Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 194: The radical new deputy director, sharing the credit and making a complaint (Subscription required)
The next day.

Zhou Fengnian rushed to the factory to work early in the morning. Only a few people in the factory knew about his return, and a large number of workers did not know that Zhou Fengnian had returned.

He had disappeared for more than half a year. Although an announcement was issued, he was never seen again, and a new factory director came to replace him, so most of the workers thought Zhou Fengnian had been transferred.

After he came back, he didn't go to the workshop to check technical problems. Such work could be done by people from the technical department.

Now is not the time when the factory was just established, when everyone in the technical department can be fully responsible for any technical guidance within the factory.

After Zhou Fengnian came back, he only went to the technical department except for the integrated circuit workshop and the CNC workshop. Even his meals were brought back for him by his assistant Pan Heng.

After arriving at the office, Zhou Fengnian began to deal with the report submitted this morning.

He now gets off work at a normal time and goes home with his fellow workers, but the people in the technical department like to work overtime, so they will hand in all the reports that were summarized last night in the morning.

After Zhou Fengnian finishes reading it, he can deal with it.

Zhou Fengnian was processing and shaking his head, his expression changing with the documents in his hand.

"It's all in vain"

After finishing everything, Zhou Fengnian got up and prepared to go to the technical department, but just as he left, there was a knock on the door.

Then Pan Heng opened the door, leaned halfway in and asked, "Leader, Deputy Director Wang is here to see you."

"Deputy Director Wang? Please ask him to come in."

Zhou Fengnian said that although he didn't know what Deputy Director Wang was going to do, please come in first. After putting down the documents in his hand, he came to the sofa again.

After Wang Jinghui came in, Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, "Deputy Director Wang, please sit here."

"Deputy Director Zhou, this is the first time we meet, but I have heard about you for a long time."

Wang Jinghui said with a polite smile, and then followed Zhou Fengnian's gesture and sat on the sofa.

"Deputy Director Wang is also young and promising. It is a great help to have a cadre like you in our machine tool factory."

After Pan Heng poured the tea and left the office, Zhou Fengnian continued to ask, "Deputy Director Wang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"It's nothing important. I just want to talk to Deputy Director Zhou about work. There are still more than two months before the year-end summary meeting and the staff meeting. I came to discuss it with him."

After Wang Jinghui finished speaking, he took out a newspaper, put it on the table, and pushed it to Zhou Fengnian.

"Deputy Director Zhou, do you think our factory should also conduct ideological construction studies?"

When Zhou Fengnian took the newspaper and looked at it, he almost cursed out loud, how could such a thing be delivered to him unsolicitedly.

Wang Jinghui didn't notice Zhou Fengnian's expression and continued, "I found that the workers in our factory are rushing to work, even if they are working in shifts, they are still rushing to work.

This will make people feel too empty mentally. Our factory has too few opportunities for learning, which is not conducive to all-round development."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian fell silent and did not answer immediately.

Wang Jinghui continued to talk about his ideas, and even felt a little dry in the mouth. After he picked up the cup and drank a sip of tea, he continued to ask: "Deputy Director Zhou, what do you think?"

“The starting point is good.”

Zhou Fengnian put down the newspaper, nodded in agreement, but then changed the subject and said: "But Deputy Director Wang, it is a bit unrealistic to achieve it; to be honest, my academic qualifications are not weak, I graduated from a technical secondary school, and now I have no problem taking the university entrance examination, but it is still a bit difficult to read this article.
Our factory has been reorganized for four years and has expanded several times, recruiting a large number of apprentices. It can be said that there are not many people with more than 100 years of education. Most of them are primary school graduates or illiterate. "

"Forehead"

Wang Jinghui was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly guessed what Zhou Fengnian meant.

"If you start by telling them this, I guess the workers will be confused because they don't understand. So why don't you start with literacy and do it step by step."

Wang Jinghui asked in doubt: "Do we have to start this step to eradicate illiteracy? The literacy rate in our factory is not good enough?"

“Most people must have attended literacy classes, but it’s impossible for everyone to be literate. Our factory is not that big;
But Deputy Director Wang, you can't teach some people and not others. Isn't this discrimination? The workers will have complaints when they know about it."

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui nodded in agreement: "Deputy Director Zhou, you are right."

Zhou Fengnian neither opposed his suggestions nor helped him point out the unreasonable aspects. Wang Jinghui felt that Zhou Fengnian was easy to talk to and he agreed with his point of view.

"So why don't you start with the logistics staff, such as the canteen and cleaning teams? They have a slightly easier job than the front-line production workers and have more free time.

If they can accept it and the effect is good, wouldn’t that be convincing?”

Zhou Fengnian said that his elder brother was in the kitchen, and when the time came he would ask Zhou Weitian to hint at something and stir up trouble, so that the matter could be messed up.

If he can't oppose openly, can't he do bad things secretly?

Wang Jinghui didn't hear it, but instead felt that Zhou Fengnian was seriously giving him advice.

"Deputy Director Zhou, you are right. This is indeed a solution. It seems that I am too anxious."

"The main thing is to complete the task. Our factory is still a little short of export orders this year. If we had completed the task, we would have tried it, but because of this incident, the task was not completed."

Zhou Fengnian didn't finish his words, but Wang Jinghui had already understood. He took the newspaper back and said to Zhou Fengnian:

"I understand, Deputy Director Zhou, thank you for your advice. I will think about this matter again when I get back."

After saying that, Wang Jinghui left Zhou Fengnian's office directly, looking a little embarrassed when he left.

After everyone left, Zhou Fengnian sighed and thought that Wang Jinghui was a bit ambitious and wanted to make a contribution as soon as he arrived.

And he was in a hurry to make a contribution. He might have waited for two years, during which time he would have used his connections to help the machine tool factory develop. He would have also been able to get a share of the credit, but he just didn't have the patience.

"I have to tell my eldest brother about this when I get back, but I can't let him show up."

Zhou Fengnian thought to himself that his elder brother was quite popular in the kitchen, at least much more popular than He Yuzhu in the second canteen.

Moreover, during this period, I have received quite a few banquets, all of which were invited by factory employees, and I have already gained popularity.

Zhou Fengnian also often reminded him to build good relationships with the people in the kitchen, and asked him to hint to others that there would definitely be no problem.

If Zhou Weitian came forward, Wang Jinghui might suspect him given his temper; but it didn't matter about the others, as he had no control over logistics and couldn't retaliate if he was annoyed, and Zhou Fengnian would also try to stop him.

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Near the end of the year, a group of the institute's project team finally made a significant breakthrough.

A photolithography machine was just built at the beginning of the year, but at the end of the year, the photolithography process was improved and now we can manufacture a five-micron photolithography machine.

After the test, all the members of the team were so happy that they even celebrated so loudly that Director Yan came to see them. "What's going on? Old Zhong, what happened to make you so happy?"

"It must have been a success. What else could it be?"

Deputy Director Zhong of the Institute of Electronics took a quick look, then smiled and said, "Old Yan, if we redesign the integrated circuit now, it is estimated that the maximum number of electronic components can exceed 3,000.

It may improve the performance of previously manufactured computers by 30% to 40%. "

"Really? Then you have done a great job."

Director Yan was pleasantly surprised when he heard this: "Then make a batch quickly so that we can see the effect of the new computer."

"Is it our credit? Wasn't it because of Team Leader Zhou's instructions that we only made one at the beginning of the year? Do you think we can improve so much by the end of the year?"

Deputy Director Zhong shook his head, then leaned in and whispered, "Team Leader Zhou isn't coming back yet?"

Director Yan also whispered: "The secretary doesn't want to report this embarrassing matter to the higher-ups, and is currently arguing with the leaders of the First Ministry of Machine Building."

"He also concealed such a thing?" Deputy Director Zhong said in disbelief, "The deputy leader of a project team hasn't been here for more than a month. He didn't report to the higher-ups?"

"Is there a big mess in the project team?"

Director Yan asked back, then sighed and said, "All they think about the first time is face, face, face. Where is the enthusiasm for development that they had before?"

"Then just ignore it?"

Deputy Director Zhong frowned and asked, "Before Team Leader Zhou left, he told us about the future development direction of lithography machines, but we didn't understand it at the time.
Next year is the time to catch up. Without Team Leader Zhou, the progress will be delayed by at least three years. If I had known this, I would have asked for it clearly at the beginning. "

Director Yan was silent for a few seconds, then made up his mind and said, "I will talk to the leader about this matter when I report at the end of the year. It's not about the reputation of the institute. The slow progress of research and development is the most shameful."

He wanted to talk to his leader before, but was persuaded by the secretary, using the institute's reputation.

After hearing what Deputy Director Zhong said, Director Yan felt that he could not delay any longer. There had been no accurate news for more than a month, and he suspected that the secretary had forgotten about this matter.

"It's a pity that our institute had just been established, otherwise it would be a good idea to let Team Leader Zhou be listed in our institute. Huang Tao is still the director of the project team, so he can't escape it."

Deputy Director Zhong shook his head, and his good mood for making the new lithography machine was almost gone.

As the end of the year approaches, the new lithography machine can be regarded as good news for the project team.

There were two major breakthroughs within a year, and after reporting them, it was enough to make the leaders above proud.

The time spent was shortened a lot, the estimated funds were also very little, and one more achievement was achieved.

It was Director Yan's sudden complaint that made the secretary, who had just finished his report and was still looking happy, immediately frown.

He even looked at Director Yan with shock and anger.

However, after listening to the situation, the leader asked the secretary of the Institute's D branch in detail and immediately gave him some severe criticism.

Not only was Director Huang given a demerit, but even the secretary of Branch D himself was given a warning. The leader then decided to go and talk to the Ministry of First Machine Industry in person.

Because Director Yan has explained in detail the importance of Zhou Fengnian, the project team achieved two breakthroughs in one year, both of which were related to Zhou Fengnian, and he alone even accounted for half of the credit.

Computers and semiconductors can promote the progress of national defense construction, so of course we cannot be careless. In fact, it took a month before we asked others to report.

If it wasn't the wrong occasion, the leader would have wanted to scold him. He repeatedly emphasized that technical matters should be asked to professionals, but this situation still occurred.

These two major breakthroughs did not become the credit of the secretary of the Institute's D branch, but instead became proof that he was punished.

"Comrades, we must do our best to..."

"lead!"

A kitchen helper suddenly interrupted the person on the platform, stood up and asked, "What do you mean by 'try your best'?"

"I'm not a leader, I'm just a member of the Propaganda Department, we're all co-workers."

The publicity clerk on the platform sighed helplessly, and then tried his best to explain: "This 'try your best' means to use all your strength and give it your all."

"Oh, then what is the dismissal you just mentioned? Which official quit his job?"

"That's not a specific dismissal, it's about..."

Halfway through his speech, the publicity department clerk suddenly felt dizzy. He had explained it dozens of times before he even finished speaking.

He didn't understand why his superiors asked him to explain these things to the people in the kitchen. He couldn't even recognize a single word, so why didn't he teach them mechanical design instead of explaining this kind of article right away?
"Wait a minute, let me rest for a while, and you guys should rest for a while too."

After the Propaganda Department clerk finished speaking, he winked at the deputy chief of the Propaganda Department in the room.

After calling the deputy section chief out of the room, the publicity clerk hurriedly said, "Leader, you can see that this has no effect at all. Don't let me teach them. I might as well teach them two more words with this time."

The deputy director of the Propaganda Department consoled him, "Just get over it. This is a task assigned by the higher-ups. Do you think I want to do this? I am still here with you."

"But it didn't work. I didn't even finish reading one article in the whole morning. I just explained it to them."

The publicity clerk said quickly: "Let them go to night school first, it won't be effective this way."

"Night school means sacrificing their rest time. Look, apart from those who are ambitious, how many people are willing to go? Those who are ambitious won't let you explain this to them."

The deputy section chief said unhappily, but he also knew that this was too difficult. He was tired just listening to it. If he patted his shoulder and comforted him,

"You teach first. I'll go report to Deputy Director Wang and see if we can stop it."

"Okay, leader, then you must persuade Deputy Director Wang."

After the deputy chief of the Propaganda Department finished speaking, he walked towards Deputy Director Wang's office. He first spoke to Secretary Yu, knocked on the door and asked before going in.

After entering the room, Deputy Director Wang couldn't help but ask, "How is it? Is it effective?"

The deputy director of the Propaganda Department quickly shook his head and said, "The effect is not great. The education level of those people in the kitchen is too low. They can't understand an article before half of it is finished.

Then I refused to listen to the questions, and the publicity department staff refused to listen to the explanations. An hour passed and they still hadn’t finished explaining an article. This is really too difficult.”

"Is the progress so slow?"

Upon hearing this, Deputy Factory Director Wang felt secretly lucky that he had piloted it with the kitchen staff in advance.

Otherwise, if we just use all the workers in the factory, it would be embarrassing if this situation happened.

(End of this chapter)