Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 144: Ideas of exporting and manufacturing cars (Subscription required)
"What a bastard!"

Zhou Fengnian, who was pouring water at the side, suddenly heard Zhou Yan swearing. He turned around with a look of surprise and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's about that guy in the factory who not only gambles and gets drunk, but also beats his wife. Today I took Zhang Sanmei to the hospital for a checkup and found that her body was badly damaged from the beatings."

Zhou Yan explained a little embarrassedly, then paused for a moment and continued

"I left three dollars for Zhang Sanmei when I left, otherwise she would have nothing to eat."

"Oh and then what?"

Zhou Fengnian didn't care about the three dollars at all and asked about what happened next out of curiosity.

Zhou Yan continued, "That bastard Shi Sanhua was detained by the security department, but he still showed no remorse and threatened to beat Sanmei, his wife, to death when he got out."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Lock him up for a few days first, so he can get a taste of what it's like to be in the security department."

"I guess it's useless. You can change it temporarily but not forever. Let his wife take his place at work, and then let this guy reveal where he gambles."

Zhou Yan interrupted, "It seems that those who gambled are all from the machinery factory, either workers or family members. The security department didn't catch them on the spot. If we act rashly now, we're afraid they won't obey."

"Not convinced? You'll be convinced after being locked up for a few days. What you should feel guilty about is that they are not from the factory. If they cause trouble, they will continue to be locked up."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and continued, "Lock them together with the man who beat his wife, then praise him for his meritorious service in reporting the crime in front of others, release him, and severely punish the others.
If this is the case, Shi Sanhua will probably be beaten three times a day in the future."

Zhou Yan's eyes lit up when she heard this and she said, "Is this method okay?"

"You can try it first. If it doesn't work, just hand it over to the security department. They have more methods, but they are not easy to tell because of your Women's Federation."

Zhou Fengnian suggested: "Don't underestimate the security department, they often deal with people like this and know how to punish Shi Sanhua.

Your Women's Federation has little involvement, so why not tell the Security Department that you only want one result, and they will find ways to agree to it."

Professional matters should be left to professionals. The Security Department is not as familiar with dealing with those gossipy women as the people in the Women's Federation; but the Security Department has seen a lot of such people.

Zhou Yan suddenly understood. She and Sister Zhang were very angry when they saw Shi Sanhua's stubborn look today.

Now after listening to Zhou Fengnian’s explanation, I immediately know what to do.

"Boss, you are so smart."

Zhou Yan turned around and looked at Zhou Fengnian with her big, sparkling eyes and said; she was not only happy that there was a solution, she also felt relieved.

Fortunately, I married a good man, otherwise if I had met someone else, I would definitely not be as happy as I am now.

"Let's sleep late tonight."

After Zhou Fengnian heard these words from Zhou Yan, his eyes lit up and he said, "Then you have to be on top!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yan twisted Zhou Fengnian in annoyance, and then slowly took off her clothes.

Under the kerosene lamp, the human figure reflected on the ground swayed up and down, accompanied by the creaking sound of the bed board.

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"Deputy Director Zhou, the car to the ministry is ready."

When the day for the ministry meeting arrived, Gao Zhiyuan's assistant came directly to inform him. After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian picked up his briefcase and walked downstairs.

He was the only one going this time, so Zhou Fengnian got in the car and set off.

When they arrived at the ministry compound, Zhou Fengnian got out of the car and was picked up by Deputy Leader Li's secretary, and then taken all the way to the office.

When Deputy Leader Li saw the two people coming in, he immediately smiled and said, "I thought Fengnian, you should be here by now. Coincidentally, the people from the Foreign Trade Department should be here too."

After that, Deputy Leader Li stood up and took Zhou Fengnian to the conference room, saying as he walked

"We really can't find any equipment in China, so we can only buy it from abroad. The government has approved some foreign exchange, but I don't know how much we can buy. After all, our country has very little foreign exchange."

I just paid off my debts. The foreign exchange I earned in the past few years was used to buy civilian supplies, so I haven’t saved much in the past two years.

Not long after, a deputy leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade came to the Ministry of First Machine Building; if it were not for Deputy Leader Li's intervention, this matter might have been handed over to a director.

But the Ministry of First Machine Industry stepped in, and with the approval of the leadership, the Ministry of Foreign Trade also sent a deputy leader here to discuss the matter.

"This must be Engineer Zhou, he is really young and promising. Deputy Leader Li, your Ministry of First Machinery Industry has really found a treasure."

When Deputy Director Bai of the Ministry of Foreign Trade met Zhou Fengnian, he smiled and praised him, "Your First Ministry of Machine Building is really blessed. All the outstanding talents have gone to you."

Compared with the deputy factory director, Deputy Leader Bai values ​​Zhou Fengnian's identity as an engineer more.

He is already a level 7 engineer now, and he would not be surprised at all if he is promoted to level 6 or 5 in two years.

"Haha, this is called national policy!"

Deputy Leader Li couldn't help laughing and said, heavy industry is related to the country's hard power, so it must be developed as a priority.

After hearing Deputy Leader Bai's self-introduction, Zhou Fengnian instantly realized that the old man in front of him was Bai Kang's uncle and Bai Yujie's father.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two sides got down to business.

First, Zhou Fengnian was given a list, which included items that had been purchased and those that had not been purchased. Zhou Fengnian took a look and crossed out two items.

These two are also available in China and can be developed, so there is no need to go around and buy them abroad.

Deputy Leader Bai also came here to solve the problem, and he quickly told Zhou Fengnian about the difficulties.

The remaining items can be purchased, but in very small quantities.

It's impossible to buy it from the Russians, and you can't buy it from the Bald Eagle either, because both of them are imposing trade restrictions because they are researching the two-shot weapon themselves.

I had to go through a few more detours to ship the things I wanted to buy to the Philippines, and then ask my friends in Hong Kong to help ship them back.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it is the only way to buy the equipment, otherwise you can’t buy it even if you want to.

After hearing about the foreign exchange that could be taken out and the equipment that could be purchased, Zhou Fengnian immediately said: "Leader, this is too little, less than one-third of what we applied for."

"There's no other way, Mr. Zhou. We are not allies and we are not going through formal channels. Prices and transportation are much more expensive."

Deputy Leader Bai sighed and said, "No one wants to spend this much money, but if you want to buy it, you have no choice but to do this."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian lamented that his golden finger had no space, otherwise he would go outside and bring all the things back.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Fengnian turned around and asked Deputy Leader Li, "Leader, how is the application for export of machine tools going?"

"I know about what you said. It has been approved. However, we are currently negotiating with fellow countries in Eastern Europe. There are not many countries that need advanced machine tools, but the progress is very fast." Deputy Leader Bai interrupted, saying that he was in charge of this matter.

The negotiation progressed very quickly. It has only been about two months since the proposal was proposed and the only thing left to be agreed upon is the price.

Fortunately, it is a CNC machine tool, the product is good enough, and those countries really want to buy it, otherwise the efficiency would not be so fast.

"Mr. Zhou, if you want to wait for the foreign exchange earned from the CNC machine tools, that's fine, but you'll have to wait at least four or five months before you can buy the second batch, maybe next year."

"Next year is fine, as long as we can buy it."

Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, and said with a little relief: "Otherwise, if only one quarter of such a large workshop is used for production, it will limit production efficiency."

Once the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory replaces most of the machines in the factory with CNC machine tools, it will basically be able to achieve a production boom.

An annual output value of 100 million is possible.

At that time, the national GDP was only more than 140 billion yuan. If the machine tool factory could increase its output value to 100 million yuan, it would be the most dazzling star factory in the country.

After discussing with Deputy Leader Bai for a while and finalizing the details of the next matters, the other party said goodbye and left.

People at this level are all very busy, and after they finish talking, they go on to do other things.

Zhou Fengnian was not in a hurry to go back and talked about other things with Deputy Leader Li.

"Leader, in the next six months, besides producing five-axis machine tools, our factory will not have any other additional tasks, right?"

“Yes, it’s gone.”

After Deputy Leader Li finished speaking, he suddenly came to his senses, turned around and asked, "Fengnian, what are you planning to do?"

"Nothing. We have developed both the horizontal and vertical five-axis machine tools. We are also slowly developing the next technologies that can be improved. I am thinking about whether I should start a sideline business for the machine tool factory."

Zhou Fengnian explained with a smile that although there are no explicit regulations on side jobs, they have been opened up a little.

Otherwise, they would not have turned a blind eye to unplanned production. Back in 1958, they were not allowed to produce even one more part. The quantity specified by the higher authorities was the only quantity allowed.

Deputy Leader Li said: "Fengnian, your factory has provided a lot of support, why are you thinking of starting a side business?"

Zhou Fengnian said with a serious face: "Isn't this to provide some benefits to the factory? Without affecting the planned production, we can strive to get more benefits for the workers at the end of the year."

"Okay, okay, you've said all the good things. If I don't agree, I'll be a bad guy."

Deputy Leader Li smiled, then said in a slightly more serious tone: "As long as it does not affect the planned production, you can do whatever you want."

"Okay, thank you very much, boss. Then the machine tool factory will start a sideline business to earn benefits."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, and then Deputy Leader Li also understood and pointed at Zhou Fengnian and said with a smile

"I understand, Fengnian, you are reminding me. Okay, I promise you, no matter what happens, it will be your machine tool factory's fault."

This was because they were afraid that he would take away the machine tool factory's side business, so they blocked it with words in advance.

Deputy Leader Li was not angry about this, but he was really curious about what kind of side business Zhou Fengnian could come up with.

What electrical appliances was he good at? The machine tool factory didn't have the production conditions, equipment, and skilled workers. At most, he could make a small profit by selling them in small quantities, which was not enough to make his leader jealous.

After Zhou Fengnian left, Deputy Leader Li still didn't figure it out for a long time, and finally he just gave up thinking about it.

When the machine tool factory came out with the results, he was the first to visit and check it out.

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After Zhou Fengnian returned to the factory, he first went to the newly built CNC workshop to take a look at the situation there.

Then he returned to the office.

His task in the second half of the year is to set up the CNC workshop and then supervise production and provide technical guidance.

There was enough time to produce the seven-axis five-link machine tool and the nine-axis five-link machine tool. Zhou Fengnian was not in a hurry, but continued writing with his last idea.

Build a car!
The most important technical skills of the car are already understood, and the proficiency simulation system can be used to improve the skills.

If Zhou Fengnian had built the electronic engine technology and the car models of later generations, it would undoubtedly have been the luxury car of this era.

As for how much a luxury car can be sold for, that is up to them, after all, only they can produce it.

Zhou Fengnian was 80% sure that future car models would be more popular than the current square models, and he also wanted to have a car.

The shape of an ordinary sedan would be considered a luxury car today; a streamlined convertible is a top-of-the-line luxury car, and when exported abroad, it would sell for at least US$10,000.

It just so happened that their machine tool factory had a vertical five-axis machine tool that could manufacture more precise parts.

We have the equipment and manpower to build cars, but we lack the technology in Zhou Fengnian's head.

Zhou Fengnian quickly started to work on the technology in the office. Most of the production in the factory was supervised by Liu Hanfei, and he only needed to find Liu Hanfei for confirmation.

However, Zhou Fengnian was so absorbed in his research that he forgot to eat lunch. Gao Zhiyuan had to ask him and then asked his assistant to bring the lunch to Zhou Fengnian.

On the other side is the Second Machinery Factory.

Zhou Yan also told Sister Zhang what Zhou Fengnian had told her last night. After listening, Sister Zhang pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Yanzi, tell me honestly, is this what your husband wants?"

Sister Zhang looked up and asked, this was a bit unlike what Zhou Yan could figure out, but isn’t her husband a technician?

Are all the technical people this smart? She used to think that Zhou Yan had always been controlling her husband at home, but now it seems that Zhou Yan was the one being controlled.

"It was Fengnian who thought of this. He also told me that it would be best to hand it over directly to the Security Department. The people in the Security Department often deal with people like Shi Sanhua and know how to deal with him."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, but her smile seemed more and more strange to Sister Zhang, as if it revealed a sense of stupidity.

Sister Zhang nodded, but then shook her head and said, "You can hand it over to the security department, but don't do it unless you have no other choice.

If everything is handed over to the Security Department, then what is the Women's Federation for? Moreover, this is supposed to be a women's issue, and if we can't solve it, it means that our organization is powerless."

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then asked: "Sister Zhang, what should we do next?"

"First, follow the method you mentioned and arrest all those who participated in gambling. See if they have assaulted women. If so, deal with them one by one."

Sister Zhang smiled and said, "After we deal with them, tell them that Shi Sanhua had betrayed them, and warn them that if they cause trouble again, they will be arrested and sent to a farm. Let's see if they dare to gamble again in the future."

Zhou Yan quickly understood and nodded. This required starting from several family openings!

(End of this chapter)