Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 147: The above hospitality mission (please subscribe)
After returning to the factory, other factory leaders also received a new car approved by the ministry for their factory.

At first, some factory leaders were confused about what was going on. How could a car be approved for an individual and there were special instructions. Without any other special circumstances, this car was only used to pick up and drop off Chief Engineer Zhou Fengnian to and from work.

The ministries and commissions are too fond of Zhou Fengnian.

But later they learned from the factory manager that Zhou Fengnian was attacked while on break, and they immediately shut up.

Gao Zhiyuan did not explain in detail, but many people linked the attack and the enemy spies together. After all, the enemy spies were rampant in the 1950s and many leaders were attacked.

It is normal for Zhou Fengnian to strengthen his security after being attacked. After all, he is the brain of the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory.

The output value of Huaxia Machine Tool Factory has increased several times, 80% of which is due to Zhou Fengnian's efforts; optimizing and improving machine tools, developing the world's most advanced machine tool technology, etc.
This incident caused quite a stir in the factory, and even Zhou Weitian, who worked in the canteen's kitchen, knew about it.

He just heard a general idea of ​​it, and when it finally reached him, it had become a rumor like: "Zhou Fengnian had a gunfight with enemy spies and finally wiped out a platoon of them."

Zhou Weitian was shocked and went to find Zhou Jiaan after get off work. The two brothers went to find the third brother together.

On his way back, he ran into Zhou Chunhua and Song Weinan, who were also visiting. When Song Weinan heard about this, he had to ask if they needed him to do anything.

"That's not the case. There's no such thing as an enemy spy or not. If I run into an enemy spy, will I still be able to survive?"

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and explained, "It was a worker from the Second Machinery Factory who was dissatisfied and attacked in revenge. He has now been arrested by the police station. The matter is over."

After listening to this, Zhou Weitian scratched his head, feeling a little regretful that he was not an enemy spy. He still wanted to fight side by side with his brothers.

"Third brother, will that guy be released again? Your second brother and I will go teach him a lesson! Put a sack on him once, and I guarantee he will behave himself."

Zhou Weitian clenched his fist and said, "What the hell, you dare to attack our family."

Zhou Jiaan on the side also nodded. They had experience in revenge. If it didn't work, they could follow the guy for ten days or half a month and they would definitely give him a hard time.

Zhou Chunhua followed up and said: "Brother, Weinan can also help"

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "It's okay. He attacked me, the deputy factory director, and he wanted to get out so quickly. I may never see him again in the future."

"I already had a quota for a driver. I was going to let Weinan drive my car after he learned how to drive. But now I don't need him anymore. My security guard is the one who drives for me."

You can get promoted quickly if you drive a small car, and you can earn more if you drive a big truck. However, Zhou Fengnian is in a technical position, and there is no chance of promotion if you follow him, so it is better for Song Weinan to drive a big truck.

"Let that kid get away with it, or I'll have to break one of his legs!"

Zhou Jiaan on the side reminded: "The child is still here, big brother, don't say such things."

When Zhou Weitian saw the baby Zhou Xianyang, he muttered in his heart that the child couldn't understand him, but he didn't continue talking.

"Brother, please don't tell our parents about this, or they will get anxious again."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he continued, "It's a good thing you guys are here. Push my two bicycles away for a while. You can just ride them from now on. I'll come back if I need them."

Zhou Weitian shook his head and said, "Old Third, this won't work. How can we take your bicycle?"

"I will pick you up and drop you off in the future. Even if you don't ride them, they will just rust at home. It will be more convenient to ride them to work in the future. Okay, this is settled."

Zhou Fengnian made the final decision and the matter was settled immediately.

From now on, I have to notify the security guard when I buy groceries. Although it is a bit troublesome, at least safety is guaranteed.

Afterwards Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Weitian chatted for a while and went back home when it was almost time for dinner. However, Zhou Weitian stayed and cooked a meal before leaving, during which Zhou Fengnian criticized some of his shortcomings.

After returning home, Zhou Weitian happened to catch his family cooking, so he prepared the meal for the family as well.

However, Qu Ying came back from his trip and asked, "Boss, why did you push the third brother's bicycle back?"

"My third brother doesn't need them anymore. Let my second brother and I ride the two bicycles. He will ride them to and from work in the future."

While cooking, Zhou Weitian said, "You can ride the bike. I'm in the kitchen. You don't have to rush to work."

Qu Ying said quickly: "If Lao San gives it to you, just take it. I will send it back to Lao San later."

"I can't send it back. The second one has been pushed away. Besides, he really doesn't need it."

Zhou Weitian said quickly: "In the future, just help Lao San run errands when you have something to do. You can ride your bicycle first."

After hearing this, Qu Ying had no choice but to agree.

However, he still did not agree to ride a bicycle. She let her man ride it and go to work with her sister-in-law tomorrow.

If Zhou Weitian had not been transferred to another factory, the four of them would have been able to have two bicycles and commute to get off work perfectly.

Zhou Weitian failed to win the fight for his wife, and he still rode his bike to work the next day.

After arriving at the factory, I rode straight inside and directly to the canteen entrance.

When the other people in the kitchen saw Zhou Weitian riding a bicycle to work, they immediately became envious and asked, "Chef Zhou, did you buy a bicycle?"

"No, it's my brother's. He doesn't ride it anymore, so he asked me to ride it to work. Otherwise, it would be a waste to leave it at home."

Zhou Weitian said with a smile.

When the other people in the cafeteria heard this, they immediately showed envy on their faces; there was no way to hide the fact that his brother was Deputy Director Zhou, so everyone in the logistics department knew about it.

However, although everyone was envious, few were jealous. After all, Zhou Weitian's skills were solid enough that only the chef of the second canteen could match his skills.

Someone in the kitchen complimented him, "Master Zhou's life is now complete. He has a wife and a son, and a bicycle. The next step is to train his son to be a successful person."

"That's just the beginning. I still need to have two more sons. If I can raise one of them to be like my brother, I'll be satisfied."

Zhou Weitian said with a smile: "Let's get to work first. There will be a special meal at noon today. I will teach you two dishes then. Anyone who wants to learn can follow me."

When the other people in the kitchen heard this, they immediately responded happily.

There are very few opportunities to learn cooking. Before, the cooks in the canteen only knew how to cook in a big pot, and none of them knew how to cook for their own kitchen.

It is a rare opportunity to be able to learn from Zhou Weitian now, after all, it is a craft.

Zhou Weitian was generous in teaching. All he taught were techniques for controlling the temperature. The core secret recipe was given to him by his younger brother, so he didn't teach that.

Moreover, after learning the skills, he gained a more stable foothold in the canteen, everyone called him Master Zhou, and he became more popular.

The kitchen staff of a canteen started working amid cheers, cleaning, preparing food and cutting chopping boards. Apart from serving two meals, the work was quite easy for the kitchen staff.

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Time flies, and the enthusiasm of July is soon over.

Huaxia Machine Tool Factory also hit a new high. Although the number of machine tools produced was only two more than in June, it means that their production efficiency has stabilized. This does not include the five horizontal five-axis heavy-duty machine tools. If these five machine tools are included, the output value of Huaxia Machine Tool Factory is inestimable.

However, if this is taken into account, other factories will definitely not accept it.

This is not a machine tool for export. Who would be convinced if you gave it a production value of tens of millions?

Foreigners have never sold this kind of machine tool, so there is no way to compare.

But apart from these, the monthly output value of Huaxia Machine Tool Factory is still a figure that other factories can hardly catch up with.

More than 3 million per month, and the total for the whole year can reach 40 million. This was the number they dared to report in 1959 and 1960.

Because of the arrival of a group of new people, Zhou Fengnian's progress in car manufacturing slowed down. However, he was not in a hurry and he drew the parts structure diagram slowly.

The main task is to familiarize the newly arrived technicians with the CNC system of the machine tools, so that they can directly start working after their own CNC workshop is established.

The equipment will take another month or two to arrive, so they can relax for now until then.

In addition to explaining and leading people every day, Zhou Fengnian continues to develop machine tools or automobiles. However, the energy and time invested in the former is definitely more than that invested in making cars.

However, even though he did not put in much effort, Zhou Fengnian managed to draw the drawings of the parts needed for the electronic control engine within a month, and had them processed and produced using machine tools.

It just so happened that their factory had a five-axis machine tool, which was most suitable for processing and manufacturing such precision parts.

After processing and assembly, I tested it and there was no problem at all.

Even Gao Zhiyuan rushed over after hearing the news. Although he could not understand the technical issues very well, he was still beaming with joy when he saw the car engine being successfully tested and run.

Gao Zhiyuan just came to see whether Zhou Fengnian had succeeded, and obviously Zhou Fengnian did not disappoint him this time.

Moreover, Gao Zhiyuan was even more delighted when he learned from Zhou Fengnian that manufacturing cars was a "side business" of their machine tool factory.

The planned tasks of their machine tool factory are too heavy. Although it is a good thing to be valued by the superiors, they are somewhat restricted.

Seeing other factories developing side businesses and the rich harvests at the end of the year, they are very envious.

But it is difficult for machine tool factories without side businesses. The machine tools they produce are so technologically advanced that they are among the best in the world. Therefore, machine tools produced outside the plan must also be subject to unified deployment.

There is not even a scrap of cash left. Every time we want to provide some benefits to our workers, we have to sacrifice our reputation to ask for them.

If they could produce cars, even if they only sold five or six a month, the machine tool factory would be much richer on paper.

At least two meat meals can be added every month, or even a banquet can be held.

"Deputy Director Zhou is here. Please sit down. I have something to discuss with you."

After Zhou Fengnian arrived at the factory director's office, Gao Zhiyuan asked him to sit down. When he looked around, he found that the factory director and secretary were all there.

"What happened?"

After Zhou Fengnian sat down, he asked, "Why does it feel like something big is about to happen?"

"It's a big deal, Deputy Director Zhou. The higher-ups want us to carry out a reception mission."

Secretary Kang said, "It's not a ministry task, it's a reception task for the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other departments, and it's assigned to our factory."

"A foreigner, right? Which country?"

Zhou Fengnian quickly realized that these people were all from foreign-related departments, and most likely they were personnel from some country that was doing trade with China.

".From Japan."

After hearing Secretary Kang's words, the room suddenly became quiet. Although the war had ended for almost twenty years, no one could forget the Japanese so quickly.

However, these people did not show any particular hatred, after all, it was a mission from above.

No one else spoke. After a while of silence, Gao Zhiyuan took the initiative to speak: "It seems that we just signed a contract with Japan to import cable tube equipment last month. They just happened to make this request. It is difficult for the Ministry of Foreign Trade to refuse."

Deputy Factory Director Hong asked, "Are you visiting our factory specifically?"

"Yes, it seems to be referring to names."

"They are after our factory's technology. I object and tell the higher-ups that this is not possible."

Zhou Fengnian said, "The five-axis machine tool workshop is so secretive that even ordinary workers can't enter. It's ridiculous to allow foreigners to visit. We absolutely cannot do that."

"Deputy Director Zhou, the higher-ups didn't say they must visit important workshops, they just wanted to deal with it for the time being."

Secretary Kang said: "After all, we have just imported a batch of equipment from them. If we completely refuse, there may be accidents in the equipment contract.

So the higher-ups told us to figure it out on our own, just let them come for a while and deal with it.”

Zhou Fengnian frowned and asked, "What if something unexpected happens? What if the technology is leaked?"

"The security department followed them throughout the process. No matter which worker they came into contact with, the security department and the factory would come to their door to warn them that night, and also let the workshop director inform them in advance not to say anything that shouldn't be said."

Gao Zhiyuan said, "Don't let them go to that workshop. This should prevent leaks."

"Just set up a restricted area. No one is allowed to approach any workshop related to five-axis machine tools. For the CNC machine tool production workshop, only one assembly workshop is open."

Zhou Fengnian added: "If they want to get close, the security department will immediately stop them and terminate the tour. This is our bottom line."

"Okay, our leader also told us to be cautious. The Japanese are obviously after the machine tool technology."

When Gao Zhiyuan heard Zhou Fengnian agree, he felt a little relieved; if Zhou Fengnian had continued to object, he really didn't know what to do.

Zhou Fengnian sighed and said, "The best way is to refuse. Why didn't they come to visit when it was the Second Machine Tool Factory?

They came to visit after the reorganization into Huaxia Machine Tool Factory, and they specifically came to our factory; it was really Sima Zhao’s intention. "

Deputy Factory Director Ma was also unhappy and said, "Who said it wasn't true? When I think about entertaining the Japanese, I feel very uncomfortable."

"Just be patient. After all, this is a mission from above. It only takes a few days. Just bear with it."

Secretary Kang said, "Who will go then?"

"I've been busy with machine tool research and development recently. It's related to the technical improvement of the five-axis machine tool next year. I'll be busy for a while, Secretary Kang."

Zhou Fengnian spoke first and said, "Take yourself out first."

Secretary Kang looked helpless. He knew Zhou Fengnian had been doing a side job before, which seemed to be manufacturing cars, but now he was suddenly busy with research and development. He was really flexible!
(End of this chapter)