Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 171: Changes in the Steel Mill, Father Goes to the City (Subscription Request)

"Steel rolling is just steel rolling, and anything else is just fancy stuff.

If it weren't for those orders and the support of Lao Liu and his old subordinates, the department would have asked you to make changes long ago."

Deputy Leader Lu doesn't get along well with Lao Liu. In his opinion, Lao Liu is a person who takes extra care of his subordinates, almost to the point of ignoring what is right.

Of course he also took care of his son-in-law, but not as blatantly as Lao Liu did.

"What's the point of rolling steel and making a hodgepodge? Look at the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory. Before the merger and reform, it was a second-rate factory with an annual output value of just over 10 million.
Let's look at last year's results. The output value was over 40 million. How many orders did you get to reach this level? And this year we are also responsible for many export tasks. The First Machinery Department must be so proud of itself."

When he said this, Deputy Leader Lu couldn't help but reveal an envious tone.

The Ministry of Metallurgy and the Ministry of Machinery are two brothers in heavy industry. The Ministry of Machinery is relatively large and is divided into several ministries and agencies. The Ministry of Metallurgy almost controls the "blood" of the Ministry of Machinery.

Without the steel they produce, heavy industry would not be able to develop.

Although they are brother businesses, secret competition between the two brothers is inevitable; they should cooperate when necessary and compete when necessary.

As a result, last year the First Machinery Industry Ministry reported its work and brought out a "big satellite" like the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory, which made them glorious.
Deputy Leader Lu does not think that it is the credit of other factory cadres to transform a second-rate machine tool factory into what it is today. As for those export tasks, it is almost certain that most of them are the credit of Zhou Fengnian.

What Zhou Fengnian said was also very consistent with his idea of ​​the steel rolling mill; it was useless to have a large number of workers, high output value, and many task orders. A large factory that did not do its job was doomed to fail.

"You go ahead and do it. First, bring this up and strive to gain the right to speak on production in the factory. Then, finalize the main direction of production and report to the department."

Deputy Leader Lu pointed to the rolling mill drawing and signaled Li Huaide to take it in his hand so that he could intervene in the production.

He originally wanted to ask Li Huaide to hand him over to the ministry first, and have the technical personnel of the Ministry of Metallurgy make an assessment; but after thinking about it, he remembered that none of the technical personnel of the Ministry of Metallurgy seemed to be able to compare with Zhou Fengnian.

Moreover, if we take it to the Ministry of Metallurgy, it is possible that Lao Liu will prepare in advance, so it is better to let Li Huaide come forward and make the machinery and equipment first.

After that, when the matter is submitted to the ministry, he can also say a few words to help.

"Get on good terms with Zhou Fengnian, then go and learn from him. If possible, try to get him over as an outside aid.
How many years have you worked in the steel mill? Your vision is not as good as that of a young person. "

Deputy Leader Lu snorted and said, somewhat dissatisfied with Li Huaide.

Just now, the son-in-law actually thought that Xiao Yang's method was wrong? His vision is too poor. Zhou Fengnian, who is a technician, saw it, but his son-in-law didn't.

Li Huaide quickly said yes, and then asked some other questions before he said goodbye and left with satisfaction.

Although I was scolded, at least I got support.

In the past, he wanted to compete with the factory director Yang Weimin and strive to become the factory director, but his father-in-law did not support him and said that he had no chance.

But this time he took the initiative to give him advice and said he would help him in the ministry, which made Li Huaide pedal his bicycle very fast when he returned.

After returning, Li Huaide did not delay and quickly drafted a plan. He hired people to improve it and started implementing it the next day.

At the factory leadership team meeting, Li Huaide, against all odds, said that the rolling mill should be replaced to improve production efficiency and product variety and quality. However, he was cautious and did not mention the rolling mill technology that Zhou Fengnian had provided to him.

At first, Yang Weimin was not happy. He was in charge of production matters. Li Huaide wanted to interfere? What the hell.

However, Li Huaide did not back down at all. Division of labor is division of labor, responsibility is responsibility, and he, as the deputy director, is also responsible for the poor development of the factory, so he must pick up the grudges that should be picked up.

The two men started arguing at the meeting. Finally, Yang Weimin suddenly thought that Li Huaide was so arrogant and didn't know anyone in the production department, so he might as well let him do it and make a fool of himself.

This is better than anything else.

So Yang Weimin pretended to agree at the factory leadership meeting, but still forced Li Huaide to sign a military order.

After Li Huaide issued the military order, Yang Weimin pretended to back down with satisfaction and handed over the technology upgrade to Li Huaide.

He knows much more about many things in the Ministry of Metallurgy than Li Huaide, and their skills are similar.

He wanted to pursue technological innovation, so did he have to go to Big Brother? Yang Weimin thought sarcastically.

The two battled wits and strategies in a meeting and both got what they wanted. After the meeting, Li Huaide immediately found Bai Yujie from the Second Machinery Factory to place an order.

He knew what Zhou Fengnian meant by calling Bai Yujie, that the credit could be shared.

After finding a machinery factory and placing an order to manufacture the rolling mill, Li Huaide made another phone call, urging his friends there to help him deliver the tiger whip wine as soon as possible.

If he went to see Zhou Fengnian this time, he would not ask whether it was half a bottle or not, but would just give him a whole bottle.

The tiger may hunt again in the future, but the opportunity may not come again.

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Huaxia Machine Tool Factory.

Now all the projects in the factory are on the right track and do not require much guidance and improvement from Zhou Fengnian.

The technical department has also mastered the technology of CNC machine tools and five-axis machine tools, and can complete all tasks except technological innovation without Zhou Fengnian.

Zhou Fengnian has now become the mainstay of the team. Unless they encounter technical problems that are truly unsolvable, the technical department will not bother Zhou Fengnian.

Now Zhou Fengnian has shifted his focus to the computer numerical control workshop in the factory. Although it is called a workshop, it is more like a small research institute.

Relying on the achievements of the five-axis machine tool, Zhou Fengnian applied to the ministries for a number of advanced equipment and instruments, and basically turned the workshop into a place integrating research and production.

It’s just that there are no researchers, and the college students assigned here are basically responsible for production and manufacturing.

The five-axis machines and other CNC machine tools are so rushed that the technicians here can't spare the time.

The only one who could spare time for dedicated research was Zhou Fengnian.

Zhou Fengnian now spends half of his time here, researching semiconductors.
This is a big project, and it would be difficult for one person to research it. He would at least ask for more talents to come over next year.

Now is the starting point of the semiconductor industry. If China does not waste time, it will definitely be able to develop the semiconductor industry into a giant.

Only in the afternoon would Zhou Fengnian come out of the workshop research institute to visit other workshops and technical departments to ensure that no technical legacy issues would arise in the factory every day.

After completing his tour of the factory, Zhou Fengnian returned to his office and slowly replicated the technology of the top and bottom composite blowing converter.

The technology that was created in the simulation space last month is much better than the current steelmaking technology and can significantly improve output and quality.

It is easier to replicate this technology than the four-roll rolling mill, and it can be completely replicated in a few days, so Zhou Fengnian is not in a hurry.

Instead, I often go to the library to buy books after get off work and then read them at home.

Now, whenever Zhou Fengnian saw any book related to professional skills, he would buy it. The Zhou family could only save a hundred yuan a month, and most of the seventy or eighty yuan was spent by Zhou Fengnian, and most of it was spent on buying books.

Zhou Yan would not object. She doesn't smoke or drink. Instead, she supports Zhou Fengnian reading, but just don't read too much and don't take a rest.

One day.

Zhou Fengnian returned home from work. When he pushed the door open, he saw his parents playing with their grandson in the yard.

Father Zhou held two and Mother Zhou also held one, and the two of them divided up their three grandchildren.

"Dad, why did you two go to the city together? Where's my little sister?"

Zhou Fugui said, "In the backyard, Xiaomei is already preparing for further studies. She will come to the city after the exam."

"You finished the exam so early?"

Zhou Fengnian was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that his younger sister was also fifteen years old now, and the time for junior high school graduation was not uniform.

This is not a good time, and Zhou Fengnian can't say for sure what will happen next year or the year after, but Zhou Xiaomei seems to have no other choice except to go to school.

Go out to work? But she was only fifteen years old and her education level was not very high.

Let her continue to go to school. At worst, I can let my younger sister go home when the classes are suspended. Hongjia Village will be the safest place at that time.

"Let me contact my little sister's school. I'll find her a good high school. I remember it seemed like she had a hard time getting into a technical secondary school."

Zhou Fugui sighed and said, "It seems that you are the only one who is good at studying in this generation. I hope that there will be more people who can study in the next generation, and another one like you will emerge."

"Your demands are quite high, Captain Zhou. No wonder the boss always says you are greedy."

Zhou Fengnian accidentally stabbed the boss in the back, and he felt a little regretful after he finished speaking, but it disappeared in an instant.

"What did that bastard say about me behind my back again? I'm going to teach him a lesson later!"

Zhou Fugui said angrily, then looked at Zhou Fengnian and asked, "What happened to Chunhua? I just saw Xiaosong with a wound on her face, and Chunhua was hiding from me and your mother.

This damn girl thought I didn't notice, what happened to them?"

"Nothing, it's just that Weinan's family came to make trouble, beat him up, and slapped Chunhua.
Chunhua had originally planned to take Song Weinan back to propose marriage last week, but she was too sad to go back. "

Zhou Fengnian saw that Zhou Fugui's face was red and he wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, he immediately spoke first and blocked Zhou Fugui's red face.

"I asked the security department to handle it. They detained everyone for three to seven days. They were also notified that the factory and the street office had taken them back. They didn't dare to cause trouble again."

Zhou Fugui barely calmed down after hearing this: "That's fine, you dare to hit someone from our family, do you think you are bullying the Zhou family because they are small?"

He has three sons and knows a lot of people in the village. He can call dozens of strong young men over with just a few words.

This is what happens if the mother’s family is strong, as there will be a lot of help.

Zhou Fengnian said, "It's OK that you are here. Let them get the marriage certificate as soon as possible. We are two families. Song Weinan probably won't invite his family. We can just have a meal together and be done with it."

"So hasty?"

"Why rush? Most people do things this way. Our family is already conspicuous enough. It's better to keep a low profile."

Zhou Fengnian paused for a moment and continued to say to Zhou Fugui: "You have five children, three daughters-in-law and one son-in-law.
Except for my youngest daughter and my second daughter-in-law, everyone else has a job. Why do you still want to make such a big fuss about it?"

Generally, a family with three workers is enough to make people jealous, but theirs is a worker family.

If others knew about this, they would probably be so jealous that their eyes would bulge with blood!

The eldest child was the only one who had a big mouth in the family, but he became quiet after being scolded a few times by his sister-in-law; the second and fourth sisters were extremely tight-lipped and never talked about the situation at home.

"Whoever said that, let's just have a meal."

Zhou Fugui's inner thoughts were exposed, and he said angrily; he did think about showing off, but after hearing what Zhou Fengnian said, he realized that the Zhou family was a little too good.

Seven or eight years ago, people might call them landlords; the Zhou family has not yet split up, and the money they earn every month is equal to the annual income of other families.

After Zhou Chunhua came back, Zhou Fugui directly exposed Zhou Chunhua's avoidance of him just now, making Zhou Chunhua embarrassed to call Song Weinan over.

After discussing the marriage, Zhou Fugui simply waved his hand and said that a simple meal would be enough, and then he urged Zhou Chunhua and her husband to get the marriage certificate.

A woman can get married at the age of 20. Zhou Chunhua is already 22, which makes her an old maid.

Zhou Fengnian asked, "Where do you plan to live after you get married?"

"Third brother, stay at my place for now. When we have a chance to rent a bigger house in the future, we will move there."

Song Weinan spoke a little embarrassedly, saying that his house was rented and was not very big. It would be a bit tight for two people to live in it, and it would not be able to accommodate a child.

"I can apply for a rental house again after I get married. Now I am alone and can only apply for a small room like this."

Working couples can apply for two rooms. Even if they don’t have one yet, they can get in line, but this requires waiting until Song Weinan and Zhou Chunhua get their marriage certificate.

"Okay, as long as you have made your decision, just tell me if you need anything. Chunhua, after you move out, the room will be given to Xiaomei. She will come to the city to go to school in a while."

Zhou Fengnian said this with finality, and then discussed the marriage with Song Weinan.

They didn't make decisions for Song Weinan either. They usually let Song Weinan consider it himself, and at most Zhou Fengnian would give some advice.

However, Song Weinan now has great trust in Zhou Fengnian. After listening to Zhou Fengnian's advice, he said without thinking: "Third brother, I will listen to you."

This made Zhou Fengnian feel a little helpless. He had originally considered making decisions for Song Weinan on his behalf, which would make him feel like he was marrying into the family. But in the end, Song Weinan pushed everything onto Zhou Fengnian himself and let him decide.

After asking and evading the question several times, Zhou Fengnian found that Song Weinan was really rude.

I helped them choose the date, then decided on the wedding banquet, and even decided what to buy.

The two of them saved a lot of money. Zhou Chunhua could save ten yuan every month after working for three years, and she saved even more after becoming a regular employee.

Zhou Fengnian, the older brother, wanted to help out a little, but the two refused no matter what. They even wanted to buy the food for the wedding themselves.

In the end, Zhou Fengnian could only lend them a place and let them eat in his yard.

(End of this chapter)