Chapter 29 Making an exception
"Are you talking about Xu Qiang, the man who replaced his father after his father died in the line of duty?" Liu Biao reacted quickly and immediately knew who Sun Yulin was talking about.

"Yes, it's him." Sun Yulin nodded.

"What mistake did he make?"

"In fact, he didn't make any big mistakes. It was just that the team leader said that his work attitude was not positive..."

"Since you haven't made any major mistakes, there's no need to clear you out!" Liu Biao replied straightforwardly.

"But……"

"But what?"

"Ever since Xu Qiang came to the chemical workshop, he has been passive and lazy. If it was just him, it would be fine, but he has affected the atmosphere of the entire workshop." Sun Yulin seemed a little unwilling to accept this. He continued, "If people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team. In the past, the rotation workers who came to work in our factory all had a very positive work attitude, but now, Xu Qiang has set a bad example, and more and more rotation workers have started to cheat at work. If this continues..."

In fact, except for the time when Sun Yulin introduced the situation in the factory and the workshop to Xu Qiang on his first day at work, the two had no interaction at other times. Xu Qiang always worked the night shift, while Sun Yulin worked the day shift, and they had never met each other.

The main reason why Xu Qiang had to be dismissed was because of the squad leader Gao Bo. Gao Bo had always been Sun Yulin's "direct subordinate". When he was in the militia company, Sun Yulin was the company commander and Gao Bo was his platoon leader. Over the past ten years, their friendship had been very deep.

Recently, Gao Bo has been whispering about Xu Qiang in Sun Yulin's ears, which has made Sun Yulin somewhat disgusted with Xu Qiang. Considering that he is just a temporary worker, Sun Yulin wants to fire him directly.

What Sun Yulin didn't expect was that the factory director Liu Biao actually rejected it directly.

"If a person has a bad work attitude, that's his personal problem, but if most people have a bad work attitude, that's the leadership's problem!" Liu Biao looked serious, and he continued, "I've always told you that if there are problems at work, we leaders should first reflect on ourselves, and not think about shirking responsibility! Even if a worker has a bad work attitude, you can do more ideological work for him and build up his ambition. You used to be the company commander of a militia company, and you've been involved in political work. Doing ideological work has always been your forte, so this shouldn't be a difficult task."

“Yes, yes, yes!” Sun Yulin nodded repeatedly, but seemed a little unwilling, so he continued: “Director, I heard that the boy has some problems with his brain…”

"Is there something wrong with your brain?"

"To put it bluntly, he is different from others." Sun Yunlin pondered for a moment and continued, "For example, Xu Qiang also signed up for our factory's military-to-civilian product collection activity, but the plan he proposed was to completely transform the chemical workshop. How could a farmer who barely graduated from elementary school like to come up with such wild ideas? What's more, he also wanted to see the drawings and materials of the equipment, which are strictly confidential! In the past, he would have been labeled an enemy spy for this!"

"Uh." Hearing this, Liu Biao frowned slightly.

"So I think this kid will be a time bomb sooner or later. He's just a rotation worker anyway, so why not let him go home and farm..." Seeing Liu Biao's expression change, Sun Yulin quickly added.

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Liu Biao suddenly laughed, and after a moment he said, "Captain Sun, I don't think it's necessary to do this. Like you said just now, since this guy likes to cheat at work, it means he's not stupid. As for him participating in the factory's technical reform solicitation activities and wanting to see the equipment information, it's also in line with regulations. Let him see if he wants to."

"But……"

"I will take responsibility if anything goes wrong!" Liu Biao replied straightforwardly. Then he patted Sun Yulin on the shoulder and said, "Regarding Xu Qiang, his father worked in our factory for more than ten years. I still have an impression of this person. His death in the line of duty this time is actually my responsibility... Besides, the guy didn't make any mistakes. If we just dismiss the descendants of such a hero, it will disappoint many people. No one will be willing to devote themselves to the enterprise in the future..." "Uh." Liu Biao's words left Sun Yulin speechless.

"As for him wanting to participate in the factory's technology solicitation activities, this is a good thing, which shows that he is ambitious. Of course, he may lack some self-awareness, but some people are like this, they won't turn back until they hit the wall. Besides, your workshop is full of old equipment, which is not a core secret that is strictly kept secret. I know this better than you. I will give a heads up to the technical department later, and we will make an exception this time!"

Compared with other leaders in the factory, Liu Biao is a more flexible person in handling affairs. It is precisely because of this that he has served as both the factory director and the secretary in the factory over the years and has a high prestige among the employees.

However, as for Xu Qiang's participation in the factory's military-to-civilian product collection activity, Liu Biao actually didn't believe that he could achieve anything. After all, over the years, hundreds of technicians in the factory had not brought him any surprises in terms of military-to-civilian technology, let alone a young farmer with only an elementary school education.

"Then I will inform him when I get back." Sun Yulin said.

"Remember, you must be cautious when it comes to personnel changes in the future. You must consider all aspects and don't be too rough or there will be consequences!"

After Liu Biao finished speaking, he turned and left.

……

While Liu Biao was talking to workshop director Sun Yulin, Xu Qiang had already returned to the village.

Today is the delivery date agreed upon by him and Wang Zhong.

Early in the morning, Liu Jun pulled the carriage to the peat field and put bags of humic acid fertilizer on the carriage.

The woven bags used by Xu Qiang were also bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. This kind of woven bags are also very popular in the local area. They are all hand-woven, sturdy and durable. There are local companies that produce this kind of bags.

It’s just that Xu Qiang currently has no way to print the name of his product on it. Fortunately, the farmers at that time would not care about these things. After all, with the guarantee of the supply and marketing cooperative, the products would definitely not be of bad quality.

Generally speaking, Liu Jun's carriage could only carry more than one ton of cargo, but this time, there were a full one and a half tons of fertilizer on the carriage.

Seeing that their hard work of many days was about to pay off, the people at the peat field seemed very motivated, with a look of anticipation on their faces, and it only took a short while to fill up the car.

As the bosses, Xu Qiang and Liu Jun got directly into the carriage.

With a shout of "Yes, go!", Liu Jun waved his whip, and the carriage finally began to slowly drive towards the town...

(End of this chapter)