Chapter 28: Electroplating (Please click to recommend)

  Recently, Shang Jun's days have been very difficult.

  He didn't sign on the construction acceptance certificate, and the construction team couldn't get paid. At first, for two or three days, each household boss still habitually invited guests to dinner and prepared to capture the mountain pass with Wuliangye and Hongtashan.

  But Shang Jun didn't dare to agree, and he didn't even accept the gifts. He only picked projects that were unlikely to cause trouble, such as sports fields, bookstores, and medicine boxes. This reduced the anxiety of some people, but for the remaining contracts, he wouldn't approve them no matter what, fearing that the construction command center would trip him up.

  The bosses soon came to their senses and treating guests with gifts also turned into besieging and demanding debts.

  Shang Jun had no choice but to hide from various bosses, turning what was once called power into responsibility.

  Many tigers are encountered on the mountain. After hiding for more than a week, Shang Jun was stopped by a group of young bosses in the bicycle shed of his unit.

  These bosses, who used to be very aggressive, were not asking for debt repayment for the first time. They didn't fight or scold, nor did they shout or make a fuss. Instead, they surrounded Shang Jun and reasoned with him: "Director Shang, our project is done, whether it's good or bad is just one word, your people have checked twice, there's no conclusion that can't be justified?"

  "Director Shang, you said we did something wrong, point it out and we'll correct it. Now just dragging on like this is not a solution."

  "Still young..."

  Shang Jun listened and felt a big headache, stuttering: "This matter is not directly under my responsibility..."

  "But it was you who signed."

  "I also need to wait for all aspects of the conditions to come together."

  The young bosses were scolded every day, but they weren't afraid at all. They calmly said: "If you don't have an explanation, we can only find your superior leader then. Director Shang, you won't say that we didn't give you face later."

  Shang Jun's face turned green with anger, but he still forced a smile and said: "Our work speed is a bit slow, I'll go back and urge them to hurry up immediately..."

  The bosses just wouldn't give in.

  In the distance, two people from the construction headquarters were watching the commotion in front of them with relish. The tall one couldn't help but laugh and said disdainfully: "Without that diamond drill, don't take on our ceramic work. Now it's good, these private bosses are going to be in trouble all the way, they won't be able to eat or walk. If you ask me, we're just too soft-hearted."

  "We can't kill with one stick. In that case, each department will be so sad and unwilling to give in. When the time comes, if Shang's surname is forced to sign, we'll find some minor mistakes, they'll apologize, and this matter can be settled." The short one stood on tiptoes, but still couldn't reach the tall one's ear root, yet his tone was quite sufficient, making it hard for others to refute.

  The tall, unwillingly said: "This isolated eastern project has brought a bad atmosphere. If we let outsiders do all our internal projects, what will we eat and drink? What will we use to give bonuses?"

  He was just talking happily when someone behind him shouted "Ma Ke, Hong Chu".

  "What's that noise?"

  "That Beida student is back." The newcomer lowered his voice, as if it were a secret agent's contact.

  The short and stout Deputy Director Hong let out a mighty "hmm" and asked, "Where are we now?"

  "At the gate." The newcomer shrank his neck and said, "He seems to have returned with a foreign delegation."

  "What foreign delegation?"

  "The leaders above all went to receive them."

  Deputy Director Hong was startled and rushed towards the gate.

  They only swept away the tail of the chemical delegation. At the same time, they also saw Su Cheng laughing and talking in the crowd, as well as big and small cadres from the oil field.

  Deputy Director Hong's mood suddenly turned bad.

  "What shall we do?" asked the tall one cautiously.

  "What's our business? Those who ask for money are the small bosses who do engineering projects." Director Hong said it lightly, but it felt like he had eaten a fly, leaving a nasty taste.

  Looking at the old leader of the self-built construction command, he followed closely behind Bao Rong and Su Cheng, and Hong Chu Zhang suddenly felt a wave of annoyance, turned around and walked away.

  In the afternoon, the office of the Construction Command Center was in a state of chaos.

  Director Hong arrived intentionally late and found that half of his subordinates were missing, so he angrily asked: "Why are there so many people late?"

  "Someone has come to take people away. It's said they're going to the East to inspect their work on the Five Small Foundations." The only female employee in the office replied.

  Director Hong's face suddenly flushed with anger, and he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

  The construction headquarters went for inspection, and later if anything happened, it was still their own affair.

  How can I still find fault with this!

  Are they going to play this bidding game from now on?

  "It can't be like this. Otherwise, it's simply... a cultured person sweeping the floor." Director Hong couldn't think of any good words either, and with a stamp of his small leg, he rushed out the door to the secretary's office at headquarters.

  Inside, the secretary is making a phone call.

  Director Hong stood at the door, waiting, and faintly heard the secretary's dialect: "We must concentrate our efforts, actively participate in the bidding. We have the determination, the ability, and we must complete it as a political task!"

  After a long time, he hung up the phone and seemed to have just seen Director Hong, beckoning him with a smile: "Old Hong has arrived, what's the matter?"

  Director Hong has lost his temper and said: "Secretary, I heard that we sent someone to inspect the foundation of the five small schools built by the Dong Plan Office? What does this mean?"

  "It means helping others to make up for their shortcomings." Seeing his thoughts, Secretary Su said with a heavy heart: "That Beida student, Su Cheng, has been appointed as the deputy leader of the Victory Oilfield's Five Small Work Group, and is responsible for implementing the promotion of the Five Small throughout the oilfield. Our construction headquarters is also required to fully cooperate and participate in the bidding."

  Hong was shocked and lost his color, his lips trembling: "We're also bidding?"

  "Yes, we also bid. And, we must strictly demand ourselves, can't lose to the individual households outside the town." The secretary's firm eyes seemed to be able to ignite clothes.

  Director Hong's face suddenly fell, as if his dignity had been violated.

  ……

  The Dongji Plan is in full swing.

  After several years, they are no longer the cold yamen. Director Shang was unexpectedly selected into the Basic Five Small Working Group, and Su Cheng is also the deputy group leader.

  It's an unattainable honor, after all, the group leader is concurrently held by a deputy ministerial-level secretary. The big bosses of various command centers are at most deputy group leaders. Shang Jun knew in his heart that if it weren't for Su Cheng's sake, he wouldn't even be able to become an ordinary member of the Basic Five Small Work Group, let alone deputy group leader.

  The most difficult thing is that Su Cheng is not a power-hungry person, and he discusses everything before doing it. Shang Jun and several other cadres who do specific work also praise him highly.

  It's rare to see young people who don't show off these days.

  In fact, Su City is not unwilling to take power, but looks down on that little privilege. The construction of the entire oil field foundation five small, is only a few hundred million yuan project, the power to allocate hundreds of millions of yuan in resources, can have how much.

  The most valuable part of the entire construction process is still the bidding process and the series of reports promised by Dazhong Daily.

  This is something that others can't take away.

  With the experience of building Dongguan, this time's bidding process went much smoother. Su Cheng copied and pasted a draft, handed it over to Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiang for supplementation, and finally took it back to the working group for revision, and the main work was basically done.

  In this process, Cui Hongguo and Wang Yaowu followed him all the way. After going back and forth for two weeks, they finally confirmed all the targets, and the first series of reports was released.

  Bao Rong and others suddenly became excited with their beards disheveled.

  Su Cheng finally had some free time, ran to Qingdao, and secretly exchanged 2,000 yuan at a price of 1:7 and sent it back home. He also bought an imported refrigerator for $400 and brought it back home.

  With this big guy, buying a lot of meat is no longer a worry about going bad.

  Su Cheng must thank himself for crossing over to 1987, not 1978. At this time, China had already walked out of the shadow of food shortages, and commodities on the market gradually became richer. With money, you could buy things, it can be said that it was the first time since the founding of New China 40 years ago.

  Of course, at this time China is also in a state of severe inflation, fortunately the residents' savings are very small, so they won't be left with nothing.

  The refrigerator is making a humming noise.

  Shu Hao, who was helping with the move, wiped his sweat and said: "Foreign things are just better. You don't know, nowadays people take a shower, they all want Japanese heating rods, saying our glass shell is low-grade, it has to be stainless steel. It costs 50 yuan more, and you can't even see the heating rod in the water tank..."

  "You can't change the stainless steel shell either." Su Cheng bowed his head to study the internal structure of the refrigerator.

  Shu Hao curled his lips and said: "A heating rod for 60 yuan, it's too expensive. Besides, there are many people taking showers now, making money is hard."

  As it went on, Shu Hao's mood became somewhat downcast.

  Making and installing showers, earning is indeed more than working, but hard work is also more. Moreover, he experienced the early super profit, now turning around to compete with new young people for hard-earned money, feeling naturally different.

  Su Cheng was startled and asked: "A stainless steel pipe as long as a palm, dare to charge 60 yuan?"

  They have been electroplated.

  "Galvanizing is worth some money, I'm looking at you, might as well do the galvanized stainless steel business."

  The speaker was unintentional, but the listener had a mind of his own. Shu Hao excitedly asked: "Su Cheng, do you know electroplating technology?"

  Stainless steel bars are prone to dulling, and ordinary electroplating methods have weak adhesion, so the practical value is relatively low. Shu Hao himself is an electric welder and is very clear about this. If it were someone else, he would probably think it was just a casual remark, but since Su Cheng said it, he would rather believe that there's some truth to it.

  ……