latelenovela Chapter 145 Engineer Lin, have you ever considered leaving the compressor factory?
Chapter 145 Engineer Lin, have you ever considered leaving the compressor factory?
On Sunday, Zhuang Chaoying and Lin Wufeng were busy washing clothes in the backyard.
The laundry tub next to it was piled high with clothes waiting to be washed.
Zhuang Chaoying bent over and vigorously rubbed the collar of a shirt.
Lin Wufeng carefully sorted the clothes, separating the dark and light colors.
In the front yard, Huang Ling and Song Ying sat leisurely on bamboo chairs, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.
The sunlight shone on them, warm and comforting.
On the small table in front of them were several plates of peanuts and melon seeds. Huang Ling ate melon seeds while chatting with Song Ying, occasionally bursting into laughter.
Song Ying picked up her teacup and took a small sip of the steaming tea.
Zhuang Chaoying tossed the washed clothes into the washing machine one by one. "Mr. Lin, the department store has a new twin-tub washing machine with added spin-drying function. Unlike this one, we still have to wring the clothes by hand, which is very tiring."
Lin Wufeng straightened up and rubbed his back. "Is Teacher Zhuang getting a new washing machine?"
Zhuang Chaoying poured two buckets of water into the washing machine, then turned the button, and the washing machine immediately started spinning with a clattering sound. "I want to change it."
Lin Wufeng hesitated for a moment before expressing his thoughts. He looked at the washing machine; Teacher Zhuang had used it for over a year, so buying it was still a good deal.
"Teacher Zhuang, if you're getting a new washing machine, please let me have this one for our family."
Zhuang Chaoying waved her hand and laughed. "Just take it and use it. It's just taking up space anyway, so don't be polite with me."
Lin Wufeng shook his head firmly. "No, Teacher Zhuang, your washing machine is less than two years old, it can still be used for a long time. Besides, it's been used by both our families since we bought it. I'll pay three hundred and buy it directly. I'll have Song Ying give the money to Sister Ling in a little while."
Zhuang Chaoying put her arm around Lin Wufeng's shoulder: "Two hundred yuan, give me more and I'll get angry. This washing machine is old anyway, how can I ask you for so much money?"
Lin Wufeng nudged him with his shoulder, a smile spreading across his face. "Then I'll take advantage of Teacher Zhuang, thanks!"
Zhuang Chaoying nodded. "Then I won't stand on ceremony and will accept the money?"
"Take it."
Zhuang Chaoying looked at Lin Wufeng sincerely. "Okay, then I'll accept it. The new washing machine has a spin-dry function, so we can put it in the backyard and everyone can use it together. It'll be convenient. Also, I want to thank you and Xiao Song. Thank you for your understanding. The kitchen, toilet, bathroom, front yard, and backyard are all shared. Pengfei has also caused a lot of trouble. Thank you both."
Lin Wufeng leaned against the wall. "You're too kind, Teacher Zhuang. Actually, I really miss Tu Nan. With Tu Nan as my older brother, Dong Zhe is more obedient."
Who can argue with that? He was also thinking about going south, but the children were growing up and would eventually have to leave home to make their own way in the world.
Zhuang Chaoying looked at Lin Wufeng, hesitant to speak, as there were still two years before Lin was reported.
Guangcheng, a place full of opportunities, is at the forefront of opening up, with numerous private and foreign companies and high salaries.
For a highly skilled technical person like Lin Gong, he would be better able to develop over there than here, and would have a wider scope to showcase his talents.
"Mr. Lin, have you ever considered leaving the compressor factory?"
Lin Wufeng stopped washing clothes and stood there frozen for a long time.
He was actually quite content with his life. He and Song Ying were both factory workers, and although their salaries weren't high, they were stable.
Although Lin Dongzhe is a bit playful, he is healthy, cheerful, and otherwise quite content.
In their eyes, working at the compressor factory was a secure job, a stable job for life. He had never even considered leaving the compressor factory.
What exactly does Teacher Zhuang mean by asking this question?
Lin Wufeng looked at Zhuang Chaoying with a puzzled expression. "Teacher Zhuang, why do you ask that?"
Zhuang Chaoying looked at Lin Wufeng and frowned slightly. He understood Lin Wufeng's confusion.
Most people are content with their stable lives now, and many people work in the same position for their entire lives until retirement.
However, times are changing, and the wave of opening up is becoming increasingly turbulent, especially for large state-owned factories like theirs. On the surface, things seem calm, but in reality, signs of decline had already begun to emerge in the late 1980s.
The factory faces several problems, such as aging equipment, slow technological updates, and a rigid management system. If these problems are not resolved, the factory will not be able to survive for long in the fierce market competition.
He worried that if Lin Gong continued to stay here, his technical advantages would not be fully utilized if the factory's profits declined or even went bankrupt, and he might even face unemployment.
But he didn't know how to say these things to Engineer Lin.
Zhuang Chaoying tried to be as tactful as possible, not wanting Lin Wufeng to think he was exaggerating.
"Mr. Lin, as you know, the world outside is changing very fast these days. Although our factory is a large factory, it is also facing many challenges. I heard that some enterprises in our rural areas are developing very well and have a great demand for technical personnel. With your excellent skills, if you go there, you might have better development opportunities and higher income, which would also benefit your family."
Lin Wufeng fell into deep thought after hearing Zhuang Chaoying's words.
He recalled some rumors circulating in the factory recently, saying that the factory was receiving fewer and fewer orders and was not as profitable as before.
Is it really true, as Teacher Zhuang said, that the factory is going to fail?
But he felt reluctant to leave the place where he had worked for many years; his familiar colleagues and friends were there.
Even without the incident of Lin Wufeng being reported, the factory's profits were declining steadily, like the setting sun.
The factory still followed the traditional planned economy model, lacking market acumen and flexibility in all aspects of production, sales, and management, and never successfully transitioned to a market economy.
Lin Wufeng was highly skilled and a pillar of the factory, yet he could only earn a pitiful, fixed salary of less than eighty yuan.
In order to give his family a slightly better life, he uses his Sundays off to earn some extra money by providing technical guidance to factories in the countryside.
Behind the report against Lin Wufeng lies a hidden power struggle.
When news spread in the factory that he was about to be promoted to deputy factory director.
The key to that matter was that the invoice had been missing for over a year, and there had been no news about it during that time. The whistleblower had been silently waiting for the right moment, plotting how to deliver a fatal blow to Lin Wufeng and completely deprive him of his chance for promotion.
Judging from all indications, the whistleblower is most likely someone who is in competition with him, and someone with whom he has a close relationship and who has caught him off guard. After all, only such a person would know Lin Wufeng's every move and be able to seize the right opportunity to strike. Clearly, Lin Wufeng has blocked this person's path to promotion.
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