Siheyuan: Enemy spies are captured every time

"Li Guoqing, a third-level fitter in a workshop, this assessment is set by the factory office. Complete the processing of a fourth-level workpiece. Let's start now!" said the factory office's technical department.

"This workpiece is a round workpiece. Li Guoqing, please watch carefully. I will only explain it once." said the technician.

In this era, most workers cannot understand blueprints and need someone to explain the process, and the assessment is to process a piece of roughly powdered steel.

To complete a series of processes such as lathe processing, grinding machine processing, milling machine processing, etc., each process must be qualified to upgrade the work level.

"...Li Guoqing, did you hear that clearly?"

"This...Technician Wang, can you explain it again?" Li Guoqing scratched his head. He was still not very clear and hoped that Technician Wang would explain it again.

"The rules will only be explained once. If you don't understand, just give up!" Technician Wang said expressionlessly.

"No, I won't give up!" Li Guoqing said stubbornly.

"Okay, then please start!" Wang Jishu stepped aside.

Li Guoqing thought for a while holding the rough-processed steel billet, then walked to the lathe. He picked up a ruler and measured it, then measured the fixture.

Then he selected a clamp of the right size, firmly clamped the rough-processed steel billet, thought about it, and finally started the operation.

This operation...Hua Chengyu was worried about Li Guoqing.

He was skilled in the operation, but his control over accuracy was still quite poor. Sure enough, after operating for a while, he frequently took out the steel billets for measurement.

No attention paid to time at all.

"The time is up, and Li Guoqing has failed the assessment for promotion from level 3 to level 4!" Technician Wang came out while checking his watch.

"Wang Jishu, can you give me another chance?" Li Guoqing begged.

"Li Guoqing, failure is failure. There will be no chance again. When you go back, hone your skills well and wait two years before joining again." Technician Wang has seen too many people like this.

Every time there is a rating, many people want to start over.

how can that be possible?

"Next, Zhou Chusheng, you will be promoted from a level 4 fitter to a level 5 fitter. Here are your drawings. Can you read them?" Technician Wang asked when he saw Zhou Chusheng coming forward.

"Yes, I can read simple drawings." Zhou Chusheng nodded.

"This is your drawing. If you have any questions, ask me." Wang Jishu took out a drawing and handed it to Zhou Chusheng.

This is a relatively complex drawing. Level 5 involves welding technology. It is two workpieces put together, which is quite difficult.

"Report, I don't understand this!" Zhou Chusheng looked at it for a while and pointed out the parts of the picture that he didn't understand.

"Here we have to go through..." Technician Wang explained the entire process: "Do you understand?"

"I understand. Thank you, Technician Wang."

Next, during Zhou Chusheng's assessment, another assessor was eliminated. Is the elimination rate so high? Hua Chengyu muttered in the crowd.

For this assessment, he was the leader of the supervisory team and did not directly participate in the assessment.

He only needs to understand the situation at each test site. The members of his team include people from the department, the first steel rolling mill, and the second steel rolling mill. The three steel rolling mills supervise each other.

After everyone left, he had some free time. He went to a workshop and watched the legendary workers' grading examination of that era.

Difficult, too difficult!

It was much more difficult than he had imagined. Not only was the workpiece processing more complicated than usual, but there was also time constraints. The most important thing was the psychological pressure. With so many people watching, it was inevitable to be nervous.

"I'm fine, Technician Wang!" Zhou Chusheng raised his hand.

"Okay, let me see it?" Technician Wang approached the workpiece and handed it to Qin Huairu. He heard that Qin Huairu from a workshop had an abnormal demand for quality.

Not even 0.01 of a thread can pass her test, he wants to see if the legend is true?

"Technician Wang, the external circle tolerance is 0.1, the internal circle tolerance is 0.3, there are no obvious bubbles at the welding point, and it meets the design requirements." For the upgrade from four to five, a tolerance within 0.5 is allowed.

After Qin Huairu finished the measurement, she felt envious. If nothing unexpected happened, Zhou Chusheng could be promoted to a fifth-level worker.

The fifth-level worker earns 67.5 yuan, which is definitely a high-income group.

"Oh, let me see!" Technician Wang also started measuring: "Zhou Chusheng, the workpiece you processed is qualified, and you are qualified as a level 4 to 5 worker."

Technician Wang announced in public.

"Congratulations, Chu Sheng!"

"You are okay as a kid, I can just watch it since I was little."

"You've been watching since you were little. Are you from the same compound?"

Every time he passed the test, it would cause a sensation. However, everyone was still convinced that Zhou Chusheng could pass the fifth-level worker test, not to mention that he was already in his thirties.

Just say that he is Wang Chongyang's apprentice.

As Wang Chongyang is the only eighth-level worker in the workshop, it is not surprising that he can train fifth-level workers. After all, he has already trained several sixth-level workers, right?

Unlike a former eighth-level worker, whose only apprentice was still a third-level worker preparing for the fourth-level worker exam, the others are all second- and third-level workers, and he has not yet trained a single fifth-level worker or above, no, not even a fourth-level worker.

After Zhou Chusheng completes the technical assessment, he still has to go through a series of processes including factory office voting and livelihood assessment before he can officially become a level 5 worker.

In previous years, these were just a formality, and the democratic evaluation mainly depended on the opinions of his master, and there were no surprises.

"Quiet! The assessment continues." Wang Jike shouted expressionlessly: "Next, the formal worker assessment, you just need to get on the lathe and turn a work file."

This time, Technician Wang didn't even take the drawings, he just started to demonstrate.

Soon, a workpiece came out and passed Qin Huairu's inspection, thus becoming a formal worker from an apprentice.

Hua Chengyu looked at it for a while and found that less than 30% of the workers in one workshop passed the test. At noon, the summary was summarized and a rating meeting was held for all the workers in the factory. Less than 20% of them passed the technical test.

This almost reaches the assessment standards for civil service positions in later generations.

Alas... Fortunately, I am not a worker, but a state cadre. I have to take an exam every two years. From an apprentice to an eighth-level worker, it will take 16 years if everything goes well.

My God, for 16 years, I dedicated all my youth to the factory. This is also the reason why so many workers in later generations are reluctant to be laid off.

After finally rising from an apprentice to an eighth-level worker, are you finally done being laid off?

If a factory is poorly managed, it is not the workers' fault. The workers are only responsible for producing according to the requirements of the workshop. Isn't poor management the responsibility of the leading cadres?

The fact is, leading cadres are relocated and workers are laid off. How can anyone feel balanced in this situation?

Therefore, those who suffer the most are always the common people at the bottom of society!

Haven’t you seen that when leading cadres are suspended from their posts without pay, they go into business, and workers are laid off. This is the difference. At the same time, the workers, the big brother, disappears.

Hey! ~~~~

Thinking of later generations, Hua Chengyu felt an indescribable sadness.

The situation continued in the afternoon and was similar to that in the morning. More than a hundred workers took the assessment that day, but less than thirty passed.

He didn't go back to the office all day because the workshop was too busy. On the first day, he looked around the workshop but couldn't find Yi Zhonghai.

Back in the courtyard, everyone was discussing today's workers' ratings.

"Huairu, I heard that your director has appointed you as a first-level quality inspector?" an old lady asked Qin Huairu, pulling her aside.

"Auntie, that's not true. What kind of internal appointment is that?" Qin Huairu denied it decisively. After get off work today, Director Tie talked to her and had approved her to become a first-level quality inspector in a workshop.

In this era, there is no level of professional quality inspectors, and the standards of first-level quality inspectors are based on those of first-level workers.

The job subsidy of thirty-five yuan, or two and a half yuan, has made her very happy. The salary and welfare benefits will start from next month.

"I also heard that the first and second uncles are going to take the eighth-level worker exam, and Shazhu is going to take the seventh-level cook exam."

"Yes, Auntie!" Qin Huairu was in high spirits.

"Congratulations, Lao Yi, you are an eighth-level worker again."

"I haven't taken the exam yet, but I'm confident that I'll pass it. It's just a small level eight." Yi Zhonghai couldn't hide the pride in his eyes. Level eight workers are even rarer than the cadre Hua Chengyu.

How could I not be proud?

Looking across the country, eighth-level workers are respected wherever they go. This is equivalent to the sixth-level non-commissioned officers in later generations. He has reason to be proud.

Haven’t you seen that there is a blacksmith in Liu Haizhong who signs up for the exam every time but never passes it?

"Old Yi, you have to treat us after you pass the eighth-level worker exam!" Yan Laokou was arranging a treat again.

"Old Yan, you, you..." Yi Zhonghai pointed at Yan Laokou, not knowing what to say about him. Others might not know, but how could Yi Zhonghai not know?

Every time I asked Yan Laokou about his salary, it was twenty-seven and a half yuan.

How can the salary of a primary school teacher be so low? Yan Laokou's salary is 48.5 yuan, considering his teaching experience of more than ten years, but Yi Zhonghai doesn't know the exact amount.

But it will definitely not be less than sixty.

(ps: The author’s grandfather was an elementary school teacher in the 1960s, with a salary of 48.5 yuan. Taking into account his teaching experience, he could earn more than 60 yuan per month.)

"Old Yi, do you want to invite me or not?"

"Please, Third Uncle, I really admire you. It just so happens that our hospital hasn't been lively for a long time. I will treat everyone to a banquet then." Yi Zhonghai said with great pride.

"A great uncle is a great uncle."

"Yes, an uncle is worthy of being an uncle. An uncle will cook for everyone himself when the time comes." Sha Zhu came back early today.

Because of the rating assessment, no one could take care of him, so today's study class was cancelled.

Hua Chengyu and Xu Damao pushed the cart into the main courtyard, where everyone was chatting animatedly.

"Xu Damao, you really are doing work in exchange for work!" Sha Zhu's eyes lit up when he saw Xu Damao. There was no public announcement before because Xu Damao had been promoted to a higher level.

Combined with Hua Chengyu's promotion to deputy director of the department, a group of people were converted to regular employees, including Xu Damao, and their positions were announced.

"What's wrong with working instead of working? Working instead of working is also a cadre. Have you seen that all the members of our group have been converted to regular employees? Maybe one day I will become a state cadre after being converted to a regular employee." Xu Damao said proudly.

There are no interns in the group anymore, and he is the only one doing the job on a work-for-hire basis. If there is a vacancy for permanent employment next time, it will definitely be his.

In this way, the gap between him and this group of people widened.

We are a bunch of poor people. Do we have an office to sit in? Is there heating in winter?

This is true. The few people who were chatting animatedly just now fell silent. A worker is a worker, even an eighth-level worker is still a worker.

Just like in later generations, sixth-level non-commissioned officers were also soldiers.

Even if you can be promoted from a soldier to a general, who would want to be a soldier? Especially now, workers have two pockets on their uniforms, while cadres have four pockets. This can be seen at a glance.

(PS: The author asked some retired non-commissioned officers, and this is what they said, which does not represent the author's views)

Especially Liu Haizhong, his eyes revealed deep envy. In his Liu family, there was no official yet?

One of the main reasons why he was so eager to become an official was that Guangqi’s girlfriend’s father was a small cadre in a textile factory.

If he really doesn't get promoted to an official, there's a risk that Guangqi from his family will marry into the family.

Xu Damao is lucky. He is favored by Director Hua. Who knows, he might become a cadre one day. After all, he can't get ahead as an employee, and he really wants to be a cadre!

"Director Hua, you're back." Liu Haizhong greeted Hua Chengyu warmly.

"Well, I heard that the second uncle is also going to take the eighth-level worker exam?" Hua Chengyu asked.

"It's just a test for fun. I'm not like Lao Yi who can understand the blueprints. I just want to make up the numbers, just to make up the numbers," Liu Haizhong said with a smile.

"Oh, is Second Master taking the test that day?"

"Next week, the last batch of people taking level 7 exams will take the level 8 exam. It will be next week." Liu Haizhong gave Lao Yi a look.

After all, he and Yi Zhonghai have known each other for more than 20 years, and he is caught in a dilemma between Lao Yi and Hua Chengyu, one of whom is his friend and accomplice whom he has known for decades.

One is a leader who could possibly bring him a future, and he doesn't want to offend him...