Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 154: Rumors about Zhou Fengnian (Subscription Request)
Not long after Minister Zhang returned to the ministry, he notified the three automobile factories one by one, asking them to prepare study teams and rush to the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory for study before a certain date.

There is still more than a month before the Chinese New Year. If I come here now and study hard, maybe I can go back before the Chinese New Year.

The people from the three car factories were a little unconvinced at first. They were professional car manufacturers, and it would be fine if they learned from other factories that also manufactured cars. The other party might have some new technology that they had not researched out.

But I went to the machine tool factory to study
However, this dissatisfaction did not last long. After hearing Minister Zhang talk about the performance data of the new car made by the China Machine Tool Factory, it disappeared.

They didn't think Minister Zhang would lie to them about this, so it must be true. A new car made by a machine tool factory was much better than the ones they made.

After receiving the order, the directors of the three automobile factories each selected outstanding technical talents from the factory and organized a team of eleven people.

Ten of them are professional and technical personnel, and the other one is responsible for sending them back. After all, if something happens to someone in their factory outside, there is someone responsible.

The First Ministry of Machine Building had a set number of people in place, and it was difficult for them to arrange accommodation for so many people, so the ministry found a guesthouse near the machine tool factory.

For meals, we eat directly at the factory. The factory will deliver a little more supplies and give out meal tickets.

It only takes about a month to study. If they still can't learn it in one month, Zhou Fengnian will just give them the technology and let them go back to study it on their own.

If they can learn it, he can teach them more so that they can have a clear research and development direction in the future.

Their machine tool factory makes cars just as a sideline to earn materials; but other car factories would have to be able to mass-produce this car.

Even if the car is slightly modified to be differentiating, it can be exported to earn foreign exchange and compete with foreign cars.

Apart from anything else, at least the brother countries in the same camp, except the Russians, should like such a car very much.

It has a beautiful appearance, is fuel-efficient, and has good power. What reason is there to refuse?
When it comes to earning foreign exchange, if Zhou Fengnian says he can do it, he will definitely not let others down.

Electrical Appliance Factory No. 1 created a large satellite at the Autumn Canton Fair this year!

They did not participate in the spring event, and asked the contact in the Foreign Trade Department to handle the patent issue, and then they produced a lot of portable music players.

As soon as the Autumn Canton Fair appeared, it immediately attracted a lot of foreigners.

A small number of people wanted to buy it after seeing it, while the other half wanted to know how it was produced. In their impression, how could a backward Eastern country produce such exquisite and practical electronic products?

And they have some impression of such small tapes. It seems that they were invented last year, but they have been mass-produced in this Eastern country?

Bai Kang also did not forget Zhou Fengnian's instructions. Every time he introduced his product, he said that it was developed by them and they had applied for a patent.

Although it hasn’t come down yet, it’s almost been a year since the application, so the result will be out soon.

The foreigners who originally only wanted to buy porcelain tea sets and handicrafts were all attracted and placed orders after trying them out.

Most people don’t want much, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand units, but when accumulated it’s not a small number.

And there are a few bold foreigners who want to buy tens of thousands of units at a time.

According to the final statistics, the First Electric Appliance Factory won orders for more than 80,000 units, which is equivalent to more than 7 million US dollars.

Although it is not as good as many heavy industry factories, the leaders of the Ministry of Light Industry are already very satisfied with the achievement of more than 16 million.

A letter of thanks was also sent to Zhou Fengnian in the name of the Ministry of Light Industry.

"Lao Zhou, did you take the car back home again yesterday afternoon?"

During lunch, one of Zhou Xiangde's co-workers asked enviously why he kept seeing Zhou Xiangde taking the bus back home in the past two days.

Zhou Fengnian must take a car. Last time, the gambler at the machinery factory almost hurt Zhou Fengnian, so the ministry decided to increase protection efforts, so there is no problem for him to take a car to and from get off work.

The achievements and contributions are there and no one can ignore them; CNC machine tools and five-axis machine tools alone have provided tremendous impetus to industrial development.

There are also portable music players and cars that are about to be produced. If the cars are exported, it will probably be another large amount of foreign exchange.

A lot of money was made from the export of machine tools, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade even sent a special team to discuss this.

The foreign exchange situation has eased a little this year and can buy a lot of things; there will definitely be more next year, and it all has to do with Zhou Fengnian.

The First Ministry of Machine Building was so happy to promote Zhou Fengnian's technical level because he had made so many direct and indirect contributions, and it was not acceptable to do good things without rewarding them.

How much oil does it take to pick up and drop off cars? As long as Zhou Fengnian is well protected, the country can save hundreds of millions, billions or even more tons of oil in the future.

Besides, Zhou Fengnian didn’t use the car for anything else. He would still sit idle on Sundays, or he would rarely go out.

Now it’s no big deal to drop my father-in-law off on the way home from get off work.

Zhou Xiangde grinned and said, "Nothing, I just happened to catch up, and my son-in-law had to send me off."

Some time ago, someone said that his son-in-law looked down on their family and treated his father-in-law poorly; now, after being driven around in the sedan for a few days, the rumor was directly dispelled.

What's more, Zhou Xiangde has special cigarettes that even their workshop director can't smoke.

Another worker said enviously: "Lao Zhou, your son-in-law is already the deputy factory director at such a young age. How high a position can he become in the future?"

"How would I know? I just don't care if the child is sensible."

Zhou Xiangde said with a smile that his two sons have gradually become better recently; the elder son rarely hangs out on the streets, and the younger son no longer skips classes.

Still need stick education!
"What's so good about abusing power for personal gain?"

Zhou Xiangde suddenly heard someone say this. His face changed and he turned around, grabbed the man by the collar, and said angrily: "What did you say? Who did you say abused power for personal gain? "

The person who made the slanderous remarks was also a worker. Zhou Xiangde didn’t know which workshop he was from, but he met him by chance while getting food in the cafeteria.

"What, did I say something wrong?"

The man was grabbed by the collar without any fear. Instead, he raised his voice and shouted, "I didn't abuse my power for personal gain. Why should I drive the factory car to give you a ride? Why should you ride in a sedan? What merits have you made?"
Maybe they gave you something from the factory. How much benefit did you get from the factory?"

"I'll beat you to death!"

Zhou Xiangde is usually not good at talking, so when he was shut up, he got so angry that his face turned red and he raised his fist to start a fight.

But the next second he was stopped by the workers around him.

"Lao Zhou, don't do it, fighting is not allowed in the factory!"

"Yeah, Lao Zhou, why did you fight with that bastard!"

Several workers pulled Zhou Xiangde away and slowly persuaded him that it was okay to have quarrels and swearing in the factory, but if a fight broke out, the security department would arrest people.

No matter what the reason is, they will be detained for half a day first, and then after being questioned, if they cause trouble, they will be detained for another day. The punishment is very severe, and they will use some means when detaining people.

Zhou Xiangde had just been persuaded to leave, but the workers on the other side continued to yell, "Why, you still won't let me speak? You have no guilty conscience, why are you so anxious? You are still a corrupt official."

"What are you talking about? Who are you talking about?"

Zhou Xiangde was about to speak when another person in the cafeteria shouted first. Everyone turned their heads and saw that it was a young man who seemed to be from the technical department.

The young man who was shouting came up to the noisy workers and asked angrily: "Are you talking about Deputy Director Zhou? What qualifications do you have to talk about him?" The one who heard someone slandering Zhou Fengnian and stood up to speak up was Xu Zhengxian from the Technical Department. He used to study with Zhou Fengnian and had already regarded Zhou Fengnian as his teacher in his heart.

"What? You don't want others to talk about your bad deeds? Do you still want to shut me up?"

The worker who spread the rumor was a little scared, but he still incited the crowd by saying, "Why should he use the factory car to send his father-in-law? Why can't other workers take the sedan? Is this fair?"

"You bastard"

"Xiao Xu, stop swearing!"

Before Xu Zhengxian could finish his angry words, he was interrupted by Liu Hanfei who came up behind him.

After pulling Xu Zhengxian back, Liu Hanfei said to the worker who spread the rumor with a serious face: "I heard everything just now. Do you have any evidence to say that Deputy Director Zhou is a corrupt official?"

"You are also a worker from the Second Machine Tool Factory, right? You must know what the factory was like before. Who deserves the credit for the factory becoming what it is now?

The factory eats meat five or six times a month, who is responsible for this? Now the machine tool factory has become the best in the country, which is inseparable from the hard work of every worker comrade, but without anyone to lead, do you think we can do it! "

After these words, the worker who spread the rumor was speechless. Although he was still not convinced, he recognized Liu Hanfei as the head of the technical department.

"Hmph, think about it carefully. If you think there is something wrong with Deputy Director Zhou, you can report it, but don't speak nonsense!"

Liu Hanfei saw that this person was dissatisfied, and snorted coldly to warn him: "Don't think about destroying the pot before you have even finished your meal!"

"Come on, Xiao Xu, go to the back and line up, don't delay lunch."

After hearing this, Xu Zhengxian glared at the worker who spread the rumor, and then followed Liu Hanfei to line up.

Zhou Xiangde also snorted coldly, took the lunch box from his co-worker, and continued to queue.

The worker who spread the rumor snorted and returned to the team indifferently, but he did not continue to shout or provoke.

Many people in the cafeteria were watching this incident, but few spoke up. Furthermore, since the head of the technical department had just intervened, the ordinary workers didn't want to interrupt.

At this time, Zhou Weitian was resting in the kitchen after cooking. He didn't hear the slander against Zhou Fengnian. If he had heard it, he would definitely come out with a big spoon to fight!

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Zhou Fengnian didn’t know what happened at noon. Gao Zhiyuan’s assistant got his lunch ready, and he lined up early, so he got it back just after work.

Now he and Gao Zhiyuan almost share the same assistant, but only in terms of serving meals.

Last time, Gao Zhiyuan discovered that Zhou Fengnian often forgot to eat, so he asked his assistant to bring a portion for Zhou Fengnian when he got his meal.

Zhou Fengnian was too lazy to go to the cafeteria, so he agreed.

I had just finished drawing machine tool parts drawings in the afternoon and was about to take a break when someone knocked on the door.

After Zhou Fengnian called someone in, he unexpectedly found that the person was his father-in-law, so he stood up to make tea and asked, "Father-in-law, what's the matter?"

He has been his father-in-law for almost a year, but he has never come to the office to see him. Today is the first time.

"Fengnian, I won't ride in your car anymore. It has a bad influence."

Zhou Fengnian was stunned and immediately asked, "Hmm? What's the impact?"

"Someone said today"

Zhou Xiangde said slowly that he felt uncomfortable because of what was said at noon, so he took the opportunity to go to Zhou Fengnian's office during his break.

"Oh, this doesn't have much of an impact. He can say whatever he wants and report whatever he wants."

Zhou Fengnian laughed and said, "The car was approved by the Ministry, not the factory. You can ask him to sue the Ministry and then go up the ladder. Don't bother with him. If he picks someone up along the way, he can be accused of abusing his power for personal gain!"

Why didn't he say anything when he was seeking benefits for the factory?

People like this just haven't eaten enough radishes. When they return to the Second Machine Tool Factory, they just need to eat radishes for a few more months.

dong dong!

After the knock on the door, Gao Zhiyuan pushed the door open and walked in and said, "Fengnian, I heard someone in the cafeteria talking about you at noon. This is your father-in-law, right?"

Zhou Fengnian said, "Well, my father-in-law was the other person who had a conflict at noon, and now he told me that he doesn't need me to drop by anymore."

"It's just nonsense. You're making a big deal out of a small matter. There's nothing wrong with sending someone off."

Gao Zhiyuan set the tone with one sentence, and then said to Zhou Xiangde: "Master Zhou, don't worry, the factory will not look for Engineer Zhou for such a small matter, and the same goes for the department."

"Well, thank you, Director."

Zhou Xiangde stood up and said, "Then Director Fengnian, I'm going back to the workshop to work first."

"Yes, father-in-law."

After Zhou Xiangde left, Gao Zhiyuan asked, "Fengnian, did the factory give you an explanation?"

"It's not necessary. It's just a small matter and there's no need to worry about those people."

Zhou Fengnian still hopes that they will report it. When they report it, they will know what an iron wall is.

"Director, you don't need to make a special trip for just this matter, is there anything else?"

"Haha, I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

Gao Zhiyuan smiled and said, "The people from the three car factories will arrive tomorrow, and the ministry has also approved some supplies. The ministry is quite generous this time."

"After all, it's the end of the year, and the performance of various places this year is better than last year. Naturally, more benefits will be given out if more money is earned."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "I'll pick you up when the time comes."

"Okay, then Deputy Director Ma will cooperate with you. Tell me if you need anything."

After Gao Zhiyuan finished speaking, he did not delay Zhou Fengnian's work; after returning to the office, he wanted to ask his assistant to find out who the worker was who was causing trouble in the cafeteria at noon.

But then I thought, there was no reason to target that worker, so I let it go for the time being.

As for allocating a car to Zhou Fengnian, the ministry originally issued a formal document to the factory, stating that the car could only be used by Zhou Fengnian exclusively.

Several factory leaders knew about this matter, and no one would be stupid enough to accept the report.

However, when Zhou Fengnian was going home from work, he looked around and didn't see his father-in-law. He thought he had gone home early, so he asked Zhao Qiang to drive away.

In the workshop, Zhou Xiangde worked overtime for a while before packing up his tools and going home. He didn't want to cause trouble for his son-in-law, and it wasn't tiring to walk back.

(End of this chapter)