Chapter 231: Did you catch a cold?

Wang Deming smiled but did not answer. How to answer this?

He did know that the real boss had taken Le Songsheng to the Soviet Union for an inspection, and had always been concerned about Tong Ren Tang's business performance. He also instructed the city's trade union to ensure that Tong Ren Tang's technical workers were not interrupted.

In fact, they are just worried that their jobs will be taken away by Chinese medicine companies.

Chinese medicine factories are much more generous in poaching people than Tong Ren Tang, with the exemplary role played by the two master chefs Jia Yinsheng and Li Jianxun - they not only offer high salaries but also give them houses. How could the old masters at Tong Ren Tang not be jealous?

Tongrentang, which originally had more than 100 employees, lost more than 50 people in just half a year.

But the real bosses of Chinese medicine factories also care about it. They help coordinate with the governments of the Chinese medicine producing areas, sign Chinese medicine planting agreements, and ensure the quality and quantity of Chinese medicine supply.

Especially after the establishment of the new factory outside Chaoyangmen, both the Siwutang beverage factory and the ginsenoside nutritional supplement factory can earn gold rubles. This is more than 10 million gold rubles a year!

The loan we received from the Soviet Union was only 60 billion gold rubles, but at least we were able to earn back the annual interest.

Yin Changrong understood Wang Deming's attitude and said, "Deming, last year the government called on handicrafts to form cooperatives. You advised me to organize the tailor shops in Wangfujing and Dong'an Market to respond to the cooperative, but the effect was not very good."

"What? You don't agree?"

"That's right!" Yin Changrong frowned and said carefully: "I called a meeting with them, and they are generally worried that their income will be reduced after joining the cooperative. Although joining the cooperative has a basic salary guarantee, the sewing machine and other things are their own. After that, the work will be charged by piece and distributed according to work, and the provident fund, public welfare fund, and management fee will be deducted."

“So you didn’t apply for a public-private partnership?”

"We applied, but the government said that the size of the Xinyi clothing store is not big enough. The government hopes to integrate the businesses in Wangfujing into a comprehensive, large-scale department store. The government is now building a new 7-story building in Wangfujing, and it is said that it is going to open a state-owned department store."

Wang Deming couldn't give any good suggestions either. He could only spread his hands and said, "Uncle Chang Rong, just wait. The day of transformation will come eventually. The Chinese Medicine Factory is also waiting."

When Wang Deming mentioned the Chinese medicine factory, Yin Changrong recalled Le Songsheng's attitude just now and asked, "Why hasn't the Chinese medicine factory started the joint venture yet? Le Songsheng just used the Chinese medicine factory as a shield."

Wang Deming turned his head and pointed to the next door. "Maybe it has something to do with the big nose, so the government is more cautious, right?"

"Hey, Lao Peng, are you done?"

"I'm finally done with my work for lunch today." Master Peng put his hands behind his back and strolled to the back room to check on his apprentices to see how they had cleaned up the table. After answering Wang Deming, he slowly gave his apprentices a few words of advice.

"Have a cup of tea and take a break." Wang Deming stood up and made tea for Master Peng.

"Master Yin."

"Master Peng."

Yin Changrong and Master Peng greeted each other. Master Peng sat down on the chair, picked up the teacup, sniffed it, and took a sip with great pleasure: "Hey, Deming, the tea here is really authentic."

Wang Deming pointed to the person next to him and said, "Using public power for personal gain"

"Haha, you kid."

"Hey, Master Peng, who is this woman who came today? I heard her saying she is from the Tan family."

"Tsk, you can't even count as a branch of the Tan family." Master Peng waved his hand disdainfully. "The only real Tan family member is Miss Zirou. She joined the revolution early and was sent to another place on business in 49. That's why I have to take over."

"Oh, I was thinking," Wang Deming curled his lips. "Normally, it's just a matter of a few bowls of shark fin. We men eat it all the time, so we just give it up. But this woman exudes an air of superiority. You should give it up. It's annoying just to see her."

Yin Changrong said with a smile: "She relies on her husband, Boss Lou, nicknamed "Lou Bancheng", who is rich!"

Wang Deming was even more disdainful and snorted, "Rich? What's the point of being rich these days? If you don't know how to behave yourself, you're just asking for trouble."

Yin Changrong explained, "I heard that Boss Lou also secretly supported the revolution."

"Supporting the revolution? Does that mean giving up your family or your career? It's nothing more than betting on both sides. If the government had not simply confiscated bureaucratic capital and made the decision to support national capital, we would have been torn to pieces long ago." Master Peng Changhai and Yin Changrong nodded secretly.

Neither the Red Star Steel Mill nor Yongkang Hutong did Lou Bancheng know that the young man who had caused their couple such a humiliation was Wang Deming, who was refused registration by the Finance Department of the Steel Mill.

Be it Director Yang of the steel rolling mill, Chief Yin Mei of the personnel department, or the two people from the finance department, none of them took Wang Deming seriously. He was just a newcomer who had just reported in.

Being recruited by the organization to work in a factory is a good job for ordinary people these days. Especially for a Chinese medicine doctor who has never been to a regular hospital, he must have no background.

It is a good thing for young people to be suppressed a little bit. It is a kind of training. Shouldn’t they hurry to take photos and then register for work?
Well, they really did meet a "not good person". A week passed and he disappeared.
At lunch one day in the cafeteria, Yin Mei, the head of the personnel department, ran into the nurse from the clinic again and asked her, "Xiao Mei, how is the work of the doctor Wang Deming who was assigned here? Why didn't I see him come to get lunch at noon?"

"No one?" Nurse Xiaomei blinked her big eyes. "I haven't seen anyone. I'm alone in the clinic."

Yin Mei was stunned and asked hurriedly, "Isn't the doctor here yet?"

"No one"

Yin Mei suddenly turned pale and felt a chill. A one-inch photo can usually be taken and developed in 2 or 3 days, but now a week has passed and Wang Deming has not come to work officially. Did he use his connections to transfer to another job? Or did he complain to his superiors?

No, if there is a job transfer, I will definitely be notified. Should I go to my superiors to complain? No, either. If my superiors knew about it, they would definitely call to verify it.

Could it be that he was seriously ill? Then he should have asked for leave from me, right?
Yin Mei stood there blankly. She didn't dare to think of the worst case scenario, which was that Wang Deming would not come to work after reporting.

Although Wang Deming was making a mistake and disobeying the organization's decision.

But what about her? What would her superiors think of her? Did she fail to unite the new comrades? How was the organizational work done? How could a new comrade not come to work after reporting for duty because of emotional problems? How could she be promoted if she was not capable enough and politically immature?

"Chief Yin?" Nurse Xiaomei called softly.

"Ah, ah, what?" Yin Mei hadn't fully recovered yet.

"You look a little unwell, I see. Did you catch a cold?" Xiaomei asked carefully.

"Ah, it seems a little. Xiaomei, go and get some food, the clinic needs people. I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do." Yin Mei casually answered Xiaomei and quickly left the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is a large tiled house with five rooms, not far from the Personnel Department and the Finance Department. Yin Mei trotted to the Finance Department and pushed the door open with a bang. She glanced coldly at Xiao Du and Section Chief Duan Chunhong who were eating in the Finance Department, and asked sternly, "Xiao Du, Duan Chunhong, have the doctors who reported in last week come to register with the Finance Department?"

Yin Mei still held on to the last glimmer of hope and went to the Finance Department to confirm whether Wang Deming was registered.

"Hey, Chief Yin, have you had lunch yet?" Duan Chunhong forced a smile on her face and turned to say, "Xiao Du, Chief Yin is here today and happened to return the work permit that the young comrade left behind last time to the Personnel Department."

Xiao Du reluctantly stood up, fished out his work ID from under the counter, and pushed it on the counter. "Here, Chief Yin, this is Wang Deming's work ID. Please tell him to attach his one-inch photo and stamp it with a steel seal."

Work permit!
Wang Deming didn’t even take his work permit with him!
What you fear will come true.
Yin Mei stared at the small red booklet, shaking with anger. She pointed at the work permit and then at Xiao Du, gritted her teeth, and said, "When did this work permit end up here?"

Xiao Du curled his lips and said indifferently: "It was when I came to the Finance Department to register last week."

"You!" Yin Mei's eyes suddenly went dark. She reached out to hold on to the counter, barely keeping herself from falling. She stared at the two women at the counter and said word by word, "Don't you care whether the newly assigned doctor comes to work?"

"Chief Yin, this is not the job of our Finance Department." The chubby Duan Chunhong narrowed his eyes.

"But because of the difficulties caused by your Finance Department, the new comrade did not come to work on time."

"Chief Yin, this has nothing to do with us. We are following the rules!"

Seeing that the Finance Department refused to budge, Yin Mei was furious and said, "Okay!" She turned around and went to find Director Yang.

"Make way."

Yin Mei's heartbeat suddenly accelerated again, and her vision went dark.
(End of this chapter)