Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 149: Fantastic Ideas, Golden Months (Subscription Request)
Zhou Fengnian's impolite attitude stunned others, especially the translator, who didn't know whether he should translate this sentence truthfully.

After looking back at Director Qiu and getting a signal from his eyes, the translator turned around and said, "No one can enter here casually, even workers from our factory are not allowed to, unless they have the approval of the leader."

Then the team leader Panasonic asked again, isn’t the leader here?

The translator shook his head and said that a bigger leader was needed, since he couldn’t get in now anyway.

As for being arrested as soon as they broke in, the translator ignored this sentence for the time being; after all, civil exchanges had just been opened, and they had also imported a set of equipment from Japan.

Maybe we can import more technology in the future, so even if the communication is fragile, we have to maintain it first.

Matsushita, the leader of the Japanese team, was very unwilling after hearing this. He could now confirm that the secrets about China Machine Tools that he had previously discovered might be in this workshop.

But now I can't get in.

Then Panasonic spoke a few more words to the translator, but after asking Director Qiu, the translator shook his head and refused.

At this time, Zhou Fengnian had already returned to the workshop, and there were many security personnel outside. There were six people patrolling in this workshop alone.

It was impossible to sneak in quietly, and their intentions were discovered, so they had no chance now.

After a while of arguing, Panasonic turned around and left angrily; he didn't say anything nice, but Director Qiu was too lazy to pay attention to him, let alone question him about it.

They brought these people to the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory because they saw the benefits of people-to-people exchanges. Otherwise, why would they help these Japanese people make contact? It was obvious at first glance that they had no good intentions.

That afternoon, the Japanese exchange team went back directly after gaining nothing from the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory.

After returning, the Panasonic group still felt aggrieved; it was not that they did not work hard, but that the Chinese were too wary of them.

They couldn't even communicate with the workers; they had to go through an interpreter, and that had to be a Hua Xia interpreter; the interpreters they brought with them were not allowed into the factory, and their overbearing attitude made the Panasonic group feel uncomfortable.

However, this trip also made Panasonic understand why their machine tool sales decreased, which must be related to the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory.

Most likely, China has made a breakthrough in machine tool technology, but they don't know the details.

The next day, when Zhou Fengnian was busy, he suddenly heard a knock on the door and shouted "Come in".

Then Gao Zhiyuan pushed the door open and walked in. He sat on the sofa and took a breath and said, "Fengnian, the leader called just now and said that the Japanese were protesting that we were very impolite in our reception yesterday."

"Heh, do these guys think we are being polite only if we hand them over with both hands?"

Zhou Fengnian said bluntly that he joined the factory not too late, so he had seen the Second Machinery Factory hiring foreigners to maintain the machine tools.

He was so arrogant and domineering. Not only did he procrastinate, he also didn't allow anyone to get close to study.

"Did your boss criticize you?"

Gao Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "No, the leader just told me. Anyway, the headache is for the external departments. But I heard that these people are related to the Chinese Academy of Sciences."

"So what? We did nothing wrong. Who dares to let others see our machine tool technology? The leaders don't dare to open the door to this either."

Zhou Fengnian said indifferently, how many countries have researched and manufactured five-axis machine tools at this time? The only one that is clearly known is the Bald Eagle, and the others may still be under research.

One export costs several million, which equals more than three million US dollars. Is this something you can show to others?

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "The leader will definitely not blame you, but Director, I heard that you spent a lot of money this time, two bottles of Moutai!"

"Don't mention it. If I had known I should have been tougher on the first day, I would have just done the same as you and saved two bottles of Moutai."

Gao Zhiyuan stood up, waved his hands and said with concern, it would be fine if he gave it to other people, but he had to give it to the Japanese for the sake of the mission.

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: "Next time, let me handle this kind of thing. I will negotiate. I am an expert!"

"Come on, after you go and negotiate, the ministry will punish me."

Gao Zhiyuan cursed with a smile, then chatted with Zhou Fengnian about other things for a while and went back to work.

Zhou Fengnian also continued his research and development, and with no one disturbing him, the day passed quickly.

Before leaving work, Zhou Fengnian took a tour of the workshop as usual. After confirming that there were no problems with production, he told the security guard that he was going home.

Then a car drove out of the machine tool factory, and many workers were envious when they saw it.

At the gate of the machine tool factory, a worker saw an acquaintance coming out and immediately asked, "Lao Zhou, a car just drove out. Do you know who is sitting inside?"

Zhou Xiangde, who had just arrived at the factory gate, was startled and asked, "Who? I just came out and didn't see you."

"Your son-in-law, who else could it be?"

Another worker said, "In our factory, only leaders can ride in cars. Didn't your son-in-law ride a bicycle before? How come he rides in a car now?"

"Old Zhou, why haven't I heard you talk about your son-in-law? Didn't he take care of you?"

After hearing this, Zhou Xiangde felt unhappy for a moment, then he took out the cigarettes he had treasured for a long time, smoked one and said, "Don't I know whether my son-in-law is good to me or not?
Apart from anything else, I have never lacked this kind of cigarette. "

One of the workers asked with a sharp eye: "Xiang De, what kind of cigarette is this? Why haven't I seen it in the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"Specially supplied cigarettes, they are not available for purchase, only my son-in-law has them, I have several packs of these cigarettes every month!"

Zhou Xiangde said proudly, then lit up a cigarette and started smoking. The taste of this cigarette was different from ordinary cigarettes.

His son-in-law doesn't like smoking, but he can get one or two packs of cigarettes every month, so Zhou Xiangde can get a few packs every month.

Although Zhou Fengnian didn't smoke, he had a father and two older brothers, and all the cigarettes they provided him were shared with them.

"Old Zhou, give me one."

"Yes, Xiangde, let's try it. We haven't tasted what the special supply cigarettes taste like yet."

The people around immediately started to make a fuss. The smell of cigarettes made them think it was something special. Normally, they would not even smoke Daqianmen, and had never even seen special-purpose cigarettes before.

Zhou Xiangde felt a little reluctant, but he still sent them away one by one to shut them up.

After a while, the smell of smoke filled the air near the factory gate, but the workers were enjoying it with great satisfaction; the specially supplied cigarettes were so fragrant that ordinary cigarettes could not compare to them.

At this time, two people passed by from behind, one of them carrying a net bag lunch box.

After passing Zhou Xiangde and the others, He Yuzhu curled his lips and said, "Uncle, did you see that group of people just now? They smoked the special cigarettes and showed off. When I went to the leader's house to prepare a banquet before, I was tired of the cigarettes they gave me."

Yi Zhonghai glanced at He Yuzhui without saying anything, but he was thinking secretly in his heart, he is your son-in-law, he has a special supply of cigarettes every month, how can you have the same?

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai felt melancholy again. He had no children, and every time he saw Zhou Xiangde showing off his good daughter and son-in-law, he felt jealous.

If he had a daughter, she could slowly choose a live-in son-in-law instead of choosing the young people in the compound. As they walked, He Yuzhu suddenly approached Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Uncle, you are knowledgeable, can you give me some advice? How can I propose to the white cadre in the front yard?"

"Ok?"

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but look shocked when he heard this. Seeing that He Yuzhu was not joking, he quickly advised: "Zhuzi, you should give up this idea. Although she is a widow, her conditions are much better than yours.

You two can't get together at all, and the white cadres don't have this idea at all, otherwise they wouldn't reject so many matchmakers."

There is one thing Yi Zhonghai didn't say, which is that Bai Yujie is obviously not from the compound. She never gets involved in the compound's affairs and rarely greets her neighbors.

Moreover, with her temperament and appearance, even if she is a widow, her conditions are top-notch.

Her husband's family is well-off. Every time relatives come to visit, they bring meat, eggs, cakes, etc. She is also a cadre.

Although Yi Zhonghai didn't know what kind of cadre Bai Yujie was, he could tell at a glance that she was not worthy of workers like them.

For someone like He Yuzhu, it's hard for him to find a worker's child, let alone a white cadre.

"Hey, uncle, don't look down on me. What's so good about my conditions? If I follow you, I won't have to worry about food or drink. Isn't this good?"

He Yuzhu held up the net lunch box in his hand to show off. He was most proud of his identity as a cook, as he never went hungry even during the years of famine.

Yi Zhonghai thought to himself that the white cadres had never been hungry and they ate more meat every month than the two families.
"Zhu Zi, I can't do anything about it, and you'd better not think too much about it. The white cadres are just renting a house. Maybe they are waiting in line for a tube building. They will move out once they are assigned a building."

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to talk about this with He Yuzhu anymore. It seemed hopeless, but He Yuzhu was still quite confident.

"Uncle, this is not nice of you."

"Hey, uncle, wait for me."

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As soon as the National Day passed, the whole country immediately resumed its busy production.

With the end of the year approaching in just a few months, all factories are gearing up to give a satisfactory answer to their superiors.

Shoddy workmanship is inevitable, and the First Machine Tool Factory is a typical example.

Their productivity increased by 40% in just a few months, which is an exaggerated number that is like being injected with chicken blood.

However, the frenzied production of machine tools has resulted in a large number of shoddy "defective products".

The First Machine Tool Factory also showed off its achievements, and then the higher authorities organized a research and study session, and Zhou Fengnian was also tasked to visit and investigate.

As a result, Zhou Fengnian soon discovered that the First Machine Tool Factory had a lot of waste and produced a lot of "defective" machine tools.

The machine tool could have been used for twenty years, but when Zhou Fengnian heard the buzzing sound when it started up, he knew it would not last for many more years.

The assembly workshop was also very sloppy. In Zhou Fengnian's eyes, there were quite a few problems.

However, he did not speak of this matter in public, and only told it to his leader; but after hearing this, the leader hesitated, and he also felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

As long as it is manufactured and can be used, there will be no waste.

Moreover, compared with the total output value, the reduction in machine tool life is not a big problem.

The leader who led the investigation was not familiar with Zhou Fengnian, so he just said that he knew and would report it when he returned, and there was no follow-up after that.

Zhou Fengnian did not say anything more. If he reported to his superiors, it would seem that he was targeting the First Machine Tool Factory. Moreover, it seemed that many factories were increasing their output value dramatically, and the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory would be out of place if it did not.

The machine tools they produce are all technologically advanced CNC machine tools, which are more valuable than ordinary machine tools. If they produce excessively and increase the defective rate, the reputation of the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory will be ruined.

Moreover, subsequent maintenance is also troublesome, and they do not have so many maintenance workers and technicians to be sent abroad.

After returning from the investigation, Zhou Fengnian only talked about this matter with other leaders in the factory. Gao Zhiyuan and several other deputy directors and secretaries agreed with Zhou Fengnian's suggestion.

Their output value was already very high, and it climbed again in August and September, with the machine tool output value in September even exceeding four million.

This is the advantage of producing CNC machine tools, one machine is equivalent to two ordinary machine tools.

Even if the First Machine Tool Factory worked for 16 hours, it would still not be able to catch up with the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory.

dong dong!

As it was almost time to get off work, there was a sudden knock on Zhou Fengnian’s office door.

"come in."

After the call, Liu Hanfei pushed the door open and walked in. He put the documents in his hand on the desk and said, "Mr. Zhou, Deputy Director Hong has already signed the warehouse transfer form for this month."

"Twelve, not bad."

Zhou Fengnian said as he signed and handed it back: "When will the transport team come to pick it up?"

"If it's not too late, let's do it on the 15th, Mr. Zhou. The mission given by the higher-ups is to produce ten machines. Here are the two extra machine tools."

Before Liu Hanfei finished speaking, Zhou Fengnian interrupted him and said, "Don't think about it. Ten is the planned task quantity, but it is the bottom line.
The minimum is ten, and there is no upper limit. However, no matter how many are produced, they cannot be withheld privately. "

Zhou Fengnian smiled and continued, "The three machines in our factory have all been registered. The ministries and commissions have clearly recorded how many of these machines there are in the country. Don't have any bad ideas, or you'll be called in for questioning."

After hearing this, Liu Hanfei quickly smiled and said, "I'm just curious, nothing else."

"It's almost time to get off work. If you have nothing to do, come with me to Workshop 14 to take a look?"

"That's great, Mr. Zhou. You're thinking about your car, right? It looks pretty nice. Let me sit on it and try it out after it's finished."

"Everyone has a share. You will all sit one by one when the time comes, but you should pass this over first."

Zhou Fengnian handed the signed document back to Liu Hanfei, packed up the things in the office, and left early with his bag.

After arriving at the workshop, Zhou Fengnian looked around with satisfaction. All parts had been installed, except for the seats, tires, glass, and front hood.
It's about half done.

This car has been in the workshop for two months and has attracted many visitors.

There is nothing special about making cars. There was a car-making boom a few years ago, and there were many car factories at that time. However, after the boom faded, many car factories closed down.

However, if the car was made by Zhou Fengnian, then in the eyes of the factory workers, it would represent advancement.

Everyone knows that Zhou Fengnian has excellent skills and the technology he has brought out is world-class.

The machine tools we develop are world-class, so the cars we make are also world-class!
(End of this chapter)