Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 152 Cry, Director

Chapter 152 Cry, Director (Subscription Request)

When they arrived at the entrance of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, the guard at the gate was stunned when he saw a car he had never seen before.

Then I walked forward and was about to salute and ask, when I saw two certificates being stuck out of the car window.

After reading it, the guard at the gate of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry suddenly had an idea in his mind: "How can I be the factory director?"

It’s not that the factory director’s rank is low, but the factory directors I have seen before either ride bicycles or jeeps, and the cars they ride are relatively old.

The cars that the two factory directors were riding in were new and nice, and the security guard at the door initially thought they were high-ranking officials who had appeared out of nowhere.

However, it was released soon, and factory-level leaders from subordinate units of the First Ministry of Machine Building came to report every day.

After parking the car, Gao Zhiyuan couldn't help but praise after getting out: "Fengnian, you know what, this car is really stable to drive, and the speed is also very fast, even the seat is different."

"Haha, there's no difference in the seats, they're just a little softer. Brother Gao, this is just a psychological effect."

Zhou Fengnian said this with a smile, then got out of the car, opened the hood and checked it, and found basically no problems.

Gao Zhiyuan, who was standing by, was shocked when he saw this scene. He then asked, "Fengnian, you didn't drive on the road without getting tested, did you?"

"How is that possible? You're overthinking it, Brother Gao. I'm also in the car. I'm just checking out the situation."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hands and said that if he was not absolutely sure, he would not rush to drive the new car; Zhou Fengnian valued his life more than others imagined, after all, there was no guarantee that he would wear it again.

Letting Zhao Qiang stay to watch the car, Zhou Fengnian and Gao Zhiyuan went upstairs.

After finding Secretary Liu and asking Deputy Leader Li if he was free, I was taken to the door of Deputy Leader Li's office.

After knocking on the door, Secretary Liu heard someone shouting "Come in" from inside and pushed the door open and walked in.

"Leader, Director Gao and Engineer Zhou from the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory are here to see you. They are outside."

"Why are they here suddenly? Let them in."

Deputy Leader Li put down his work, waited for the two to come in, and asked with a smile: "Why are you two here together? What difficult problem has occurred in the machine tool factory?
I was just about to make your factory the focus of the Ministry of First Machinery Industry's annual commendation, so please don't cause any trouble for me now."

Gao Zhiyuan didn't know how to start, so he turned his gaze to Zhou Fengnian.

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: "There is nothing going on at the machine tool factory. I just ran out of tea. I drove Director Gao to the leader's place to ask for some tea and to test the performance of the new car."

"Just for some tea? You made a special trip."

Deputy Leader Li did not react at first and almost did the same thing as Gao Zhiyuan. He only reacted when he reached out to take the tea leaves.

"New car? What new car? The car you said you were going to build is already built?"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Yes, it's parked downstairs. We drove here. Do you want to try it?"

"Okay, let's go and take a look."

Deputy Leader Li immediately became interested and asked the two to go downstairs.

After arriving downstairs, Deputy Leader Li saw some people surrounding the new car, and Gao Zhiyuan standing next to him seemed to see a familiar scene.

Deputy Leader Li liked the new car's body shape at first sight. It not only looks restrained but also has a class apart from other cars.

It seemed as if this was the car that their cadres should drive.

"Okay, let's get back to work. Are you done with this?"

Deputy Leader Li started to chase them away, saying, "This is a new car reported by the factory. Stop crowding around here."

After hearing what Deputy Leader Li said, Gao Zhiyuan felt it sounded even more familiar, but after the people around him left, he still walked forward with a smile.

Zhou Fengnian opened the driver's door and said to Deputy Leader Li, "Leader, can you get in the car and take a look around?"

"Okay, let's go around."

Deputy Leader Li just agreed with a smile on his face, but when he saw Zhou Fengnian sitting in the driver's seat, the smile on his face disappeared, and he quickly leaned over and asked

"Fengnian, you want to drive? Let Xiao Zhao do it."

He also knew Zhao Qiang. It was he who selected the security guard for Zhou Fengnian. The department had records of this.

"This is a new car, the gear shifting is different, and I'm the only one who knows how to do it."

After Zhou Fengnian started the engine, he urged, "Get in the car, leader. I drove this car here. Look, Director Gao and Comrade Zhao Qiang are sitting there, fine."

Gao Zhiyuan also smiled and said, "Leader, Fengnian's driving skills are definitely not bad. You will know if you try to get in."

Zhao Qiang also nodded as a witness. Apart from driving a little too fast, there was nothing wrong with the car in other aspects.

Deputy Leader Li got into the car doubtfully. Zhou Fengnian waited for him to close the door and sit down before starting the car immediately.

After driving on the road, Deputy Leader Li felt that the car was very stable, but he didn't know whether it was the car that was stable or Zhou Fengnian's skills were stable.

Deputy Leader Li rolled down the window and then rolled it up again. He sat in the car and looked around. Then he said, "Fengnian, please introduce this car to me."

"It is not much different from current cars, except that the engine has been optimized to save fuel, the gears have been changed, and the body shape has been changed."

Zhou Fengnian mentioned more than a dozen areas for optimization and improvement, which made Deputy Leader Li at the side open his eyes wide unconsciously.

Isn't this a complete modification of the car?

The only things that haven't been changed are the tires and some minor details.

Zhou Fengnian said it lightly, but in fact many of the technologies of this car are among the best. The fuel consumption alone saves 10% to 20% compared with domestic cars, and it can be further optimized in the future.

If the entire country replaced their cars with this type of car, the amount of fuel saved per year would be a considerable amount.

However, it was useless for Zhou Fengnian to just say it. He had to get accurate data after testing before Deputy Leader Li and other leaders would believe it.

While explaining and driving, Zhou Fengnian soon arrived near the supply and marketing cooperative.

The question that Deputy Leader Li asked most often was how did you do it? Zhou Fengnian gave vague answers at this time, using calculations and feelings to get away with it, and he also tested it privately several times.

"Boss, are you buying anything?"

"Forget it. I don't have any money on me. Just give me the tea when I get back. I'll give you half of my share."

Deputy Leader Li quickly reacted to Zhou Fengnian's words and said with his eyes wide open; but then he laughed and asked Zhou Fengnian to drive him along the avenue for a while before returning to the First Ministry of Machine Building.

After getting off the car, Deputy Leader Li said, "You two come up with me. I'll go look for him. Lao Zhang isn't here. Forget it. Let's go to my office."

After Zhou Fengnian parked the car, he came close to Gao Zhiyuan and whispered, "Brother Gao, whether you can stay in the machine tool factory as a subsidiary factory or workshop depends on whether you cry loudly enough."

"Ah... Do I have to cry?" Gao Zhiyuan reacted and glanced at Zhou Fengnian. It turned out that he was brought here to let him withstand the pressure from the leader.

But the new car is so good that he has to buy it even if he can't resist.

If you stay in the machine tool factory, even if there are only three or four automobile workshops, you can add millions or even tens of millions of additional output value every year. Moreover, cars are not like five-axis machine tools, so the management will be more relaxed.

By then, if they can get a few unplanned cars every month, the factory will have a lot more resources at its disposal.

Whether it is buying supplies to provide welfare to the factory or issuing subsidies, it can increase the cohesion and support of the workers. It can be said that there are only benefits and no disadvantages.

Gao Zhiyuan secretly made up his mind that he would have to talk to his leader later and fulfill what he promised. Lying is not something we should do!

After arriving at Deputy Leader Li's office, Gao Zhiyuan and Zhou Fengnian saw Deputy Leader Li take two cups and pour them a cup of tea before they sat down.

When the two saw it, they immediately knew that this was the tea for the Hongmen Banquet. No one took the initiative to drink it, and Gao Zhiyuan said with a smile:

"Leader, we are here to ask for your support. You promised Deputy Director Zhou that the production of new cars would be a sideline for our factory.
You see, we need to build at least a few new workshops. I will discuss with Deputy Director Zhou when I return and see how many workshops are needed for a complete production line for making cars. I will report to the department then."

"Alright, alright, I haven't even said anything yet and you all blocked my way!"

Deputy Leader Li said with a headache. He was also a little annoyed as to why he had agreed to Zhou Fengnian's request the fastest a few months ago.

He also wanted to ask several other automobile factories to send people to the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory to identify and discuss the technology of the new cars, and then go back to upgrade and improve the workshops.

It now seems that the machine tool factory may not be very happy about this.

But think about it, giving away the things you have worked hard to research to others all of a sudden. Not to mention brother units, even if brothers are splitting up, there will be complaints if the division is unfair.

After a moment of silence, Deputy Leader Li said, "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Gao, the overall situation..."

"Leader, we are suffering."

Gao Zhiyuan complained: "Our factory workers work hard to meet the deadline and at least exceed the target every month, but we only have meat dishes a few times a month, and they are only semi-meat dishes with minced meat.
As the factory director, every time I want to find some unplanned materials for the workers, there is nothing to exchange. The factory produces... Oh, leader, I shouldn't say this, but my colleagues in the factory have no choice but to tell them.

Leader, please criticize me. I am incompetent as a factory manager!"

After saying this, Zhou Fengnian on the side secretly bit his tongue to prevent himself from laughing; after biting his tongue, a heavy expression appeared on his face.

He is also a factory leader and is responsible for his fellow workers.

Deputy Leader Li's mouth twitched, and he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Gao, the department has approved a lot of supplies for you, especially meat."

"Leader, there are more than 5,000 of us. If the amount of meat approved is divided equally among each person, it will only be 4 or 5 taels."

"Four or five taels is not enough? Now there are only two meat coupons per person, so the Ministry is equivalent to issuing two extra meat coupons!
Look at other factories and see if their welfare is better than yours. This is all special care.”

After hearing this, Gao Zhiyuan remained silent, with an expression of discomfort and guilt towards the workers on his face.

This is much more effective than crying. First take responsibility and then actively seek criticism. As for whether you are responsible or not, we will have to wait and see the recent performance of the machine tool factory. The output value increases every month, so real criticism will become a joke.

"The Ministry will grant you another half ton of meat every month."

Deputy Leader Li asked tentatively, but Gao Zhiyuan still looked uncomfortable, as if he was a sinner in the factory.

If the new car production line remains in their factory, the extra pork produced every month will be more than half a ton, which may be worth the cost of a pig farm!

Zhou Fengnian looked down at the teacup, wondering whether it was Tieguanyin or Pu'er.

"Alright, you two, go back first. I'll discuss this with Lao Zhang when he comes back."

Deputy Leader Li pointed and said that he felt that his persuasion was useless, so he didn't want to endure the anger anymore and just drove the man away.

"Let's go, let's go back. We are here today purely to show off."

"Then Minister, we will go back first. Please inform us if there is any news."

Gao Zhiyuan immediately said with a smile, the guilty look on his face disappeared in an instant.

Zhou Fengnian pointed to the teacup and said, "Leader, I..."

Deputy Leader Li looked upset, but he still took out a box of tea from the drawer, which contained a few tea tickets, and handed it to Zhou Fengnian, saying, "Take it. When this matter is finalized, the department will consider giving you more responsibilities."

"Thank you, leader."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, took the tea and left the office with Gao Zhiyuan.

It's not a wasted trip, this tea is much better than the one you buy outside.

After leaving the ministry building, Gao Zhiyuan asked, "Fengnian, what does it mean to add more responsibilities? Is he going to transfer you?"

"I definitely won't be transferred. The machine tool factory hasn't gotten back on track yet. Where can I go if I'm transferred now?"

Zhou Fengnian said as he opened the car door. After getting in the car, he continued to say to Gao Zhiyuan: "I guess it's to upgrade the technical level. It's probably from level seven to level six."

It is estimated that there will be no changes before the New Year. If there is another adjustment before the New Year, he will be promoted twice in one year.

Engineers are not technicians, their levels increase very slowly, and there are many comprehensive considerations.

People at Zhou Fengnian's level will not be tested. What will mainly depend on is his achievements and what areas of competence he can take charge of.

In fact, it doesn’t mean much to Zhou Fengnian to go up a few levels. His social status is enough and his expenses are enough.

There is no difference for him between saving 100 yuan or 120 yuan a month.

However, Gao Zhiyuan was quite afraid that Zhou Fengnian would be transferred. He knew that the machine tool factory had achieved its current scale of development thanks to Zhou Fengnian's great efforts.

If Zhou Fengnian left, it would be good for the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory to maintain its current status, and it would be difficult for it to develop to new heights in the future.

"Fengnian, you have to stay in the machine tool factory for a few more years. Oh, forget it, this is not something we can decide."

Gao Zhiyuan stopped talking halfway through his speech. He could only make decisions at the technician level; when it came to engineers, it was not their responsibility.

"I won't move lightly unless something unexpected happens. The task shouldered by the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory is not an easy one."

Zhou Fengnian said, "Brother Gao, we will have to test other aspects of the new car when we return. If we want to continue making the car, you and Deputy Director Hong will take care of the personnel arrangements."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements."

Gao Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said, "Even if there is no production line, we can still produce two first."

At that time, his car will be replaced and used as a travel vehicle for factory cadres.

Regardless of whether it looks good or not, he is not such a superficial person. The key is that the car is comfortable to sit in.

(End of this chapter)

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