On the first day back at work after the New Year, Lu Zhizhang and Li Ye gathered all the core personnel of the First Branch Factory for a work meeting.
"Our tasks will still be heavy this year. Engine production capacity must increase, commercial vehicle production capacity must increase, and microcars and light trucks—all of them must increase production capacity. So, comrades, your days of promotion are not far off."
"Ha ha ha ha ha~"
Everyone laughed happily.
The First Branch Factory's management had always been relatively "streamlined." Unlike certain old factories bloated with redundant cadres, where one department had five or six deputy section chiefs and five or six people did a single job.
The management cadres of the First Branch Factory were all highly capable, because if you were not capable, you could not even finish your own work by the end of the day. Nor did you have any miserable subordinates to work overtime for you.
But as the organization expanded and production increased, even an iron man could not bear it forever. Increasing management personnel and adding cadre positions had to be put on the agenda.
The former workshop deputy directors would become directors of new workshops, while former clerks would become section chiefs in new departments. People said that a daughter-in-law endured for years before finally becoming a mother-in-law, but at the First Branch Factory, perhaps two or three years would be enough for you to rise above the rest.
That gave Lu Zhizhang and Li Ye the foundation and confidence to paint a rosy picture. If I made you a promise today, someone could fulfill it tomorrow. Promotions and pay raises came as a double reward—how could the employees not work hard?
Conversely, if I made a promise today and another tomorrow, and after