Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Li Feng ate his fill. The food at the small canteen was pretty good, at least for him. Lately, he'd only eaten decent food at the school canteen, except for Director Zheng. While the canteen at Tsinghua University was better than others, it still couldn't compare to the canteen at the ceramics factory. Besides, Li Feng ate at the small canteen at the Hongshankou Machinery Factory, and the chef there was quite skilled.

At least that's what Li Feng thinks.

After finishing his meal, Li Feng patted his slightly round belly. He then drank a bowl of plain water, feeling full and satisfied. Afterward, Li Feng asked Director Fan, who was standing next to him, a question.

"Director Fan, we've finished eating now."

"When shall we go to the factory to take a look?"

Director Fan wiped his mouth, then looked at his watch. He realized it was only a little past twelve, not yet time for work, and it was too early. He thought it would be better to take Director Li from the ceramics factory to rest, so he suggested to Li Feng.

"Director Li, it's only about 12:15 now. Our machinery factory just finished get off work and had lunch. How about I take you to our factory's guesthouse to rest for a while, and then I'll take you to the factory when it's time to go back to work? What do you think?"

After listening to Director Fan's words, Li Feng felt that others had just finished get off work and were probably still eating. He had just finished eating and did need to take a nap. Although Li Feng had been lying in a sleeper car for two days, he was still quite tired. So he nodded to Director Fan.

"OK!".

"Let's go to the guesthouse first."

Next, Director Fan instructed his driver, Liu San, to take Li Feng to the guesthouse and carry Li Feng's luggage inside.

Liu San naturally complied.

Hongshan Machinery Factory has its own guesthouse, which is located three kilometers away from the factory area, so Li Feng usually needs to be driven there.

When Li Feng checked into the guesthouse, he found that the interior decoration was quite good, almost comparable to the guesthouse he stayed in at the ministry.

This surprised Li Feng. At this moment, Li Feng couldn't help but wonder if the Hongshankou Machinery Factory's guesthouse was trying to match the level of the ministry.
After looking around the guesthouse, Li Feng was pleased to find that there was a bathing area, as being able to take a bath in a house was a luxury these days.

At least when Li Feng lived in the courtyard house, he never enjoyed the privilege of showering; he simply boiled water to take a bath every day at home.

However, to be fair, the guesthouse is actually quite nice.

Li Feng then put his luggage on the ground and lay down on the bed.

The bed was soft and comfortable, and then Li Feng felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him.

The past two days' itinerary left Li Feng feeling extremely tired, so he closed his eyes and began to rest.

I don’t know how long it has been

Li Feng vaguely heard a knock on the door.

So he forced himself to get up and opened the door. When Li Feng opened the door, he found it was Liu San.

When Liu San saw Li Feng open the door, he quickly smiled at Li Feng.

"Director Li!"

"Director Fan, I've asked you to come and pick you up to go to the factory. Is that convenient for you?"

Li Feng glanced at the time and realized it was about 1:40. He nodded to Liu San.

"Let me tidy up a bit before I leave!"

Liu San nodded, indicating that he understood.

After tidying up his clothes and washing his face, Li Feng followed Liu San to the machinery factory.

Upon arriving at the factory, Director Fan was once again in charge of receiving Li Feng. Director Fan then led Li Feng into the factory area. On the way, Director Fan introduced Li Feng to the glorious history of the Hongshankou Factory and the excellent skills of the factory workers.

Anyway, his point is that there's no need to worry about the quality of the parts.

Li Feng merely nodded slightly, but said nothing more. Anyone could boast like that.

Although Li Feng believed in the quality of the parts produced by Hongshankou Machinery Factory, there were some things he felt were better left unsaid.

quickly
The two arrived at the factory area, and Director Fan took Li Feng to the technical department.

Director Fan quickly introduced Liao Fei, the head of the technical department, to Li Feng. Liao Fei looked very young, probably around thirty years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with short hair and a square face!
This is in stark contrast to Director Fan.

At this moment, Director Fan said to Section Chief Liao.

"Liao Ke, could you talk to Director Li about the blueprints for the ceramics factory's production line parts?"

Upon hearing Director Fan's words, Section Chief Liao nodded to Director Fan and then led the two of them to the workshop.

At this moment, Section Chief Liao walked along and began to explain to Li Feng.

"Director Li, it's like this!"

"Regarding the drawings in your factory, it's because our technicians had a disagreement about the process after seeing your drawings, so there are currently some uncertainties regarding the process flow."

"So we are currently discussing which approach to take."

"The process flow plan is now in the workshop."

"I'll take you to get it now."

After listening to what Section Chief Liao said, Li Feng nodded to him and then followed him forward.

After a few minutes
Section Chief Liao led Li Feng and Director Fan to the workshop.

At that moment, the workers in the workshop were working when Director Fan took a folder out of a cabinet next to one of the workers.

He then flipped through the folder, and after turning to a certain page, he handed the folder directly to Li Feng.

After Li Feng took the folder, he began to look at it carefully.

"Um!".

"Technical solution for screw bearings".

"The parameters of my self-designed drawing are correct."

"There are no problems with the technical procedures either."

Li Feng then looked at another proposal. After he finished reading the other proposal, he discovered something.

That means I didn't check the calculation parameters of the design drawings.

So Li Feng borrowed a few sheets of draft paper from Section Chief Liao. After calculating, he discovered that one of the angles in the calculation parameters was wrong.

Li Feng quickly pointed out this problem to Section Chief Liao.

When Section Chief Liao heard the problem pointed out by Li Feng, he adjusted his glasses and then picked up the draft paper to read it. Director Fan, on the other hand, did not understand the technology, so he could only watch from the side.

Since he didn't understand, he couldn't say anything.

After reading the draft paper in Li Feng's hand, Section Chief Liao nodded somewhat solemnly to Li Feng.

"Director Li, your calculations were correct." (End of Chapter)