bookbashuk Chapter 317 Director Xu
Chapter 317 Director Xu
"Wait, wait, Honghua, when did this happen? How come I don't know about this?" Xu Sui was stunned for a moment, still not understanding.
She immediately stopped, grabbed Ma Honghua, and pulled her to a secluded corner, wanting to get to the bottom of the matter.
"Why did Director Hao suddenly retire early? What happened to his family? And why did this position suddenly fall to me?"
She's just started working at this factory, she's the least experienced, and she doesn't have any connections. Logically speaking, this position shouldn't be hers at all.
The matter that Director Hao mentioned about the deputy director was just something he said in words; even she herself didn't really take it to heart.
Pulled into a corner, unable to leave immediately, seeing Xu Sui's condition, Ma Honghua sighed and explained, "I'm actually not quite sure about this either."
"The factory manager came by in a hurry early this morning, gave me a few instructions, and then left."
"You arrived late, so you probably don't know that the factory manager's health isn't very good, and his wife's health isn't good either. Apparently, something happened to his wife, and he has to stay home to take care of her, so he can't go to work and has to retire early."
In fact, Director Hao had wanted to retire for a long time, but he had not been able to retire because there was no one to take his place and considering the dozens of workers in the factory.
After figuring out the general situation, Xu Sui went to the factory director's office.
As soon as I went inside.
I immediately spotted the county magistrate sitting inside. He was about forty or fifty years old, with a refined and approachable appearance. He wore black-rimmed glasses and had an extraordinary air about him.
Xu Sui walked in and greeted him gracefully, "County Head, you wanted to see me?"
From the moment she went in.
County Head He Wenyuan, sitting in his office chair, gently adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and subtly sized up the young woman in front of him.
"You're Technician Xu?"
His first impression of the girl was that she was young, too young, and a very pretty young woman.
In the entire county, no one who has ever been able to sit in the position of factory director has ever been under 40 years old.
Xu Sui nodded. "Yes, I wonder what the county magistrate wants to see me about?"
He Wenyuan raised his water glass, took a sip, and spoke slowly.
"Your factory manager retired early. Before he retired, he recommended you to me, wanting you to take over as the new manager. I don't know what your thoughts are?"
The moment those words were spoken, the entire office fell silent. The atmosphere was oppressive and suffocating, making it hard to breathe.
This is the only machinery factory in the entire Lanshan County. If the factory is shut down, she will be out of work, so it's absolutely not an option.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Sui spoke up decisively in order to save the machinery factory.
"County Magistrate, I am indeed very young and not very experienced."
"But as you know, County Chief, I developed the only harvester technology in the entire Nanshan Machinery Factory. I'm also about to travel to the city and the provincial capital to discuss business."
"I am confident that I can transform our factory within a year, turning it from a small factory with dozens of employees into a medium-sized factory with hundreds of employees, providing more jobs for the county and driving economic development."
"Please give me this opportunity."
Whether it works or not, we have to try it first. How can we say it won't work if we haven't even tried?
He Wenyuan's mind was stirred when he heard this. He had indeed heard about Xu Sui building a harvester before he came.
They say that harvesters have appeared in their country now, but only in big cities and towns, and they were built by purchasing foreign technical blueprints at a high price.
However, Xu Sui created it through her own abilities.
Even if he was just an outsider, it was undeniable that the young woman in front of him was indeed a very capable and talented technician.
But being a factory manager and doing technical work are two different things, and it's not certain whether the other party can do it.
He Wenyuan sighed, "Actually, I came here today to dissolve the factory."
"However, before Director Hao retired, he specifically asked me for help because of your situation, hoping I would give you a chance."
"Alright, since you say you can develop this factory well within a year, I'll give you a year. If you don't achieve that after a year, then I'm sorry, this factory has suffered too many losses and must be dissolved."
He thought for a moment and then said, "I hereby officially appoint you as the temporary factory manager. We will see how you perform in a year and then make you the permanent manager."
Xu Sui finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, County Chief. I will definitely work hard."
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After resolving this matter, Xu Sui went to the finance department and received a 10 yuan travel allowance, which was all the allowance she received for her business trip this week.
To be honest, this amount of money is far from enough. After all, the food, accommodation, and transportation costs along the way will add up to at least several tens of yuan a week.
So, in the end, Xu Sui actually had to pay out of her own pocket for this business trip.
At first, she thought Director Hao was stingy, until she took over as the temporary director and checked the factory's accounts.
She then realized that she had underestimated how poor their factory was.
Who would have thought that their machinery factory only had 20.85 yuan in its accounts?
This amount of money is the rental fee for harvesters recently paid by several production brigades in the countryside.
Otherwise, they would still be in a state of serious losses.
Old Zhang, the finance manager, already knows that Xu Sui is now the new factory manager, and there's no need to hide anything from her about the factory's situation.
He sighed, touched his white hair, and said, "Factory manager, to tell you the truth, our factory hasn't paid wages for several months. Actually, I was planning to resign after this month."
Xu Sui was taken aback for a moment, and she subconsciously asked, "But I just arrived, and I've been getting paid these past few days."
How could it be that I haven't been paid for several months?
"Sigh, that was a special instruction from Director Hao. In the entire factory, you are the only one whose salary will be paid as usual."
"Our factory is really poor. There are less than 10 days left until payday this month, and the little money we have in the account is simply not enough to pay wages. We'll have to go back on our word again."
"Our factory still owes the garment factory more than 1000 yuan in debt. It's only because of Director Hao's influence that they haven't come to collect it."
After figuring out the situation in the factory, Xu Sui felt like she had taken on a hot potato, and that she had been tricked by Director Hao.
No wonder the other party handed her the whole notebook and told her to go out and do business; it turns out they were waiting for her here.
However, now that she had taken on this hot potato, she made a solemn pledge to the county magistrate.
We have to do this, whether we like it or not.