Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 155: Immediately arrested, severely punished (Subscribe)
"Deputy Director Zhou, the people from FAW and SAIC have arrived at the gate and will be downstairs in the factory office soon."

After knocking on the door, a clerk came in and reported
"It's pretty fast. Let's go and arrange for them first."

Zhou Fengnian stood up and said, then went downstairs with the clerk who came to notify him.

Soon, we saw the gate guard leading some people in, a total of thirty-three people.

Zhou Fengnian stepped forward and said, "I am Zhou Fengnian, deputy director of Huaxia Machine Tool Factory. Welcome all comrades to come to Huaxia Machine Tool Factory to discuss and learn from each other."

The leader on the far left took over and said, "Deputy Director Zhou, I'm Yang Tianbing from the First Automobile Works. I'm in charge of leading the team. If you have anything to say, just call me directly."

"Deputy Director Zhou, I'm from the Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Plant."

"Deputy Director Zhou."

The leaders of the three automobile manufacturers introduced themselves to Zhou Fengnian one by one, but the others did not introduce themselves, as otherwise it would be like calling out names if there were too many people.

"Okay, the department should have arranged accommodation for you, so let's take you to get your passes and meal tickets."

Zhou Fengnian said: "Let's get ready today and get familiar with the factory. We will start visiting the car manufacturing and technical guidance tomorrow."

Yang Tianbing said readily, "Okay, then I'll listen to you, Deputy Director Zhou."

Afterwards, Zhou Fengnian asked a clerk from the factory office to take people from the three automobile factories to get meal tickets and apply for temporary passes.

Meal tickets are issued every five days, and the factory provides three meals a day. However, the factory does not consume the factory's supplies. The supplies allocated by the department are provided by the factory, and a special meal window is opened for them.

After the merger, the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory implemented a strict entry and exit control at the gate. The machine tools produced inside were kept confidential, and no one could enter the factory without the security guard seeing an obvious work ID.

When taking them to familiarize themselves with the factory, we also told these people in advance which places they cannot go to, otherwise they will definitely be caught by the security department.

The place for manufacturing cars has been moved to a smaller and more spacious temporary workshop, where Zhou Fengnian will provide technical guidance next.

After these people got their passes and meal tickets and visited several workshops in the factory that they were not allowed to visit, they became impatient to see the new cars.

The clerk who followed them had no choice but to ask around and brought them to the temporary workshop where cars were manufactured. After explaining things to the technician in charge, Wu Bohui, he stepped aside.

Afterwards, Wu Bohui received these people and told them the detailed process of car manufacturing.

However, the technicians from the three automobile manufacturers were a little anxious after hearing this. They knew the automobile manufacturing process and were very familiar with it, so even if there were some changes, it would not be a big deal.

What they want to know is the technology of the car and ideas for improving it.

Wu Bohui shook his head after hearing this and said, "I don't know about that. This car was developed and designed by Engineer Zhou alone. He just asked us to come over to build it. To be honest, we also learned a little bit, but we don't have time at all."

I haven't fully mastered the five-axis machine tool technology yet, and now I'm suddenly trying to learn engine technology. That's like a bear trying to break a stick.

"Mr. Zhou?"

Yan Jingchen from SAIC asked, "Which engineer is it?"

He is a level 11 technician who studied mechanical design in college. After graduation, he was assigned to SAIC Manufacturing Plant to research and manufacture automobiles, and has been there for several years.

Their factory has gathered a lot of manpower to build cars. They have three engineers, and one of them came this time.

Wu Bohui explained: "Our factory's deputy director Zhou is also a level 7 engineer. He usually teaches us technology, so we call him Engineer Zhou. Of course, you can call him deputy director Zhou."

"Level 7 Engineer, the young man just now?"

Wang Ze, an engineer from SAIC, was shocked and said, "How can someone so young become a level 7 engineer?"

He was in his forties when he became a ninth-level engineer, and only after becoming an engineer did Wang Ze understand how difficult it was to upgrade his engineer level.

If it is not an important R&D contribution, it will not be approved at all.

"What's wrong with being young? Being young doesn't mean you don't have the ability."

Wu Bohui said somewhat unhappily: "The CNC machine tools in our factory were developed by Mr. Zhou alone, including the confidential machine tool projects, which were also developed and manufactured by Mr. Zhou."

Including this new car.

However, Wu Bohui still had some idea in his mind, and he did not say, "You still have to come here to learn from Mr. Zhou," otherwise he would be embarrassed.

"Comrade Wu, can you please ask Deputy Director Zhou to come over? We want to start researching the new car now."

"How can I possibly call on Engineer Zhou? He also has his own R&D tasks and often goes to the front-line workshops to provide guidance."

Wu Bohui shook his head without thinking and said, "Let a technician be called deputy factory director? How much face does he have? He is not Mr. Zhou's biological brother."

"Didn't Mr. Zhou arrange for you just now?"

"That has been arranged. I will start technical guidance tomorrow."

"Then why are you in such a hurry? It's already afternoon. You should get familiar with the factory first. Sharpening the knife makes the work easier!"

After hearing Wu Bohui's words, the people from the three automobile factories had to suppress their urgency and instead focus on studying the new car in the workshop and the engine being assembled.

Although no one was there to guide them, these guys, who specialized in making cars, started to study the engine that hadn't been assembled yet, and even borrowed the blueprints to discuss what was different from the engines made in their factory.
It was not until the end of the work day that security guard Zhao Qiang was about to drive the car. These people hurriedly persuaded him, saying that they hoped they could be allowed to study it further.

However, Zhao Qiang just shook his head and drove away.

Wu Bohui also advised them not to stay in the factory for too long. Except for those who applied for overtime, no one else was allowed to stay in the factory at night. If they were found, they would be arrested directly.

Zhou Fengnian was the first to return home. After playing with his son and nephew for a while, he prepared to cook dinner.

Recently, Zhou Yan's return time is not certain. Sometimes she goes with the Women's Federation to visit family members, and sometimes she helps Bai Yujie run errands with work.

Zhou Chunhua no longer comes back regularly. She now stays with Zhou Fengnian to learn cooking and is already thinking about what she will do after marriage.

Just as Zhou Fengnian finished preparing the food, he heard his elder brother Zhou Weitian coming back and calling him in the front yard.

"Come in, big brother. I'm in the backyard."

After Zhou Fengnian finished shouting, Zhou Weitian came to the backyard and asked, "Old Third, have you been slandered by Hou Si from the factory?"

"Hou Si? Which one?"

"Hou Si from Workshop 8 said in the factory that you used the company car for personal purposes and took your father-in-law home. You must be a corrupt official."

Zhou Weitian cursed and said, "How dare this bastard say that to you, Lao San, I will deal with him tomorrow; a lazy guy is still being bullied, I will take care of it."

"Wait a minute, I know about this. You just said that he talked about me again in the factory?"

Zhou Fengnian reacted and asked, saying that he could count Hou Si's impulsiveness and brainlessness for once, and that he seemed broad-minded by not caring about it.

To say that to him twice is to seek death.

"It must have happened more than once. The first time, I was in the kitchen and didn't know about it."

Zhou Weitian thought for a moment and said, "Later I heard from the people in the kitchen that Hou Si, that bastard, spread rumors about you again. Third brother, I'll give him a good beating at the factory tomorrow."

"Don't mess around. Fighting is prohibited in the factory. I can't do anything if things get serious. We have many confidential workshops in our factory." Zhou Fengnian persuaded him, "Don't worry about it. I'll talk to the security department tomorrow. Only stupid people would do something like him."

Zhou Weitian said, "You really don't need my help? I can stir the spoon in the cafeteria, and those who spread bad things about you won't be able to eat a full meal."

"Who did you learn this from? This is a trivial matter, just wait and see tomorrow."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said that he did not cause trouble to Hou Si the first time, which showed his magnanimity.

If you don't understand and think he has no temper, you would think that he, the deputy factory director, is not a cadre.

Seeing that he was really not needed, Zhou Weitian had no choice but to go home, but he took his son with him.

Second sister-in-law Zhang Fangfang has also returned home. Zhou Fengnian is now waiting for Zhou Yan to come back so that he can cook and look after the children by himself.

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The next day, the machines in the machine tool factory were roaring continuously and everyone was working hard at their posts.

Other factories can relax at the end of the year after completing almost all their planned tasks.

But this is not the case with the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory. If it produces one more machine tool, it can create more output value.

Even if the tasks within the planned production are completed, we still have to continue to produce unplanned CNC machine tools.

Last year, I could relax after completing my tasks at the machinery factory, but this year I don’t have that treatment at the machine tool factory.

After a group of people from Workshop 8 worked for a while, a few of them agreed to go outside the workshop to smoke and relax.

After lighting the cigarette, they had to say a few words. Among them, Hou Si still refused to accept the result and said, "I tell you, our deputy director Zhou will definitely be a corrupt official in the future, just like the previous director Wang."

"Monkey, I've been hearing you talk about Deputy Director Zhou these past two days. Did he offend you?"

"Provoke me? He's not worthy!"

Hou Si said disdainfully: "I am a worker, what can he do to me? Even the factory leaders cannot fire me!

And I was wrong? Tell me, he is younger than us, but he has become a factory leader and rides the factory car home every day. What right does he have? "

"Now everyone uses a car to send their father-in-law home. What can they send in the future? I guess everyone will start moving the materials from the factory back home."

Another worker nodded and said, "You know what, Hou Si does have some truth in what he said."

Before he finished speaking, the worker suddenly stopped talking. Then several factory security guards came to them and said coldly:
"Hou Si, come with us."

"Why? What did I do wrong?"

When Hou Si saw the security guard from the factory's security department, he felt a little nervous, but in front of his friends, he tried to save face and didn't show it.

The security team leader said coldly: "Spreading rumors and slandering factory leaders, we have already investigated privately, follow us to the security department!"

"Why should I go to the director?"

"Take it!"

Before Hou Si could finish his words, the security team leader waved his hand and ordered two team members to pin Hou Si to the ground, clamp his arms behind his back and hold him up.

"Take him back for interrogation to see if he wants to disrupt production. And if any of you spread rumors, our security department will also look for you!"

After the warning from the security team leader, the other people in Workshop 8 hurriedly shook their heads and immediately explained that it was all done by Hou Si alone and they were just smoking together.

He also told all the rumors that Hou Si had spread in the past few days, even the number of times
Hearing that his good friend had betrayed him so quickly, Hou Si was so angry that he wanted to curse.

But as soon as he moved, two security officers twisted his arms, causing him to howl in pain.

The security department then took Hou Si back.

The other few people returned to the workshop in panic and told the workshop director about it.

After hearing this, the workshop director immediately cursed: "Idiot, Hou Si is stupid and you are stupid too. Follow Hou Si and say such things."

A co-worker who was familiar with Hou Si quickly explained: "Director, we didn't say that. It was only Hou Si who said that!"

The workshop director felt a little relieved when he heard this. If Hou Si was the only one, it would be fine. But if a bunch of people said bad things about Deputy Director Zhou, then he, as the director, would also be criticized.

"Okay, this matter has nothing to do with you now. Go back to work and I'll go find out."

"Yes, yes, Director."

The other few people managed to return to their workstations by luck, and decided in their hearts that they would never pay any attention to Hou Si again.

He boasted so much, saying he was a worker or something, but now he has been taken away by the security department.

The workshop director of Workshop 8 went out for a while and came back soon, but his face didn't look very good.

Soon, the factory security department made a punishment decision based on the instructions of the factory office and posted a notice.

Hou Si from the eighth workshop, out of jealousy, slandered and spread rumors about Deputy Director Zhou Fengnian. He is now punished once and transferred to the cleaning team. He is required to report his thoughts for three days.

It's considered a severe punishment, mainly a demerit and he will not get any benefits for the next three years.

Moreover, his salary was reduced from 27.5 yuan to 18 yuan, and he became famous in the factory. Everyone knew that he was spreading rumors about the factory leaders.

This punishment was much more serious than Zhou Weitian's shaking spoon. The shaking spoon made him go hungry and it didn't hurt his body, but this punishment was like cutting Hou Si's flesh.

When the penalty notice was issued, Zhou Fengnian was still giving lectures to people from three other automobile factories.

After he told the security department, he no longer cared about this matter; Zhou Fengnian had so much to do every day, and if he spent more time thinking about this kind of thing, it would be a waste of a lot of time.

However, Zhou Fengnian felt extremely regretful for having agreed to this matter so easily.

When talking about engines with these people, I have to start with the theory, just like teaching students, and there are quite a few people asking questions.

At first, Zhou Fengnian answered every question and explained them very clearly out of face; but later he found that this was not working as it was a waste of time.

It was almost time to get off work for the whole day, and he hadn't even finished explaining the theory of automobile engine research and development. Among the thirty people, the only engineer named Wang Ze could keep up with his thinking.

So Zhou Fengnian had to change his plan and assigned them a lot of homework, asking them to look up information and study on their own, and then directly gave them the technology involved in the new car.

Let’s understand all this first before talking about theory, otherwise they won’t be able to go back after the New Year.

However, after studying with Zhou Fengnian for one day, these thirty people were all impressed by Zhou Fengnian's profound knowledge.

No one looked down on him because of his age. Even when they asked Zhou Fengnian for advice on the difficulties their factory encountered in research and development, he was always able to give them some suggestions.

Now, when it is time to get off work, Zhou Fengnian is still surrounded by people asking for advice.

(End of this chapter)