yuting was getting her lunch, she felt someone pointing and whispering behind her back.

However, when she turned around, those who had been gossiping about her behind her back looked in other directions as if nothing had happened.

Ever since her proposed solutions for increasing drug supply and reducing costs were made public, the matter has remained unresolved.

"Something's wrong with him, he's acting suspiciously."

Guo Yuting snorted and then took her lunchbox to go back to the pharmacy department to eat.

After their director got into an argument with other doctors in the cafeteria last time, those people didn't dare to talk about her openly anymore, but there was still a lot of gossip about her behind her back.

Guo Yuting wanted to have a face-to-face argument with these people to vent her anger, but then she remembered what her husband had said: arguing with them was useless, and she would only suffer losses no matter what.

So after getting her food, Guo Yuting planned to go back to the pharmacy department to eat.

However, as she approached the department entrance, Guo Yuting remembered that there was an even more annoying guy inside, Gu Jiayu.

But since we've already come this far, we can't just go back to the cafeteria. Going back and forth like that would mean we wouldn't have much time to rest at noon.

So Guo Yuting pushed open the door and entered the department. Sure enough, she found Gu Jiayu chatting with someone else. She glanced at him with a sense of unease and then went back to her seat to eat.

However, Gu Jiayu liked to cause trouble for Guo Yuting. When she saw Guo Yuting come back with a lunchbox, she immediately raised her chin and asked, "Hey, Yuting, why don't you eat in the cafeteria anymore? Why do you always come back to the department?"
"This is the pharmacy department; it wouldn't be good if it smelled like food."

Although it's the pharmacy office, it's not a room for storing medicines. Gu Jiayu's statement was simply asking for trouble.

Guo Yuting, with her straightforward temper, glanced at it and snorted coldly, "What's it to you? If you don't like the smell, then get out."

"I'm doing this for the sake of the other people in the department."

"Do I need to consider this? Who do you think you are?"

"you"

After a few words, their tone became increasingly aggressive, and the tension between them grew stronger.

However, at this moment, Director Xu suddenly pushed the door open and interrupted the two of them, saying, "What are you arguing about again? This is a workplace, not a place to quarrel."

Comrade Jiayu, you can eat in the pharmacy office; didn't you used to come back for meals often?

"Yes, I understand, Director."

Hearing what Director Xu said, Gu Jiayu stopped arguing with Guo Yuting and returned to her desk.

Director Xu then approached Guo Yuting with a newspaper, handed it to her, and said, "Yuting, take a look at this before you eat."

"what?"

Guo Yuting put the lunchbox aside, took the newspaper, and quickly saw a news item on it.

"We need to organize and train a group of doctors who can ensure that everyone has access to medicine."

Below the title, Guo Yuting quickly saw her previously submitted proposal: "Compile a list of common diseases and effective, commonly used medicines, and disseminate it to rural fields."

(End of this chapter)