Chapter 130 First Salary

The next morning, as soon as Xu Qiang arrived at work, Zhang Decai informed him to go to the finance department to collect his salary.

This is the first time Xu Qiang has received salary since joining the company.

Thirty-two yuan and fifty cents, plus 36 catties of food coupons and one and a half catties of meat coupons.

In the country at that time, it was considered very high for an apprentice who had just entered the factory to get such a salary. You should know that the salary of apprentices in domestic enterprises at that time was generally only more than 20 yuan, or even more than 10 yuan. From this, it can be seen that the salary and benefits of Shengli Machinery Factory were quite high.

As for food coupons, factory cadres were given 30 kilograms, front-line workers were given 33 kilograms, and porters like Xu Qiang were considered heavy laborers, so they could receive 36 kilograms of food coupons.

The last thing is the meat ticket. Except for the chemical workshop where workers get one and a half kilograms of meat, workers in other workshops get half a kilogram of meat. This can be considered as labor protection for the chemical workshop.

In the early years, this pound of meat coupons was indeed a good welfare, but nowadays, as long as you have money, you can have as many grain coupons and meat coupons as you want, and you can exchange them on the black market in town.

After signing the payroll, Xu Qiang put the money into his pocket.

This salary may not mean much to Xu Qiang now, but it is very meaningful. After all, this is the first salary he earned after his rebirth.

"Qiangzi, let's go drink at noon!"

At this moment, Xu Qiang felt someone patting his shoulder from behind. He turned around and found that it was Wang Yongsheng.

For these bachelors who can feed the whole family with one person, they will "squander" every time they get their salary, but at the end of the month, they are back to square one and can only live by borrowing money. Such people can be seen everywhere in the factory.

However, Wang Yongsheng is a real rich man. Although he can make much more money doing business than working in an office, he is still unwilling to give up this job. Perhaps only this job can give him a sense of security. It is not only a guarantee for retirement and medical care, but more importantly, it is his last retreat.

"I'm very busy lately, let's do it another day." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"You've been messing around all day long. I heard that you've signed a pledge with the factory director, saying that you'll develop new products for the factory. You're quite brave." Wang Yongsheng said.

"How did you know?"

"Everyone in the factory knows that those bastards are waiting to see you perform." Wang Yongsheng snorted, and then said, "If you really want to make money, help me get more goods. I will never treat you unfairly. What can the factory give you? At most, we will praise you at the meeting and give you a certificate. This thing is useless!"

"Didn't I win the first prize in the military-to-civilian transition event before? That's a prize of 800 yuan."

"Come on, have you received the money? Only money is money, and not having it is all nonsense!" Wang Yongsheng looked disdainful, and continued: "But to be honest, you really played a big game this time. I have been in the factory for so many years since I went to school, and I have never heard of a worker who dared to sign a military order in front of the factory director. That's no joke. If you fail to complete the task, the whole factory will be notified and punished. You happen to be a temporary worker. I guess you will definitely lose your job..."

"Don't you believe I can succeed?"

"I've heard from people that you won an award in the last military-to-civilian conversion activity because you copied it from a book. But that's nothing. It's a skill to be able to copy. They want to copy but don't know where to copy from!" Wang Yongsheng paused, then said, "But you're taking a big risk this time. My dad told me that the technical department of this factory has been living off its old capital for years and has basically made no new inventions. Only Liu Siying has come up with a new product, and Li Cunzhu doesn't have the ability to develop a new product. This is extremely difficult. Without three to five years of effort, nothing can be done..." "I really didn't copy other people's plans." Xu Qiang wanted to explain, but felt it was unnecessary, so he said, "You seem to be quite knowledgeable about technology research and development."

"I don't understand, but my dad does. He is the team leader of the woodworking workshop. If you want to make molds, you have to find him. In the past, the technical department often asked him to make molds for new products. As a result, a lot of raw materials were wasted. At least hundreds of thousands of dollars were thrown away every year, and in the end nothing was produced. There are so many things like this. I have often heard him talk about it before." Wang Yongsheng said disdainfully.

"I see..." Xu Qiang nodded when he heard that.

It is obvious that military research and development is indeed very difficult, and most of the time it fails. After all, it is limited by the backwardness of domestic technology and equipment, and this is also unavoidable.

It is precisely because of this that people are so pessimistic about him. After all, he has a low level of education and is relatively young. This is also very natural.

"But it doesn't matter. Even if you lose your job, you can still work with me. We can't guarantee anything else, but at least you can earn more than you do now!" Wang Yongsheng patted his shoulder and said.

"But what if I really succeed?" Xu Qiang said with a smile, feeling slightly moved.

"Then you'll be really awesome! The factory will at least make you a model worker, and maybe even give you an apartment. Have you been to the 24th floor? That's the best house in our factory, with two bedrooms and a living room, and a bathroom. It's specially allocated to model workers. If you can live in that house, you can pick any girl in the factory!" When Wang Yongsheng said this, there was a bit of yearning in his eyes.

"Okay, when I move into the 24th floor, you can come to my house for a drink every day." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"Come on, forget it. I'm not looking down on you, but that house was not built for people like us. Besides, I feel that this matter is rather risky. If it really doesn't work out, you might as well give some gifts to the leader and ask the factory director to cancel the military order for you." Wang Yongsheng said with a look of disapproval.

"Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Now that it has come to this, I must continue."

"Whatever you want!" Wang Yongsheng replied, and then said: "By the way, our factory dance hall has been renovated and will reopen tonight. Come with me to play over there. There must be a lot of girls today..."

"I still have something else to do..."

"That's a bullshit! Why are you living like an old man at such a young age? What's the point of doing that crappy job every day? You never participate in group activities. How can we still get along as brothers? Do you still want to do business together in the future?" Wang Yongsheng said with some displeasure.

"Okay, okay, I'll go!" Seeing this, Xu Qiang had no choice but to agree.

After all, Wang Yongsheng is his important business partner, so it is necessary to maintain their friendship.

In addition, he was indeed somewhat interested in the dance hall in the factory. He had never seen what a dance hall looked like at this time.

Finally, I just want to see the style of Wang Yongsheng, the "Dancing King"...

(End of this chapter)