"Jun'er, my good cousin, no matter how we say it, we have a real kinship, you can't see death without help, right?"
My name is Zhao Jun, and it is my good cousin Zhao Cheng who is kneeling in front of me at this time and begging me for help, he is the son of my uncle, and at this time my uncle can only look at my face.
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Some people may think that they are all family, and it is always not good to let their cousin kneel on the ground and beg for themselves.
But in fact, as early as more than ten years ago, the relationship between our family was not like this, at that time it was my parents kneeling in front of Zhao Cheng, but my good cousin was indifferent.
At this time, I was just like them more than ten years ago, and I treated each other coldly.
01
I still remember that I had just graduated from high school in 1987, and there wasn't much affection for college at that time.
Generally, when boys become adults, they go directly to their homes to work in the farm, and those who have a little relationship will be arranged directly into the factory.
In my impression, most of the middle-aged and young people in the village have already moved into the "Daxing Iron and Steel Factory" next to the village to work.
Because the welfare benefits in the factory were very good at the beginning, but with the change of policy, it has gradually begun to decline.
My parents and my uncle's family both work in the factory, and my uncle is still a big and small official in the management of the factory, so he still knows a lot about the situation of the steel plant.
When my cousin Zhao Cheng graduated three years ago, it was the time for the steel mill to make money, and the uncle used his position to find a quiet and profitable errand for his cousin.
Now that I've graduated from high school, my parents will be able to put me in a steel mill if nothing else.
It's just that my parents are just ordinary employees in the factory, and they can't arrange any good positions for me if they are soft-spoken.
"Jun'er, you have graduated now, I have been thinking about it for you for a long time with your mother, although the efficiency of the factory in the past two years has not been good, but it is better than not having a place to go." ”
Late at night, when I was in the yard with my dad to cool off, my dad suddenly came to say this.
But I actually have my own ideas, but I never had a chance to tell them two, so I took this opportunity to say it.
"Dad, I heard that this year's recruitment is about to start, and I want to sign up for the army. ”
"Well, of course you have this idea. "When my dad heard that I wanted to be a soldier, he immediately became happy, and joining the army was the best way out.
"What's good? Jun'er is not old enough, and he is still a year old. At this time, my mother, who came out of the house, poured a basin of cold water.
It's true that I started school relatively early, and I'm still a year old before I can sign up for the army, but that's not a big deal in my dad's opinion.
After all, in those days, people didn't pay much attention to the issue of age, and the place where they signed up to join the army was in our village committee, so it was not a big deal to get rid of the village cadres to cover up at that time.
"Okay, then it's decided, I'll go to the village committee tomorrow. "This is how my joining the army was decided.
But neither of our family expected that the uncle who lived next door to our house at this time also heard our chat.
Everything went very smoothly, although I was not old enough, but I was tall and had the cover of the village committee, and I was able to register very smoothly.
The next thing is the physical examination before joining the army, but when I went to the physical examination location, I saw my cousin Zhao Cheng in the crowd.
"Brother, why are you here?" I was very surprised, shouldn't Zhao Cheng be working in the factory at this time?
"What? You can join the army, but I can't?" Zhao Cheng has been in poor health since he was a child, and he is the eldest son and grandson, and he has been spoiled by his family, so there is always a feeling of superiority in his tone.
"Yes, yes......" I didn't say anything more, because I didn't like his character since I was a child, but my family always warned me that my cousin was not in good health, so I had to let my cousin go more.
But in fact, Zhao Cheng is not my competitor, although I am a few years younger than Zhao Cheng, but Zhao Cheng's physique cannot be compared with me at all.
And I don't think that Zhao Cheng will be able to pass the requirements of joining the army, and any army will take a fancy to him if he is so thin.
After the physical examination, the results were quickly notified to the family who signed up for the army, and no surprise, my grades were naturally fine, but I didn't know what the cousin's grades were like.
When my parents saw that I had passed the grades, they were also happy for me, and my mother immediately said that the family had improved their food today and went to the street to buy meat.
Just as my mother was going out, my uncle walked to my house seemingly casually, and saw that my father and I were in the yard, so he said hello and came in.
"How's Jun'er?
"Yes, Jun'er's results are qualified. My dad replied.
"That's good, Jun'er, but I heard that you have a relationship?" the uncle continued to ask.
"Well, isn't Jun'er's age a little bit, so I asked Lao Zhang in the team to help. "My dad didn't hide it, thinking that there was nothing bad to say about being a family.
"Oh...... If you are not old enough, you can stabilize it for a year and a half, so you can work in the factory for a year first, and then report next year. ”
"Hey, it's not that you don't know, our factory is not profitable now, and this contract is signed for five years, isn't it delaying the children. "My dad voiced his concerns.
"What are you talking about? Didn't Cheng'er also sign a five-year contract, didn't I let him sign up for the army with a wave of my hand, tell me about you, I'd rather ask Lao Zhang for help than find the eldest brother, don't you take the eldest brother as your own?" The uncle began to show off his rights again.
"No, no, no, no......" Uncle's words made my father feel embarrassed, and then quickly changed the topic and asked, "By the way, has Cheng'er passed?"
"Oh, Cheng'er, it's ...... After ......" Uncle's tone was obviously not as hard as just now, and he just slipped out after a few copies.
"Where can Zhao Cheng pass?" I looked at my uncle's reaction, and naturally knew that Zhao Cheng must have never had one, and I immediately gloated.
"Jun'er, don't say it. "My dad obviously saw that Zhao Cheng should have never passed, but he still asked me to keep some morality.
In this way, our family ate happily at the table, and I was in a good mood, and my appetite was greatly increased, and even my father rarely had two drinks.
However, just when we hadn't finished eating, Lao Zhang came over, and when I saw Lao Zhang coming in, I thought he was here to inform me about joining the army, so he shouted directly: "Uncle Zhang!"
"Lao Zhang, come in, have you eaten? Jun'er, go get a pair of chopsticks for your Uncle Zhang. My dad immediately beckoned Lao Zhang to come in.
"Don't don't, I'm here to tell you, the matter of the army being a soldier is yellow......"
02
My name is Zhao Jun, I signed up for the army in 1987, and when everything was going well, I was reported for age fraud and couldn't be a soldier.
"What? Lao Zhang, what do you mean by that?" My father heard Lao Zhang say that I couldn't become a soldier, and immediately questioned.
"Jun'er, it's not that your Uncle Zhang doesn't help you, someone directly reports to the Military Commission, your age is not enough, and your grades will naturally be invalid. Judging from Uncle Zhang's expression, this matter was also unexpected by him.
"Then the quota in our village is gone?" I still have one last glimmer of hope.
"No, the army recruitment office directly crossed you out, and your quota was also allocated to your cousin Zhao Cheng, I have to take Zhao Cheng's information over later, I came here to inform you, I'm sorry ......" Uncle Zhang hurriedly left after speaking.
I was dumbfounded when I heard this, the uncle really played a good chess hand, and he knew that he would definitely not be able to become a soldier with his cousin Zhao Cheng's physical fitness alone.
So he reported me directly, as long as my quota is vacant, then Zhao Chengcheng can pick up my ready-made quota to become a soldier.
The original happy atmosphere of the family was suddenly ruined, and my dad couldn't control it at this time, so he rushed out without saying a word.
Usually my dad is always obedient and obedient to my uncle, because he always says that they are all family, and my uncle has great skills.
I watched in a daze as my dad rushed out and didn't react, at which point my mom hurriedly reminded me: "Follow your dad, he just drank!"
I immediately rushed out, and when I arrived at the uncle's house next door, my dad and the uncle were already arguing with each other by the collar.
"Dad, let go first!" I immediately rushed up and pulled the two of them apart, and at the moment of pulling away, my dad spat out a sentence: "Are you such an elder? Jun'er just wants to be a soldier!"
After saying that, my father covered his face and cried with the strength of the wine, I know that so many years of forbearance have made him unable to control his emotions anymore, and it may be a good thing to cry out through alcohol.
"You dare to hit me, and it's turned upside down!" Uncle didn't care so much, and wanted to come up and give my dad another time, but I glared back.
Later, after pulling my dad back to settle down, I didn't go to confront my uncle's family again, after all, it has become a fact that I can't be a soldier and can't be changed.
Despite this, after my father woke up the next day, he still found my uncle again, because in his opinion, even if I don't become a soldier, I still have to live in the future.
Maybe it was a gesture, or maybe it was because I owed something in my heart, so the uncle readily agreed to find me a quiet job in the factory.
In this way, this matter came to an end, my cousin Zhao Cheng went to the army smoothly, and I worked in the steel factory.
With the uncle's right in the factory, it is very easy to find me a workshop director or an idle position in the office.
Thinking about it, although I can't be a soldier anymore, it's not bad if I can mix a small leader in the factory office.
Just when I thought life would go on like this, my uncle found our family after I signed the contract.
"There is still a little problem with Jun'er, that is, there is no vacancy in the office now, and Jun'er has no relevant work experience, so it is a bit difficult to convince the public directly in the office. The uncle took a sip of wine and said that he was very embarrassed.
"What? Uncle Jun'er, you didn't say yes at the beginning!" my mother immediately reluctant.
But the uncle suddenly became arrogant, and said strongly: "Then how did I agree? You say, what did I promise?"
My dad just blackened his face the whole time, tried his best to calm his emotions and asked, "What about Cheng'er's previous position?"
"Can Jun'er be compared with Cheng'er? Cheng'er also came up after he had work experience in the workshop, and that was with grassroots work experience. Uncle gasped again.
However, seeing that our family began to be silent, the uncle of course felt a little embarrassed, and his tone changed to soothing: "I mean, now Jun'er is not suitable to go directly into the office, let him work below for a period of time, and when all kinds of skills are familiar, it is logical to let him do the leadership position." ”
I have the impression that the conversation was very discordant, and my mother never said a word to my uncle since that day.
I don't think my dad wants to talk to my uncle anymore, but they are brothers, and they need to think about my future.
As long as I am still in the factory, I still need the help of the leader of the uncle, and I work very hard in the workshop, although I only have a high school degree, but I can learn things quickly.
In 1990, having already had a lot of relevant work experience, I finally became the workshop director as I wished, but I knew that my uncle did not play any practical role in it.
There is an old technician who took me in the workshop, and I call him master.
My master told me that the business of steel mills is becoming more and more difficult nowadays, and there are other more technologically advanced factories running on the bank, and there is no more confusion.
Of course, I can also see this, the people who are still in the factory are some old, weak, sick and disabled, and the steel plant does not have extra funds to purchase new instruments, and if it continues like this, it will be eliminated by the market.
And it was precisely because there were no young people in the factory who could use it, and it was when there was a shortage of young people, that I was promoted so quickly.
Like me, there is also my uncle, who can see the problems that the employees below can see, and the leaders above can see more clearly.
The old factory director saw that he was almost old, and the factory had already become such a ghost, so he left the factory to the uncle.
The former small leader turned into a factory director directly, but this factory master was not comfortable at all.
Because I have worked at the grassroots level and am the workshop director, I know a lot of people in the factory, and I have heard the finance of the factory mention that there is no money on the books in the factory, and the pension of retired workers has to be paid.
At home, I heard my mother say that Zhao Cheng's life in the army was not easy, I heard that he had contacted his family several times, and he was not satisfied with it for 5 years, and he already wanted to come back early.
I don't know about Zhao Cheng's situation in the army, but with his pampered personality and skinny body, I know it's not good to think about it.
But I have seen the life of the uncle, and now his hair has already fallen out, and he no longer has the excitement when he first became the factory director two years ago.
Although I knew that the uncle was not a person with a conscience, I still underestimated his lack of conscience, and he was so mad that he wanted to sell the factory.
At a staff meeting in the factory, the uncle, as the factory director, directly said at the meeting that the situation of the factory was not optimistic.
"There was a wealthy businessman who took a fancy to the land, and I decided to sell the factory. The uncle announced the news in front of the whole factory.
When the workers heard the news, they immediately fried the pot, knowing that they had worked in this steel mill for most of their lives, and if the factory closed, their pensions would be lost.
Immediately there were voices of opposition, but the uncle was the director of the factory, and if he wanted to sell the factory, no one could stop him.
After the meeting, everyone got together to discuss countermeasures, and in the end, there was no conclusion, so I asked a young man to think of a solution.
In fact, I have a way, but I don't know if the workers dare to do it, since the biggest problem now is that the buyer of the factory will not be a steel plant in the future, then change to a buyer who will continue to be a steel factory.
In this way, even if the factory is sold, it will be the same as changing the soup and not the medicine, everyone's job will not be lost, and the pension will be guaranteed.
It's just that it's hard to find a suitable buyer for a while, and my idea is that everyone will pay for it together, and everyone will be a shareholder of the factory, and they will buy the factory together.
When I got the idea out, everyone was thinking that it would be nice to keep the job at the steel plant.
But in today's situation, everyone knows that there is no way out for this steel plant, and if you buy this plant, it is very likely that it will not operate well and go bankrupt directly.
At this time, my master was the first to stand up and support me, saying that he was old, and if there was no steel factory, he would have to wait for death.
"Jun'er, a young man, I think it's good, he learns quickly and has a lot of ideas, after we buy the factory, let Jun'er be the factory director, he will definitely be able to take Daxing Iron and Steel Plant out of the predicament. ”
More and more people expressed their support for me, and I discussed this with my parents, and although I was worried, my parents still used their own pension to support me.
In this way, I raised a large amount of money with everyone and took down this steel mill that was on the verge of bankruptcy from the hands of my uncle.
"Jun'er, don't blame the uncle for not reminding you, this factory won't live long......" When signing the contract, the uncle's words were like knives, which was simply murderous.
03
When the factory was on the verge of closure, my uncle gave me the factory, and I naturally became the director of Daxing Iron and Steel Plant.
The first thing I did when I took office was to check the accounts in the factory with the finance department, and sure enough, I found some accounts that I could save.
But that's not the most important thing at the moment, for now I need to integrate all the available resources and find a way out of the future of the steel plant.
So I took a few workers and my master to pick up the car for hundreds of kilometers and went to other steel mills to study on the spot.
During this period, the expenses were huge, but the work in the factory still did not improve, and many people began to be suspicious.
Especially when my uncle heard about what I had done during this time, he immediately gloated and ran to my house to find my father, saying that this is not how the factory operates.
In fact, to be honest, the idea of going out to study was put forward by my master, don't look at my master's age, he really has research on high-tech technology.
Just when everyone else in the factory couldn't sit still, my master and I came back with the latest machine and immediately started teaching how to use the new machine.
You must know that today's steel mills are different from the past, almost every worker is a shareholder, which is equivalent to a factory director.
Of course, working for others is still different from working for yourself, and these workers are still looking forward to receiving dividends from the factory.
So as soon as the new machine was launched, all the employees worked hard to make the first batch of products.
In terms of sales, I have already contacted the old customers who used to work with Daxing Iron and Steel Plant, in fact, the biggest reason why those old customers canceled their cooperation with us was because of the backwardness of the products.
When they heard that Daxing had also started to produce the latest products on the market, they were very interested in re-cooperating.
Of course, in the early stage, in the process of talking about business, I didn't have much experience when I was young, but with the signboard of Daxing, I still won the first business.
With the first business, the factory began to be busy, everyone was in full swing than before, and Daxing Iron and Steel Plant finally saw hope.
In just one year, Daxing Iron and Steel Plant has updated a number of new production equipment, and the news of Daxing's re-emergence has also spread to hundreds, and orders have naturally increased.
The news that there is a young new director of Daxing Iron and Steel Plant has also come out, and many college graduates are also very interested in coming to our factory after hearing about it.
This is simply the biggest help for Daxing, who lacks advanced knowledge and ideas, and with the addition of new machines and new people, Daxing soon returned to its peak.
With the planning of college students and my strong support, Daxing also received the first batch of overseas orders since the establishment of the factory.
Although we hardly made any money from this batch of overseas orders, the important thing is that overseas channels have been opened up, and a large number of orders have been continuously flowing.
In 1993, the state promulgated the "Company Law", and the former Daxing Iron and Steel Plant was rebuilt into "Daxing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.", with me as the chairman.
And my cousin Zhao Cheng came back two years ago, but in the past two years, my uncle's family can be said to be in the middle of the road.
Although I got a sum of money from selling the factory, Daxing was not worth much at that time, and my uncle had already spent it in order to build a house for Zhao Cheng and marry a daughter-in-law.
After Daxing was rebuilt into a joint-stock system, I not only did not lose a penny in the retirement salary of the old employees, but also increased it according to the length of service.
Many people like my parents, who have worked in the factory all their lives, have received pensions, and uncles who do not have pensions can only watch.
As for my good cousin Zhao Cheng, after being a soldier for a few years, because he couldn't stand the high-intensity training in the army, not only his physical condition was worse, but he also didn't learn a skill.
Until now, Zhao Cheng is still idle at home and unwilling to go out to work, although the new house has been built, but he still has not married a daughter-in-law.
On the other hand, in our family, after the efficiency of the factory improved, I not only bought a car, but also built a nursing home on a piece of land in the name of Daxing Iron and Steel.
In any case, Daxing employees whose children are not at home can live in nursing homes for free and enjoy welfare benefits after retirement.
Only occasionally I would take my parents back to the old yard of the house to reminisce about the life they once had, in my father's words, this is called not forgetting the roots.
No, this time after picking up my parents and returning to the old house, the car had just been parked, and my uncle was bent over and took his cousin Zhao Cheng to block me at the door.
"Jun'er, my good cousin, no matter how we say it, we have a real kinship, you can't see death without help, right?"
I looked at my parents and motioned for them to go into the house first, and I would take care of the rest.
"Brother, what's the matter? Haven't you found a job yet?" I replied lukewarmly, because my uncle had come to ask me for work.
But it's not that I don't help, although I am the chairman of Daxing, but Daxing is now in a period of rapid development, and what is needed is people with knowledge and technology.
A person like Zhao Cheng, even if he is arranged into the company, there is no position suitable for him, and I know that he is very pampered, and he will definitely not do miscellaneous work.
So although my uncle has told my dad many times, I have prevaricated every time.
"No, it's not our family that counts you as the most promising now, it's all a family, just give your brother a random errand. The uncle immediately stepped forward, and it was another family's words.
"Uncle, my brother is so capable, he has been a soldier, he doesn't necessarily have to be in Daxing. I continued to shirk.
"Jun'er, look at what you said, your brother has also worked in Daxing for a few years, and he has work experience, and you are now the chairman, so don't you let your brother enter the factory to help you keep an eye on our family's industry. ”
"Uncle, Daxing is not my alone, there are antique clubs, I don't count if I say it. "I didn't bother to say a word to this illiterate person, so I prepared to go home.
"Hey, Jun'er, you can't have no conscience, I gave Daxing to you back then, otherwise you could have where you are today?"
If you hadn't reported it, I would have become a soldier a long time ago, and if you hadn't cheated me, we would have almost lost all our money! Why didn't you mention your conscience to me at that time?" My emotions suddenly exploded, and the chairman's posture was opened, making the uncle speechless.
Seeing that it didn't end well, my dad immediately came forward to mediate and said: "Big brother, our old guy won't get involved in the children's affairs when he retires, Cheng'er, Daxing is not your brother alone, now it's not as good as before, even if you want to enter the company, you have to give your brother an attitude is not ......" and then pulled away my uncle, and left me a look.
Hearing my father's words, Zhao Cheng was also enlightened, and immediately said to me with a flattering face: "Brother, my brother really has no choice, you can be a poor brother, just find any job for my brother." ”
I rolled my eyes and asked, "Really...... What's the job?"
Two months later, I drove back to the headquarters of Daxing Company, and it was my good cousin Zhao Cheng who was wearing a security guard at the entrance of the headquarters.
Seeing my car coming from afar, Zhao Cheng immediately stepped forward to open the door and said, "Brother, the parking space has been reserved for you." ”
"Hmm. I nodded to show that I was very satisfied, but immediately said seriously: "In the future, in the company, call me the chairman!"
"Yes, Chairman!"
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