The morning when An Yi walked into "Taichang" Commercial Bank to work on his first day, everyone's eyes lit up. Unexpectedly, yesterday he was a young man dressed as a beggar. Today, he was so handsome and tall after putting on a dark blue youth uniform. The most interesting thing is that he
The hair style is very different from the popular styles nowadays. The hair and feet are neatly trimmed, and the long hair that originally covered the eyebrows has been shortened by half. It is uneven but natural and smooth. The freshness and vitality overflowing all over her body make her
The only two young female employees in the store were stunned.
The strict shopkeeper Chen was very dissatisfied, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it. Apart from the fact that this new guy was still wearing the yellow plastic sandals, his clothes were of a poor quality but were also fresh and neat. Although he had a haircut that he had never seen before.
It was an unpleasant hairstyle, but the long hair was indeed cut short. Shopkeeper Chen looked angry and deliberately made An Yi stand in front of his desk and wait for twenty minutes before letting go.
The newspaper picked up the teacup, took a pleasant sip and spoke in an official tone: "You, go to the warehouse in the backyard to work for a while. If there is a shortage of manpower for Shuisheng's trucks to pick up and deliver goods, you can take over. Normally, if you have nothing to do, repair the No. 4 warehouse.
It’s an old machine. If you really can’t repair it, just fill out a form and register it, and I’ll find a way to contact the supplier to handle it.”
"Understood."
"Let's go, stay here while I treat you to morning tea?"
"Then I went to the backyard."
An Yi walked alone through the side door of the store and walked into the backyard. When he saw his accountant Uncle Jiu looking at him with a smile, he quickly stepped forward to say hello. Uncle Jiu looked at An Yi carefully from head to toe and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, I know how to save money, good.
, good! He is really a talented person, he can even compare with our handsome boy from Guangdong, Wang Zhaoming, haha!"
"Uncle Jiu, who is Wang Zhaoming? The opera singer?" An Yi asked curiously.
Uncle Jiu looked at An Yi in surprise: "Are you making fun of me or do you really not know?"
"I really don't know, how can this junior dare to be disrespectful to you, the old man?" An Yi answered honestly.
Uncle Jiu nodded: "It's no wonder that you, a child from a poor family, have trouble getting two meals a day. How can you care about current affairs? Let me tell you, Wang Zhaoming is Wang Jingwei, Zhaoming is his name, and Jingwei is
Do you know his name?"
An Yi was startled: "How dare I compete with such a big shot? Uncle Jiu, you scared me to death."
Uncle Jiu laughed loudly: "Isn't it just a joke? Big shots are nothing special, but you have to work harder in the future. It's not enough for us businessmen to not understand the current situation. Take what happened yesterday as an example
Well, those warlords are not easy to mess with. Those barbarians dare to shoot and kill people for trivial matters. I saw something was wrong and secretly called my boss for help. My boss immediately rushed over from the foreign company in the Shamian Concession and found you.
It was handled well. I was even more happy to hear that you had repaired the broken machine several times. So I asked the secretary to tell shopkeeper Chen to keep you, and he generously gave you half a month's salary in advance. This is what we do at 'Taichang'
This is something that has never happened in the business in more than 20 years, so you have to do it well and don’t let your boss down!"
Only then did An Yi know the whole story and said gratefully to Uncle Jiu: "Thank you, Uncle Jiu. Don't worry, I will do a good job."
"Okay, I'm optimistic about you too. Let's go. I'll take you to the warehouse to familiarize yourself with the place and a few people. It will be easier to work with you in the future."
Uncle Jiu led An Yi to the backyard and introduced An Yi to the driver He Shuisheng, the warehouse manager Ou Yonghua and several employees. Everyone had mixed reactions, but An Yi was very polite. After Uncle Jiu left, he followed more than 40 people.
Ou Yonghua, a lean 2-year-old general manager, walked toward a row of warehouses on the west side.
Ou Yonghua briefly introduced the goods stored in warehouses 1 to 3, and finally opened warehouse 4 to take An Yi around: "All the machines stored here are bad machines, including large textile machinery accessories, electric grinders, plate cutting machines, etc.
The ones on the left are sewing machines. The thirty-odd machines on the left are made in Germany, and the fifty-odd machines on the right are American. Our firm has long-term relationships with seven or eight foreign companies. It is the largest sewing machine dealer in the province and Hong Kong, so we sell
After going out, damaged machines will continue to be sent in. These are still some of the things that foreigners are unwilling to take back. It would be best if you can repair them. If you need any tools or accessories, just make me a watch and I will help you get it back. You can't repair it.
Don’t force it, do you understand?”
"I understand... Manager Ou, I want to start work now. I need a set of repair tools that are exactly the same as the one in the shop, as well as engine oil and a small vise. That's all for now." An Yi said in a low voice.
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Manager Ou nodded expressionlessly: "I'll ask someone to deliver it to you later."
From that day on, no matter whether it is sunny or rainy, the No. 4 warehouse door in the backyard of "Taichang" Commercial Bank is always the earliest to open and the last to close. An Yi arrives at 7:50 for work at 8 a.m. every day, and he gets off work at 6 p.m.
He often delays leaving until seven o'clock. This is not because of his high awareness or gratitude, but because he likes his work and likes to think quietly alone.
For the first three days, Manager Ou came to inspect every day and found that An Yi had dismantled several seriously damaged sewing machines and placed them one by one, looking at the cold spare parts like a fool.
Again, I didn't see any positive actions or achievements from him.
Manager Ou sighed secretly, and didn't bother with it anymore. After delivering the accessories twice, he was not interested in taking another look. He simply handed the key to the No. 4 warehouse to Uncle Seven, an old guard in his sixties, and asked Uncle Seven to open the door for An Yi.
Closed. The colleagues in the store almost forgot about An Yi because they didn't see him. Only the accountant Jiu Shu came to see him once and then nodded with satisfaction and left.
An Yi was also happy to be clean. Every day after get off work, he returned to the narrow room on Chaoxing Street and used the white paper and pencils he bought to write and draw. The next night, he went to Mr. Lao's room to read and write "Ma Yi Shen Xiang" Reading books such as "Tao Te Ching" helps me to read, and my life is fulfilling and comfortable. I don't even know that the outside world is changing and rain is about to come.
Until the tenth day, shopkeeper Chen suddenly remembered that he had a man named An Yi and couldn't bear it anymore. He summoned Uncle Jiu and Manager Ou to ask a few words, and angrily went to the backyard to settle the score with An Yi, who had been eating for free.
, Uncle Jiu and Manager Ou were worried that shopkeeper Chen had lost his temper. After driving An Yi away, the boss asked about the difficulty, and hurriedly followed them to Warehouse No. 4.
Unexpectedly, everyone was shocked when they walked in. The cursing shopkeeper Chen looked at the two rows of neatly polished sewing machines on the long stand and was speechless. Uncle Jiu approached the machine and put on his reading glasses.
Looking carefully, I found that there was a piece of cardboard tied to the head of each sewing machine. On the piece of paper were rows of neat long Song fonts, indicating the damaged parts of the machine, the results of the test run and the repair time.
Each of the nine sewing machines had such a card, which moved the experienced Uncle Jiu to the point where he didn’t know what to say. For the first time, Manager Ou’s coffin-like face had an expression, and his thin eyes shone with excitement.
The light of appreciation and admiration.
An Yi, who had oily hands, was so involved that he didn't notice the arrival of several people at all. He sat on the ground with his back to the door and stared at the half-opened German "Pfaff" brand sewing machine, motionless like a puppet. If it weren't for Chen
The shopkeeper coughed and he was still deep in thought.
"Mr. Chen, Uncle Jiu, Mr. Ou, hello!" An Yi, who quickly got up, wiped his hands and greeted.
Shopkeeper Chen pointed to the nineteen repaired sewing machines and asked kindly: "Have these been repaired?"
"It's repaired. Nineteen American machines. I haven't had time to touch the dozens of German-made machines. I estimate that about half of them can be repaired. Thanks to Mr. Ou's complete accessories, I still have eleven American Singer brand machines.
There is no way to repair it. The cast iron base on which the transmission accessories or bobbin fasteners are installed is seriously damaged. Unless the manufacturer can take the entire base back and rebuild it, but this will probably be more troublesome than building a new one, so I have no choice.
I'm sorry, Shopkeeper Chen." An Yi explained apologetically.
Shopkeeper Chen said excitedly: "It's amazing! Did you know? Technicians from two foreign companies, Shen Chang from the United States and Lu Lin from Germany, have already come to see these broken machines and left the words "cannot be repaired"
He left, leaving us unable to do anything with the loss of tens of thousands of yuan. Now it’s better. You can revitalize more than 5,000 yuan by repairing these 19 units. You have done a great job! I want to report to Mr. Ou and let him
He rewards you well."
An Yi smiled happily: "Mr. Chen, in fact, these machines are not difficult to repair. I'm afraid the foreign technicians are unwilling to repair them if they say they can't be repaired. Even the most seriously damaged ones can be partially repaired. For example, those electric grinders are very simple.
, as long as you provide me with sufficient accessories and enameled copper wires of the same model, I will be sure to fix it; the four British-made medium-sized plate cutting machines are not too difficult. After measuring, draw the drawings and take them to the foundry, and let them follow the drawings.
After casting the tool base and the roller collar, I can go back and process it and replace it with a new set of tools. There are also more than a dozen American sewing machines over there. If I repair one wall to the other, I can definitely repair six of them.
Taiwan, it's just that I don't dare to make the decision on such a big thing. I wanted to wait until I finish repairing these easy repairs before I report to you. Now you're here is just the right time. You can make up your mind. If you agree, I can do it the day after tomorrow. That's it.
I will continue repairing German goods."
"Agree! Totally agree! If you don't repair it, it will be left here to rust. Who wouldn't want it to be turned into money? Haha! An Yi, I saw you right!" Shopkeeper Chen patted An Yi's shoulder affectionately and said,
No matter that An Yi was too tall, he had to stand on tiptoes, smiling so hard that his fat eyes closed in a straight line.
Everyone laughed, and An Yi was also very proud. It was undoubtedly a happy thing for his work to be recognized by his boss and co-workers. An Yi had not enjoyed such a good mood for a long time, so he was very satisfied and happy.
What An Yi didn't expect was that after Uncle Jiu and Manager Ou left, they publicized An Yi's great abilities. In their eyes, this was an earth-shattering thing, enough to involve the height of national self-esteem. The good-hearted employees again
He exaggerated it several times and boasted An Yi more than ten times more than the foreign technicians. Even the bosses of the two trading firms next door regretted it after hearing it. They remembered that the ragged Sichuan boy had also been rejected by him. The two bosses
I felt heart-wrenching pain and jealousy.
From that day on, An Yi relied on his solid knowledge, hard work, honesty, and easy-going personality to win the respect of everyone in the business. His status soared rapidly, and he was almost equal to Shopkeeper Chen in the eyes of everyone.
The shrewd shopkeeper Chen discovered this treasure and was afraid that he would not be able to keep it and would be poached by other merchants. That night he rushed to his boss Ou Yaoting's house to report it, which attracted great attention from the famous rich man in this province and Hong Kong.