Chapter 2: Joining the Steel Rolling Mill

Sijiucheng

The entrance of the third steel rolling mill

The Third Steel Rolling Mill is also known as the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill because it is located in the Red Star Community. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was a family business of the red capitalist Lou Bancheng. It was originally a small factory with less than a thousand employees. After the public-private partnership, it absorbed and merged many small steel and manufacturing companies, and thus became the current large factory with tens of thousands of employees.

The factory has three canteens, six production workshops, a security department, its own factory primary school, and a hospital. This kind of factory is a true portrayal of this era. It is different from the later generations where people just go in to screw in screws. In this era, you can’t just enter a factory if you want to.
I walked to the gate and greeted the security guard: "Comrade, I am Wang Jianfeng, I am here to report today, here is my letter of introduction, may I ask where the personnel department is?"

The leading captain looked at the letter of introduction and said: "Hello, my name is Liu Jun, and I'm a staff member of the Security Department. I'll arrange for someone to take you there to handle the process."

"Xiao Li, take him to the personnel department," he turned and said to someone next to him.

"Okay, Captain"

Liu Jun handed over the letter of introduction and waved his hand, saying, "Go first."

After asking along the way, I learned that Xiao Li's name was Li Fei, a retired soldier who transferred to the steel mill last year. The two exchanged a few words.
Soon the two arrived at the door of the Personnel Department, and Xiao Li knocked on the door "Knock knock knock".

"Please come in".

Li Fei pushed the door open and walked in. A woman in her forties stood up and asked, "Xiao Li, what do you want?"

"Sister Liu, I'm here to bring a new person to report in. This is the new person reporting in today."

As he spoke, Li Fei gave the other party the job recommendation letter and pointed at Wang Jianfeng.

The other party looked at me for a while and said, "Hello, my name is Liu Li, and I'm a clerk in the Personnel Department."

"Hello, I'm Wang Jianfeng, the new reporter today."

Then Li Fei turned to Wang Jianfeng and said, "You can go to Sister Liu to handle the matter. I'll go back to stand guard first." "Hey, don't be polite. This is my job."

"Come with me," he said, holding the letter of introduction, and walked out of the office. Wang Jianfeng followed him and came to a room opposite the Personnel Department.

The doorplate reads, Office of the Head of Personnel Department.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Please come in."

A woman's voice came from inside.

Liu Li led Wang Jianfeng into the office. The office was spacious and there was a woman in her thirties looking at documents behind the desk.

"Chief, this is a technical secondary school graduate who was assigned to our unit."

The other party looked up at Wang Jianfeng, stood up, shook hands with Wang Jianfeng first, and then said: "Hello, Comrade Wang Jianfeng, I am Yang Xuemei, deputy chief of the Personnel Section. The factory has explained your job. According to your secondary technical school graduates, you will be assigned to the cadre system when you enter the factory. Now there are vacancies in the technical department, procurement department and logistics department of the factory. What are your thoughts on this side?" "Chief Yang, I'll go to the procurement department," Wang Jianfeng replied. In fact, he had thought about this problem before coming here. He knew very well what his level was. Going to the technical department to engage in technological innovation was not a suitable choice for him. As for going to the logistics department to do logistics work, that was too boring. Only the procurement department was the most suitable for him now. As long as he finished his work, he would have more free time. He would also have time to complete some future arrangements. The key was that he had to deal with drought and famine in the next few years. After all, there was no standard configuration for time travel.

"Okay, I'll help you with the formalities quickly." Yang Xuemei looked at him in surprise. Normally, most of the graduates from technical secondary schools would go to the technical department, and very few would go to the purchasing department.

"You are a technical secondary school graduate. According to regulations, during the internship period, you are administrative level 25, a level 37.5 clerk, with a salary of 24 yuan. After becoming a regular employee, you are administrative level 43.5, a level 10 clerk, with a salary of yuan. After becoming a regular employee, you will receive a subsidy of about yuan per month. It usually takes six months to become a regular employee, but it is possible to become a regular employee earlier. Your documents also include your party membership card, and your party membership will also be transferred. I'll give you the card first, and I'll register the other materials."

Okay, I have done it for you. You can take your work permit with you. You probably don't have a place to live in the city yet, so I'll take you to the logistics department to ask. According to the regulations, you can get a house, but as far as I know, all the tube-shaped buildings have been allocated, and they will not be available until the next batch is built. The rest are some courtyard houses, some of which are our factory houses. You can ask the housing management department for the specific details.

"dong dong dong"

"Chief Yang, what are you two doing?" He said to the two people in front of him after the door of the Housing Management Department was opened.

"Chief Zhang, this is Wang Jianfeng, the new clerk in the Purchasing Department. He is a technical secondary school graduate and started working today. He has already completed the entry procedures. Please make arrangements for him," Yang Xuemei said to the person who opened the door.

"Xiao Wang, this is Section Chief Zhang Yanchun. You contact him. When you've handled it, come to me and I'll take you to the purchasing department." Then he turned and said to Wang Jianfeng.

"Okay, Chief Yang, thank you for your help," Wang Jianfeng replied.

"Okay then you guys chat I'll go over first."

"Hello, Chief Zhang, I am Wang Jianfeng."

"You come in with me"

"There are no more houses in the tube-shaped buildings now. If you can wait, I can arrange for you to live in the staff dormitory first, or give you a courtyard house. If you want a courtyard house, I will give you some appropriate compensation," Section Chief Zhang said straight to the point after entering the office.

"Director Zhang, I'd like to live in a courtyard house," Wang Jianfeng said after thinking for a while. In fact, he was very happy. Nowadays, people think that living in a tube-shaped building is definitely better than living in a courtyard house. Most people would choose a tube-shaped building. However, when he thought that the courtyard houses of later generations were calculated based on small goals, Wang Jianfeng became very excited.

"Okay, normally you can get a one-room building or a three-room courtyard house. There are four houses that meet these conditions:
The first set of four is located at the south gate, which is far from the factory, more than 10 kilometers away. It has two main rooms and an annex room, about 90 square meters.
The second set is the courtyard at No. 66 Chuixiao Lane, a three-story quadrangle with three rooms in the back. It is about 6 kilometers away from the factory, and it takes more than an hour to walk there.

The third set is the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, which is relatively close to the venue. It belongs to the west wing with two main rooms and two side rooms. It is an independent courtyard. However, the two main rooms are still okay, but one of the two side rooms has collapsed and cannot be used, so this one can barely be counted as three rooms.

The last unit is at No. 55 Qianmen Street, with a main room, a wing room and an ear room. It looks good, but it is too far away.

"Chief Zhang, I'll choose the third one." When Wang Jianfeng saw the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, he felt familiar with it. When he thought of the third steel rolling mill, it was the Qinman Courtyard and that courtyard. However, thinking about his experience of being a human being in his two lives, he had nothing to be afraid of. He should stick to his principles, not cause trouble but also not be afraid of trouble.
"Okay, I'll arrange it for you. Three houses for 1.5 yuan a month," Zhang Yanchun said.
"Chief Zhang, can I buy it directly? How much does it cost? I want to buy it together with the courtyard?" Wang Jianfeng thought for a while and asked tentatively. In fact, houses can be bought and sold now, but there are more restrictions.

"Okay, according to the regulations, a main room costs 600 million, an annex costs 400 million, and a yard costs 200 million, a total of 1800 million," said Section Chief Zhang slowly after taking a look at Wang Jianfeng. Nowadays, most people rent houses, and few buy them, mainly because they don't have much money.

"I want to buy it, but what procedures should be followed and who should I give the money to?" Wang Jianfeng hesitated for a long time before turning around and taking out two dozen bills from his bag, from which he counted out 1800 million.

"I'll write you an invoice, you pay the money, and then go to the street office to handle the formalities and the real estate certificate," Zhang Yanchun said to Wang Jianfeng in surprise. It was just a business matter, but he didn't expect this guy to actually buy it. The key is that this guy really has the money to buy it. Just now he saw that there was really 2000 million in the boy's bag, which was a huge sum of money. I don't know where the money came from, but he didn't ask much because it was their first meeting and he didn't know the way.

The formalities were completed quickly, and after Wang Jianfeng said hello to Section Chief Zhang, he went to the Personnel Department.

(End of this chapter)