Win-win situation

  Lin Zhenhua said here, even Qiu Qingyang also started applauding, he said to the crowd:

  "Comrades, what Manager Lin just said was excellent. You may not be very familiar with Manager Lin yet? He is a great talent! The Hanhua Industrial Company that came to cooperate with us today used to be the Labor Service Company of Hanhua Machinery Factory. Think about it, what kind of labor service company our factory has, and what kind of company they have? This is all thanks to Manager Lin's efforts!"

  Lin Zhenhua hastily waved his hand and said: "Director Qiu, you're exaggerating. This is actually the result of our entire company's employees working together."

  "There's more," Qiu Qingyang continued. "Manager Lin is also the deputy head of the technical department at Hanhua Machinery Factory, and he led the research on the 210,000 ice machine main shaft. He managed to make a product that was even better than what the Japanese made. Because of this, the Light Industry Bureau suddenly gave Hanhua Machinery Factory an order for 30 million yuan worth of large-scale fertilizer equipment. Isn't everyone saying that there's a shortage of housing? But Hanhua Machinery Factory built three six-story dormitory buildings in one go! Three buildings! Comrades, how many sets of rooms is that?"

  Lin Zhenhua echoed Qiu Qingyang's words and said: "Everyone, I believe that the workers of our factory and Hanhua Machinery Factory are equally excellent. As long as we work together, I dare to guarantee that in two years, we can also build three dormitory buildings. Are you willing to give it a try?"

  "Good!"

  This time, more workers joined in toasting together. For a long time, everyone had been living in a pessimistic mood, but this young manager painted a bright future for everyone. Everyone really needed such hope.

  Lin Zhenhua heard the applause of the crowd and knew that his emotional appeal had been successful. In fact, the workers' thoughts were very simple, as long as you could respect their dignity, give them hope, they would support you. With a victorious smile, he said to Shen Guoshen: "Master Shen, are you willing to put aside past grievances with our Hanhua Company and work together?"

  "This can be discussed later. But my quilt is wet, Manager Lin, what should I do?"

  Lin Zhenhua was both angry and amused, he asked straightforwardly: "Alright, since our people got your quilt wet, what compensation do you want?"

  "This...” Shen Guoshen turned his head to look at the workers behind him, hoping to get some support from them. However, what he saw were all angry eyes. He panicked and spoke incoherently to Lin Zhenhua: "You don't have to pay much, just one or two yuan is enough."

  Lin Zhenhua turned back and shouted: "Bi Min, come over here. Give this Mr. Shen two yuan from the company's expenses, and have him sign a receipt."

  When Lin Zhenhua said this, the workers of Hanhua Company were all angry, but the trust in Lin Zhenhua that had been formed over the past year made them angry but did not raise questions on the spot. Bi Min pouted and walked forward with a hum, taking out the certificate from her bag and preparing to write an invoice.

  Just then, a furious old worker from Wenzhou couldn't bear it anymore, strode forward in big steps, grabbed Shen Guoshen's wrist and pulled him backward while scolding: "Shen Guoshen, do you still want to save face? You've disgraced the faces of all Wenzhou workers!"

  "Ah yo!" Shen Guoshen cried out in alarm: "He Shifu, He Shifu, ah yo, be gentle."

  "That He master scolded: 'You little thing, I've been looking at you with disapproval for a long time. You did something unreasonable yourself and still have the nerve to ask others to compensate you! Speak up, how much money do you want? I'll pay it to you, let's see if you dare take it!'"

  "Hey, Master He, you misunderstood! I was just joking with Manager Lin, it's a joke..."

  Lin Zhenhua watched this scene with great satisfaction. He had retreated in order to advance, and finally provoked the workers of Wenzhou themselves to speak out, which was much better than refusing Shen Guoshen's unreasonable demands. Lin Zhenhua looked at this worker and felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen him tending to cabbage in the vegetable garden when he first arrived in Wenzhou, and Qiu Qingyang had introduced him as He Shihua, a skilled fitter from Wenzhou.

  Qiu Qingyang also whispered to Lin Zhenhua at this time: "This He Shifu is an old worker since the establishment of our factory, and his feelings for us are very deep. His technology is good, and he is a very honest person."

  Lin Zhenhua nodded and walked forward, saying to He Shihua: "Master He, let him go. I think Master Shen was just joking."

  He Shi Hua shook off Shen Guo Shen's arm and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Manager Lin, don't take this to heart. What you just said was very good, we are all workers, after all, we have to rely on our two hands to do things and make a living. Your Hanhua Company came to Wanzi, it is to help us, this point, we workers all understand. As long as you can do what you just said, we workers will support you."

  "Thank you, Master He," Lin Zhenhua said. "Master He, rest assured that I swear on my personal integrity that I will do what I just said. Our cooperation is about mutual benefit, where everyone gets a good deal and the cooperation can last long. In this world, money cannot be earned forever, but only when you earn money while helping others to earn money together, does the money have meaning. Master He, isn't that right?"

  "Manager Lin has spoken too well, let's give him a round of applause!" Stadlen shouted from among the crowd.

  The workers of Jianzi all applauded with a loud clap, even Shen Guoshen, who was hanging his head in despair, managed to muster up two weak claps. As for the workers of Hanhua Industrial Company, they were extremely excited, their palms were red from clapping.

  Lin Zhenhua took the opportunity to propose to Qiu Qingyang that they invite some local workers to participate in the debugging work of the production line, during which all participating workers would receive a subsidy in addition to their wages.

  Qiu Qingyang selected a dozen or so workers based on their situation and recommended them to Lin Zhenhua, including the old plier worker He Shihua. Lin Zhenhua accepted them all without hesitation and had Peng Shaozhe take them to the work site immediately.

  Now, the idle workers were even more eager. After being idle for so long, who wouldn't want to find something to do and earn some extra income? Those who hadn't been selected swarmed forward, some applying to Qiu Qingyang, Lang Dong and others to join Hanhua Company, while others went directly to Lin Zhenhua, boasting about their exceptional skills and serious work attitude, asking Manager Lin when he would need new hands.

  Lin Zhenhua welcomed the workers from Jianzi with a smile, doing his best to play the role of a kind and approachable unit leader. He asked Bi Min to take down everyone's names and specialties, promising that there would be more things he would need their help with later on.

  Under Lin Zhenhua's demonstration, the workers of Hanhua Company also launched an emotional offensive against the workers of Jiuquan, finding common ground with each other, such as fellow villagers, educated youth, same occupation, same surname, etc. No matter what kind of connection they could talk about for half a day. Sun Changyuan and He Shihua, two old craftsmen, chatted together, getting happier and happier, and had already agreed to have a few drinks together after work, and then compete on the chessboard.

  Before that, the workers of Hanhua Company had been in Jiaozuo for two or three months. Although they also had some contact with the workers of Jiaozuo, it was far from reaching the current state of integration. Lin Zhenhua's words untied the knot in the hearts of Jiaozuo workers, and they began to accept Hanhua Company from their heart.

  "Manager Lin, what you said today was really great." After the workers dispersed one after another, Qiu Qingyang walked to Lin Zhenhua's side and said to him.

  Lin Zhenhua said: "No no, it's mainly because of the hard work done by the leaders of the province, thank you very much."

  Lang Dong asked: "Manager Lin, just now at the factory affairs meeting, you were going to say a few words, but Shen Guoshen's matter messed it up. Do we want to go back and reconvene the meeting?"

  Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "No need, what I wanted to say is actually the same as what I just told the workers. It's more effective in this setting."

  Lang Dongdao said, "Manager Lin, in fact, our workers are still very grateful to Hanhua Company. After you paid the first installment of rent, we reimbursed the medical expenses owed to the workers for two years. You know, this solved the problems of many families."

  Lin Zhenhua said: "Director Lang, this is nothing. As long as we can continue to cooperate, I think the ideal of building a few buildings that I mentioned earlier can also be realized quickly."

  Qiu Qingyang interjected: "With Manager Lin's guarantee, I have no doubts about this."

  The fight was thus amicably settled. This incident not only did not lead to a complete confrontation between Hanhua Company and Jiujiang Bicycle Factory, but also became an opportunity to eliminate the doubts of Jiujiang workers. This made Lin Zhenhua think of an old saying: "Saiweng lost his horse, how could he know it was not a blessing?"

  The next day, Lin Zhenhua had Wang Qihu drive him to the police station and the Municipal Public Security Bureau to thank Fei Xiaorong and Han Tao. Fei Xiaorong was also very satisfied with Lin Zhenhua's proper handling of the fight, after all, this was something that happened in his jurisdiction, and being able to resolve it peacefully was the best outcome.

  As for Han Tao, although he did not directly intervene in the matter, Fei Xiaorong had reported to him at the first time, so he also knew the specific situation. It is said that Lin Zhenhua turned a bad thing into a good thing, turning a fight into an opportunity to buy people's hearts, and Han Tao was also very impressed.

  As soon as they left the Public Security Bureau, Lin Zhenhua asked Wang Qihu to drive back to Wanzi first, and he himself walked randomly on Wanyang Street with his hands in his pockets. Just a few steps away, he suddenly heard a female voice calling out his name behind him: "Lin Zhenhua!"

  Lin Zhenhua was taken aback, turned his head to look back, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. It turned out that the person who called him was Shen Jiale, a female electric welder from the Petrochemical Machinery Factory.

  "Shen Jiale, what a coincidence! How could it be you?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

  "Yes, I think it's a coincidence too." Shen Jiale responded, she walked two steps closer to Lin Zhenhua and asked: "Lin Zhenhua, how did you end up in Xunyang?"

  "I was going to ask you too, how did you end up in Xunyang?"

  Shen Jiale replied: "Our factory installed a set of equipment for the Xunyang Refinery, and I've been working on it for almost a month. Today is my day off, so I came out to take a stroll. How about you?"

  Lin Zhenhua said, "Oh, our company has some cooperation with Jiujiang Bicycle Factory, so I came over. We are different from you, and our cooperation with Jiujiang started at least five years ago. So in the future, I may have to come to Jiujiang often."

  "Oh." Shen Jiale responded with a single word.

  After each of them finished explaining their reasons for coming to Xunyang, the two people suddenly found that they had nothing more to say. In Lin Zhenhua's opinion, he and Shen Jiale were not actually familiar with each other, but only met once during a welding test, and later helped her translate some English materials at her request. These were all things from two years ago, if it weren't for running into each other on the streets of Xunyang today, Lin Zhenhua felt that he would have almost forgotten about this girl.

  "Where are you going? Let's go together," Lin Zhenhua suggested. The two of them standing there like that wasn't a good idea either.

  Shen Jiale said, "No, I have to go back to the oil refinery in Xunyang. I just came out of the department store and bought some new flower cloth." As she spoke, she swung the bundle of flower cloth tied up in a circle in her hand.

  "Hey, this red fabric is quite something! Are you preparing your dowry?" Lin Zhenhua joked casually, but then felt a bit out of place, as if they weren't familiar enough to make that kind of joke. He quickly apologized, "Sorry, I was just talking nonsense."

  Shen Jiale's face turned red, and she replied very seriously: "Actually, you're not wrong either. Lin Zhenhua, I'm getting married."

  "Really? Congratulations!" Lin Zhenhua said, "Who has such good fortune to marry you?"

  "He's our factory's newly promoted assistant manager, a university graduate, three years older than me, with the surname Ge, quite good."

  "Not bad at all, I wish you happiness." Lin Zhenhua said sincerely. He had a pretty good impression of Shen Jiale overall and indeed hoped that Shen Jiale could find a satisfactory partner.

  "By the way, you're married and have all the electrical appliances, right? If not, I'll give you an electric fan. It's our company's own brand, called Shui Lian, it sells pretty well." Lin Zhenhua advertised.

  "I know."

  "Unbelievable! Our electric fan is so famous that even someone like you, who doesn't care about anything outside your window, has heard of it?" Lin Zhenhua joked.

  "Who says I don't know what's going on outside? Actually, I've known some things about your factory all along... Oh, never mind, I won't waste any more of your time. I'll leave first."

  Lin Zhenhua said: "Okay, but as for the electric fan, it's settled then. I'll send someone to deliver it to you another day."

  "Alright, thank you." Shen Jiale said. She took a few steps forward, suddenly turned her head back, as if she had mustered up the courage, and said something to Lin Zhenhua that left him stunned: "Lin Zhenhua, do you know? He looks very much like you."

  As soon as she finished speaking, before Lin Zhenhua could react, Shen Jiale quickly ran away, leaving only a slender back view for Lin Zhenhua.

  What does this mean? Lin Zhenhua's heart itched.

  Am I really handsome? Lin Zhenhua asked himself, hmm, should be okay, but also not handsome enough to make a young girl fall in love at first sight, right? Or is it that I'm very talented? Am I talented? No? Yes?... Alas, men are just this kind of easily self-infatuated creature.

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