Chapter 448: Small Matters in Personnel Affairs
Gao Zhendong didn't expect that he had also strengthened a wave of 107 fire. He is now bragging about it with Deputy Director Li in the office.

Since the establishment of the Third Factory, Deputy Director Li sent Comrade Li here and would occasionally come to visit, but not often. The Third Factory was becoming more and more special, so even as the deputy director, he had to be careful to avoid suspicion.

As for coming here today, it was mainly because I had to find Gao Zhendong for something, and Gao Zhendong was a very elusive person, so when I heard that Gao Zhendong was free today, I hurried over.

Sitting on the sofa, Deputy Director Li took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The tea here is still good. It's good to have been to university. There are many classmates."

He never went to college, but he started working before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and worked his way up in the local government. Although he never fought in wars directly, he did a lot of work for local government.

This tea was not actually obtained by him from the system, but was sent by comrades from the Ship Research Institute.

He opened the drawer, took out a package, and threw it to Deputy Director Li: "Come on, Director Li, if you like it, anyone who sees it can have a share, haha."

Deputy Director Li put the tea into his bag with a smile, chatted with Gao Zhendong for a while, and then talked about his reason for coming.

"Zhendong, I came here today to discuss some small personnel matters with you." At this time, he had completely treated Gao Zhendong as a person of the same level in his interactions and communication. Although he was only half a level lower than Gao Zhendong, he could not compare to Gao Zhendong in terms of resources inside and outside the system.

Not to mention its own hardness, which is unmatched.

At the same time, he was very clear that there was no possibility of competition between the two of them, which made him handle the matter more easily.

Gao Zhendong said with a smile while passing out cigarettes: "Director Li is too polite. Human resources work? Is it related to the third factory?"

Apart from this, he couldn't think of any other personnel work that required Deputy Director Li to come to him.

Deputy Director Li nodded, then shook his head: "Not all. The first is that the internal security work in the factory is getting heavier and heavier, and we are going to transfer the head of the Internal Security Section 5 in charge of the Third Factory to other positions, where there are heavier responsibilities waiting for him. As a result, there is a vacancy in the internal security work of the Third Factory. The factory wants to ask Comrade Xie Jianye to take on this responsibility. The factory will do the specific work in a few days. You are the leader of the Third Factory, so for this kind of thing, we must first give you a heads-up and listen to your opinions."

It's the same as if Deputy Director Li didn't say anything about this matter. Gao Zhendong would definitely not interfere in such matters, and since Old Xie was promoted, he had even less to say. However, the interesting thing about Old Li's words was "in a few days."

It seems that Xie Jianye himself doesn't know about this matter now, and he just tipped Gao Zhendong off first.

After the news leaked, Gao Zhendong would definitely say hello to Xie Jianye first. This is human nature and is equivalent to doing Gao Zhendong a favor.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "I understand. The factory can arrange it."

Knowing that this matter was a small matter for Gao Zhendong, he must have gone with the flow and leaked the information first, thus achieving his purpose of doing a favor. Deputy Director Li did not continue to dwell on this matter: "Well, that's fine. The factory will arrange the rest. The other matter is about your neighbor."

"Neighbor?" Gao Zhendong was a little confused.

"Yes, it's that Liu Haizhong. Someone suggested moving him upwards, not in terms of forging." Probably knowing Gao Zhendong's opinion of Liu Haizhong, Lao Li was too lazy to even use the word "comrade". If he was going to do something, he would do it to the extreme.

If it's not blacksmithing, then it's administration: "Move up? His skills as a blacksmith are indeed good, but when it comes to administration, isn't it a little late now? Doesn't his benefactor know the ins and outs of this line?"

In the administrative field, age is a big advantage. Once you are older than certain invisible hurdles, even if your level goes up a little bit temporarily, there won't be much room for development. You might as well climb up the blacksmithing field.

Not to mention that Liu Haizhong is just starting down this path at his age, so there is no hope for at least six years.

"Hahaha, Chief Engineer Gao is really insightful. He guessed it right at the first try! His benefactor really doesn't know the ins and outs of this." Deputy Director Li laughed.

Gao Zhendong was stunned. Is there really such a thing? Lao Li knew that he looked down on Liu Haizhong, but he still came to him to discuss the proposal of his benefactor to promote him. This benefactor should have some status. How could someone of this status not know the ins and outs of this?

Seeing Gao Zhendong's puzzled look, Deputy Director Li explained, "This person is not from China. Not long ago, Liu Haizhong helped him a lot when he was on patrol, so he made this suggestion. The apparent reason is that Liu Haizhong has well demonstrated the friendship between the two countries. In fact, he probably wants to return a favor. It's also Liu Haizhong's luck. He patrols in a corner, and he really got this opportunity to earn a favor."

Gao Zhendong understood now that this was a northern expert who was still staying in the factory and wanted to repay the favor after receiving help. It was difficult for Lao Li to refuse this matter, after all, the expert came here to help in a down-to-earth manner.

Unlike the previous life, the withdrawal of experts from the north still occurred, but it was slightly more relaxed.

Gao Zhendong was a little surprised: "Comrades from the north should know the rules. This is our internal matter. Do you dare to speak up?"

Old Li smiled and said, "I think it's because of a favor. I asked a comrade who was patrolling with Liu Haizhong, and Liu Haizhong saved half his life. Plus, he's not a high-ranking official, so I just mentioned it." At this point, Deputy Director Li added, "Liu Haizhong is really willing to give up the salary of a level 7 blacksmith and transfer to a level 23 administrative position."

Administrative level 23, level 6 clerk, salary 49 yuan. This level is definitely not high, but it is not low either. It is the salary of an intern who has just graduated from university and started working. Judging from Liu Haizhong's conditions, they should have raised his salary considering that there was an expert from the north. Otherwise, even if he was promoted from a worker to a civil servant, he would not be able to reach this level after all, his foundation is too poor.

Although it is a preferential treatment, it is definitely a loss for Liu Haizhong, because he actually has no development prospects. It is equivalent to exchanging the salary of 7 yuan for a level 84 worker.

Deputy Director Li brought up this matter specifically, with the intention of using Liu Haizhong's loss to get Gao Zhendong to give in.

If Gao Zhendong doesn't give in, he will not agree to the other party's request. Of course, if it can be met, it would be great. After all, it is also a way to thank the comrades in the north.

Gao Zhendong laughed and said, "Wow, this old guy is quite generous." His legs had been broken twice. There were only him and Lao Li here, so Gao Zhendong had nothing to hide. If he tried to hide it, he would be treating Lao Li as an idiot.

Deputy Director Li was very happy with Gao Zhendong's frankness and laughed: "Yes, yes, that's exactly how I feel. This old guy is really willing to give up."

What made him happy was not that Gao Zhendong was willing to give in, but that Gao Zhendong was so straightforward in front of him.

For him, he actually didn't care whether the suggestions of his friends in the north could be implemented. He just needed to curry favor with Gao Zhendong. Talking about this matter in front of Gao Zhendong was nothing more than trying to save face for Gao Zhendong and ask for a small favor.

Look, my friend in the north has spoken, but I still listen to your opinion. Isn’t that generous?
Gao Zhendong understood what he was thinking, but it didn't matter. From the perspective of interpersonal relationships, it wasn't a bad thing to acknowledge such small favors a little more.

Gao Zhendong also offered him a favor and said with a smile: "Since the northern comrades have mentioned it, it's not a big deal. Let him move, so you don't have to be embarrassed."

It’s okay. Even though I don’t like him, your job is important and I won’t make things difficult for you.

However, another reason why Gao Zhendong gave in was actually because Liu Haizhong suffered a huge loss in this matter and he could not recover from it, so he could only use this favor once.

It is impossible for comrades in the north to escort him all the way. There is no reason for it, and they do not have the ability to do so. Even the move of losing money and switching to administration is already the limit.

Seeing Gao Zhendong relax, Deputy Director Li smiled and said, "Although the nature of the work has been changed, with Liu Haizhong's ability in this area, there is really not much work he can take on. I still have to think carefully before making arrangements. These expert comrades are always causing trouble for me."

This sounds like a complaint, but in fact it is telling Gao Zhendong very directly, don't worry, even if this old guy transfers to administration, he won't get any benefit with me around.

Gao Zhendong looked at him and said, "Director Li, I believe that your ability is absolutely high! You can make the best use of people and resources."

The two laughed together.

Before leaving, Deputy Director Li smiled casually and said, "Let's go, there's still a lot to do. In addition to these things, there are a number of positions suitable for female comrades to be arranged. I'm very busy."

Gao Zhendong pretended not to hear the second half of the sentence and ignored him.

You old man, what are you thinking about every day? Get out of here now.

When I got home from get off work, Lou Xiao'e had just arrived. The couple were busy at work or school, so dinner was inevitably a little late.

Sha Zhu passed by and saw that the couple had just returned home. He smiled and said, "Zhendong, you two are both busy. How about you come to my house for dinner from now on?"

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "It's okay, it won't matter if it's a little late. Besides, you'll be away from home for dinner every other day if you work in the cafeteria. It's better for us to do it ourselves."

Sha Zhu's eyes turned and he said, "How about this, you can bring some rice to my house, and when the rain comes, I'll cook for you, and you can cook the dishes yourself when you get home, which can save a lot of time."

He Yushui gets home from school early, so she has enough time to cook.

"That's a good idea." Gao Zhendong agreed readily. There was no need to be shy about something that was truly a good thing.

But for dinner today, he had decided to go to someone else's house, well, not Sha Zhu's.

(End of this chapter)