Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 141 Dinner, Come and Grab Things (Subscribe)

dong dong!

"Come in."

After the door was pushed open, Director Qi of Logistics walked in with a smile and asked, "Director Ma, what can I do for you?"

"Two more pigs are ready to be stored. Send someone to Fangshan Shunde Commune to get the pigs and bring these banknotes with them."

After Ma Sisheng finished speaking, he immediately wrote a note to Director Qi, which contained the money order to be withdrawn, which would be credited to the account once the pigs were brought back.

Director Qi took it and said with a smile: "The factory director is really capable. He brought back two pigs so quickly."

"Are you slapping me in the face? Lao Qi, everyone knows that Deputy Director Zhou started half a day before me!"

Ma Sisheng waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, Lao Qi. After you bring the pig back, ask the canteen to make a dinner plan and prepare the meal coupons as soon as possible."

"Hey, even if Deputy Director Zhou is very capable, he is not specialized in logistics. This time it must be a coincidence. It's not like you, the leader, who got here by relying on connections."

Director Qi said with a smile, but was quickly stopped by Ma Sisheng.

"Don't talk about this anymore. It's more important to quickly bring the pigs back and prepare for the banquet. The factory has made a great contribution this time. We can have this banquet thanks to Deputy Director Zhou."

Others may not know, but factory leaders at his level know it very well.

The leaders of the ministries came here specifically to see the newly developed machine tool; whether these deputy factory directors can have more say and get a good salary depends entirely on the factory's performance.

If the output value doubles and becomes the first in the country, then when a deputy factory director like them goes out, the mayors of all cities will treat him seriously.

If the efficiency and output value are not good, not to mention the mayor, even a deputy district chief will be dismissed with a wave of his hand. There is not much in the city of Beijing except deputy factory directors.

Therefore, Zhou Fengnian is extremely important to the machine tool factory. A machine tool he developed can double or triple the factory's output value. The higher output value of the machine tool factory is also beneficial to Ma Sisheng, the deputy factory director.

Otherwise, when he went to the machinery factory, he would have kept talking to Zhou Fengnian.

At the end-of-year summary meeting of the ministries, a slogan like "Learn from China Machine Tool Factory" will make them gain three or four times more face.

After Director Qi of Logistics left, he quickly wrote a note to the Purchasing Department, asking them to take the transport team's vehicle to Shunde Commune to bring the pigs back.

Transporting pigs is a dangerous job these days. If you don't have the official seal and the factory's transport vehicle, you will definitely be detained if you transport a pig into the city.

Even if it is later found out that it is not speculation, they still have to buy half of the pork.

Soon, the pork was brought back. Now the four pigs weighed more than 700 kilograms. Together with some meat that Deputy Director Ma bought from other places, it was enough to make the factory's banquet extremely sumptuous.

As soon as the pork came back, Director Qi from the logistics department prepared meal coupons and then had the factory broadcast a notice
[Dear workers and leaders, the four live pigs in the logistics department are in place. We will start preparing the dinner and meal tickets immediately. The leaders of each department will come to the logistics department to collect them.]

When they heard that the pigs were in place and they could get meal coupons for a meal, everyone in the factory cheered with joy.

Although the ration has been restored, the meat supply has not. Now that the factory organizes a dinner, they can let their families eat something good.

Although most workers don’t know why the dinner is organized, as long as there is something to eat, it’s fine.

After the announcement, Director Liu of the canteen called the chefs from the four canteens and said to them with a smile: "Four chefs, you have heard the factory announcement. Next, we must do our best to make this banquet a success!"

"Next, I'll tell you about the arrangements. A 700-pound pig can yield about 400 pounds of meat. Canteen One and Canteen Two will each take 180 pounds, and Canteen Three and Canteen Four will split the rest.

But you guys should prepare the menu as soon as possible, and then come to the cafeteria to get the meat."

When the monitors of the third and fourth canteens heard that they only got a small portion, they didn't say anything. Their cooking skills were really not good, and if they gave them too much meat, not many people would go there to get their meals.

If there was too much meat given but few people came, it would be a bit of a waste; if it weren't for the lack of staff in canteen one and canteen two, they probably wouldn't even get a small portion.

"Okay, Director, don't worry. We finally have enough ingredients to show off our skills today. I guarantee they will swallow their tongues when the time comes."

Sha Zhu said with a smile, and then looked at Zhou Weitian with a bit of provocation; this is the only chef in the factory who can compare with him, the other two canteens are not good enough.

Zhou Weitian didn't care about Sha Zhu's look at all. He thought about the menu and said, "Director Liu, don't worry. I will complete the task."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Master He, Master Zhou. When the meat is ready, I'll send someone to deliver it to you."

After Director Liu finished speaking, his tone changed and he said, "There is one more thing I need to say. Masters, this time you must ensure that every worker who gets a meal voucher has a meal. This is the prerequisite."

"Don't worry, Director."

Several people talked about this and then left the cafeteria director's office.

Not long after we came out, the two squad leaders of the third and fourth canteens left. Sha Zhu also said sarcastically, "Let every worker have a plate of vegetables. Is he afraid that we will embezzle and withhold the vegetables?

I think the factory leaders eat the most. Otherwise, they say the leaders eat the blood of the workers, don’t you think so, Master Zhou?”

"Ok?"

After hearing this, Zhou Weitian looked at He Yuzhu in confusion, wondering how come this guy's mouth was even more unclean than his.

"Maybe the director is worried that the workers won't have enough to eat, that's all."

"Hey man, stop saying nice things to them. They are so happy drinking the workers' blood, why can't we have a little bit of it?"

Sha Zhu shook his head and said, "I've tasted your dish. Your cooking is not quite up to par, but the seasoning is very tasty. Can we exchange ideas some other day?"

"Maybe some other time when I have a chance. Actually, I only know a few dishes. I haven't learned all the cuisines."

Zhou Weitian spoke up. He was a little reluctant to talk to Master He because among the leaders he had just mentioned, one was his younger brother.

And with his younger brother around, why would he need to exchange cooking skills with others? His third younger brother hadn’t even learned all the cooking skills.

After saying that, Zhou Weitian left and went back to the cafeteria.

After the others left, Sha Zhu spat and said, "Well, I'm teaching you out of kindness, but you're not going to appreciate it? Ha!"

He Yuzhu was disappointed and wandered back to the second canteen. He was now a level seven cook. If half of the food in the small kitchen had not been taken away last time, would he have taken the initiative to come and talk about the exchange?
dong dong!

Zhou Fengnian heard someone knocking on the door, so he called out and let the person in.

When he looked up, he found that the person who came in looked a little strange, as if he had never seen him at the factory leadership team meeting, so he asked

"This comrade, who are you?"

"Deputy Director Zhou, I'm Liu Yangsheng from the cafeteria."

Liu Yangsheng introduced and greeted them with a smile, and then said: "Thanks to you, Deputy Director Zhou, for using your connections to find two pigs, our factory can have such a sumptuous banquet.

The canteen has already slaughtered the pig, but there is still some left. Deputy Director Ma asked me to ask if you would like to take some home? Mainly the leftovers with bones."

Zhou Fengnian asked unexpectedly: "Can I buy it?"

"Of course, these bone-in scraps and unpopular offal can be bought anyway. Even if we make them into dishes and sell them to the workers, they are cheaper than normal meat dishes." Liu Yangsheng said with a smile: "If it weren't for you, our factory wouldn't be able to get two more pigs. There are several pig heads over there. Do you want me to braise them and send them to you?"

"No, that's not necessary. You're too polite, Director Liu."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hands and said with a smile: "If possible, the canteen will sell me one or two kilograms of large intestines and two pig's trotters."

He likes to eat large intestines, but Zhou Yan likes to eat pig's trotters, which happen to be the couple's favorite foods.

"No problem, I'll have someone bring it to you later."

"How much is it, Director Liu?"

“Hey, no thanks.”

"No, the money must be given."

Zhou Fengnian asked the price and then took out two dollars and handed them to Liu Yangsheng.

He would use the benefits within the system as he pleased, but Zhou Fengnian didn't want to touch anything that might easily lead to gossip.

It's not like I'm short of those two dollars, so there's no need.

After Liu Yangsheng took the money, he put down the meal coupons. Deputy Factory Director Zhou Fengnian was given three meal coupons.

When it was time for the dinner, all the canteens were packed with people, with Canteen One and Canteen Two being the most popular.

The chefs in these two canteens have the best skills, and there are fewer workers in canteens three and four. If they were not some distance away, and if there were not too many people queuing in canteens one and two, the workers in canteens three and four would also want to go to canteens one and two to get their meals.

Zhou Fengnian ordered two dishes and gave the remaining two meal coupons to his eldest brother, asking him to take them back and share them with his second brother and fourth sister.

Now the fourth sister often doesn’t go home for dinner. She likes to be with Song Weinan. But she doesn’t stay outside at night, otherwise Zhou Fengnian will come to the door.

Everyone at the dinner had smiles on their faces, as if they were back in the Chinese New Year.

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The few days after the dinner were a time when morale was high. The workers in the factory worked harder and often worked overtime voluntarily.

The better the factory performs, the more such dinners there will be in the future, this is what the factory leaders promised the workers.

Zhou Fengnian's progress is also not slow. He has also completed a lot of work in converting horizontal machine tools into vertical machine tools.

Manufacturing will begin next month, and Zhou Fengnian will then be able to continue researching heavy-duty machine tools with seven-axis five-linkage or nine-axis five-linkage.

"Deputy Director Zhou, the meeting has started."

Gao Zhiyuan's assistant knocked on the door to inform him, and Zhou Fengnian quickly replied, "Got it, I'll be there right away."

Then he packed up and walked towards the meeting room.

When he came out, he happened to meet Gao Zhiyuan coming out of the office. After the two of them walked side by side, Gao Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Fengnian, it's more convenient to have an assistant, right?"

"No, Director. Your assistant visits me less than three times a month. Even if I have an assistant, it's probably only this many times."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said that now he was only in the technical department and the office. If he didn't go to the workshop, nothing would happen to him.

Gao Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Haha, when you get a higher position, you won't need an assistant anymore."

After arriving at the conference room, all the main leaders of the factory were in place and the meeting began.

First, they report on the tasks and output value of the previous month. After completing the task, each workshop reports in turn. Those who are not nearly finished will admit their mistakes and ensure that they will be completed next month.

When it came to machine tool output and output value, Hong Bowen's report made everyone's eyes light up except Zhou Fengnian.

A total of 171 machine tools were produced in June. Except for the five-axis heavy-duty machine tool whose valuation is difficult for the time being, the output value of other machine tools is approximately 3.57 million.

Not only has it been maintained, but it has also been improved a lot.

After Hong Bowen finished his report, he turned to Zhou Fengnian and asked, "Deputy Director Zhou, how are the five-axis heavy-duty machine tools in the 14th workshop counted into the factory? Is there an approximate number?"

“Deputy Director Hong, it’s hard to say, because this kind of machine tool cannot be sold, and even if it is sold, it may not be measured in money.

This is already considered a major domestic industrial device, and is usually only supplied to military factories or other places first.”

Zhou Fengnian said, "If, let me say, the leaders above really intend to sell it, this machine tool must be worth at least six or seven million."

Converted into US dollars, it is two to three million. Referring to the price of the nine-axis machine tool that the Russians secretly bought from the Japanese, it is about this price.

"Six or seven million for one!?"

Gao Zhiyuan, Kang Hongnian and other factory leaders were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out of their heads after hearing this. One machine tool could equal the output value of all other machine tools? And it doubled?

Ma Sisheng asked in disbelief: "Deputy Director Zhou, is it really worth that much?"

"There are more and more. Many of these machine tools can be used in many projects, such as submarines and satellites."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, Kang Hongnian followed up and said to Gao Zhiyuan, "Director Gao, how is the patrol arrangement of the factory security department going? How many teams are there on patrol at night?"

"Don't worry, there are three teams during the day and four teams at night, and we will definitely ensure safety."

Gao Zhiyuan said that he had worked with Zhou Fengnian before, and Deputy Leader Li had also reminded him, so he knew the importance of this machine tool, so he arranged for the security department to patrol early.

Zhou Fengnian said: "Let the leaders judge the value of the five-axis heavy-duty machine tool, but this is already our next major production task."

"That's right. Even if the production of other machine tools decreases next month, as long as the five-axis heavy-duty machine tools are there, we can complete the ministry's tasks."

After Gao Zhiyuan finished speaking, he took out another document and continued, "Let's talk about this next. The First Machine Tool Factory is going to come to our factory for research, and the official document has been sent over.

The ministry also suggested that we give these improved and optimized machine tools to the First Machine Tool Factory."

The models Gao Zhiyuan mentioned are all machine tools that have been optimized and improved by Zhou Fengnian, and their performance is more than 10% better than the original ones.

The same machine tool has better performance, so it is naturally better to produce this kind of product. Moreover, after inspection, the leaders of other factories also applied to the higher authorities to purchase machine tools from the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory.

"Isn't this robbery? Director, how can they be so shameless?"

Director Cheng from the first workshop spoke indignantly, saying that the people from the former Second Machine Tool Factory had deep roots with the First Machine Tool Factory.

They are almost born of the same mother, but the First Machine Tool Factory is better than the Second Machine Tool Factory, and every time it gains honors by stepping on the Second Machine Tool Factory's face.

As a result, the Second Machine Tool Factory has merged into the Hua Xia Machine Tool Factory and has risen, and the First Machine Tool Factory is here to grab its products.

(End of this chapter)