Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 130 Seeing the hot atmosphere (Subscription required)
"It's too formal, Yanyan, why do you still need to apply this?"

When Zhou Fengnian saw the vanishing cream Zhou Yan brought over, he quickly stopped her and said, "I will definitely work on the production line when I get there, so there's no need to apply this. The gray on your face will be more obvious then."

Zhou Yan stopped her hand after hearing this, but still said unwillingly: "Isn't the new factory launched today? Applying a little bit will make you look energetic."

"Forget it, take a good look at it. Will I lose my energy if I don't wipe it off?"

Zhou Fengnian advised again that all the leaders were coming to the factory today and he didn't want to look greasy and powdered.

"OK then."

Zhou Yan saw that her man was indeed full of energy and his back was straight. Moreover, since they were no longer in the same factory, she was a little worried that someone in the new factory would harass her man.

Although her husband is the deputy factory director, he can't resist those girls who send him food and show their concern.

"Very good. Perform well today and have a good year."

"of course."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile that the New Year holiday allowed him to have a good rest, and he would naturally go to the new factory with full energy after work started.

The New Year celebrations in the city were very lively this year. Zhou Fugui and his mother played in the city for several days. They were all smiling when they returned. It is estimated that after Zhou's mother arrives in the village, she will talk to her good sisters about the New Year atmosphere in the city.

Although Zhou Fengnian spent a lot of money during the Chinese New Year holiday this year, he spent half a month's salary during the seven or eight days of the holiday.

But he was happy with his spending. There was no conflict at home and there was laughter all the time for seven or eight days.

However, this kind of laughter and joy only lasted until the resumption of work after the New Year; Zhou's father and mother knew that their son would be busy, so they took the fifth sister Zhou Xiaomei back home a day in advance.

The younger sister is still reluctant to leave the city and keeps saying that she will come and live in her third brother's house after she passes the high school entrance exam.

"That's about it, Fengnian. Be safe at work and remember to eat lunch."

Zhou Yan walked around Zhou Fengnian and gave him some instructions; she had already said this instruction three times, but she couldn't help but repeat it again.

"Don't worry, my treatment in the factory is much better."

Zhou Fengnian replied with a smile, but just as he was about to leave with his briefcase, he paused and turned around and said, "I'd better take you to the machinery factory before I go to work."

After hearing this, Zhou Yan pushed Zhou Fengnian twice and urged him, "No need, Sister Yujie and I are going to work together, don't be late."

After the New Year, Bai Yujie also came to visit. The two families lived so close, and Zhou Yan was her assistant, so they agreed to work together.

However, Zhou Fengnian was a little worried about Bai Yujie's riding skills, so he suggested that they walk to work, since it wasn't far anyway; if they fell off their bikes, Zhou Fengnian would be in trouble.

Moreover, Zhou Yan only needs to work for another half a month before she can take maternity leave.

Thirty days of rest before delivery and twenty-seven days of rest after delivery, which is less than two months. After half a month, Zhou Fengnian won’t have to worry anymore, because his second sister-in-law will be with him during the day.

"Then I go to work."

"Well, be careful."

After saying hello, Zhou Fengnian set off on his bike.

The Huaxia Machine Tool Factory was a bit far from where he lived. It took Zhou Fengnian almost twenty minutes to get there by pedaling his 28-inch bicycle with his long legs.

At his level, he can afford a car, but I don’t know how many there are in the factory.

When they arrived at the gate of the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory, the security members at the gate saw Zhou Fengnian, greeted him and let him in.

Although work started today, Zhou Fengnian had been here several times before, and the security department was familiar with their deputy factory director.

After entering the factory, Zhou Fengnian first met with Gao Zhiyuan and asked when the leaders and department leaders would arrive.

Knowing that it was around half past ten, Zhou Fengnian thought about it and decided not to wait in the office anymore.

He rarely went to his deputy director's office, and it was different from other leaders' offices.

It's not that fancy, but there are quite a few drawings, and assistants can't go in without his permission.

After coming out of the factory director's office, Zhou Fengnian went directly to the technical department. By then, most people had already arrived.

It turned out that there were many people in the technical department of the Second Machine Tool Factory, and not all of them were technicians. Some fitters who were very familiar with machine tools were also in the technical department.

After Zhou Fengnian learned about the situation, he did not make any adjustments and kept them all. If these people were trained well, they could be released to become professional machine tool technical instructors.

Much more useful than a newly graduated technician.

"Deputy Director Zhou!"

When someone from the technical department noticed Zhou Fengnian coming, he immediately stood up and greeted him.

When the others heard this, they all stood up and greeted him: "Deputy Director Zhou."

"Good morning, Deputy Director."

Zhou Fengnian also waved his hand and said, "Good morning, everyone. Are all the people from the technical department here?"

"Deputy Director Zhou, everyone is here. A few of them went to the bathroom and will be back soon."

Section Chief Liu from the Technical Department stood up and answered that he was a level 10 technician and had been here before the machine tool factory was reorganized and had been dealing with machine tools for ten years.

"Okay, let's have a meeting first and talk about future research."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he signaled the people in the technical department to sit down in rows. He wanted to hold a meeting to finalize the next research and manufacturing direction.

The people here are all professionals who deal with machine tools, and are different from the technical department members of the machinery factory.

Mechanical major is also a general direction, and personal emphasis is different. At least in machinery factories, many people do not specialize in dealing with machine tools.

Zhou Fengnian had to repeat a lot of knowledge over and over again, so even Zhao Yucheng and Duan Weibing learned very slowly.

But it is different for the technical staff in the machine tool factory. They have improved machine tools many times and have the theoretical and practical basis for designing machine tools. When talking about machine tool design with these people, communication will be very smooth.

"Now the machine tool factory has been reorganized and renamed Huaxia Machine Tool Factory. The leaders have high hopes for us, so we must show some results."

“Comrades, the leaders’ expectations of us are too low, so I would like to raise them a little bit.

Within one year, we developed and manufactured the world's most advanced large-scale high-precision machine tools!

Within five years, let Huaxia Machine Tool Factory become the world's top machine tool factory!
In ten years, other countries will have no choice but to beg us for help, and we may not even respond to them."

Zhou Fengnian paused here, looked around at the expressions of the people below, and then continued
“I know you may be a little surprised and puzzled, but I can tell you that our country’s machine tool level is already world-class, and now the Russians are begging us for help.

To be honest, my goal just now is a bit conservative. Except for the large-scale high-precision machine tools, we are almost achieving the others. "

"That's right, we all have one head and two hands. If foreigners can do it, why can't we do it!"

Section Chief Liu immediately stood up and said loudly: "Deputy Director Zhou, just give the order, I, Liu Hanfei, will definitely not be vague!" "That's right, Deputy Director Zhou, me too"

"And I!"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and waved his hands, saying, "Okay, okay, in that case, I will tell you about the next important research project. I already have an idea, and I just need you to help me realize it. But before that, please change the way you address me."

"Before, they all called me Engineer Zhou, but now you all call me Deputy Factory Director Zhou. I'm still a little uncomfortable with it."

Calling him Engineer Zhou is because he admires his skills and knowledge, while calling him Deputy Director Zhou is because of his position. Comparing the two, Zhou Fengnian prefers the former.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou!"

"I understand, Mr. Zhou."

After hearing this, the people below laughed and changed their names.

"Then let's talk about the key research projects in the next six months, large-scale high-precision machine tools, which can also be called five-axis linkage machine tools."

As Zhou Fengnian spoke, he took out a few folded drawings from his briefcase, unfolded them and pasted them on the blackboard, then explained them to everyone.
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At the gate of Huaxia Machine Tool Factory, several cars drove up and stopped.

The security department at the door was alert at first, but when they saw the license plate, their eyes widened.

Then a guard quickly got out of the car, handed over his ID, and asked the security to open the door.

However, when a car passed the gate, it stopped and rolled down its rear window. Then the person inside poked his head out and said with a smile, "Little comrade, let's go in and take a look. Don't report to the leader yet."

"Yes, yes, Chief!"

When the members of the gate security department saw the people sitting in the car, they were so excited that their voices trembled. In an instant, their backs straightened up and their energy and spirit were fully raised.

"Thank you, young comrade."

"As you should, Chief!"

Afterwards, several cars drove into an open space in the machine tool factory and stopped.

After several people got off the car, Li Hetong stepped forward and asked, "Leader, there is no group of people following us this time. Where are you going to go next?"

"Let's go to the workshop first. By the way, Huai Nian, where is the comrade Zhou Fengnian you mentioned?"

"If he's not in the technical department, he must be in the workshop. When I went to the machinery factory before, I often ran into Engineer Zhou in the workshop."

Li Hetong turned his head to look, and then his secretary immediately went to inquire.

"He has the same last name as me. He became a level 7 engineer in his twenties. He is young and promising. Haha."

Li Hetong smiled after hearing this and said, "He is definitely capable and has enough experience. To be honest, Boss, the Ministry of Light Industry has been looking for people. The portable music player that the First Electrical Factory is stockpiling was developed by Zhou Fengnian."

The leader smiled and said, "I know about this. He is also using it to listen to some of the meeting minutes below. But the battery is not very durable, so he is reluctant to give it up, haha."

Li Hetong said: "Zhou Fengnian also said that he wanted to research and improve batteries, and now the battery factory seems to be doing it."

While they were chatting, Secretary Liu quickly returned and whispered, "Engineer Zhou should be in the technical department now. He seems to be in a meeting."

"Then let's go to the technical department first."

After the leader finished speaking, Secretary Liu led the way.

Apart from the expansion of three workshops, there have been no major changes in the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory for the time being, so the people in the ministry still know the way.

This time they came earlier and there was not such a big fuss. They could see what the machine tool factory would look like after the reorganization, and whether there was any resistance to the reorganization.

The group quickly arrived outside the technical department and could hear the voices coming from inside when standing at the door.

"The most important thing about this machine tool is that it can perform multiple processing steps at the same time. Even parts with complex curved surfaces can be processed through coordinated motion."

The atmosphere in the room was quite heated. After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, someone soon asked professional questions.

After listening, Zhou Fengnian began to explain on the blackboard, while others took out notebooks and pens to start taking notes, for fear of missing a single word.

These people are very familiar with machine tools and have experience in improvement and research and development. They can become capable assistants with some training.

When Zhou Fengnian was in the machinery factory, he focused on training Zhao Yucheng and Duan Weibing, and also answered all questions from others.

When you get here, you won’t be stingy.

As long as they didn't understand something, Zhou Fengnian would explain it thoroughly; when the five-axis linkage machine tool was manufactured later, these people would be able to help Zhou Fengnian and save a lot of effort.

Everyone in the room was studying so attentively that they didn't even notice there were a few people standing at the door.

After standing at the door and listening for more than ten or twenty minutes, the leader turned around and said, "Let's go and take a look inside the workshop first."

Li Hetong asked, "Leader, how about calling Engineer Zhou out?"

"No, don't interrupt such a good learning atmosphere because of us. That would be bad. We can talk about it at noon."

After saying that, the leader walked outside with a smile on his face.

After walking a distance from the technical department, the leader turned around and said, "The effect of this factory merger seems good. I think this machine tool factory will definitely make big moves in the future."

Li Hetong smiled and said, "Of course there is, and it's not small. Zhou Fengnian's goal is to be the world's number one. By the way, he also said that you are his idol."

"Oh, I must have a good chat with him later, haha."

".This is something you must pay attention to. Often it is because of the coordinates."

Gugu~!

When Zhou Fengnian was speaking excitedly, he suddenly heard a gurgling sound.

A young technician in the second row said a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, Mr. Zhou, I was in a hurry this morning and forgot to eat."

Zhou Fengnian raised his hand and looked at it, and said in surprise: "It's already this late? It's time to eat. Let's eat first, digest what I said this morning, and write down what you don't understand. Then, let's continue at 2:30 in the afternoon."

"Chief Liu, wait a moment."

After Zhou Fengnian asked the others to go and have dinner, he called Liu Hanfei and said, "The production tasks have been arranged in advance, but they still need to be checked every day. Come with me to the workshop to take a look.
Let's divide the teams starting tomorrow. How many people will be required to inspect every day? You can arrange it."

Once you become a leader, you don't have to do everything yourself. You just need to set a specification and let the technical staff follow it.

Liu Hanfei immediately said, "I understand, Mr. Zhou."

"Okay, go eat first, and come find me after dinner."

(End of this chapter)