"Now, let's give a warm round of applause and invite Comrade Li Yan to say a few words to everyone.”Secretary Zhu invited the chubby man whom Chen Shouting had met yesterday.
"Hello everyone, I am Li Yan. I hope that everyone can work hard and let these factories start as soon as possible. Thank you. I'm done. Now, let's invite Governor Li to speak to everyone.”To Chen Shouting and the others 'surprise, Li Yan only spoke for a very short time, and his voice was not loud. Many people did not hear him. However, it did not matter whether they heard him or not. In the face of the reservoir and the power plant, everyone applauded enthusiastically. When Governor Li came up to speak, Li Yan had already returned to Secretary Zhu's side.
"Commissioner Li, what's wrong? Are you embarrassed to come down so quickly?”Secretary Zhu teased Li Yan.
"D * mn, I'm not as thick-skinned as you guys. This is clearly a grant from the US government. How can you have the cheek to say that it's my money? How many lifetimes did you save it for?”Last night, it was already past eight o'clock when he and Xu Chang finally confirmed the river course. Fortunately, Hu Rui had already prepared food for him and Xu Chang. After dinner, he pulled Xu Chang and Hu Rui to open two bottles of Jack Daniels because they were about to start work. The three of them were drinking happily when Secretary Zhu and the others walked in. Xu Chang and Hu Rui understood that they had to go back. Secretary Zhu and the others waited for the two of them to leave and told him that they had decided to declare the US government's assistance to the outside world as an American Chinese, which was their own assistance. They were paying for the development of Shandong's industry. At that time, he directly spat out a mouthful of wine. After all, this was not appropriate no matter how he looked at it. At that time, Secretary Zhu had shown him the so-called secret message from Yan 'an, hoping that he could keep this matter confidential. The best excuse was undoubtedly him. In the end, he had no choice but to agree. He did not expect Secretary Zhu to invite him to speak to the higher-ups today. He did not tell him about this yesterday. He did not prepare anything, so he could only go up and say a few words.
"We have no choice. If Mr. Jiang from Chongqing knows about this, then we don't know what kind of impact his intense reaction will have. If he really surrenders, the impact will be too great, so we can only do this. But as you can see, the response is quite good.”Even though the person in Chongqing sounded very determined, who in China didn't know what kind of person he was? Ever since 1937, only he knew that there was a job in Chuanjin, the mediation of Todman, the diplomacy of Yuhuan, the Ogawa route, and the so-called Kirito job last year. Basically, it was once a year. If it wasn't for the fact that Japan's appetite was growing day by day and there wasn't a single condition that could last for a year, the person in Chongqing might have sold China out long ago. Even so, Chongqing had always been a sword hanging over Shandong and Yan 'an.
"I'm not stupid. I still know whether my words sound good or money sounds good.”
"Alright, Governor Li is almost done. He's about to set off firecrackers. How about it?”Governor Li had already asked his clerk to take out the firecrackers. The firecrackers were not big, only 200 sounds. It was specially approved by Director Guo. The three construction sites started working together and lit the firecrackers at the same time.
"I'm not going. I've never played this before. I don't know how to play.”
"Alright, then I'll go order."
After Secretary Zhu and Governor Li lit the firecrackers with a half-burned wood from the canteen, they borrowed two shovels and started the construction.
"Captain Chen, it's 12 o'clock. It's time to eat.”Li Yan, who was working, said to Chen Shouting.
"It's so early. It's time to eat.”Chen Shouting began to call out to the people who were working. "Everyone, put aside the work at hand first. It's already time for dinner. Follow the queue in the morning and rush to the cafeteria to eat.”
After everyone lined up, Chen Shouting and Li Yan rushed to the cafeteria. The construction started at around eight o'clock in the morning. It took half an hour to arrange the teams. The four hundred people were divided into forty teams and four squadrons. This way, if anyone encountered any doubts, they could report to their team leader immediately. The team leader would then report to the squadron leader and finally to Chen Shouting. Once something happened, it would not take more than half an hour for Chen Shouting to know.
"Commissioner Li, you don't have to come down personally. Although he was now the captain, the shovel in Chen Shouting's hand had never stopped this morning. First, it was because of his previous habits. After all, if he wanted to learn a technique, he would never rely on others to teach him step by step. Instead, he had to rely on himself to secretly observe and learn bit by bit. If he did not even know what he was going to do, how could he secretly learn from him? Secondly, he heard Li Yan tell him before he started construction that the construction of this river was very tight. It would be best if it could be completed the day after tomorrow. The latest could not be the morning of the day after tomorrow because the concrete pouring would begin the day after tomorrow. If he couldn't finish it in the morning, he would have to wait until the next day. Although he didn't know why he had to wait until the next day if he couldn't finish it in the morning, since Li Yan had said so, Chen Shouting treated it as a task. There wasn't enough time, so he could only do it himself. Although he was not young anymore and his body had collapsed once before, he had almost recovered. He could still do this kind of work. However, when Li Yan made his move, he was still shocked. Although Li Yan's body size looked like it could work, his hand was injured after all. Moreover, the money for the construction of the power plant was paid by Li Yan. There was no reason for people to pay and work. However, in the end, he did not persuade him. However, from the looks of it this morning, Li Yan did not grow fat for nothing. He was made for work.
"It's fine. I just started work, and I'm a little pressed for time.”Compared to Chen Shouting, who was obviously tired, Li Yan was much better. Although he was also sweating, he was not out of breath when he spoke. Li Yan also knew that the time was indeed a little tight, but there was no other way. The concrete was too difficult to serve. With the current temperature in Shandong, if the concrete was not poured at one o'clock in the afternoon, which was the highest temperature of the day, the strength of the concrete might be affected to a certain extent, and the drying time might have to be delayed.
"Then you don't have to be in such a hurry. This isn't how work is done." Chen Shouting was referring to Li Yan. At 10 o'clock in the morning, everyone drank water and rested for 10 minutes. Li Yan did not rest like the others. Instead, he took the blueprint and checked it bit by bit.
"It's fine. Hurry up and eat. After dinner, you can rest for half an hour. I have to rush to Dongwang Village to take a look." Seeing that they were at the dining area, the two of them stopped chatting and started eating. Li Yan ate very quickly. He finished his half an hour meal in ten minutes. Seeing that Li Yan had finished two steamed buns and was about to leave, Chen Shouting quickly stood up to send him off, but he did not expect to be pressed back by Li Yan before he could get up.
"It's okay. I'll ride a horse over and back. It'll only take twenty minutes to go back and forth. Oh right, I'll leave my watch with you. You can start work as usual at one o'clock.”After giving the watch to Chen Shouting, Li Yan walked out of the door and rushed to Dongwang Village.
"Captain, what do you think of this commissioner Li Yan?”Seeing Li Yan leave, Zhao Dongxing, who was sitting at a table, started to ask Chen Shouting about Commissioner Li. The others also looked at Chen Shouting.
"To be honest, Li Yan is a hardworking person. I saw him work well and quickly. I don't think Jin Biao can compare to him in terms of work. Also, don't call me 'you' again. I don't feel comfortable hearing the word 'you' now.”At the beginning, Secretary Zhu told everyone about Li Yan's position. Li Yan was now the industrial commissioner of Shandong Province and would be a member of the Shandong Military and Political Committee in a few days. Therefore, after Secretary Zhu and Governor Li left, Li Yan would be the highest position in this construction site. As for his superior, Chen Shouting also called Li Yan 'you' at the beginning, but Li Yan clearly expressed his disgust for the word 'you'. He also told Chen Shouting about a proverb he heard in the United States. If a person suddenly called you 'you', there were only two possibilities. One was that he wanted to get what he wanted from you, and the other was that he wanted to exclude you from his circle.
At first, Chen Shouting thought that he had done something wrong, so he was scolded by Li Yan. However, after interacting with Li Yan for the whole morning, he could tell that Li Yan was only disgusted by the way he was addressed. He didn't have any opinions about him. Otherwise, Li Yan wouldn't have given him his watch just because he worked on time. Chen Shouting had seen it just now. The brand was Omega, a famous Swiss watch. Jiaju had one back then, and it was very expensive. If Li Yan really had a problem with him, he could just say nothing. He did not have a watch, so it was impossible for him to know when he and his people should start work on time. If he was early, Li Yan would come back and say something, and everyone would probably have a lot of problems with him. If he was late, Li Yan would easily embarrass him.
"What's the use of being able to work? You still have to be capable. There are so many things to do to build a power plant. If anything goes wrong, we'll be the ones who suffer.”Chen Shouting knew that Zhao Dongxing was not only afraid of this matter, but also had some opinions in his heart. After all, even if Li Yan paid, he couldn't sit above everyone.
"Don't think about this. If you don't have a diamond in the rough, you won't take on porcelain work. Let's listen to Li Yan and just finish this river channel on time." Chen Shouting was very open-minded. There were many rich people who could use it to fight the Japanese. Moreover, looking at Li Yan's drawings, his drawing skills were indeed beautiful. It was even more beautiful than the drawings in the manual of the German machine he bought in the dyeing factory. Although he could not understand both, he could still tell which one was better.
As the two of them spoke, most of the people had already finished eating. They began to clean up the table, fetch water, and chat.
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