Chapter 1100: Mobilization Meeting Before Departure

After handing over all her current tasks, Liu Chuxue entered the small office inside: "Section Chief, the factory office has called me over for a meeting. I don't know how long it will last, so I'll just clock off directly from there."

Section Chief Li, who was not a stingy person, smiled and took a few national grain coupons and meat coupons out of the drawer: "It's not much, just a small token of my appreciation. Take care of yourself while you're away. I'll wait for your good news."

She came out and briefly spoke with Sister Hong, then greeted the others in the office before carrying her things and hurrying toward the factory office.

When she arrived, besides Director Chen of the factory office, Deputy Factory Director Gu was also present.

Seeing her enter, Deputy Factory Director Gu smiled and waved her over: "Xiao Chuxue is here. Find a seat and wait for the other comrades who will depart tomorrow."

Liu Chuxue nodded lightly and sat down in an inconspicuous corner.

Just as she was thinking about calling Fu Yan Cheng after the meeting ended, she felt someone standing beside her: "Are you Xiao Chuxue?"

Liu Chuxue looked up at the speaker, recognizing the person as Qin Ruoyun, the factory office's well-connected relative, and said coolly: "Yes, I am. Do you need something?"

Qin Ruoyun didn't expect such an attitude from her. After sizing her up and down, she said with a sour tone: "If Lu Mingbo hadn't been injured, how could it have been your turn?"

After speaking, she rolled her eyes at Liu Chuxue.

Liu Chuxue stared straight at her: "If Comrade Qin were competent, there would be no need to borrow someone from the finance department at all. Don't you think?"

She wanted to take a trip south to use the opportunity to stock her space with new species, but that didn't mean she was willing to endure such nonsense.

The commotion here was naturally heard by Director Chen and Deputy Factory Director Gu above. After exchanging a glance, both looked at Qin Ruoyun with annoyance. This person was a relative of Factory Director Yang's old friend. Originally, there were better choices, but Yang's old friend had specifically made a request.

At that time, Qin Ruoyun was simply lucky. Someone from the Ministry of Industry had come to handle affairs and casually chatted with her. She actually managed to stutter out a response.

That person thought she was stuttering due to nervousness. Who could have guessed that these simple daily conversational exchanges were memorized by rote, all to cope with that recruitment drive.

But this made life hard for Lu Mingbo, who worked with her. Whenever there was work in this area, whether it required traveling as an accompanying translator or translating factory documents, it was all Lu Mingbo's job. Qin Ruoyun was only responsible for reception work. Anyway, it was always just those few phrases going back and forth. If she couldn't answer, Lu Mingbo was there. In the years since arriving at the factory, besides becoming more fluent in those few phrases, she had made no progress whatsoever in any other aspect.

Fortunately, in these times, there weren't many places where translation was actually needed. Even if there were, it was mostly translating machine manuals or attending the Canton Fair every year.

Another ten-plus minutes passed, and everyone scheduled to depart tomorrow to scout ahead had arrived.

Deputy Factory Director Gu stood up first: "Tomorrow everyone will depart for the Canton Fair. This time, we are not just going to make an appearance; we must push out the batch of boiler plates we just rolled. I heard factories in Southeast Asia are expanding production. This is an opportunity. Whether we can secure orders depends entirely on all of you. Do you have confidence?"

Hearing Deputy Factory Director Gu's words, everyone envisioned a bright future and, with hearts surging, replied: "Yes."

Old Zhou from the Technical Section stood up first: "Deputy Factory Director Gu, this afternoon I took Zhang Aiguo and Qian Silin to repeatedly inspect the boiler plates that just came off the line in the warehouse. We selected the flattest ones with the most uniform grain patterns, wrapped them in three layers of kraft paper soaked in rust-proof oil, and then nailed them into sturdy wooden crates. There will absolutely be no mistakes."