"You want to play the game of a new official making a splash? Go find your subordinates to play with, I don't have the time!"
"If you can't solve this problem, I'll go directly to Director Yang. Goodbye!"
"Liu Kai Xuan, stop right there!" Liu Kai Xuan stood up to leave, but was called back by Li Deya.
Li Deya glared at Liu Kai Xuan and reprimanded, "You little brat, on your first day in office, you're going against me, aren't you?"
Liu Kai Xuan replied calmly, "Director Li, don't try to frame me!"
"I spent a whole day organizing this document!"
"I wrote three pages on the content of the document and the actual situation!"
"You didn't even bother to read it carefully, and you rejected the proposal I put forward!"
"I just want to know, did Director Li give me the respect I deserved?"
"I..." Li Deya's face immediately turned red.
After a long pause, he continued, "Alright then, I'll keep this document in my office for now!"
"I'll read it carefully tomorrow and give you a detailed reply!"
"If that's the case, then I'll trouble Director Li!"
Liu Kai Xuan nodded and left Li Deya's office.
Watching Liu Kai Xuan's retreating back, a sinister glint suddenly flashed in Li Deya's eyes.
The expansion of the technical department was not a new topic, but a rehash of an old one.
At this time, with the current level of domestic technology, it was impossible to produce machine tool equipment.
The machine tool equipment in Hongxing Rolling Mill was typical of a "made by many nations" collection.
Most of these machines were imported by the state in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Over half of the machine tools had been in service for more than ten years!
When machine tool equipment ages, the probability of malfunction naturally increases.
To reduce the failure rate of machine tools, it was necessary to strengthen their maintenance.
For example, a machine tool with five years of service might only need maintenance every two months.
But if the machine tool had been in service for over ten years, it would require maintenance twice a month.
The number of maintenance sessions for the same machine tool within two months increased fourfold!
This meant that the technical department needed to invest four times the workload to complete the task successfully.
Without expansion, it would be impossible to sustain.
Li Deya knew this, so he did not oppose the expansion plan.
The technical department was originally staffed by six people, but currently, there were only four workers.
The original quota had not been filled, so expansion was just empty talk!
There were generally two types of people who entered the technical department.
One type was the traditional apprentice, like Liu Kai Xuan. Apprentices lacked foundational knowledge in this area, and their learning progress was very slow.
It would take at least two to three years for an apprentice to pass the qualification exam and shed the apprentice status.
Some with poor comprehension might never overcome that hurdle.
Without shedding the apprentice status, the salary was only 15 yuan.
This meager income was not enough to support a family for an adult man.
When Liu Kai Xuan was an apprentice, he couldn't even find a wife, which was the best example.
The other type was interns from training classes.
Liu Yuqian and Chen An were both in this category.
These individuals had already acquired rich theoretical knowledge in school and most of them had a high level of education.
Naturally, these people were generally more inclined to switch jobs.
In this era, it was not easy for ordinary workers to change jobs.
However, interns were an exception. First of all, interns were definitely not apprentices.
The factory could not classify interns as apprentices. Most interns were hired as temporary workers.
After their internship period ended, they would go through the formal hiring procedures and establish personal files at the factory.
However, some interns left their internship units after their internship period ended.
When their internship was over, if they were unwilling to stay, the factory could do nothing about it.
Within two years, of the three interns who had shed their apprentice status at Hongxing Rolling Mill, two had left.
Liu Yuqian was a girl and was not suitable for frontline repair work, so no one tried to "poach" her.
To expand the technical department's quota, they had to find a way to keep the interns.
The best way to retain people was to improve their welfare and benefits!
What Liu Kai Xuan did today was definitely not a new official making a splash.
It was a scientific management plan formulated based on the actual situation of the technical department.
...
As dusk approached, Liu Yuqian, with Zhang Damei in tow, went to a nearby residential compound.
The information Zhang Damei had spent half a day gathering indicated that Zhao Feiyan's family lived in this compound.
Now that Liu Kai Xuan had been promoted to senior technician and head of the technical department, with a monthly salary of 180 yuan, he could be considered the ceiling for the younger generation.
Looking throughout the entire capital, it would be hard to find many young men of the same age who were more outstanding than Liu Kai Xuan.
Liu Yuqian was still infatuated with Liu Kai Xuan, and Zhang Damei, as her mother, naturally wanted to help her daughter snatch a good son-in-law.
"It's her!"
As Zhang Damei and her daughter arrived at the Zhao family's home, they happened to see Zhao Feiyan returning from outside.
"You are Zhao Feiyan, aren't you?" Zhang Damei strode up to her.
Zhao Feiyan, sensing trouble, immediately called out, "Mom, someone's causing trouble!"
Jiang Aiying was busy washing vegetables in the kitchen at the time.
Hearing Zhao Feiyan's shout, she hurried out.
By then, Zhang Damei had already brought Liu Yuqian into the house.
Zhang Damei shouted, "Zhao Feiyan, you really are a vixen!"
"You're young but you don't learn properly, dressing up all day and only thinking about seducing men, right?"
"What are you talking about?" Jiang Aiying couldn't just stand by when her precious daughter was being bullied!
"Where did you shrew come from? You dare to come to my house and cause trouble in broad daylight?"
"What did you say?"
Zhang Damei retorted, "Liu Kai Xuan and our Qianqian are a match made in heaven!"
"You little vixen from your family had better get lost soon!"
Jiang Aiying asked, "What exactly is the relationship between your Qianqian and Liu Kai Xuan?"
Zhang Damei was about to say something when Liu Yuqian beat her to it.
"Zhao Feiyan, listen carefully!"
"Brother Kai Xuan and I have already pledged our love to each other!"
"You interfering now won't get you any benefits!"
"What did you say?" Jiang Aiying's face suddenly changed, "You said you and Liu Kai Xuan..."
"That's right!"
Liu Yuqian replied solemnly, "Brother Kai Xuan and I have already pledged our love to each other!"