Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 195: Instructions on the wind direction, factory-wide meeting (Subscription required)
"Deputy Director Wang, what should we do now?"

After the deputy director of the Propaganda Department asked the question, he suddenly thought of an idea and suggested, "Why not just find a group of people with higher education to study these articles according to their academic qualifications?"

"That won't work. Isn't that discrimination? What will the uneducated workers think? Who will be responsible if they make trouble?"

After listening to this, Wang Jinghui quickly remembered what Zhou Fengnian had reminded him and quickly rejected the proposal of the deputy chief of the Propaganda Department.

Then he waved his hand and said, "You go back first. I'll think about this matter again. Let's stop teaching the kitchen staff to learn articles for now."

"Okay, I'll go back and let them know."

After hearing this, the deputy chief of the Propaganda Department immediately agreed. He hoped that they would stop teaching people, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable watching them.

After everyone left, Wang Jinghui knocked on the table twice. It seemed that this method didn't work.

Now he is in charge of the Youth League Committee and is nominally in charge of the Technical Department, but he is not from a technical background. Everyone in the Technical Department obeys Zhou Fengnian and only reports to him.

Wang Jinghui had no objection to this. He also asked his friends to inquire about it and learned that Zhou Fengnian had already obtained the status of academician. This matter had not been publicized or told to the outside world, but Zhou Fengnian's name appeared in the newspaper some time ago, and he would not have missed it if he had paid attention.

The technical staff did not report to the technical boss, but went to a layman like Wang Jinghui, and Wang Jinghui himself shook his head. If he really did that, he might make a fool of himself in a few days.

"Damn it, why is it so hard to work in this factory?"

Thinking of his family's hope for him to come to the machine tool factory, Wang Jinghui felt annoyed. Now he wanted to get up immediately and find Zhou Fengnian to ask him for advice.

But he was also worried that Zhou Fengnian would annoy him, and that he would seem a little incompetent; when he encountered difficulties, he would turn to Zhou Fengnian? He was a technician who was five years younger than him.

Wang Jinghui sat back down, but apart from rectifying ideological construction, he couldn't think of any other good method.

Machine tool factories now operate like precision instruments. There is almost a rough estimate of how many machine tools will be produced every day. Once this precise operation is disrupted, the production task cannot be completed.

Faced with such an organized operation, Wang Jinghui could not get involved at all.

"Okay, this is very well done. I was really angry the other day."

After Zhou Fengnian read the optimization and innovation plan given by the technical department, he immediately nodded with satisfaction and said, "Chief Liu, be bolder in the future. It's totally fine to do what we did today.

Let’s do it this way. Unfortunately, the holiday will start in a few days. It is estimated that the second generation of CNC machine tools will not be produced before the end of the year. By the way, other types of CNC machine tools should be optimized and innovated in this direction. Can the plan be completed before the end of the year? "

"Yes, don't worry, Mr. Zhou."

Liu Hanfei nodded quickly, then smiled and said, "It's because you, Mr. Zhou, are in the factory. Our technical department has a good idea of ​​what's going on, so we can start working with confidence."

“You guys treat me as a reassurance.”

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, and then handed the optimization plan to Liu Hanfei, asking him to start production as soon as possible. Then it was time to get off work.

There is no need to work overtime at the machine tool factory. Zhou Fengnian embodies the spirit of the workers of that era and works as many hours as he is required to.

He can be aware of the situation and take the initiative to work overtime, but you can't force him; and now he is the one urging the technical department to go home early and not work overtime until nine or ten o'clock, which adds pressure to the comrades in the night patrol of the factory's security department.

If something happens on the way back at night, the Security Department will have to bear some responsibility even if they have no responsibility, since they are also responsible for the area around the factory.

When Zhou Fengnian took the bus home, he ran straight to the backyard as soon as he entered the house, picked up his two nephews and one son one by one and slapped them twice on the buttocks. As soon as they saw him, they wanted to run away, so his son Zhou Xianyang was slapped one more time.

The three children were screaming and almost crying, and they even called Zhou's mother out of the house. When she saw Zhou Fengnian bullying her grandson, she stepped forward and scolded Zhou Fengnian.

Zhou Fengnian smiled and didn't listen to a word. In two or three years, the three little ones would be old enough to be hated by everyone. If he didn't tickle them a few times while they were still cute, people would no longer have the idea to do so.

Zhou Yan took maternity leave at the beginning of the month to rest at home, and her due date is in the next few days.

So Zhou's mother packed up her things early and went to the city to take care of the child. It was a bit hard for Zhou's father as he had to go to Hong Changshan's house for meals every day, but he also gave him money.

"Mom, please cook more food tonight. My eldest brother and my fourth sister's family are coming over. Sister-in-law, please call my second brother over later so we can eat together tonight."

Zhou Fengnian told his mother and sister-in-law Zhang Fangfang that as the end of the year was approaching, he also had to give his family some advice.

Next year will be a time of restlessness. Apart from the fact that their family earns a lot of money, there is nothing wrong with them in other aspects.

Even Zhou Jiaan, the team leader and acting workshop director, worked overtime to get to where he is today; he was the last one to leave every day, was a model worker for two years, and had the highest completion rate for workpieces.

Even if their cultural level is a little low, with their work awareness and performance, they are able to get work-for-work.

Bai Kang also told Zhou Fengnian that he originally wanted to give Zhou Jiaan special care, but he turned out to be so well behaved that he didn't even have time to ask for anything.

After a while, several groups of people came almost together, and Zhou Weitian and Song Weinan were carrying some braised food, and the second brother was carrying a bottle of wine.

As for the eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law and the fourth sister, the three of them brought a total of ten kilograms of flour; now Zhou Fengnian’s rations could not be used to treat guests casually, so the youngest sister and Zhou’s mother ate their food.

The extra rations he and Zhou Yan had were only enough for his younger sister and Zhou's mother.

However, when Zhou's mother saw the things in the hands of several people, she immediately said with heartache: "You are so extravagant again, but it's the New Year, why buy so many things."

Zhou Weitian immediately said in dissatisfaction: "Mom, there is something good happening today."

"What a good thing?"

"Don't worry about it, there's something good going on!"

Zhou's mother immediately stepped forward and slapped the eldest brother several times, cursing angrily, "I don't think you look like a good person. You just irritate your parents all day long!"

"This old lady, if she can't win the argument, she'll resort to violence"

Zhou Weitian muttered to himself, then handed the braised meat to his wife and asked her to help in the kitchen. Then Zhou Fengnian called him into the study.

After everyone came in, Zhou Fengnian closed the door and said, "Big brother, second brother, and Weinan, you can't tell anyone else what I'm going to say except my sister-in-law and fourth sister."

"Next year there may be some disturbances that will affect the factory. By then, everyone in our family will just work and not participate in anything else except work. If others ask about it, they will say that they are uneducated and don't understand, and pretend to be stupid."

After hearing this, Zhou Weitian immediately asked, "Third brother, is this what we did in the factory today?"

Zhou Fengnian said: "Well, that's it. If someone asks you to do something, you just play dumb and act very positive but you have to annoy him with your questions.
Second brother, you and the eldest sister-in-law and fourth sister are in the same factory, so please take care of each other when the time comes. When the eldest brother and Weinan return, please talk to them."

Other places might be safe, but Sijiu City is the first place to rush, so Zhou Fengnian must give instructions in advance. After giving instructions in the study for a long time, Zhou's mother called twice outside, and then they went out to eat.

Zhou Fengnian was not worried that he would be reported by his family. Their family had a strong cohesiveness, and his eldest and second brothers could help him do anything.

Even Song Weinan was grateful and obeyed Zhou Fengnian's orders; moreover, he had cut off contact with his family and would definitely not report him.

Let’s not talk about these things while eating. People like Zhou’s mother and second sister-in-law who stay at home most of the time will definitely not participate in it, and the three children are not suitable to listen to it.

It was Zhou's mother who asked at the dinner table whether they would go back home to celebrate the New Year this year. If nothing unexpected had happened before, Zhou Fugui would definitely ask everyone to go back to the village to celebrate the New Year together. In his eyes, the village is the foundation.

But Zhou Yan is pregnant now and is about to give birth, so it is hard to say.

"Let's wait until after the baby is born. Anyway, there is a car to take you there. If you recover well, you can come home."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a while and said, "When we go back, the three children can ride with me so we don't have to squeeze on the bus."

Mother Zhou asked worriedly, "Can we make it in time?"

Zhou Fengnian comforted her, "It's still in time. I'll be hospitalized next week to prepare for the birth. It's still half a month before the New Year."

After hearing this, Zhou's mother didn't say anything else. Instead, she started to persuade people to eat and took care of the three children while they were eating.

After dinner, they rested for a while before going home. Now they all lived in the same alley, so it only took a few minutes to walk back, which was almost the same as living in the same village.

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"Dear workers, we have achieved brilliant results in the past year, which is inseparable from the joint efforts of all employees in the factory. In addition, we have also produced many outstanding workers in the past year."

Near the end of the year, the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory also held a factory-wide staff meeting to award model workers and advanced individuals selected in the past year.

Originally, there was only one advanced individual, Zhou Fengnian, whose research and development brought a lot of honor to the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory, and it was not mentioned that cadres could run for election.

However, Zhou Fengnian shook his head and refused. Apart from the honor, this thing was of little use to him, and it would be better to give it to other workers.

At Zhou Fengnian's request, the advanced individual title that finally belonged to him was awarded to another worker with outstanding performance.

This year, Huaxia Machine Tool Factory is extremely wealthy, and model workers and advanced individuals have received many awards.

Although it is not as good as a washing machine, it is enough to make people jealous and envious.

Moreover, the customs pay was very generous, and the machine tool factory received a lot of supplies from the surrounding communes, which allowed every worker's family in the factory to have a prosperous year.

After the factory-wide staff meeting, Gao Zhiyuan convened a meeting of factory leaders to finalize the production plan and tasks for next year.

The Ministry of Foreign Trade is quite optimistic about the machine tool factory this year. Last year, it received export orders worth 10 million US dollars, which tripled this year.

Orders from thirteen countries totaling thirty million US dollars.

When talking about this task, Gao Zhiyuan's voice was trembling with excitement, and then he immediately reminded everyone that this task had the attention of higher-level leaders and no one should be careless.

Over the past year, the country's foreign exchange reserves were less than 200 million, and they were all spent not long after they were accumulated.

Now, just their machine tool factory alone will have export orders of 30 million next year, a figure that other factories can only envy.

"Director, don't be happy yet. Although we have a lot of orders, can we manufacture so many machine tools?"

Deputy Factory Director Hong sighed and said, "A 30 million order means we have to produce at least 100 million next year."

"Deputy Director Hong, don't worry, I've already asked the leader."

Gao Zhiyuan's face flushed with excitement, and he continued, "Next year, we will give priority to completing foreign orders, and then produce second-generation CNC machine tools to meet domestic needs. The domestic and foreign supply ratio can be improved."

Now they are not the only machine tool factory that can produce CNC machine tools, so the First Ministry of Machine Building has relaxed its requirements on the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory a lot.

"Comrades, our task next year is the most important, and no one can slack off; if you delay the production progress due to personal reasons, you will bear the main responsibility."

Gao Zhiyuan gave some final instructions before adjourning the meeting.

If there are no interferences next year, it is basically certain that the output value will exceed 100 million yuan; tens of millions and over 100 million have different meanings. After the meeting, all the cadres in the factory are gearing up for the hard work next year.

Zhou Fengnian didn't say much during the meeting. Deputy Leader Li had already called him yesterday and told him that he would be transferred back after the New Year.

The leader over there called Deputy Leader Li, and his position was higher than his, so Deputy Leader Li couldn't delay.

However, Zhou Fengnian could only go back after the machine tool factory produced the second-generation CNC machine tools; and this time it was a real secondment, and Zhou Fengnian was confirmed to be a member of the First Ministry of Machine Building.

This was after some bargaining between Deputy Leader Li and the senior leader in charge of national defense, all of whom were worried that Zhou Fengnian would be wronged again.

After all, Deputy Leader Li has a suitable excuse. Not only did he lend the person to you, but he also didn't treat him well. And if he worked overtime until after 8 o'clock and went back home, that would be considered a bad attitude? That's not how you make excuses!
They were in the wrong and wanted Zhou Fengnian to go back immediately, so they agreed to Deputy Leader Li's request.

After Zhou Fengnian got the news, he knew that he would have to return to the project team of the Computer Research Institute within a month after the New Year, so he did not express much opinion at the machine tool factory.

"Deputy Director Zhou."

When Zhou Fengnian was going upstairs, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind; turning around, he saw Wang Jinghui jogging towards him.

"Deputy Director Wang, what's going on?"

Zhou Fengnian asked only after Wang Jinghui arrived.

"Deputy Director Zhou, I'd like to invite you to our small kitchen for lunch." Wang Jinghui said with a smile, "I've been in our factory for so long, but I've never had a small kitchen. Today, I'd like to take this opportunity to invite Deputy Director Zhou to try the cooking skills of our factory chef."

"this afternoon?"

"Yes, I've asked Xiao Yu to do it, and don't worry, Deputy Director Zhou, I'll pay for it out of my own pocket."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Ah, I don't mean that. Well, since you, Deputy Director Wang, are honoring me, I will definitely come."

(End of this chapter)