Chapter 163

Bi Jianhua was excited because there were so many farms that needed the chicks, and advanced mutual aid societies had already been formed in the rural areas, which could provide a large number of chicks.

"It's not complicated, there's just one problem, the power can't be turned off. You know the voltage is sometimes unstable, and if the power goes out, all these eggs will be ruined.

So when the time comes, we need dedicated electricity and supply, and the incubator cannot be used anywhere."

Industrial electricity is still okay now, but power outages are common for domestic electricity.

"That's no problem. We can set up a special hatchery with dedicated electricity for hatching chicks."

Bi Jianhua then asked: "When can we start construction?"

Li Zhiguo said tentatively, "Next month, uh, how about the week after next? My wife is still in confinement after giving birth."

"Okay, then we'll start work next week!"

Bi Jianhua seemed to be hard of hearing and didn't hear clearly what was being said.

"No, next week is too soon. I haven't even started drawing the design yet."

Li Zhiguo was confused. You are such a high-ranking leader, but you actually cheat people. You have bad character.

Bi Jianhua turned around and asked, "Director Yang, how long has Li Zhiguo worked here?"

"It's been seven and a half years. I'm a veteran employee." Director Yang reported two months more, but it was no big deal.

"I think it's just right to be promoted to a fourth-level fitter. There's no need for assessment. It's a special case. A monthly salary of 52.80 yuan is enough to support two children."

Bi Jianhua settled the matter right away. As long as the length of service was sufficient, sometimes promotion was not that complicated, especially in Beijing. A level 7 worker from another place could be directly promoted to level 8 when he arrived in Beijing. Otherwise, how could he meet an official one level higher than him?

"Director Bi, I think we can start work tomorrow afternoon. I have to go and register my child in the morning, and I will go back home and stay up late to draw the blueprints today."

Li Zhiguo thought there was no need to waste time, so he provided a blueprint and let others do the work.

"Great, great! You are worthy of being our capital's model worker and advanced individual. Your ideological awareness is really high."

Bi Jianhua was happy, and then asked about the details of the incubator. He had to go back and tell the story about it.

Li Zhiguo then explained: "In addition to maintaining a constant temperature, the biggest problem with the incubator is turning the eggs at 90 degrees.

If the egg is not turned over, the egg white will easily stick to the eggshell, so I will design a movable pull rod to allow the egg to gently shake left and right in the groove.

It would be best if it could be controlled by equipment. If not, manual labor would be needed, which is not a big problem.

My idea is to make a small incubator first.”

"No, just use a large incubator. You don't have to worry about wasting materials and electricity. You can put fewer eggs in during the early stages of the experiment.

Li Zhiguo, how many eggs do you estimate a large incubator can hold at a time? In how many thousands?"

Bi Jianhua thought that if they were going to do something, they should do a big one. This was under the Ministry of Metallurgy, so there was no shortage of steel.

"An incubator has three doors, and each door has twelve layers. Each layer can hold more than 200 eggs, so a total of more than 8,000 eggs can be placed, which is enough.

If there are more, it will be difficult to collect so many eggs, and it will also be difficult to control the temperature."

Li Zhiguo thought that this was actually a useless invention, because there were hens for hatching, so why did we need incubators? However, the quantity was not equal.

"Good, very good. To hatch more than 8,000 eggs at the same time, that's a lot of hens, and we only need one incubator."

Bi Jianhua wanted to go back and write a report to send to his superiors immediately, but he had to stay and have dinner, as good food is worth waiting for.

After a while, the meal started. According to the standard, each person had 4 taels of staple food, but the dishes were very good and there was plenty of wine, so everyone was drinking happily.

After the meal, Secretary Chen sent Li Zhiguo and Liu Haizhong back to the compound, completing the whole process.

"Oh, Li Zhiguo, you have won an award."

When Yan Bugui heard the sound, he hurried out of the yard.

"What award did I win? I'm just a model worker, every year. I'm used to it."

Li Zhiguo's nonsense made Secretary Chen twitch. This was a huge honor.

"Oh, model worker, are you used to this?"

Yan Bugui looked at the words printed on the enamel basin and exclaimed, "He is still a model worker in Beijing, bringing honor to his family."

"well enough!"

Li Zhiguo said so, but he held the basin all the way and pointed the words outward so that everyone in the yard could see them. This can no longer be said to be that he was not going to work every day.

When he got home, he started using the cup and could carry it with him wherever he went. He was a model worker and there was nothing shameful about it.

On the morning of the next day, he went to register his youngest son and changed his grain book. The family could get an extra 6.5 kilograms of staple food every month. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and as he gets older, the amount will increase.

In the afternoon, he sent the drawings of the incubator over, but work could not start immediately. He had to organize livestock technicians and engineers to demonstrate the incubation temperature, cycle, etc.

But you can prepare the materials first and get the early stages started.

"Engineer Cheng, for the incubator project, let Liang Ladi be my assistant. She can also be a welder."

Li Zhiguo still called Liang Ladi over, simply because he found her convenient.

"Okay, that's no problem. Once we've finished our research, we'll have to ask you to confirm the blueprints."

Engineer Cheng is the joint engineer. The two of them had a pleasant collaboration on the excavator project and were not at all impulsive in their positions.

"Okay, let Liang Ladi contact the second workshop, and let the people in my hospital notify them."

Li Zhiguo then emphasized that they could prepare a tray for the eggs first.

This thing is not simple. It has movable buckles and requires several types of workers. Fortunately, we have the support of the Ministry of Metallurgy, so we can just find people if we need them. The meat will be rotten in the pot soon.

After he finished explaining, he left the original excavator workshop, which has now been changed into an incubator workshop.

Unexpectedly, Liang Ladi chased after him, and when she got close, she whispered, "Master Li, I promised you that I would make you a dress."

"Well, that's true. How about I go to the factory next time?" Li Zhiguo wanted to brush it off, but was interrupted.

"Let's not meet next time. Let's meet today at Chunqiao Grocery Store after I get off work."

After Liang Ladi finished speaking, she lowered her head and tried to look at her feet, but found that she could not see them. Yes, she was an adult.

"Okay, let's meet at around six. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Li Zhiguo quickly withdrew, feeling inexplicably guilty.

"Hey!" Liang Ladi responded and hurried back to the workshop to work.

However, Li Zhiguo thought that since he had come out today, he should make good use of it, as time is money.

He turned around and went to the front building, and then to the tavern. After all, as a public manager, even if he didn't get paid, he couldn't disappear for a long time and had to become a missing person.

"Oh, Manager Li is here."

Inside the tavern counter, Zhao Yali, who had a numb look on her face, hurriedly shouted, and people came forward.

"Hello, Manager Li!"

"Manager Li, you are here."

A few small fry from the tavern also came over, but it was already mid-afternoon and there was no business, so it didn't affect anything.

Even if there are diners, they don't care. There is no sense of service nowadays. It's up to you to eat or not. If you go to other places, you won't get such cheap wine served on the table.

"Manager Li!"

Xu Huizhen was also in the store, cutting rice noodles and preparing side dishes to be sold in the evening. She no longer had a fixed job, so she helped out wherever there was more busy.

"Well! I happened to be here today, so let's have a short meeting."

Li Zhiguo sat on a bench with his back against the table, looking very tall and mighty. Several employees sat around the table opposite him.

"Accountant Zhao, let me take a look at the account book first."

"Okay, Manager Li."

Zhao Yali considers herself to be Manager Li's most trusted general. Although she does not oppose Xu Huizhen, she only recognizes Manager Li in her eyes.

Li Zhiguo took the account book, flipped through it quickly and said, "There is something wrong with one of the accounts. Where did the store get 500 kilograms of food coupons? These are extra."

Xu Huizhen said hurriedly: "Manager Li, you are really amazing. You found it so quickly. I asked my elder brother Jun to get this food coupon as a circulating ticket for the store.

Otherwise, the grain station would only sell grain if you see a receipt, and the store would have to go there every day to purchase grain, which would be too troublesome.”

"I understand. Then don't record these 500 kilograms of food coupons. Otherwise, if they are found out, it will be considered illegal operation and there will be suspicion of reselling food coupons.

Although we are a joint venture store, we also represent the public side. We can be flexible sometimes, but we must abide by the rules on the surface. "Li Zhiguo is not nitpicking, but preventing risks to avoid being liquidated in the end. He is not afraid, but he does not want to have a stain.

"Manager Li is right. It's my problem."

Xu Huizhen quickly admitted her mistake, but she was not thoughtful enough.

Zhao Yali also hurriedly said: "I also have a problem. I entered it into the account without thinking carefully."

"Well! They are all small matters. I'll pay more attention to them next time. By the way, I mentioned the salary increase before, so let's make it happen today.

In addition, I also want to tell you about the situation. My wife was about to give birth, so I didn’t come here much.”

He gave a reasonable explanation, so stop gossiping behind his back.

"Manager Li, you are having your second child, right? Congratulations!"

Zhao Yali quickly flattered him. Life had taught her how to flatter. She had eight children in her family and the pressure was too great.

"Congratulations, Manager Li."

Everyone also sent their blessings. Fan Jinyou has been very honest recently. After subletting his family's courtyard to a silk shop, he can finally afford the monthly rent of eight yuan, but he still spends all his money every month.

"Well! Let's not talk about this.

Now, I want to know more about each of your situations.”

Li Zhiguo then asked, "By the way, where is Lao Cai?"

"Lao Cai has gone to Niulanshan to transport wine. Manager Li, I want to apply to buy a tractor for the store."

Xu Huizhen explained the situation and wanted to use a tractor to transport more wine to various units. "Manager Li, this part of the income is about 500 yuan per month."

"Then buy it. Use the store's housing fund. Accountant Zhao, you will do the accounting."

Li Zhiguo waved his hand and said, "These are all small matters. Let's put it this way. The store has been making good profits recently, and we will have new income soon.

I won't ask any more questions. We'll adopt a secret ballot. Write it down now. Each person writes two names. The top four people with the most votes will each get a salary increase of $5.

Apart from Xu Huizhen and me, there were five people in the store, which meant only one person was eliminated.

Don’t be too eager to be happy. Besides, the year-end settlement is not far away. If the profit cannot continue to increase, then there will be no bonus at the end of the year.”

"Manager Li, don't worry, we will all work hard."

"Yes, we must get the bonus."

Everyone was excited. Choosing four out of five, this opportunity was too great.

"Okay, let's start now. Those who can't write can ask Xu Huizhen to write for them. She will get dividends. Don't even think about raising their salary in the future. I think if they don't do a good job, they should have their salary reduced."

Li Zhiguo said frankly that this is actually helping people and reducing conflicts in the store.

Xu Huizhen immediately said, "I will listen to Manager Li. If I cannot increase profits, I am willing to reduce my salary, or even not take any salary."

"Well said, that's the kind of ambition we need. We are a joint venture store. While generating tax revenue for the higher-ups, we also need to seek benefits for everyone. So as a manager, we must set an example. Increasing profits is the most important thing.

In addition, we must also start operating the two merged stores as soon as possible and not delay any further."

He said a few more nonsense and urged people to vote, saying don't waste their time.

"Huizhen, where's Li'er? Did you leave her at home again? Didn't you say that if there are no customers, you can bring her to the store?"

Li Zhiguo asked in a low voice, "Are you not treating him as a cadre? Is he not obedient?"

"Li'er needs to take a nap this afternoon. I just left him at home for a while. He won't be late."

Xu Huizhen smiled, and suddenly thought of something. She quickly took out a red envelope and handed it over, saying, "Brother Li, this is for your sister-in-law. Congratulations on having your second baby."

"Okay, I'll keep it. By the way, when are you and Lao Cai going to have a baby?"

Li Zhiguo added that Xu Huizhen was fertile, but she only gave birth to daughters.

"Soon, we have a plan."

Xu Huizhen didn't say much, and there was a waiter who couldn't write and wanted to help.

Li Zhiguo opened the red envelope and took a look. Wow, there was actually two hundred yuan in it. He would not buy into this unless the amount was quite a lot, in which case he would accept it with a smile.

Not long after, the voting was over. Li Zhiguo took a look and said, "Fan Jinyou only has one vote, so he should be eliminated. The other four of you will all get a five-yuan salary increase.

Because Zhao Yali's total salary increase of ten yuan plus her previous salary did not match her position, she became the store foreman in addition to being an accountant.

The tavern has merged with two other stores and is currently undergoing renovation and stocking. It will open soon. Xu Huizhen, you should focus more on the new store.

When you are not here, Zhao Yali will be in charge here."

The amount of information he contained in this conversation was so huge that everyone was stunned for a moment before they became happy.

Only Fan Jinyou was dumbfounded, and shouted: "Manager Li, this is impossible, I only have one vote? So I voted for it myself?"

"It's all right. Here are the tickets. Check it out for yourself!"

Li Zhiguo directly put the five tickets on the table and said that they were anonymous, but he wanted someone to watch them so as to create some small internal conflicts. Otherwise, the team would be difficult to lead and would be united.

"This is what I wrote. In addition to myself, I also wrote about Kong Yuqin."

Fan Jinyou picked up his ticket and looked at the others, but his name was not there. There were five people with a total of ten votes. Lao Ma unexpectedly got three votes. Zhao Yali, Kong Yuqin, and a waiter got two votes, and he got one vote.

As for Cai Quanwu, he was also excluded because he and Xu Huizhen were husband and wife, and usually he only did purchasing work.

"Yuqin, why did you vote for Lao Ma?"

Fan Jinyou questioned loudly, this was very disappointing to him.

"Why can't I vote for Lao Ma? He's old, his family is in financial difficulty, and he works hard in the store."

Kong Yuqin didn’t think there was anything wrong, otherwise she would have voted for Fan Jinyou.

Ma Liansheng hurriedly said, "Fan Jinyou, it's not okay for me to get the most votes. This is chosen by everyone, and Manager Li is watching."

"All right!"

Li Zhiguo continued, "The voting results are real and valid, Lao Ma, it seems that you are very popular in the store, which is good.

In this way, the store will appoint a canteen monitor, and you will be responsible for the entire kitchen. You will be given an additional subsidy of two yuan per month. Accountant Zhao will keep a record of it. "

"Okay, I've written it down."

Zhao Yali was extremely excited at this moment. Her salary increased by five dollars, and she was also made a team leader and was in charge of the tavern. This was simply too good to be true.

"Thank you, Manager Li."

Ma Liansheng quickly stood up and bowed to express his gratitude. He had followed Fan Jin for several years but gained nothing and was even envied. He had only been with Manager Li for a few months and had only met him a few times, but today he got a salary increase of seven yuan and was made a squad leader. The difference was obvious!
"That's it! Fan Jinyou, come out with me for a moment, and let's talk alone. I've discovered that you have a big problem."

Li Zhiguo called the man out and took out a cigarette. Unexpectedly, Fan Jinyou had good eyesight and quickly took out a match to help him light it.

"Manager Li, this is really not possible. Everyone has received a raise. After all, I used to be a street cadre and a public manager, but now my salary is the lowest in the store."

Fan Jin nodded his head and bowed. When it comes to flattery, he is as good as anyone, but it depends on whether he is willing to do so.

"Xiao Fan, your problem is too big. As far as I know, Zhao Yali and you had the best relationship in the store, but you ended up falling out.

Only Kong Yuqin had a good relationship with you, but you see, you also had a falling out today.

You and I were colleagues in the street office before, and even if I want to help you, I can't.

So, I'll give you a task. If you can come first in the next vote, I'll give you an important task. Not only will it raise your salary, but even returning to the streets is not impossible."

Li Zhiguo should first draw up the big picture and let Xiao Fan work hard without complaint, because the next vote will not be until the end of next year.

"Hey! Then I must work hard to build good relationships in the store."

Fan Jinyou suddenly became motivated. This shouldn’t be difficult!
Li Zhiguo sent the boy away, and then called Xu Huizhen out to chat for a while, then Kong Yuqin, and finally he just chatted with everyone individually for a few minutes so that everyone could benefit.

"Accountant Zhao, help me keep a close eye on the store. The most important thing is profit. If you do a good job on this, I will give you at least this amount by the end of the year."

He stretched out his hand. It was fifty yuan, which was a huge sum of money.

"Hey! Manager Li, I will always follow you."

Zhao Yali was so excited that she talked nonsense and didn't react yet.

"Well, it's not that exaggerated. Just keep an eye on it. When the other two stores open, the accounts there will also be yours. As long as you manage them well, it won't be easy to increase their salary, but you won't lack benefits. I'm leaving now!"

(End of this chapter)