Chapter 4080: The Backbone of the Republic

Su Xinghui laughed and said, "Then you can be considered 'buy one get one free.' You made a big profit."

Zhang Shouye nodded and said, "Yes, this time our school made a big profit."

Unknowingly, several people walked to the new campus. This place was originally a factory area. When passing a factory building, Su Xinghui heard the sound of machine tools inside. He looked up and saw a sign hanging at the door of the factory building: "Practical Training Base of the Mechanical Department of Linshan Vocational and Technical College."

Su Xinghui asked, "Is this your practical training base for the Mechanical Department? Is there a practical training class going on now?"

Zhang Shouye said, "Yes, it is class time now."

Su Xinghui said, "Then let's go in and see."

A group of people entered the factory building together and saw more than ten machine tools placed in different areas of the factory building. These machine tools included early semi-automatic machine tools and new CNC machine tools, which allowed students to perform practical training operations at different levels.

There was a student operating on each machine tool, and there were dozens of students in the factory building waiting to operate on the bed. This should be a class of students.

As soon as Su Xinghui entered the factory building, his eyes were attracted by an old man teaching students at a fitter workbench. This old man had white hair and beard, wearing a work suit washed white, looking like an old worker. He was teaching a student to operate at the fitter workbench hand in hand.

Su Xinghui walked towards the fitter workbench and looked at the old worker's movements seriously. Su Xinghui also often went to enterprises and was not unfamiliar with the operation methods of fitters. He could see that the old worker's method was very skilled and professional, and he was very patient and meticulous in teaching students.

After he finished teaching this student, Su Xinghui stepped forward and asked, "Old Master, hello!"

The old worker had already seen President Zhang Shouye accompanying this group of people in. He probably understood that this should be Mayor Su who President Zhang said was coming two days ago.

He nodded and said, "Hello!"

Su Xinghui said, "My name is Su Xinghui. May I ask your surname, Old Master?"

The old worker said, "My surname is Zhao. Are you Mayor Su?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "I am the Mayor of Linshan."

A smile appeared on the old worker's face: "Mayor Su, thank you!"

Su Xinghui said, "Master Zhao, what are you thanking me for?"

The old worker said, "I am a retired worker. However, my two sons and two sons-in-law are all laid-off workers. In the past, the whole family was poor and destitute, and life had no place to fall. It was only after you came and introduced many enterprises that my sons and sons-in-law all had jobs again. Now the life of the family is much better. For this, I have to thank you!"

Speaking of this, the old worker bowed to Su Xinghui solemnly.

Su Xinghui quickly helped the old worker up and said, "Master Zhao, what you said is what I should do. I am the mayor, and it is my responsibility to make the lives of the people in the city better. Therefore, you don't need to thank me!"

The old worker said seriously, "No, Mayor Su, you are wrong!"

Hearing the old worker's words, everyone was shocked. Zhang Shouye quickly gave him a wink, but the old worker seemed not to see it.

Su Xinghui didn't take offense and asked with a smile, "Master Zhao, how am I wrong?"

The old worker said, "Wasn't there a mayor before? Didn't they have the responsibility to make the lives of the people better? But how did they do it? They made the enterprises in the city a mess, let the workers be laid off, and didn't ask about it after they were laid off. Are they worthy of being called mayors?"

The old worker's words made everyone silent. Yes, wasn't there a mayor in Linshan before? But how did they do it? And how did Su Xinghui do it? "It's not afraid of not knowing goods, it's afraid of comparing goods; people compare people to death, goods compare goods to throw away."