After more than ten years of hard study, Fang Hanmin finally got nothing. Fang Hanmin didn't seem too depressed. At worst, he could return to his hometown to work in farming, which would help his parents share the burden of the family. However, his mother and sister were not willing to accept it and strongly advocated that Fang Hanmin repeat his studies and prepare to take the exam again next year.
Fang Hanmin was grateful for the kindness of his family, but he could not turn a blind eye to his poor family situation. He was noncommittal about the suggestion of repeating his studies.
One morning in mid-August, Fang Hanmin went to the county town with a group of villagers to sell vegetables. At a farmer's market, he accidentally met Liu Gong, whom he had met at the reservoir construction site headquarters during the winter vacation. The two couldn't help but inquire about each other.
"Xiao Fang, I think you are very smart. If you hadn't been injured at the reservoir construction site and delayed your review, you would have been admitted to a good university. Don't you want to go back to school to review and prepare to take the exam again next year?"
Thinking of his poor family background, Fang Hanmin smiled bitterly and said, "I don't plan to repeat my studies. I just want to go home and work in farming."
Lao Liu said with great regret: "People like you go back to your hometown to work in farming, and you are burying your talents!"
"What kind of talent? I'm just a failed student. If I don't go home to farm, what else can I do?" At this point, Fang Hanmin was not in a high mood.
"It's not that farming is not good, I just think it's a bit overkill for you to return to the village and become a farmer."
"Liu Gong, what do you think I'm suitable for?" Fang Hanmin looked cynical.
It was originally a half-joking remark, but Lao Liu took it seriously, "Let me think about it and tell me your home address."
Lao Liu is such a kind-hearted person! Through the contact at the reservoir construction site, Fang Hanmin left a very deep impression on him, and he felt that he should help this young man.
Although Lao Liu is very enthusiastic, he is only a technical cadre of the County Water Conservancy Bureau with no position or power. The Water Conservancy Bureau is an internal government agency and public institution. It is impossible for him to help Fang Hanmin in his own unit and system, but he still helps Fang Hanmin. Fang Hanmin's letter emphasized, "You have to come to the city. If you stay in the countryside, you will be useless!"
"The key is what can I do in the city?" Fang Hanmin was very calm. Although he thanked Lao Liu for caring about him, he had to have a purpose.
After much deliberation, Lao Liu thought of his brother-in-law, who was the personnel section chief at the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. After explaining the situation, his brother-in-law agreed to let Fang Hanmin work as a temporary worker in the pharmaceutical factory.
Because he didn't know whether Fang Hanmin was interested in working as a temporary worker, Lao Liu only said in the second letter that he had something to interview with him, but did not explain the specific situation. After receiving the second letter, Fang Hanmin decided to go to the county seat to meet Lao Liu.
At the reservoir construction site, Fang Hanmin always called Old Liu Gong Liu, but Old Liu was also in his forties, only a few years younger than Fang Hanmin's father, but more than ten years older than Fang Hanmin. After meeting, Old Liu Liu's heart-warming words made Fang Hanmin very grateful. In order to get closer to him, Fang Hanmin even changed his title, "Uncle Liu, there are people in the city who have units. What can I do in the city?"
"I asked someone to help you find a temporary worker position in the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. Are you willing to be a temporary worker? It may be harder on the production line. Although the salary is lower than that of regular employees, it is still more than 20 yuan a month. money."
Fang Hanmin's poor family needs money so much! Earning work points in the village was exhausting and he could not earn much money all year round. When he heard that he was getting a salary of more than 20 yuan a month, Fang Hanmin agreed without hesitation and asked impatiently: "Uncle Liu, what am I doing?" When can I go to work?"
"Listen to my brother-in-law, you can go to work at any time."
After returning home that day, Fang Hanmin made an explanation to his parents, and carried his luggage to the county town the next day. Under the introduction of Lao Liu, he met Lao Hou, the human resources officer of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory in Shuangling City, more than 30 kilometers away. , "Brother-in-law, this is the Fang Hanmin I told you about on the phone. He failed the college entrance examination unexpectedly, but he is absolutely smart."
"We need operators on the front line of production. Let's go to the second workshop." Section Chief Hou of the Human Resources Department has already arranged a position for Fang Hanmin. He doesn't care whether the young man is smart or not.
The second workshop of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory is producing an API called acetaminophen. Due to backward technology, not only the production cost is high, the product quality is unstable, but the production environment is very poor, but the monthly bonus is the lowest in the whole factory. None of the employees were willing to work here, and the employees who could find jobs through connections were all transferred away. Therefore, the second workshop was in a dilemma of having no jobs and had to recruit temporary workers to fill the positions.
After Fang Hanmin arrived at his job, the workshop director assigned him to work three shifts in the "acylation" position. Although he also felt that the workshop environment was very harsh, considering that he had a monthly salary of more than 20 yuan, he had no other choice.
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Dong Xinliang kept his word. At noon on the sixth day, he came to his old father-in-law's house again and gave a detailed report to the family on the situation that the trustee had learned in the past few days.
Xiao Min's parents have not been idle these days. They are both old employees of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. They found their former apprentices or colleagues and quickly found out about Fang Hanmin's work situation.
Based on the two aspects of information, the family expressed their opinions. Xiao Min's parents and two brothers firmly disagreed with her being friends with Fang Hanmin. Although they also thought that Fang Hanmin had a good character and was very smart, his family conditions were really poor! The salary he earns is less than that of a regular employee, and he also has to take care of his hometown. With Fang Hanmin's own efforts, who knows that he will be able to settle down in the city in the year of the monkey?
The eldest sister and her husband do not hold any views on this. They believe that Xiao Min's own choice in marriage should be respected, and human intervention may be counterproductive. But the words from their parents and brothers, "We are also doing it for her own good," left Xiao Mei and Dong Xinliang speechless.
Knowing that her family did not agree with her dating Fang Hanmin, Xiao Min was of course very frustrated, but she was essentially a good girl. Only after taking over her mother's job could she have the opportunity to enter the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory and become a regular employee. She could not break her parents' hearts and follow her in the future. When in contact with Fang Hanmin, he deliberately kept an appropriate distance from him.
Xiao Min secretly rejoiced that she didn't take the initiative to express her feelings to Fang Hanmin at that time. If the matter spread and she regretted it now, Fang Hanmin might be fine, but she herself would be embarrassed! I'm afraid I don't have the shame to continue to stay at the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory!
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The news of the successful process improvement in the "acylation" position soon spread throughout the factory. While the technology-related departments and leaders of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory were happy with the success of the technical transformation in the second workshop, they were also curious. How could the technical strength of the second workshop achieve such a big technological breakthrough?
Especially when people finally learned that the technical solution for the new process came from a temporary worker who had been in the factory for more than a year, everyone found it even more unbelievable. After someone found out about Fang Hanmin’s origins, he praised Section Chief Hou of the Human Resources Department for his work in the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. A rare talent was recruited, but more people questioned, "Impossible! Even if he delays his review on the eve of the college entrance examination and becomes a failure, no matter how outstanding he is, he is only a high school graduate. First, he has not received higher education. Second, he has not received higher education. How can you come up with such an advanced technical solution without having any professional knowledge?”
Of course, professionals in the late 1970s had no way of knowing that in Fang Hanmin's previous life experience, the process technology for producing acetaminophen had developed to a green and environmentally friendly stage with high yield, high purity and low pollution. The technology just completed in the second workshop In the reform, the new technology used is only a small branch.
The doubts or curiosity about the leader disappeared after a while, but the colleagues around him looked at Fang Hanmin with admiration. Those regular employees who looked down on him in the past now took the initiative to interact with him. After all, because of his contribution, he not only improved production The environment has also increased the bonus of the acylchemical section by 50% in one fell swoop, ranking first in the second workshop. Even if compared with the entire factory, it is still in the upper-middle range.
Not only that, the workshop technician Lao Wu tried every means to get close to Fang Hanmin. Taking advantage of the opportunity of mutual communication, he discussed other technical problems existing in the second workshop, which was actually asking Fang Hanmin for solutions. At first, Fang Hanmin didn't want to discuss matters that had nothing to do with him. He was an employee of the acylchemical section. What did other sections do well or not, and what did it have to do with him?
Who asked Fang Hanmin to kill time with this book whenever he had time? Although it was not some bluffing "pharmaceutical process development" but a martial arts novel by Liang Yusheng, he left a deep impression on Lao Wu about studying pharmaceutical process diligently. Impressed, especially the new process in the acylation section has achieved great success, and Lao Wu is even more convinced of Fang Hanmin’s research spirit.
In his previous life, Fang Hanmin was the project director of the New Drug Creation Center of RGP Company. He was always open to technical exchanges. In addition, Lao Wu was not ashamed to ask questions. He was also a workshop technician after all. He took the initiative to lower his profile in front of a temporary worker, which made Fang Hanmin very happy. Moved, he decided to have a serious discussion with Lao Wu. Regarding the several technical issues mentioned by Lao Wu, Fang Hanmin gave his analysis and effective suggestions, although Lao Wu later counted these as his own contributions and took advantage of them. Fang Hanmin didn't care if he got a lot of benefits.
There is an iron powder reduction section in the second workshop, which also has the problem of unstable product quality and even varying degrees of safety hazards. During the contact with Fang Hanmin, Lao Wu tentatively discussed this matter, and Fang Hanmin told him that iron powder The key to reduction lies in the fineness of the iron powder and the mixing process.
After improving the process conditions and operating methods according to Fang Hanmin's suggestions, not only the unsafe factors in the iron powder reduction section were eliminated, but the product quality was also significantly improved.
Because of this contribution, Lao Wu won the title of the city's technological innovation pacesetter and advanced scientific and technological worker. In addition to receiving municipal awards, Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory also gave him a one-level salary increase. However, Lao Wu never thanked Fang Hanmin and did not mention Fang Hanmin's contribution on any occasion.
Because Lao Wu discussed technical issues with Fang Hanmin in the simple office of the acylchemical section, some employees were present at the time. Although they could not understand Fang Hanmin's theoretical analysis, they could basically listen to Fang Hanmin's process improvement methods and practical operation suggestions. Understand. In addition, these employees believe that Lao Wu has been unable to solve the technical problems in the second workshop for three or four years. After communicating with Fang Hanmin, Lao Wu solved the problem. This cannot be unrelated to Fang Hanmin's suggestions.
Afterwards, the workers in the acylchemical section felt unjust for Fang Hanmin. They scolded Lao Wu for being a solitary eater and being unkind and taking other people's contributions as his own. "This man is so treacherous! How could there be anyone like him? He didn't appreciate Fang Hanmin's help." You don’t even say thank you, but you still feel confident.”
"The superior departments are also biased. The scholar's contribution to the technological transformation of the 'acylation' position was greater than that of Lao Wu's minor repairs, but he only received a workshop reward of twenty yuan. Who can I ask to explain?"
"Don't forget, Xiucai is just a temporary worker, and Lao Wu is a workshop technician. There is no comparison between people!"
