Haichuan’s “Thanksgiving Season” – The Three Mentors Who Guided Me When I Began Working Here【Petroleum Area 017】

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This post was last edited by Yitailong'er on 2016-1-12 at 12:46. In the blink of an eye, it’s been almost 20 years since I graduated from university. Since starting my career, I’ve worked with various leaders, mentors, colleagues, and apprentices. The most unforgettable ones are the three mentors I had when I first started working. Perhaps I was quite naive at that time, without much sense of ambition. It’s been over 15 years since I left there; I can only remember the name of one out of those three masters. The skills I learned back then I’ve long since forgotten. I’m sorry, masters. Taking this opportunity provided by Hai Chuan, I would like to use this text to express my gratitude and apologies to you all. I graduated in 1998, majoring in chemical engineering machinery and equipment. I was assigned to a large chemical engineering machinery factory in Henan. All new employees had to spend half a year working at each different department there. The division of labor in the factory is quite detailed. My first position was in the sheet rolling department of the large containers plant; there were three masters there: the senior master’s surname is Gao; he’s around 40 years old, tall in stature, honest and down-to-earth, with strong technical skills ； The second master’s surname is He; he is between 35 and 6 years old, intelligent and capable, with strong communication and coordination skills, and he handles all external matters ； The young master’s surname is Fang; he’s around 40 years old, dark-skinned and thin, and he’s an optimist who is always smiling. His skills are top-notch, and he excels at handling difficult tasks. All three masters were originally from Jinzhou in the Northeast. After the liberation, heavy-industry enterprises moved to Henan, and the three of them became very close friends; they all lived in the same residential complex, and their wives also often got together (back then, the second master’s wife was really beautiful, lol). I was assigned to this place after graduation; my hometown is also in Henan, but it’s quite far away, so I can only return there once a year. I live in a single-person dormitory. The three masters often got together at a Northeastern cuisine restaurant. The day after I got to know the masters, they took me there. There, the master’s wives and younger sisters were very friendly and didn’t treat me as an outsider at all. I was alone outside, and that feeling of returning home remains with me to this day ； Stewed chicken with mushrooms was the first authentic Northeastern Chinese dish I tried; it was so delicious that I haven’t tasted anything like it since. Normally, whenever someone’s family has a good meal, they would call me over. Once, the young mistress even went to our dormitory to wash my clothes; it was really touching :(. But later, fearing what others might say (some people said the junior apprentice wanted to introduce his junior sister to me; at that time I was still in a relationship with my college girlfriend), I never let the junior apprentice’s wife find my dirty clothes again. One winter, the young apprentice’s whole family went back to the Northeast to celebrate the New Year. They said it was cold in the single-room dormitory, so they gave me the keys so that I could take care of it, allowing me to enjoy heating and warmth for over a month. Although I only stayed with them for half a year, during my three years there I had the best relationship with them; that relationship never ended, and they treated me like a child. But I didn’t learn much in terms of skills, and that is what I regret the most. Guys, you’re approaching retirement too – is it okay there? Wish you good health, happiness for your whole family, and success in everything.