After inviting each factory manager to dinner, Zhang Junping completely stopped interfering and devoted himself to his original life track.
Zhang Junping is immersed in his own world, busy and fulfilling.
Over there, several furniture factories that are about to be integrated are completely in trouble.
Originally, some unwilling old carpenters had just formed a team and were planning to go to the city government to seek explanations from the leaders.
He was stunned by Zhang Junping's series of combination punches.
Liu Ping'an is an old carpenter in a hardwood furniture factory and has retired at home.
He started working at Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory when he was fifteen years old. At that time, it was not called Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory, but Boya Zhai. He worked from an apprentice to a master, and finally retired as the deputy director in charge of technology.
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Liu Ping'an has a strong opinion on integration. He once experienced an integration. After the integration, Boya Zhai disappeared and only Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory remained.
At that time, he was just a young carpenter who had just started his apprenticeship. He didn't have much say or much emotion.
But Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory is different. Here are his memories of youth and love. He got married, had children, and grew old here. Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory has too many memories and too many feelings.
Now, it is about to be integrated again, which means that Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory will also disappear in the long river of history.
When Liu Ping'an thought about the disappearance of the furniture factory where he had worked for half his life, he was so distressed that he couldn't eat or sleep.
So Liu Ping'an united with some old guys who, like him, were unwilling to see the Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory disappear, and prepared to go to the city government to petition.
This time, Liu Ping'an vowed that he would prevent the tragedy from happening.
However, before Liu Pingan went to the city hall, something happened, which dealt a huge blow to Liu Pingan's plan.
Liu Ping'an was unwilling to give up and found his old colleague and old buddy Wang Fuquan.
This is already the fourth old friend he has found, and the others have regretted their decision and are unwilling to follow him to the city hall.
"Lao Wang, are you going to the city hall tomorrow?"
"Old Liu is here, let's do it! Our brothers haven't had a drink together for a while. My son-in-law gave me a bottle of good wine. Let's have a drink together?" Wang Fuquan did not answer Liu Ping'an, but invited him to drink.
"Then drink some?" Liu Ping'an was bored and a little greedy for wine, so he sat down obediently.
After a few glasses of wine, I started talking more.
"Old Liu, you said we are already this age, why are we still bothering?" Wang Fuquan said slowly.
"Old Wang, what do you mean?" Liu Pingan's expression changed.
"Old Liu! Do you think it will be okay if the furniture factory integration is really messed up?
There are eight people in your family living in three houses. Your youngest son has been married for three years and still doesn’t dare to have children. Why?”
After Wang Fuquan finished asking, he did not wait for Liu Ping'an to answer, but asked and answered himself: "Because I have no place to live, I don't dare to give birth!"
Liu Ping'an didn't say anything, he just drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
"Lao Liu, your three children all work in the Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory, right? Once the integration is completed, they will be allocated three houses!
You said that if you mess up with Huang, what will your three sons think of you, if not others? Will they hate you?"
Wang Fuquan's voice was not loud, but it was like a sharp knife piercing Liu Ping'an's heart. Liu Ping'an didn't say anything, but he just filled the glass with wine and drank it all in one gulp.
He didn't know what Wang Fuquan said. His daughter-in-law's words were still echoing in his ears, but he just couldn't let go of the obsession in his heart.
On one side is my half-life memory and half-lifetime emotional sustenance, and on the other side is my family.
The third daughter-in-law directly told Liu Ping'an that if she messed up the matter, she would get divorced.
Although the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law did not mention the divorce, their attitudes made it clear.
Ever since he knew that once the integration was completed, every employee would be allocated a two-bedroom house, his two daughters-in-law had not said a word to him, and they had not even cooked.
The old woman also kept nagging in his ear.
Sighing, Liu Pingan shook his head and said, "I'm not going! As you said, if I go, not only will my son hate me, but my grandchildren will also hate me for the rest of their lives!"
Very helpless, but this is society!
"That's right! Old Liu, you have to look forward. Just like the public-private partnership back then, this is the progress of the times!
If it weren’t for the public-private partnership back then, where would the Dongcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory be today?”
Wang Fuquan said while serving Liu Ping'an full of wine.
"Old Liu! Let's not talk about the benefits of the new factory, let's talk about the development of hardwood furniture.
In the past, when we were still apprentices, Jingzuo furniture was the first of the three major furniture categories. We Jingzuo craftsmen would always hold our heads high wherever we go.
But what about now?
They didn’t dare to use us for the newly made canopy beds in their state hotels. Instead, they went to Suzhou to find Suzhou craftsmen!
What is this? This is a slap in the face of our Kyoto craftsmen!
Lao Liu, instead of worrying about the integration of furniture factories, you should worry about it. The skills of our craftsmen in Beijing are about to be lost to those younger generations! The hardwood furniture factory no longer produces furniture but instead produces abacus. What kind of thing is this?" Wang Fuquan was heartbroken.
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"Alas!" Liu Ping'an opened his mouth, wanting to refute Wang Fuquan's words, but was unable to do so, and finally turned into a sigh.
This kind of thing happened not only to Liu Ping'an, but also to many carpenters who, like Liu Ping'an, had the same reluctance to let go of the old furniture factory.
However, without exception, they all lost to life.
Every employee can be assigned a two-bedroom apartment, and if you have two employees, you can also be assigned a three-bedroom apartment or even a four-bedroom apartment.
In this day and age, when three or even four generations of a family are crowded into a few bungalows, the temptation is too great.
People like Liu Ping'an may be able to withstand the nagging of their wives and the opposition of their sons, but they cannot resist the tears of their daughter-in-law and the longing eyes of their grandchildren.
No matter how deep the love for the factory is, it will be defeated by the threat of separation from his wife and children.
Zhang Junping had no idea that so many things had happened. He was completely immersed in the ocean of history.
The more books I read, the more shallow I feel.
Through historical research, Zhang Junping gained a new understanding of ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
For example, Ming-style furniture is a major category of classical furniture. Laymen may think that all Ming-style furniture is the same.
Even Zhang Junping thought so before.
However, Zhang Junping now knows that Ming-style furniture is also a process of continuous development. From the late Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty during the Ming Taizu period, Ming-style furniture absorbed some styles of Yuan Dynasty furniture and gradually formed its own characteristics.
Then to Yongle, Chenghua, Zhengde, all the way to Chongzhen, everything is constantly changing.
The development of furniture is closely related to the political and economical and other social backgrounds of the time.