"First of all, congratulations to everyone. With everyone's unremitting efforts, we have completed the annual tasks ahead of schedule, so our holiday will start on the 26th and we will work as normal on the fifth day of the lunar new year..."
Before Yang Weiguo finished speaking, there was an uproar in the audience.
They have never had a holiday so early. They used to have it when they were rushing to work and when they were not on holiday, but this year it was rare.
"Quiet, quiet."
The host began to maintain order.
Seeing that everyone quieted down, Yang Weiguo continued, "We are able to take a holiday so early. First of all, I want to thank everyone for your efforts. Secondly, I want to praise someone here...that is our annual pacesetter and advanced worker, Minister Lin Shaowen."
"Can this have anything to do with Lin Shaowen?" Jia Dongxu was speechless.
"Tell me, is Lin Shaowen the illegitimate son of Factory Director Yang?" Liu Haizhong whispered.
"It's hard to say." Yi Zhonghai said, touching his chin.
"Stop talking nonsense, they don't look alike at all." Silly Zhu said disdainfully, "Lin Shaowen looks average, but Director Yang... is not as good as me."
Phew!
Xu Damao couldn't help laughing.
Where does Silly Zhu get the confidence to say that Lin Shaowen is average? Yang Weiguo is on par with Shazhu.
Lin Shaowen looked at the smiling Yang Weiguo on the stage, sighed inwardly, stood up, and bowed to the workers.
Yang Weiguo's speech was not long, and he finished it in just five minutes.
Then Li Xinmin came to power.
"First of all, I would like to thank you all for your cooperation with me, which enabled our factory to exceed the task and also receive awards from the ministry." Li Xinmin said, bowing deeply below.
The audience burst into thunderous applause.
When it comes to showing off, Li Xinmin is indeed much better than Yang Weiguo.
"Furthermore, I also want to thank Minister Lin Shaowen. If he hadn't gone to the countryside in the wind and snow to buy for everyone, we would have run out of rice to cook in the factory this year. It would be impossible for everyone to get decent New Year's goods...Here, On behalf of the factory standing committee, I would like to thank Minister Lin for his contribution."
With that said, he bowed again.
Lin Shaowen had no choice but to stand up and bow slightly to Li Xinmin in return.
"hiss!"
There was a sound of toothache in the audience.
This young man is really capable.
Yi Zhonghai and others also looked at Lin Shaowen's back with complicated eyes, wondering why all the good things were taken away by this boy.
Li Xinmin's speech was a little longer, almost ten minutes.
But he is indeed quite competent, and what he talks about is quite practical and not boring.
After Li Xinmin stepped down, each leader came to the stage to speak according to the seating order of the factory leaders.
Except for the Minister of Finance who thanked Lin Shaowen again, everyone else seemed normal.
As Lin Shaowen listened, he began to wander.
"Now, I would like to invite Comrade Lin Shaowen, the Minister of Medical Affairs, to speak. Everyone is welcome..."
The host's words instantly woke up Lin Shaowen.
The leadership team headed by Factory Director Yang immediately gave warm applause, and even several leaders who were close to him stood up.
After Lin Shaowen recalled how many people had spoken just now, he couldn't help but stand up with a wry smile. Unknowingly, he had entered the senior management of the steel rolling mill, ranking twelfth among all leaders.
The rolling mill is very large and has more than ten canteens.
Lin Shaowen usually hangs out in the cafeteria and doesn't attend conferences, so many people don't know him.
"Is Minister Lin so young?"
"I'll go, he's not as old as my son, right?"
"This...this is so handsome."
Many workers whispered.
There are also people who say the opposite, thinking that Lin Shaowen must have a great background, otherwise how could he have become a factory leader at this age.
"Cough cough cough..."
After Lin Shaowen knocked on the microphone, a smile appeared on his face, "It's easy to stand here and talk to everyone. Many people probably don't know me. Of course, I don't want everyone to know me, because I am a doctor. When it comes to me, it’s generally not a good thing.”
"Ha~"
There was a burst of chuckles from the audience.
Many female comrades looked at Lin Shaowen, who was wearing a white shirt and black cotton-padded jacket, with aunty smiles on their lips. Good-looking women are definitely pleasing to the eye, and good-looking men might as well give in.
"Just now, several leaders attributed the reason for overfulfilling the task this year to me. In fact, this is wrong." Lin Shaowen said solemnly, "The reason why our steel rolling plant has been praised by the ministry is because of all the workers and factory leaders. Inseparable, our steel rolling mill is like a precision instrument, whether it can run smoothly or at high speed..."
"This is closely related to everyone here. Everyone here is a part of this machine. It may seem inconspicuous, but in fact it is indispensable. Here, I also want to thank all the workers for allowing me to go home early for the New Year. Thank you Everyone."
After saying that, he also took a step back and bowed to the audience.
"good!"
The audience applauded warmly, and many people cheered loudly.
The factory leaders were all smiling. They originally thought that Lin Shaowen, a young boy, would be timid when speaking in front of tens of thousands of people. Unexpectedly, he did better than many others.
"Also, I am the same as everyone else. I am just a brick in the factory. I can move it wherever it is needed. Finally... if it is not necessary, you should not meet me. Thank you."
After Lin Shaowen finished speaking, he bowed slightly and walked off the stage.
With a burst of chuckles and applause, Minister Lin's first speech ended perfectly.
The meeting continues.
But many people were already asking about Lin Shaowen. When they heard that he was married, many people looked disappointed.
Lin Shaowen has already reached the ministerial level at such a young age. In time, it is possible for him to become a factory director.
Of course, this simple idea only exists among simple workers.
In their view, being the director of a factory is already a smoke coming from their ancestors' graves.
After the leaders one after another finished speaking, the worker representatives began to deliver speeches again.
After completing a long process, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon.
As the host announced the end of the meeting, it also meant that the year's tasks at the steel rolling mill were over. Although there were still a few days until the holiday, there was actually not much work to do in the steel rolling mill.
The directors and team leaders of each workshop gathered in the Finance Department and began to receive New Year's goods.
Lin Shaowen walked alone in the steel rolling mill, surrounded by a vast expanse of white. He picked up a stick from the ground, stuck it into the snow on the roadside, and then frowned.
The snow was so deep that it almost reached his knees. If it kept snowing, it would not be "auspicious snow heralding a good year" but a "snow disaster".
As soon as he thought of the word "snow disaster", he was suddenly startled.
Without saying a word, he rushed to the factory director's office.
Yang Weiguo was having a high-level talk with several major leaders at this time. He couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the panting Lin Shaowen. In his impression, Lin Shaowen didn't like to get together with them, even if he was the factory director.
"Xiao Lin, is something wrong?"
"Director, please come out."
Lin Shaowen tried his best to stay calm, but his hands were still shaking uncontrollably.
Yang Weiguo walked out without hesitation.
A secluded spot in the corridor.
"What happened to Xiao Lin?" Yang Weiguo frowned.
"I want to see the minister..."
As soon as Lin Shaowen said these words, Yang Weiguo's face turned pale instantly.
